Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country Blu-ray Movie

Rating summary

Movie		4.5
Video		4.5
Audio		4.5
Extras		4.5
Overall		4.5

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country Blu-ray Movie Review

Paramount has released 'Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country' to Blu-ray with a remastered 1080p transfer. The disc replaces the imperfect 2009 issue. No new primary audio track or supplemental contents are included. This disc is available individually and has also been released on UHD, which is only available as part of a six-film boxed set.

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality 

Paramount has done some serious work to Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, presenting the film here at 1080p "remastered from a 4K scan of the original film elements." The difference between this image and the 2009 Blu-ray is night and day. There is a massive gap between the two; the old transfer was hopelessly waxy, eliminating grain and rendering skin unnaturally smoothed over and characterless. The same could be said of just about everything in the image, not just skin (though skin stands as the most immediately obvious example). Here, fine detail is present and accounted for. People look like people, with naturally occurring skin elements well visible and clear, not smoothed away as with the previous image. Look at some close-ups during the briefing about Praxis around the 8–10-minute mark. Various close-ups reveal extremely fine fabric fuzzes and grays on the uniforms. Basic uniform patterns and accents are far more naturally defined. The image is very satisfying and crisp; even optical effects are rendered with more elegant seamlessness with natural filmic definition. Fine grain is maintained throughout, spiking here and there but generally yielding very pleasing and naturally cinematic results. There are no encode struggles or serious sure blemishes of note here, either.

Colors are far less garish here as well. The red Starfleet uniforms were much punchier in the previous release; here, the color is subdued, borderline faded looking in places, but still more naturally inclined than the aggressive push of the last release. Colors otherwise impress, particularly some of the steely surfaces around the Enterprise and Excelsior bridge areas, the more spartanly appointed grays and flatness on board the Klingon vessel where the assassination takes place, and through the Rura Penthe mining areas. Whites (uniform collars) are a little creamy and blacks a little pale at times. Skin tones push a mild red. Overall, however, this is a dramatic improvement over the old release; fans are going to be thrilled.

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality 

This Blu-ray release of Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country recycles the existing Dolby TrueHD 7.1 lossless soundtrack from the 2009 Blu-ray. Please click here for a full review.

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras 

This Blu-ray release of Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country includes all of the extras from the 2009 Blu-ray collection release. See below for a list of what's included and please click here for full coverage. A digital copy code is included with purchase. A DVD copy is not. This release does not ship with a slipcover. Note that this Blu-ray only includes the film's theatrical cut (1:49:56).

• Audio Commentary: Director Nicholas Meyer and Screenwriter Denny Martin Flinn.
• Audio Commentary: Larry Nemecek and Ira Steven Behr.
• Library Computer
• The Perils of Peacemaking
• Stories from Star Trek VI
• The Star Trek Universe
• Farewell
• Original Interviews
• Production Gallery
• Storyboards
• Promotional Materials

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation 

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country remains one of the great Star Trek films, and it has finally earned a proper Blu-ray release. This image is sourced from the new 4K master. It looks very good and is a great leap forward from the previous 2009 issue. No new audio tracks or supplemental materials are available, but what's here is great. Highly recommended.