Jackie Brown 4K Blu-ray Movie

Rating summary

Movie		4.0
Video		4.0
Audio		4.5
Extras		3.5
Overall		4.5

Jackie Brown 4K Blu-ray Movie Review

Reviewed by Jeffrey Kauffman January 24, 2025

Note: Hey, everyone, it's time for another exciting round of Lionsgate Lottery(™?), that amazing game of chance where lucky would be consumers get to guess what titles the studio will release in 4K editions with specialty SteelBook packaging. Longtime players of the game will no doubt remember that our "winner's wheel" is actually a fully functioning mandala, with movable concentric rings that not only identify any ultimate title, but which can also designate any number of other variables, including whether the release will be new to 4K, have a remastered or "remainder" 1080 disc included, have an HDR component, and exactly which retailer will have the exclusive, something that has become even more of a "bonus round" now that Lionsgate's own new boutique label Lionsgate Limited has launched. This week's finalists include four Quentin Tarantino films, and in fact three of the four are new to 4K UHD, and are being offered in both standard packaging "wide" releases and exclusive SteelBook packaging. The fourth offering, Reservoir Dogs, has already had a wide 4K UHD release, and is joining its mates in its SteelBook edition only. The SteelBooks are in fact being offered via Lionsgate's Lionsgate Limited site (and not Amazon, per many other Lionsgate SteelBook 4K exclusives, as of the writing of this review).

Jackie Brown has had several prior releases (and/or rereleases) in 1080 over the years, and I contributed my Jackie Brown Blu-ray review well over a decade ago when Lionsgate's first 1080 disc came out. Those interested in my reaction to the 4K UHD's technical merits may want to visit my Jackie Brown 4K Blu-ray review of Lionsgate's wide release.

The above linked review will hopefully impart any plot information some may want, while also offering my assessment of that disc's technical merits and its array of supplements. I'll only add that the release of that film on Blu-ray gave me an opportunity for one of my all time favorite interviews done for the site, and some may find a bit of interest in this discussion with Robert Forster from several years ago which ensued. Mr. Forster was not only wonderfully funny and in full raconteur mode, he evidently took quite a shine to me because he kept "shushing" the PR liaison who was on the phone with us (as these press junket interviews often tend to be handled), telling him he'd move on to the next interviewer when he was good and ready, he was enjoying talking to me. It's a memory I'll always treasure.

Jackie Brown 4K Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality 

Video quality is assessed in the above linked review.

Jackie Brown 4K Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality 

Audio quality is assessed in the above linked review.

Jackie Brown 4K Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras 

On disc supplements (on the 1080 disc only) are detailed in the above linked review. The SteelBook packaging is, like the film itself, nicely colorful, though perhaps unusually so, since it tends to emphasize oranges as much as Jackie's trademark blues. The front panel has an engaging depiction of Pam Grier, with the notable supporting cast on the back panel. The interior panels offer a kind of homage to the opening moments of the film. A Mylar O ring offers the film's title logo over slightly different imagery of Jackie, with production data on the back. A digital copy is also included.

Jackie Brown 4K Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation 

If you've seen Pulp Fiction but not Jackie Brown, you must prepare yourself for a completely different viewing experience. If Pulp Fiction slapped the viewer about the head and shoulders until they were stunned into obedient awe, Jackie Brown is like the slow, deliberate seduction of a Delfonics tune played late at night in a steamy Los Angeles apartment. This is a film much more about relatively more realistic characters, characters who are caught up in some desperate straits and are struggling to escape the grind of everyday life. Tarantino proved that he could do more than merely shock with this film, and Jackie Brown remains one of the more curiously satisfying films in Tarantino's oeuvre to this day. This new 4K UHD presentation looks fantastic and should reintroduce the film to both old and new fans, and the nicely designed SteelBook should certainly be appreciated by collectors of this packaging format. Highly recommended.