com is an Introducer Appointed Representative of Pay4Later Limited, trading as Deko, which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FRN 728646). Scream Factory has detailed its upcoming Collector's Edition 4K Blu-ray release of Neil Marshall's Dog Soldiers (2002), starring Sean Pertwee, Kevin McKidd, Emma Cleasby, Liam Cunningham, and Darren Morfitt. If anyone is in doubt to the director’s stance on gender politics they should check out his subsequent film, The Descent. The colors are muted throughout the film, with drab earth tones predominating, but once again that’s an accurate representation of how the film was produced.

It has nearly identical extras, though it omits the Gag Reel and Deleted Scenes, and adds a second stills gallery. Four weeks later, a squad of six British soldiers, including Cooper, are dropped into a remote area of the Scottish Highlands to carry out a training exercise against a Special Air Service unit.Oh, The Descent might be a better horror film, indeed one of the best horror films of all time, but, in terms of all round satisfaction, Dog Soldiers is the one to beat. There have been previous Blu-ray releases (only available here as US imports), but these were limited by the inferior source materials available at the time. A Blu-ray edition (including a single-disc edition and a double-disc edition with a DVD copy) was released by First Look Studios on 5 May 2009, [27] available only in the U.

I did consider the various US releases but they all had underwhelming reviews so I jumped on the 4k when it came out.Second Sight’s 4K Ultra HD release of Dog Soldiers is a two-disc set that includes a Region B-locked Blu-ray with a 1080p copy of the film. The biggest advantage is in terms of grain management thanks to the lower levels of compression on the UHD, but even those differences would barely be noticeable on anything but the largest of displays. Either way, these are the exact same soundtracks as in previous versions, with identical strengths and weaknesses (including the same loud popping sounds at a couple of points). At least the noise reduction was gone, but the excessive contrast obscured almost as much detail in its own way.

It might seem odd that a film released just over 20 years ago has required a restoration, but Dog Soldiers’ original negative was missing-in-action for some time before resurfacing in the last few years, in need of some fairy dust. There’s not much deep bass, though there’s a bit of rumble in the score at 34:00, as well as a handful of other places. What is immediately clear is how filmic this image is; the 16mm grain structure gives an authenticity to the picture. The basic situation is an obvious homage to Walter Hill’s classic Southern Comfort, where National Guard soldiers on maneuvers found themselves fighting off some angry Cajuns with nothing more than blanks in their weaponry. The defense by Neil Marshall about original colour just doesn't match what I (and others) saw in the cinema and which the UK DVD matches.Whichever version that you choose, it’s going to be a night-and-day improvement over previous releases, with an extensive collection of extras that will keep you busy for days on end. Werewolves, Crawlers, Cannibals and More – A new 40-minute interview with Neil Marshall, in which he discusses quite frankly and candidly his career to date. Europe's busiest forums, with independent news and expert reviews, for TVs, Home Cinema, Hi-Fi, Movies, Gaming, Tech and more. That shows in such hilarious scenes as when the Sarge exclaims ‘‘Sausages’’ as he lays there with his guts hanging out, only moments before the dog of the house had been pulling at his intestines thinking it was getting a tasty meal of the aforementioned meat delicacy.