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The movie....
The movie....
Robert Forster (Medium Cool, Jackie Brown) and Fred Williamson (xxxxx, From Dusk Till Dawn)... Joe Spinell ([[Maniac]])....


The disc - and I have to say I neither know the previous editions, nor had I ever seen the movie before nor do I have actual 4K equipment other than the disc player (so I am judging this out of years of professional experience on a BluRay experience), is a stunner. Once again BU has shown what they are capable of with the vault material that they have for these movies. They keep releasing reference grade material UltraHD versions of their restorations that show: with proper care of the material, meticulous restoration and respect to the source, you can deliver an amazing experience on home video, without the Criterion-style revisionism often seen inflicted on classics.
The disc - and I have to say I neither know the previous editions, nor had I ever seen the movie before nor do I have actual 4K equipment other than the disc player (so I am judging this out of years of professional experience on a BluRay experience), is a stunner. Once again BU has shown what they are capable of with the vault material that they have for these movies. They keep releasing reference grade material UltraHD versions of their restorations that show: with proper care of the material, meticulous restoration and respect to the source, you can deliver an amazing experience on home video, without the Criterion-style revisionism often seen inflicted on classics.


The transfer
The transfer
rich blacks, amazing contracts, vibrant colors, authentic textures
rich blacks, amazing contracts, vibrant colors, authentic textures and film grain preserved.
yes there are some scenes almost too dark to tellw hats happening (I would say it is overall a bit too dark maybe, the HDR compatible image really outdoes itself in delivering on the blacks), and there are also some scnes where the images is not the crispest, but hey


The sound
The sound
sounds great, nice depths, with the music also some surround feeling, but sometimes the dialogue suffers a bit and plays just second fiddle. overall it is an amazing track, but I do have to say I picked the Atmos track instead of the DTS 5.1 track, and let it play on my plain old 5.1 system. I do this because I know the Atmos packs a bit more of a punch, even though I might be unable to hear much of a difference on my system if someone where to test me on it.


The extras, a lot of them new for this edition,  
The extras, a lot of them new for this edition,  

Revision as of 14:34, 17 April 2021

Review of the recently released 4K Ultra-HD BluRay of Bill Lustig's Vigilante by his own label Blue Underground.

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UNDER CONSTRUCTION

The movie....

Robert Forster (Medium Cool, Jackie Brown) and Fred Williamson (xxxxx, From Dusk Till Dawn)... Joe Spinell (Maniac)....

The disc - and I have to say I neither know the previous editions, nor had I ever seen the movie before nor do I have actual 4K equipment other than the disc player (so I am judging this out of years of professional experience on a BluRay experience), is a stunner. Once again BU has shown what they are capable of with the vault material that they have for these movies. They keep releasing reference grade material UltraHD versions of their restorations that show: with proper care of the material, meticulous restoration and respect to the source, you can deliver an amazing experience on home video, without the Criterion-style revisionism often seen inflicted on classics.

The transfer rich blacks, amazing contracts, vibrant colors, authentic textures and film grain preserved. yes there are some scenes almost too dark to tellw hats happening (I would say it is overall a bit too dark maybe, the HDR compatible image really outdoes itself in delivering on the blacks), and there are also some scnes where the images is not the crispest, but hey

The sound sounds great, nice depths, with the music also some surround feeling, but sometimes the dialogue suffers a bit and plays just second fiddle. overall it is an amazing track, but I do have to say I picked the Atmos track instead of the DTS 5.1 track, and let it play on my plain old 5.1 system. I do this because I know the Atmos packs a bit more of a punch, even though I might be unable to hear much of a difference on my system if someone where to test me on it.

The extras, a lot of them new for this edition,


  • Label: Blue Underground
  • Release date: December 15, 2020
  • 4K UltraHD BluRay
  • pristine new restoration, scanned in 4K 16-bit from the original 35mm camera negative, with Dolby Vision HDR and Dolby Atmos audio
  • Extras: Audio Commentary #1 with Co-Producer/Director William Lustig and Co-Producer Andrew Garroni; Audio Commentary #2 with Co-Producer/Director William Lustig and Stars Robert Forster, Fred Williamson and Frank Pesce; NEW! Audio Commentary #3 with Film Historians Troy Howarth and Nathaniel Thompson; NEW! Blue Collar DEATH WISH – Interviews with Writer Richard Vetere, Star Rutanya Alda, Associate Producer/First A.D./Actor Randy Jurgensen, and others; NEW! Urban Western - Interview with Composer Jay Chattaway; Theatrical Trailers; TV Spots; Radio Spot; Promotional Reel; Poster & Still Galleries
  • BONUS! Collectible Booklet with new essay by Michael Gingold
  • Audio: English (Dolby Atmos, 5.1 DTS-HD, 2.0 DTS-HD); French (Dolby Digital 2.0); Italian (Dolby Digital 2.0); German (Dolby Digital 2.0)
  • Subtitles: English SDH, Français, Español, Português
  • Bluray is Region free (confirmed), UltraHD BluRay are always region free
  • Limited Collector’s Edition includes 4K UHD, Remastered Blu-ray, collectible booklet, reversible sleeve, and 3D lenticular slipcover (First Pressing Only)!
  • Unfortunately there's no soundtrack available for VIGILANTE. Jay Chattaway explains why in his new interview on the disc
  • BUY 4K BLU RAY


All in all, a must.

by Seb

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