7.9 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 4.0 | |
Overall | 4.0 |
A cab driver inadvertently becomes the hostage of an engaging contract killer as he makes his rounds from hit to hit during one night in Los Angeles.
Starring: Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx, Jada Pinkett Smith, Mark Ruffalo, Peter BergCrime | 100% |
Thriller | 96% |
Drama | 55% |
Action | 39% |
Video codec: HEVC / H.265
Video resolution: 4K (2160p)
Aspect ratio: 2.40:1
Original aspect ratio: 2.39:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (48kHz, 24-bit)
French: Dolby Digital 5.1 (640 kbps)
German: Dolby Digital 5.1 (640 kbps)
English, English SDH, French, German
Blu-ray Disc
Two-disc set (2 BDs)
Digital copy
4K Ultra HD
Region free
Movie | 4.0 | |
Video | 4.5 | |
Audio | 4.0 | |
Extras | 3.0 | |
Overall | 4.0 |
Paramount has widely released a UHD SteelBook packaging variant for Director Michael Mann's 2004 film 'Collateral.' The disc and digital content is identical to that found in the 2020 UHD wide release. See the 'Special Features and Extras' section of the review below for more on the SteelBook's look and feel.
For a full UHD video review, please click here.
For a full UHD audio review, please click here; note that this link points to the 2010 Blu-ray.
Paramount's SteelBook is glossy and smooth and will show handling fingerprints in its many darker areas. The front panel is essentially a slightly
modified take on the film's rather pedestrian poster artwork, and it is not much different from the artwork on the front of the wide release UHD (it looks
identical to the 2010 Blu-ray). The big
difference is that the film's title has been moved to the top center rather than appearing more in the middle of the artwork. Really, that's about it. It's
Cruise, center, facing forward with a gun in his hand, and Foxx, behind Cruise's left shoulder, looking left. Some city elements, streaked to give a sense
of movement, appear behind them. The
actors' names appear top left and right. The rear panel features a hazy brown image of palm trees, barely visible, with a light brown in the middle and
darker brown at the top and bottom. In the middle is a quote attributed to Vincent: "don't get me cornered. You don't have the trunk space." The spine
is black with the film's title, center, and a Paramount logo at the top, both a dark yellow color.
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 Cruise on the left in an action pose with gun drawn, and Foxx on the
right, seated and facing forward in his cab. Both images are fairly dark.
Fo a full breakdown of what extras are included, and where, please click please click here.
It's disappointing that Paramount has released Collateral to the UHD format with essentially the same basic artwork as seen before. The SteelBook is not the most impressive ever, then, but at least the movie is great and the UHD presentation is solid. Recommended for serious SteelBook collectors only.
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