John Lone

5 films on Best Blurays2 in 4K3 in HD

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John "Johnny" Lone is a Hong Kong born American actor of Chinese and English descent. Lone has played roles as diverse as a caveman in Iceman (1984), the last Emperor of China in The Last Emperor (1987), and an apparently female opera performer in M. Butterfly (1993). Was a member of Madame Fan Fok-Fa's The Spring And Autumn Drama School's Peking Opera. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Lone, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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2 in 4K

UHD Blu-ray or 4K streaming

The Last Emperor (1987)

Leading role · Director: Bernardo Bertolucci

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly:

Theatrical: Arrow 4K Blu-ray or Criterion 4K Blu-ray (preference)

TV: Arrow Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Theatrical: Arrow 4K Blu-ray and Criterion 4K Blu-ray have different gradings (preference)

TV: Arrow Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

(unsure about Criterion, which lacks the 5.1 on the Arrow)

3.9

King Kong (1976)

Small role · Director: John Guillermin

Video format: UHD Blu-ray

4K · Disappointing

Best Video:

StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray: good encode, but poor colours. More extras Paramount 4K Blu-ray: good colours but poor encode.

Best Audio:

(Paramount 4K Blu-ray has a 5.1 mix ONLY, which contains a music error) a possible replacement disc is still to be confirmed...

Additional Info:

Shout! Factory Blu-ray has extras missing from 4K

3.0

3 in HD

Blu-ray or HD streaming

Year of the Dragon (1985)

Leading role · Director: Michael Cimino

Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)

Audio Notes:

3.5

M. Butterfly (1993)

Leading role · Director: David Cronenberg

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Shout! Factory Blu-ray

3.5

Rush Hour 2 (2001)

Leading role · Director: Brett Ratner

Best English-Friendly & Video:

New Line/Warner Bros Blu-ray

Best Audio:

3.5

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