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While I would argue that almost any movie from any period of time benefits from high resolution, no one is going to argue that certain film genres excel with greater visual fidelity and auditory punch. War movies are certainly among those. Riddley Scott's Black Hawk Down is a fantastic contemporary war film that touches on an oft forgotten military engagement--The Battle of Mogadishu. Possibly the second best war film to be released in the past 15 years (I would say Letters from Iwo Jima is the best...) Black Hawk Down is a must see for action fans. If you already own the 3 disc DVD you may not want to get rid of it though, since not all of the special features make it onto this Blu Ray.

My Best Buy number: 2208119638

What's great about it: HD Video and Lossless Audio, A Riddley Scott Film that doens't need a director's cut to be great

What's not so great: Missing many of the special features of the 3 disc DVD set.

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Fantastic Picture Quality

on May 15, 2019

Posted by: Tomred75

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One of my favourite movies of all time finally gets the 4k release it deserves.

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Black Hawk up in 4k

on May 15, 2019

Posted by: dygertron

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The 4k version is fabulous. It has some "natural grain" which is normal. The color depth is rich. Black level oustanding. Dolby Atmos is superb.

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Sound lagged

on May 18, 2019

Posted by: Demonslayer

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For some reason I did not already have this movie in my collection for Blu-ray . So when it came out in 4K I was very happy . The picture was good but in about the middle of the movie the sound started the lagged
Otherwise a great movie in 4K 1899

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Amazing film, amazingly presented

on May 23, 2019

Posted by: doc8998

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Depending on the day of the week, Ridley Scott is responsible for my favorite film of all-time (Alien, which also found its way onto 4K this year,) or second favorite, just behind James Cameron's Aliens. Black Hawk Down and Tombstone rank directly behind those two.
Despite my love for all things Alien, when it comes to Ridley Scott, you'd be hard-pressed to convince me that among his long career that Scott has crafted a film more important than Black Hawk Down.
The events of Mogadishu are now over 25 years of age, and it's been 18 years since it debuted in theaters. Hopefully, this introduction to the new 4K format will also bring it to the attention of a new audience, as well, bringing to light the ill-fated, over-confident "in & out" mission the American forces attempted in their own interests, outside the knowledge of their allies, only to see their underestimation cost them dearly when seemingly the whole of Mogadishu fall upon them.
The story here; not only of the American's misplaced bravado in assuming much, but more importantly, and thankfully, much more highlighted, is the heroics, the brotherhood, and the self-sacrifice, is told in a way very few films manage to capture. Rarely does Scott (if ever,) dwell on TELLING the viewers the faults or attributes of these soldiers and their commanders, and relies on showing you what you need to know.
And, in that regard, viewers will take what they want away from Black Hawk Down. While it's going to be appreciated and have you FEELING more (Shughart and Gordon always makes my eyes well up,) if you choose to watch this as the visual spectacle of an action film it ALSO is, you'll still be left breathless.
On the technical side, Ridley Scott has always had flourish, and it translates gorgeously to the 4K format in such beauty that you'd be forgiven in believing it wasn't filmed that way originally.
The care for the film continues onto the extras, where every single extra from the masterful 3 disc DVD Collector's Edition that was issued many years ago has been ported over.
Lastly, among this stellar cast- many of whom didn't have a lengthy cast sheet at the time, keep an eye out Game of Thrones fans, for Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jamie Lannister,) as Delta Sniper Gary Gordon in one of his first big roles.

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Gripping action !

on May 28, 2019

Posted by: Tomsreview12

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A well made, beautifully shot film. A tribute to those soldiers who were there and who had made the ultimate sacrifice. I remember watching and hearing about this on the news back then, but it wasn't until I saw the the movie that I realized what a harrowing experience these soldiers went through that day.
The 4K transfer is astounding. This 4K blu ray disc can easily pass for film released today.

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The rage of war

on May 30, 2019

Posted by: ElDude13

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This happened in real life, men gave their lives for something they believe in, for their brothers. These based on true events movies aren’t always 100% accurate, but some bits are, stories gathered from soldiers. This is a perfectly executed, well paced film. This isn’t something you watch, this is an experience, you experience what the soldiers went through and how they delay after losing their friends during battle.

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solid performing UNCOMPRESSED AUDIO track

on May 31, 2019

Posted by: mikeinastoria

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This review is only about the uniqueness of the disc as this an old movie and if you're buying the 4K version, you probably have the DVD already.

But, for those of you who do not have a 4K monitor with HDR capability, there's another reason you should be on the look out for this disc.

The Blu-ray version has been beefed up using the new 4K mastering process.
Picture is 5 / 5 (the grain in the image is what was intended for the cinematic look)
However, a hidden gem NO website or review site has mentioned about the bluray:
UNCOMPRESSED 5.1 LPCM audio track on the bluray.
Dolby Atmos, DTS-X are "lossless" - not the same as uncompressed - and with a quality receiver or seperates, you will DEFINITELY hear the quality difference.
Atmos / DTS-X outshines dTS_HD or Dolby TRueHD only because they are object based. But all are compressed and then uncompressed using a lossless algorithm.

But Uncompressed hasn't go through all that extra processing, and worth the price of the disc itself, to me.

i hope more manufacturers go with the Uncompressed Audio Track on their Blu-rays in the future.

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