The Dark Knight Rises 4K Blu-ray (4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray) (original) (raw)

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray Warner Bros. | 2012 | 165 min | Rated PG-13 | Dec 19, 2017

| | | VideoCodec: HEVC / H.265 (55.80 Mbps)Resolution: Native 4K (2160p)HDR: HDR10Aspect ratio: 2.40:1, 1.78:1Original aspect ratio: 2.39:1 Audio English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (48kHz, 24-bit)French (Canada): Dolby Digital 5.1French: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (48kHz, 16-bit)German: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (48kHz, 16-bit)Italian: Dolby Digital 5.1 (448 kbps) (more)Note: Spanish: Both Spain & Hispanic American dubs included, English DD=narrativ... English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (48kHz, 24-bit)French (Canada): Dolby Digital 5.1French: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (48kHz, 16-bit)German: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (48kHz, 16-bit)Italian: Dolby Digital 5.1 (448 kbps)Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1 (448 kbps)Mandarin: Dolby Digital 5.1Portuguese: Dolby Digital 5.1Czech: Dolby Digital 5.1Hungarian: Dolby Digital 5.1 (448 kbps)Polish: Dolby Digital 5.1Russian: Dolby Digital 5.1Thai: Dolby Digital 5.1Turkish: Dolby Digital 5.1English: Dolby Digital 5.1 (448 kbps)Japanese: Dolby Digital 5.1 (less)Note: Spanish: Both Spain & Hispanic American dubs included, English DD=narrative descriptive, Japanese dub hidden. BDInfo Audio descriptive SubtitlesEnglish SDH, French, German SDH, Italian SDH, Japanese, Spanish, Arabic, Cantonese (more)Note: Spanish=Latin & Castillia... English SDH, French, German SDH, Italian SDH, Japanese, Spanish, Arabic, Cantonese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Korean, Mandarin (Simplified), Mandarin (Traditional), Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Swedish, Thai, Turkish (less)Note: Spanish=Latin & Castillian; Portuguese=Portugal & Brasil Discs4K Ultra HDBlu-ray DiscThree-disc set (1 BD-100, 1 BD-25, 1 BD-50) DigitalDigital copy expiredDigital 4KMovies Anywhere, VuduPackaging Slipcover in original pressingPlayback4K Blu-ray: Region free2K Blu-ray: Region free | | PriceList price: $34.98Amazon: $19.35 (Save 45%) New from: $19.35 (Save 45%) In Stock Movie rating 3889 ratings. **97%**popularity | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |

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The Dark Knight Rises 4K

(2012)

The Dark Knight Rises 4K Blu-ray delivers truly amazing video and audio in this exceptional Blu-ray release

Eight years after the events of The Dark Knight, the terrorist leader Bane arrives in Gotham City, pushing it and its police force to their limits, forcing its former hero Batman to resurface after taking the fall for Harvey Dent's crimes.

For more about The Dark Knight Rises 4K and the The Dark Knight Rises 4K Blu-ray release, see the The Dark Knight Rises 4K Blu-ray Review published by Michael Reuben on February 21, 2018 where this Blu-ray release scored 4.5 out of 5.

Director: Christopher Nolan
Writers: Jonathan Nolan

, Christopher Nolan, David S. Goyer, Bob Kane
Starring: Christian Bale, Gary Oldman, Tom Hardy, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Anne Hathaway, Marion Cotillard
Producer: Emma Thomas

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The Dark Knight Rises 4K Blu-ray Review

Baneful Conclusion

Reviewed by Michael Reuben, February 21, 2018

Released in 2012, The Dark Knight Rises concluded Nolan's Batman trilogy and was probably its most divisive chapter. After Batman Begins surprised with its fresh take and _The Dark Knight_dazzled with the blazing originality of its lead villain, Rises premiered to such heated fan expectations that it was virtually certain to disappoint at least part of the audience. For some, like my former colleague Kenneth Brown, who reviewed the film's original Blu-ray release, _Rises_deepens and improves on subsequent viewings. For others, including me, the film's flaws only become more glaring. But regardless of one's ultimate assessment, there's no denying that Nolan and his team concluded their Batman saga in high style, effectively circling back to their morally ambiguous account of the characters' origins and gathering up the many plot strands left dangling in the first two installments into a tidy bundle. In a cinematic world where proficient narrative construction is fast becoming a lost art, that's an achievement worthy of respect.

Rises' translation to UHD is probably the least striking of the three Dark Knight 4K remasters, simply because its standard Blu-ray is more recent and the 1080p disc's presentation did not prompt the same outcries about revisionist color timing, edge halos and other videophile issues. (Ken's Blu-ray review discusses these points at greater length.) Still, there are undeniable improvements visible in this new version, which, like every other film in the Christopher Nolan Collection, has been newly scanned at 4K, then color corrected and HDR graded under the director's supervision. As noted in previous reviews, the simultaneous release in 4K of every feature film that Nolan has made in the previous twelve years reflects the director's conviction that UHD is the definitive home video technology of our era and the best way for his films to be seen outside of theatrical venues. In support of that conviction, Nolan has personally overseen every aspect of these releases, from the element selection down to the packaging. Rarely has the notion of "director approved" been more apt or more literally true.

In addition to its single release, Rises is also available in the three-film Dark Knight Trilogy 4K, as well as the aforementioned Christopher Nolan Collection.

For a discussion of the film, please see Ken Brown's informative Blu-ray review. Although this is not the occasion for a reappraisal of the film, I don't share Ken's enthusiasm and have reduced the feature score accordingly.

The Dark Knight Rises 4K Blu-ray, Video Quality 4K

1080p

(Note: Screenshots accompanying this review are 1080p captures from the standard Blu-ray. Additional captures can be found here.)

All of the virtues that Ken Brown's review of the standard Blu-ray catalogued are on vibrant display in Warner's 2160p, HEVC/H.265-encoded UHD disc of The Dark Knight Rises. To borrow some of Ken's apt description: Cinematographer Wally Pfister's wind-swept Gotham palette is rich, satisfying and evocative. Warm hues adorn the decadent homes of the city's elite, dusty desert colors blanket Bruce Wayne's stint in prison, and crisp white snow falls on a captive Gotham. Skintones are mostly natural, except in scenes where the light would typically render them unusual (e.g., the Batcave), and the occasional orange tones that Ken noted have disappeared. Black levels are as deep as on the Blu-ray, if not deeper, and as we have seen before on UHD, the ability of HDR to achieve even finer delineation of blacks should eliminate any complaints about so-called "crush" or loss of shadow detail. In general, the detail that Ken called "nothing short of extraordinary" on the Blu-ray is even more so on the UHD, with sharp and natural edges and (at least to my eye) no sign of the ringing that Ken spotted intermittently in 1080p.

Like all of Nolan's films beginning with the The Dark Knight, Rises_�is presented in a shifting aspect ratio of 1.78:1 for scenes filmed in IMAX and 2.40:1 for non-IMAX sequences, and, as one would expect, the superior resolution of the IMAX photography receives the most noticeable benefits of 4K presentation. But the entire film benefits from the sense�now a familiar one among collectors of UHD remasters from fresh 4K scans�that a layer of grime has been wiped away from the image, revealing heretofore unseen fine detail and conferring a vibrant immediacy beyond even the best that 1080p and Rec. 709 are able to offer. However one may feel about_Rises' ranking among Batman films, its UHD treatment rates with the format's best.

(Note: The original version of this review incorrectly stated that this UHD was derived from the camera negative. That assertion was based on incorrect information supplied by Warner Brothers. It has now been confirmed from multiple sources that the 4K/HDR master was derived from an interpositive, at Christopher Nolan's express instruction and contrary to Warner's standard policy, which provides that 4K scans should utilize the existing element with the greatest resolution. We regret the error; the scores for Video and 4K have been adjusted.)

The Dark Knight Rises 4K Blu-ray, Overall Score and Recommendation

Whether one shares my former colleague's opinion that the third chapter of Nolan's Dark Knight Trilogy "delivers on all fronts" or feels, as I do, that the film's weird mixture of apocalypse, dystopia and hero's journey often teeters on the brink of self-parody, there's no question that The Dark Knight Rises supplies an effective finale to one of the most original comic book film franchises the century has seen so far. As good as the Blu-ray was, the UHD is better and is highly recommended.

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