So there's no thread dedicated to this release. It came out in August via Studio Canal in the UK. There was a collector's edition that came out in June. They are long sold out. You can only get them via 3rd party sellers now.

I bought it for about $30 via a 3rd party seller on Amazon UK. It took about 14 days to arrive.


So I'll just share a few thoughts. I don't want to keep posting review and opinions in the 4K UHD announcement thread.

I did see the new 4K print in theaters back in early July. It was playing in extremely limited release. I liked it. It was very clean and made the movie look fresher even though it's about 30 years old. Rialto Pictures distributed it in the United States. Unfortunately it looks like there are no plans to release this on physical media here in the States.

The disc arrived from the UK a few days ago and I watched the new documentary Sex, Death and Stone on the UHD disc. It's a new 2020 documentary that aired on cable in Europe last year. . It’s a very good documentary. They talked to Douglas, Stone, Eztherhas, Verhoeven and an editor. It’s also in 4K since it’s on the 4K disc. The documentary is also on the BD that came with the set. Stone seemed a little bitter about her experience making the movie, even though it made her a star. But, all the interviews were good and insightful.

Not really sure if the movie on this set is the Unrated version. I still have the old Lionsgate Unrated release.

This version is unrated.

The prior Blu-ray for this was so bad that any remaster would have to be an improvement. The 4K does indeed look better and is satisfying overall, but there's no sense of HDR to the grade.

Yeah, I watched it last week along with the new documentary. It's about as good as it's gonna get. I got it for about $28 shipped from the Amazon UK Global Store via Amazon USA.

As was mentioned above, it is Unrated.

I got the new Blu restore. Great disc!

Any possibility of a US release?

Unlikely. I read on another board that Lionsgate has no plans to release one. They have the US distribution rights.

$28? I saw it listing for $40 and a claim that the 4K most likely wouldn't play in a US player.

The 4K disc is region free. The BDs that come in the set are region B,

I don't understand why they would leave money on the table.

King Of New York is another they won't release. ☹️

I watched this on HBOMax over the weekend for probably the first time since it was released on DVD. All I can say is that all those debates from the mid 90s about panties or no panties while watching this on 32" TVs and shitty VHS tapes have officially been settled. Now off to order the UHD.

While they own distribution rights, there's no telling what percentage the producers would get from a release. A UHD release may not be profitable given the existing contracts signed with the producers and talent. I actually think that is a problem for several movies that are generally under-served on home video.

That's a fantastic 4K release. Import it or get it however you can.

I love that movie. I will be buying it soon. 👍

Basic Instinct is coming to 4K steelbook on April 15 from Lionsgate

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Supposedly it will have all the previous legacy extras.

I already have the Studio Canal 4K set that I mentioned earlier in this thread that I picked up as an import. Probably going to pass. It has pretty much everything including a pretty long making of documentary.

Not that it matters but the cover doesn't thrill me. Inside artwork looks cool.

This and King of New York will be the next releases from Lionsgate Limited. I already have the Arrow Video release for KoNY and that is a stellar 4K.

The Basic Instinct 4K will be a port over of the previously released Studio Canal 4K, which I also have, but this one will now have theatrical 2.0 score that has not been available on home video since the laserdisc.

Is that exclusive to Lionsgate.com?

It is not showing up on Amazon.

Yes.