6.8 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 3.5 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
The friendship of a group of young friends struggling with teen sex, drugs, and work is jeopardized by a romantic interest which may turn pals into bitter rivals. Originally intended to be the first in a series of "Last American..." movies (based on the popular Israeli "Lemon Popsicle" series which began with Lemon Popsicle).
Starring: Steve Antin, Lawrence Monoson, Diane Franklin, Louisa Moritz, Brian Peck (I)Teen | 100% |
Drama | Insignificant |
Comedy | Insignificant |
Romance | Insignificant |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1
English: LPCM 2.0
English SDH
Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Slipcover in original pressing
Region A (C untested)
Movie | 3.5 | |
Video | 3.5 | |
Audio | 4.0 | |
Extras | 4.0 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
The vagaries of licensing of films to various labels and the attendant accoutrements like on disc extras can be a kind of fun rabbit hole to go down, and in that regard this disc may offer "the best of both worlds" for Region A fans, since it offers basically the same technical merits as Olive's release of The Last American Virgin did, while also including the rather appealing supplements that Arrow's Region B The Last American Virgin did.
The Last American Virgin is presented on Blu-ray courtesy of the MVD Rewind Collection, an imprint of MVD Visual, with an AVC encoded 1080p transfer in 1.85:1. To cut to the chase, this is frankly pretty much interchangeable with both the Olive and Arrow releases in terms of overall picture quality. There may be moments here where grain is slightly better resolved than on the Olive release (I never had the Arrow release), but if so, it's virtually negligible. The palette is (again) identical, and even the same minor blemishes that cropped up in the Olive release can be spotted here. More detailed comments are available in both my previous review of the Olive release and Svet's revew of the Arrow release.
As with the video side of things, my ears could not differentiate between this disc's LPCM 2.0 audio and the DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 track on the Olive Films Blu-ray. The Last American Virgin's soundtrack is one of its chief assets, and all of the great source cues utilized sound full bodied and energetic. Dialogue is rendered cleanly and clearly throughout. Optional English subtitles are available.
A primary deficit of the Olive Films release of this film on Blu-ray several years ago was the absence of the excellent supplements that had been included on the Arrow Video release of the film for Region B. That situation is handily rectified here, and Svet's review has some more information on the ported over supplements, as mentioned above:
As some of the supplements included on this disc get into, there are some huge tonal variances at play in the story, ones which range from raunchy sexcapades to more serious issues like abortion, and as such, this may be a case of not judging a book by its cover, so to speak. Technical merits basically reproduce the Olive and Arrow Blu-rays, while this release includes the fun supplements that Arrow offered for Region B. Recommended.
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