Bruiser 4K UHD (2000) Indicator

[stigdu]

Still no movement on this for me. Pre-ordered from Indicator about 2 months ago but it hasn't been despatched by them yet. Any idea when it is/was officially released, as it seems that a few people have it already...

[KillerCannibal]

Official date was 7/22. My order from Diabolik should be here tomorrow.

[Bumblefeet]

I totally missed this announcement, kinda feels fitting for the movie

Ordered on Amazon and looking forward to this one in 4K.

I will dump the French blu-ray with forced subtitles in the Seine river.

[ScareBearDan]

Originally Posted by David M

I've seen this happen on Sony players if you start playback with Dolby Vision disabled, stop playback, enable Dolby Vision, and attempt to resume playback. It's a player bug.

You need to fully restart playback (easiest way to be sure is probably to turn the player off and on again) after enabling DoVi in the player menu.

Okay. Thanks for the suggestion.

[Bumblefeet]

Watched it tonight and loved revisiting Bruiser. Quite the improvement over the original DVD and prior blu-ray, it felt surreal that out of all Romero movies, only Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead and now Bruiser have received a 4K Blu-ray release.

For me it's easily top 5 Romero, on par with Day of the Dead, but not as great as Night/Dawn and The Dark Half. Anything he did after Bruiser, I felt didn't work that well, so I see this one as kinda the last 'auteur' entry.

As for features on this edition, what lovely interviews with Flemyng, DR Chud from Misfits, both are clearly fans and were honored to having worked with Romero.

I also read the book that's included and it has a great analysis of the movie, as well as archival interviews. Usually with these I feel that the writers veer off into other movies they'd rather discuss from the same director, not so here.

And last but not least, the selection of stills, posters and photos included makes for a great collage.

Like I said, surreal this exists.

[ste71]

Watched it tonight and loved revisiting Bruiser. Quite the improvement over the original DVD and prior blu-ray, it felt surreal that out of all Romero movies, only Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead and now Bruiser have received a 4K Blu-ray release.

I haven't watched Bruiser before - is it a blind buy?

Ps Martin has a 4K release too

[Bumblefeet]

Originally Posted by ste71

I haven't watched Bruiser before - is it a blind buy?

Ps Martin has a 4K release too

D'oh I actually own that one too, wasn't blown away by the transfer though.

As for a blind buy release on Bruiser, only if you are interested in seeing a indy take on materialism, wealth and the loss of identity as a result. Yes it has some gory stuff as you'd expect, but it's quite soft compared to a 'American Psycho' which deals with some of the same themes but in a much more violent way.

[stigdu]

I'm still waiting for my copy which I ordered months ago. Sent them an email. Nothing. Very disappointing.

[ste71]

Originally Posted by Bumblefeet

D'oh I actually own that one too, wasn't blown away by the transfer though.

As for a blind buy release on Bruiser, only if you are interested in seeing a indy take on materialism, wealth and the loss of identity as a result. Yes it has some gory stuff as you'd expect, but it's quite soft compared to a 'American Psycho' which deals with some of the same themes but in a much more violent way.

I'll give it a go! Thank you

[Indicator]

A quick heads up - Bruiser has been one of our faster recent sellers, and is likely to sell out in both formats soon.

[DaylightsEnd]

Thanks for the heads-up, Indicator! I grabbed two copies of the 4k for my film library. I had a blast revisiting this. Not many films out there can boast about being a clever mash-up of American Psycho and The Count of Monte Cristo Peter Stormare as the wayward villain plays himself again in this one, giving one of his strongest performances, and never disappoints. The 4k disc looks and sounds fantastic, essentially a flawless definitive presentation of pq and aq, as one would expect, consistent with all of Indicator's uhd title releases to date. I was late to the party on this one, and am glad that I didn't miss out.

Now, speaking of the iconic remaining Romero catalog titles, why the hell isn't anyone in a rush to roll out The Crazies (1973) in 4k uhd???? I thought someone like Arrow would've been on it by now (since Arrow did the last US blu ray about 7 years ago). I'm putting this musing out there just in case no one has grabbed the 4k license rights yet, and maybe Indicator has an interest in another Romero uhd jam...

[RevolverOcelScott]

I wish we could get some more Romero on 4K.

Monkey Shines, The Crazies, The Dark Half, Day of the Dead, Knightriders!