The Corner Penthouse

Warner Brothers recently released the Seven (1995) 4K UHD. Let's take a look at it...

[ SYNOPSIS ]

Two cops, Somerset (Morgan Freeman) and Mills (Brad Pitt), track a brilliant and elusive killer, John Doe (Kevin Spacey), who orchestrates a string of horrific murders, each kill targeting a practitioner of one of the Seven Deadly Sins. Mills' wife Tracy (Gwyneth Paltrow) is the light in the dour, drizzly city sick with pain and blight.

[ SPECIFICATIONS ]

The movie is presented in a 2.39:1 aspect ratio with a runtime of 2:06:54. Director David Fincher used the restored as an opportunity to make numeroud alterations to the film, as noted here. The movie has been rated R for grisly afterviews of horrific and bizarre killings, and for strong language. Audio languages include English, English Descriptive, French, German, Spanish, Czech, and Japanese. Subtitles languages include English SDH, French, German SDH, Japanese, Spanish, Czech, Danish, Finnish, Korean, Mandarin (Traditional), Norwegian, and Swedish.

[ SPECIAL FEATURES ]

All of the content listed below can be found on the 4K UHD disc.

• Audio Commentary: The Stars - with David Fincher, Brad Pitt, and Morgan Freeman.
• Audio Commentary: The Story - with Richard Dyer, Andrew Kevin Walker, Richard Francis-Bruce, Michael de Luca, and David Fincher.
• Audio Commentary: The Picture - with Darius Khondji, Arthur Max, Richard Francis-Bruce, and David Fincher.
• Audio Commentary: The Sound - with Ren Klyce, Howard Shore, and David Fincher.
• Deleted Scenes (10:11) - includes six scenes, with optional commentary. The scenes are "Car Ride in from Gluttony", "My Future", "Raid on Victor's", "Spare Some Change?", "Tracy Wakes from Light Sleep", and "Pride".
• Original Test Ending (5:28) - with optional commentary by David Fincher.
• Un-shot Ending Storyboards (7:28) - with optional commentary by David Fincher.
• Production Design (8:56) - with commentary by the photographers
• John Doe's Photographs (14:26) - A still photo slideshow with commentary by photographer Melodie McDaniel.
• Victor's Decomposition (2:28) - A still photo slideshow with commentary by David Fincher.
• Police Crime Scene Photographs (5:38) - A still photo slideshow with with commentary by photographer Peter Sorel.
• Production Photographs (10:47) - A still photo slideshow with with commentary by photographer Peter Sorel.
• The Notebooks (8:17) - A still photo slideshow with commentary with commentary by the designers.
• Theatrical EPK (6:40)
• Mastering for Home Theater (23:18) - A dated featurette from the DVD or Blu-ray era.
• Exploration of the Opening Title Sequence (8:34) - Three segments - "Early Storyboards", "Rough Version", and "Final Edit" - with optional commentaries by Kyle Cooper, and Brant Biles and Robert Margouleff.

[ ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ]

A digital copy code voucher is included inside one of the worst cases I have seen in recent memory. The case is a fold-out paperboard "Digipack" with the disc stored in a slot inside the edge of the fold-out "page" (good luck getting it out without putting fingerprints on it); the Digipack slips inside a side-loading slipbox.


This type of packaging is a relic of the DVD era from 20 years ago. Heck, the original New Line Platinum Series DVD release of the film came in packaging that looks like this (though the disc was stored better). It's 2025 now. Haven't we moved past crappy packaging like this? This should be in a standard plastic case, especially given the price.


The only positive I can say about the packaging is that all of the photography is nice. It could have been included as part of a fold-out booklet stored inside a plastic case, of course.

[ NOTES ]

Seven (aka Se7en) (1995) is available on 4K UHD, Blu-ray, and 2-Disc Platinum Series DVD. Were it not for the crappy packaging, I would highly recommend the 4K UHD release. I enjoyed the first (this was actually my first time seeing it), though I felt a bit underwhelmed with it. I think the film's status hyped it up a bit too much.

Do note that the Blu-ray include three featurettes that are not on the 4K disc, likely because they're no longer relevant: "Audio Mastering" with commentary by Brant Biles and Robert Margouleff, "Video Mastering" with commentary by Stephen Nakamura and Evan Edelist, and "Color Correction" with commentary by Stephen Nakamura. The 4K disc also doesn't include a Telecine Gallery and the film's theatrical trailer.

This item has been provided by Warner Brothers for review on this site.