{"id":16086,"date":"2017-08-26T20:44:40","date_gmt":"2017-08-27T03:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=16086"},"modified":"2017-08-31T10:45:00","modified_gmt":"2017-08-31T17:45:00","slug":"review-bladerunner-4k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2017\/08\/review-bladerunner-4k\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Blade Runner: The Final Cut 4K + BD Screen Caps"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Blade Runner: The Final Cut<\/em><\/strong> is one of the best science-fiction movies ever made and still holds today as it did when I (finally) first saw it several years ago. And now it is the latest to get the 4K treatment and it is by far the best presentation in the format I\u2019ve seen yet, putting others to shame.<\/p>\n

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Blade Runner
\n\u2014 The Final Cut \u2014<\/span><\/span>
\n(1982)<\/span>
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Genre(s): <\/strong>Science Fiction, Suspense\/Thriller, Crime
\nWarner Bros. | R \u2013 117 min. \u2013 $44.95 | September 5, 2017<\/p>\n

Date Published:<\/strong> 08\/26\/2017 | Author:<\/strong> The Movieman<\/span><\/p>\n

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MOVIE INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Directed by: <\/strong>Ridley Scott
\nWriter(s): <\/strong>Philip K. Dick (novel); Hampton Fancher and David Peoples (screenplay)
\nCast: <\/strong>Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos, M. Emmett Walsh, Daryl Hannah<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DISC INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Features: <\/strong>3 Audio Commentaries, Featurette, Introductions
\nDigital Copy: <\/strong>Yes
\nFormats Included: <\/strong>4K, Blu-ray, DVD
\nNumber of Discs: <\/strong>4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Audio: <\/strong>English (Dolby Atmos), French (Dolby Digital 5.1), Dutch (Dolby Digital 5.1), Italian (Dolby Digital 5.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital 5.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0), Portuguese (Dolby Digital 5.1), Czech (Dolby Digital 5.1), Polish (Dolby Digital 5.1), Russian (Dolby Digital 5.1)
\nVideo: <\/strong>2160p\/Widescreen 2.40
\nSubtitles: <\/strong>English SDH, Arabic, Czech, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
\nCodecs: <\/strong>HEVC \/ H.265
\nRegion(s): <\/strong>A, B, C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Note: <\/strong>The screen captures provided are from the included Blu-ray and do not do the 4K picture justice. At all.<\/span><\/p>\n

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THE MOVIE \u2014 4.75\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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Blade Runner: The Final Cut<\/em><\/strong> is the rare movie that not only can you take a snapshot of just about any scene and it\u2019s suitable for framing and be a work of art, and a movie that, well, is just incredible. It\u2019s been at least five years since I last saw this movie (which was my first time if you would believe it) and this being the second viewing, it captured me from the get-go.<\/p>\n

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The film takes place in the distant future of 2019 in Los Angeles which has become a mish-mash of various cultures, Asian persuasion especially. The line between robotics and humans, the former are called replicants, has crossed to the point where it\u2019s difficult to discern the difference between the two. But there are tests that can be done to determine who is human and who is a replicant. These replicants are illegal on our planet and hunters known as Blade Runners are charged with hunting and killing them.<\/p>\n

Deckard (HARRISON FORD) has been charged with locating and \u201cretiring\u201d four replicants who escaped from an \u201coff world\u201d colony, the leader is named Roy Batty (RUTGER HAUER), a Nexus 6 model, the latest and most advanced. Deckard must following the clues to find each one, along the way falls in love with another replicant, Rachael (SEAN YOUNG), who works for the Tyrell Corporation, a company who created these replicants.<\/p>\n

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I don\u2019t think I have to explain just how timeless Ridley Scott\u2019s masterpiece really is. Blade Runner: The Final Cut<\/em><\/strong> is easily his masterpiece, in some ways surpassing Alien<\/em>, and it\u2019s not that isn\u2019t one hell of a sci-fi\/horror\/thriller in its own right. What stands out with this film, beyond a story that presumably, in some ways, influenced Ghost in the Shell<\/em>, and yes I know this is based on the Philip K. Dick novel, is the visual flare and a unique and yet familiar \u201cfuturistic\u201d landscape. Under the lens of the late director of photographer Jordan Cronenweth, and combined with Ridley Scott\u2019s eye, it makes for an incredible looking movie.<\/p>\n

In the end, Blade Runner: The Final Cut<\/em><\/strong> is one hell of a film and arguably Ridley Scott\u2019s best, although I still love Alien<\/em>. The world he built was immersive without, and this is a problem today, in your face and has influenced many a filmmaker and sci-fi movie to this day, namely the recent Ghost in the Shell<\/em> live action adaptation.<\/p>\n

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SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 4.5\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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This 4-disc release, two stacked on one another on each side, comes housed in a black UHD case and a semi-glossy slip cover<\/strong>. Inside is a Digital HD<\/u><\/strong> copy code.<\/p>\n

4K DISC:
\nIntroduction by Ridley Scott (0:35)<\/u><\/strong> \u2013 Scott briefly explains how he supervised the transfer and that this Final Cut<\/em> is his preferable version.<\/p>\n

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