Resident Evil: The Complete Collection - 4K Blu-ray Review

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Resident Evil: The Complete Collection


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Movie: :3.5stars:
4K Video: :4.5stars:
Audio: :5stars:
Extras: :3.5stars:
Final Score: :4stars:



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Movie

I’m actually surprised that the Resident Evil films haven’t come out on 4K UHD till now. Back in 2017 the 6th film came out on Blu-ray and 4K, but only Resident Evil Afterlife (the 4th film) accompanied it onto 4K. The rest of the movies (including the much more profitable 1st - 3rd films) didn’t even get a murmur about being released on 4K, then 3.5 years later, voila! We get a whole boxset! Sony is usually really nice about their boxsets and 4K UHD upgrades, and this 6 film set is no different. Except for the 4th and 6th film (which already came out on 4K) the movies have all gotten brand new transfers and they look STUNNING in 2160p.

To make matters even better Sony has created a great physical package to enjoy today. Each film is housed in a 2 disc flip open case (meaning no sleeves like Universal to scratch the discs!) with brand new artwork, then housed inside of a slide open box (the top lists off and the box itself looks like a classified Umbrella file). There’s a few new extras found on each disc as well (usually nothing more than a trailer and a teaser trailer, but a few of the discs actually have some in depth extras added) making this an all around awesome box set (at at the moment of this review, $54.99, less than $10 a film).

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All 6 films have individually been reviewed and can be read by the links below


Resident Evil
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Resident Evil: Extinction
Resident Evil: Afterlife
Resident Evil: Retribution
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter





Rating:

Rated R by the MPAA (all 6 films)




4K Video: :4.5stars:
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Video reviews for all 6 films can be found in the individual reviews below


Resident Evil
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Resident Evil: Extinction
Resident Evil: Afterlife
Resident Evil: Retribution
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter






Audio: :5stars:
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Audio reviews for all 6 films can be found in the individual reviews below

Resident Evil
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Resident Evil: Extinction
Resident Evil: Afterlife
Resident Evil: Retribution
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter







Extras: :3.5stars:
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Extras for each film can be found in the individual reviews linked below

Resident Evil
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Resident Evil: Extinction
Resident Evil: Afterlife
Resident Evil: Retribution
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter










Final Score: :4stars:


The Resident Evil movies are pure popcorn fun, and fun that’s not meant be taken seriously. “Check your brain at the door” is the mantra of the films, and with that in mind they’re a blast to watch. The series starts to go off the rails with the 5th and 6th films, but they’re still fun to watch as brainless monster mashes. Milla Jovovich goes all out for the flicks (they ARE her bread and butter) and the new 4K UHD releases for these films are generally GREAT (the only one that is kind of “meh” is The Final Chapter which sports the same weak video encode when it was released on 4K UHD 3 or 4 years ago). The bundle is really REALLY nice for a boxset, with a snazzy foil box that opens up to have individual flip open books for EACH film. One thing that makes the packaging nerd in me super happy is NO slip sleeves like Universal is prone to do, so no scratched discs! As a huge fan of the Resident Evil universe for the sheer popcorn fun of it all, these upgrades (again, sans The Final Chapter) are all massive upgrades over the aging Blu-rays, and the new artwork is really nice as well. I’d definitely put it down as a “you gotta grab this” for the fans as Sony has gone all out on this one. Great buy.


Technical Specifications:

Starring: Milla Jovovich, Iain Glen, Ali Larter, Shawn Roberts, Eoin Macken, Ruby Rose, Fraser James, William Levy
Directed by: Paul W.S. Anderson / Alexander Witt / Russell Mulcahy / Paul W.S. Anderson / Paul W.S. Anderson / Paul W.S. Anderson
Written by: Paul W.S. Anderson
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 HEVC (Resident Evil) 2.39:1 HEVC (All the rest)
Audio: English: Dolby Atmos (Dolby TrueHD 7.1 Core), English DTS-HD MA 5.1, Catalan, Czech, French, Hungarian, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Spanish (Castilian), Spanish (Latin), Thai DD 5.1
Subtitles: English, English SDH, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Arabic, Cantonese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, Greek, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Mandarin (Simplified), Mandarin (Traditional), Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Swedish, Thai, Turkish
Studio: Sony
Rated: R
Runtime: 589 minutes
Blu-Ray Release Date: November 17th, 2020
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Recommendation: Good Buy

 

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I've enjoyed these movies a good bit over the years. These would be a good re-watch, but I'll have to decide if I want to pay the $11-12 per movie entry fee, since they do not appear to be offered in UHD on Amazon Prime.

Oh... and I really like that Atmos upgrade... might be worth it.

EDIT: Well maybe they are available on Prime, but perhaps not Atmos encoded.
 

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Mine arrive this week. I really like this series. Will have too wait until dead winter when I get my system put back together to give them a spin though. :(
 

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