5 Star

Careful What You Wish For.

For over fifty years Westworld, written and directed by Michael Crichton (Jurassic Park, Twister), has been the benchmark for Science Fiction android films. Now Arrow brings us the definitive 4K UHD version, brighter and scarier than ever. This is a treat for those in the know, and a revelation to those that are not aware of this awesome Sci-fi extravaganza. The 4K release comes with a plethora of special features (See Below).

It is the futuristic 1983 and the highly realistic adult amusement park called Delos is home to androids that live in three worlds, Western world, Medieval World, and Roman World where they take the most famous periods of those worlds.

These androids are maintained by an army of technicians and engineers, these are needed when you have gunfights and sword fights going on in the worlds. Not all encounters go well for the androids, who are there to pamper to the tourists every whim, especially in the hedonistic Roman world. The tourists get this freedom to do what they want for $1000 a day ($3,254 today).

Two of these tourists are Peter Martin (Richard Benjamin, The Sunshine Boys, Catch-22), a first-time Delos visitor and his friend John Blane (James Brolin, The Amityville Horror, Capricorn One) who has experienced the resort before. Peter is very excited, but unsure of the rules, but John tells him to just enjoy his stay in Western World. Once they have kitted themselves out in the period gear they head to the saloon where they meet the Gunslinger android (Yul Brynner, The King and I, The Magnificent Seven). Peter doesn’t know what to do, John tells him that the Gunslinger is there to start a gun fight, and you get to kill him. Exhilarating stuff.

After all the excitement, and everybody has hit the hay, the technicians appear and clean up the mess the humans have left. With the Gunslinger on the table he is repaired, and while were at it why don’t we upgrade his vision and hearing? What could go wrong with an upgraded Gunslinger?

The technicians notice that the androids are experiencing various breakdowns and systemic failures, and they seem to be spreading like a virus and may have spread to the Western World.

See how their next days go, in this fantastic upgrade to 4K UHD, it is a must own for Sci-fi fans.

Westworld is available on 4K UHD and Limited Edition Blu-ray

 

4K ULTRA HD LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS

• Brand new 4K restoration from the original negative by Arrow Films
• 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)
• Original restored lossless 4-channel stereo, 2.0 stereo, and 1.0 mono audio options
• Optional remixed 5.1 DTS-HD MA surround audio
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Brand-new audio commentary by filmmaker and film historian Daniel Kremer
• Cowboy Dreams, a newly filmed conversation between actor Richard Benjamin and producer/screenwriter Larry Karaszewski
• At Home on the Range, a brand new video interview with actor James Brolin
• HollyWorld: Producing Westworld, a brand new video interview with producer Paul N. Lazarus III
• Sex, Death and Androids, a brand-new appreciation of the film by author and film scholar Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
• On Location with Westworld, an archival behind-the-scenes look at the making of the film from 1973
• Beyond Westworld, the 48-minute pilot episode of the 1980 follow-up television series
• Theatrical trailer
• Image gallery
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Arik Roper
• Collectors’ perfect bound booklet featuring new writing on the film by David Michael Brown, Priscilla Page, Paul Anthony Nelson, and Abbey Bender
• Double-sided fold-out poster featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Arik Roper
• Six postcard-sized artcards