65

4K Ultra HD

Blu Ray

  • Score
    81
    from 6 reviewers
  • 65 is a focused survival movie with dinosaur action, but lacks emotional depth and thrilling action; better options available, consider renting.

    65
    2023
    93 min
    PG-13
    True 4K
    HDR10
    Dolby Vision
    Dolby Atmos
  • Video
    94
  • The native 4K image boasts stunning detail, natural colors with a warm push in jungle environments, and great clarity due to Dolby Vision HDR. Sony's UHD release refines the Blu-ray while enhancing facial textures and visual effects in diverse scenarios.

  • Audio
    97
  • Bass is impactful, with tremendous LF effects creating room-shaking brilliance. Dolby Atmos soundtrack offers unique, spacious sonic environments with heightened environmental effects, adding intricate detail and immersion to the movie experience.

  • Extra
    67
  • 65's UHD release includes extras on a Blu-ray disc, a Movies Anywhere digital copy code, and a slipcover. Features like production design, galaxy/space visuals, and deleted scenes provide limited insights while EPK-style featurettes offer a superficial glance at the filmmaking process.

  • Movie
    74
  • 65 is an exciting film set in a distant galaxy, exploring themes of sacrifice, inevitable societal issues, and shocking elements. With strong narrative-driving scenes by A Quiet Place writers Beck and Woods, the movie captivates but raises questions about some surprising decisions.

    True 4K
    HDR10
    Dolby Vision
    Dolby Atmos

    Director: Scott Beck, Bryan Woods

    Actors: Adam Driver, Ariana Greenblatt, Chloe Coleman

    Plot: An astronaut crash lands on a mysterious planet only to discover he's not alone.

    Disc Release Date: 30 May 2023

    all scores

    avforums review by Simon Crust
    • Video
      90
    • Detail on this native 4K image is stunning, close-up skin texture; pores, hair, ingrained dirt and grime, sweat; everything is clear and defined, clothing has discernible weaves, check out the sand grains...

    • Audio
      100
    • Bass is tremendous, adding depth and impact to the low end, LF effects are numerous and, at times, room-shakingly brilliant, without becoming thick or muddy....

    • Extra
      40
    • Final Showdown: Concepts to Screen – 10 minutes of storyboards superimposed on finished film....

    • Movie
      60
    • The grammar of the film is absolutely spot on in terms of ‘how to make an exciting film’ – every scene informs the next, or is part of the setup, any dialogue drives the narrative, there is a distinct...

    • Total
      70
    • If that’s your bag, then it’s a winner, but just slowing down a touch, giving the characters some time to breathe and develop would have given it some much needed emotional investment, and thus afforded...

    Blu-ray.com review by Martin Liebman
    • Video
      90
    • Sony's 2160p/Dolby Vision UHD release of 65 delivers a rock-solid UHD image that is more of a fine-point refinement of the Blu-ray and less a substantial overhaul. Gains in both key areas are fine rather...

    • Audio
      100
    • Unlike the companion Blu-ray, which concurrently releases with a DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 lossless soundtrack, this UHD version of 65 releases with a Dolby Atmos soundtrack. It's clearly a step above the...

    • Extra
      40
    • This UHD release of 65 includes a few extras, all of which are found on the bundled Blu-ray disc. A Movies Anywhere digital copy code is included with purchase. This release ships with a non-embossed slipcover....

    • Movie
      70
    • 65 opens with this text: "Prior to the advent of mankind, in the infinity of space, other civilizations explored the heavens." In other words the movie takes place a long time ago in a galaxy far, far...

    • Total
      70
    • 65 doesn't demand that its audience turn off the brain, mostly because there's not much here to stimulate the brain one way or the other. If the film is good at anything, it's good at focus and forward...

    The Digital Bits review by Bill Hunt
    • Video
      90
    • The color palette is nuanced and natural, albeit with a slight warm push that befits the lush jungle environments....

    • Audio
      95
    • But the Atmos mix is effective in creating unique sonic environments, and a real sense of spaciousness within them, with the height channels employed to fill in the sound of wind, dinosaur calls, rain,...

    • Extra
      40
    • Ultimately, the impression one gets is that these filmmakers—though well-meaning—believe they’ve somehow invented a better wheel, when in reality they’re still driving with a learner’s permit on a well-worn...

    • Movie
      55
    • But Mills is reluctant to go, as the mission will take him away from his family for two years… and that’s if all goes well....

    • Total
      70
    • But if you’re looking for better films of this type, the aforementioned Pitch Black is far more effective....

    • Video
      80
    • Whether it’s warning lights onboard the ship after its crash or the jungle greens, density and boldness thrive....

    • Audio
      100
    • It’s intricate and involving, the type of work that betters a movie, or at least makes it worth staying on a shelf....

    • Extra
      40
    • A look at production design, a paltry five-minutes, precedes an equally puny look at the galaxy/space for all of two-minutes....

    • Movie
      60
    • In its slimmest, tiniest ways, 65 also suggests that as societies, no matter which planet we’re born on, it’s inevitable we’ll turn to weapons of war, suffocating financial systems, and universal empathy...

    • Total
      70
    • A simple on-the-run survival movie with a slight dramatic heart, 65, as expected, ultimately comes down to the dinosaur action....

    High-Def Digest review by Sam Cohen
    • Video
      90
    • Aided by Dolby Vision HDR, detail in general is really good despite the cinematography lacking the kind of visual punch with all the visual effects aiding the plot....

    • Audio
      90
    • This a spacious and robust track, with environmental effects like rushing wind and roaring oceans gaining height in the overhead channels....

    • Extra
      20
    • The deleted scenes don’t encourage you to think there was anything valuable left on the cutting room floor, and the additional EPK-style featurettes just gloss over the production like a press junket....

    • Movie
      40
    • Written and directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, the duo who wrote A Quiet Place and its sequel as well as writing and directing the independent horror film Haunt, 65 is certainly interested in the...

    • Total
      60
    • While 65 severely lacks the kind of survival thriller/horror action that people were so eager for, the new 4K Blu-ray release at least honors the 4K source and provides a nice boost in detail and black...

    Why So Blu? review by Brandon Peters
    • Video
      90
    • Facial features and textures on our limited characters are clear as day and discernible from any given distance in the frame....

    • Audio
      100
    • The rolling, atmospheric sound is everywhere, creating an amazing environment and really tracking and translating the action with great accuracy and ultimate impact....

    • Extra
      40
    • Creating the World of 65 (HD, 4:56) – “Crash land from one movie into a better movie”Primordial Planet (HD, 2:30) – A parody of a nature program set to Earth of 65.Final Showdown: Concepts To Screen (HD,...

    • Movie
      30
    • There’s a lot of stuff going on that the film thinks is clever or interesting, yet never gives a reason for it to be other than the writers just made that decision because they thought it was shocking,...

    • Total
      50
    • If you’ve not seen the film, I’d recommend renting or waiting for it to hit a streaming service you subscribe to before buying....