Die Hard [4K Ultra-HD + Blu-ray] [1988]

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For more about Die Hard: 25th Anniversary Blu-ray Collection and the Die Hard: 25th Anniversary Blu-ray Collection Blu-ray release, see Die Hard: 25th Anniversary Blu-ray Collection Blu-ray Review published by Casey Broadwater on January 30, 2013 where this Blu-ray release scored 3. There’s plenty of humour, several classic lines of dialogue (“I'm going to count to three, there won't be a four…”) and in Rickman’s Hans Gruber you have one of the great screen villains. Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment has officially announced that it will celebrate the 30th anniversary of John McTiernan's classic action thriller Die Hard (1988) with a brand new 4K Blu-ray release of the film, which will be available for purchase on May . They bought Fox but apparently only for the Marvel/Star Wars/Avatar titles for the rest to be put away forever without getting any proper restoration treatment whatsoever !

Colors are natural but slightly restrained, consistent with this film’s unique character and overall look, yet they pop when necessary and show much more nuance than ever before. Die Hard is expert in its writing and direction, with quality that extends right on down to each and every performance.Thankfully the wait was worth it, as the film's debut Ultra HD Blu-ray release is (much like the recent Gladiator 4K) full-fate native 4K, almost certainly struck from a newly-minted 4K remaster given that the Blu-rays were sourced from mere 2K scans, and looking all the better for it. Twentieth Century Fox's popular action franchise centers on the increasingly catastrophic adventures of John McClane (Bruce Willis, Looper), a cynical policeman who finds .

Michael Kamen’s suspenseful and energetic score echoes Beethoven’s Ode to Joy and is a near-constant and forceful presence across the front array. Whites are truer and make for a striking contrast in the scene where McClane is patching up his bloodied feet in a sink. backs his head just slightly out of focus in one of his first close-ups on the plane as the film is just getting started. The image retains a sharpness and precision that sets new standards for the film, leaving it the best it has ever looked, opening up new pockets of detail through tweaked contrast and that all-too important implementation of HDR and WCG.Compare that to some of the great catalogue titles Sony, Universal, Paramount and WB have released in that time? This is more of a showcase for your fronts and centre channel which offer decent clarity, and basic placement of effects.

The recent (pre-Disney) Star Wars release was a perfect example; they took an eight year old 4K scan of the movies, added an almost unnoticeable HDR layer and scrubbed the film grain to keep the bandwidth down. Starting with Die Hard, and continuing through four sequels, the character has proven to be one of the most durable in a very fickle genre. With little help from the LAPD, wisecracking McClane sets out to single-handedly rescue the hostages and bring the bad guys down.Redefining the genre with its concept of everyman heroes, from the barefoot intro to the first villainous displays of menace, the ventilation shaft monologue to the defensive measures against the LAPD and FBI, the broken glass scene to jumping off the exploding building, this is action gold and the best alternate Christmas movie of all time.

Bruce Willis' John McClane is a NYC cop who has (reluctantly) flown to Los Angeles to reconcile with his upwardly-mobile wife (Bonnie Bedelia), but he ends up trapped in a skyscraper with a bunch of mercenary thugs led by the sniveling Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman). They will shift their focus on Disney+ and related ventures as they think it's more profitable and easier to distribute their main family friendly movies. Bruce Willis is John McClane in the film that launched the billion-dollar action franchise, DIE HARD. Die Hard isn't a particularly colourful film, but the 4K version is able to extract more from what's already there.If Disney have no interest in releasing anymore Fox titles (that may never see the light of day on Disney Plus), then maybe they can licence these titles to other studios. image with a gorgeous cinematic quality, but they can be so strong as to erase some of the finer aspects, such as the finer textures of Hans' expensive suits or some of the other buildings in the distance. It all began with the fact that the guy came to the city to his wife, was at a Christmas reception, and ended in a real war . On the whole, secondary hues remain relatively the same, but the HDR transfer remains faithful to de Bont's original cinematography and creative intentions, making this the best the movie has ever looked and feeling very much like you're watching it again for the first time in cinemas. I have grown up with this film and owned it on every format, and can absolutely say that this is the definitive release.