Guzzle some gin, chase it with a little vermouth and, by James Bond’s standards, you could spit up the perfect martini. Then, without warning, you’re being jostled about in ways that land somewhere between airplane turbulence and those old-timey exercise machines with the vibrating belts. For stretches, there’s no movement at all, and you can lose track of just what the theater can produce. The seats gently sway to simulate flight. Thor’s ax arrives on-screen accompanied by a sideways jolt. In addition to the fog and rain, strobes simulate lightning and, when appropriate, the theater can deploy snow, scents and bubbles.Īs for the other effects, The Bottom Shaker is joined by The Back Shaker and motions that, for lack of better names, could be referred to as The Shoulder Kicker and The Kidney Rumbler.

Depending on your constitution, the seats may not be all that heaves. Four to a pod, the chairs move as one as they pitch, roll and heave. How do all those effects hold up during the three-hour “Avengers: Endgame”? The simple answer is, it’s a lot.Ī 4DX screening is closer to a theme park attraction than a traditional movie.Īt $22.90 for a matinee and $24.90 in the evening, that amounts to a $12 surcharge compared with a regular screening at Red Rock and an $8 add-on to 3D shows.įar from the plush recliners that have become commonplace throughout the valley, the seats require you to step up into them and are comfortable only in certain positions. I’ve been sampling the equipment at CinemaCon at Caesars Palace for years, but that’s as part of three-minute demonstrations. Five years later, the Red Rock venue is still a rarity in the U.S. Launched in 2009, the experience didn’t secure a permanent foothold in America until 2014 with a theater in downtown Los Angeles. It’s been a long road from 4DX’s South Korean roots to Las Vegas. Instead, we’re supposed to make do with something called The Bottom Shaker. Yet, when CJ 4DPLEX unveiled its 4DX movie machinery Friday inside Auditorium 4 at Red Rock Resort - equipment that includes seats that move in sync with the film while air blasts your head, fog rolls in and, for some reason, water pelts you during rainy scenes - there was no Bottom Tickler.Īpparently that’s an option that theater owner Regal declined. If ever there were a city that should have been able to support such a thing, it’s Las Vegas. But it’s cutting-edge technology, nonetheless. Or the title of one of those true-crime movies on Lifetime. Sure, it sounds like the name of a D-list supervillain. Seats in Red Rock Resort's 4DX movie theater come four to a pod and move as one as they pitch, roll and heave in time with the movie.

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