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They are presented in full resolution and may not properly fit some monitors. (All SDR screen grabs have been taken from the source disc and have been converted to JPG files. Though a few minor specs remain the restoration efforts have really cleaned things up, and paired with the sharp digital presentation the film comes out looking brand-spanking-new. The police interrogation, with the lights seeping through the smoky interior, is another knockout. Those scenes bathed in red, particularly that opening flashback sequence, are also aided by the wider range provided by HDR, more details showing through the reds and in the blacks of the shadows. The transition from the shadows to the bright lights looks very clean and there's a nice aura present that bathes the objects in the scene without clipping the highlights. The opening sequence in the convenience store nicely shows this aspect off, as the characters travel through the dimly lit shop to the coolers bathed in fluorescents. And though the Blu-ray’s presentation holds up very well throughout the rest of the film, the 4K presentation still manages to come out cleaner in this area, and it does lead to sharper looking details and textures.ĭolby Vision has also been nicely applied, Criterion again taking an easy touch, though not to the extreme they did with Citizen Kane.
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There are a handful of scenes bathed in red light (something New Line wasn't fond of, according to Albert Hughes in his commentary, due to how reds come out looking on VHS) that came off a bit noisy on the Blu-ray, yet that same issue doesn’t appear in this presentation the image is clean and far more film-like, the macroblocking no longer present. Film grain is rendered in a far cleaner manner with this presentation, and it really helps the sequences the Blu-ray had issues with.
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The digital presentation is very clean, even managing to provide clear improvements over Criterion’s own Blu-ray. Of Criterion’s debut 4K titles, this may be the one I was most impressed by. A 1080p, high-definition version can be found on the included standard Blu-ray disc, which is covered here. and Criterion, scanned from the 35mm original A/B negative. The presentation has been sourced from a new 4K restoration performed by Warner Bros. The film is presented in its original aspect ratio of 1.85:1 on a dual-layer, BD-66 disc with a 2160p/24hz ultra high-definition encode and Dolby Vision. The Hughes’ brothers’ debut feature film Menace II Society reenters The Criterion Collection with a new 4K UHD edition.