Midway is now available to bring home on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, and DVD following the digital release two weeks ago.
Midway pays tribute to fallen American heroes even as the film may also be a spiritual sequel to an earlier Pacific-set World War 2 film, Pearl Harbor.
Let’s get it out of the way right now. Roland Emmerich is certainly attracted to directing films that have a large amount of action in them. At the same time, this film does not suffer from the problems that brought down Michael Bay’s Pearl Harbor. For this, we’re grateful. We see some of the same battles being depicted in both films, mainly Pearl Harbor and Doolittle’s Raid. This is really where the comparisons end. To our advantage, screenwriter Wes Tooke’s script features more real people than the 2001 film.
The people who fought in World War 2 are the Greatest Generation. This is no lie. We’re losing more and more WW2 veterans every year. In fact, the last of the 72 men who participated in Doolittle’s Raid died last year. Without the brave service of Americans during WW2, there’s no telling what could have happened. Midway just happens to tell one story but does so in a way in which we see it through both American and Japanese eyes.
4K UHD / BLU-RAY / DIGITAL SPECIAL FEATURES
- Audio Commentary by Roland Emmerich
- “Getting It Right: The Making of Midway” Featurette
- “The Men of Midway” Featurette
- “Roland Emmerich: Man on a Mission” Featurette
- “Turning Point: The Legacy of Midway” Featurette
- “Joe Rochefort: Breaking the Japanese Code” Featurette
- “We Met at Midway: Two Survivors Remember” Featurette
- Theatrical Trailer
DIGITAL SPECIAL FEATURES
- Audio Commentary by Roland Emmerich
- “Getting It Right: The Making of Midway” Featurette
- “The Men of Midway” Featurette
- Theatrical Trailer
DIRECTOR: Roland Emmerich
SCREENWRITER: Wes Tooke
CAST: Ed Skrein, Patrick Wilson, Luke Evans, Aaron Eckhart, Nick Jonas, Etsushi Toyokawa, Tadanobu Asano, Luke Kleintank, Jun Kunimura, Darren Criss, Keean Johnson, Alexander Ludwig, with Mandy Moore, Dennis Quaid, and Woody Harrelson
