Compared to the dated Blu-ray, Blade Runner's UHD presentation can't help but look better, but it's more than better—it's astonishing.

Here's the short version: There is one, and only one, extra that is new to this set and unavailable with any other edition. That is the trailer for the Final Cut, which has been remastered in 4K and HDR and appears on the UHD disc. Nothing else is new, but many things have been dropped.

The UHD disc contains the same extras included on the Final Cut Blu-ray in the 5-disc Blade Runner 2007 edition, i.e., three separate commentaries and an introduction to the Final Cut (in 1080p) recorded by Ridley Scott in 2007. Warner has chosen to accompany the UHD disc with three of the five discs from the 2007 edition. They are listed below by their designations in the original set:

Disc 1: The Final Cut in standard Blu-ray. Note that this is the same disc released in 2007 on both Blu-ray and HD-DVD. It's a VC-1 encode on a BD-25. It contains the same commentaries and director's introduction as the UHD.

Disc 2: The DVD containing the excellent "Dangerous Days" documentary. As with the Final Cut in standard Blu-ray, this disc is simply a reprint of what was released in 2007.

Disc 4: A second DVD containing a collection of featurettes, trailers, deleted and alternate scenes and other supporting material. A complete list can be found here. Again, this disc is simply a reprint from 2007.


Omitted from the UHD set are discs 3 and 5 of the original 2007 set. Both were Blu-rays. Disc 3 held three previous cuts of Blade Runner, including the 1982 theatrical release in both domestic and international versions. Disc 5 held the so-called "Workprint", the discovery of which generated a new interest in Blade Runner's history. A commentary by Blade Runner expert Paul Sammon accompanied the Workprint. Disc 5 also contained a documentary entitled "All Our Variant Futures: From Workprint to Final Cut", which is an essential guide to how the Final Cut was created.