Review: Swordfish Ltd Ed 4K UHD
4K UHD Blu-ray: Swordfish (2001)
Swordfish, infamous for flashing Halle Berry’s boobs, is one of the ultimate 90s films starring Hugh Jackman hot off being Wolverine. He was also ‘hot’ in Swordfish, he plays cyber-hacker Stanley Jobson who is notorious for infecting the FBI’s Carnivore programme with a computer virus. Stanley’s parole forbids him from accessing the internet, while his ex-wife Melissa, an alcoholic and part-time porn star, prevents him from seeing his daughter, Holly.
Enter sexy Ginger Knowles (who is a secret against working for the government) who ‘persuades’ Stanley to work for Gabriel Shear (John Travolta), mainly by wearing very tight dresses and bending over a lot in front of him so he can almost see her womb. Shear forces him into cracking a secure … blah blah blah.
Yep, this is a by-the-numbers sort of film and a bit of a weird choice for a 4K Arrow release.
4K ULTRA HD BLU-RAY LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS
- 4K Ultra HD (2160p) Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)
- Original lossless stereo and 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio options
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Audio commentary by director Dominic Sena
- Soundtrack Hacker, a brand new interview with composer Paul Oakenfold
- How to Design a Tech Heist, a brand new interview with production designer Jeff Mann
- HBO First Look: Swordfish, a promotional behind-the-scenes featurette
- Effects in Focus: The Flying Bus, a promotional featurette detailing how the film’s iconic climactic scene was created
- Planet Rock Club Reel, a music video by the film’s co-composer Paul Oakenfold
- Swordfish: In Conversation, a promotional featurette with interviews from cast and crew members including actors Hugh Jackman, John Travolta, Halle Berry, Don Cheadle and Sam Shepard, director Dominic Sena, and producer Joel Silver
- Two alternate endings
- Theatrical trailer
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tommy Pocket
- Double-sided fold-out poster featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tommy Pocket
- Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Priscilla Page and an article from American Cinematographer about the film’s opening sequence
Review by Tina from a disc kindly supplied by Arrow Films via Fetch Publicity.
