Predator [4K Ultra-HD + Blu-ray] [1987] [2018]

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This review is not really about the quality of the transfer and the quality of the 3D medium in which it is presented but more about collectable bust you get with this version. I have seen Predator hundreds of times and being a Predator fan it was not the Blu-ray that drew me to this item. When I saw this for pre-order I was totally blown away by the Predator head. Now we have seen a collectable Predator head before. In the wake of the Alien Quadrilogy 9 disc collectable Alien head, Predator, Predator 2 and Alien vs Predator got repackaged in a box set head of it's own. That item is much sought after by collectors and to find such an item on ebay you can expect to pay anywhere from £50.00 if you are lucky up to £150.00. The quality of that sculpture is not a patch on this release exclusively from Amazon. When I first saw this release I knew I had to have it. I was a bit dubious as the photos looked ok in some shots and a bit cheap in others. However, I knew that this being a limited edition would in time be worth it's weight in gold to fans and collectors alike and already there are people on ebay selling this for nearly £200.00. So is this really any good? In a word YES!! For the price on Amazon this is an extremely great bargain. Although I have yet to view the film itself as I do not have a 3D TV and Blu-ray player (I need to ask my mate very kindly to pop round his one night and watch it on his) the quality of the sculpt is better than I first thought. First up is the mask. It fits very well over the Predator's face and is held in place on the top of the head by 2 magnets concealed within the underside of the mask. This stops it from falling forward so there is no danger of it falling off accidently and breaking. It is also weathered very well giving it that used and abused look straight out of the movie. The only grievance I have is the masks eyes and tri-laser targeting system. It would have been a nice touch to have the masks eyes hollow and covered with a screen mesh rather than molded as part of the mask. The targeting lasers on the side of the mask suffer the same problem as it would have been nice to have red tinted clear plastic insets rather than what is molded there already but this is really being nit picky as over all it looks fantastic. Secondly the head itself. It is a descent enough sculpt and has a great paint job on the skin with some nice tones. The ringlets on the dreadlocks are molded as part of the dreadlock then painted. It would have been a more detailed look to have the ringlets as separate items and the same with the neck ring. When all said and done though what really makes this light years ahead of the other Predator Head release is the fact that it has a removable mask and that the dreadlocks, quills and teeth are all separate entities glued on individually making it more realistic. I would personally say that for the money you can't go wrong. If you are Predator fan this is an absolute must have just for the sculpture alone and when you compare this to something like a life size bust from Sideshow Collectables which would set you back around anywhere from 4 or 5 hundred Dollars to over one thousand Dollars the £90.00 price tag here is more than generous. If I had the money I'd buy another one to keep in mint condition for when the value increases with age. The disc itself will be worth nothing but this set as a whole is going to sky rocket in time. Buy your's now while you still can!

Superb image quality with HDR really making the jungle and effects come to life, meaning Predator has never looked so good. Compared to DVD and the waxy Blu-ray, it's just excellent. The DTS-HD MA soundtrack is also superb. All combined, it's like watching a different film. Superb. This is surely the definitive Predator release.

You all know the film. It's brilliant. Thankfully the 4k edition is the best version I have seen. The last blu ray was terribly over-digitised and some skin (especially a particular scene with Carl Withers) looked almost plastic. The 4k transfer remians faithful to the original film (which was shot in 35mm). If I have a minor criticism it would be the colouring is a little lighter and maybe lacks a bit of depth but you could probably fix that with your tv settings. Remember, you're not getting a film shot in 4k so don't expect insanely high resolutions but it is faithful to the original with some impressive tweaks without being intrusive. For instance, you no longer see Carl Wither's real arm underneath the prosthetic stump which used to annoy me.

Through the years I've owned many different copies of 'Predator', from VHS, DVD and the previous Blu-Ray version. The one consistent thing about 'Predator' is the awful way it looked, blurry, very grainy and not at all nice to look at. The reason I've bought it so many times, despite it's wafer thin plot (soldiers are hunted by a largely unseen alien-in the jungle, that's it!!!) is probably nostalgia. In my opinion the new remastered 'Ultimate Hunter' edition has good points and bad points. I use an Optoma HD projector and it produces an image almost 9 feet wide in full 1080p. Good: Colours are deep and rich and the contrast is slightly elevated giving a much brighter picture, the last version on Blu-ray was dull faded and washed out like a t shirt that's been through the machine 25 times. The Sound is very good for a movie of this era, the whomp of the rotor blades on helicopters, the deep sound of the explosions and the bass from the awesome mini-gun scenes are all impressive. Also, this version of 'Predator' on Blu-ray has all of the special features from the two disc Dvd released years ago, which were lacking on the first Blu. Bad: Enthusiasts of film will absolutely hate what has been done to spruce up the image of this picture, in order to make the image look better than it was the last time, it appears to have been through the Digital Noise Reduction process. Unfortunately that has scrubbed the image of all the grain that was always so noticable on the print, leaving an artificial almost cgi quality to the film. Last Words: In my humble opinion, this is the best version of 'Predator' that is available, a bright, colourful, smooth and clean image upgrade. I think it is a big improvement, and while it may upset purists, everyone else who loved this movie from the 80's will appreciate what has been achieved. It was almost certainly the best that could have been done with the available technology.

Absolutely fantastic seller, the discs are in as new condition as is the box / cover. Postage was very very fast, I was unsure of what condition it might arrive in, but wow im impressed and will be using this seller again. Looking forward to to watching this and very happy to add this to my collection Thank you. 5 Stars all the way A+++++

The package is exactly as described and excellent quality. Plays perfectly on the PS5. Totally worth it. One of the best action sci-fi films ever made.

This is a movie that just gets better with age, a movie that spawned many sequels, none of which can match the raw physicality that Arnold Schwarzenegger brings to his role. Schwarzeneger excels as Dutch, an inarticulate American Austrian bone head US special operations whatevertheck he is. But who cares, this is about something from outer space and he better kill it before it kills us all. And (spoiler alert) he does. But not before it has killed all of his men. And some green berets out of Fort Bragg, And some Central American peasants who manage to upset it by carrying machetes. This alien has no respect for the dead either, it's almost as if it is killing for sport and making trophies out of men, which happens a lot, especially when it's hot - apparently. No surprise, Arnie is the last man standing, and it's down to him to take the alien down. The head to head fight scene is just unparalleled in any Hollywood movie. There are pyrotechnics to rival a your local bonfire party, cutting edge special effects (Vic 20 / Dragon), green blood and mud, lots of mud, and leaves, lots of leaves and a big forest pig (Jeez that was scary, then funny then scary again - I liked what they did there). Arnie manages to skillfully build lots of stuff in the jungle from scratch thanks to a magical big knife that keeps returning to him after he repeatedly loses it. He even manages to survive a tactical nuclear explosion (oops sorry should have said spoiler alert) a mere 50m from ground zero, and don't forgot those naughty Russians or Cubans trying to export their brand of democracy to a banana republic dictatorship allied with the US - yeah Get Some !! But it's not like this is the first time you've seen this now is it? But you've got to see it again, and again and then make your kids watch it, and when your kids are old enough you make your grandkids watch it. Possibly the best film ever, so "Get to da choppah" before it's too late !

I used to consider myself a film purist but I guess I no longer can because I really enjoyed this 'digital noise reduction' version of the film. That's because the excessive DNR was noticeable mostly in the first 10 minutes (before they got to the jungle) and for a few scenes outside of that - scenes which had incredible amounts of grain which is why they look bad when they were DNR'd to death in this release - but I imagine they would have looked worse, and more out of place, if they weren't grainless like the rest of the film (Ah, but film grain is good, and it should have been left in - in the first place - right? Yes, I'll elaborate later). For film, grain IS good. Grain basically 'is' the detail in the film. There's no denying that. I already have the 2-disc Collector's Edition DVD, which I've watched many times so I know how grainy it looks. It never bothered me because I understood that that's how the film was shot. The thing is, the original Blu-ray release of 'Predator' used a poor codec and the disc was only single layered. So, the compression artifacts made the grain look even worse. People complained, and FOX came out with this release. If they did it right the first time, and used the proper codec and bitrate (due to having the 50GB dual-layer disc that they have now), I'm sure there would be a lot less complaints. But, they screwed up the first time. Wanting to satisfy fans and milk this franchise for all it's worth (since they left out all of the special features on the last Blu-ray), they decided to "clean up" the picture, put back all of the special features, and give a little sneak peek to the new 'Predators' movie. It was a good business strategy, but film purists would not agree. At first, I was very against the idea of this release. But hell, Amazon was offering it for $13.99 and I always wanted to own 'Predator' on Blu-ray (with the best picture possible and all of the special features), so i decided to give the disc a try. The first scene of the movie looks excessively DNR'd. I'm not denying that at all. However, I'll live with that since the rest of the film looks BEAUTIFUL. It looks like it was shot yesterday. I know, I know. It wasn't shot yesterday. It was shot in 1986 and released to theaters in 1987. The film stock used was cheap, hence the film should look grainy. I know that. But damn, the picture looks so gorgeous now. I still have my Collector's Edition DVD for when I want to be a film purist and see the picture in all of its grainy glory. I wanted the film on Blu-ray, and I wasn't about go to buy the original release which was more like an upscaled DVD. If the movie were released, grain in tact, with the proper codec and bitrate, I would have bought that. I feel that this disc is the lesser of two evils. If you want the movie to look like it did when it was in theaters, please, go and buy the lovely 2-disc Collector's Edition DVD. If you want the movie to look like it was shot yesterday, buy this release. I've seen the movie enough times to know how it's supposed to look. If you can get over the first scene looking excessively DNR'd, then give this release a try. I've included a page with some comparison shots of later scenes in the movie (to see the comparison, check out the 'Comments' section). If you prefer the grainy pictures, buy the DVD or the original Blu-ray. If you prefer the 'clean' (DNR'd) image, buy the 'Ultimate Hunter Edition' Blu-ray. Aside from the first scene (the infamous shot of waxy looking Arnold - which really didn't look as bad in motion on my TV as it did in the screenshot), there really aren't too many parts of the film where detail is lost due to the DNRing that took place. I know, grain is detail, but I'm talking about the lack of sharpness that can occur when too much DNR takes place. That doesn't really happen at all, aside from that first scene. Give the screen shots a look and judge for yourself. The detail looks very well preserved, which is the ONLY reason I recommend this release. If the whole movie looked like the first scene did, I wouldn't go near it at all. But, the picture quality ends up being pretty damn amazing, albeit artificial (since I know what it SHOULD look like). Like I said, I think this release is the lesser of two evils, especially since I don't think FOX will re-release it AGAIN any time in the near future. The lossless audio (DTS-HD MA) track is amazing, the special features are great, and the picture quality (artificial, I know) is astounding. If you are a film purist, stay far away. If you don't even know what DNR means and you just want a nice looking movie, you won't be disappointed. On a side note, the menus can be a little annoying. They are very Predator-like, but they take too long to navigate and while you fastforward, an image pops up on screen showing you what chapter you're on - this is the only disc I have that does this. That stuff was only a minor annoyance that doesn't really detract from the awesome disc. In summary, I normally wouldn't recommend such a DNR'd release like this, but since the only HD alternative was the lower bitrate (and worse codec) Blu-ray that was already released (with no extras), this seems like the obvious purchase - especially since the DNR is only distracting in that first scene. Once the action starts, the film looks beautiful - and the sound is amazing. PLEASE CHECK THE 'COMMENTS' SECTION FOR A SCREENSHOT COMPARISON!

Very very good ! Highly recommend amd ive purchased other things that were successful amd good condition quick to arrive! 5 stars !!!

Super contente nickel

Redécouverte d’un film culte en blue-ray, qualité d’image et de son à la hauteur du format.

Produto chegou intacto, qualidade de imagem e som em 4k muito boa, aprovado