There is an audio pop at 28:35 coming from the right rear channel (Originally reported by High Def Disc News). That’s a big reason why the genre has proven so versatile: audiences are already familiar with the basic conceit, and that fact frees filmmakers to spend more time working it into different contexts. aspect ratio, using 10-bit video depth, High Dynamic Range (HDR), a Wide Colour Gamut (WCG) and is encoded using the HEVC (H.

These are just guys with normal concerns (football, girls, etc) who inexplicably find themselves in a horror movie. gets a stunning 4K restoration from it's original 16mm camera negative, complete with Director and Producer commentaries, video essays and a slew of awesome documentaries about the making of the film and the history of Lycanthropes. Neil Marshall seems curiously sanguine about it all, kind of just offering, "Yeah, the producer found the negative", without much attendant intrigue. Marshall served as his own editor, and he wisely chose not to linger on the monsters, cutting around them quickly instead. Clarity/Detail: Dog Soldiers debuts in the US on 4K Ultra-HD Blu-ray featuring a 4K restoration from the original camera negative by Second Sight Films – approved by director Neil Marshall and director of photography Sam McCurdy and presented in Dolby Vision.

To their shock, those attackers turn out to be actual werewolves -- which is pretty obviously the reason Ryan is there. The earlier scenes with the soldiers talking about slightly cliched things does show up it’s early 2000s vibe, but Sean Pertwee offers a gravitas with his stories and central position. And after all, a werewolf is far more terrifying when its rampages involve bodies torn to pieces, especially when going up against trained soldiers with machine guns.

I skipped the Koch Media release and have been looking at Second Sight's one since day 1 of the announcement. The 16 mm camera negative was scanned at 4K resolution by Silver Salt Restoration in the UK, with an interpositive being used for several effects shots.You can support us in a variety of ways (other than that wonderful word of mouth) and those lovely follows. At least the noise reduction was gone, but the excessive contrast obscured almost as much detail in its own way. When the Koch MediaBook was released, including a 4K authoring, it was later revealed it came from the same source. The 4K UHD is presented in the old Dolby Vision HDR, plus this release features the archive audio commentary by Director Neil Marshall; Archive audio commentary by Producers David E. The biggest advantage is in terms of grain management thanks to the lower levels of compression on the UHD, but even those differences would barely be noticeable on anything but the largest of displays.