This is a review of the long awaited Kingdom of Heaven 4K steelbook (not a film review).
Widely considered one of Ridley Scott’s greatest works, it’s great to add it to the collection to take its place among other Ridley Scott epics such as Gladiator, Blade Runner and Black Hawk Down!
It’s a wonderful 4K transfer that will bring your home theater alive with a total of 3 discs plus the digital copy.
4K disc (Director’s cut & Director’s cut Roadshow Version) Full 194 Minutes of Scott’s original vision before the 20th Century Fox cuts
Blu-Ray Disc 1 (Director’s cut & Director’s cut Roadshow Version)
Blu-Ray Disc 2 ( Bonus Material)
The transfer itself has been widely touted as excellent. Cover art is beautiful and a handsome addition to the Steelbook collection.
My hope is there will be additional copies/reprints so anyone that wants it can add it to their collection at a reasonable price, but it’s worth getting in 4K in whatever form it’s made available in the future.
My only issue is with how these are shipped in bubble mailers. At $60 a piece, it is expected to have a box since automated sorting machines and handling during delivery can easily cause great damage to these collectible cases. It’s no small miracle this arrived with only a small tear to the sharing film and no noticeable damage under the torn shrink.
I’ll count myself lucky, but luck runs out and with this currently out of stock I’d have been left with no recourse other than resellers which I refuse to feed.
Overall a wonderful addition to the collection and thankful to have had my preorder fulfilled at the 11th hour 10 days after its official release.