You Only Live Twice 4K 1967 Ultra HD 2160p
The cunning of the villains from the international criminal organization SPECTRE knows no bounds. This time, the enemies of humanity are trying to pit the most powerful countries in the world against each other and thereby provoke the start of a nuclear war. Only moments remain before the complete destruction of life on Earth. In such a situation, anyone would panic, but not James Bond. Without losing his dignity and charm, he always achieves the necessary result. This time, the events unfold in Japan, which means that adventures with bloodthirsty ninjas and exotic geishas are guaranteed...
User Review
I took a short break and returned to watching Bondiana, and it was well worth it. After the very successful release of Thunderball, two years passed (previously, the interval between series was no more than one year), the director changed (Terence Young was replaced by the then little-known, although quite experienced Lewis Gilbert took over the director's chair), and the lead actor stubbornly refused to continue his participation in the series, raising his fee to an outrageous amount ($750,000 plus 25 percent of the box office).
The first thing that strikes the viewer is the slightly different atmosphere compared to its predecessors. Despite a fair amount of self-irony, the film is clearly darker than its predecessors, and at times it even seems that it is about to turn into a noir. In general, this film started a trend of making each film in the series darker and more realistic, which fundamentally contradicts the main idea of Bondiana, which is to cheerfully mock the clichés of detective stories, spy films, and politics.
But the direction is still pleasing. Everything is shot very well and at the level expected for the series, even now there are no particular complaints about the technical side (even the combined shooting looks quite convincing, except for the unfinished scene with the volcanic eruption). The spectacular final scene is especially pleasing. The high-quality sound and, as always, the excellent soundtrack by John Barry and Monty Norman are worth mentioning separately. It was nice to see that the main setting was Japan, albeit a slightly caricatured one.
But most of the questions are still about the script. The plot seems to be good, sometimes even exciting, and the dynamics are fine (better than in “The Ball Lightning”), but it's kind of boring to watch, especially in the first half of the action. There is no particular underlying meaning, and even the banter is lacking.
On the other hand, I was very pleased with the acting. Sean Connery is as good as ever, despite his friction with the producers, and gave a magnificent performance. I really liked Akiko Wakabayashi and Mie Hamada. Bernard Lee and Desmond Llewelyn were memorable as always.
Despite the somewhat critical tone of this review, I really liked the film. Everything would be fine if it weren't for this frightening tendency to “darkening” everything that happens.
Info Video
Codec: HEVC / H.265 (69.6 Mb/s)
Resolution: 4K (2160p)
HDR: Dolby Vision, HDR10
Original aspect ratio: 2.35:1
Info Audio
#English: Dolby TrueHD with Dolby Atmos 7.1
#English: Dolby Digital Plus with Dolby Atmos 5.1
#French: Dolby Digital 5.1
#German: Dolby Digital 5.1
#Italian: Dolby Digital 5.1
#Spanish (Latino): Dolby Digital 5.1
#Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1
#Japanese: DTS 5.1
#Russian: DTS 5.1
#Czech: Dolby Digital 5.1
#Hungarian: Dolby Digital 5.1
#Polish: Dolby Digital 5.1
#Thai: Dolby Digital 5.1
Info Subtitles
English SDH, Bulgarian, Chinese (Traditional), Chinese (Simplified), Cantonese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Slovenian, Spanish (Spain), Spanish (Latin America), Swedish, Thai, Turkish.File size: 65.40 GB
