Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

4K Ultra HD

Blu Ray

  • Score
    82
    from 2 reviewers
  • Reboots offer a fresh start for digital models, taking audiences back in time with superior action, emotion, and soundtracks.

    Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
    2023
    127 min
    PG-13
    True 4K
    HDR10
    Dolby Vision
    Dolby Atmos
  • Video
    87
  • Dolby Vision grading enhances brightness, tonal impact, superior black depth, shadow detail beyond Blu-ray range, and transforms movie landscapes into a vibrant spectrum of blues, greens, browns, with standout red highlights.

  • Audio
    87
  • The track impresses with its stellar directional impact and stage saturation, yet falls short with timid bass impacting the intensity of action elements like gunfire and explosions. However, it adeptly reproduces clear and distinctive noises of explosions, autobot interactions, and environmental nuances.

  • Extra
    75
  • Explore the heroic characters, their vehicles, voice work in 'Heroes' (1080p, 10:12) alongside a nostalgic journey into the 90s with insights from cast and crew in 'In The 90s' (UHD, 7 Mins.).

  • Movie
    77
  • The movie embodies the Michael Bay aesthetics for the franchise, employing robot characters, mainly Optimus Prime, amid themes of homeworld devastation, protecting loved ones, and self-belief, all set within action-packed scenes.

    True 4K
    HDR10
    Dolby Vision
    Dolby Atmos

    Director: Steven Caple Jr.

    Actors: Anthony Ramos, Dominique Fishback, Luna Lauren Velez

    Plot: During the '90s, a new faction of Transformers - the Maximals - join the Autobots as allies in the battle for Earth.

    Disc Release Date: 10 October 2023

    all scores

    Blu-ray.com review by Martin Liebman
    • Video
      90
    • The Dolby Vision grading brings both added brightness and tonal impact to the screen while also dressing up black levels with superior depth and shadow detail that are all beyond the Blu-ray's range....

    • Audio
      80
    • While the track excels in directional impact and full stage saturation, bass is a little timid, with various action elements like gunfire and explosions lacking the substantial wallop one might expect...

    • Extra
      60
    • Heroes (1080p, 10:12): A look at the heroic characters, their vehicles, the voice work, and more....

    • Movie
      50
    • The movie quickly establishes itself firmly in the Michael Bay vision for the franchise, with characters that look like a pile of parts in the shape of a robot, with only Optimus Prime and, curiously,...

    • Total
      70
    • These reboots seemed the perfect opportunity to just hit the restart button and make some digital models that really do transport audiences back in time, rather than just slapping "1994" on the movie,...

    High-Def Digest review by Bryan Kluger
    • Video
      90
    • On the flip side of that, once the movie transitions to the open landscapes, the colors transform into a beautiful rainbow of blues, greens, and, browns with some excellent highlights of bright reds and...

    • Audio
      100
    • Those big explosions and otherworldly autobot noises are perfectly clear with the scraping sounds of metal, sparks, and rubber on the ground....

    • Extra
      70
    • In The 90s (UHD, 7 Mins.) - More of the cast and crew discuss bringing the film into the 1990s and all of their nostalgic memberberries....

    • Movie
      90
    • Homeworld devastation, protecting loved ones, and having the courage to believe in one's self-worth are the key ingredients that drive this film's plot, while all the action and carnage are blowing up...

    • Total
      90
    • It's got some amazing emotional beats, some of the best action set pieces of the franchise, and the best soundtrack....