The Wolf of Wall Street 4K Blu-ray Movie

Rating summary

Movie		5.0
Video		0.0
Audio		4.5
Extras		2.0
Overall		4.0

The Wolf of Wall Street 4K Blu-ray Movie Review

Paramount has released Director Martin Scorsese's 2013 picture 'The Wolf of Wall Street,' starring Leonardo DiCaprio, to the UHD format. New specifications include 2160p/Dolby Vision picture quality. The studio has not upgraded the audio from the Blu-ray release. A Blu-ray copy of the film has not been included.

The Wolf of Wall Street 4K Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality 

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

Paramount's UHD release of The Wolf of Wall Street, which is sourced from "a new film transfer supervised by Scorsese" per Paramount's press release, delivers a high performance image that boosts the picture quality beyond the old Blu-ray's limits. The 2160p/Dolby Vision presentation is of craftsman quality, boasting superb clarity and finessed color that bring new life to the picture. The film is very bright, soaked in sunny exteriors and thriving on bright office space interiors where the textural might finds its stride. Clarity abounds on common elements like faces and clothes, excelling beyond the Blu-ray for visible intimacy and crisp definition to freckles and hair, clothing stitches and fabric materials, and so forth. Razor sharpness follows in various environments as well, where telephones, cluttered desks, and even some of the more depressed locations, such as an old garage where Stratton Oakmont gets its start, reveal precision definition to the rattier accommodations. The picture holds serve in the plusher offices, too. Make no mistake, however, that this is not the absolute sharpest or most dynamic UHD image on the market, but the textural finesse and high yield cinematic flavor certainly bring out the best the movie has to offer.

The Dolby Vision color presentation offers well defined color output, including a number of bold, boisterous primaries that sing on this format. Nothing is over pumped but rather the added color depth, vibrance, and health take the movie to a new height beyond the comparatively drab Blu-ray. The colors are not grossly overworked but rather here fine-tuned to bring out the most from expressive reds and blues and other key colors around offices and clothes. Black levels offer exemplary depth and whites enjoy a newfound crispness and clarity that pushes beyond the Blu-ray's creamier appearance. Skin tones are likewise spot on and healthier looking on this format. The picture is free of either source or encode blemish. This is a very good presentation of a resoundingly excellent film; fans may not be fully blown away but will be fully satisfied.

The Wolf of Wall Street 4K Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality 

Rather than reconfigure for Dolby Atmos or DTS:X, Paramount has simply ported over the existing DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 lossless soundtrack. For a full audio review, please click here.

The Wolf of Wall Street 4K Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras 

This UHD release of The Wolf of Wall Street includes the lone supplement from the 2014 disc and adds two that were not included on that release. Paramount claims these are returning extras, so it is likely they appeared on an exclusive release that Blu-ray.com did not review. See below for what's included. No Blu-ray copy of the film is included with purchase. However, it does ship with a digital copy code. This release ships wit a non-embossed slipcover.

• The Wolf Pack (1080p, 17:01): An examination of Martin Scorsese's take on the story, Jordan Belfort's life, and character portrayals and improvisations.
• Running Wild (1080p, 11:21): Getting the movie off the ground, the collaboration between Scorsese and DiCaprio, Scorsese's demand for creative freedom in the film, transitioning the unstructured book to a structured screenplay, the real Jordan Belfort, story and character details, seeing the story through Scorsese's lens, making key scenes, and more.
• The Wolf of Wall Street Round Table (1080p, 10:58): DiCaprio, Scorsese, Winter, and Hill discuss their collaboration, the screenplay, making various scenes, characters and performances, the party scenes, and more.

The Wolf of Wall Street 4K Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation 

The Wolf of Wall Street takes viewers on a fascinating journey from nothing to something to everything and from everything to excess to the end of the run in the life of a man who thrives on his overpowering ego and his endless drive to score the next high, bed the next woman, and pad the bank account. The film decries none of these things, but it does decry them, and anything, really, in excess, and in particular the excess displayed inside the corrupted halls of Stratton Oakmont. The picture thrives on balance, even as it plays up Jordan's excesses almost to a breaking point. The film zooms well past the point of no return early on and will certainly offend many viewers with its unabashed depiction of wealth-induced narcotic, sexual, and verbal indulgence, but within that chaos is a purpose that trumps all of the visual and aural mayhem. It's easily one of the year's finest pictures and a must-see for audiences that can compartmentalize the film's structure and purpose and find the beautiful interconnect between them. Paramount's UHD delivers well rounded 2160p/Dolby Vision video and brings over the one extra from the original Blu-ray while adding two that were not on that original disc. Audio is unchanged. Highly recommended.