Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray (United Kingdom)

S-Tier Arrow Video 4K. De Palma's split-screen thriller. Arrow's transfer is well regarded.

Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray (United Kingdom)

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas(1998)

dir. Terry Gilliam

S-Tier Arrow Video 4K. Terry Gilliam's Hunter S. Thompson adaptation. Arrow's extras package is strong.

Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray (United Kingdom)

Lifeforce(1985)

6.3/10

dir. Tobe Hooper

Imprint Films announced a new 4K at about $85 USD with a book-style package. Arrow already put out an S-Tier disc so collectors are weighing whether the extras justify owning two copies of the same Tobe Hooper vampire movie.

Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray (United Kingdom)

Naked Lunch(1991)

7.0/10

dir. David Cronenberg

S-Tier Arrow Video 4K. Cronenberg's Burroughs adaptation with a perfect 5.0 specs score. Arrow's 4K releases have a reputation for better encoding than Criterion's equivalents. The Turbine release also exists for European collectors. Worth knowing this is deeply weird Cronenberg before pressing play.

Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray (United Kingdom)

The Silence of the Lambs(1991)

8.3/10

dir. Jonathan Demme

Arrow Video S-Tier 4K. The Arrow UK release is the definitive edition and the French steelbook went up for preorder around the same time. Hopkins' Lecter scenes get even more unsettling with the higher resolution.

Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray (United Kingdom)

Battle Royale(2000)

7.3/10

dir. Kinji Fukasaku

S-Tier Arrow Video 4K. The Japanese survival thriller. Arrow's box set is what collectors have been waiting for.

Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray (United Kingdom)

City on Fire(1987)

6.9/10

dir. Ringo Lam Ling-Tung

S-Tier Arrow Video 4K. Ringo Lam's Hong Kong action film. Both Arrow and Shout Factory released versions.

Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray (United Kingdom)

Heathers(1989)

7.3/10

dir. Michael Lehmann

S-Tier Arrow Video 4K. Winona Ryder and Christian Slater's dark high school satire. Arrow loaded the disc with extras.

Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray (United Kingdom)

King of New York(1990)

6.8/10

dir. Abel Ferrara

S-Tier Arrow Video 4K. Abel Ferrara's crime film with Walken. Lionsgate put out a re-release with a steelbook that collectors found ugly, and most people are happy sticking with their Arrow or StudioCanal versions. The 4-hour documentary included with the Arrow release is almost as good as the film itself.

Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray (United Kingdom)

Oldboy(2003)

8.2/10

dir. Park Chan-wook

S-Tier Arrow Video 4K. Park Chan-wook's revenge film, scoring 4.5 overall. People keep asking for a Vengeance Trilogy set in Region A. Arrow has done a Deluxe Ultra Limited Edition with a 68-page book and 10+ hours of bonus material. A Zavvi steelbook went up quickly and Arrow was criticized for the packaging quality again. People want Criterion to do it, but Arrow has the rights and is actively releasing premium editions.

Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray (United Kingdom)

Road House(2024)

6.9/10

dir. Doug Liman

This is the original 1989 Swayze film, not the 2024 remake. Vinegar Syndrome's 4K from the original 35mm negative is the definitive version, and the BD-100 disc format means no compression compromises. Arrow also released their own version with different artwork that got criticism for being weaker than VS's cover. The VS edition runs $45 USD, which some people found steep for Road House, but the transfer quality is hard to argue with.

Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray (United Kingdom)

The Apartment(1960)

8.2/10

dir. Billy Wilder

Bud Baxter is a minor clerk in a huge New York insurance company, until he discovers a quick way to climb the corporate ladder. He lends out his apartment to the executives as a place to take their mistresses. Although he often has to deal with the aftermath of their visits, one night he's left with a major problem to solve.

Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray (United Kingdom)

The Big Boss(1971)

7.1/10

dir. Lo Wei

Cheng is a young Chinese mainlander who moves in with his expatriate cousins to work at an ice factory in Thailand. He does this with a family promise never to get involved in any fights. However, when members of his family begin disappearing after meeting the management of the factory, the resulting mystery and pressures force him to break that vow and take on the villainy of the Big Boss.

Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray (United Kingdom)

The Exorcist III(1990)

6.3/10

dir. William Peter Blatty

Arrow's Limited Edition is the one to track down, but Scream Factory's 4K was the disc that put this film back on collector radar. George C. Scott's interrogation scene alone justifies the S-Tier rating, and the HDR gives the hospital corridors a clinical dread the Blu-ray couldn't match.

Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray (United Kingdom)

The Return of the Living Dead(1985)

7.3/10

dir. Dan O'Bannon

When two bumbling employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a deadly gas into the air, the vapors cause the dead to rise again as zombies.

Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray (United Kingdom)

The Sisters Brothers(2018)

6.8/10

dir. Jacques Audiard

Oregon, 1851. Hermann Kermit Warm, a chemist and aspiring gold prospector, keeps a profitable secret that the Commodore wants to know, so he sends the Sisters brothers, two notorious assassins, to capture him on his way to California.

Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray (United Kingdom)

Fist of Fury(1972)

dir. Lo Wei

A-Tier Arrow Video 4K. Bruce Lee in the Shanghai setting. Arrow's martial arts catalog has been solid.

Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray (United Kingdom)

Game of Death(1978)

6.4/10

dir. Robert Clouse

A-Tier Arrow Video 4K. Bruce Lee's unfinished film. Arrow packaged it with context about the production history.

Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray (United Kingdom)

The Last Starfighter(1984)

6.6/10

dir. Nick Castle

Video game expert Alex Rogan finds himself transported to another planet after conquering the video game The Last Starfighter, only to find out it was just a test. He was recruited to join the team of best Starfighters to defend their world from the attack.

Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray (United Kingdom)

The Long Good Friday(1980)

dir. John Mackenzie

In the late 1970s, Cockney crime boss Harold Shand, a gangster trying to become a legitimate property mogul, has big plans to get the American Mafia to bankroll his transformation of a derelict area of London into the possible venue for a future Olympic Games. However, a series of bombings targets his empire on the very weekend the Americans are in town. Shand is convinced there is a traitor in his organization, and sets out to eliminate the rat in typically ruthless fashion.

Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray (United Kingdom)

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three(1974)

7.4/10

dir. Joseph Sargent

In New York, armed men hijack a subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers. Even if it's paid, how could they get away?

Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray (United Kingdom)

The Way of the Dragon(1972)

7.4/10

dir. Bruce Lee

After a Chinese restaurant in Rome is threatened by the mafia, who will stop at nothing to acquire the property, the owner recruits a family friend in Hong Kong, kung fu expert Tang Lung, to help them defend their business.

Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray (United Kingdom)

Withnail & I(1987)

dir. Bruce Robinson