I loved this review in almost every regard and I certainly love this movie. However, I was surprised by the author's statement that this movie is "ripe for a re-make".
Goodness gracious, it's already BEEN "remade" 4 times, hasn't it? (None comes close to this original, of course.)
I'm...
You didn't mention this (& I realize it ran OK on the other player), but can you buy/borrow another copy of that same disc to try just in case it's a disc production defect involving something only the UB9000 "sees"?