Gabriel Byrne · 1980s

2 Gabriel Byrne movies from the 1980s on 4K Blu-ray, ranked S to D by transfer quality. 2 S-Tier picks including Excalibur.

Decade

All 9 1980s 2 1990s 5 2010s 1 2020s 1

Year

All 2 1980 0 1981 1 1982 0 1983 1 1984 0 1985 0 1986 0 1987 0 1988 0 1989 0

The Keep(1983)

5.7/10

dir. Michael Mann

S-Tier

Set during World War II, a German army garrison is sent to guard a mountain pass in a village in Romania's Carpathian mountains and sets up barracks in an ancient stone fortress. Two of the soldiers unwittingly release a mysterious entity that kills or corrupts those within its influence, drawing the attention of a Gestapo commander, a Jewish scholar, and a mysterious traveller.

Imprint · 4K + Blu-ray

Excalibur(1981)

7.3/10

dir. John Boorman

S-Tier

A VHS-to-4K comparison post made the rounds and the transfer quality gap is staggering. The comments turned into a meditation on how 4K is the last physical format and we lucked out that it's the best one.

Arrow Video · Limited Edition