Storks 4K (2016) Ultra HD 2160p REMUX

Storks no longer deliver babies. Now they deliver packages for Cornerstore.com. Junior, the company's top delivery stork, is about to be promoted when he accidentally activates the Baby Making Machine, producing an adorable and wholly unauthorized baby girl. Desperate to deliver this bundle of trouble before the boss gets wise, Junior and his friend Tulip, the only human on Stork Mountain, race to make their first-ever baby "drop".

Storks 4K (2016) Ultra HD 2160p REMUX Review
As I noted in reviewing Storks' Blu-ray presentation, the film's long shots (to the extent it's accurate to speak of "long shots" in animation) don't match the razor-sharp clarity of the character closeups, but on Warner's 2160p, HEVC/H.265-encoded UHD, they come much closer. Scenes such as Junior's initial flight into the Cornerstore HQ, a package distribution center featuring a dizzying array of conveyors and other machinery, acquire a new depth, sharpness and focus in 4K. The same holds for the elaborate landscapes (snowy, mountainous and otherwise) through which Junior and Tulip transport their unanticipated "delivery". The elaborate Stork Con sequence is more sharply rendered, as is the mysterious machinery of Stork Mountain's baby factory, which begins the film in hibernation but is ultimately awakened into a dizzying display of bright colors and complex motion. The aerial shots of Nate's house, as he and his father embark on a perilous "remodeling" project, are also upgraded in 4K. Even the wolf pack's bizarre "formations" are more clearly rendered.

Since I was not able to confirm whether Storks was finished at 2K or 4K, I cannot be certain how much of the UHD's improvement is attributable to increased resolution and how much to a careful application of HDR encoding to refine contrast, brightness and color differentiation. Regardless of the cause, the enhancements are impossible to miss. Given how little the 3D conversion added to Storks, its UHD presentation easily takes the top spot among the available video options.

The UHD version of Storks features the same lossless DTS-HD MA 7.1 track as the standard Blu-ray, reviewed here. As is now common with 4K discs, the UHD of Storks offers a much larger selection of both audio and subtitles options than the Blu-ray. A full list appears above this review.