Natural Born Blu-Ray

I've just finished watching Warners' Director's Cut Blu-Ray edition of Natural Born Killers, and I must say Olver Stone's masterpiece looks absolutely stunning. If you've only ever seen the film courtesy of Trimark's 2001 DVD, then I highly recommend an upgrade to the high-def version. Watching the film I could have sworn there were slivers of extra footage I had not seen before - more likely its the exact same cut as the Trimark DVD, but so impressively rendered on the Blu-Ray, I was seeing details more clearly thanks to the wonderful sharp image. Colors are eye-popping - especially the eerie lime green filter used during the Drug Store sequence, and the black and white documentary photography looks marvellous, with plenty of natural film grain.

As with the superb image, the audio is a powerhouse, and Trent Reznor's extraordinary mix-tape soundtrack sounds better than ever. This Blu-Ray should be played loud ! In addition, some hard-to-hear dialogue lost in the mix of previous editions, is much clearer here.

Warp factor - Mickey Knox's demon comes to the surface...

Incidentally, Quentin Tarantino was very critical about the film on its release in 1994, but Natural Born Killers preemted Tarantino on at least two counts - Stone's idea of mixing animation in with live action, and dirtying the print would be re-used by Tarantino some ten years later for Kill Bill and Grindhouse. Natural Born Killers is a film you will want to see again and again, just make sure you get the Unrated Director's Cut Blu-Ray, and not the R-Rated Blu-Ray.