Krull 4K Ultra HD SteelBook

"Krull" is a fantasy adventure set in a world peopled by creatures of myth and magic. There, a prince embarks on a quest to find the magical Glaive and then rescue his young bride. Colwyn (Ken Marshall) is the leader of a mythical sword-and-sorcery group in pursuit of "the Beast" that has kidnapped his fiancée (Lysette Anthony). (Gary Reber)

Special features include commentary with Director Peter Yates, Actors Ken Marshall and Lysette Anthony and Editor Ray Lovejoy, behind-the-scenes commentary, the featurette "Journey To Krull" (SD 22:09), theatrical trailer and a Movies Anywhere digital copy.

The 2.35:1 2160p HEVC/H.265 Ultra HD Dolby Vision/HDR10 picture, reviewed on a VIZIO Quantum X P85QX-JI UHD/HDR display, was photographed on 35 mm Eastman film in anamorphic Panavision® using the Panavision Panaflex camera system and sourced from a 4K restoration from the original camera negative to create a master Digital Intermediate approved by Cinematographer Peter Suschitzky. The production design casts a very imaginative fantasy with intricate textural imagery. A large part of the storytelling takes places in mountainous and forestry settings. Film grain is essentially non-existent. The color palette exhibits saturated hues that are warm and rich in hue. Hue shadings are nuanced for excellent realism. The earthly colors appear perfectly natural. The Beast is incredible in design with fantastic visual effects. Flesh tones are perfectly natural. HDR contrast is excellent. Black levels are deep and solid. Shadows re well delineated. White levels are brilliant with excellent lighting effects. The imagery is consistently sharp and clear. Resolution is superb with fine detail revealed throughout. Facial features exhibit detail in skin pores, lines, beards and hair. Costumes are finely textured as well as delineation of non-human creatures. Structural environments are nicely textured. Objects, as well, reveal texture. This is a wonderfully imaginative production of fantasy. (Gary Reber)

The repurposed Dolby Atmos/Dolby TrueHD 7.1-channel soundtrack is well crafted. All channels are constantly active. Surround envelopment is aggressive and directional with excellent motion panning effects. Atmospherics sound realistic. Sound effects are numerous with effective impact, though at times unreal. Deep bass is strong, especially in the .1 LFE channel. Foley sound effects are in perfect sync with picture. The James Horner score is sweeping and enveloping throughout the sound field with a wide and deep soundstage and aggressive surround envelopment. Dialogue is both soundstage captured and ADR produced, and generally wanting in spatial integration. Narration is perfectly placed forward.

The Immersive Sound element is comprised of an extension of the orchestral score to the height layer as well as nuanced atmospherics, weaponry and other sound effects, and nuanced dialogue as well as a strong "The Beast" voicing. Essentially ear-level elements are extended to the height layer with varying constant energy whether on set or location sourced. The effect is to enhance the spatial dimensionality, which works effectively.

This is a well crafted holososnic® spherical surround soundtract with generally dated fidelity but rousing sound effects and excellent spatial dimensionality. (Gary Reber)