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Risky Business Blu-ray Review

Score: 91

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Risky Business remains a classic for its humor and Cruise's star-making performance, enhanced by Criterion's stellar 4K restoration, despite aging plot aspects.

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DTS-HD MA

Video: 93

Risky Business Blu-ray excels with its 4K restorations, boasting vibrant colors, superior image stability, and excellent contrast. The 1080p transfer is impressive, but the real enhancement shines in native 4K, offering a substantial upgrade from previous releases. The meticulous restoration supervised by Criterion ensures a top-tier viewing experience.

Audio: 93

The Blu-Ray of 'Risky Business' boasts a stellar English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track, expertly remastered from the original magnetic tracks, delivering clear and distinct dialogue, a well-balanced mix of ambient sound, and dynamic range, all while Tangerine Dream's evocative score sets the perfect atmospheric tone.

Extra: 86

The Blu-ray extras for "Risky Business" provide a comprehensive exploration into the film's creation and impact, featuring insightful documentaries and discussions with key figures like director Paul Brickman, producers Jon Avnet and Steve Tisch, and stars Tom Cruise and Rebecca De Mornay, highlighting the film's innovative vision and cultural resonance since the Reagan era.

Movie: 89

Criterion's Blu-ray release of Paul Brickman's 'Risky Business' offers a newly restored 4K presentation of both the Director's Cut and Theatrical Version, enriched by insightful supplements, capturing the film's witty satire on the American Dream's entanglement with materialism—a testament to Reagan-era capitalism.

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