Under Siege Blu-ray Movie

Rating summary

Movie		3.5
Video		5.0
Audio		4.5
Extras		3.0
Overall		4.0

Under Siege Blu-ray Movie Review

Reviewed by Jeffrey Kauffman December 28, 2025

Director Andrew Davis isn't especially shy about discussing the "star temperament" of Steven Seagal in some of the supplements included with this release, and suffice it to say it sounds like Davis may have been brought into this project to help "contain" that very temperament. Whether or not he succeeded may be up for debate with some persnickety types, but this "Die Hard on a ship" outing certainly provides some fun action elements and several over the top performances courtesy of stalwarts like Tommy Lee Jones and Gary Busey.

Under Siege has had a couple of prior 1080 releases by home studio Warner Brothers. Martin Liebman's very early Under Siege Blu-ray review of the first 1080 release contains plot information and Marty's reaction to the technical presentation (there was no real supplemental content other than a standard definition trailer). For trivia lovers, Under Siege was an early enough release in the 1080 format that it's number 230 in our database.

Under Siege Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality 

Note: Arrow provided a check disc for this 1080 release, and I am once again assuming that the packaging for this resolution matches that of Arrow's 4K UHD release, including the insert booklet, which offers technical information more geared toward the 4K format.

Under Siege is presented on Blu-ray courtesy of Arrow Video with an AVC encoded 1080p transfer in 1.85:1. Arrow's insert booklet (provided with their 4K release) contains to the following information on the presentation:

Under Siege has been restored by Arrow Films and is presented in its original aspect ratio of 1.85:1 with stereo and Dolby Atmos audio mixes.

The original 35mm camera negative was scanned at 4K / 16 bit resolution at Warner Bros. / Motion Picture Imaging. The film was restored in 4K resolution and colour graded at Duplitech.

All materials sourced for this new master were made available by Warner Bros.

QC review was completed by Pixelogic.

This new restoration has been approved by Director Andrew Davis.

The new Dolby Atmos mix was produced at Warner Brothers by Andrew Davis and Frank A. Montaño.

This is another great looking 1080 presentation from Arrow, and it easily outdoes the old VC-1 encoded release from Warner Brothers (which was slightly misframed in 1.77:1 with a quasi-tramline running down the left side of the frame). Color temperature is noticeably improved throughout here, and the somewhat yellowish, jaundiced look of the old Warner Brothers 1080 release has been corrected. Suffusion is typically excellent throughout, with the possible exception of the opening optically printed credits sequence. Fine detail is also generally excellent throughout, especially on some of the backgrounds in the ship. There are still arguably some deficits in shadow detail in the darkest moments and a few passing instances of crush (something that maybe just a little surprisingly the HDR / Dolby Vision grades on Arrow's 4K release don't measurably improve). Grain is quite tightly resolved throughout, though it can definitely look a good deal rougher in many of the darkest material, a situation which is probably only exaggerated in the 4K version.

Under Siege Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality 

Under Siege features Dolby Atmos and LPCM 2.0 options, both easily outdoing the lossy Dolby Digital 5.1 track on Warner Brothers' first 1080 release. The stereo track is actually rather nicely widely imaged, especially in some of the action sequences, but the Atmos track significantly opens up the proceedings, both with regard to the ambient environmental effects both inside and outside the ship, and also with regard to Gary Chang's enjoyable score. The Atmos track also provides a much more convincing low end overall, something the becomes more important once all the things that go boom start going boom. Dialogue is rendered cleanly and clearly throughout. Optional English subtitles are available.

Under Siege Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras 

• Commentary with Director Andrew Davis and Writer J.F. Lawton


• I'm on a Boat (With a Bomb) (HD; 19:08) is a new interview with Andrew Davis.


• One of the Guys (HD; 13:52) is a new interview with Erika Eleniak.


• A Tight Ship (HD; 18:35) is a new interview with Damian Chapa.


• The Introvision Files (HD; 27:51) is a new interview with visual effects supervisor William Mesa (which includes some cool archival promotional footage about Introvision).


• Trailer (HD; 2:00)

This Limited Edition also has a reversible sleeve featuring two original artwork options, and a collectors' booklet featuring some good writing by the mononymous Vern and Martyn Pedler. Packaging features a slipcover.

Under Siege Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation 

Under Siege is just flat out goofy some of the time, especially when either Tommy Lee Jones and/or Gary Busey strut(s) across the frame, and fans of the film should be well pleased by both the technical merits of this release as well as the enjoyable supplemental material. Recommended.