Get Out 4K Blu-ray Movie

Rating summary

Movie		4.5
Video		4.5
Audio		5.0
Extras		2.5
Overall		4.0

Get Out 4K Blu-ray Movie Review

Maybe Universal simply wanted to get a better read on the UHD marketplace, but rather than release a 4K version of Get Out alongside its recently released Blu-ray, the studio has opted to play a short-lived waiting game and put the UHD on the market less than four months after the Blu-ray debut. The good news is that the UHD offers a modest, but worthwhile, upgrade both visually and sonically. While no new extras are included, this is certainly the new definitive release of one of the year's best films.

Get Out 4K Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality 

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

Get Out was reportedly photographed at 3.4K but finished at 2K. This upscale nevertheless fares well, offering a pleasant uptick in color and detail that results in a more fluid, organic upscale compared to another new film released to UHD on the same day, Split, which features a harsher, almost artificially sharpened look about it, predominantly at the skin detail level. Indeed, there's a more organic sense of clarity and definition to this 2160p UHD. Facial features see a boost in definition without an aggressive appearance of artificiality. Complex pores and other facial elements, like Dean's facial hair, are extremely well pronounced with a pure, organic appearance. Clothing enjoys a solid boost in definition as well. Rodney's crisply pressed TSA work shirt, for example, reveals finely intimate fabric details and lines with unflinching ease. The diverse elements in and around the Armitage home, whether finely upholstered furniture, organic woods, or grasses and other greenery offer a satisfyingly clear and well defined presentation where they're sharp as a tack but with a lifelike grace about them. The HDR-enhanced color presentation offers improved stability and nuance. There's no betrayal of any color, just a pleasing refinement where that same blue TSA shirt or, just by chance the same color, Chris' denim-style shirt he wears for much of the movie's middle stretch offer significant color punch and depth. Greens around the grounds and warmer shades inside deliver a pleasant natural vitality. Black levels hold up fairly well, pushing only a shade or two away from pure deep. Flesh tones appear spot-on. Noise and other artifacts are essentially nonexistent at any level of significance. Though only a 2K upscale, Get Out shines on the UHD format.

Get Out 4K Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality 

Get Out gets onto UHD with a new DTS:X Master Audio soundtrack. When even the studio logos offer aggressive stage presence, pinpoint detail, and even dispersal throughout the stage, listeners will know that they're likely in for a treat, and that is indeed the case here. The track offers no shortage of intensive, dynamic sonic moments throughout, surrounded by a number of quality dialogue-heavy scenes and light, but mood critical, ambient support. The film's opening kidnapping sequence offers full, richly layered and effortlessly presented nighttime suburban atmospherics. Opening title music is vibrant, aggressively oriented and offering a prominent surround support that plays in expert balance around the stage. Even the noisy car interior as Chris and Rose travel to her parents' house has a stage-saturating depth and rumble about it. A deep bass line at the 1:12:30 mark sends a strong, lumbering pulse into the stage, followed by a large crescendo that delivers impressive depth and saturation. Prominent score punctuated by aggressive chants in the third act offer a brilliant full stage immersion that engages the top layer with a haunting reverberation. Additional ambience filters in as necessary, including light natural elements outside the house and more aggressive din -- squealing brakes, PA announcements -- when Rodney takes a break to call Chris from the airport. Dialogue is firmly positioned, naturally clear, and always well prioritized. Universal's DTS:X track takes an already excellent Blu-ray listen and improves on it in essentially every area where applicable.

Get Out 4K Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras 

Get Out's UHD release contains no new supplements. The UHD disc does port over the existing commentary track from the Blu-ray, which is also included and houses all of the previously released supplements. A UV/iTunes digital copy code is included with purchase. Below is a list of what's included. Please click here for full supplemental reviews.

• Alternate Ending
• Deleted Scenes
• Unveiling the Horror of Get Out
• Q&A Discussion with Writer/Director Jordan Peele and the Cast
• Audio Commentary

Get Out 4K Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation 

Get Out is a tight, well made, and strongly acted Thriller that's just as tense and enjoyable on a second viewing, even one that comes only months after the first. Speaking of months, Universal's UHD release may be a few of them late to the party, but the good news is that the UHD offers a quality upgrade both visually (2160p/HDR) and sonically (DTS: X). While no new extras are included, this is certainly the new definitive release of one of the year's best films. Highly recommended to newcomers, and those who can sell the old Blu-ray to offset some of the cost for this new UHD are encouraged to do so; it's a worthwhile upgrade.