Mykelti Williamson

10 films on Best Blurays5 in 4K5 in HD

Michael T. 'Mykelti' Williamson (born March 4, 1957) is an American actor best known for his role as Benjamin Buford 'Bubba' Blue in the 1994 film Forrest Gump, as Detective Bobby 'Fearless' Smith in the critically acclaimed but commercially unsuccessful crime drama Boomtown, and recently for appearing as the head of CTU for season 8 of the hit TV series 24.

Biography from TMDB

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Species II (1998)

Supporting role · Director: Peter Medak

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray

Upcoming Release:

Imprint 4K Blu-ray scheduled for August 2026 release

2.4

The Final Destination (2009)

Supporting role · Director: David R. Ellis

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Bros Blu-ray

2.1

Miracle Mile (1989)

Supporting role · Director: Steve De Jarnatt

Best English-Friendly & Video:

2024 Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Upcoming Release:

UK Transmission 4K Blu-ray in January 2027

Best Audio:

Either the 2015 Kino Lorber Blu-ray or the Arrow Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

The 2024 Kino Lorber Blu-ray is botched.

3.8

Con Air (1997)

Supporting role · Director: Simon West

Video format: 4K Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Theatrical: Disney+ has Streaming in 4K without DNR, Disney Blu-ray is a bad master with DNR

Extended: Disney DVD

Upcoming Release:

2026 Disney 4K Blu-ray Steelbook

Forrest Gump (1994)

Supporting role · Director: Robert Zemeckis

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray

4.2

Ali (2001)

Supporting role · Director: Michael Mann

Best English-Friendly:

Theatrical: Universum Film Germany Blu-ray 2004 Director's Cut: Sony Director's Cut DVD 2017 Director's Cut: Sony Blu-ray

Best Video:

Theatrical: Universum Film Germany Blu-ray (caveat: not entirely English friendly, R1 DVD for a more English friendly release)
2004 Director's Cut: Sony Director's Cut DVD
2017 Director's Cut: Sony Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Theatrical: The UK DVD

Audio Notes:

Theatrical: The UK DVD has a DTS 5.1 track

Additional Info:

The Sony Blu-ray is missing the commentary from the DC DVD

Michael Mann changed it so much for the new cut that it no longer lined up.

3.5

August Rush (2007)

Supporting role · Director: Kirsten Sheridan

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Italy Blu-ray

Intertitles: Germany Blu-ray

Title: Taiwan Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Brazil Blu-ray

3.4

Heat (1995)

Supporting 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

4.3

Streets of Fire (1984)

Small role · Director: Walter Hill

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray

3.5

Primary Colors (1998)

Small role · Director: Mike Nichols

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

The new master is nicely graded, HDR/DV is film-like, there’s no discernible filtering or any other processing. Encoding is excellent See positive review and nicolas's review

3.3

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