The Fifth Element in 4K has dropped to $13.47 on Amazon US. Meaning you can get it delivered for £15.71 postage included which I think is a steal!
I've been keeping an eye on it as its one of my favourites but for some reason they have not released the 4K version in the UK yet. When they do eventually get round to doing so it will be a long while before it gets to a price like this. It is not subject to import tax because its under the thereshold. The 4K copy will be region free as will the Blu Ray [if they are using the old blu ray discs]. The Digital UV copy can only be redeemed in the US but there are ways around that if you have a quick google.
EDIT: See below. Looks like Blu Ray is region locked so will only play on Region 1 players.
Latest comments (21)
elvis1234
26 Sep 17#21
This movie is excellent in 4K. The benchmark for back cat titles imo
AndyRoyd
26 Sep 17#13
Threshold for import fees (VAT, plus courier's handling fee) is £15 inc shipping so not clear how a £15.71 item sidesteps the obligation, unless pre-paid?
cheapskate25 to AndyRoyd
26 Sep 17#19
The £15 import limit is for item only, VAT for shipping costs only come into play when your item is over. October's limit is $20.35, so this is well under. If an item is on or around the limit, Amazon's pre-paid fees kicks in.
AndyRoyd to cheapskate25
26 Sep 17#20
Informative post, thanks.
Disco.Dave
26 Sep 17#18
4k discs are not region locked
ScroopEgerton
26 Sep 17#17
You get a lot in this bundle.
Multipass!
nictry
26 Sep 17#16
$19.96 now all done
RichardBRiddick
25 Sep 17#7
Think your all mad.. film is ok at best.. Almost £16 for 20 year old movie... Arctic cold...
steveex to RichardBRiddick
25 Sep 17#9
Now, don't get me wrong, I'm all for conversation, but maybe you could just shut up for a moment?
RichardBRiddick to steveex
26 Sep 17#15
That's not very nice is it steveex.. just been reading your previous discussions and honestly I don't know how u dare after the tripe you ramble on about... :wink:
thekanester to RichardBRiddick
26 Sep 17#12
You need to take your welding goggles off and watch again, Riddick. It's a classic.
(As at least 2/3rds of the Riddick movies are.)
reaper200
26 Sep 17#14
Amazon always charge import fees when they think its payable. It's why I didn't buy it when it was a higher price as Amazon automatically added on £10 in import fees at checkout. So yea, fees are usually prepaid with amazon. It looks like in this case they don't think there is any that needs paying.
tempting. The thing that holds me back is (potential) region locked Bluray and region locked UV. Couldn't care less about either myself as I only buy for the 4K discs but I normally eBay the standard bluray and uv codes to bring the cost of buying 4K films down a bit but will be very hard to when they are wrong region.
Still used to love this film back in the day....
SaleChaser to ST3123
25 Sep 17#6
The region locking is what holds me back as well otherwise I would have bought. Great film with a great transfer to 4K.
This 4K disc will be region free but the regular blu-ray disc that is included is region locked as it's the mastered in 4K disc that got released a while back.
Opening post
I've been keeping an eye on it as its one of my favourites but for some reason they have not released the 4K version in the UK yet. When they do eventually get round to doing so it will be a long while before it gets to a price like this. It is not subject to import tax because its under the thereshold. The 4K copy will be region free as will the Blu Ray [if they are using the old blu ray discs]. The Digital UV copy can only be redeemed in the US but there are ways around that if you have a quick google.
EDIT: See below. Looks like Blu Ray is region locked so will only play on Region 1 players.
Latest comments (21)
Multipass!
(As at least 2/3rds of the Riddick movies are.)
Still used to love this film back in the day....
Source is here: blu-ray.com/mov…26/and here: ultrahd.highdefdigest.com/470…tml