2DIE4(2025)

2DIE4 is the story of what happened when racing legend Felipe Nasr took a car to the 24 Hours of LeMans. Shot by the Abdalah Brothers the film is being released into IMAX theaters because of the truly stunning images, particularly the ones of the race.

If you are going to see 2DIE4 see it on a big screen. The images are spectacular. The shots of the cars racing are spectacular. In the huge screen format this is probably as close to most people will ever get to being on the track, in the cars or in the pit. I absolutely loved the images in this film.

The problem is that outside of the images the film does have much going on. Yes it’s Nasr at the race but there isn’t enough information given to us that we feel any real excitement. Worse the pacing is off, and this one hour film is a long haul. Then again the film isn’t really a true hour. The film ends and then we get some images of the race in Daytona during the credits….and then the credits end and we get several minutes of images of how the film was shot. The film feels like this should have either been re-edited to include Daytona or have just lost 20 minutes and been a long short.

It’s not bad, but it you aren’t seeing this with a big picture and big sound and it’s a chore to get through.

Angkor (2022)

Your reaction to this IMAX exploration of the lost Cambodian city/temple will depend on whether you see the film in 2D or 3D.  While there is difference between the two films other than the glasses, they are actually what hakes the film work since the glasses gives the illusion of being in the temple itself.

The film itself is a look at the discovery and restoration of the whole area. It’s brief look at the history of the complex and of how it was swallowed up by the jungle before “rediscovery”. Actually the temple was known to various pilgrims who were followed by an archaeologist who then brought word back to the rest of the world. It has then been slowly restored over the last century plus with only some breaks for the wars that have ravaged the country.

To be perfectly honest while the film gives us a nice cursory history of Angkor, the film is rather dry and not as informative as it should have been. There is so much to this story that the film barely touches on in favor of giving us visual delights that you really have to wonder why they bothered. This should have been a feature not a 40 minute travelogue.  And while the film leans heavily on the visuals they aren’t always what they should be, unless you have the glasses on since you get the added depth that make the film come alive.

Is the film worth seeing? As an IMAX 3D film yes. As 2D and non IMAX  it can be skipped