John Singleton

5 films on Best Blurays4 in 4K1 in HD

John Daniel Singleton (January 6, 1968 - April 28, 2019) was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. A native of South Los Angeles, many of his films consider the implications of inner-city violence like the critically acclaimed and popular Boyz n the Hood, Poetic Justice, Higher Learning and Baby Boy. He later branched out into mainstream territory with the blockbuster 2 Fast 2 Furious and Four Brothers.

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4 in 4K

UHD Blu-ray or 4K streaming

Boyz n the Hood (1991)

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray (included in John Singleton's Hood Trilogy set)

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Best Video:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray is better than the earlier Sony 4K Blu-ray, which suffered from low-pass filtering and poor compression. Caps

Best Audio:

Original matrixed Dolby Stereo mix: Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

A better transfer than the Sony 4K Blu-ray

The Sony 4K Blu-ray includes an earlier 5.1 remix, which is mostly faithful to the original mix and lightly enhances and opens it up, as well as Dolby Atmos remix which is slightly more aggressive.

Criterion's release also includes a different Atmos remix to the one included from Sony, significantly more aggressive than previous releases, going for a more "immersive" feel.