NOTE: The below Blu-ray captures were taken directly from the Blu-ray disc.

ADDITION: Kino Blu-ray (January 2023): Kino have also transferred Buzz Kulik's Warning Shot to Blu-ray. There isn't much difference at all; Kino also have it in 1.78:1, the image quality is a duplicate despite the Kino having a more robust transfer with a max'ed out bitrate. Kino cites their transfer as from a "Brand New HD Master – From a 2K Scan of the 35mm Interpositive". Audio goes to Kino at 24-bit to Imprint's 16. Kino's subtitles are slightly differently rendered (see sample below.) Both have the revealing Berger / Mitchell commentary but Kino also adds some trailers - although none for Warning Shot. The Kino is Region 'A' locked where the Imprint was region FREE. The cover and menus are different. Both are 40% OFF at the writing of this comparison but the Kino is still 1/2 the price of the Imprint - and because of that the US edition is the one we recommend!

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ADDITION: Imprint Blu-ray (November 2022): Imprint have transferred Buzz Kulik's Warning Shot to Blu-ray. It is on a dual-layered disc with a very high bitrate. Colors are not always consistent but there is plenty of vibrancy (the modeling sequences with psychedelic gowns) and deep black levels. Overall the 1080P image is in advance of SD but not a lot of depth and only a smattering of grain. We'll compare to the upcoming Kino Blu-ray but I suspect it will look quite similar.

NOTE: We have added 60 more large resolution Blu-ray captures (in lossless PNG format) for DVDBeaver Patrons HERE

On their Blu-ray, Imprint use a linear PCM dual-mono track (16-bit) in the original English language. Warning Shot has few gunshots and other heavy violence. The jazzy score was by the great Jerry Goldsmith (The Ballad of Cable Hogue, Breakout, The Salamander, The Mephisto Waltz, Seconds, Hoosiers, The Blue Max, Breakheart Pass, The Omen) sounding clean with consistent dialogue in the lossless transfer. Imprint offer optional English subtitles on their Region FREE Blu-ray.

The Imprint Blu-ray offers a new commentary by film historians Howard S. Berger and Steve Mitchell. They discuss the links to noir, the cinematographer Joseph F. Biroc (Cry Danger, Donovan's Brain, Forty Guns,) how this was made between The Fugitive seasons 3-4, how the posters exploited the females, guns or referencing The Fugitive TV series. They talk about the film's violence, sexual politics, the extensive cast and crew.... as always, they are observing far more than I could. Certainly interesting. There is a hard slipcase housing the transparent disc case.

Buzz Kulik (Riot, Villa Rides and a bunch of episodes of The Twilight Zone) directed Warning Shot and has my favorite David "Dr. Richard Kimble" Janssen. It has a few other actors that were in notable episodes of The Fugitive: Carroll O'Connor and Ed Begley plus other recognizable faces like Lillian Gish (The Night of the Hunter), Dame Edith Joan Collins Keeler, George Sanders (The Falcon), Eleanor Parker (Eye of the Cat), Stefanie Powers (Fanatic), Sam Wanamaker (Christ in Concrete), Keenan Wynn (Shack Out On 101,) Walter Pidgeon (Forbidden Planet), Steve Allen etc. Baseball stars Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale actually signed to appear in Warning Shot (see image HERE) during their 1966 holdout, but eventually both agreed to contracts with the Los Angeles Dodgers. It's a very good, star-packed, investigatory crime-thriller and the Imprint Blu-ray has a 1080P transfer and informative commentary.

Gary Tooze