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4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Sony Pictures | 2003 | 147 min | Rated R | No Release Date

Bad Boys II 4K (Blu-ray Movie)

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Movie rating

6.7
 / 10

Blu-ray rating

Users0.0 of 50.0
Reviewer4.5 of 54.5
Overall4.5 of 54.5

Overview

Bad Boys II 4K (2003)

Two narcotics detectives are assigned to a high-tech task force investigating the flow of drugs into Miami. Their inquiries lead them to a major conspiracy.

Starring: Martin Lawrence, Will Smith, Jordi Mollà, Gabrielle Union, Peter Stormare
Director: Michael Bay

Action100%
Thriller45%
Crime32%
Comedy20%

Specifications

  • Video

    Video codec: HEVC / H.265
    Video resolution: 4K (2160p)
    Aspect ratio: 2.39:1
    Original aspect ratio: 2.39:1

  • Audio

    English: Dolby Atmos
    English: Dolby TrueHD 7.1 (48kHz, 24-bit)
    English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
    Czech: Dolby Digital 5.1
    French: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
    French (Canada): Dolby Digital 5.1
    German: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
    Hungarian: Dolby Digital 5.1
    Italian: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
    Japanese: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
    Polish: Dolby Digital 5.1
    Portuguese: Dolby Digital 5.1
    Russian: Dolby Digital 5.1
    Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1
    Tamil: Dolby Digital 2.0
    Telugu: Dolby Digital 2.0
    Thai: Dolby Digital 5.1
    French DTS 5.1 Parisian, Dolby Digital 5.1 Québécois, Polish VO, Spanish Castilian and Latin American

  • Subtitles

    English, English SDH, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish, Arabic, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Korean, Mandarin (Traditional), Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Swedish, Thai, Turkish

  • Discs

    Blu-ray Disc
    Two-disc set (2 BDs)
    4K Ultra HD

  • Playback

    Region A (B, C untested)

Review

Rating summary

Movie3.5 of 53.5
Video5.0 of 55.0
Audio5.0 of 55.0
Extras4.0 of 54.0
Overall4.5 of 54.5

Bad Boys II 4K Blu-ray Movie Review

Reviewed by Martin Liebman August 30, 2018

Sony has released 'Bad Boys II' to the UHD format with new 4K/HDR video and a new Dolby Atmos soundtrack. The film was previously released as a 'Mastered in 4K' Blu-ray. The UHD adds no new supplements. It is also currently only available in a bundle with 'Bad Boys.'


Miami narcotics detectives Marcus Burnett (Martin Lawrence) and Mike Lowrey (Will Smith) are hot on the trail of a big shipment of ecstasy that's made its way to the city's shores by way of a complicated transfer from Amsterdam under the guidance of a mastermind named Johnny Tapia (Jordi Mollà). A bust of a KKK meeting goes wrong, leaving Marcus with a million dollar wound and their partnership on the rocks, complicated by Mike's relationship with Marcus' sister Syd (Gabrielle Union). But they'll have to set their differences aside if they're going to face the biggest challenge of their careers, a sprawling and deadly criminal organization bent on getting its product on to the streets, impeded only by Miami's two most effective, but volatile, officers whose mouths shoot off as fast as their guns and who always leave a wake of destruction behind them.

For a full film review, please click here.


Bad Boys II 4K Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality  5.0 of 5

The included screenshots are sourced from a 1080p Blu-ray disc. Watch for 4K screenshots at a later date.

Bad Boys II was a beast on Blu-ray. The "Mastered in 4K" release delivered one of the most exceptional pictures that format could possibly produce, squeezing out every last ounce of picture quality excellence possible. It's difficult to imagine the movie seeing much improvement in true 4K and, indeed, the net result on UHD is an image that takes what the Blu-ray had on offer and refines it with the added boost to resolution and HDR color grading. Revelatory this is not, fine-tuned this is. Textures are boosted with mild, but critical, added clarity. Facial textures, dense and deep on the previous release, enjoy a boost in terms of tangible intimacy and small but noticeable increases in razor-sharpness. The grain structure is perhaps a little sharper, too, slightly more refined and, not that it wasn't before, absolutely cinematic. The entire image is really much the same, texturally, throttling up from "wow" to, um, wow-plus?. That's really the short-and-sweeet of it. Just imagine the Blu-ray plus a little more.

The HDR color grading offers a more significant, but still not monumental, shift from the Blu-ray. Color grading runs a little punchier, and the signature Michael Bay contrast boost remains in full effect. Colors are absolutely intense, with blue skies, for example, a centerpiece in several scenes that reproduce a shade of eye-popping purity and brilliance. The film is abundantly colorful, even in darker scenes, where the palette maintains that Bay punch and black levels remain thick and dense as the filmmaker seemed to envision. Whites are amongst the most obvious improvements, finding another gear for purity and brilliance. Skin tones run a bit warm, as they should.

Bad Boys II looks darn near perfect on UHD, with no immediately obvious print issues or distracting encode flaws. The UHD is top-notch, subtly improving on one of the all-time great reference Blu-ray releases.


Bad Boys II 4K Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality  5.0 of 5

Bad Boys II features a Dolby Atmos soundtrack that's just killer from start to finish. It's massive, unyielding in its command of the entire stage, taking full advantage of every speaker to make each detail present in full effect. Like the UHD video, it's not a sonic revelation over the film's previous 5.1 lossless track, but the increase in fluidity, spacial awareness, and precision are the greatest improvements. Don't expect a barrage of discrete overhead elements, either, but do expect a complimentary use of the upward positions, creating a more stable, fluid, and accurate sense of place in quieter scenes and chaotic immersion in the film's many, complex, and loud action scenes. The track is never shy about blasting away, either, offering prodigious volume, endless surround content, and tight and responsive bass. Dialogue is firm and well prioritized through all of the madness and, certainly, in quieter exchanges. This is a very fulfilling listen from Sony.


Bad Boys II 4K Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras  4.0 of 5

Bad Boys II's UHD disc holds no extras beyond the cast and crew stills tab. The bundled Blu-ray is identical to the "mastered in 4K" release from 2015 and includes all the same extras. For convenience, below is a list of what's included. For full supplemental reviews, please click here. A Movies Anywhere digital copy code is included with purchase.

  • Deleted Scenes
  • Production Diaries:
    • Genesis
    • Training Days
    • Swamp
    • Night Club
    • Intersection Shootout
    • Get Into My Office!
    • Hugs and Kisses
    • Poolside
    • Jordi Mollá
    • First Date
    • Crime Lab
    • Captain's House
    • A Couple of Cameos
    • Train Dodging
    • Joey Pants
    • The Russian Is Coming
    • Home Invasion
    • Bringing Down the House
    • Shanty Town
  • Sequence Breakdown
  • Stunts
  • Visual Effects
  • Music Video
  • Theatrical Trailers


Bad Boys II 4K Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation  4.5 of 5

Bad Boys II doesn't reinvent the wheel, it just makes it bigger, faster, and more attractive. The film is little more than a collection of high intensity action scenes with tons of irreverent humor and mild characterization tossed in between. It's slick, high energy fun and a huge success for what it is and wants to be, which is, essentially, the quintessential Michael Bay experience. Sony's UHD release of Bad Boys II just didn't have much room to best what was one of the top handful of Blu-ray's out there. The UHD does slightly refine the image, fine-tuning it to absolute cinematic perfection, with slight upticks in clarity and sharpness and modest adds to color punch and depth, but it's not a revelation, and rightly so. For fans wanting the absolute best quality possible for the film at this point in time, this is it. For those happy with the Blu-ray, there's not an immediate need to upgrade, even with the excellent Atmos soundtrack.


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