Red Eye 4K UHD Screenshots (Patreon)

Video

A merely so-so master comes from Paramount with this release. Red Eye skipped from DVD only to 4K so the improvement is welcome regardless. It's reasonably crisp on UHD, softened a bit, low on hardened texture, but detail can thrive when in close. Medium shots, not as much. This isn't poor so much as merely okay for this format. Grain resolves without any struggle.

Dolby Vision adds only the slightest spark to the color, hues flat and mundane. Flesh tones show minimal zest, and primaries lazily drift onto the screen. There's little to note or impressive.

Likewise, contrast features a few peaks from various light sources. Black levels hit better, thick, hefty, and pure black where possible/needed.

Audio

Active and fun, surrounds fill constantly from the plane's hum or ambient chatter. Marco Beltrami's score sweep into the rears to rush the entire soundstage. While not Atmos, DTS-HD 5.1 suffices for this contained, tight thriller.

Like with the surrounds, the score drops low to catch the subwoofer, proving the needed range. Plane engines on takeoff produce a beefy rumble, lacking the tightness from the best audio mixes. Turbulence hits hard too, followed by a rocket launcher blast that's fantastic.