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: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 2.39:1
Original aspect ratio: 2.39:1
English: Dolby Atmos
English: Dolby TrueHD 7.1 (48kHz, 24-bit)
French: Dolby Digital 5.1
French (Canada): Dolby Digital 5.1
Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1
Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1
Italian: Dolby Digital 5.1
Japanese: Dolby Digital 5.1
Portuguese: Dolby Digital 5.1
Spanish=Espana and Latinoamerica, Portuguese=Brasil
English, English SDH, French, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish, Cantonese, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Korean, Mandarin (Simplified), Mandarin (Traditional), Norwegian, Swedish, Thai
Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Digital copy
Slipcover in original pressing
Region A (B, C untested)
Movie | 3.0 | |
Video | 5.0 | |
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.
Paramount delivers The Lost City to Blu-ray with a striking 1080p transfer. The image was digitally captured and is reproduced with grandeur on Blu-ray. It's clean as a whistle, super sharp and texturally complex, and gorgeously colored. The picture yields striking top-tier detailing, offering format-faultless clarity across the full spectrum of visual goodness, including complex and intimately detailed faces and fine hairs, various examples of clothing ranging from Loretta's glittery gown to Jack's well-worn military style gear, and of course endless jungle delights, including vegetation, terrain, rocks, and the like. Everything is absolutely clear and visually invigorating. The picture is further refined by impressive color depth and pop. Every color leaps off the screen with picture perfect vividness and accuracy. Blu-ray viewers could not want more precise natural greens, intense clothing hues, and perfect skin tones. Black levels depth is terrific, and whites even give the UHD's Dolby Vision tones a run for their money. The picture is free of any source artifacts or encode flubs. This is a first-rate Blu-ray all around and, really, this is what the format is all about. The Lost City is proof that even many years since the Blu-ray format's debut, and thousands of excellent titles on the market, there's still room to impress!
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 Blu-ray release of The Lost City includes several featurettes, deleted scenes, and a blooper reel. No DVD 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 Blu-ray is a terrific way to watch. Video and audio are flawless and the disc ships with a nice assortment of bonus content. Recommended.
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