Michael Beach

9 films on Best Blurays7 in 4K2 in HD

Michael Anthony Beach (born October 30, 1963) is an American actor. He has appeared in films Lean on Me (1989), One False Move (1992), Short Cuts (1993), Waiting to Exhale (1995), A Family Thing (1996), Soul Food (1997), Aquaman (2018), and Saw X (2023). On television, he played Al Boulet on the NBC medical drama ER from 1995 to 1997. From 1999 to 2005, Beach was a regular cast member in another NBC drama series, Third Watch, as Monte Parker, and as T.O. Cross in FX's Sons of Anarchy.

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One False Move (1991)

Supporting role · Director: Carl Franklin

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

3.7

Lean On Me (1989)

Supporting role · Director: John G. Avildsen

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.5

Internal Affairs (1990)

Supporting role · Director: Mike Figgis

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray

Additional Info:

Bonus features are better encoded on the Australia Imprint Blu-ray found on After Dark: Neo Noir Cinema Collection Two

3.2

Saw X (2023)

Supporting role · Director: Kevin Greutert

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray

3.2

Aquaman (2018)

Supporting role · Director: James Wan

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

WB 4K Blu-ray

2.8

The Abyss (1989)

Small role · Director: James Cameron

Video format: UHD Blu-ray

4K · Disappointing

Best Video:

Disney 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Disney 4K Blu-ray's artificial smoothening of facial textures making actors look unnatural, grain reduction and other changes to make the film look less like a product of its time

Old WEB-DL or HDTV rip for non AI version

Best Audio:

LaserDisc

3.7

True Romance (1993)

Small role · Director: Tony Scott

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly & Video:

UK Arrow 4K Blu-ray

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

Best Audio:

2.0: Arrow 4K Blu-ray

Additional Info:

UK Arrow 4K Blu-ray has more extras compared to US 4K Blu-ray, which removed the Cadiliac Man featurette and shortened the Michael Tronick and Larry Taylor interviews due to rights issues. The 5.1 on the Arrow 4K Blu-ray is louder and worse.

4.0

Short Cuts (1993)

Small role · Director: Robert Altman

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

4.1

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023)

Small role · Director: James Wan

Best English-Friendly & Video:

WB 4K Blu-ray

2.2

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