7.6 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 3.0 | |
Overall | 3.0 |
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan follows an up-and-coming CIA analyst thrust into a dangerous field assignment for the first time. The series follows Ryan as he uncovers a pattern in terrorist communication that launches him into the center of a dangerous gambit with a new breed of terrorism that threatens destruction on a global scale.
Starring: John Krasinski, Wendell Pierce, Michael Kelly (V), Abbie Cornish, Betty GabrielThriller | Insignificant |
Drama | Insignificant |
Action | Insignificant |
Video codec: HEVC / H.265
Video resolution: 4K (2160p)
Aspect ratio: 2.39:1
Original aspect ratio: 2.00:1
English: Dolby Atmos
English: Dolby TrueHD 7.1
English, English SDH
Blu-ray Disc
Two-disc set (2 BDs)
4K Ultra HD
Region A (B, C untested)
Movie | 4.0 | |
Video | 0.0 | |
Audio | 3.5 | |
Extras | 0.5 | |
Overall | 3.0 |
While Tom Clancy's signature hero, Jack Ryan, has graced countless pages spanning a number of novels over the decades, film fans are more familiar with the character for his various permutations on the screen, played by a veritable who's who of Hollywood over the past few decades. Played by the likes of Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford, Ben Affleck, and Chris Pine, the character's silver screen adaptations have been given an appropriate weightiness and star power that author Tom Clancy's character deserved. Now on the smaller screen the character has arguably found his firmest footing with John Krasinski filling the shoes and seeming to really hit home the fundamental character beats that Clancy designed decades ago. Krasinski's work supported some great writing, storytelling, and production values in Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan's first, second, and third seasons, and now the show comes to a close with a fourth and final season that offers a satisfying, albeit shortened, final run that doesn't necessarily close the book on the character but at least brings the series to an end with a quality six-episode effort.
The included screenshots are sourced from the UHD disc output at 1080p. They are not representative of the 2160p/Dolby Vision image.
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: The Final Season arrives on the UHD format with a 2160p/Dolby Vision presentation. The digital photography
translates well to the UHD format, offering sharp, crisp, tangible textures to skin, both healthy and clear skin and severely beaten, battered, and
bloodied skin. The resolution allows for some serious close-up exploration opportunities and first-rate crispness and clarity in medium length shots.
Clarity abounds in various locales, from plush Washington offices to dank and drab torture chambers. The digital sheen is plainly evident, but the good
news is that noise is very minimal, even in lower light, and there are precious few examples of banding that push beyond extremely mild cases lingering
in the most challenging background elements. The Dolby Vision grading is firm and offers a nicely expressive color palette, though to be sure the show
is very pervasively dark. Depth and accuracy are
spot-on. Black levels are very deep indeed and white balance is very strong. Skin tones appear very natural. This is a satisfying UHD presentation from
Paramount.
Paramount releases Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: The Final Season to the UHD format with a fairly effective, if not also fairly straightforward, Dolby Atmos soundtrack. Rarely is the track really hitting on all cylinders, offering the sort of intensive power and rigorous output one might expect of a program in this genre. Music is never so powerful as to truly command the stage, offering instead a somewhat low key score with good fidelity and spacing, just not a real sense of authority even in the most complex and involved musical elements. Action scenes are likewise sufficient but not memorable. Spacing is good, but the track never quite hits that last gear where surround immersion, low end depth, and overall engagement and prominent volume merge to create a sonic spectacle. The track always seems content to simply linger in a middle gear. Ambient effects are many and nicely integrated, standing as probably the best element the track has to offer for fullness, immersion, and engagement. Dialogue is clear, centered, and well prioritized, though it, too, could stand a slight up in prominence at reference level.
As with previous seasons, supplements are scare across both Blu-ray discs for this release of Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: The Final Season. All
that's included are a few deleted scenes. No DVD or digital copies are included with purchase.
Disc One:
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan closes out with a final season that is well versed in the world of its title character, both his internal world and the external world around him. The season doesn't really hit concepts that will revolutionize the political action/thriller genre, but it's a good and solid six episode outing that will leave audiences hoping for more from Krasinski's Ryan on any visual medium. This two-disc Blu-ray set is fairly basic, offering excellent video and decent Atmos audio and just a handful of deleted scenes. Recommended.
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