Carlito's Way 4K Blu-ray Movie

Rating summary

Movie		4.0
Video		4.5
Audio		4.0
Extras		2.5
Overall		3.5

Carlito's Way 4K Blu-ray Movie Review

Universal and Best Buy have collaborated on a store exclusive UHD SteelBook release for the 1993 film 'Carlito's Way,' Directed by Brian De Palma. The disc and digital content is identical to that found in the wide release. See the 'Special Features and Extras' section of the review below for more on the SteelBook's look and feel.

Carlito's Way 4K Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality 

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Carlito's Way 4K Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality 

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Carlito's Way 4K Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras 

Universal's dark red-and-black SteelBook is matte, which means it won't show basic handling fingerprints, good because of the very dark color scheme. The front panel depicts Pacino and Penn's characters floating from the mid-chest up. A dark city skyline appears below them across the bottom 15% or so of the SteelBook surface. The film's title appears centered below the midline. The title is in white, as is Director Brian De Palma's credit. Actor names Al Pacino and Sean Penn appear in red flanking the title top and bottom, respectively. The spine offers the same red-and-black color scheme with the city skyline extending across to the back (it actually looks like a mirror image of the skyline from the front). A 1911 .45 semiautomatic handgun fills much of the panel, barrel end pointing up. A studio logo and legalese appear bottom left and a model number bottom right, all in white. The spine features the film's title in small white print, center. A Universal logo has been placed at the bottom.

Inside, the digital copy code is tucked underneath the left-hand-side tabs. The two discs, one UHD and one Blu-ray, are situated on the right in staggered-stacked formation. The inner print is a two-panel spread that features a still depicting Sean Penn's David Kleinfeld, left, and Al Pacino's Carlito Brigante, right, sitting across the table one from another.

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Carlito's Way 4K Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation 

This Carlito's Way SteelBook certainly elicits something of a grim, hopeless feel around its exterior shell. Clad in red and black there's little emotion beyond visceral anger and despair at work. It's effective but it's not exactly a standout design, either. The film, of course, is solid, as is the UHD presentation. Recommended.