A few words about...™ Hostiles -- in 4k UHD Blu-ray • Home Theater Forum

Absolutely worthy of your time and investment. 4 Stars

Leave it to Lionsgate, which has an exemplary reputation with their 4k UHD releases, to give us Scott Cooper’s Hostiles, as photographed by Masanobu Takayanagi…

on 35mm Eastman stock, in Panavision, and finished in 4k.

Along with its DTS-HD MA 5.1 track, expect a magnificent home theater experience.

The other nice thing to report, is that a true 4k experience is presented of a superbly written and crafted film.

Performances from Christian Bale, Rosamund Pike and Wes Studi are standouts, with a minor role going to new Hollywood flavor of the month, Timothee Chalamet.

Absolutely worthy of your time and investment.

Image – 5

Audio – 5 (DTS-HD MA 5.1)

Pass / Fail – Pass

Highly Recommended

RAH

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Apr 11, 2018

#2 of 13

Joe_Pinney

Stunt Coordinator

Wow, this is out already? I guess I shouldn’t be surprised these days that the turnaround time between theatrical and home release is so brief, but I just saw this wonderful film in January in the theater and loved it.

Indeed, highly recommended.

Apr 11, 2018

#3 of 13

Robert Crawford

Crawdaddy

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Joe_Pinney said:
Wow, this is out already? I guess I shouldn’t be surprised these days that the turnaround time between theatrical and home release is so brief, but I just saw this wonderful film in January in the theater and loved it.

Indeed, highly recommended.

It comes out on April 24th. A really good western that I caught twice at my local cinema.

Apr 15, 2018

#4 of 13

Tino

Premium

Senior HTF Member

One of the better Westerns in many years with a truly tremendous opening scene.

Apr 15, 2018

#5 of 13

skylark68

Screenwriter

My parents were actually in Chama, New Mexico when they were filming a sequence for this film. I need to see it as I missed the relatively brief theatrical run. Glad it gets a great recommendation.

Apr 15, 2018

#6 of 13

TonyD

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I thought it should have been one of the Noms for best movie.

Apr 15, 2018

#7 of 13

Matt Hough

Reviewer

Senior HTF Member

It had some Best Picture talk and some Best Actor talk prior to the nominations. Sadly, they didn't pan out for the movie. I'll look forward to seeing it at some point.

Apr 16, 2018

#8 of 13

Michel_Hafner

Screenwriter

I consider Lionsgate UHD output a mixed bag with duds like 3:10 to Yuma and T2 but also many good titles. Others are more reliable. And concerning Mr. Chalamet, too early to tell, but I suspect he will be more than the flavour of some month(s).

Apr 24, 2018

#9 of 13

Mark Booth

Premium

I missed 'Hostiles' in the theater so today's Blu-ray purchase was a blind buy. Since it's a Lionsgate title, I purchased the standard Blu-ray knowing that I could redeem the digital code directly in iTunes. That gave me a "free" upgrade to the 4K HDR version via my Apple TV 4K.

I watched the film for the first time this afternoon (via the Apple TV 4K). SPECTACULAR film! Outstanding western! Gorgeous cinematography! Superb acting! Utterly enthralling story.

Did this film qualify to be considered for the 2018 Oscars? If so, it's a real shame that it wasn't nominated for Best Picture.

We will definitely be showing 'Hostiles' in the Booth Bijou Garage Theater!

Mark

Apr 25, 2018

#10 of 13

Tino

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Senior HTF Member

It qualified.

Jul 14, 2018

#11 of 13

Ashly Yeo

Stunt Coordinator

Finally watched this - beautiful cinematogrpahy and fantastic acting and directing. It's a shame it was not nominated in any Oscar category this year. It's Christian Bale's best acting to date in my book.

Jul 14, 2018

#12 of 13

Robert Crawford

Crawdaddy

Moderator

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Ashly Yeo said:
Finally watched this - beautiful cinematogrpahy and fantastic acting and directing. It's a shame it was not nominated in any Oscar category this year. It's Christian Bale's best acting to date in my book.

It's probably the most underrated film from this past year.