Mechanic Resurrection 4K HDR (2016) Ultra HD 2160p REMUX

The most dangerous hitman in the world, Arthur Bishop thought he had put his murderous past behind him when his most formidable foe kidnaps the love of his life. Now he is forced to travel the globe to complete three impossible assassinations, and do what he does best, make them look like accidents.

Mechanic Resurrection 4K HDR (2016) Ultra HD 2160p REMUX Reviews
Mechanic: Resurrection is presented on 4K UHD by Lionsgate Films with a 2160p transfer in 2.38:1. Once again the IMDb doesn't have any data on either the resolution of the source format or of the subsequent DI, but a couple of websites suggest this was finished at a 2K DI, something I'm prone to believe considering that this presentation delivers very good but at times unexceptional upticks in detail levels, while gaining some of its most convincing new information from a better accounting of its palette, now accentuated with (by?) HDR. That newly nuanced palette is on display from the get go, with some luscious scenes of Rio, but there are also a couple of odd motion artifacts in the opening sequence that I didn't notice in the 1080p version, including brief jitter as a plane traverses the skies above Rio and even later (and perhaps even more oddly) around Statham's head when he first sits down at the outdoor cafe where the film's first fight scene takes place. Those anomalies calm down for the bulk of the presentation, and while detail levels are excellent in close-ups, some of the green screened material actually looks more artificial in its 2160p iteration. The best thing about this UHD version is the newly variegated palette. The daytime beach scenes with Alba boast some nicely gradated blues and teals and the nighttime scenes offering good new shadow detail. The later sequence in the jail has some interesting new tones in the brown and beige ranges that aren't as evident in the 1080p version. Some brief establishing shots of various locales don't pop with the same clarity and precision as the bulk of the presentation, something that again wasn't as evident on the 1080p version and which makes me think there may have been some brief usage of existing stock footage.