Lucy (Luc Besson) (Dolby Atmos)

[McCrutchy]

Panorama recently re-released Luc Besson's Lucy in Hong Kong. This new release features a Dolby Atmos soundtrack.

[McCrutchy]

Confirmation:

This is intended to be a Region A locked disc. However, on both regions B and C on my Multiregion Oppo BDP-103, I saw both Chinese and English region-error screens...and then the disc booted straight to the copyright warnings and onto the main menu. So it seems that this may be effectively a region-free release, though that may depend on your system.

BDinfo scan:

I can confirm that the disc carries a 48kHz, 24-bit Dolby TrueHD 7.1 core track. There are also four Dolby Atmos trailers ("Amaze", "Leaf", "Conductor" and "Unfold") on the disc, which are playable from the menu. The "Unfold" trailer plays before the disc loads its main menu, and is actually encoded twice on the disc. All of the trailers also carry a 48kHz, 24-bit Dolby TrueHD 7.1 core.

Most unfortunately, this HK BD does not port the US BD master, so all English subtitling is handled via the subtitle track. This means that, in order to get English subtitles for the extensive non-English dialogue in the film (mainly Korean and French, with a few lines in other languages) you have to watch the entire film with English subtitles, or be very quick with the remote, turning them on and off. All subtitling is in white font.

All menus are entirely English-friendly.

The two featurettes from the Universal disc are present, presented here with optional English and Traditional/Simplified Chinese subtitles, There are even a few additional extras on this release, mostly consisting of short, English-language interviews with the cast and crew, which have burned-in Chinese subtitles only. A look at the chase scene, from storyboards through VFX to final composite, is also available under its French title "Cascades rue de Rivoli", and is in English with optional English and Traditional/Simplified Chinese subtitles. The English-language Hong Kong (identified as "US") trailer comes with optional English and Traditional/Simplified Chinese subtitles, while a different Hong Kong trailer with English audio and Chinese/English graphics comes with burned-in Chinese subtitles only.

                                                                                                                Total   Video                                             
Title                                                           Codec   Length  Movie Size      Disc Size       Bitrate Bitrate Main Audio Track                          Secondary Audio Track
-----                                                           ------  ------- --------------  --------------  ------- ------- ------------------                        ---------------------
00002.MPLS                                                      AVC     1:29:04 23,357,491,200  37,043,758,819  34.96   26.47   Dolby TrueHD 7.1 5233Kbps (48kHz/24-bit)

DISC INFO:

Disc Title:     LUCY
Disc Size:      37,043,758,819 bytes
Protection:     AACS
BD-Java:        No
BDInfo:         0.5.8

PLAYLIST REPORT:

Name:                   00002.MPLS
Length:                 1:29:04.708 (h:m:s.ms)
Size:                   23,357,491,200 bytes
Total Bitrate:          34.96 Mbps

VIDEO:

Codec                   Bitrate             Description     
-----                   -------             -----------     
MPEG-4 AVC Video        26471 kbps          1080p / 24 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1

AUDIO:

Codec                           Language        Bitrate         Description     
-----                           --------        -------         -----------     
Dolby TrueHD Audio              English         5233 kbps       7.1 / 48 kHz / 5233 kbps / 24-bit (AC3 Embedded: 5.1-EX / 48 kHz / 640 kbps)

SUBTITLES:

Codec                           Language        Bitrate         Description     
-----                           --------        -------         -----------     
Presentation Graphics           Chinese         18.516 kbps                     
Presentation Graphics           Chinese         17.143 kbps                     
Presentation Graphics           English         24.658 kbps                     

FILES:

Name            Time In         Length          Size            Total Bitrate   
----            -------         ------          ----            -------------   
00003.M2TS      0:00:00.000     1:29:04.708     23,357,491,200  34,962          

CHAPTERS:

Number          Time In         Length          Avg Video Rate  Max 1-Sec Rate  Max 1-Sec Time  Max 5-Sec Rate  Max 5-Sec Time  Max 10Sec Rate  Max 10Sec Time  Avg Frame Size  Max Frame Size  Max Frame Time  
------          -------         ------          --------------  --------------  --------------  --------------  --------------  --------------  --------------  --------------  --------------  --------------  
1               0:00:00.000     0:07:40.125     25,660 kbps     40,143 kbps     00:01:48.708    35,433 kbps     00:01:44.791    33,365 kbps     00:01:43.708    133,636 bytes   457,633 bytes   00:01:47.375    
2               0:07:40.125     0:07:57.416     28,417 kbps     38,563 kbps     00:11:03.458    34,035 kbps     00:12:22.500    32,226 kbps     00:07:40.958    148,004 bytes   403,723 bytes   00:12:50.833    
3               0:15:37.541     0:07:25.958     27,060 kbps     39,876 kbps     00:19:23.666    35,456 kbps     00:19:23.375    33,549 kbps     00:19:22.708    140,940 bytes   531,331 bytes   00:16:20.958    
4               0:23:03.500     0:07:14.875     28,548 kbps     39,516 kbps     00:28:01.458    36,231 kbps     00:27:59.250    34,227 kbps     00:27:54.208    148,687 bytes   430,123 bytes   00:27:54.500    
5               0:30:18.375     0:07:08.291     28,997 kbps     36,344 kbps     00:36:23.333    34,432 kbps     00:36:22.333    32,021 kbps     00:36:21.250    151,027 bytes   361,119 bytes   00:31:28.541    
6               0:37:26.666     0:05:39.583     29,533 kbps     39,013 kbps     00:37:42.541    34,950 kbps     00:37:39.875    33,584 kbps     00:37:37.750    153,818 bytes   553,333 bytes   00:37:57.750    
7               0:43:06.250     0:08:53.541     27,676 kbps     36,309 kbps     00:48:27.208    34,114 kbps     00:47:23.291    32,881 kbps     00:47:21.541    144,145 bytes   388,191 bytes   00:48:04.791    
8               0:51:59.791     0:07:25.375     29,540 kbps     34,825 kbps     00:55:14.416    32,101 kbps     00:53:16.583    31,463 kbps     00:57:17.000    153,855 bytes   389,776 bytes   00:55:14.458    
9               0:59:25.166     0:06:01.041     28,443 kbps     36,225 kbps     01:04:01.250    33,097 kbps     01:04:15.750    32,103 kbps     01:04:17.208    148,142 bytes   364,695 bytes   01:04:28.958    
10              1:05:26.208     0:09:38.041     28,826 kbps     37,915 kbps     01:14:41.041    35,025 kbps     01:14:40.916    33,760 kbps     01:14:38.000    150,138 bytes   421,771 bytes   01:07:45.708    
11              1:15:04.250     0:07:14.958     28,200 kbps     38,190 kbps     01:18:55.708    33,706 kbps     01:18:53.833    32,419 kbps     01:18:53.833    146,876 bytes   471,879 bytes   01:17:14.666    
12              1:22:19.208     0:06:45.500     5,072 kbps      19,310 kbps     01:28:26.833    16,745 kbps     01:28:25.250    15,277 kbps     01:28:21.833    26,422 bytes    326,238 bytes   01:28:26.875    

STREAM DIAGNOSTICS:

File            PID             Type            Codec           Language                Seconds                 Bitrate                 Bytes           Packets         
----            ---             ----            -----           --------                --------------          --------------          -------------   -----           
00003.M2TS      4113 (0x1011)   0x1B            AVC                                     5344.625                26,472                  17,685,244,221  96,190,434      
00003.M2TS      4352 (0x1100)   0x83            TrueHD          eng (English)           5344.625                5,873                   3,923,456,380   25,049,804      
00003.M2TS      4608 (0x1200)   0x90            PGS             zho (Chinese)           5344.625                19                      12,370,602      72,341          
00003.M2TS      4609 (0x1201)   0x90            PGS             zho (Chinese)           5344.625                17                      11,452,853      67,337          
00003.M2TS      4610 (0x1202)   0x90            PGS             eng (English)           5344.625                25                      16,473,816      94,603

[wesslan]

How was the sound and do you have the US disc to compare with?