Shout! Factory

Via Vision 4K

(caveat: missing extras present on the Germany NSM Blu-ray mediabook)

WB Home Video US LaserDisc [23000]

WB Home Video US LaserDisc [23000] for the OG stereo

The DV FEL layer noticeably restores high-frequency detail that’s missing from the base layer. See caps. issue: the 4K disc is missing chyron in some beginning shots. TBC officially.

5.1: Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray

Stereo: US Warner Bros LaserDisc

British StudioCanal 4K Blu-Ray upcoming

Shout! Factory Blu-ray

Shout! Factory Blu-ray has slightly less rolloff of the higher frequencies

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray caps, very impressive upgrade, VFX shots look a bit better as well thanks to the new scan and HDR, magenta touch in the old master is no longer there

Arrow 4K Blu-ray scheduled for November 2026 release

All the same

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray poor encode, HBO MAX stream doesn't have the sudden bitrate drops issue, remastered Shout! Factory Blu-ray included with the 4K maybe better?

Sony Special Edition DVD has an isolated score

Theatrical Cut with unaltered sculpture: Initial DVD with this red message: "The large white sculpture of human forms on the wall of John Milton's penthouse in "The Devil's Advocate" is not connected in any way and was not endorsed by the sculptor Frederick Hart or the Washington National Cathedral, joint copyright owners of the Cathedral sculpture "Ex Nihilo" in Washington D.C.".

Altered Cut: Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray see caps

Warner Bros Blu-ray

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray is more filtered than Warner Bros Blu-ray, although differences may not be audible.
(While the LaserDisc 2.0 is reportedly better clarity in dialogue?)

DV Plot. For those curious, the sculpture is still the altered one found on the re-issued DVDs, and previous Blu-ray.

5.1 audio on the Shout (either be 1080p or 2160p) was 16-bit, with more roll-off than the Warners one, the Warners was very similar to the NTSC and in terms of balance of the mix, while the Shout seems to be tinkered with, with the score at the beginning and at the end sounding worse on Shout.

Audio Comparisons: Slow.pics

For the regular commentary found on the NTSC DVD "Original Version" (there's no difference including the other NTSC DVD), Shout or Warners; the Shout commentary was just a bloated lossy transcode with some EQ. The best one was from either of the two DVDs.

Commentary Comparisons: Slow.pics

Now there's another commentary; it's basically the same commentary but has some parts different than the others, it can be found on EUR PAL DVD with subs for said commentary. The subs for it doesn't sync for the commentary #1 and vice-versa. Samples

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray, but a shot was cut from the film. See comparison

Warner Bros Blu-ray for the uncut version, but it's a older master.

US end credits song: US Universal Blu-ray

International end credits song: International Universal Blu-ray

The US uses the end credits score “Beside You” from composer Michael Kamen, while in other markets it is Simply Red “Besides You”.

Imprint 4K Blu-ray scheduled for August 2026 release

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray has noticeable sync issues, Paramount 4K Blu-ray doesn't

The new master is nicely graded, HDR/DV is film-like, there’s no discernible filtering or any other processing. Encoding is excellent See positive review and nicolas's review

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray is a strong upgrade in PQ compared to a poor old Blu-ray

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray sound was improved compared to the old mixes.

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray see caps

BD 1080p Comparison: https://slow.pics/c/6hg4Y5fB (USA-Shout! vs AUS-Imprint vs GER-NamelessMedia vs AUS-Shock)