xXx Return of Xander Cage 4K (2017) Ultra HD 2160p REMUX

Xander Cage is left for dead after an incident, though he secretly returns to action for a new, tough assignment with his handler Augustus Gibbons.

xXx Return of Xander Cage 4K (2017) Ultra HD 2160p REMUX Review
xXx: Return of Xander Cage's 4K/2160p/HDR-enhanced presentation marks an incremental improvement over the excellent 1080p release. The movie was reportedly shot at 3.4K and finished at 2K, making this, presumably, an upscale from that source. The image looks fine, very good, in fact, and offers razor-sharp details and deeply saturated colors. Neither one is expressly improved by leaps and bounds over the Blu-ray, offering instead a very minor, but noticeable, improvement. In fact, it's in areas away from basic color punch and detail that the UHD sees its most obvious improvements. Take warmer, lower-light shots. A good example comes at a sequence that begins around the 47-minute mark. The UHD offers far better defined black levels and shadow details, a noticeable reduction in noise, and a more naturally progressive sense of color transition between the shades of orange, red, and yellow that dominate the scene. In those other general areas, though, the deeper saturation, firmer color foundations, and improved color depth and nuance improve most every scene. Details are finer, to a much lesser extent than some of the more extreme examples so far found on the UHD format, but the uptick in skin texturing, environmental sharpness, and the like, is appreciable. Still, the image isn't so much better that Blu-ray-only fans should lose any sleep over missing this one. It's a good UHD image, just one that's far from the top of the class.