Miami Vice (Blu-ray SteelBook) (Mill Creek Entertainment) (Walmart Exclusive) [USA]

[apsmith21]

Release date: May 16, 2023
Purchase link: Walmart
Price: $19.96
Group buy: hosted by apsmith21

 

[apsmith21]

Yep, spent the whole week thinking why didn't I take it in the first place

I’ll add a couple more in a minute

 

[megabee]

Miami Vice US

 

[1.21gigawatts]

Was this region free?

 

[BluSteel2012]

Was this region free?

No, region A locked.

 

[1.21gigawatts]

Ok thanks, it's confusing as bluraysforeveryone state it's region free

 

[BluSteel2012]

Ok thanks, it's confusing as bluraysforeveryone state it's region free

I'll try it in a bit but I'm pretty sure Mill Creek is always region locked

 

[1.21gigawatts]

Thanks, that would be really helpful, I'm still considering getting the steelbook plus the 88 films release it is locked

 

[BluSteel2012]

Thanks, that would be really helpful, I'm still considering getting the steelbook plus the 88 films release it is locked

So I can confirm that you are indeed correct. Just gave it a spin on my region B Panny player and This is in fact region free.

I also tried Mill Creeks 'I know What You Did Last Summer' and that is also region free. Despite both these films stating 'A' on their discs.

I also have Hollow Man steelbook from Mill Creek but I haven't opened that one yet!!

 

[1.21gigawatts]

Awesome, thanks so much for checking, tempted by I know what you did last summer steelbook now too!

 

[Andy3105]

Quick question, does anyone know how this stacks transfer wise compared to the recent 88 Films release here in the UK.

 

[Iron-tom]

thx
front looks great ....but the unrated director's cut is just on the j-card right

 

[BluSteel2012]

The Unrated Directors Cut is available through the 'U Control' feature.....

 

[ihategiantspiders]

Quick question, does anyone know how this stacks transfer wise compared to the recent 88 Films release here in the UK.

The old Universal disc was VC1, the Mill Creek was a similar transfer but used an MPEG4 AVC encode, I think they look identical and I struggle to see the difference. According to various reviews the 88 films transfer got a high score and apparently trumps the other two, plus it has the best special features worldwide.

I'm tempted with that 88 myself, booklet looks nice too but I'm holding out for a 4k.

 

[Andy3105]

The old Universal disc was VC1, the Mill Creek was a similar transfer but used an MPEG4 AVC encode, I think they look identical and I struggle to see the difference. According to various reviews the 88 films transfer got a high score and apparently trumps the other two, plus it has the best special features worldwide.

I'm tempted with that 88 myself, booklet looks nice too but I'm holding out for a 4k.

I got the 88 Films version but I missed out on the limited edition stuff, once I saw I could pick this up cheap I figured I'd get it and swap the 88 disc into it.

From what I've read there won't be a 4K release due to the way MV was shot, apparently 88 announced a while ago that they were doing a 4K but then cancelled it and said it'd be 1080p only due to source restrictions.

That made me wonder why we have a 4K of Collateral but then I realised that only the night shots were HD video with the remainder being 35mm so I guess that's why they did for that one.

 

[psychoscot]

Colin ruined this movie! Brad Pitt would have been a better fit for taking over from Don