Wrath of Man (2021) Blu-ray Review: The Basics
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Wrath of Man (2021) Blu-ray was sent to us from Warner Bros. The opinions in this review are my own.
Wrath of Man Blu-ray
Warner Bros. | 2021 | 119 min | Rated R | Jul 13, 2021
Video
Codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Resolution: 1080p
Original aspect ratio: 2.39:1
Audio
English: 5.1
Subtitles
English SDH
Discs
Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
UPC 191329204504
Story: The Basics
The plot follows H, a cold and mysterious character working at a cash truck company responsible for moving hundreds of millions of dollars around Los Angeles each week.
Director: Guy Ritchie
Writers: Guy Ritchie, Ivan Atkinson, Marn Davies, Nicolas Boukhrief, Éric Besnard
Starring: Jason Statham, Holt McCallany, Rocci Williams, Josh Hartnett, Jeffrey Donovan, Scott Eastwood
Wrath of Man (2021) Official Trailer
Video: The Basics
Wrath of Man is an awesome movie, lots of tension, and I was impressed by how good it is. Warner Bros decided to release this on Blu-ray only, and not a 4K. So how's it look on Blu-ray?
The first thing that's obvious to my eyes is that it's been oversharpened some. Slight edge enhancement is visible, and ringing is also visible around faces and hard objects. I don't like this, I think it's unnecessary, it makes the image look overly gritty, why? Sure, Blu-ray doesn't have the resolution and detail that 4K has, but that doesn't mean that you raise the sharpness to try and match a 4K image. This is 1080p, so let 1080p be 1080p. I also say this for 4K, because sometimes movies studios even oversharpen 4K content, and I think that this is completely wrong.
The ringing is made worse from the excessive edge enhancement used. Again, I don't like it, and I've seen better. I'm going to contact Warner Bros about this. I don't have much investment (so to speak) in Blu-ray, but Blu-ray can look better than this, and should look better IMO. Even Blu-ray vs streaming should look better if it's done right, and I will always do whatever I can to improve the state of Physical Media.
The colors are natural-looking, and I really like the look. However, Blu-ray really struggles with many of the color fades and tones. There are bit-depth issues around faces and shadows. Blu-ray has 8-bit color and this where 10-bit video from the 4K format would have really helped. There is minor banding, but to be fair that was just at the start, with digital logos. For Blu-ray it's acceptable, but not in the same league as 4K video.
Film grain breaks into noise slightly, it's not perfect film grain. The film grain is probably digitally added. I believe that the added sharpness I talked about earlier is having an impact on the encoding here. The disc needs a higher bit-rate to resolve this issue, plain and simple.
Overall? A fairly average-looking movie on Blu-ray. For it being this new I was expecting more TBH. The movie has been slightly oversharpened and exhibits viable ringing around objects. It has a gritty look, which is fine, but it needs a higher bit-rate to make this look better.
VIDEO SCORE: 4 OUT OF 5
THE BASICS: NEEDS A 4K RELEASE:)
Audio: The Basics
Wrath of Man only has a DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 mix. It's fully uncompressed which is great, but no Atmos/DTSX at this point in the game is kinda odd to me.
Dialogue is mixed well and is well recorded. The balance of voices is excellent, and I can't ask for more.
There's some deep bass in the movie, but it has no power. It's more of a progressive sound, vs all-out power.
The score for the movie is very good. It's progressive and tension-building. I personally love it.
Overall? I like the sound, and what's being attempted, but it's not a showcase. There's nothing here that makes me want to show this movie off. It's nothing flashy, but with that said, I like how it's presented and reminds me very much of Heat.
AUDIO SCORE: 4 OUT OF 5
THE BASICS: GREAT SCORE
HOW I REVIEW THE BASICS
REVIEW SCORES
2 - POOR
3 - AVERAGE
4 - GOOD
5 - EXCELLENT
5 - REFERENCE
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