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Crimes of the Future (2022)
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Crimes of the Future (2022)

Science Fiction, Horror • 1h 47m

Director: David Cronenberg

Cast: Viggo Mortensen, Léa Seydoux, Scott Speedman, Kristen Stewart, Welket Bungué, Don McKellar, Tanaya Beatty, Nadia Litz, Lihi Kornowski, Denise Capezza, Efi Kantza, Jason Bitter, Tassos Karahalios, Sotiris Siozos, Penelope Tsilika, Mihalis Valasoglou, Yorgos Pirpassopoulos

Best English-friendly & video release

Video notes:

Second Sight 4K Blu-ray encoded by FiM > US Decal Releasing > France 4K Blu-ray which has incorrect colors and foreign overlays

Updated 1 year ago


UHD tiers

Excellent
Second Sight:

UK import, most extras

Superior Imports
Second Sight UK > Metropolitan France & Decal US:

more extras than the other versions

Good Imports
Metropolitan:

French Import


About the film

With his partner, a celebrity performance artist publicly showcases the metamorphosis of his organs in avant-garde performances. An investigator from the National Organ Registry obsessively tracks their movements, which is when a mysterious group is revealed... Their mission — to use the artist's notoriety to shed light on the next phase of human evolution.

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Director: David Cronenberg

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Second Sight 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Audio:

2003 R1 MGM DVD

Director: David Cronenberg

Best English-Friendly & Video:

UK Vertigo 4K Blu-ray

Director: David Cronenberg

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Entertainment One Blu-ray

Director: David Cronenberg

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Sony Blu-ray

Director: David Cronenberg

Best English-Friendly & Video:

UK Entertainment One Blu-ray

Director: David Cronenberg

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Fox/Shout! Factory Blu-ray

Director: David Cronenberg

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Shout! Factory Blu-ray

Director: David Cronenberg

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray

Additional Info:

Arrow, 101 Films, and Ecstasy of Films Blu-rays all have different extras

Director: David Cronenberg

Best English-Friendly & Video:

NSM Records 4K Blu-ray

Additional Info:

Arrow Blu-ray has some exclusive extras

Director: David Cronenberg

Best English-Friendly & Video:

France Metropolitian 4K Blu-ray

Additional Info:

US Sony Blu-ray has exclusive extras

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Director: Nicolas Winding Refn

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

UK Second Sight Trilogy Boxset 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

US Magnolia Pictures 4K Blu-ray uses the same source but with worse encoding

Director: Phil Joanou

4K · Disappointing
Best English-Friendly & Video:

UK Second Sight Blu-ray?

Video Notes:

UK Second Sight Blu-ray maybe better than all the other Blu-rays?

Australia Imprint 4K Blu-ray is disappointing with DNR and poor compression

Additional Info:

US Twilight Time and Germany NSM Blu-rays have exclusive extras

Director: Andrzej Żuławski

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Second Sight 4K Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

Second Sight 4K Blu-ray > Le Chat Qui Fume 4K Blu-ray > Umbrella 4K Blu-ray see caps

Second Sight uses the same Le Chat Qui Fume master, but encoded by FiM and applied Dolby Vision. Umbrella's encoding is visibly worse than Le Chat Qui Fume.

Additional Info:

Mondo Vision Blu-ray and Anchor Bay DVD have an alternate audio track with an unauthorized soundtrack.

Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

UK Second Sight 4K Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

UK Second Sight 4K Blu-ray is FiM encoded and superior to French Severin or German 4K Blu-ray: see comparison

Directors: Daniel Myrick & Eduardo Sánchez

Best English-Friendly:

Second Sight UK Blu-ray for restored versions of both theatrical cut and festival cut

Upcoming Release:

Lionsgate Limited US Blu-ray available for pre-order

Best Audio:

Second Sight UK Blu-ray replacement disc

Director: Nicolas Winding Refn

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Second Sight 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Atmos on the Sony 4K Blu-ray maybe better?

Regarding the "original theatrical audio" 5.1 mixes:

The Sony UHD and the BD DTS-HD 5.1 mixes are the same but the UHD has been pushed slightly harder and has a lot of clipping. The UHD is 16 bit vs the BD's 24 bits.

The Second Sight UHD DTS-HD 5.1 is a downmix of its respective Atmos track. Definitely different from the Sony UHD/BD mix plus a little less dynamic. Whether or not that's representative of the theatrical Dolby Digital mix is anyone's guess.

So, if you want the best version of the original 5.1, the 2012 BD is the winner.

Directors: Danny Philippou & Michael Philippou

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray/Second Sight 4K Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

Lionsgate retains more detail, but Second Sight might be better in motion. Both are very close. Caps

Director: Martin Scorsese

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

2024 Second Sight 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Audio:

1991 WB LaserDisc

Director: Erik Skjoldbjærg

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

Second Sight 4K Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

Second Sight 4K Blu-ray is a Criterion SDR master with a HDR grade. Caps & comparison

Director: George A. Romero

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly:

Second Sight 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

2020 Second Sight 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Theatrical: 2017 Midnight Factory Blu-ray or 2013 Japan Happinet Blu-ray

European: 5.1 remix on 2016 Midnight Factory and 2021 ESC 4K Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

Theatrical: 2017 Midnight Factory Blu-ray or 2013 Japan Happinet Blu-ray

European: 5.1 remix on 2016 Midnight Factory and 2021 ESC 4K Blu-ray much more detailed than all mono mixes

More Science Fiction on Blu-ray

Director: James Gray

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

Fox 4K Blu-ray

Director: Roland Emmerich

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

Sony 4K Blu-ray

Director: George Lucas

Video format: UHD Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly & Video:

OG: "4K77" or "D+77" on high seas.

Special Edition: "4K97_IV" or "D+97_IV" on high seas.

Upcoming Release:

2027 Original Trilogy restoration/50th anniversary rerelease clips leaked plus release confirmed

Best Audio:

OG: LaserDisc audio is the best option for the Dolby Stereo mixes (and usually included in fan restorations). There are 16mm/TV rips of the mono mixes.

Special Edition: Cinema DTS or 1997 LaserDisc for the Special Edition.

Director: Steven Spielberg

Video format: UHD Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

Universal 4K

Video Notes:

Dolby Vision grading looks identical to a cinema DCP, which is the highest compliment that could be given. Encode is perfectly solid in motion.

Director: Satoshi Kon

4K · Disappointing
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Sony 4K Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

Sony 4K Blu-ray is very smeary with the upscaling but has correct aspect ratio and very good HDR grade.
UK Blu-ray has wrong colors, and Sony 2007 Blu-ray is the worst (encoding and AR)
See professorwho's review

Director: Michael Anderson

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Bros Blu-ray

Upcoming Release:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray scheduled for Dec 2026 release

Director: Mamoru Oshii

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

Bandai JP 4K Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

All 4K releases are sourced from the same mediocre transfer provided by Bandai, with various amounts of tweaks. Japanese disc presents it with the least tinkering.

The best attempt at improving it comes from the German/French releases from KSM/All the Anime, both of which use the same master with HDR regrading (original grade is SDR in HDR container), tasteful regraining and sharpening, in an attempt to breathe some life into the middling transfer, making for an arguably more pleasing viewing experience.

All earlier releases are from an even worse transfer, with significant black crush, with the exception of a Japanese TV airing, which doesn't suffer from that issue, but instead is heavily sharpened and suffers from poor encoding.

Comparisons: JPN UHD, USA UHD, FRA/GER UHD, ITA UHD (tonemapped), JPN UHD, USA UHD, FRA/GER UHD, ITA UHD, ESP UHD (PQ), All 1080p BDs, HDTV, HDTV filtered

Audio Notes:

Original matrixed stereo mix: Bandai JP 4K Blu-ray
Most discs include this track with comparable fidelity (which is excellent).

Dolby Atmos remix: Lionsgate US 4K / All the Anime FR 4K
6.1 remix (from Ghost in the Shell 2.0): KSM DE 4K / All the Anime FR 4K

All tracks on the Lionsgate US 4K replace the original ending song with the one heard on the English dub. As the Atmos track on the FR 4K is just a port, it also has this song replaced.

Additional Info:

Japanese 4K includes English dub and subtitles.
French/German 4Ks are not English friendly, with no dub or subtitles.
French disc includes the Atmos track, but the German disc does not.

Director: Stanley Kubrick

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

Included in the Complete Kubrick box set with FiM encode of the same master from the WB release without the filtering Comparison between the Criterion and WB.

Best Audio:

5.1: WB 4K Blu-ray, a remix but has higher fidelity

Mono: Criterion 4K Blu-ray (restored for the box set)

Director: Stanley Kubrick

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

Included in the Complete Kubrick box set with FiM encode of the same master from the WB release without the filtering; WB 4K early pressing has errors of a shot, later pressings fixed. Comparison between Criterion and WB.

Best Audio:

6-Track 70mm mix: Criterion 4K Blu-ray (restored for the box set), 1997 MGM LaserDisc, 1998 MGM DVD
35mm Mono Mix: Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Matrixed Stereo Remix: MGM Japan LaserDisc (1985) [G158F5509]
5.1 Remix: Criterion 4K Blu-ray

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.

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