Jonny’s Golden Quest/ Jonny Quest Vs. The Cyber Insects (Double Feature) [Blu-Ray]

Directors: Don Lusk, Paul Sommer (Golden Quest), Mario Piluso (Cyber Insects)

Cast: Don Messick, Rob Paulsen, Granville Van Dusen (VOICES)

Release Date: October 1, 2024

A Review By: Kevin Lovell

Disc Rating: 6.5/10

Synopsis:

Nearly 30 years after the landmark animated series was brought to prime-time television by Hanna-Barbera, the continued popularity of Jonny Quest led the studio to create two new feature-length adventures built around Quest presented together on this one Blu-ray™ disc. In Jonny’s Golden Quest, long-time Quest fans get to meet the women behind the adventurous men. Joining scientist Benton Quest, his plucky son Jonny, bodyguard Race Bannon and Jonny’s young friend Hadji are Benton’s biologist wife Rachel, Race’s ex-wife Jade and young 12-year-old Jessie. In Jonny Quest vs.The Cyber Insects, the evil Dr. Zin has genetically modified household pests into disturbingly large insects that he calls assassinoids, fearless and devoted warriors that will conduct his plan for world domination. Team Quest, headed by internationally respected scientist Benton Quest, is Earth’s only hope. When the good doctor becomes Zin’s captive, the stakes – and the action quotient – grow higher. Enter Jonny Quest, Dr. Quest’s bright, excitable, imaginative and heroic young son, ex-special agent Race Bannon, Jonny’s child genius friends Hadji and Jessie (Race’s daughter), their robotic pal 4-DAC and bulldog Bandit to complete the job of vermin extermination before it’s too late.

First, in ‘Jonny’s Golden Quest’ the Quest team is joined on a mission for the first time by Jonny’s mother but when the diabolical Dr. Zin takes away part of their family, it creates a rift between Jonny and his father and sends Jonny on the warpath. At the same time a young girl joins the team in the hope of finding her lost family, but the reality of the situation will shock the team when all is revealed.

Then, in ‘Jonny Quest vs. the Cyber Insects’ the Quest team must once again take on the dangerous Dr. Zin who has created an army of deadly robotic insects dubbed assassinoids which if left unchecked could threaten the world as a whole; but when Dr. Quest is taken captive it will be up to Jonny, Jessie and Hadji along with the remainder of the team to rescue him while also hopefully finding a way to stop the deadly robots before it’s too late.

‘Jonny’s Golden Quest’ is directed by Don Lusk and Paul Sommer from a screenplay written by Sean Roche and a story by Mark Young. The film’s voice cast features Will Nipper as Jonny, Don Messick as Dr. Quest, Rob Paulsen as Hadji, Anndi McAfee as Jessie, Granville Van Dusen as Race, and Jeffrey Tambor as Dr. Zin, along with more.

‘Jonny Quest vs. the Cyber Insects’ is directed by Mario Piluso from a teleplay written by David Bennett Carren and J. Larry Carroll, and a story by Piluso. This film’s voice cast includes Kevin Michaels as Jonny, Don Messick as Dr. Quest, Granville Van Dusen as Race, Rob Paulsen as Hadji, Anndi McAfee as Jesse and Jeffrey Tambor as Dr. Zin, along with a handful of others contributing their voices once again.

‘Jonny Quest’ is definitely a unique franchise, even within the world of Hanna-Barbera due to the original series running for a single season and subsequently gaining enough fans and noteworthy attention to not only warrant some follow-up shows but also these two animated features that made their debuts in the 1990’s. Both films take place in what seems to be an alternate timeline or continuity and offer extremely enjoyable outings with the Quest team consisting of Jonny, his father Dr. Quest, along with Hadji, Bandit, Race Bannon and newcomer Jessie who is initially introduced in ‘Jonny’s Golden Quest’ only to become a standard of the franchise going forward.

Each of the animated movies take things back into a slightly darker place than the sequel show that came in between the original series and these two animated features and both feature the fan-favorite villain Dr. Zin at his most diabolical and dangerous. At the same time they allow the story to explore more realistic human emotions and rifts that are to be commended, while still never failing to serve up more than enough action-packed excitement to keep fans locked in for the duration of each. Any fans of Jonny Quest who enjoyed the series (or its follow-ups) but may not have ever had the opportunity to check out these animated feature length tales will almost surely want to try and make a point of doing so at some point as they each deliver some fun, exciting and notable adventures for Jonny and his family and friends that are certainly worth giving a whirl.

Both of the animated made-for-TV films ‘Jonny’s Golden Quest’ and ‘Jonny Quest vs. the Cyber Insects’ arrive home together on Blu-ray as part of a new Jonny Quest Double Feature release courtesy of Warner Archive Collection. Both films arrive home sharing a single disc and offering extremely nice High Definition presentations paired with lossless DTS-HD MA stereo soundtracks and together make for the best video and audio quality either film has been available in. While the release may not offer any extras, diehard fans of Jonny Quest and Hanna-Barbera’s classic cartoons should still be quite thrilled by the tremendous video and audio presentations offered for both animated movies. If you’re already considering a purchase then this Double Feature Blu-ray release should not disappoint and is recommended.

VIDEO:

The Warner Archive Collection Double Feature Blu-ray release of ‘Jonny’s Golden Quest’ & ‘Jonny Quest Vs. The Cyber Insects’ features a full 1080p High Definition presentation with the original 1.33:1 aspect ratio on both films. The video presentations look pretty fantastic for both animated films and provide richly detailed and generally clean presentations that are complemented by gorgeous coloring and animation throughout. Detail is great on both, noticeable on character faces and clothing, along with the various locations and scenery on display throughout each film, in addition to almost everything else hitting the screen at one point or another down to nearly every animated line. Overall, these are each solid high definition video presentations that hold up nicely and bring the films home looking better than ever before.

AUDIO:

The Blu-ray release features a 2.0 channel DTS-HD Master Audio stereo Soundtrack for both animated movies. These stereo soundtracks hold up capably in their own right and deliver clean, crisp and nicely balanced audio presentations for both animated features. They never struggle throughout and each do a commendable job of juggling the various audio elements within including dialogue, music, action and vehicle effects, plus quite a bit more which all share the two channels without issue and keep any simultaneously occurring audio elements from ever contradicting one another or resulting in anything becoming problematic. Overall, these are very nice 2.0 DTS-HD MA stereo soundtracks that should generally have fans quite pleased.

SPECIAL FEATURES:

The Warner Archive Collection Double Feature Blu-ray release of ‘Jonny’s Golden Quest’ & ‘Jonny Quest Vs. The Cyber Insects’ does not include any bonus content.

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Disc Rating: 6.5/10

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‘Jonny’s Golden Quest’ & ‘Jonny Quest vs. The Cyber Insects’ are Now Available to Own on Double Feature Blu-ray from Warner Archive Collection

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