Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
4K Ultra HD
Blu Ray
Reboots offer a fresh start for digital models, taking audiences back in time with superior action, emotion, and soundtracks.
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.
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.
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.).
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.
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
- Video90
- Audio80
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....
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...
- Extra60
- Movie50
Heroes (1080p, 10:12): A look at the heroic characters, their vehicles, the voice work, and more....
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,...
- Total70
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,...
- Video90
- Audio100
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...
Those big explosions and otherworldly autobot noises are perfectly clear with the scraping sounds of metal, sparks, and rubber on the ground....
- Extra70
- Movie90
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....
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...
- Total90
It's got some amazing emotional beats, some of the best action set pieces of the franchise, and the best soundtrack....