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I was always waiting for this to go down in price, but I ended up getting it because it was about as low as I'll ever see it - and I should have gotten it sooner!
I always loved this film and I consider it to be Stallone's overall best, and a nice bridge from his 70's days into - getting old! The picture quality back on cable was great, as was to switch to DVD, BD and now 4K! 4K discs like "Animal House" are dark and dingy, but "Cliffhanger" gives you the picture quality that you expect and the Atmos track that is about as good as it get's right now!
The picture is as sharp and clean as you recall - but better on 4K! It is bright, with color strong and impactful (especially on the red helicopter and skin tones!), there is minute grain, but all details come in to POWERFUL detail and degrees! You can see snow crystals, leather sheen, mixed eye colors, detailed landscapes and the color looks like WHITE snow! This is like a snapshot in time, as it is nearly perfect!
The sound! Man, this Atmos soundtrack is the Atmos that finally puts your system to WORK! Before I got this, "The Incredible Hulk" had one of the more apparent Atmos/DTS-X tracks! Most others you had to wonder if it was really Atmos or if Atmos was even about anything. I knew that once given time, producers would put Atmos/DTS-X tracks to work!
Unlike most Atmos titles, this one works all fours corners of the height speakers and given the locale of the film, it keeps them working to give you the sense of height and being in the mountains with wind, snow and rocks. This Atmos soundtrack is the first (that I've had) that actually EVELOPES you in a DOME OF SOUND - in EACH, discrete speaker with PRECISION! Keep in mind that this is not made for the theaters, this Atmos was made for your home theater, and it does not seem slapped together - this is a MASTERPIECE or sound! Whoever did this, needs to be hired by everyone else! THIS is how you do ATMOS/DTS-X!!!
Not to mention, the sound was level, loud but CLEAN! There is a reason that reviewers call this a REFERENCE disc! Once I heard the first effects, I knew that this was a reference disc! As of now, there is no equal!
Audio: 5
Video: 4.75
4K Quality: 5
If you were like me and were a little disappointed with your height system setup and thought that it was a novelty or a gimmick to sell equipment, after you put THIS disc in - your made will be changed and blown! There have been great 5.1 and 7.1 titles, but this is the first 4K Atmos/DTS-X titles that literally surrounds you at all times and puts you in a dome of sound! Give whoever did it an Oscar!
As for the disc itself, I do not like Amazon (and now another retailer) who reseal USED discs and sell them as new! Sell them as USED like you are supposed to do, with lower prices. We can tell because they are not new, the wrapping is not official and something else, which I won't say.
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October 1, 2003 "Please retry" | Collector's Edition | 1 | $2.49 | $1.49 |
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A Masterpiece Finally Gets Its Due
Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2019
I thought Cliffhanger was one of the greatest action crime movies of our time. With some of the most sinister bad guys ever to grace the silver screen. I was waiting for a 4K UHD upgrade. And it has finally arrived. With an outstanding Dolby Atmos soundtrack to boot. We have an 11.2 Surround Sound Home Theater in our basement, with 4 above speakers hanging for dedicated Atmos. Using an Epson Projector projected on a 106" screen. For an older film, the Atmos soundtrack is reference material. The choppers were all above and around us. My wife and I watched it tonight. She's never really seen it she said. And she was on the edge of her seat. This film does not look dated. There a few scenes that are soft, with some grain. Yet still, it still looks magnificent. I also believe the ending helicopter scene was way beyond better than Tom Cruise's recent MI:6. I even believe MI:6 took from this movie when it came to that ending. Although Cliffhanger's ending blows it away. If you are a fan, it's a no brainer to get it.
Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2019
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