RoboCop [4K Ultra-HD] [Limited Edition] [Blu-ray]

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RoboProps, a newly filmed tour of super-fan Julien Dumont's collection of original props and memorabilia I won’t run down the rest of the extras found on both discs. You can revisit my earlier review to see everything, since Arrow didn’t commission anything new for this set. Suffice it to say that there’s an enormous amount of bonus content found here, with a big batch of new extras that were created for the 2019 release along with a lot of legacy content that was ported over too.

Ok, i’m biased - Robocop was one of the first 18/R rated films that I ever saw, and has remained in my personal top 10 all-time favourite movies ever since. A defining moment in 80 cinema, the movie is a timeless classic of action and gore while philosophising what it is to be human, even if that humanity has supposedly been stripped away. Director’s Cut and Theatrical Cut of the film on two 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray discs with Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible) Original lossless stereo and four-channel mixes plus DTS-HD MA 5.1 surround sound option on both cuts restoration of the film from the original camera negative by MGM, transferred in 2013 and approved by director Paul VerhoevenThe Director’s Cut is housed on one disc, with the theatrical version found on the other. The former is one of the most famous Director’s Cuts out there, given the number of times the movie was submitted to the MPAA, which kept giving it the dreaded X rating until finally putting an R rating on it, a requirement of Verhoeven’s contract. The second platter also includes one of the notorious TV versions of the film too, albeit without much attention paid to image quality, which is to be expected. Kenneth Branagh’s 1994 take on Mary Shelley’s gothic masterpiece has been revamped and released by Arrow. Analog, a featurette focusing on the special photographic effects, including new interviews with Peter Kuran and Kevin Kutchaver The release comes with a reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Laz Marquez, and the re-release’s first pressing which also comes with an illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing by Jon Towlson and Amy C. Chambers

Special Effects: Then and Now (SD, 18 min) — Exactly as the title implies, interviews discuss the production design and special optical effects of the period and how they were accomplished. More Man Than Machine: Composing RoboCop, a tribute to composer Basil Poledouris featuring film music experts Jeff Bond, Lukas Kendall, Daniel Schweiger and Robert Townson Commentary by director Paul Verhoeven, executive producer Jon Davison and co-writer Ed Neumeier (originally recorded for the Theatrical Cut and re-edited in 2014 for the Director’s Cut)

Commentary by director Paul Verhoeven, executive producer Jon Davison and co-writer Ed Neumeier (originally recorded for Theatrical version of the film) RoboCop was shot by director of photography Jost Vocano on 35 mm film using Arriflex 35 BL cameras and Zeiss Super Speed lenses, finished photochemically, and presented in the theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1. Arrow Video brings RoboCop to Ultra HD in a Limited Edition release utilizing the same 4K master as before, which itself was sourced from a 4K restoration of the original camera negative performed by MGM in 2013 with the approval of Paul Verhoeven, executive producer Jon Davison, and co-writer/co-producer Ed Neumeier. The Director’s Cut comes from the same master, but the lower generation materials used to complete it are still present as the original negative trims are now considered lost. However, Arrow Video was able to a new 4K scan of these trims for this release. Version. All additional materials were scanned in 4K at Company 3, Los Angeles and were graded & restored at R3Store Studios, London. Since these