4K Blu-ray

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray is an outstanding new master in restoration and grading, excellent encode

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray has strong sound

Comparison between different extras: https://dvdcompare.net/comparisons/film.php?fid=56142

(HMV Exclusive with both cuts, slightly better encoding than the US Paramount)

US Paramount is 24 bit compared to Sony's 16 bit

US Paramount has more extras

France Carlotta 4K Blu-ray is FiM encoded and superior to Criterion 4K Blu-ray see caps but the Carlotta release is not English friendly

A user writes: 'the 5.0 mix does not closely resemble the matrixed stereo track included on all prior releases (save for a 2003 French DVD which had 5.1). There is significant dialogue emphasis in the 5.0 mix while the older stereo mix has ambient sounds and dialogue mixed at nearly the same loudness. Additionally, the 5.0 mix has minor limiting in select loud sequences and a strange distorted quality on occasion (one notable example is the sound of a plane taking off which plays during a static shot of clouds in the sky). The stereo mix included on the FRA UHD/BD is a downmix of the 5.0 track.'

Curzon 4K Blu-ray is superior to Gaumont 4K Blu-ray

All other sources have much worse dynamic range and clipping, waveforms

> other releases and old 2006 release - impressions of Selecta Vision release

Comparison of extras between different releases:

https://dvdcompare.net/comparisons/film.php?fid=999
https://dvdcompare.net/comparisons/film.php?fid=9670

The UK cinema version is the most complete version of the film to date, featuring additional scenes of violence. Additional footage includes:

• louder impact sounds during the fight scenes with added bass, particularly during the alley fight (the impact sounds are much tamer on all video and DVD releases)

• the use of nunchaku during the closing fight on the castle (the fight sequence now has no footage of nunchaku)

• an elbow-lock move performed during the above fight (this is now cut from all versions) It is assumed that this version is the cut of the film made before trims were made to it for the MPAA to secure a PG-13 rating.

The UK theatrical cut has not been released on home video to date.

(has Dolby Vision and Atmos compared to the old 4K Blu-ray)

The DTS-HD on the UHD has been dynamically compressed, has had its center channel boosted, and surrounds lowered (typical modern nearfield mix for soundbars).  Very different from the BD and DVD tracks.  The BD LPCM is basically just a lossless version of the DTS and AC3 from the original DVD (the AC3 actually being the superior mix on that particular release).

4K Blu-ray only has an Atmos remix with a phasing issue

> Lionsgate 4K Blu-Ray

> Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray: the old master looks problematic and the new scan from the interpositive looks marvelous, just like Existenz from Vinegar Syndrome. Encoding by Engine House is excellent.

Curzon 4K Blu-ray has better encode than Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Criterion 4K Blu-ray is worse.