Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow Steelbook 4K Ultra HD
4.5 | 1,694 ratings
Price: 44.98
Last update: 02-04-2026
Product details
- MPAA rating : PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
- Product Dimensions : 1 x 0.65 x 0.65 inches; 7.04 ounces
- Director : Kerry Conran
- Media Format : 4K, Subtitled
- Run time : 1 hour and 47 minutes
- Release date : April 21, 2026
- Actors : Angelina Jolie, Giovanni Ribisi, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Michael Gambon
- Producers : Jon Avnet, Jude Law, Marsha Oglesby, Sadie Frost
- Language : English (DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0), English (DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1)
- Studio : SHOUT! FACTORY
- ASIN : B0GJFYYT9S
- Number of discs : 2
- Best Sellers Rank:#316 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
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- Customer Reviews:4.54.5 out of 5 stars(1,694)
Top reviews from the United States
- SciFi-Kaiju-GuyThe closest we'll probably ever get to seeing a homemade fanfilm on the big screen.BOTTOM LINE: Basically the equivalent of some guy's homemade movie getting a Hollywood polish and nationwide theatrical release. A passion project whose creator deserved an Oscar just for sheer determination & perseverance. LOL. The story may not be wholly original, as it owes TONS to those old school serial films of the 40's & '50's and the pulp fiction mags of the same time period, but SKY CAPTAIN sure has tons of honest-to-goodness heart. The wild visuals and unique feel make this one a keeper. The film looks even better on this hi-def Blu-ray release. Plenty of bonus content for fans and movie-philes just cinches the deal. 5 STARS
THOUGHTS: A massive love letter to those action-packed 12 & 15 chapter movie serials from the Golden Age of Hollywood, SKY CAPTAIN AND THE WORLD OF TOMORROW is like every 10 year old boy's innermost daydreams come to eye-popping life. It has rockets, rayguns, submarines, airplanes, giant robots, dinosaurs, lost worlds, crazed scientists, androids, macho leading guys & gorgeous gals, and plenty of two-fisted globe-trotting action to keep things from ever getting too boring. Sure this film isn't perfect, but it isn't trying to be. Too many naysayers here are just nitpicking and wrongly judging it against zillion-dollar by-the-numbers Hollywood product, and that honestly isn't fair. This film is basically what amounts to one guy's 6 minute homemade movie turned into a legitimate Hollywood blockbuster. Critiques need to be quantified with that narrow set of parameters firmly in mind.
Director/writer/effects overseer, et.,al Kerry Cochran may never make another movie, but the one he did give us is so much fun, with more than enough heart and an endless sense of wild-eyed adventure, that I will just be forever glad that he was able to get SKY CAPTAIN ever made at all. Frankly, it's nothing short of amazing that this motion picture even exists. When you consider that this movie was also so ground-breakingly experiential in its use of green screen and entire worlds created wholecloth using a computer, its doubly, triply impressive. I get that it could be better, but taking it for exactly what it is, coupled with the amazing story of its unlikely genesis, I am, frankly, in awe every single time I watch it. This is CAPTAIN CELLULOID AND THE FILM PIRATES (look it up) gone one step further, to being embraced by Hollywood and given a real budget, legit actors & top notch F/X techs and a nationwide release. Watch it with the right frame of mind and you'll enjoy the heck out of it. Snarky self-important elitists need not bother.
THE BLU-RAY: The hi-def release of SKY CAPTAIN gives the film its best possible presentation. It simply looks wonderful. There are no video nasties (edge enhancement, artifacting, pixelation, crush, DNR, etc.) to spoil the viewing experience. The picture & sound are clean and crystal clear. There are several in-depth supplements that add to the fun. When you watch the making of segments you can truly begin to appreciate just what an amazing journey Kerry Cochran went on just to see his vision through to the end. Like a kid given access to the world's biggest toybox, he embraced the challenges, many of which he couldn't have ever possibly anticipated, battling a lot of demons to finally complete the film. The story of its creation is pretty amazing. As a life-long film fan, low budget aficionado and all-around champion of the underdog, I might be giving Kerry Cochran too much of a free ride, but it’s just so cool what he achieved. I whole-heartedly recommend SKY CAPTAIN. If you have young kids, be sure to share it with them. Seeing through their eyes, you can begin to truly appreciate the fantastical wide-eyed wonders of Cochran's incredible WORLD OF TOMORROW. - Adam DrozdzSteampunk version of Noah’s Ark set in a Post WW1 Era !!!If you like Steampunk and retro-sci-fi this will be a great movie for you.
Set in 1918 just past World War 1 it’s basically a movie about a pilot and a reporter that stumble onto scientist that worked on a secret project with a scientist with a Noah’s Ark complex but set in modern times with the ark being a rocket because in the scientist’s mind after seeing the horrors of World War 1 humanity was on a very self destructive path and he has to get all the animals off the planet because he feels a divine responsibility to save God’s creation. All the robots in the film are gathering 2 species of every animal to put on the space ark.
The movie is part action and part mystery as the reporter and pilot try to decipher clues to locate the island where the scientist is finishing up his modern ark and preparing it for launch.
Don’t know why it didn’t do well in the box office, but it really is a great movie. Very action and character driven. - Amazon CustomerWorth watchingGreat movie, very entertaining
- lighten_up_alreadyBetter than the last three Star Wars movies I've seen.This film got mixed reviews upon release back in '04 and I finally got around to seeing it last night when I plopped it in my DVD player and played it through the little flatscreen unit next to my treadmill.
I had no expectations at all so I was pleasantly surprised at how enjoyable this movie was. I expected something like a 1930's Flash Gordon type cliff hanger, and it was very much like that.
The visuals are beautiful; the story moves briskly along but the plot is sufficiently developed given the kind of movie it is. I loved the gadgets! The music was completely appropriate and enjoyable and fit the retro cliff hanger atmosphere. I could tell a lot of work went into this movie.
And, guess what? The actors could actually act! I didn't think they acted quite as well as they could have, but it must have been difficult since probably much of their acting was done in front of a blue screen. They must have had to imagine what many of the scenes were going to end up looking like. So, I deducted one star due to the fact that we had accomplished actors very obviously (to me anyway) not doing their best work. They seemed way to relaxed way too much of the time considering the danger they were surrounded by for much of the story.
So, it's a fun film, and a great way to walk away 400 calories.
Postscript: Bonus features are neat! There is a multi-part documentary on the making of the movie which is an interesting and inspiring story in and of itself.