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The Happening Blu-ray

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20th Century Fox | 2008 | 90 mins | Rated R | Oct 07, 2008



The Happening (Blu-ray)
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Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1

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English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
English: Dolby Digital 5.1
French: Dolby Digital 5.1
Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1

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English, Spanish

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Overall 2.9 of 5 2.9
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The Happening

 (2008)

Drama | Mystery



It begins with no clear warning. It seems to come out of nowhere. In a matter of minutes, episodes of strange, chilling deaths that defy reason and boggle the mind in their shocking destructiveness, erupt in major American cities. What is causing this sudden, total breakdown of human behavior? Is it some kind of new terrorist attack, an experiment gone wrong, a diabolical toxic weapon, an out-of-control virus? Is it being transmitted by air, by water.. how?

For Philadelphia high school science teacher Elliot Moore (Mark Wahlberg) what matters most is finding a way to escape the mysterious and deadly phenomenon. Though he and his wife Alma (Zooey Deschanel) are in the midst of a marital crisis, they hit the road, first by train, then by car, with Elliot's math teacher friend Julian (John Leguizamo) and his 8 year-old daughter Jess (Ashlyn Sanchez), heading for the Pennsylvania farmlands where they hope they'll be out of reach of the grisly, ever-growing attacks. Yet it soon becomes clear that no one—and nowhere—is safe. This terrifying, invisible killer cannot be outrun. It is only when Elliot begins to discover the true nature of what is lurking out there—and just what has unleashed this force that threatens the future of humanity—that he discovers a sliver of hope that his fragile family might be able to escape what is happening.

For more details about The Happening on Blu-ray, see The Happening Blu-ray Review

Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel, John Leguizamo, Ashlyn Sanchez, Betty Buckley
Director: M. Night Shyamalan


The Happening Blu-ray, Video Quality

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The Happening blows onto Blu-ray with a 1080p, 1.85:1-framed transfer. The transfer seems slightly dull, but it retains solid detail and color reproduction. The classroom scene near the beginning of the film, where audiences first meet Elliot, offers excellent depth and mostly true-to-life imagery. It looks ever so slightly pale and diluted, which was a running visual theme throughout the movie. Facial detail is impressive in close-ups of the actors, revealing that actors are indeed human, at least in 1080p. The film does offer fairly good theatrical presence, offering somewhat deep imagery that never jumps off the screen, but manages to retain a cinematic look nevertheless, particularly because of the natural film grain that the image retains throughout. Various outdoor scenes appear natural in detail, texture, and color. Definition is not incredible, but fields of blowing grass, for example, never look smeared of poorly rendered. Flesh tones appear somewhat ghastly, no doubt thanks to the film's aforementioned pale shading. The Happening offers viewers fairly good high definition material. Eye candy this is not, but more than adequate this is.


The Happening Blu-ray, Audio Quality

  Array of 5


Featuring a DTS-HD MA 5.1 lossless soundtrack, The Happening's audio presentation offers somewhat mixed results, but the positives outweigh the negatives. The score heard over the opening credits offers a fulfilling presence, but it doesn't approach the level of "the orchestra in the living room" sensation quite like that available from the very best lossless soundtracks. The bustling Central Park shot that follows features plenty of speaker-testing activity from every side. A brisk wind, footsteps, and dialogue combine to immerse the viewer in the packed New York landmark. The city scape that follows comes alive with police cars rushing to a scene, but the entire soundtrack, from effects to dialogue -- and despite plenty of activity from the rear channels -- feels over-exaggerated and unnatural. The score thumps and rattles on occasion, delivering powerful lows that perturb the room. A heavy blowing wind in chapter 12 slowly gains momentum as it increases in intensity and soon engulfs the entire soundstage with a heavy-handed bass presence. Dialogue reproduction is fine as expected, but the soundtrack as a whole feels and sounds forced rather than natural and graceful.


The Happening Blu-ray, News and Updates



The Happening Coming to Blu-ray - August 8, 2008

Fox Home Entertainment has announced that they will bring the M. Night Shyamalan film 'The Happening' to Blu-ray on October 7th, day-and-date with the DVD release. For the filmmakers first R-Rated film, video will be presented as 1.85:1 1080p AVC accompanied by ...

The Happening to Get BonusView Feature - July 25, 2008

In an interview with Agent DVD magazine, director M. Night Shyamalan revealed that he has recorded a BonusView commentary track for the upcoming Fox Home Entertainment Blu-ray release of his film 'The Happening'. He also mentioned that there is no planned director's ...


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