Mission Impossible-Fallout 4K Blu-ray Review
Mission Impossible-Fallout – 2018
Paramount Pictures 2018
PG13 | 2hrs 27mins | Action | Adventure | Thriller
HD | 1080P | Dolby Atmos | DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1
4K | 2160P | HDR10 | Dolby Vision | Dolby Atmos | Dolby TrueHD 7.1
2.40:1 (1.90:1 IMAX) Aspect Ratio
Staring: Tom Cruise | Rebecca Ferguson | Henry Cavill | Vanessa Kirby | Simon Pegg | Ving Rhames
Directed by: Christopher McQuarrie
Ratings & Reviews
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My ratings are simple being marked out of a maximum of 5+. My reviews are biased towards the technical production aspects of the film with brief comments about the story line. Extras, sorry, that’s just not my ‘bag’.
Not having Immersive audio yet, what did the 4K version look like? Very good, and the 7.1 sound track? Engaging with some respectable bottom end.
Entertainment: 5
Video: 5-
Audio: 5
Technical Review – 4K UHD HDR10
Mission Impossible- Fallout was shot with a mix of 35mm and digital on Arriflex 235/425 and RED Weapon cameras in Redcode RAW (6K) and DXL RAW (8K), with digital intermediates at 4K. The 2160p resolution displays a native 4K image in a predominantly 2.39:1 aspect ratio. It opens in a 1.90:1 IMAX ratio for two key sequences, the HALO jump and the helicopter chase, using the same IMAX ratio for the later climatic cliffside fight. The movie generally provides a good image, particularly for the IMAX sequences that are expansive, well detailed and sharp, foreground or background alike. However, it will not be remembered for a feast of visual delights, tending to be just a little flat and murky. Generally the movie is not overly bright, even for outdoor shots, except for the all white bathroom scene. The blacks are occasionally raised in level and there is evidence of grain in several scenes. Never the less, black level and contrast were good overall, and clarity and sharpness of many scenes like the Parisian Streets and storefronts during the chase through city, and some wide angle shots of valleys and landscapes were consistent. Colors never really leapt of the screen, generally being a little muted and somber. Skin tones and facial closeups were very natural showing good detail and natural coloring. With closeups of various surfaces, costumes and materials providing good detail and depth. There were no intrusive compression artifacts and the CGI integration was excellent.
Audio – Dolby TrueHD 7.1
Mission: Impossible – Fallout‘s Dolby Atmos 7.1.4 track defaults to Dolby TrueHD 7.1 in my system. The mix is sonically impressive and fairly aggressive for the entire movie. Supporting good all-round imaging and immersion, excellent atmospheric cues, a broad front soundstage, and satisfying bass that is reasonably extended, if not just a touch lite for a movie of this scope and style. Bullets zip and ping of various surfaces with whirring helicopter blades and sirens making themselves felt. The party provides a solid, deep and penetrating beat and enveloping music sound field. While the helicopter scene towards the movies end offers plenty of sound immersion, detail and placement with the ever maneuvering ‘copters. Dialogue delivery is crip and clear across the front channels, and well prioritized even during the most intense sonic interludes. Not quite reference, but an excellent mix.
Story Overview
A couple of years after Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) managed to capture Solomon Lane (Sean Harris), the remaining members of the Syndicate have joined together to form another organization known as the Apostles led by an unknown fundamentalist John Lark (spoiler!). Ethan and his team are sent into Berlin to prevent the Apostles obtaining three plutonium cores that are to be used in a nuclear attack on Saudi Arabi, the Vatican and Jerusalem. The mission fails when Ethan has to make a decision between saving Luther’s (Ving Rhames) life or saving the plutonium, allowing the Apostles to escape with the three cores. After CIA agent August Walker (Henry Cavill) joins the team, Ethan and his crew find themselves in a desperate race against time to stop the deployment of the plutonium, and the detonation of the three nuclear devices.
My 2 Cents
The movie was almost action start to finish and at times I got so wrapped up with the characters, what was going on and about to happen next, my interest in the image properties wandered. So for all you die hard Mission Impossible fans this is a very entertaining movie with all its impossible stunts and action sequences. Its just a pity that the image isn’t stellar and the bass a little more extended, it would have then made it to my demonstration collection. Never the less, it is well worth owning in 4K and my family is already wanting to view it again in order to sort out some of the in’s and out’s of the characters, their roles and relationships.
