Thomas Rosales Jr.

28 films on Best Blurays23 in 4K5 in HD

Thomas Rosales Jr. (born 3 February 1948) is an American stunt man who has appeared in more than one hundred and fifty movies. His first known appearance as a stuntman was in Battle for the Planet of the Apes in 1973. Rosales is arguably one of Hollywood's most recognizable stunt performers due to speaking roles, including ones where a film's protagonist wounds or kills him. His filmography includes RoboCop 2, The Crow, Tremors 2: Aftershocks, Universal Soldier, Predator 2, L. A. Confidential, Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment, U. S. Marshals, Deep Impact, The Running Man, The Hunter, Beverly Hills Cop III, Jurassic Park: The Lost World, Speed, and NCIS.

Biography from TMDB

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Con Air (1997)

Small 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

Predator 2 (1990)

Small role · Director: Stephen Hopkins

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Fox 4K Blu-ray

2.9

Heat (1995)

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

4.3

Last Action Hero (1993)

Small role · Director: John McTiernan

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Sony 2021/22 4K Blu-ray

3.4

Deep Impact (1998)

Small role · Director: Mimi Leder

4K · Good in DV Only

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray

3.0

Ocean's Eleven (2001)

Small role · Director: Steven Soderbergh

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly & Video:

WB 4K Blu-ray

Beverly Hills Cop III (1994)

Small role · Director: John Landis

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray

2.6

Kindergarten Cop (1990)

Small role · Director: Ivan Reitman

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Plaion German 4K Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

Plaion German 4K Blu-ray > US Kino Lorber see comparison and caps

Kino Lorber has an exceedingly poor encode, only slightly improved by the DV layer.

Best Audio:

Original matrixed Dolby Stereo: Universal US Blu-ray
Dolby Atmos remix: Plaion DE 4K Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

Universal's BD uses the same transfer as the old LaserDisc and sounds a bit better than Plaion's, which has worse dynamics.

Plaion's Atmos remix is tastefully done and preserves the original mix's characteristics, the 5.1 track on Kino's release is overly aggressive and unbalanced.

3.2

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