Ronin (Blu-ray SteelBook) (Zavvi Exclusive) [UK]

[lenticularis]

Release date: December 18, 2017 November 11, 2018
Purchase link: Zavvi (not live yet)
Price: £14.99 (TBC)

Spoiler

 

[SteelbookGenius666]

Got the Arrow release on preorder, no need for this...

 

[psychoscot]

Really wanted a steel of this film, but that art = Having a laugh! Stick with the Arrow release!

 

[Headhunter]

Jesus, what the hell is that??

This film needs a proper Steelbook for gods sake

 

[IRON MAN]

Love the movie but not this artwork.

 

[Wreck]

Gotta go with Arrow on this one because of all this ............

SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS

• Brand new 4K restoration of the film from the original camera negative produced by Arrow Video exclusively for this release, supervised and approved by director of photography Robert Fraisse

• High Definition Blu-ray (1080p)

• Original English 5.1 audio

• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

• Audio commentary by director John Frankenheimer

• Brand new video interview with director of photography Robert Fraisse

• Paul Joyce documentary on Robert De Niro

• Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane, an archival behind-the-scenes featurette

• Through the Lens, an archival interview with Robert Fraisse

• The Driving of Ronin, an archival featurette on the film s legendary car stunts

• Natascha McElhone: An Actor s Process, an archival interview with the actress

• Composing the Ronin Score, an archival interview with composer Elia Cmiral

• In the Ronin Cutting Room, an archival interview with editor Tony Gibbs

• Venice Film Festival interviews with Robert De Niro, Jean Reno and Natascha McElhone

• Alternate ending

• Theatrical trailer

• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork

• FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Collector s booklet illustrated by Chris Malbon, featuring new writing on the film by critic Travis Crawford

 

[ChrisIW]

Wow Zavvi exclusives are back to their very VERY worst. Some god awful artwork for the new announcements

 

[Flloydo]

What is going on with these artworks

 

[Norwichlad]

They knocked this art up in a 10 minute break didn't they! Woeful

 

[spass]

Got the Arrow release on preorder, no need for this...
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Is right.

 

[misformatt]

Would've loved that Arrow artwork on a steel. I think I could've lived with the back art on this had the front been decent, but rehashing the same poor concept on both sides means there's nothing redeeming outside of the inner artwork.

 

[Noodles]

Yeah, no-brainer here... I'll also be sticking with the Arrow release, and that's coming from someone who actually doesn't mind this artwork.

 

[Hereticz]

Now this one is real utter shite...

 

[paulboland]

Waste of time this steelbook as it will have the inferior mgm Blu-ray

Arrow Video amaray been released on August 14th will have a superior Blu-ray with video 4K restoration and a lot of new extras

 

[Bodhisattva]

Got the Arrow release on preorder, no need for this...
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This Region- B locked?
LOVE that cover

 

[ghost1]

Why waste money on these artworks! why not just use the original artwork on all these steelbooks because that's what we want,
they want us to buy this crap first then fetch out the artwork we want a year or two down the line.

 

[paulboland]

This Region- B locked?
LOVE that cover

Arrow Video release
Possible will be region B locked but won't be known for sure until in hand with customers or someone gets a review copy of ronin
Usually arrow video provide review discs before release date so might be known soon

 

[misformatt]

This Region- B locked?
LOVE that cover

It's currently available to preorder from Amazon (US), so no worries there.

 

[paulboland]

It's currently available to preorder from Amazon (US), so no worries there.

It's more likely to be region free as it's a UK and USA release Arrow video release

 

[misformatt]

It's more likely to be region B locked as it's a UK release only the Arrow Video release

Unless it's mistake with the artwork, Amazon US has this listed directly from them for preorder. So it's safe to say there will be a region A or region free version hitting our shores. U.K. version may very well still be locked to B, though.

Edit: Arrow's official announcement gives both UK & US release dates for the current wave (8/14 & 8/15, respectively). Shock Treatment was notably left out of the US wave, which I remember reading a fair bit of
grumbling about.