Minority Report 4K Blu-ray Movie

Rating summary

Movie		4.5
Video		0.0
Audio		5.0
Extras		4.5
Overall		4.5

Minority Report 4K Blu-ray Movie Review

Paramount has released the fan-favorite 2002 film 'Minority Report,' starring Tom Cruise and directed by Steven Spielberg, to the UHD format. New specifications include 2160p/Dolby Vision video. This UHD carries over the same audio presentation and supplemental content from the 2010 Blu-ray. Do note that the feature film Blu-ray disc is not included; only the Blu-ray bonus features disc is here. See below for a few words on the new video presentation and a brief look at what else this package has to offer.

Minority Report 4K Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality 

The included screenshots are sourced from a 1080p Blu-ray disc.

Paramount disappointed me with another Steven Spielberg UHD released day-and-date with Minority Report, that being Catch Me If You Can, but there was no such disappointment here. Delight is more like it. Paramount's 2160p/Dolby Vision UHD presentation meets expectations for a high end UHD that looks true to its filmic roots and director intent, bringing a bonafide cinema experience to the home.

The 2160p resolution does the movie proud. The overall clarity and fidelity on display are tops for a movie of this sort. Detail is accurate and visible to the finest element on skin, clothes, and assorted surfaces, and even when the movie focuses on that sleek and somewhat futuristic look, where everything is smooth and clean, there is plenty of tangible detail and extreme clarity in evidence. Viewers will be delighted by the fine point detail seen in faces, and close-ups are a delight for pause-worthy exploration. Grain is not only retained, but it appears faithful in every frame in density and accuracy; there are no signs of needless scrubbing for smoothness or unnatural sharpening at work here. The end result is a fluid, faithful, and fully realized picture that is easily the best Minority Report has ever looked for home consumption, easily besting the 2010 Blu-ray which was (and still is) a high quality presentation in its own right. Still, this is Minority Report at its precision, pinpoint best.

The Dolby Vision color grading solidifies the film's somewhat bleak palette. This is not a movie of extreme color pop and vividness. Spielberg and Director of Photography Janusz Kamiński bathe the film in subdued colors and push blues, grays, and whites as the primary drivers. These colors are well saturated and intense beyond the Blu-ray, offering a more stable, eye-opening look into the film's future world. There is great definition and accuracy in the tonal nuances at work, and when pops of color appear, they are full and rich and satisfying, presenting with a saturation and stability that the SDR Blu-ray colors cannot match. Skin tones are healthy within the film's tonal balance, black level depth is rock solid, and white balance is very good.

I did not notice any encode problems or print anomalies. Paramount has done a great job with Minority Report on the UHD format. It's a film worthy of the high resolution format, and the format is well served by the film's structure, style, and look. It's a win-win all around.

Minority Report 4K Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality 

Rather than remix for Dolby Atmos, Paramount has simply ported over the 2010 Blu-ray's DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 lossless soundtrack. For a full audio review, please click here.

Minority Report 4K Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras 

This UHD release of Minority Report includes all of the supplements on a dedicated Blu-ray bonus disc that is extras-only; the film is not on the disc. There are no supplements on the UHD disc proper. This release does ship with a slipcover and a digital copy voucher. Below is a listing of what extras are included. For full coverage of the supplemental content, please click here

• The Future According to Steven Spielberg
• Inside the World of Precrime
• Phillip K. Dick, Steven Spielberg, and Minority Report
• Minority Report: Future Realized
• Minority Report: Props of the Future
• Highlights from Minority Report: From the Set
• Minority Report: Commercials of the Future
• Previz Sequences
• From Story to Screen
• Deconstructing Minority Report
• The Stunts of Minority Report
• ILM and Minority Report
• Final Report
• Production Concepts
• Storyboard Sequences
• Trailers

Minority Report 4K Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation 

Minority Report remains one of Spielberg's best of the 2000s, and this UHD is one of the best that one of his films has earned. The 2160p/Dolby Vision presentation is practically above reproach. It's a shame audio is the same as it was 15 years ago, but this remains a rock-solid DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 lossless track. The supplements are all legacy, too, but are also nevertheless excellent. Very highly recommended, and don't miss the awesome UHD SteelBook, either.