6.2 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 4.0 | |
Overall | 4.0 |
A reclusive romance novelist on a book tour with her cover model gets swept up in kidnapping attempt that lands them them both in a cutthroat jungle adventure.
Starring: Sandra Bullock, Channing Tatum, Daniel Radcliffe, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Brad PittAdventure | 100% |
Comedy | Insignificant |
Romance | Insignificant |
Video codec: HEVC / H.265
Video resolution: 4K (2160p)
Aspect ratio: 2.39:1
Original aspect ratio: 2.39:1
English: Dolby Atmos
English: Dolby TrueHD 7.1 (48kHz, 24-bit)
Czech: Dolby Digital 5.1
German: Dolby Digital 5.1
Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1
Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1
French: Dolby Digital 5.1
French (Canada): Dolby Digital 5.1
Italian: Dolby Digital 5.1
Japanese: Dolby Digital 5.1
Spanish=Espana and Latinoamerica, Portuguese=Brasil
English, English SDH, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, Cantonese, Czech, Danish, Finnish, Korean, Mandarin (Simplified), Mandarin (Traditional), Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Slovak, Swedish, Thai
Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Digital copy
4K Ultra HD
Slipcover in original pressing
Region A (B, C untested)
Movie | 3.0 | |
Video | 0.0 | |
Audio | 5.0 | |
Extras | 2.5 | |
Overall | 4.0 |
The Lost City pairs a couple of bumbling, hapless characters; drops them in the jungle; and forces them to fight for their lives. One of them is a novelist, the other a fashion model, and the antics that one would expect to follow do indeed follow. The film, film Directors Adam and Aaron Nee (Band of Robbers), is a predictable and formulaic sort that isn't so much interesting for its story but rather for its stars. Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum make for a surprisingly rich screen couple and it's not quite so much the odd pairing as one might expect. They are both at ease in the jungle and in the genre, and they prove well capable of overcoming the limits of the nuts and bolts script to bring some legitimate movie magic to the screen.
The included screenshots are sourced from a 1080p Blu-ray disc.
Paramount brings The Lost City to the UHD format with a stellar 2160p/Doby Vision UHD presentation. Compared to the companion and
concurrently released Blu-ray, the UHD picture thrives with the added resolution and color bolstering.
Color stability and accuracy are the most immediately obvious factors for visual improvement. The UHD offers a brilliantly slick and nuanced palette,
appearing less yellow-creamy (which is not obvious on the Blu-ray without making this comparison) and more naturally occurring. The Dolby Vision
grading brings out the best in whites, for sure, which are very crisp and
leap off the screen in all their natural brilliance. Greenery is, of course, another point for concern considering how much of the film takes place in
leafy,
vegetation-laden jungle settings, and viewers can rest assured that Dolby Vision offers the best in terms of brilliant tonal excellence in this critical
area,
with greatly improved depth and color detail on display in every shot. Of course, viewers can expect deeper and more penetrating black levels while
still
maintaining careful shadow detail excellence. These colors are absolutely gorgeous; there's no mistaking that this Dolby Vision presentation
absolutely
trounces the Blu-ray for overall accuracy, stability, clarity, and pinpoint excellence.
Texturally, the gains are much less evident at-a-glance. Certainly, the UHD brings out the very sharpest and clearest details; look at a close-up at the
23:39 mark. The Blu-ray offers plenty of complexity, but the UHD goes a step further to reveal pores and fine skin elements with an added layer of
crispness and authenticity that the Blu-ray simply cannot reach. Generally speaking, however, the sharpness gains are best described as "modest" at
very best. They make a difference in the aggregate, but nowhere near so much as the color. As with the Blu-ray, there are no source or encode issues
to worry about. This one is good to go!
The Dolby Atmos soundtrack is just as spectacular. The presentation begins with a commanding musical presence. The film's playfully adventurous score is presented for all it's worth, yielding excellent clarity to all individual instrumentals and featuring incredible clarity across the full orchestral arrangement. The music plays with wonderful front-end placement and expertly integrated surround and subwoofer components. Such holds true for action: it's wonderfully spaced, surrounds are active in balanced frenzy as necessary, and the low end brings the bottom as necessary without overextending its welcome. Jungle ambience is richly realized and offers superb clarity and a finely engineered sense of envelopment; even with only the most minor or fleeting sounds the stage is always a vivid sonic recreation of the film's exotic locations. Dialogue, as expected, is clear and precise with natural front-center placement. This one is terrific!
This UHD release of The Lost City includes several featurettes, deleted scenes, and a blooper reel. No Blu-ray copy is included with purchase.
However, Paramount has included a digital copy voucher and a non-embossed slipcover to sweeten the deal.
The Lost City is no classic: the story is flat, there are a few cringe-worthy moments and gags, and the film feels helplessly eager to simply cozy up to both the Adventure films of yesterday while still clinging to modern sensibilities. It mostly works on the backs of its cast, which is delectable, elevating a so-so script and building a movie that should satisfy the need for a mind-off movie with high production value. Paramount's UHD is a terrific way to watch. Video and audio are terrific and the disc ships with a nice assortment of bonus content. Recommended.
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