Sony’s new release of The Raid: Redemption has received glowing reviews so far. Blu-ray.com review the disc, and gave it a 4.5 for picture quality.

They write:

The Raid: Redemption is presented in 4K with an HVEC-encoded remastered transfer that features a completely new color grade created under director Gareth Evans’s supervision. This new edition of the film comes courtesy of XYZ Films and Merantau Films. First things first, the new color grading is dramatic, representing a substantial shift in the tone and appearance of the image. Black levels are much, much deeper and shadow delineation is more punishing to background detail. However, the benefits far outweigh any complaint that could be levied against the presentation. Colors are far warmer, more robust and vibrant, with hotly saturated skin tones puncturing the darkness and lending cinematic flair to the image; an image that was obnoxiously brightened, horribly desaturated, and overly flat and two-dimensional in its previous Blu-ray release. Here the hallways stretch into the background convincingly, with foreground elements that pop and fine textures that are exacting and precise. Grain is also present and refined throughout, granting the photography a filmic aesthetic that’s appreciated. Again, it’s a dark shift into some even darker color grading. Very dark. But to my eye it’s far more pleasing and much more in keeping with the tone and tenor of what’s happening on screen. It’s also important to note this is still a low budget film that no amount of remastering could transform into a polished modern actioner. There is some softness, crush and other issues inherent to the source. But none that appeared to me to be tied to the encoding efforts. This is by all measures The Raid Gareth Evans wants you to see

The disc comes loaded with extras as well:

4K ULTRA HD DISC

• Unrated version of the feature presented in 4K resolution with Dolby Vision, approved by director Gareth Evans
• Indonesia/Bahasa Atmos + Indonesia/Bahasa & English 5.1 audio

BLU-RAY DISC™

• Unrated version of the feature presented in high definition
• 5.1 Indonesian and English audio
• Special Features:
  • Commentary with Gareth Evans
  • Behind-the-Scenes Video Blogs
  • Inside the Score
  • In Conversation with Gareth Evans and Mike Shinoda
  • An Evening with Gareth Evans, Mike Shinoda and Joe Trapanese
  • Behind the Music with Mike Shinoda and Joe Trapanese
  • Anatomy of a Scene with Gareth Evans
  • Claycat’s The Raid
  • The Raid TV Show Ad (circa 1994)
  • Theatrical Trailer

Read their review here

You can purchase the 4K Steelbook on Amazon here: https://amzn.to/3wLVGNM