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Wipeout hd fury blu ray11/19/2022 ![]() ![]() Being a new movie and new to the format, we’d expect nothing less than perfection and that’s nearly what we get. Paramount brings A Quiet Place to the Ultra HD format with a 2.40:1 HEVC 4K trasnfer. A Quiet Place might not be the scariest movie I’ve ever seen, but it is original and it’s a great movie-going experience. Krasinski and Blunt have strong performances and Millicent Simmonds, who is deaf in real-life, taught the actors much of the sign language used in the film. It’s not uplifting, but a tense 90 minutes that flies by so fast, you’ll think your watch is broken. Humans have the ability to adapt and survive and this is epitomized in the film. We follow the Abbotts as they try to eek out a living in what would have been a typical family, though the invaders have changed all of that. We’re able to figure out what happens pretty quickly. There isn’t a lot of rhyme or reason as to the events in this film and, truthfully, it doesn’t need them. Anyone who’s seen Jaws will readily agree. It’s said that less is more, especially when it comes to horror films. We learn from an early event what happens when too much (if any) noise is made. Their son, Marcus (Noah Jupe) and hearing-impaired daughter Regan (Millicent Simmonds) live on a large plot of land and they carry out their daily routine in near silence. We meet the Abbotts and though their names are never spoken, the end credits tell us that their names are Lee (John Krasinski) and Evelyn (Emily Blunt). And, from the lack of other humans you see in the film, they’ve managed to wipe out a good portion of our race. Evidently the Earth has been invaded by creatures from outer space who are blind, but hunt solely based on sound. Set in the very near future (early 2020’s), we meet a family struggling to survive. The guy from The Office in a horror film. So when the disc arrived, my interest was piqued. But with a scant budget of $17 million, the film has managed to near that magical mark and will likely surpass it. I can think of My Big Fat Greek Wedding and…well, that’s about it. By and large, smaller films that gross nearly $200 million dollars are pretty rare. And, in a way, that’s a good thing because the more you know about this movie, the less effective it will (or should) become. I knew that it starred John Krasinski and Emily Blunt (real-life husband and wife) and that it was supposed to be a horror movie. Having been only briefly familiar with A Quiet Place, I feel that was the best way to go into watching it. Plot: What’s it about? Video: How’s it look? Audio: How’s it sound? Supplements: What are the extras? The Bottom Line Plot: What’s it about? ![]()
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