The Birth of a Nation 4K (2016) Ultra HD 2160p REMUX

Nat Turner, a former slave in America, leads a liberation movement in 1831 to free African-Americans in Virginia that results in a violent retaliation from whites.

The Birth of a Nation 4K (2016) Ultra HD 2160p REMUX Review
The Birth of a Nation is presented on 4K UHD courtesy of 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment with a 2160p transfer in 2.40:1. This is another digitally shot film finished at a 2K DI which reveals noticeable if sometimes subtle upticks in detail levels. There's greater clarity in "simple" elements like facial pores now, and even in some dimly lit moments, as in the opening sequence with the shaman, close-ups featuring faces resonate with a new precision and with excellent fine detail levels. As I mentioned in our The Birth of a Nation Blu-ray review, some of the film has been graded to a kind of slate gray tone, but with the emoluments of HDR, there's a slight but noticeable rejiggering of the color space that's interesting and often quite beautiful, despite the sometimes gruesome sights being depicted. Interestingly, the slightly desaturated look I mentioned in the original review isn't marginally affected here, and the tendency for greens (as in the surrounding foliage) to be on the drab side is continued in this UHD presentation. There's incremental improvement in shadow detail across the board in this version, something that helps to reveal sometimes minute details in things like fabrics in the many nighttime or dimly lit scenes.