The Fugitive (4K Ultra HD)

UPDATED: Now that the 20th Anniversary Blu-ray is available, I can finally give this 5 stars. Unfortunately Amazon lumps reviews for all editions together. Don't buy the old black-cover Blu-ray, the transfer on that disc was shameful. The 20th Anniversary white-cover version has a gorgeous new transfer of this classic film in true 1080p, with crisp DTS-HD Master Audio. It looks like it's had some image stabilization applied to compensate for gate weave in the film, and it's had a little bit of grain reduction applied, but both effects are tastefully done and not over-the-top. The disc also comes with a nice assortment of special features, and the typical price here on Amazon is a steal for a great film well-presented. I recommend it unreservedly. The review for the original, inferior disc is preserved below for contrast & historical accuracy. ========================================= The two stars are for the Blu-ray, not the film itself, which I love and would happily give 5 stars. Other Blu-ray reviewers have referred to a "soft" picture. Actually it is literally *pixelated*. If you take a close look at high-contrast edges, like the names of the actors during the opening title sequence, you can plainly see big blocky pixels that are far too large for 1080p. Based on that, and some occasional frame-blending artifacts, it is clear that the source transfer for this disc was a standard-def telecine (60i) like what would be broadcast on cable networks. The authors of this disc took that old SD master and did an inverse telecine pass to remove the pulldown/interlacing and get a 24p SD master. (Unfortunately there were a few errors at edit points, causing the aforementioned frame-blending.) Then it was upscaled to 1080p, but they didn't even do an interpolation algorithm, it's just nearest-neighbor pixel doubling. Yuck! I will give it an extra star because (1) it's usually very cheap and (2) it's way better than the DVD. There are none of the old compression artifacts or edge enhancement here. But for a Blu-ray, it's very disappointing. It's barely worth the 8 bucks I spent on it. Also I have to disagree with those who complained about the black levels. The contrast is fine, it's just that the film itself seems to have been shot in a run-and-gun medium-budget style that did not emphasize rich cinematography. There might be a little bit more range to eke out color-wise from the original film negative, if WB will ever break out the wallet and pay for a new transfer, but I'm betting there isn't much more depth to be had.

This movie is one of my favorite thrillers to watch. Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones are just perfect in this movie, and the story is really captivating. You can feel the intensity of the chase and experience the anxiety of Dr. Richard Kimble in his efforts to find the murderer of his wife before the police catches him. But since the story is well-known, I want to focus my review more on the blu-ray edition than on the movie itself. In his review, Steve Douglas did a great job listing all the new features added to the blu-ray transfer from the DVD. While I was watching the movie, I enjoyed the clarity of the image and the new sound. I have a pretty good sound system, and I could feel the ground vibrating during some sections such as the train chase. Also, this new edition includes new features such as the pilot episode from the TV Series The Fugitive, and a new documentary entitled "The Fugitive: Thrill of the Chase". It also includes all the previous features that were already on the DVD edition. The price is so low that you might just want to buy this blu-ray right now without asking any questions, especially if you are a first-time viewer. You will not regret it!

They really don’t make them like this anymore. A lot of films go for action and spectacle over character and story which is too bad because this film takes the best elements of all four and makes a classic TV series a classic film. Harrison Ford plays vascular surgeon Richard Kimble wrongly convicted of murdering his wife. Kimble escapes while being transported after a bus accident (involving a very big train). Marshall Sam Gerard (Tommy Lee Jones in his Academy Award winning performance) pursues Kimball and begins to suspect that Kimball may have been wrongly convicted. Wow. The 4K looks marvelous. The film has been carefully cleaned up for its transfer from the original camera negative. HDR enhances the subtly of the color. Audio sounds terrific with an immersive Dolby Atmos mix. Subtitles are in English and many other languages as well. The special features from the blu-ray including a commentary track has been ported over with director Andrew Davis and Tommy Lee Jones. There are two documentaries Carrie over. There is no blu-ray included here but this is-likely- the same transfer prepared for that release. There is an introduction with Davis and Harrison Ford also included.

Warner Brother is a Studio I hold in high regards. They usually do offer real value in their BD releases However .I do feel more comfortable reading the reviews first. And a 4k scanning is not always necessary. I saw screenshots and read the review. And from what I saw and read. I thought this new BD special edition is a worthy upgrade. And any softness is not the fault of the BD transfer /but the fault of how the film was shot.! And as far as pixilation goes. As far as I am concerned it looked like natural film grain to me. I guess some videophiles have a hard time telling the difference. By the way same goes for Taxi Driver. I happen to think the 4k release of Taxi Driver is ridiculous. Because I have the original Taxi driver BD release. And I think Sony pictures did a excellent job the first time around. Why would anyone want to throw out all those great special features just to get a picture that is only marginally better.?Why.? And besides that Blu-Ray is only 1080p.So you're not getting true 4k any way. 4k is a joke.! The 25th anniversary BD release of the Fugitive It scored a solid rating of 4.on both picture and sound. I also compared the screen shots from the two releases of this film. And found this new special edition to be a vast improvement over the old BD release. This new release also ads more special features. If you don't believe me. You can go to blu-ray.com. Typ in the Fugitive.And see for yourself. I'm also skeptical about RE-releases too/but sometimes it is worth it.And Warner is a Studio that cares. I just want to add. I just watched the 25th Anniversary edition of this film on BD. And as I suspected the A/V presentation is much improved over the first BD release. Better contrast and color. Even though this is not a 4k release.It's still well worth the upgrade. Also the audio is DTS master audio instead of the old standard DD audio

Enjoyed this movie more watching it on a physical disc than a digital download, don’t know why yet.

Great movie but Amazon ships it in a plastic bag for some reason. The Blu-ray case was smashed but thankfully the disc was ok.

This is the one we've been waiting for! I wasted no time grabbing this, after the terrible disappointment that was the original Blu-ray release. The Fugitive is arguably one of the greatest murder thrillers of all time, right up there with Hitchcock's best, and it was deplorable to see it released in a sloppy MPEG-2 encode and with Dolby sound, pretty much indistinguishable from a mediocre DVD. Color was weak and uneven, picture was flat looking, and there were even some color registration problems in the print. And the lifeless sound. This movie deserved the best treatment, and it finally has it with a vibrant AVC encode and DTS-HD MA audio that pops right out at you. The Fugitive is NOT a crystal-clear shot-in-the-studio film, like Hitch's pictures mostly were. Most of the film was shot on location, so it's not the crisp spectacular detail you use to show off your HDTV with. It's soft looking, with narrow depth of focus, lots of indirect and natural lighting. But the Blu-ray transfer is great: fine detail is there when it should be, the color depth is spectacular, good flesh tones, deep blacks, deep blues, deep reds and greens, and the narrow focus gives it an immediate, 3D sort of feel. I'm very happy that I plumped down a few bucks for this re-release. I'm sure to watch this great film 100 times more, now that it looks and sounds as good as it should.

Bought this DVD for my mother for Christmas recently!!!! She previously had it on on VHS tape but we no longer have a VCR anymore!!! She was thrilled to get this!!!!

Contiene doblaje al español latino!!!

Ótimo produto dublado e legendado

OTTIMO ACTION/THRILLER MOVIE...OTTIMI INTERPRETI, BELLA STORIA..OTTIMO BLU RAY NEL COMPARTO AUDIO VIDEO..CONSIGLIATISSIMO A TUTTI GLI AMANTI DEL BUON CINEMA....BRAVA AMAZON

Is the fantastic Blu-ray I like the behind the scene stuff was really good. It’s a great fantastic movie. Want to hear some Fords best no defects on the Blu-ray disc. The case had a little crack on the corner but you know that’s a minor thing other than that, they arrived on time no problem.

Llega con un slipcover genérico de buena calidad, el cual nos recuerda el tipo de transfondo de la película. Las imágenes pueden ser vistas como frias o apagadas, pero así es la fotografía principal y está no se ha alterado. Hay mejoras importantes en la nitidez y claridad de la imagen, y las tomas en el exterior y de día son adecuadas. El audio en inglés Dolby Atmos es muy bueno y potente, con un correcto español latino Dolby Digital 5.1, y subtítulos en ambos idiomas y más. Solo viene el disco 4K. El código digital es válido solo para USA.