7.4 | / 10 |
Users | 4.5 | |
Reviewer | 3.5 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
TITANE: A metal, highly resistant to heat and corrosion, its high tensile strength alloys often used in medical prostheses due to pronounced biocompatibility.
Starring: Vincent Lindon, Garance Marillier, Agathe Rousselle, Myriem Akheddiou, Bertrand BonelloForeign | 100% |
Drama | 54% |
Horror | 53% |
Surreal | 28% |
Sci-Fi | Insignificant |
Crime | Insignificant |
Thriller | Insignificant |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 2.39:1
Original aspect ratio: 2.39:1
French: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (48kHz, 24-bit)
English
Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Region A (C untested)
Movie | 4.0 | |
Video | 3.5 | |
Audio | 5.0 | |
Extras | 3.0 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
Writer/director Julia Ducournau made quite a stir with “Raw,” her 2016 ode to the pleasures of the flesh. She created a film that disgusted quite a lot of people, making a name for herself as a genre moviemaker to watch. And there’s been quite a wait for a follow-up, with “Titane” finally emerging as the new vision from Ducournau, who returns to the darkness for another story of corporeal corruption, this time mixing the limits of denial with a pregnancy story from another world, going high fantasy with the grimy particulars of “Titane.” It’s another rough one from the helmer, but she digs a little deeper into the psychological depths of her characters, constructing a compelling study of broken people mixed with Ducournau’s love of extreme body horror.
The AVC encoded image (2.39:1 aspect ratio) presentation is certainly working with a textured feature in "Titane." Detail comes through with clarity, exploring rougher skin surfaces and oily wounds. Facial particulars are crisp, and various interiors retain depth, visiting auto shows and fire department emergencies. Colors are explosive, handling the extreme lighting of the film, which explores fire truck lights, convention shows, and mood hues. Skintones are natural. Delineation is satisfactory. Encoding has issues, with banding periodically flaring up.
The 5.1 DTS-HD MA mix delivers a heavy sense of soundtrack selections, bringing some low-end thump with dance music, and roaring engines offer power. Dialogue exchanges are sharp, but conversations are somewhat limited in "Titane," which deals mostly in atmospherics and sound effects, adding some surround presence, joining musical selections.
"Titane" is an improvement on "Raw," with the helmer offering a more refined sense of madness, also dealing with stronger actors and technical credits. There's a limit to the film's shock value, almost reaching ridiculousness in the finale, but Ducournau commits in full to the bizarreness of "Titane," and her enthusiasm for this messy offering of blood, oil, and mental illness is something to see at times.
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