Fantastic Four Blu-ray

Fantastic Four

 (2005)

Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi



Jessica Alba, Chris Evans and Michael Chiklis head a sexy, star-powered cast in this explosive adventure about a quartet of flawed, ordinary human beings who suddenly find themselves with extraordinary abilities. After exposure to cosmic radiation, four astronauts become the most remarkable, if dysfunctional, superheroes of all time. Unfortunately, the mission's sponsor has also been transformed into the world's most lethal supervillain setting the stage for a confrontation of epic proportions. Packed with nonstop action, big laughs and awesome special effects, Fantastic 4 is "powerful fun" (The Baltimore Sun) from start to finish!

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Starring: Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, Michael Chiklis, Julian McMahon
Director: Tim Story

Fantastic Four Blu-ray, Video Quality

 


Fox's presentation of this 2.35:1 framed version of Fantastic Four in 1080p Blu-ray high definition is a solid one. Black levels aren’t fantastic, but they are not bad, exhibiting just a hint of gray and looking just the smallest bit too bright. A very fine grain layer, hardly noticeable in most scenes, covers the entirety of the film. Nice color reproduction is evident throughout, and this movie is quite colorful. The transfers appears somewhat soft in places, with less than well-defined edges, but it’s still acceptable. It’s mostly the medum-to-long distance shots that exhibit some softness, but the close-ups look fine. Flesh tones are good, a bit off in a few places, sometimes looking too golden and at other times too red. Fine detail is evident from the first frame to the last; the intricacies of the uniforms they wear in space, for example, are impressive. Also impressive are nuances seen throughout, such as those on a fire truck that is rescued in the film’s first big action sequence. It’s color is reproduced wonderfully, and all of the fine details on it are clear. Fantastic Four looks like your average high-definition transfer, which means it looks better than every DVD out there as well as many Blu-ray discs, but it doesn't distinguish itself either, failing to stand out from the crowd, but in this case that means it's good and pleasing to look at. This is another solid effort from Fox.

Fantastic Four Blu-ray, Audio Quality

 


Fox brings Fantastic Four to Blu-ray with a DTS-HD MA 5.1 lossless sound mix that's, well, fantastic. The first thing you'll notice is the wonderful and constant presence in the rear channels. The sound back there is never intrusive, providing only the perfect blend of sound to immerse us in the movie and leaving our senses satisfied rather than assaulted. The sound is also clear and well-defined, featuring wonderful imaging, directionality, and flow. Dialogue has a slight harshness to it, but is otherwise always audible and pronounced. There is some solid, chest-rattling bass in the early outer space scenes. The scene early in the movie where the storm hits the space station will blow you away with its power and definition. The footsteps and falls of Thing rumble terrifically, as does any instance where heavy laboratory equipment is used. In fact, all of the movie’s action sequences (primarily the two major ones) offer an incredible array of sounds as the fronts, rears, and subwoofer all work overtime to bring you the action. These scenes are immersive and impressive but not so powerful as to become a distraction, only getting so loud and complex as to make the action real, and no more. Once again, Fox has not disappointed in the audio department.

Fantastic Four Blu-ray, News and Updates

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