Mechanic: Resurrection 4K Blu-ray Movie

Rating summary

Movie		2.0
Video		4.5
Audio		5.0
Extras		0.0
Overall		2.5

Mechanic: Resurrection 4K Blu-ray Movie Review

Whether or not Jason Statham and company can really make The Mechanic into a new franchise waits to be seen, but for the first time fans of Statham and/or the character of Arthur Bishop have the chance to watch his adventures in UHD.

Mechanic: Resurrection 4K Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality 

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

Mechanic: Resurrection is presented on 4K UHD by Lionsgate Films with a 2160p transfer in 2.38:1. Once again the IMDb doesn't have any data on either the resolution of the source format or of the subsequent DI, but a couple of websites suggest this was finished at a 2K DI, something I'm prone to believe considering that this presentation delivers very good but at times unexceptional upticks in detail levels, while gaining some of its most convincing new information from a better accounting of its palette, now accentuated with (by?) HDR. That newly nuanced palette is on display from the get go, with some luscious scenes of Rio, but there are also a couple of odd motion artifacts in the opening sequence that I didn't notice in the 1080p version, including brief jitter as a plane traverses the skies above Rio and even later (and perhaps even more oddly) around Statham's head when he first sits down at the outdoor cafe where the film's first fight scene takes place. Those anomalies calm down for the bulk of the presentation, and while detail levels are excellent in close-ups, some of the green screened material actually looks more artificial in its 2160p iteration. The best thing about this UHD version is the newly variegated palette. The daytime beach scenes with Alba boast some nicely gradated blues and teals and the nighttime scenes offering good new shadow detail. The later sequence in the jail has some interesting new tones in the brown and beige ranges that aren't as evident in the 1080p version. Some brief establishing shots of various locales don't pop with the same clarity and precision as the bulk of the presentation, something that again wasn't as evident on the 1080p version and which makes me think there may have been some brief usage of existing stock footage.

Mechanic: Resurrection 4K Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality 

Mechanic: Resurrection on 4K UHD features the same great sounding Dolby Atmos track that is detailed in our original Mechanic: Resurrection Blu-ray review.

Mechanic: Resurrection 4K Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras 

There are no supplements on the 4K UHD disc, and the above score reflects that deficit. The 1080p Blu-ray included in this package features all of the supplements detailed in our Mechanic: Resurrection Blu-ray review.

Mechanic: Resurrection 4K Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation 

Diehard (hey, there's a "new" franchise for Statham to consider!) fans of Statham and the character of Arthur Bishop may get enough of an adrenaline rush out of the set pieces in this film to make it a worthwhile purchase, though the increase in detail levels on the 4K UHD version is variable. The sonics of the Dolby Atmos soundtrack and some of the beautiful and subtle new tones introduced courtesy of HDR may be this disc's strongest selling points for those interested in a purchase.