Warm Bodies 4K Blu-ray Movie

Rating summary

Movie		4.0
Video		4.5
Audio		5.0
Extras		4.5
Overall		4.5

Warm Bodies 4K Blu-ray Movie Review

Warm Bodies joins the slowly growing ranks of kind of random seeming 4K UHD re-releases by Lionsgate over the past couple of months or so, a group which now includes The Lincoln Lawyer 4K, RED 4K, RED 2 4K, The Cabin in the Woods 4K, The Legend of Hercules 4K, Conan the Barbarian 4K and Kick-Ass 4K.

Warm Bodies 4K Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality 

Note: The included screenshots are sourced from a 1080p Blu-ray disc. Watch for 4K screenshots at a later date.

Note 2: This release also features Dolby Vision, which we don't yet have the equipment to review.

Warm Bodies is presented on 4K UHD courtesy of Lionsgate Films with a 2160p transfer in 2.40:1. Though shot on film and finished at a 2K DI exactly like some other Lionsgate 4K UHD releases (including the simultaneously released Kick-Ass 4K), this release shows very little if any of the "swarming grain" that has sometimes hobbled other Lionsgate releases in this format. Detail levels are noticeably higher, including everything from the bluish veins in R's neck to more gory effects, like the texture of the "Boneys". One of this new version's most interesting upgrades is in terms of shadow detail, which, in a film so relentlessly dark, provides some interesting new information at times, especially toward the side of the frames. As I mentioned in our Warm Bodies Blu-ray review, the film's aggressive color grading is one of its most distinctive features, and it gains new nuance here courtesy of HDR. The cooler tones have a really interesting new hue that hovers somewhere between gray and green, while some of the warmer toned shots, especially those outside, are virtually bursting with a buttery yellow color that is nowhere near as saturated in the 1080p Blu-ray version.

Warm Bodies 4K Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality 

Warm Bodies has received an audio upgrade from its already excellent 1080p Blu-ray DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 track, with a new and quite impressive Dolby Atmos track on this 4K UHD disc. Even R's omnipresent narration has a new spatial presence in this track, but it's in some of the nicely done sound effects that this track gains a lot of its new power and "vertical" intensity. The crowd scenes in the airport provide ample opportunity for lots of nicely splayed sounds, and scenes like the lovers' jaunt in a car bristle with a sonic energy that isn't quite as impactful in the previous release. Attack scenes featuring the Boneys provide some great directionality, and quite forceful LFE thunders through the track on occasion. Underscore (including some source cues) also wafts quite winningly through all the channels, helping to provide a bed of sound in several sequences. Dialogue is always rendered cleanly and clearly on this very enjoyable track.

Warm Bodies 4K Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras 

Commendably, Lionsgate has ported over all of the bounteous supplements detailed in our Warm Bodies Blu-ray review. These same supplements are of course also featured on the 1080p Blu-ray disc included with this release.

Warm Bodies 4K Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation 

Lionsgate has been a bit on the inconsistent side with its 4K UHD releases, both in terms of what it's choosing to release, as well as the technical merits of the releases themselves. Warm Bodies features subtly but noticeably upgraded video, especially with regard to palette, and an impressively textured Dolby Atmos track, along with all of the previously released (and quite numerous) supplements, all of which makes this 4K UHD version come Highly recommended.