Director: Luc Besson
Actors: Dane DeHaan, Cara Delevingne, Clive Owen, Rihanna
Plot: A dark force threatens Alpha, a vast metropolis and home to species from a thousand planets. Special operatives Valerian and Laureline must race to identify the marauding menace and safeguard not just Alpha, but the future of the universe.
Disc Release Date: 21 November 2017
Moving away from its actual content, and looking purely at its technical merits and you find that this is one hell of a good looking film. In fact it's downright stunning. Valerian lands on UK 4K Ultra...
Thankfully the visuals aren't the only thing the movie has going for it, with a stunning soundtrack to boot, providing a stunningly immersive aural offering to accompany the visual dreamscape, affording...
Even on the extras front, things are pretty impressive. Whilst, ostensibly, the Ultra HD Blu-ray disc itself doesn't port much in the way of extras - with the meat seemingly left for the accompanying Blu-ray...
Luc Besson fails to recapture the grand sci-fi-action-comedy blend that made The Fifth Element so magical with this adaptation of the popular French comic book. Despite being one of the most expensive...
Trim at least half an hour from the saggy middle, strip it down to the simple core narrative, and thus lose the 10 minute 'flashback/recap/exposition' scene towards the end, and then remove every single...
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets is presented on 4K UHD courtesy of Lionsgate Films with a 2160p transfer in 2.39:1. As I mentioned in our Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets Blu-ray...
This release has the same generally outstanding Dolby Atmos track I assessed in our Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets Blu-ray review....
With the exception of the Enhancement ModeValerian and the City of a Thousand Planets Blu-ray review. Enhancement Mode is of course available on the standard Blu-ray disc included in this package....
Deep Space 8� in 4K.After several months of at least somewhat questionable choices as to which of its releases were chosen for the 4K UHD format, Lionsgate provides consumers with a film that has all the...
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets offers a great opportunity for the 4K UHD format to "strut its stuff", so to speak, even when dealing with a 2K DI. This version offers subtle but noticeable...
Valerian rides into danger with a great-looking if also a tad underwhelming HEVC H.265 encode that isn't much sharper than its Blu-ray counterpart. The same slightly softer moments persist and made all...
The imaginative sci-fi adventure flick crashes into home theaters with the same excellent if also surprisingly lacking Dolby Atmos soundtrack as the Blu-ray. That level of surprise, of course, largely...
Citizens of Imagination: Creating the Universe (HD, 59 min): A worthy and decently interesting documentary detailing the entire production with cast & crew interviews and lots of BTS footage.Enhancement...
While I readily admit the following statement is much too soon of a prediction to be making, I'm willing to wager Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets could potentially find a cult following. Frankly,...
Based on the French sci-fi comics, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets is the latest from visionary filmmaker Luc Besson. The film, sadly, failed to find an audience in theaters. On home video,...