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Kenny Endoso

Kenny Endoso

7 films on Best Blurays4 in 4K3 in HD

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Kenny Endoso (July 22, 1940 - August 10, 2010) was a stuntman, stunt actor, and second unit director. He grew up in a small town on the island of Hawaii. Kenny first started performing stunts in films in 1967 and also appeared in acting roles in a handful of movies and TV shows in which he was often cast as a bad guy. In addition, he not only was an avid golfer and a lover of classic cars (his favorite automobile was a red 1967 convertible Camaro), but also coached his son's baseball team and participated in Indian Princess/Charity League activities with his two daughters. He died at age 70 following a six year battle with cancer on August 10, 2010 in Burbank, California.

Biography from TMDB

Small role · Director: Carl Franklin

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Small role · Director: John Carpenter

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Italy Koch Media Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Italy Koch Media Blu-ray is not stretched compared to US Shout! Factory and UK Arrow Blu-rays

As for the color grade, unsure whether the Italy or US/UK Blu-ray is more accurate to the theatrical colors.

Best Audio:

Arrow Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

Arrow Blu-ray has lossless original stereo

Additional Info:

Shout! Factory Blu-ray has the most extras with a lossless isolated score

Small role · Director: Michael Mann

4K · Disappointing
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Theatrical Cut: Old Warner Bros DVD or fan restoration

Revised Cut: 2012 Japan Blu-ray

Sources: fanrestore.com (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Theatrical Cut: Old Warner Bros DVD or fan restoration

Revised Cut: 2012 Japan Blu-ray for less revisionist colors, 2022 Disney 4K Blu-ray is controversially regraded and too dark overall.

Best Audio:

LaserDisc 2.0 (restores censored dialog). Comparison of 5.1 mixes
For the 5.1: LaserDisc AC3 vs US DVD AC3 vs Japan DVD DTS

Small role · Director: Mark L. Lester

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Small role · Director: McG

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Sony 4K Blu-ray

Additional Info:

The UK cinema version is the most complete version of the film to date, featuring additional scenes of violence. Additional footage includes:

  • louder impact sounds during the fight scenes with added bass, particularly during the alley fight (the impact sounds are much tamer on all video and DVD releases)

  • the use of nunchaku during the closing fight on the castle (the fight sequence now has no footage of nunchaku)

  • an elbow-lock move performed during the above fight (this is now cut from all versions) It is assumed that this version is the cut of the film made before trims were made to it for the MPAA to secure a PG-13 rating.

The UK theatrical cut has not been released on home video to date.

Small role · Director: Mel Brooks

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly:

WB 4K Blu-ray

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

Best Video:

WB 4K Blu-ray review

Best Audio:

1998 WB LaserDisc

Small role · Director: Brett Leonard

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

Vinegar Syndrome 4K Blu-ray

Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Caps by cinemaniac, look great but

Audio Notes:

Vinegar Syndrome 4K Blu-ray boosted the audio and introduced clipping. Old Paramount Blu-ray maybe better?

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