Point Break (1991)
Action, Thriller, Crime • 2h 2m
Overview
In Los Angeles, a gang of bank robbers who call themselves The Ex-Presidents commit their crimes while wearing masks of Reagan, Carter, Nixon and Johnson. Believing that the members of the gang could be surfers, the F.B.I. sends young agent Johnny Utah to the beach undercover to mix with the surfers and gather information.
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Patrick Swayze, Lori Petty, Gary Busey, John C. McGinley, James LeGros, John Philbin, BoJesse Christopher, Lee Tergesen, Chris Pedersen, Vincent Klyn, Julian Reyes, Daniel Beer, Anthony Kiedis, Dave Olson, Christopher Pettiet, Sydney Walsh, Tom Sizemore, Dino Andino, Michael Kopelow, Julie Michaels, Mike Genovese, Jack Kehler, Galyn Görg, Raymond Forchion, Betsy Lynn George, Gloria Mann, Ping Wu, Jared Chandler, John Apicella, Richard Grove, Anthony Mangano, Deborah Lemen, Randy Walker, Peter Phelps, Gary Roberts, Debra Lamb, Jeff Imada
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Liongate 4K Blu-ray
Liongate 4K Blu-ray
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Liongate 4K Blu-ray
Liongate 4K Blu-ray
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Director: Vincent Ward
Director: Vincent Ward
Director: John Woo
Director: John Woo
Director: John Woo
Director: John Woo
Director: John Woo
Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray > Disk Kino/WCL China import
review: Disk Kino
Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray has the original mono
Director: John Woo
Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray > Disk Kino/WCL China import
review: Disk Kino
Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray has the original mono
Director: Peter Medak
Imprint 4K Blu-ray scheduled for August 2026 release
Director: Peter Medak
Imprint 4K Blu-ray scheduled for August 2026 release
Directors: Jules Bass & Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Directors: Jules Bass & Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Director: Gordon Douglas
Director: Gordon Douglas
Director: John Badham
Director: John Badham
Director: George A. Romero
Mono: 35mm scan, old Shout! Factory and Australia Umbrella Blu-ray sounds better than the rest of the discs, but has noise reduction
Stereo: Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray has a transfer of the 1986 Japan LaserDisc Stereo
Director: George A. Romero
Mono: 35mm scan, old Shout! Factory and Australia Umbrella Blu-ray sounds better than the rest of the discs, but has noise reduction
Stereo: Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray has a transfer of the 1986 Japan LaserDisc Stereo
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Director: Akira Kurosawa
BFI 4K Blu-ray has excellent master and grade, no DNR and tasteful HDR
Restored original mono mix: Toho Japan 4K Blu-ray
Unrestored original mono: 2014 BFI Blu-ray
BFI 4K Blu-ray has OG Perspecta (in 5.1 container) and a stereo downmix of it; no original mono.
The unrestored track on BFI's earlier release appears to be an almost entirely unmanipulated transfer of the original mix. It suffers from a distracting low-frequency hum. The 4K restoration comes with a restored track, which appears to be the same transfer, but which appears to be cleaned up with a moderate amount of noise reduction and some EQ, nicely opening up the high-end, and which is likely to be preferable to most listeners. All earlier releases sound poor.
Perspecta isn't a discrete surround format, instead only relying on manipulating volume and panning of the mono track across L/C/R channels, based on embedded control tones. As such, even the Perspecta track is technically just the mono mix, though the omission of the proper mono on BFI's 4K is still unfortunate.
Director: Akira Kurosawa
BFI 4K Blu-ray has excellent master and grade, no DNR and tasteful HDR
Restored original mono mix: Toho Japan 4K Blu-ray
Unrestored original mono: 2014 BFI Blu-ray
BFI 4K Blu-ray has OG Perspecta (in 5.1 container) and a stereo downmix of it; no original mono.
The unrestored track on BFI's earlier release appears to be an almost entirely unmanipulated transfer of the original mix. It suffers from a distracting low-frequency hum. The 4K restoration comes with a restored track, which appears to be the same transfer, but which appears to be cleaned up with a moderate amount of noise reduction and some EQ, nicely opening up the high-end, and which is likely to be preferable to most listeners. All earlier releases sound poor.
Perspecta isn't a discrete surround format, instead only relying on manipulating volume and panning of the mono track across L/C/R channels, based on embedded control tones. As such, even the Perspecta track is technically just the mono mix, though the omission of the proper mono on BFI's 4K is still unfortunate.
Director: Paul W. S. Anderson
Arrow includes the original theatrical sound mix in all its glory. All previous releases other than the 1996 AC-3 LaserDisc were tamed relative to the original theatrical DTS track.
The disc is authored by Duplitech, but doesn't exhibit any compression issues, though the image is pretty soft, that's likely just down to the stock used.
Old New Line Video LaserDiscs include an exclusive commentary track.
Director: Paul W. S. Anderson
Arrow includes the original theatrical sound mix in all its glory. All previous releases other than the 1996 AC-3 LaserDisc were tamed relative to the original theatrical DTS track.
The disc is authored by Duplitech, but doesn't exhibit any compression issues, though the image is pretty soft, that's likely just down to the stock used.
Old New Line Video LaserDiscs include an exclusive commentary track.
Director: John McTiernan
Director: John McTiernan
Director: John Woo
Director: John Woo
Director: John Woo
International Cut: US Magnolia Pictures Blu-ray
Original Hong Kong Cut (2 parts): US Magnolia Pictures Blu-ray or Hong Kong Blu-rays?
International Cut: US Magnolia Pictures Blu-ray
Original Hong Kong Cut (2 parts): US Magnolia Pictures Blu-ray or Hong Kong Blu-rays?
Director: John Woo
International Cut: US Magnolia Pictures Blu-ray
Original Hong Kong Cut (2 parts): US Magnolia Pictures Blu-ray or Hong Kong Blu-rays?
International Cut: US Magnolia Pictures Blu-ray
Original Hong Kong Cut (2 parts): US Magnolia Pictures Blu-ray or Hong Kong Blu-rays?
Director: John Woo
International Cut: US Magnolia Pictures Blu-ray
Original Hong Kong Cut (2 parts): US Magnolia Pictures Blu-ray or Hong Kong Blu-rays?
International Cut: US Magnolia Pictures Blu-ray
Original Hong Kong Cut (2 parts): US Magnolia Pictures Blu-ray or Hong Kong Blu-rays?
Director: John Woo
International Cut: US Magnolia Pictures Blu-ray
Original Hong Kong Cut (2 parts): US Magnolia Pictures Blu-ray or Hong Kong Blu-rays?
International Cut: US Magnolia Pictures Blu-ray
Original Hong Kong Cut (2 parts): US Magnolia Pictures Blu-ray or Hong Kong Blu-rays?
Director: Moritz Mohr
Italy Plaion has Dolby Vision, but the metadata is static: https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=22742198&postcount=92
Director: Moritz Mohr
Italy Plaion has Dolby Vision, but the metadata is static: https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=22742198&postcount=92
Director: Tommy Wirkola
Director: Tommy Wirkola
Director: John Woo
Director: John Woo
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3/14/2026
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5.1 mix is flawed on Shout! Factory/ICON, a phasey upmix instead of the proper discrete surround. 2008 Fox Blu-ray sounds great does the 2001 DVD (4.1 and matrixed 2.0). The 4K Blu-ray 2.0 tracks are downmixes. Imprint 4K has a 4.0 mix. The StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray has a different 5.1
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5.1 mix is flawed on Shout Factory/ICON, a phasey upmix instead of the proper discrete surround. 2008 Fox Blu-ray sounds great does the 2001 DVD (4.1 and matrixed 2.0). The 4K Blu-ray 2.0 tracks are downmixes. Imprint 4K has a 4.0 mix.
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5.1 mix is flawed on Shout! Factory/ICON, a phasey upmix instead of the proper discrete surround. 2008 Fox Blu-ray sounds great does the 2001 DVD (4.1 and matrixed 2.0). The 4K Blu-ray 2.0 tracks are downmixes. Imprint 4K has a 4.0 mix. The StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray has a different 5.1
2/19/2026
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5.1 mix is flawed on Shout/Icon, a phasey upmix instead of the proper discrete surround. 2008 Fox BD sounds great does the 2001 DVD (4.1 and matrixed 2.0). The UHD 2.0 tracks are downmixes.
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5.1 mix is flawed on Shout Factory/ICON, a phasey upmix instead of the proper discrete surround. 2008 Fox Blu-ray sounds great does the 2001 DVD (4.1 and matrixed 2.0). The 4K Blu-ray 2.0 tracks are downmixes. Imprint 4K has a 4.0 mix.
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5.1 mix is flawed on Shout/Icon, a phasey upmix instead of the proper discrete surround. 2008 Fox BD sounds great does the 2001 DVD (4.1 and matrixed 2.0). The UHD 2.0 tracks are downmixes.
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5.1 mix is flawed on Shout Factory/ICON, a phasey upmix instead of the proper discrete surround. 2008 Fox Blu-ray sounds great does the 2001 DVD (4.1 and matrixed 2.0). The 4K Blu-ray 2.0 tracks are downmixes. Imprint 4K has a 4.0 mix.
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5.1 mix is flawed on Shout/Icon, a phasey upmix instead of the proper discrete surround. 2008 Fox BD sounds great does the 2001 DVD (4.1 and matrixed 2.0). The UHD 2.0 tracks are downmixes.
12/18/2024
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5.1 mix is flawed on Shout/Icon. Fox DVD or StudioCanal UHD is better? 2.0 is fine.
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5.1 mix is flawed on Shout/Icon, a phasey upmix instead of the proper discrete surround. 2008 Fox BD sounds great does the 2001 DVD (4.1 and matrixed 2.0). The UHD 2.0 tracks are downmixes.
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5.1 mix is flawed on Shout/Icon, a phasey upmix instead of the proper discrete surround. 2008 Fox BD sounds great does the 2001 DVD (4.1 and matrixed 2.0). The UHD 2.0 tracks are downmixes.
12/18/2024
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12/18/2024
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