You know the chief bad guy is Packard Walsh (Nick Cassavetes) because he treats
his girlfriend, Keri (Sherilyn Fenn) badly, a girl who Jake was drawn to when he was
a complete human. Meanwhile, Sheriff Loomis (Randy Quaid) is on the case trying to
get to the heart of the matter. It won't take long to work out that the obvious will happen,
with good triumphing over evil.
One good thing I can say about this film is that The Wraith gets to drive about in a
"Turbo Interceptor", rather akin to Knight Rider's K.I.T.T.
"Oh man, I hope THIS is the right place for the fancy dress party!"
The print is presented open-matte fullscreen and looks like a dull VHS transfer. Although
there's little in the way of artifacts, the print lacks focus and colours are muted.
The average bitrate is 6Mb/s, occasionally going over 8Mb/s.
There's no Dolby Digital logo, so I'm presuming it's Linear PCM Stereo, although it sounds
more like mono for all the difference it makes - and again the word "muted" could be used
when talking about substandards, with music added from the likes of Robert Palmer,
Motley Crue and Honeymoon Suite, of whom I still remember.
"KITT and I had an affair but I'll say no more about it."
Extras :
Chapters :
8 chapters. Not enough. The end.
Languages & Subtitles :
The film is in English, but with no subtitles.
And there's more... :
but it's just a Photo Gallery with a few pics, three of which are replicated
here in this review.
Menu :
It's static, but contains a piece of the music found in the film.
Anusol - as recommended by Baddiel and Skinner
Overall - a poor film, poor picture and sound with scant extras. A definite miss.
As of April 2009, Blu-rays and DVDs reviewed by the editor are watched on a Panasonic TH-37PX80B
37" Plasma TV with a Sony BDP-1500 Blu-ray player and played through a Yamaha DSP-AX820 amplifier.
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