{"id":27316,"date":"2021-11-08T23:10:55","date_gmt":"2021-11-09T07:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=27316"},"modified":"2021-11-08T23:10:55","modified_gmt":"2021-11-09T07:10:55","slug":"review-reminiscence-bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2021\/11\/review-reminiscence-bd\/","title":{"rendered":"Reminiscence Blu-ray Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Reminiscence<\/em><\/strong> is a film that I\u2019ve felt like I\u2019ve seen before (not a pun), but beyond the familiarity, despite a respectable cast, all of whom seemed to give it their all, the core relationship between Jackman and Ferguson never gelled.<\/p>\n

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Reminiscence<\/span>
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Genre(s): <\/strong>Science Fiction, Mystery<\/span>
\nWarner Bros.| PG13 \u2013 116 min. \u2013 $34.98 | November 9, 2021<\/span><\/p>\n

Date Published:<\/strong> 11\/08\/2021 | Author:<\/strong> The Movieman<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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MOVIE INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Director: <\/strong>Lisa Joy
\nWriter(s): <\/strong>Lisa Joy (written by)
\nCast: <\/strong>Hugh Jackman, Rebecca Ferguson, Thandiwe Newton, Cliff Curtis, Daniel Wu<\/span><\/p>\n
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DISC INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Features: <\/strong>Featurettes, Music Video
\nSlip Cover: <\/strong>Yes
\nDigital Copy: <\/strong>Yes
\nFormats Included: <\/strong>Blu-ray
\nNumber of Discs: <\/strong>1<\/span><\/p>\n
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Audio: <\/strong>English (Dolby Atmos), English (Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 5.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital 5.1), Portuguese (Dolby Digital 5.1)
\nVideo: <\/strong>1080p\/Widescreen 2.40
\nSubtitles: <\/strong>English SDH, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, Greek, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish
\nDisc Size: <\/strong>46.07 GB
\nTotal Bitrate: <\/strong>45.02 Mbps
\nCodecs: <\/strong>MPEG-4 AVC
\nRegion(s): <\/strong>A, B, C<\/span><\/p>\n

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Warner Bros. Studios Home Entertainment provided me with a free copy of the Blu-ray I reviewed in this Blog Post.
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THE MOVIE \u2014 2\u00be\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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Plot Synopsis: <\/strong>Nick Bannister (HUGH JACKMAN), a private investigator of the mind, navigates the darkly alluring world of the past by helping his clients access lost memories. Living on the fringes of the sunken Miami coast, his life is forever changed as he uncovers a violent conspiracy while trying to solve the mystery behind the disappearance of a woman, Mae (REBECCA FERGUSON), whom he had fallen in love with but has a dark past.<\/p>\n

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Quick Hit Review: Reminiscence<\/em><\/strong> is a grounded sci-fi mystery thriller that had an interesting concept perhaps, some decent visual effects (albeit sometimes a bit video game-like for the cityscape) and committed performances from the core cast of Hugh Jackman, Rebecca Ferguson and Thandiwe Newton. However, the execution didn\u2019t quite worked for me and I never fully bought into the relationship between Jackman\u2019s Bannister and Ferguson\u2019s Mae. I will say I never was terribly bored and there are some interesting moments<\/em> just as a whole never came together.<\/p>\n

The film was the feature writing and directing debut of Lisa Joy who previously (and guess currently) has worked on Westworld<\/em> alongside her husband, Jonathan Nolan (who serves as an executive producer here). Unlike another director who made his debut under a Nolan, Wally Pfister, I\u2019d say Joy had a good enough eye and there were some okay action scenes and good visuals thanks to her cinematographer, Paul Cameron who worked on Man on Fire<\/em>, Collateral<\/em>, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides<\/em>and 21 Bridges<\/em> amongst others, in addition to De Ja Vu<\/em> which Reminiscence<\/em><\/strong> did remind me of at times…<\/p>\n

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In the end, Reminiscence<\/em><\/strong> isn\u2019t a bad<\/em> film, but lacked very much of an emotional gut-punch though I guess if you can really get into this, you might take something away, but for myself I was a bit disappointed given the cast.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 2\u00bd\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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This release comes with a slip cover<\/strong> and inside is a redemption code for the Digital HD <\/strong>copy.<\/p>\n

You\u2019re Going on a Journey (4:07)<\/u><\/strong> \u2014 Short featurette with some interviews by the cast including Hugh Jackman, Rebecca Fergsuson and Thandiwe Newton, plus writer\/director Lisa Joy, and some behind-the-scenes footage.<\/p>\n

The Sunken Coast (7:05)<\/u><\/strong> shows the process of bringing the futuristic Miami which is partially underwater, to life.<\/p>\n

Crafting a Memory (8:24)<\/u><\/strong> \u2014 Featurette looks at putting memory to the film form.<\/p>\n

Reminiscence <\/u><\/em><\/strong>Family Reunion (8:14)<\/u><\/strong> \u2014 This is a featurette where members of The Westworld<\/em> come together to work on the film. Includes more interviews by Lisa Joy, Executive Producer Jonathan Nolan, actors Hugh Jackman, Thandiwe Newton and others.<\/p>\n

Music Video (4:41)<\/u><\/strong> \u2014 \u201cSave My Love\u201d<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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VIDEO \u2013 4\u00bd\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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Warner Bros. releases Reminiscence<\/em><\/strong> onto Blu-ray presented with a 2.40 widescreen aspect ratio, presumably how it originally was shown in theaters and on HBO Max. The 1080p high-definition transfer looks unsurprisingly good with sharp detail and well balanced colors, albeit leaning more towards some darker tones given the subject matter and gritty, water-logged future. There were no apparent signs of aliasing or artifacting so as a whole, is a clean transfer.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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AUDIO \u2013 4\u00be\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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The disc comes with a Dolby Atmos track which is amazingly strong throughout. Dialogue comes across with good clarity and there is quite a bit of depth with the LFE channel kicking on for that extra boost, be it for the few suspense-filled scenes or Ramin Djawadi\u2019s great score, perhaps the best part of the movie to be honest.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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OVERALL \u2013 3\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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Reminiscence<\/em><\/strong> is a film that I\u2019ve felt like I\u2019ve seen before (not a pun), but beyond the familiarity, despite a respectable cast, all of whom seemed to give it their all, the core relationship between Jackman and Ferguson never gelled, maybe due it being unfolded in fragments. I would say this might be worth renting but keep expectations, if any, in check.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Check out some more 1080p screen caps by going to page 2. Please note, these do contain spoilers<\/strong>.
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Reminiscence is a film that I\u2019ve felt like I\u2019ve seen before (not a pun), but beyond the familiarity, despite a respectable cast, all of whom seemed to give it their all, the core relationship between Jackman and Ferguson never gelled.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,970],"tags":[1209,5351,1318,2281,3280,217],"class_list":["post-27316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blurayreviews","category-quick-hit-reviews","tag-cliff-curtis","tag-daniel-wu","tag-hugh-jackman","tag-jonathan-nolan","tag-rebecca-ferguson","tag-thandie-newton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27316"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27317,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27316\/revisions\/27317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}