Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Actors: James McAvoy, Anya Taylor-Joy, Betty Buckley, Haley Lu Richardson
Plot: Three girls are kidnapped by a man with a diagnosed 23 distinct personalities. They must try to escape before the apparent emergence of a frightful new 24th.
Disc Release Date: 12 September 2017
Split was filmed digitally using various cameras including the Arri Alexa XT, with a source resolution of 2.8K. It was, unfortunately, finished with a 2K Digital Intermediate (DI), resulting in a 4K upscale...
The accompanying DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track is also a winner, delivering precise dialogue - which is a priority given the many personalities, accents and intonations offered by even just McAvoy alone...
Universal don't bother porting the extra features over from the Blu-ray release and onto the Ultra HD Blu-ray disc, but the fact that the Blu-ray is Region Free will still make this an attractive package...
Split sees a return to form for the once impressive mystery director M. Night Shyamalan, who delivers a taut and effective psychological thriller built around a multi-faceted performance by James McAvoy....
Split marks a noteworthy return to form for unusual mystery writer/director M. Night Shyamalan, who delivers the goods here largely thanks to a taut psychological survival horror set-up and a tremendous...
Split was digitally photographed at 2.8K and finished at 2K. Yes, this 2160p/HDR-enhanced presentation is another 4K upscale that nevertheless offers a boost in color and clarity over the Blu-ray. Most...
In something of a surprise -- a mild shock, really -- Universal has chosen not to boost Split's UHD soundtrack to DTS:X (or Dolby Atmos, for that matter), opting to instead stay the course with the same...
Split's UHD release contains no extras on the new disc but does carry over everything previously released by way of the bundled Blu-ray. A UV/iTunes digital copy code is included with purchase. Below is...
It's interesting to see Split (and Get Out, for that matter) release to UHD now when both films first debuted on Blu-ray only a few months ago, a time well beyond the 4K format's entry into the marketplace...
Split more or less looks fine on UHD. It's so sharp that skin almost looks a bit overzealously enhanced, but the image on the whole offers a nice little uptick in overall clarity and definition. Colors...
Shyamalan lets loose The Horde on Ultra HD with a great-looking H.265 encode in HDR10, sure to satisfy fans and 4K enthusiasts. However, compared to its Blu-ray counterpart, the picture quality isn't the...
Sadly, the producers of this UHD release saw fit to only unleash The Beast with the same DTS-HD MA 5.1 soundtrack heard on the Blu-ray, which is neither bad nor anything to be thrilled about and which...
The Making of Split (HD, 10 min): Cast & crew interviews discuss the plot and characters while sharing some on-set anecdotes and working with others, all mixed with lots of BTS footage.The Many Faces of...
There are a lot of us – myself included – who owe M. Night Shyamalan a big, fat apology. I was a huge fan of his early work, such as The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, and Signs, but – like many of you I suspect...
Rejoice! The M. Night Shyamalan you thought might never return is back with a passion in Split, one of his best movies in a long, long time. Although M. Night gives us another "twist" ending on this one,...