NFL Super Bowl LVII Champions: Kansas City Chiefs Blu-ray Movie

Rating summary

Movie		4.0
Video		4.5
Audio		4.5
Extras		3.0
Overall		4.0

NFL Super Bowl LVII Champions: Kansas City Chiefs Blu-ray Movie Review

Reviewed by Martin Liebman May 21, 2024

If NFL Super Bowl LVII Champions: Kansas City Chiefs seems familiar, it should. The Blu-ray is nearly a mirror image of Super Bowl LVI release in terms of cadence, visuals, and extras. This is as stock as these Super Bowl releases come, and while the story has changed, the structure remains virtually unchanged. If NFL Super Bowl LVII Champions: Kansas City Chiefs seems even more familiar, it should. It features the Kansas City Chiefs in yet another Super Bowl appearance, this time winning after losing Super Bowl LV and winning Super Bowl LIV. Yet despite the many similarities in many different ways to past recent Super Bowl Blu-ray issues, this one is of course unique for its focus on the singular season that was for the Chiefs that ultimately propelled the franchise to yet another Super Bowl victory.

The film spends about 35 minutes recapping the Chiefs' 2022 season, which resulted in a 14-3 regular season record and the top seed in the AFC. The film moves along to spend more in-depth time with the team's playoff games, including, first, hoisting the upstart Jacksonville Jaguars in a game that was much tighter than anticipated, with the Chiefs pulling off a seven-point victory, 27-20, to advance to the AFC title game. In that game, the Chiefs hosted last year's Super Bowl runners-up, the Cincinatti Bengals. The game was tight but resulted in a three-point Chiefs victory, 23-20, to secure another Super Bowl berth where Kansas City met the Philadelphia Eagles. As was the theme all playoffs, the game was tight, though the Eagles held a 24-14 edge at halftime. The Chiefs would respond with 24 second half points and hold the Eagles to 11, resulting in another three-point victory, 38-35, and bringing home another Vince Lombardi trophy.

The NFL never really has too much of a problem in finding points of interest for a Super Bowl, but there were a few here in Super Bowl LVII that really stood out as truly noteworthy and not manufactured or massaged to bring interest to the game. First, of course, was probably coach Andy Reid's Super Bowl battle against his old team, the Eagles, and there were some tangible emotions both before and after the game. Second was the battle between the Kelce brothers -- Travis playing for the Chiefs and Jason for the Eagles. But all of that gave way to a really good game that was a classic back-and-forth affair that ultimately saw the Chiefs win on a field goal in the last play of the game. That was not the first time a Super Bowl was won (or lost, for that matter), on a kicker's toe, but it cemented the game as one of the better in Super Bowl history.

NFL Super Bowl LVII Champions: Kansas City Chiefs Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality 

This Blu-ray release of NFL Super Bowl LVII Champions: Kansas City Chiefs arrives on Blu-ray with a 1080i transfer. Fear not, because even at 1080i the image is very good, much like its various predecessors. It's abundantly sharp and crisp, offering audiences very good detailing to skin during interviews or cuts to the crowd while also showcasing exceptional definition to uniforms, glossy helmets, and turf on the field. The image is constantly sharp and satisfying with nary a soft element that isn't out of focus by design. Overall clarity is really superb, especially for the 1080i resolution. Colors are bold and lively, with the Chiefs red primary color dominating, of course, but much color fun is to be had when various other team uniforms make an appearance, not to mention various flags, green turf, or digital signage around the stadiums. Colors are constantly full and healthy. Black level depth is solid, whites on uniforms are really crisp, and skin tones look natural. Noise is minimal and there are no interlacing issues. Banding or macroblocking or other troublesome elements are not present in any quantity worth mentioning. This one looks great from start to finish.

NFL Super Bowl LVII Champions: Kansas City Chiefs Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality 

NFL Super Bowl LVII Champions: Kansas City Chiefs features a DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 lossless soundtrack. There is no 5.1 option, as there was with the previous Super Bowl issue. Yet even at 2.0, the track plays with size, scale, and significance, offering a stable, and at times booming (in a good way) presentation that offers solidly deep and detailed narration, crisp on-field chatter, and clear interview snippets, all seamlessly imaged to the center. Musical definition is excellent, playing with all the width one could want and both finding and maintaining clarity and size for the duration. On field effects, like hits, are nicely defined, too. This may be 2.0 only, but it's 2.0 at jut about its very best.

NFL Super Bowl LVII Champions: Kansas City Chiefs Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras 

This Blu-ray release of NFL Super Bowl LVII Champions: Kansas City Chiefs contains a familiar spread of extras; many of them (in different iterations) were included in previous Super Bowl issues. There are many extras, but most of them are very brief and many have nothing to do explicitly with the Chiefs. No digital copy code is included, but a DVD copy has been bundled. This release does not ship with a slipcover.

• Chiefs 2019 Team Highlight Film (1080i, 22:32): Recapping the Chiefs 2019 season, which was the season of the first Super Bowl win in the Mahomes era.
• Post-Game Ceremonies (1080i, 5:02): The Chiefs receive the Lombardi Trophy after winning the game.
• 2022 NFL Shots of the Year (1080i, 3:48): A league-wide video highlight compilation.
• 2022 NFL Sounds of the Year - Fun with Quarterbacks (1080i, 4:43): Signal callers are mic'd up for this fun compilation piece.
• 2022 NFL Sounds of the Year - Officials (1080i, 2:10): Hear from the refs, but also hear coaches and players communicating with and griping at them.
• 2022 NFL Sounds of the Year - Football Follies (1080i, 1:58): Verbal comic relief from around the league.
• 2022 NFL Sounds of the Year - National Tight Ends Day (1080i, 2:13): Players and the league celebrate this "holiday," followed by some tight ends in action clips from around league.
• 2022 NFL Sounds of the Year - Coach Speak (1080i, 2:41): Head coaches around the league are mic'd up.
• 2022 NFL Sounds of the Year - Celebrations (1080i, 2:28): Players show their moves for the camera.
• 2022 NFL Sounds of the Year - Trash Talk (1080i, 3:02): Players talk down to their opponents.
• Patrick Mahomes Interview (1080i, 3:36): The Chiefs QB discusses life and football.
• Andy Reid Interview (1080i, 3:12): Reid chats with Steve Mariucci.
• Chris Jones Vignette (1080i, 1:09): The Chiefs defensive lineman discusses his career.
• Isiah Pacheco Vignette (1080i, 1:02): The running back discusses dream fulfillment.
• Juju Smith-Schuster Vignette (1080i, 0:57): The wide receiver talks up going to the Super Bowl.

NFL Super Bowl LVII Champions: Kansas City Chiefs Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation 

By all accounts there should have been yet another familiar Super Bowl release for Super Bowl LVIII, which the Chiefs also won, but as far as I can tell that's not been released. Be that as it may, Chiefs can at least relieve this Super Bowl victory time and again in what is best described as "old reliable," a Blu-ray that is more or less a mirror of past Super Bowl releases, and that's a good thing. Video and audio are great, and the supplements are many, even if mostly superficial. Recommended.