Rocketman 4K Blu-ray Movie

Rating summary

Movie		3.5
Video		4.5
Audio		5.0
Extras		0.0
Overall		3.5

Rocketman 4K Blu-ray Movie Review

Paramount and Best Buy have collaborated on a store exclusive SteelBook release for Director Dexter Fletcher's 2019 Music Biopic 'Rocketman.' The disc and digital content are identical to that found in the wide release. See the 'Special Features and Extras' section of the review below for more on the SteelBook's look and feel.

Rocketman 4K Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality 

For a full UHD video review, please click here.

Rocketman 4K Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality 

For a full UHD audio review, please click here.

Rocketman 4K Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras 

The SteelBook is of the most common variety, feeling smooth and slick in the hand and prone to showing excess fingerprints. The front cover features the film's title running vertically down the far right-hand side in sparkling letters made of light panels. The backdrop is a starry black sky. Taron Egerton as Elton John appears on the front, his face gazing leftward and slightly downward. It's a shadowy image around the periphery, a black-and-white depiction offset by a pair of the large glasses for which Elton is famous. The circular spectacles show a blue tint inside and piano key layout within. The rear panel maintains the black, starry background. A large star appears center inside of which is an image of John ferociously and passionately playing the piano, back arched backwards in one of the artist's most iconic images. A packed house of spectators appears behind him. A few studio logos appear unobtrusively at the bottom. The spine is entirely similar with the same black, starry backgrounds and the film's title, in the same style as seen on the front, appearing center. A Paramount logo appears at the top and a Blu-ray logo may be found at the bottom.

Inside, the digital copy code is tucked underneath the left-hand-side tabs. The two discs, one UHD and one Blu-ray, are situated on the right in staggered-stacked formation. The inner print is a two-panel spread that features a predominantly black background. Hot, fiery orange sparks appear across both panels, mostly at the bottom. The set also ships with a booklet: "Think You Know Me? Think Again: A Special Message from Elton John."

For full coverage of the on-disc supplemental content, please click here; note that this link points to the Blu-ray release of the film.

Rocketman 4K Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation 

This Best Buy/Paramount SteelBook captures the essential experience across two handsome front and rear covers. It's a streamlined SteelBook, in some ways visually reserved but in all ways very visually telling of the man and the movie. The on-disc content is strong as well. Highly recommended.