The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension Blu-ray Movie

Rating summary

Movie		3.5
Video		4.0
Audio		4.0
Extras		4.5
Overall		4.0

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension Blu-ray Movie Review

Shout! Factory via Shout Selects previously released 'The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai' to Blu-ray in 2016 as a two-disc (one Blu-ray, one DVD) special edition. This collectible SteelBook packaging houses those same two discs. The packaging is a bit bland, honestly, particularly the back cover. Read on for more.

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality 

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The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality 

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The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras 

Shout! Factory's SteelBook release of The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai features the same discs as the studio released in 2016. Please click here for full coverage of the Blu-ray and DVD bonus features.

The SteelBook packaging is certainly minimalist. Every element is laid atop a fairly nondescript, kind of boring off-white/light gray background, and the rear cover offers little beyond that, just some light artwork across the middle (which carries over from the front side) and a small body of text at the bottom. The front side offers a little more life. The film's title is sprawled across the upper third of the package with the words "Buckaroo Banzai" offset in larger, and red, print. In the middle is a landscape sketch while the bottom features 14 characters in pastel colors. It's too bad that Shout! couldn't use the much more enjoyable artwork from the arrow release. The spine features the film's title in center, Blu-ray and DVD logos up top, and studio logos down below. Inside, both discs are staggered-stacked on the right-hand side rather than simply one on either side of the package so as to make removal easier. That does give better visual access to the inner print, which is predominately made of shades of red, and it depicts a scene from the film. And that's really about it.

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation 

If nothing else, this set is worth buying for the theme music alone. The loop on the menu is about as contagious a beat as they come. The movie is a lot of fun, too, the Blu-ray presentation is solid, but the SteelBook is kind of bland. Collectors will want to pick it up just for completion's sake, but this one takes the beauty in minimalism a little too far.