The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
4K Ultra HD
Blu Ray
Ultra HD enhances 'Mockingjay - Part 2,' offering improved detail, HDR advantage, and an excellent emotional conclusion.
Our approach to reviewing Ultra HD Blu-ray focuses on accuracy, and with The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2's 2160p HDR transfer in 2.40:1, it delivers a quality upgrade over its Blu-ray counterpart with its HDR10 HEVC H.265 encode while maintaining clarity despite varying lighting.
The aircraft ascends with cool effects, while characters descend into an underground habitat. The release features Dolby Atmos with excellent audio quality, delivering full, crisp, and sharp sounds, utilizing every speaker in the system.
Disc 2: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 Blu-rayDigital HD Copy features 4K UHD supplements, including director and producer audio commentary, and a photographic journey from the on-set photographer.
Katniss embraces her role as Mockingjay amid fear and uncertainty, while Lionsgate releases compelling 4K UHD versions of the Hunger Games series, showcasing somber war consequences and a tension-filled narrative.
Director: Francis Lawrence
Actors: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth
Plot: Katniss and a team of rebels from District 13 prepare for the final battle that will decide the fate of Panem.
Disc Release Date: 8 November 2016
all scores
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- Audio100
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 is presented on 4K UHD courtesy of Lionsgate Films with a 2160p HDR enhanced transfer in 2.40:1. Unlike the first two Hunger Games outings, both of which were shot...
This release features the same excellent Dolby Atmos track discussed in our original The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 Blu-ray review....
- Extra70
- Movie70
As with the other 4K UHD releases of the Hunger Games films, Mockingjay - Part 2's 4K UHD disc actually has some supplements, though once again (and kind of oddly), not quite all that are including on...
Lionsgate is revisiting one of their most successful franchises, bringing out all four Hunger Games films on 4K UHD. Do these upgrades hit the bullseye? Read on.<img src="https://images2.static-bluray.com/reviews/14356_1.jpg"...
- Total70
Mockingjay - Part 2 feels overstuffed and weirdly lethargic at times, but it also builds to an appropriate emotional catharsis. This 4K UHD disc improves on detail levels in the film's many dark scenes,...
- Video80
- Audio100
The rebels take the Capitol armed with a fantastically beautiful HEVC H.265 encode in HDR10, offering a worthy upgrade over its Blu-ray counterpart.Like its 'Mockingjay' brethren, the movie was filmed...
The same lossless audio mix from the previous Blu-ray has been ported over for this Ultra HD version, and Aaron wrote a spot-on review of that presentation, which I'll simply repeat here.'Mockingjay –...
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- Movie80
The same collection of supplements is ported over from the previous release and found on both the Blu-ray and Ultra HD.Audio Commentary — Director Francis Lawrence and producer Nina Jacobson return for...
The war-torn images of 'Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2' are sobering and familiar. This film, perhaps more than any of the other movies in the series, takes on the real collateral damage of war. Given...
- Total80
The best dystopia YA adaptation finally comes to a close with a strong and satisfying conclusion in 'The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2.' The Ultra HD Blu-ray shows an excellent 4K video presentation...
- Video82
- Audio92
This leaves us to do the best we can to determine what appears to be accurate, at least for the time being. With that in mind, my approach to reviewing Ultra HD Blu-ray will be to assess the elements observed...
The effects is quite cool as the aircraft ascends and flies off screen to the left fading from overhead toward the left. Shortly after they enter an elevator and descend toward and underground habitat...
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Disc 2: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 Blu-rayDigital HD Copy...
Separated from some of her closest allies and fearing for their safety in the Capitol, Katniss finally agrees to be the Mockingjay, the symbolic leader of the rebellion. Still uncertain as to whom she...
- Total81
While I found the Ultra HD video quality to an improvement over the 1080p version, the decision to upgrade may depend on how important those improvements are to you. I am adding each of these Ultra HD...
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- Audio100
In the early goings things look a little smoother and softer, but I think that’s due to the lighting of those particular sequences (Which match up to the previous film).Noise/Artifacts: Clean...
All the action sounds are full, loud, crisp, sharp and detail with great lows and plenty of use of every speaker in your system....
- Extra80
- Movie70
The Hunger Games: A Photographic Journey (HD, 10:16)– The on-set photographer from the film shares photos from the shoot of the film....
Narratively it works and doesn’t feel like any sort of betrayal, but you can see the other player’s hand and and have no suspense in them laying their cards down on the table....
- Total90
This one proves to the be the best of the bunch, taking the most advantage of the HDR and once again with a crushing and awesome surround experience....