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4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Paramount Pictures | 2011 | 112 min | Rated PG-13 | May 25, 2021

Super 8 4K (Blu-ray Movie), temporary cover art

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Movie rating

7.7
 / 10

Blu-ray rating

Users4.5 of 54.5
Reviewer4.5 of 54.5
Overall4.5 of 54.5

Overview

Super 8 4K (2011)

During the summer of 1979, a group of friends witness a train crash and investigate subsequent unexplained events in their small town.

Starring: Kyle Chandler, Elle Fanning, Joel Courtney, Gabriel Basso, Noah Emmerich
Director: J.J. Abrams

Adventure100%
Sci-Fi96%
Period41%
Thriller38%
Teen31%
Mystery26%
Coming of age25%

Specifications

  • Video

    Video codec: HEVC / H.265
    Video resolution: 4K (2160p)
    Aspect ratio: 2.39:1
    Original aspect ratio: 2.39:1

  • Audio

    English: Dolby TrueHD 7.1 (48kHz, 24-bit)
    French: Dolby Digital 5.1 (640 kbps)
    French (Canada): Dolby Digital 5.1
    German: Dolby Digital 5.1 (640 kbps)
    Italian: Dolby Digital 5.1 (640 kbps)
    Japanese: Dolby Digital 5.1
    Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1 (640 kbps)

  • Subtitles

    English, English SDH, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, Dutch

  • Discs

    Blu-ray Disc
    Single disc (1 BD)
    Digital copy
    4K Ultra HD

  • Playback

    Region A (B, C untested)

Review

Rating summary

Movie5.0 of 55.0
Video5.0 of 55.0
Audio5.0 of 55.0
Extras3.5 of 53.5
Overall4.5 of 54.5

Super 8 4K Blu-ray Movie Review

Reviewed by Martin Liebman July 4, 2021

Paramount has widely released a UHD SteelBook packaging variant for the 2011 J.J. Abrams film 'Super 8.' The disc and digital content is identical to that found in the UHD wide release. See the 'Special Features and Extras' section of the review below for more on the SteelBook's look and feel.


For a full film review, please click here; note that this link points to the 2011 Blu-ray.


Super 8 4K Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality  5.0 of 5

For a full UHD video review, please click here.


Super 8 4K Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality  5.0 of 5

For a full UHD audio review, please click here.


Super 8 4K Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras  3.5 of 5

Paramount's glossy and smooth Super 8 SteelBook will show handling fingerprints in the solidly darker areas. The front panel depicts a collage of odds and ends, mostly character floating heads, and primarily, center from left to right (and growing increasingly larger in size), Jackson, Alice, and Joe. Additional character are scattered along, bottom and top right primarily, while a fairly dark collage of key places and things from the film are strewn about. The film's title appears top center accompanied by, prominently above in white, the names "J.J. Abrams" and "Steven Spielberg." The rear panel depicts Joe and Alice, center, holding hands, seen from the back in full view, looking down a street at three bright lights shining on them. Barely visible around the periphery are some tell-tale neighborhood elements, like mailboxes. The spine is black with the film's title center. Paramount, Bad Robot, and Amblin logos appear up top while an UltraHD logo has been placed at the bottom.

Inside, the digital copy code is tucked underneath the left-hand-side tabs. The one UHD disc is situated on the right on its own hub. The inner print is a two-panel spread that features five characters in a line, seen from the back, looking out on the train crash wreckage.

For coverage of the included supplemental content, please click here.


Super 8 4K Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation  4.5 of 5

This is a decent SteelBook. The front panel offers a satisfying, if not busy, people, place, and thing collage. Everywhere else there's an emphasis on characters seen from the back. Curious. The film is terrific, as is the UHD presentation. Highly recommended.