Sounds good! I'll try that shortly. In the mean time, I'll post the mediainfo for the three movies just to see if anything stands out that might also be responsible.
Freaked:
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 2
File size : 3.27 GiB
Duration : 1 h 19 min
Overall bit rate : 5 887 kb/s
Frame rate : 24.000 FPS
Encoded date : 2013-08-01 00:02:34 UTC
Writing application : mkvmerge v4.9.1 ('Ich will') built on Jul 17 2011 09:47:39
Writing library : libebml v1.2.1 + libmatroska v1.1.1
Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : [email protected]
Format settings : CABAC / 5 Ref Frames
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, Reference frames : 5 frames
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 1 h 19 min
Bit rate : 5 247 kb/s
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 688 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 1.85:1
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 24.000 FPS
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.248
Stream size : 2.85 GiB (87%)
Writing library : x264 core 135 r2345 f0c1c53
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=5 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x133 / me=umh / subme=7 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=0 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=12 / lookahead_threads=2 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=23 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=50 / rc=2pass / mbtree=1 / bitrate=5247 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Audio
ID : 2
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Commercial name : Dolby Digital
Codec ID : A_AC3
Duration : 1 h 19 min
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 640 kb/s
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel layout : L R C LFE Ls Rs
Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate : 31.250 FPS (1536 SPF)
Compression mode : Lossy
Delay relative to video : 27 ms
Stream size : 365 MiB (11%)
Language : English
Service kind : Complete Main
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Dialog Normalization : -31 dB
cmixlev : -3.0 dB
surmixlev : -3 dB
dialnorm_Average : -31 dB
dialnorm_Minimum : -31 dB
dialnorm_Maximum : -31 dB
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Tokyo Drift:
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 4
File size : 11.7 GiB
Duration : 1 h 44 min
Overall bit rate : 16.2 Mb/s
Frame rate : 23.976 FPS
Encoded date : 2021-01-22 17:15:16 UTC
Writing application : mkvmerge v52.0.0 ('Secret For The Mad') 64-bit
Writing library : libebml v1.4.1 + libmatroska v1.6.2
Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : [email protected]
Format settings : CABAC / 5 Ref Frames
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, Reference frames : 5 frames
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 1 h 44 min
Bit rate : 14.4 Mb/s
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 804 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 2.39:1
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.390
Stream size : 10.5 GiB (89%)
Writing library : x264 core 161 r3033 ~ LoRD
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=5 / deblock=1:-3:-3 / analyse=0x3:0x133 / me=umh / subme=10 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=24 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=2 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=0 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=12 / lookahead_threads=2 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=0 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=8 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=23 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=60 / rc=crf / mbtree=0 / crf=16.5 / qcomp=0.66 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / vbv_maxrate=62500 / vbv_bufsize=78125 / crf_max=0.0 / nal_hrd=none / filler=0 / ip_ratio=1.20 / pb_ratio=1.20 / aq=3:0.90
Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Color range : Limited
Color primaries : BT.709
Transfer characteristics : BT.709
Matrix coefficients : BT.709
Audio #1
ID : 2
Format : E-AC-3
Format/Info : Enhanced AC-3
Commercial name : Dolby Digital Plus
Format profile : Blu-ray Disc
Codec ID : A_EAC3
Duration : 1 h 44 min
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 1 536 kb/s
Channel(s) : 8 channels
Channel layout : L R C LFE Ls Rs Lb Rb
Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate : 31.250 FPS (1536 SPF)
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 1.12 GiB (10%)
Title : DD+Plus
Language : English
Service kind : Complete Main
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Dialog Normalization : -31 dB
compr : -0.28 dB
cmixlev : -3.0 dB
surmixlev : -3 dB
mixlevel : 285 dB
roomtyp : 3
ltrtcmixlev : -3.0 dB
ltrtsurmixlev : -3.0 dB
lorocmixlev : -3.0 dB
lorosurmixlev : -3.0 dB
dialnorm_Average : -31 dB
dialnorm_Minimum : -31 dB
dialnorm_Maximum : -31 dB
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Aristocrats:
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 4
File size : 6.34 GiB
Duration : 1 h 28 min
Overall bit rate : 10.3 Mb/s
Frame rate : 23.976 FPS
Encoded date : 2020-08-02 03:03:20 UTC
Writing application : mkvmerge v41.0.0 ('Smarra') 64-bit
Writing library : libebml v1.3.9 + libmatroska v1.5.2
Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4
Format settings : CABAC / 4 Ref Frames
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, Reference frames : 4 frames
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 1 h 28 min
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 10 000 kb/s
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.201
Stream size : 5.94 GiB (94%)
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Color range : Limited
Color primaries : BT.709
Transfer characteristics : BT.709
Matrix coefficients : BT.709
Audio
ID : 2
Format : E-AC-3
Format/Info : Enhanced AC-3
Commercial name : Dolby Digital Plus
Codec ID : A_EAC3
Duration : 1 h 28 min
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 640 kb/s
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel layout : L R C LFE Ls Rs
Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate : 31.250 FPS (1536 SPF)
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 404 MiB (6%)
Language : English
Service kind : Complete Main
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Dialog Normalization : -31 dB
compr : -0.28 dB
dialnorm_Average : -31 dB
dialnorm_Minimum : -31 dB
dialnorm_Maximum : -31 dB
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It looks like they all have pretty similar formats, though the two with issues have close to double and triple the bitrates. Seems like wifi issues are quite likely.