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Directed by William Lustig
USA 1982
New York City factory worker Eddie Marino (Robert Forster, Oscar(r) nominee for
Jackie Brown) is a solid citizen and regular guy, until the day a
sadistic street gang brutally assaults his wife and murders his child. But when
a corrupt judge sets the thugs free, Eddie goes berserk and vows revenge. Now
there's a new breed of marauder loose on the city streets, enforcing his own
kind of law. His justice is swift. His methods are violent. He is the
VIGILANTE. *** Blue Underground is thrilled to present VIGILANTE in a pristine new restoration, scanned in 4K 16-bit from the original 35mm camera negative, with Dolby Vision HDR and Dolby Atmos audio, fully loaded with exclusive new and archival Extras! |
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Theatrical Release: May 18th, 1982 (Cannes Film Festival)
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Comparison:
Blue Underground (2010) - Region FREE - Blu-ray vs. Blue Underground (2020) - Region FREE - 4K UHD
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Issued on Blu-ray by Blue Underground ion March 2022: Bonus Captures: |
Distribution | Blue Underground - Region FREE - Blu-ray | Blue Underground - Region FREE - 4K UHD |
Runtime | 1:29:27.362 | 1:29:29.197 |
Video |
2.35 :1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 29,087,504,901 bytesFeature: 26,721,312,768 bytes Video Bitrate: 32.99 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video |
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Audio |
DTS-HD Master
Audio English 2241 kbps 7.1 / 48 kHz / 2241 kbps / 16-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 /
48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 16-bit) |
Dolby TrueHD/Atmos Audio English 4418 kbps 7.1 /
48 kHz / 3778 kbps / 24-bit (AC3 Embedded: 5.1-EX / 48 kHz / 640 kbps / DN
-31dB) DUBs: Dolby Digital Audio French 192 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps / DN -31dB Dolby Digital Audio English 192 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps / DN -31dB |
Subtitles | English (SDH), French, Portuguese, Spanish, none | English (SDH), French, Portuguese, Spanish, none |
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Release Information: Studio: Blue Underground
2.35 :1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 29,087,504,901 bytesFeature: 26,721,312,768 bytes Video Bitrate: 32.99 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video
Edition Details: • Audio Commentary #1 with Co-Producer/Director William Lustig and Co-Producer Andrew W. Garroni • Audio Commentary #2 with Co-Producer/Director William Lustig and Stars Robert Forster, Fred Williamson and Frank Pesce • Theatrical Trailers • TV Spots • Radio Spot • Promotional Reel • Still Gallery • Enhanced for D-Box Motion Control Systems
Standard Blu-ray Case Chapters 16 |
Release Information: Studio: Blue Underground
2.35:1 2160P
4K Ultra HD
Feature:
67,640,365,056 bytes
Edition Details:
• Audio Commentary #2 with Co-Producer/Director William Lustig and Stars Robert Forster, Fred Williamson and Frank Pesce • NEW! Audio Commentary #3 with Film Historians Troy Howarth and Nathaniel Thompson • NEW! Blue Collar DEATH WISH Interviews with Writer Richard Vetere, Star Rutanya Alda, Associate Producer/First A.D./Actor Randy Jurgensen, and others (24:42) • NEW! Urban Western - Interview with Composer Jay Chattaway (25:08) • Theatrical Trailers (14:40) • 4 TV Spots (1:50) • Radio Spot (0:33) • Promotional Reel (3:17) • Poster & Still Galleries • BONUS! Collectible Booklet with new essay by Michael Gingold • BONUS! 3D Lenticular Slipcover (First Pressing Only)
Transparent 4K Ultra HD Case 3D Lenticular slipcase Chapters 17 |
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NOTE:
The below
Blu-ray
and
4K UHD
captures were taken directly from the respective
discs.
ADDITION: Blue Underground
4K UHD
(January 2021): Blue Underground have transferred William Lustig's
Vigilante
to
4K UHD. It
It is likely that the monitor you are seeing this review is not an HDR-compatible display (High Dynamic Range) or Dolby Vision, where each pixel can be assigned with a wider and notably granular range of color and light. Our capture software if simulating the HDR (in a uniform manner) for standard monitors. This should make it easier for us to review more 4K UHD titles in the future and give you a decent idea of its attributes on your system. So our captures may not support the exact same colors (coolness of skin tones, brighter or darker hues etc.) as the 4K system at your home. But the framing, detail, grain texture support etc. are, generally, not effected by this simulation representation.
NOTE:
78 more more
full resolution (3840 X 2160)
4K UHD captures, in lossless PNG format, for Patrons are available
HERE
We have reviewed the following 4K
UHD packages to date:
Cinema Paradiso
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
The Bourne Legacy
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
Full Metal Jacket
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
Psycho
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
The Birds(software uniformly simulated HDR),
Rear Window (software uniformly simulated HDR),
Vertigo
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
Spartacus
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
Jaws
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
The Invisible Man,
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
Steven Spielberg's
War of the Worlds (software uniformly simulated HDR),
Lucio Fulci's 1979
Zombie
(software uniformly simulated HDR),,
2004's
Van Helsining
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
The Shallows
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
The Bridge on the River Kwai
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
The Deer Hunter
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
The Elephant Man
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
A Quiet Place
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
Easy Rider
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
Suspiria
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
Pan's Labyrinth
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
The Wizard of Oz, (software uniformly simulated HDR),
The Shining,
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
Batman Returns
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
Don't Look Now
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
The Man Who Killed Killed and then The Bigfoot
(software uniformly simulated HDR),,
Bram Stoker's Dracula
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
Lucy
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
They Live
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
Shutter Island
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
The Matrix
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
Alien
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
Toy Story
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
A Few Good Men
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
2001: A Space Odyssey (HDR caps udated),
Schindler's List
(simulated HDR), The
Neon Demon (No HDR), Dawn
of the Dead (No HDR), Saving
Private Ryan (simulated HDR and 'raw' captures), Suspiria (No
HDR), The
Texas Chain Saw Massacre (No HDR), The
Big Lebowski, and I
Am Legend (simulated and 'raw' HDR captures).
If you are fortunate enough to have a setup that allows for Dolby Atmos
or
Dolby TrueHD 7.1 -
on their
4K UHD, Blue Underground offer
audio in a robust expression in the
original English language. The effects (from elevator to workshop to
screams and gunfire) plus a, very 80's electronic/Carpenter-esque, score by
Jay Chattaway (Silver
Bullet,
Maniac,
Maniac Cop) that has
never sounded so crisp and deep. There is other music; Vigilante
sung by Hector Lavoe, Pase la noche fumando performed by Willie
Colón, Juanito alimana, I Can't Laugh and Smokin. Blue Underground also offer options of
DTS-HD Master in 5.1 and 2.0 plus lossy Dolby French, German and Italian
DUBs. optional English (SDH), French, Spanish or Portuguese
subtitles on their Region FREE
4K UHD.
All
4K UHD discs are region FREE.
Firstly, the package includes a second disc
Blu-ray
and this is a new transfer sharing the same extras (some new!) and
commentaries as the
4K UHD. The Blue Underground
One of the best of this lesser genre with stark New York street realism and helping to engender the 'revenge factor' theme of a society pushed too far. My 2010 Blu-ray review stated: "If I ever do a stint in the 'Big House' (not totally out of the question, I suppose) - I can only hope that a grizzled, leather-skinned Woody Strode type is watching my back. The Vigilante has strong appeal - we are exposed these days to so much criminal-activity news and individual human violence that tends to make for sellable, human-interest, copy. So, yes we can all get fed-up with the injustice that surrounds us. Who better to play the distraught everyman from the early 80's than Robert Forster and who better to lead the vigilante's than stalwart "The Hammer" Fred Williamson. I only wish there was more..." Vigilante is my personal favorite the Lustig oeuvre - by quite a margin. I have watched this many times. It captures this particular down-and-dirty genre so quintessentially. The 4K UHD is magnificent. If I had it in 2020 it would have made my year end Top 10. I'm thrilled with this package and can't wait for similar effort for Antonioni and Bresson's cinema in this newer format. |
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