Reservoir Dogs - Limited Steelbook Edition (4K Ultra HD) (+ Blu-ray)

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low end. Dialogue is rendered cleanly and clearly throughout. Optional English and Spanish subtitles are available. Quentin Tarantino may have made bigger movies and he may have made (technically) better movies, but will we be celebrating the 30th anniversaries of The Hateful Eight or Django Unchained with quite the same reverence or affection? Unlikely, but until we find that out this excellent edition serves to remind us how vital Reservoir Dogs and Quentin Tarantino were/are to the movie industry and, more importantly, that the 30th anniversary of Pulp Fiction is only two years away… really beautifully "tight" resolution for the most part, I was especially buoyed by the appearance of grain on the 4K UHD disc, since I have what's Reservoir Dogs comes with a brand new 2160p UHD 4K transfer with Dolby Vision. This is the first time this timeless film has been released in the 4K format. When Blu-ray first debuted all those years ago, Reservoir Dogs was one of the first releases. Since then, it's only been released a couple of times in either a boutique set or a limited release - and even that was several years ago. Extras wise, this release certainly comes up light. I only received the 4K disc for this review, which contains no extras at all (not even a commentary). An accompanying Blu Ray will contain some deleted scenes and two featurettes, Playing it Fast and Loose and Profiling The Reservoir Dogs. It is a great shame that the wealth of extra features from previous special editions has not been included. I also cannot confirm if the new 4K transfer appears on the Blu Ray (although one thinks that it would).

I do have the standard definition DVD and have watched it numerous times but this will not be a side by side comparison, just a short discussion of the Blu Ray's quality.

has been putting out, and some of those releases have definitely not been up to par in my estimation, but Reservoir Dogs has received

Reservoir Dogs is a magnificent film: a violent, bloody, intense character study of criminals in the aftermath of a heist that went horribly wrong and turned into a bloodbath. Whilst director Quentin Tarantino’s influences are well known, his razor-sharp script and shooting style, demands attention and the film still feels fresh and new, and maintains its visceral impact 30 years later. Another thing, used earlier, but NEVER on such scale, was to take low life characters and make them have really elaborated conversations on all kind of unexpected topics. And it worked BIG TIME. wanted to exploit can still lead to some very minor crush at times in the 4K version. I've kind of made fun of the almost intentionally random 4K disc shows a release date of 2007 and is the 62nd disc entered into the database here). As is their wont, Lionsgate later re-released the disc several

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par, and fans of the film will probably be chomping at the bit to see if Lionsgate has upped the ante with this release. Coming housed in a gleefully gruesome Steelbook, the extras (on the Blu-ray disc only) include deleted scenes and a couple of archive featurettes covering the movie and the characters, but you aren’t getting this for the extras – you’re getting it because it is the perfect upgrade of a classic movie that still feels like it was only released last week. The film has a feel of bravura and creativity. The acting is sharp and the dialogue colloquial and profane. There is a sense of spontaneity and abandon enhanced by the reference to popular culture, music film, and language.

Hindsight is a wonderful thing, and watching Reservoir Dogs now, when the opening credits start to the dulcet tones of Steven Wright’s ‘K-Billy’s Super Sounds of the Seventies’ radio show, you know you are in for a treat. Even more so when we are presented with the opening scene of the main characters sitting around a table discussing Madonna’s ‘Like a Virgin’ in what still ranks as one of Tarantino’s finest moments, the dialogue sharp, witty and, above all, real, especially when Mr. Pink waxes lyrical about tipping and why he doesn’t believe in it. version is being offered with the 4K UHD disc, and as of the writing of this review no standalone 1080 disc of this version is being offered, I'll shadow detail. The 4K UHD version looks a bit warmer to me than the 1080 version, with slightly flushed flesh tones at times. Also, it may be that An amazing start to a highly succesful career and no doubt we will see more of Tarantino’s genius converted to 4K in the future. A must own for fans and a great start for anyone who has yet to sample his work. simply state that Quentin Tarantino hasn't been especially shy (is he ever?) about discussing various films that inspired this one, including

grace both presentations. Dolby Vision and/or HDR give some special punch (no pun intended) to some of the grisly reds and purples of things like The film tells an over-the-top story of the heist of a Los Angeles diamond store. Five thugs are recruited for the job by mastermind Joe Cabot (Gene Tierney) and the heist is carefully planned. The trouble is that one of the thugs is an undercover cop. The heist goes awry with much senseless killing. some of their 4K UHD releases that were shot on film). But both a beautifully saturated and vibrant palette and typically excellent fine detail levels Reservoir Dogs has enjoyed an excellent 4K resoration and looks as bloody as ever. You can still see no more of the implied violence than you ever could, but the gruesome aftermath is crispier than ever. Reservoir Dogs is presented on 1080 Blu-ray and in 4K UHD (2160) courtesy of Lionsgate Films in 2.35:1. The first Blu-ray was actually

VIDEO....The transfer of the video is very clean with strong colors despite a muting of the entire color grading throughout the film. Contrast is excellent and details, even some of the very small ones, are clearly defined. The lines of the tiny tiles in the meet-up building are easy to see without a blurring of lines despite the depth of field which brings them slightly out of focus. I saw no dirt or artifacting at any time in the watching of this Blu Ray. Shot on film, naturally there will be a slight patina of grain but it is difficult to really see and is not a viewing problem in the slightest. Reservoir Dogs came out on 1080 Blu-ray so long ago that the first release from Lionsgate Films was actually branded as the 15th wounds and bruises, but if there are a couple of small deficits in the 4K presentation, I'd personally say they fall in the color grading and levels of The color coded names they use are of course Tarantino's tribute to the great 1974 thriller "Taking of Pelham 123". One of those six men is a traitor - and another one hides an even bigger, uglier, more horrible secret. For many of them this is the last day of their lives... Nothing more will be said.Reservoir Dogs tells us the tale of a group of hardened criminals brought together by old gangster Joe ( Lawrence Tierney– Born To Kill, Dillinger) for a simple diamond heist. The men are mostly strangers to each other, with the exception) of Joe’s son Eddie ( Chris Penn– Footloose, Starsky and Hutch) and Mr. Blonde ( Michael Madsen– Kill Bill Vol. 1, The Hateful Eight), a close friend of the family. As the film opens we see our crew sitting together dissecting the songs of Madonna and discussing the relative merits of tipping. Hollywood history not only suffuses this film but is literally on screen in the form of Lawrence Tierney, who is still a visceral, feral presence in what Selected items are only available for delivery via the Royal Mail 48® service and other items are available for delivery using this service for a charge. In 1992, Quentin Tarantino (Pulp Fiction, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood) came bursting onto the scene with a crime thriller so unlike anything else that had come before that it changed the face of the genre overnight. But this new UHD image looks fantastic while keeping its very filmic roots. There is no way this film has the digital car-washed-out look, which would make Tarantino lose his mind. The film grain is very much intact and heavy at times, which was the intended purpose and even the early source of this 1992 film. The color palette is warm, just like Tarantino intended. The browns, oranges, yellows, ambers, and somewhat warmer beige and grey walls look fantastic. The Dolby Vision enhancement makes those gushes of red blood really pop when they pour from orifices and stain the white button-down shirts. The practical makeup applications reveal pinks and purples for bruising very well too.