Edge of Tomorrow 4K UHD Screenshots (Patreon)

Video

From a gorgeous film stock, Warner's encode easily resolves the grain structure in this 4K debut. That's a huge bump over the Blu-ray, which suffered from a meager bitrate. The HDR pass helps things along, elevating the contrast richly, especially giving fireballs vividness. Flames shoot up, their highlights intense. Shadows excel too, easily hitting pure black where needed and staying there.

Superb resolution suggests that although Edge of Tomorrow was originally finished at 2K, Warner appears to have gone back and rescanned the source. The precision definition and detail suggest as much, aside from the digital effects that remain on the softer side by their nature. Facial definition soars in close, and wide angles display superlative clarity. Any upscaling in the effects happens perfectly, no aliasing to note.

Choosing a flatter color palette, the grading appreciates a consistent teal, robbing flesh tones of their organic hue. That's intent, not a fault. The disc does its duty like a soldier, preserving the material as is.

Audio

Arguably one of the most anticipated Atmos remixes on this format so far, Edge of Tomorrow is an absolutely beastly audio track. It's brutal from the outset, throbbing and rumbling the low-end brutally, choosing zero restraint. Action scenes erupt, missiles exploding, guns firing, and metal machines slamming into aliens. Transport jets blast their engines whether the camera is external or internal Edge of Tomorrow deserves maximum volume, and anything less is defeating the point.

Heights find plentiful use, masterfully placed as if always part of this design. This is on top (literally) of the original reference grade 7.1, bringing even more space to an already flawless home theater demo. The way bullets, missiles, and debris fill every speaker puts this disc among the absolute elite, and an essential upgrade over the Blu-ray for audio alone.