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- Robert Harris
As Michael Bay's initial directorial feature effort, Bad Boys wasn't a bad place to begin.
Stylish, fast-paced, beautifully photographed (in Toronto dressed as Miami).
The initial tale is led by two comic actors, who wise-crack their way through a couple of hours of violence and mayhem. They're cops (Martin Lawrence and Will Smith), and Tea Leoni falls in with them, and is there to aid and abet the plot lines.
I've never been able to take a liking to these films, although more than a dozen, love them.
Sony's new 4k Blu-rays, with HDR, make them look (and sound - Dolby Atmos) glorious.
Toronto has never look more appealing - the water never bluer.
Bad Boys, for which I'm presuming there was a return and new image harvest from the camera negative, looks quite extraordinary.
Bad Boys II, which was a 2k DI, and for which I'm thinking there was no re-visit, less so.
For fans of the film - bright, colorful, fast-paced, and loud - the new 4k release is a wonderful upgrade.
There will be no going back.
A word about packaging.
While I could be wrong, I've always believe, that in cases carrying different technical levels of quality, that the higher (newer) disc would be on the right, and the lessor, on the left, usually beneath a slip of paper.
With 3D, this becomes more problematic.
But I've been finding that there is no continuity with the way that 4k / Blu-ray discs are being packaged - so one cannot presume, especially in a dimly lit room, that the 4k will be on the right.
With Bad Boys, it was both ways.
May have something to do with NAFTA.
Image - Bad Boys - 5
Bad Boys II - 4
Audio - 5 (Dolby Atmos) - 5
Pass / Fail - Pass
Upgrade from Blu-ray - Definitely!
Recommended
RAH
Stylish, fast-paced, beautifully photographed (in Toronto dressed as Miami).
The initial tale is led by two comic actors, who wise-crack their way through a couple of hours of violence and mayhem. They're cops (Martin Lawrence and Will Smith), and Tea Leoni falls in with them, and is there to aid and abet the plot lines.
I've never been able to take a liking to these films, although more than a dozen, love them.
Sony's new 4k Blu-rays, with HDR, make them look (and sound - Dolby Atmos) glorious.
Toronto has never look more appealing - the water never bluer.
Bad Boys, for which I'm presuming there was a return and new image harvest from the camera negative, looks quite extraordinary.
Bad Boys II, which was a 2k DI, and for which I'm thinking there was no re-visit, less so.
For fans of the film - bright, colorful, fast-paced, and loud - the new 4k release is a wonderful upgrade.
There will be no going back.
A word about packaging.
While I could be wrong, I've always believe, that in cases carrying different technical levels of quality, that the higher (newer) disc would be on the right, and the lessor, on the left, usually beneath a slip of paper.
With 3D, this becomes more problematic.
But I've been finding that there is no continuity with the way that 4k / Blu-ray discs are being packaged - so one cannot presume, especially in a dimly lit room, that the 4k will be on the right.
With Bad Boys, it was both ways.
May have something to do with NAFTA.
Image - Bad Boys - 5
Bad Boys II - 4
Audio - 5 (Dolby Atmos) - 5
Pass / Fail - Pass
Upgrade from Blu-ray - Definitely!
Recommended
RAH
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