You've got this backwards. Overly compressed dynamics are far more common than "excessive" dynamics. It's definitely not a case of sound engineers needlessly fl

You've got this backwards. Overly compressed dynamics are far more common than "excessive" dynamics. It's definitely not a case of sound engineers needlessly flexing. Your receiver will have a dynamic compression feature of some sort. Make sure that's maxed and it'll help. But frankly, an action movie isn't supposed to have explosions at the same sound level as dialog.