Underrated ’90s Cyberpunk Movie Virtuosity Is Getting A 4K Blu-Ray Release

Virtual reality was all the rage in films from the ’90s, and at long last, one of the wildest dives into that cyberpunk genre is about to be released on 4K Blu-ray. Virtuosity, the 1995 film starring Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe, is getting a new ultra-high-definition release and it’s now available to preorder for $50 ahead of its release on February 25.

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This version of Virtuosity is a brand-new remaster scanned from the original 35mm film negatives and restored in 4K. The new release also comes with plenty of special features, including commentary tracks from the cast and crew behind the movie, as well as several documentaries detailing how the film was made. Here’s the full list of what you can expect from this release:

• 4K UHD version of Virtuosity presented in Dolby Vision High-Dynamic-Range
• Commentary track with Virtuosity director Brett Leonard and Cinematic Void’s Jim Branscome
• Commentary track with writer and film historian Walter Chaw
• Democratizing Virtual Reality interview with director Brett Leonard on the making of Virtuosity
• Ahead of its Time interview with producer Gary Lucchesi on the development and legacy of Virtuosity
• A Virtual Reunion featurette with Brett Leonard, Kelly Durkin, and Georg Berger
• God Complex interview with author Eric Bernt on writing Virtuosity
• Character First featurette on assembling the cast of Virtuosity,
• Image gallery
• Reversible sleeve artwork

Set in the far future, Virtuosity follows Parker Barnes (Washington), a former cop imprisoned for murder who volunteers to take part in tests for a high-tech training simulator, where he regularly spars against SID 6.7 (Crowe), a cybernetic collective being comprised of 183 of the most dangerous killers in human history in virtual reality scenarios. SID eventually escapes from his VR prison and takes over an android body, and Barnes is recruited to track him down. Virtuosity was sadly a critical and commercial flop when it was first released, but in the decades since then, the film has developed a cult following, and this new 4K Blu-ray release looks to be a great way to experience it.

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