6.6 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 3.5 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
Years after World War II, a team of secret agents are brought together to track down Adolf Eichmann, the infamous Nazi architect of the Holocaust.
Starring: Oscar Isaac, Ben Kingsley, Mélanie Laurent, Lior Raz, Nick KrollBiography | 100% |
History | 98% |
Drama | Insignificant |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (48kHz, 24-bit)
BDInfo
English SDH, French, Spanish
Blu-ray Disc
Two-disc set (1 BD, 1 DVD)
Digital copy
DVD copy
Slipcover in original pressing
Region free
Movie | 3.5 | |
Video | 4.5 | |
Audio | 4.5 | |
Extras | 1.5 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
Director Chris Weitz's (The Golden Compass) post-World War II Thriller Operation Finale tells the story of Mossad agents capturing the notorious Adolf Eichmann (Ben Kingsley) in Argentina well more than a decade after the war ended. But the film isn't about the operation itself, the ebbs and flows and planning and processes that went into it. Those details shape the first half, but the film is truly about pain, hate, suffering, injustice, and a search for closure. It's about the struggle for those involved in the criminal's capture to maintain operational and personal discipline with the fugitive in their possession. That's why the film does not climax with his capture. In the film, Eichmann is grabbed halfway through. The film's second half deals in small doses with the physical challenges of holding him for ten days, evading Argentinian authorities and the like, but Operation Finale is primarily concerned with how the men, and Oscar Isaac's Peter Malkin in particular, deal with the monster in their midst as the realities of their pasts, the scars they bear, and the hate they harbor is contrasted against the monster that, over the course of time, is at least somewhat humanized while in their care.
Operation Finale was digitally photographed. Universal's 1080p transfer reveals some source noise, particularly in lower light scenes, but is otherwise a healthy, gorgeous image that may not look like film but rises above lower end digital as well, finding a pleasing middle ground of textural grace and nuance that does the digital sourcing proud. The movie boasts a clean, healthy, well detailed and manicured image. Clothing textures are sharp and rich, tactile and revealing of finer material qualities. All period textures, like car interiors and odds and ends in offices and homes, are likewise nicely defined by the 1080p resolution and reveal a tangible sense of place that highlights the film's careful period recreation and production design. Facial textures are precise. Malkin's persistent facial stubble makes for one of the most impressive textural elements within the image. It's tactile, dense, and very well defined. Age lines, pores, moles, and other core facial textures are nicely resolved as well. Colors are never a point of attraction. Much of the film takes place in warm or lower light, with predominant ambers in the former and blues and blacks in the latter. A few nicely lit daytime exteriors reveal some punchy and well saturated colors, including a Nazi flag a character flies towards film's end. Black levels are handled without much push or pull away from accurate. Flesh tones appear true to actor complexion as well. This is a very good presentation from Universal that is without obvious source or encode flaw beyond the inherent noise.
Operation Finale features a DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 lossless soundtrack that finds good tonal balance between a few more intense action-type scenes and sound effects and more mundane, but obviously film-critical, dialogue exchanges. Musical clarity is strong and placement and flow are precise. The track opens wide and offers complimentary surround support and a light but balanced low end effect. The track offers nicely defined environmental details, including rustling leaves and wind in one early scene, warm Christmas music dotting the background as the film opens, bustle in Mossad offices in chapter two, and a few more intense examples like crackling thunder punctuating a key scene in chapter nine, which is nicely sharp at point of origin and diffuse about the stage as the sound drifts outward and dissipates. A few gunshots are hauntingly precise and crack with a terrifying report that chillingly echoes about the stage. Dialogue is the primary sonic driver. It is presented capably and clearly with good front-center placement and prioritization.
Operation Finale contains a featurette and an audio commentary track. A DVD copy of the film and an iTunes digital copy code are included
with purchase. The release ships with an embossed slipcover.
Operation Finale is a good piece of filmmaking that knows that another movie about a manhunt for a Nazi war criminal probably wouldn't gain much traction, so it rightly focuses on characters rather than procedure, emotions rather than action. The film struggles through a well crafted but somewhat laborious first half but excels in its second as it explores the interplay between Malkin and Eichmann with their own scars gradually becoming exposed. Oscar Isaac and Ben Kingsley are electric when sharing the screen; each is fully committed to shaping their characters from the inside out and within the larger prism of the past, the present, and the future and how their moments together define all three. It's a good movie and well worth the wait through the procedural first half. Universal's Blu-ray contains a featurette and a commentary track. Video and audio presentations are very good. Recommended.
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