To Live and Die in L.A. (4KUHD) [Blu-ray]

Never saw this film before, what a thrill ride. Fealt like i was there with the amount of clarity and detail in the film, amazing transfer or preservation. Thrilling movie with a great score to go with it.

There are a few versions of TLaDiLA available but this version is recommended because the transfer quality is superior; this is a movie worth the extra sheckles. Featuring a pre-NCIS William Peterson as well as a very young - and very good looking - Willem Dafoe in an intriguing story that is beautifully shot with plenty of action in opposition to the more intimate & personal scenes scattered throughout. Technically, it's a very tight and super realistic film which really benefits for Friedkin's attention to detail as well as the technical advisors brought to the set in service of the story. Quite different from his previous films in some ways but William Friedkin's skills behind the camera really shine through on this outing. Extras include a strong director commentary, several making of featurettes and a nice stills gallery. Full Disclosure: I've adored this film from William Friedkin since staying up past bedtime to see it on TMC - F!, I'm old - so it was a foregone conclusion that this disc was going to be a part of my collection eventually. Cheers from Texas, Billy

Great Movie from an Awesome Director !!!!!

This is my third favorite lA "classic" crime film behind LA Confidential and, of course, Chinatown. Its story line is pretty straightforward (unlike the 2 others) and while it seems now dated, the image transfer is excellent in the BluRay format. My one criticism with this product is the sound mix. Anything other than dialogue, cars, gun fire etc is at such a high sound volume compared to dialogue that I was forced to watch it with my remote so I could either increase or rapidly decrease the sound volume. I don't know if this is a result of the remastering, and I know starting in the 70s studios began this habit of large discrepancy between dialogue and sound but this is even more pronounced. For that reason I wouldn't buy this version again.

This movie is so underrated this is Friedkin’s finest work this movie grabs you from start to finish the cast is phenomenal and the music score is Wang Chung’s finest hour this is one of my top ten favorite movies of all time and now it’s in 4K is just icing on the cake buy it I promise you won’t regret it 👌

Fast Delivery, the item as described. A good classic movie

it played great and came on time

Coming in the wake of Michael Mann’s “Thief” and “Miami Vice”, “To Live and Die in L.A.” may borrow some of those stylistic flourishes but it remains a William Friedkin film through and through. In many respects one can see this as an 80’s update of “The French Connection” except, this time, it’s about counterfeiting rather than heroin. In a star making turn Willem DaFoe stars as the villain and in another star making turn William Peterson is the agent assigned to catch the guy. The aptly named Chance (Peterson) is a government agent who consistently operates outside the bounds of the law. When his partner is murdered during an investigation into a counterfeiter, chance tells his new assigned partner (who is by the book and played by John Pankow) he will take down the counterfeiter Masters (DaFoe) anyway he can. The cast introduces a number of terrific talent including John Turturro, Jane Leeves, Gary Cole and the late Darlanne Fluegel. Shot on a small budget, Friedkin was determined to try and capture the excitement on an independent production.the soundtrack by Wang Chang became a hit. The 4K looks very nice with color that benefits from HDR and Dolby Vision. As good as the Arrow and Shout Blu-rays were, this is even better than those though the improvements are incremental rather than the huge leap up from the DVD to the blu-ray. There hasn’t been any revisionism that I can see in the color timing or transfer. 9which wasn’t true of “The French Connection” when it initially appeared on Blu-ray). The audio sounds exceptional with the original 2.0 mix as well as a 5.1 (though no revisionist 7.1 or Dolby Atmos track has been added). Most of the activity in the surround speakers are up front rather than in the other speakers. The special features include all of the ones for the original DVD as well as those for the Shout Factory release. Toning new has been added for this release. F