Shout! Factory released the Blu-ray of Eddie and the Cruisers (1983) / Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives! (1989) on April 14, 2015. Both films did bad in the theaters, but became cult classics thanks for cable channels such as HBO constantly playing them in the mid 1980s and early 1990s. The films are on a single 50GB disc and have an aspect ratio of 1.85:1. The first film runs 94 minutes and the second runs 105 minutes.
Audio:
Both films have DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 (That’s Stereo for those unsure). I’ve heard some people complain that a new 5.1 mix should have been created, but I and many other purists prefer the original mixed audio, in this case 2.0. Both films sound quite good with the DTS-HD audio, even if it only is Stereo.
Video:
The MPEG-4 AVC (aka H.264) codec is used, which is pretty much the standard these days. The print of the first film looks quite good. No noticeable artifacts other than the typical grain that you see on all films. The second film however does have a few noticeable scratches here and there in the film (mostly in the first few minutes). The film print for Eddie II does get better after a few minutes, it seems only minor damage happened to the negative. I’m sure the studios did all they could, and the scratches were unavoidable. Overall, both films look great in 1080p HD.
The audio for both films gets a 4 out of 5. The video for the first film gets a 4 and 3.5 for the second film due to minor scratches in the print.
This is a Region A Blu-ray Disc, distributed by Shout! Factory.
Side Note: Please don't get me wrong when I mention that they did bad in the theater, I really love these films. Since they arrived on the 14th, I've been watching them nearly every day. Just goes to show, just because a film loses money at the box-office, doesn't mean it's a bad film. The main reason these films have been released on Blu-ray at all, is thanks to the huge cult following. I own an extensive library of Blu-ray titles, and these are by far my favorite!
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