Straight Outta Compton (2015)
Drama, Music, History • 2h 27m
Overview
In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in the most dangerous place in America into the most powerful weapon they had: their music. Taking us back to where it all began, Straight Outta Compton tells the true story of how these cultural rebels—armed only with their lyrics, swagger, bravado and raw talent—stood up to the authorities that meant to keep them down and formed the world’s most dangerous group, N.W.A. And as they spoke the truth that no one had before and exposed life in the hood, their voice ignited a social revolution that is still reverberating today.
Director: F. Gary Gray
Cast: O'Shea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell, Neil Brown Jr., Aldis Hodge, Paul Giamatti, R. Marcos Taylor, LaKeith Stanfield, Carra Patterson, Elena Goode, Alexandra Shipp, Tate Ellington, Corey Reynolds, Keith Powers, Orlando Brown, Marlon Yates Jr., Joshua Brockington, Sheldon A. Smith, Cleavon McClendon, Aeriél Miranda, Lisa Renee Pitts, Angela Elayne Gibbs, Bruce Beatty, Rogelio Douglas Jr., Andrew Borba, Natascha Hopkins, Matt Corboy, Larry Sullivan, Deborah Lacey, F. Gary Gray, Allen Maldonado, Demetrius Grosse, Michael 'Compton Menace' Taylor, Ashton Sanders, Joshua Geter, Kofi Siriboe, Matthew Boylan, Chic Daniel, Tim Connolly, Cris D'Annunzio, Dan Wells, Justin Goslee, Alex Wexo, Marcus Callender, Vaughn Wilkinson, Dean Cameron, Mark Thomas Holguin, Sky Soleil, Inny Clemons, Jody Burks, Asia'h Epperson, Scott Endicott, Greg Collins, Mark Sherman, Rob Brownstein, Marcc Rose, Water L, Nigel Lawes, William LaDawn English, Lazarus Guidry, Ariel Rogers, LaFrazia D. Knighten, Ashley Stepteau, Christian Brown, Ebony Randall, John Prosky, Derrick L. McMillon, A. Russell Andrews, Lesean Tarkington, Rob Nagle, Travis Nicholson, Todd Quillen, Matthew Downs, Leo Stallworth, Joy Benedict, David L. Cox, Thomas Q. Jones, Toni Duclottni, Phedra Syndelle, Val Emanuel, Spencer Melville, Michael W. Broomer, Zee James, Simon Rhee, Keion Adams, Benjamin Levy Aguilar, Aswad Ali, Diana Atai, Thomas R. Baker, Cassandra Bautista, Dave Bean, Brian Bell, Melissa Bidgoli, Dakota Black, Ashanna Bri, David Anthony Buglione, Charity Caldwell, Tonya T. Cannon, Kadrolsha Ona Carole, Menah Carter, Bryan Casserly, Steve Troublesome Castillo, Rey Castro, Leonel Claude, Anna Clols, David Cohen, Shanae Cole, Shaniece Cole, Callen David, Kelsey Delemar, Julius Denem, David Donah, Greg Duncan, Michael Eauslin, Fernando Edwards, Arturo Encinas, Scott Engrotti, Vi Faulkner, Suzanne Sumner Ferry, Ciera Foster, Americo Galli, Khalid Ghajji, Brian Gilleece, Tekin Girgin, David Greyson, Phillipos Haile, Benicio Hall, Joe P. Harris, Krystal M. Harris, David S. Robinson Hicks, Solange Hordatt, India Howard, Michael L. Howard, Jahmilla Jackson, Precious Jenkins, Dwayne Marion Johnson, Jason Johnson, Jessica Juarez, Steve Kaufmann, Samantha Kelly, David Dustin Kenyon, Slim Khezri, Tiffany Kimbrough, Ina-Alice Kopp, J. Kristopher, Ray Leonard, Jr., Jamaal Lewis, Blu Lindsey, Wilfred Lopez, Ron Lunceford, Mota Maria, Jaron Marquis, Newton Mayenge, Brian Metran, Tsion Mitchell, Lex Montgomery, Lawrence Moran, Phillip O’Riley, David Pearl, Oscar Pereida, Chauntae Pink, Ladell Preston, Sean Quezada, Jamal Quezaire, Diezel Ramos, Xu Razer, Phillip Ristaino, Jana Ritter, Toryan Rogers, Vince Romo, Alex Roth, Kimberly Ryans, Philicia Saunders, Carmina Scarpa, Caileigh Scott, Prince Shah, Rick Silver, Marvin 'Knife' Sotelo, Jimmy Star, Maria Sten, Franklin J. Sterns, Philly Swain, Bogdan Szumilas, Yatoya Toy, Steve Turner, David Ulmer, Lauren Daisy White, Leland White, Sierra Meshele Williams, Tyron Woodley, Mercedes Young, David McClellan
Director: F. Gary Gray
Director: F. Gary Gray
Director: F. Gary Gray
Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray (caveat: theatrical only in 4K)
Director: F. Gary Gray
Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray (caveat: theatrical only in 4K)
Theatrical: Universal 4K Blu-ray
Extended Director's Cut: 4K Streaming
Theatrical: Universal 4K Blu-ray
Extended Director's Cut: 4K Streaming
Theatrical: Universal 4K Blu-ray
Extended Director's Cut: 4K Streaming
Theatrical: Universal 4K Blu-ray
Extended Director's Cut: 4K Streaming
Director: Frank Tuttle
Director: Frank Tuttle
Director: Michael Mann
Netherlands Remain in Light or UK Universal 4K Blu-ray
Netherlands Remain in Light or UK Universal 4K Blu-ray, See caps: Ferrari (2023) | Slowpoke Pics
Netherlands Remain in Light
All three discs come from the same master and share the same Dolby Vision grade, with identical dynamic metadata and CMv4.0 on all three. The Eagle Pictures disc is the only Profile 7 FEL, the Remain in Light and Universal UK discs are both MEL. On paper that gives the Italian finer coding precision, but it doesn't buy anything on this film, the grain is heavy enough to hide base layer quantisation on its own and none of the three discs bands. It also costs something, the Eagle Pictures encode noticeably smooths grain in flatter, low contrast areas, so a fair bit of fine texture that both other discs keep is simply gone. Edges and overall definition are fine, but the Dutch and UK discs clearly hold the film's texture better and are the ones to get. Between those two it's very close, with the Dutch keeping slightly more grain across most of the scenes checked. Worth noting as well, the Dutch and UK discs have their title cards in English while the Italian keeps them in Italian.
Caps comp: Ferrari (2023) | Slowpoke Pics
Director: Michael Mann
Netherlands Remain in Light or UK Universal 4K Blu-ray
Netherlands Remain in Light or UK Universal 4K Blu-ray, See caps: Ferrari (2023) | Slowpoke Pics
Netherlands Remain in Light
All three discs come from the same master and share the same Dolby Vision grade, with identical dynamic metadata and CMv4.0 on all three. The Eagle Pictures disc is the only Profile 7 FEL, the Remain in Light and Universal UK discs are both MEL. On paper that gives the Italian finer coding precision, but it doesn't buy anything on this film, the grain is heavy enough to hide base layer quantisation on its own and none of the three discs bands. It also costs something, the Eagle Pictures encode noticeably smooths grain in flatter, low contrast areas, so a fair bit of fine texture that both other discs keep is simply gone. Edges and overall definition are fine, but the Dutch and UK discs clearly hold the film's texture better and are the ones to get. Between those two it's very close, with the Dutch keeping slightly more grain across most of the scenes checked. Worth noting as well, the Dutch and UK discs have their title cards in English while the Italian keeps them in Italian.
Caps comp: Ferrari (2023) | Slowpoke Pics
Director: Joe Alves
2D version: 2016 Universal Blu-ray
3D version: Universal 3D Blu-ray (caveat: 3D Blu-ray has misaligned eyes)
Nick_M's 3D version is better than Universal 3D Blu-ray
2D version: 2016 Universal Blu-ray
3D version: Universal 3D Blu-ray (caveat: 3D Blu-ray has misaligned eyes)
Nick_M's 3D version is better than Universal 3D Blu-ray
Director: Joe Alves
2D version: 2016 Universal Blu-ray
3D version: Universal 3D Blu-ray (caveat: 3D Blu-ray has misaligned eyes)
Nick_M's 3D version is better than Universal 3D Blu-ray
2D version: 2016 Universal Blu-ray
3D version: Universal 3D Blu-ray (caveat: 3D Blu-ray has misaligned eyes)
Nick_M's 3D version is better than Universal 3D Blu-ray
Director: Pierre Perifel
2D version: Universal 4K Blu-ray
3D version: Australia Universal/Sony 3D Blu-ray
2D version: Universal 4K Blu-ray
3D version: Australia Universal/Sony 3D Blu-ray
Director: Pierre Perifel
2D version: Universal 4K Blu-ray
3D version: Australia Universal/Sony 3D Blu-ray
2D version: Universal 4K Blu-ray
3D version: Australia Universal/Sony 3D Blu-ray
Director: Ronny Yu
Director's Cut: Hong Kong Edko Films Blu-ray
International Theatrical Cut/US Theatrical Cut: Universal Blu-ray
Director's Cut: Hong Kong Edko Films Blu-ray
International Theatrical Cut (aka. Unrated Cut): Universal Blu-ray
US Theatrical Cut: Universal Blu-ray, Starz Streaming for open matte
Hong Kong Theatrical Cut: Disney+ Streaming in Singapore, Singapore Disney DVD for open matte
Thai Theatrical Cut: Disney+ Streaming in Thailand, Thailand Disney DVD for open matte
Director: Ronny Yu
Director's Cut: Hong Kong Edko Films Blu-ray
International Theatrical Cut/US Theatrical Cut: Universal Blu-ray
Director's Cut: Hong Kong Edko Films Blu-ray
International Theatrical Cut (aka. Unrated Cut): Universal Blu-ray
US Theatrical Cut: Universal Blu-ray, Starz Streaming for open matte
Hong Kong Theatrical Cut: Disney+ Streaming in Singapore, Singapore Disney DVD for open matte
Thai Theatrical Cut: Disney+ Streaming in Thailand, Thailand Disney DVD for open matte
Director: Tom Hooper
Director: Tom Hooper
Director: Michael Gordon
Universal 4K Blu-ray
2012 BD is of similar fidelity but adds extra foley sounds. 2003 PAL DVD is a stereoized remix.
Director: Michael Gordon
Universal 4K Blu-ray
2012 BD is of similar fidelity but adds extra foley sounds. 2003 PAL DVD is a stereoized remix.
Director: Doug Liman
Director: Doug Liman
Director: Joss Whedon
Director: Joss Whedon
Director: George Lucas
Director: George Lucas
More Drama on Blu-ray
UK 88 Films 4K Blu-ray in October
Australia Imprint Blu-ray?
Germany Filmjuwelen 4K Blu-ray is disappointing with AI upscaling
UK 88 Films 4K Blu-ray in October
Australia Imprint Blu-ray?
Germany Filmjuwelen 4K Blu-ray is disappointing with AI upscaling
Director: Kenji Iwaisawa
Japan Pony Canyon Blu-ray for original 7.1 mix
Director: Kenji Iwaisawa
Japan Pony Canyon Blu-ray for original 7.1 mix
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn
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.
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn
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.
Director: James Foley
Director: James Foley
Director: Iain Softley
Director: Iain Softley
Director: Steven Shainberg
Director: Steven Shainberg
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Director: Rob Reiner
Director: Rob Reiner
Director: Rob Reiner
Director: Rob Reiner
Director: Rob Reiner
Vertical Blu-ray
Director: Rob Reiner
Vertical Blu-ray
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