John Wick / John Wick Chapter 2 4K Blu-ray Movie

Rating summary

Movie		4.0
Video		4.5
Audio		5.0
Extras		3.5
Overall		4.0

John Wick / John Wick Chapter 2 4K Blu-ray Movie Review

Reviewed by Martin Liebman September 4, 2019

Lionsgate and Best Buy have collaborated on a four-disc, two film UHD/Blu-ray store exclusive SteelBook release for the first two films in the 'John Wick' series. The disc and digital content is identical to that found in the wide releases, both for the first and second films. See the 'Special Features and Extras' section of the review below for more on the SteelBook's look and feel.

For full film reviews, please click through the following links; note that these point to the Blu-ray releases for each film:

• John Wick
• John Wick Chapter 2

John Wick / John Wick Chapter 2 4K Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality 

For full UHD video reviews, please click through the following links:

• John Wick
• John Wick Chapter 2

John Wick / John Wick Chapter 2 4K Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality 

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• John Wick
• John Wick Chapter 2

John Wick / John Wick Chapter 2 4K Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras 

The SteelBook is made of a glossy, smooth exterior shell that will attract and show fingerprints. On the front, the film's title appears in fairly large red italic letters across the top. The main image is of Reeves' John Wick character, wearing a black suit and tie with a white shirt underneath, in an aggressive forward-facing pose. Both arms are outstretched, the right wielding a submachine gun and the left a smaller handgun. Streaks of red appear along some of the white surfaces: face, hands, bottom portion of the shirt. Sharp-edged black-and-white artwork appears around the character, and several dozen spent shell casings appear scattered about the front as well. The rear side is a simple white color depicting a pair of crossed handguns, center. A number of rifle bullets, curiously, varying in size one from the next, form a crude circle around the firearms. The spine maintains the flat white color. The first film's title appears in red italic font, center. Only a Summit Entertainment logo appears at the bottom.

Inside, the two digital copy voucher sheets, one for each film, float; there are no left-hand-side tabs. The four discs are each situated on their own tabs, one each affixed to the interior left and right sides and the other two on a folding leaf in the middle. There is no interior artwork; it's a flat black background on both sides.

For full coverage of the on-disc supplemental content, please click through the following links; note that these point to the Blu-ray releases for each film:

• John Wick
• John Wick Chapter 2

John Wick / John Wick Chapter 2 4K Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation 

The John Wick films are certainly the most popular pictures to star Keanu Reeves since the Matrix family of films, and Best Buy and Lionsgate have made it easy to own the first two films on the UHD format. This is a nice SteelBook, simple but effectively crafted with an aggressive, engaging front image. The rear side is OK and the interior is nonexistent, but it's a quality set in total considering packaging and disc content alike. Highly recommended.