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Cutter's Way (1981)
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3.7

Cutter's Way (1981)

Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Crime • 1h 45m

Director: Ivan Passer

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3.7

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Best English-friendly & video release

Radiance 4K Blu-ray

Video notes:

Though note its different color grading from the IP-sourced but poorly compressed Fun City Editions US Blu-ray (caps)

Updated 1 month ago

Best audio release

Fun City Editions US Blu-ray

Judging from spectrograms at https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=23933756&postcount=57, Fun City Editions US Blu-ray appears to have marginally less filtering than Radiance 4K Blu-ray (whose padded 16-bit depth is a non-issue). There are also loudness differences, though it's unclear whether dynamic range also differs. Caveat: need to A/B both tracks to confirm, but no one has posted actual A/B impressions.

UHD tiers

Excellent
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About the film

Alex Cutter is a boozy, belligerent and deeply cynical Vietnam veteran whose encounter with a landmine during the war has left him minus an eye, a leg and an arm. When his drifter playboy friend Richard Bone is falsely accused of murder, Cutter sets out for revenge in his own inimitable style.

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