Kiss the Girls 4K Ultra HD Review

THE MOVIE — 3¾/5

Plot Synopsis: Successful forensic psychologist Alex Cross (MORGAN FREEMAN) discovers that his niece has gone missing. Once he consults with police Detective Nick Ruskin (CARY ELWES), Cross believes that the disappearance is the work of an insane killer known as “Casanova.” Meanwhile, Dr. Kate McTiernan (ASHLEY JUDD) is kidnapped by this criminal and witnesses many other imprisoned women in his lair. After narrowly escaping, McTiernan teams up with Cross to try to apprehend the deranged Casanova.

Quick Hit Review: Kiss the Girls is a 1997 crime-thriller based off of the hit novel by James Patterson and features a really solid cast headlined by Morgan Freeman and Ashley Judd, both turning in fine performances, Freeman in particular as usual, and also includes Cary Elwes, Tony Goldwyn, Brian Cox and a smaller role from Jeremy Piven. Under the direction of Gary Fleder whose filmography is primarily TV projects and so here there’s nothing special in that regards.

SPECIAL FEATURES – 0/5

No features were included, not even a scene selection submenu.

VIDEO – 4/5, AUDIO – 4/5

Paramount releases Kiss the Girls onto 4K Ultra HD and is presented in the original 2.35 widescreen aspect ratio and a 2160p high-definition transfer. Kiss the Girls is an already dimly lit movie, even the daylight scenes so you’re not going to get brilliant colors, so detail isn’t terribly sharp but still decent enough. The transfer itself is clean, free of artifacts, aliasing or other flaws. Without a direct comparison, I imagine it is marginally better than the Blu-ray.

The only audio option is a DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track which is likely the same or similar to the Blu-ray disc. Still, dialogue does come across with good clarity and the action scenes provide some nice depth alongside Mark Isham’s moody score.

OVERALL — 2½/5

Kiss the Girls is a fine suspense/thriller, based on the James Patterson novel, headlined by a respectable cast headlined by Morgan Freeman and Ashley Judd. Unfortunately this 4K Ultra HD release is very basic and I really wish this had been released by a company like Arrow Video or Shout Factory with some bonus features.