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The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982), directed by Albert Pyun, Shout! Factory 4k remaster, encoded in 10 bit HEVC with AAC sound, including 5.1 remaster, original theatrical stereo, two commentary tracks, and English subtitles.
IMDb : https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084749/
Video encoded in two-pass 12.5 Mbps x265 10bit with the veryslow preset for archive quality image. Audio encoded separately with Apple AAC for the highest-quality AAC sound available. Subtitles converted to VobSub and repositioned.
Note : I guess it was inevitable we'd get around to Albert Pyun's oeuvre sooner or later, and this is his first and by many accounts best, a Conan knock-off which had a lukewarm reception at the box office, but has earned something of a cult following. There are certainly a lot of inventive weirdness here, from a wall of suffering faces to the famously awkward-looking three-bladed spring-loaded sword, a lot of tits, and a surfeit of early-80s lens glare, which makes it hard to see the previously mentioned things. Still, worth watching, Lee Horsley, Kathleen Beller, Richard Lynch, and Richard Moll are clearly having fun, and it's all pretty entertaining.
King Titus Cromwell and his assistants land on the cheerily named "Tomb Island" and proceed to resurrect infamous sorcerer Xusia, who then helps Cromwell to defeat his rival King Richard. Cromwell betrays and stabs Xusia on the eve of the final battle against Richard, who just has time to give his son Talon the dumbest sword ever before being killed. Many years later, Talon wants his revenge, and teams up with Mikah, the son of Richard's closest advisor, but Xusia is also still alive and has designs of his own.
This is a decent enough 4k remaster, although the source material is soft and full of glare, so it's a bit limited how much detail we can get. Color and contrast is nice, though. 5.1 sounds good, as does the original stereo track, and the two commentary tracks are interesting, giving us a chance to compare and contrast young and old Albert Pyun.
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General : Matroska / 9.57 GiB / 1 h 39 min / 13.8 Mb/s
Video : HEVC / Main10@L4@Main / 12.5 Mb/s / 1 920 x 1 036 pixels / 1.85:1 / 24.000 FPS / *Default
Writing library : x265 3.5+1-f0c1022b6:[Linux][GCC 12.1.0][64 bit] 10bit
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Audio #1 : AAC LC / 694 kb/s / 6 channels / 5.1 remaster / English / *Default
Audio #2 : AAC LC / 265 kb/s / 2 channels / Original theatrical stereo / English
Audio #3 : AAC LC / 126 kb/s / 2 channels / Commentary by director Albert Pyun & writer John Charles / English
Audio #4 : AAC LC / 164 kb/s / 2 channels / Commentary by director Albert Pyun & critic Chris Gore / English
Text #1 : VobSub / 5 885 b/s / English SDH
Chapters :
00:00:00.000 : Program Start/Main Titles
00:03:15.625 : Ritual Of Resurrection
00:08:51.667 : Black Betrayal
00:11:09.958 : The Fall Of Ehdan
00:14:48.833 : Sword Of Power
00:17:18.333 : Lair Of The Necromancer
00:21:43.458 : Plots Within Plots
00:24:51.417 : Princess Alana
00:30:33.333 : Sword For Hire
00:35:27.208 : Fiery Rescue
00:38:53.333 : Seduction and Defiance
00:41:53.208 : Chamber Of Torment
00:45:03.792 : Fangs Of The Sewer Rats
00:49:00.750 : Escape From The Dungeon
00:53:28.958 : Haram Scarum
00:56:14.167 : Duel With Cromwell
01:00:32.667 : Rogues Alliance
01:04:10.625 : Blade Of The Torturer
01:09:13.542 : Crucifixion
01:13:37.625 : Pirate's Revenge
01:15:33.833 : A Call To Arms
01:21:24.042 : Talon Triumphant
01:23:09.083 : The Demon Revealed
01:27:13.708 : The Sword And The Sorcerer
01:28:32.750 : Clash Of Steel
01:32:35.250 : Long Live The King
01:35:27.000 : End Credits
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Encoded from The.Sword.and.the.Sorcerer.1982.BluRay.1080p.FLAC.2.0.AVC.REMUX-FraMeSToR.mkv [40.5 Mb/s]
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