In addition, Arrow was able to source a new 4K scan of the extra footage found in the Director’s Cut, so those moments look better than they previously did. That said, the film is sparing in its use of bright colors, but what’s there pops off the screen more than the previous edition, and the main character’s metal suit is more vibrant than before. Given the film’s vintage and its use of special effects of the old school optical variety, the jump to 4K is a double-edged sword: little details are better, resulting in image quality that might even surpass what you could see in the movie theater in 1987, while the softness of the special effects stands out more. Like Arrow’s other recent 4K release, 12 Monkeys, RoboCop’s visual improvement in 4K is more of incremental than revolutionary. Given the recent advancements in robotics and artificial intelligence, I imagine it’s only a matter of time before we see a real RoboCop walking city streets, with all the potential upsides and downsides that will entail. The usual suspects seem to be just as worked up over crime and the idea that the United States is going to hell as they were not only three years ago, but back in the 1980s too. You can read my review of that earlier edition to get my thoughts on the film, which are largely unchanged from three years ago. That trends continues with Paul Verhoeven’s RoboCop, which was issued on two-disc Blu-ray in 2019 and now comes to 4K in an identical edition packaged in a nice SteelBook case. The last few years, Arrow has been issuing classic films on Blu-ray and then following up those releases with 4K editions that use the same 4K scan as the Blu-ray but don’t include high-def discs in the package. ![]() ![]() ![]() The enormous amount of bonus features found in that set make their way to this one too, including a 43-page booklet. Starring Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Daniel O’Herlihy, Ronny Cox, Kurtwood Smith, and Miguel Ferrer.Īrrow has reissued their excellent two-disc RoboCop set on 4K, even going so far as to source new 4K scans of the trims that were added back in for the Director’s Cut (and originally taken out to avoid an X rating).
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