All Quiet on the Western Front
4K Ultra HD
Blu Ray
Edward Berger's All Quiet on the Western Front is a visually stunning, brutally unflinching adaptation with exceptional performances and production.
Experience stunning visuals from the Blu-ray with impressive 2160p UHD 4K, HDR10, Dolby Vision, and remarkable clarity in action sequences; superior to Netflix streaming, showcasing rich details, facial textures, and breathtaking scenery.
The 4K and Blu-ray presentations feature impressive Dolby Atmos mixes in original German, with immersive war scenes, explosions, gunshots, and debris. Machinery, vehicles, and bullets fill the audio channels, demonstrating the exceptional audio quality.
This two-disc Mediabook packaged release, much like MPI's 2014 combo, features a few extras, hinting at a possible bigger release later. It includes audio commentary and a well-crafted featurette detailing production aspects like set design, costumes, and visual effects.
Doomed to shadow earlier adaptations, the recent take on Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front captures innocence lost amid war's brutality, but falls short of its anti-war statement potential.
Director: Edward Berger
Actors: Felix Kammerer, Albrecht Schuch, Aaron Hilmer
Plot: A young German soldier's terrifying experiences and distress on the western front during World War I.
Disc Release Date: 28 March 2023
all scores
- Video90
- Audio100
NOTE: This review's screenshots are sourced from the included Blu-ray disc.There's no reason why this recent big-budget project shouldn't absolutely shine on 4K: its only competition is Netflix's streaming...
The inarguable highlights of both the 4K and Blu-ray presentations are their identical Dolby Atmos mixes, which are rightfully presented in the original German. (A separate English dub, as well as other...
- Extra50
- Movie50
This two-disc release ships in standard-issue Mediabook packaging whose only fault may be its excessive size: much like MPI's 2014 Blu-ray/DVD combo back of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, it's practically...
Bavarian pretzel logic.Doomed to stand in the long. looming shadow of Lewis Milestone's 1930 Best Picture winner (and possibly Delbert Mann's 1979 made-for-TV version, depending on your personal preference),...
- Total60
Edward Berger's All Quiet on the Western Front is, for the most part, an adaptation in name only: there are too many deviations from the original book to count (as well as the celebrated 1930 film, which...
- Video100
- Audio100
Simply stellar scenery utilizes the fullest possible definition, and those close-ups deliver facial texture in droves....
Dirt debris from mortars and gunfire work through every available channel, the heights used here more than or equal to any other disc on the market....
- Extra60
- Movie100
...
Innocence disappears the first time a bullet strikes down an unnamed squad mate, then further as Baumer collects countless dog tags from the fallen....
- Total90
That rare better-than-the-original remake, All Quiet on the Western Front is a brutal unflinching contrast on war’s multiple fronts....
- Video90
- Audio100
All Quiet on the Western Front comes with an impressive 2160p UHD 4K transfer with HDR10 and Dolby Vision. Having the true native 4K image here is much better than streaming it on Netflix.The muted color...
This release comes with a demo-worthy German (with English subtitles) Dolby Atmos track. The ferocity of the war scenes is exemplary with big-sounding explosions, gunshots, yelling, and debris falling...
- Extra30
- Movie80
There are only a few extras here, which is telling that there may be a bigger release somewhere down the road with more interviews and featurettes. Still, this small set of extras and its audio commentary...
It's been over four decades since the last iteration of Erich Maria Remarque's hit novel All Quiet on the Western Front hit shelves back in 1929. With the 1930 film winning multiple awards and the 1979...
- Total90
This modern version of All Quiet on the Western Front is wonderful on many levels. It looks exceptionally great on film, the brutality of war is top-notch and the characters and their performances are...
- Video90
- Audio100
From the busy action sequences featuring many characters to the darker, smokier sequences, there’s always plenty of clarity to observe....
There’s plenty taking place in terms of the machinery, vehicles, bullets whizzing by, and more that one can frequently hear, along with how the score and various other sound effects factor into this audio...
- Extra60
- Movie80
A well-put-together featurette detailing various aspects of production, including the set design, costumes, visual effects, and more....
Saying this is an anti-war film feels like a stretch, as there are really only a few genuine examples that feel like the filmmakers are doing all they can to make the brutality of war affect the viewer...
- Total80
All Quiet on the Western Front is a very strong war film that places the source material in a new light as far as exploring the horrors of combat, only made more interesting by the quality of the production....