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The Hurt Locker (2008)

DEMO 5.6 · BUBBLE 4.4 · BOOM 7.1 (with BEQ 7.4). Bass measured on the disc, Atmos. Directed by Kathryn Bigelow. Drama, Thriller, War.

The Hurt Locker (2008) poster
Front
28%
L35%
30%
R37%
100%
C83%
LFE
16%
LFE18%
Surround
off
Ls 
off
Rs 
12%
Lrs21%
12%
Rrs21%
Wide
0%
Lw0%
0%
Rw0%
Height
0%
Ltf0%
0%
Rtf0%
18%
Ltm26%
17%
Rtm27%
0%
Ltr0%
0%
Rtr0%

Bar and top figure — level against the film’s most active channel. Bottom figure — share of the runtime the channel carries signal.

DEMO
5.6 / 10
Bubble
4.4 / 10
Boom, as released
7.1 / 10
Boom with BEQ
7.4 / 10
Measured release
Disc · Atmos · chart by mikejl
Deep bass peak, 10–30 Hz
-19.6 dBFS · with BEQ -18.1
Depth, 10–20 vs 30–60 Hz
-0.8 dB · with BEQ +0.2
Average level, 10–30 Hz
-48.4 dBFS · with BEQ -46.9
Minutes of deep bass
20 min · with BEQ 21 min at ≥ −30 dBFS
Sub-bass warning
the disc peaks at -20.2 dBFS at 10 Hz — top of the field; mind ports and driver excursion
Tomatometer
97% · as of 29 Nov 2022
Metascore
95 / 100 · as of 16 Jun 2025
Chart scale read
0 to -59.7 dBFS
Height uptime
8.8%
LFE uptime
18.0% (shown, not scored)
Dynamic range
33.3 dB
Channels used
14 of 16
Dead channels
Ls Rs
Genres
Drama, Thriller, War
Tags
action, action thriller, drama, independent, war
Audio
Atmos, DTS-HD MA 5.1
Released
4 Sep 2008
First listed
16 Jan 2022
Sources
PerceptualPro + BEQ
Render
current

Channel by channel, through the film

One lane per speaker, the whole film from left to right. Bar height is how loud that speaker gets (square-root scale against this film's loudest moment, so quiet passages stay visible). The amber line under a lane marks the moments counted as playing, and the figure on the right is their share of the film. For the six height speakers that share is part of BUBBLE.

Front
L
35%
R
37%
C
83%
LFE
LFE
18%
Surround
Ls
unused
Rs
unused
Lrs
21%
Rrs
21%
Wide
Lw
0%
Rw
0%
Height
Ltf
0.1%
Rtf
0.1%
Ltm
26%
Rtm
26%
Ltr
0.1%
Rtr
0.1%
0:001:062:11

Read from PerceptualPro's channel-activity graph, pixel by pixel. A lane marked unused never rises out of its line.

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