Leon (Blu-ray SteelBook) [UK]

[snooloui]

Release date: February 3rd, 2014
Purchase links:
Amazon.co.uk
Base.com
Sainsbury's
Zavvi.com

Features

Spoiler

A one disc Blu-ray featuring both the Director's and Theatrical cut.

Brand New And Exclusive Supplemental Features:
Interview with Jean Reno
Interview with Eric Serra

Spoiler

 

[Dino Last]

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[metalpaul1000]

Too expensive for me. Fingers crossed the price will drop

 

[SaberTooth]

^^ Dino I think Optimun was bought by studio canal .... what's the finish exactly btw? I wlda said matte, but mbe it's zero ....

anyway from what i c here this noway worth more than £9.99

 

[XXHAPPY GILMORE]

From that vid it looks like zero finish to me, i seems too smooth and shiny to be a matte finish, and even if it is matte it seems that it doesn't have those streaky lines the cheaper steels have with no base layer...

Thanks for the video Dino

 

[Dino Last]

^^ Dino I think Optimun was bought by studio canal .... what's the finish exactly btw? I wlda said matte, but mbe it's zero ....

anyway from what i c here this noway worth more than £9.99

I think XXHappy Gilmore has described it best. When you get the image in the light it really pops out.

 

[ricster]

From the video, Definitely zero finishing on the face to allow the metallic shine.

When the light hits the black it almost has a sheen to it. Almost gloss but possibly a matte varnish like pain and gain and blufans godfather.

Will be happy if it is those two combinations

 

[bigfub]

It does look really, really good in hand

 

[ben6212]

does look nice,but the price is still ridiculous. 12 pound at most.

 

[earthscope]

Turns out the new UK disc coming out is the exact same master of the movie as already released here in the UK just with those added new couple of extras

Yep....Just read the review in Home Cinema Choice! And the transfer is poor....

Sure the Kimchi steel will have the exact same transfer. :movie:

 

[lgans316]

Same old rubbish transfer recycled.

 

[Punker76]

Turns out the new UK disc coming out is the exact same master of the movie as already released here in the UK just with those added new couple of extras

So cheesed off. One of my fave films ever and i sold the original blu-ray release due to the rubbish transfer and stuck with the uncut dvd.

Had high hopes for this 20th anniversary edition, and the Kimchi edition has the same extras as the original release so nothing new and no effort from them either - why's such a classic movie getting such poor treatment?...

 

[ricster]

Yep....Just read the review in Home Cinema Choice! And the transfer is poor....

Sure the Kimchi steel will have the exact same transfer. :movie:

Should be a different transfer as different studio unless they struck the same master. Fingers crossed.

Just reading at beaver, us supposed to have the best transfer. Anybody agree ??? Worth buying ??

 

[earthscope]

Should be a different transfer as different studio unless they struck the same master. Fingers crossed.

Just reading at beaver, us supposed to have the best transfer. Anybody agree ??? Worth buying ??

I have the US Sony transfer and that is the best version out there...

Don't know what studio the Kimchi one is but I doubt it will be better than the sony release ric....

 

[lgans316]

Review of the UK release been up for a week at blu ray forums. Same 2009 transfer and just 2 extras.

 

[badgerman]

Really like the look of this Steel but if it's a poor transfer I don't really want to purchase at such a high price.

 

[psychoscot]

I have the US Sony transfer and that is the best version out there...

Don't know what studio the Kimchi one is but I doubt it will be better than the sony release ric....

We could be lucky, as an Eastern Asian company is probably more likely to source from Sony than they are from a European company.

 

[Duckninja]

korea is better

 

[UpsetSmiley]

Why £19.99?!

Steelbook looks gorgeous, like Dino said in his review, the image on the front is high quality and a re-released disc is a given. Just can't justify paying £20 all the time. Sometimes I don't mind, but this seems to be the norm now. I love SB's too much, boo hoo.

 

[StifflersDad]

For anyone interested this is £17.99 instore at HMV. Very limited stock. My local only had 1.And it was gone before I got there.

 

[ricster]

UK - Leon
Matte finish with metallic shine through on Jean's face.

Although it is not a matte varnish, just a normal matte finish (you can see the streaks), I quite like it, looks rather smart.