Rambo: Last Blood 4K UHD (2019)

[JG85]

Originally Posted by StrayButler91

No chance it can be added this late in the process. The encoding and creation of the disc happens when the movie is playing in cinemas. Cliff would have finished and delivered the extras probably before it even opened. This is so the disc can go through QC and then replication to ensure it’s delivered on schedule.

In other words, the disc is already authored at this stage.

True. I guess I’ll still get it since I want to own all 5 films in 4K.

[Marsupial Werewolf]

Originally Posted by Bates_Motel

Because it's an international's cut that didn't even play theatrically in the US. Places where it did play, it's on their disc. Not rocket science. You still paid to go see the US version, cut and all. Where was the outrage then?

Outrage? I paid to see this on Thursday before opening weekend. Didn’t even know it had been cut.

My “outrage” (your silly word) came from walking out of the theater knowing full well this movie had been poorly hacked.

[Marsupial Werewolf]

Originally Posted by Cliff

To be fair... NONE of the Rambo films have given him a heroic intro.
First Blood: Rambo travels to find out the last of his unit has died. First Rambo action beats are 16 minutes in.
Rambo: FBpII: Rambo in prison and agrees to mission. First Rambo action beats are 15 minutes in.
Rambo III: Rambo in a public stick fight (the closest to a heroic intro). First Rambo action beats are 4 minutes in.
Rambo: Rambo catching snakes and fishing. First Rambo action beats are 18 minutes in.

So... if anything, a heroic intro for Rambo is at odds with everything the series has always done.

That’s fair. And maybe it’s my fault for choosing “heroic” — just don’t think the current opening is very interesting. And honestly, I understand *why* data-driven LG opted to cut it. But man do I absolutely hate that rationale.

I also hate the idea of having to wait a couple of years for a double dip if that’s LG’s game plan, because, as I said, I just don’t care to see this version of the film again.

Annoyed that I have to import a version of this picture that doesn’t feel incomplete. Sad end for John Rambo in the states, honestly.

[Filmmaker]

Hell, the fact that we didn’t get this opening due to that cancer of quality cinema, test audiences, makes me want it even more. Thanks, but no thanks, Lionsgate.

[JosieWales]

Originally Posted by Pieter V

https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/10...hd-blu-ray-dvd

Dolby Atmos & Dolby Vision.

I would love to get that Steelbook, but sadly, I’m sure it won’t be available here in Canada. Time will tell, I guess.

[openviews]

Steelbook available to pre-order from Zavvi on Saturday.

https://www.zavvi.com/blu-ray/rambo-.../12334877.html

[StrayButler91]

It probably means nothing, but Zavvi has the runtime listed as 101 minutes.

Wouldn't it be nice if Lionsgate in the UK came to the rescue and authored the extended cut on 4K?

[Jeremiah2849]

Originally Posted by mzupeman

Im just going to buy whatever is released in the United States. I missed this in theaters and I’m excited to see it, regardless of already feeling like it’s going to be pretty inferior to the last one.

I enjoyed it more than the last one.

[Filmmaker]

Originally Posted by Jeremiah2849

I enjoyed it more than the last one.

[phobicsquirrel]

4k doesn't have regions right, so importing should play on US players? I have a universal Blu-ray but not 4k. It's stupid this isn't getting the longer cut on it.

[Alister_M]

Originally Posted by phobicsquirrel

4k doesn't have regions right, so importing should play on US players? I have a universal Blu-ray but not 4k. It's stupid this isn't getting the longer cut on it.

4K has no region-locking capability as such. All discs are region-free.

[phobicsquirrel]

If anyone gets the non US 4k please post on it's quality, since those reviews don't usually get done around here.

[tristan2]

Originally Posted by openviews

Steelbook available to pre-order from Zavvi on Saturday.

https://www.zavvi.com/blu-ray/rambo-.../12334877.html

I can’t find this on Zavvi

[Filmmaker]

Originally Posted by tristan2

I can’t find this on Zavvi

https://us.zavvi.com/blu-ray/rambo-l.../12334877.html

[indisposed]

I had an email from Zavvi yesterday, telling me that the steelbook was "going fast". Its still available,I think... but who knows this will be available for.

[Marsupial Werewolf]

Anyone have any thoughts about which region to import?

Looks like AU, FR and DE are going to be the 101 minute version. I’m sure there’s a few more, too. Wondering if one label is worth it over the others.

[indisposed]

Originally Posted by Marsupial Werewolf

Anyone have any thoughts about which region to import?

Looks like AU, FR and DE are going to be the 101 minute version. I’m sure there’s a few more, too. Wondering if one label is worth it over the others.

I have no idea. Might go for the German release, as Amazon Germany has always been pretty reliable. We still don't know for certain that those countries will get the longer version, though it seems likely. The fact that they seem to be coming out later than the U.S and U.K releases is a good sign.

Edited: I just looked up the Aus release and its coming out around the same time as the U.S disc... I don't know ; importing from Australia always seems to be expensive.

[Gaffer]

Originally Posted by indisposed

I have no idea. Might go for the German release, as Amazon Germany has always been pretty reliable. We still don't know for certain that those countries will get the longer version, though it seems likely. The fact that they seem to be coming out later than the U.S and U.K releases is a good sign.

Edited: I just looked up the Aus release and its coming out around the same time as the U.S disc... I don't know ; importing from Australia always seems to be expensive.

Don't consider importing the Australian release just yet. Australian 4K discs get sourced from overseas and in the case of the Australian distributor Roadshow with a title like Rambo which is Lionsgate they would source the 4k disc from the U.S - and thus end up with the same shorter version. We may have to see if Roadshow will do this or somehow source the international version from elsewhere.

[indisposed]

Originally Posted by Gaffer

Don't consider importing the Australian release just yet. Australian 4K discs get sourced from overseas and in the case of the Australian distributor Roadshow with a title like Rambo which is Lionsgate they would source the 4k disc from the U.S - and thus end up with the same shorter version. We may have to see if Roadshow will do this or somehow source the international version from elsewhere.

Good point... the release dates being so close, might mean that Roadshow might take the easy option and just licence Lionsgate’s master from them. The French and German releases aren’t coming out till late January/early February respectively.

I’m still gonna buy the U.K version, though. I really want both cuts and I want to support the U.K market on this one.

[Alister_M]

Originally Posted by indisposed

Good point... the release dates being so close, might mean that Roadshow might take the easy option and just licence Lionsgate’s master from them. The French and German releases aren’t coming out till late January/early February respectively.

I’m still gonna buy the U.K version, though. I really want both cuts for prosterity and I want to support the U.K market on this one.

It's equally possible they'll end up doing some kind of hybrid release with the shorter cut on UHD and the longer one on BD. They do their own encodes for BD, which is often a bad thing, since they're fond of downgrading immersive audio tracks to 5.1, and in the case of The Hitman's Bodyguard, crushing the the video bitrate to squeeze a 130 minute movie onto a BD-25.