Neil Jordan's "The Crying Game" was previously available on laserdisc in two versions, letterbox or P&S.  Now, both versions are available on one DVD.   While the P&S version appears to have the same decent transfer, nice fleshtones and grain due to the blowup of  images, the letterboxed version is definitely superior.  The letterboxed side of this DVD has excellent definition in every scene.   Also, darker moments have great contrast as well.  The Dolby surroundtrack is slightly less dynamic than the laserdisc, probably due to analog compression.

Director Robert Kurtzman's audio commentary is actually more entertaining than the film, "Wishmaster."  It's not that the film is horrible, it's just that we've seen everything before.  The best moments are no more dynamic than a good B-movie, it's just that here the budget is bigger.  Why then does that thing that's supposed to terrify us the most, the "Djinn", look so laughable?  The transfer looks fine for the most part.  Fleshtones are perfect,  good definition, but the contrast varies in quality during darker scenes.  The Dolby Digital 5.1 is excellent with non-stop surround effects.  A documentary is included along with other extras.

A letterboxed version of "An American Werewolf in London" was just made available a year ago, but this new DVD is superior in almost every way imaginable.   First of all, the colors are outstanding.  As good as the previous laserdisc looked, colors still tended to become a little dull in some of the night sequences.   The DVD has superb color quality, definition, and contrast throughout the film.   Even more exciting, it's in Dolby Digital 5.1.  The enhanced soundtrack really makes the best of the excellent song selections, "Bad Moon Rising", etc.   The surround effects also add significantly to the overall horror of certain scenes, such as the nightmare within a nightmare scene, in which Nazi werewolves rampage a home.