Child Assassins 2
What’s it? One other motion/slacker banger from Japan!
Why see it? Child Assassins stays considered one of 2021’s motion highlights regardless of being mild on the motion — there’s just a few fights, however they rock — and two years later we’ve gotten a sequel that delivers the identical pairing of enjoyable, slacker comedy and slick, fast motion. Akari Takaishi and Saori Izawa are dynamite as two younger ladies who occur to be skilled killers bored by life between jobs. They’re very humorous, and the laughs lead into some stellar motion beats involving each gun play and Izawa’s improbable martial arts expertise. Motion choreographer Kensuke Sonomura returns too making certain the fights are simply beautiful. My full overview is right here, and naturally the film made the lower for 2023’s Greatest Motion. The disc is freed from extras, however the movie is well worth the pickup all by itself.
[Extras: None]
The Greatest
4 Daughters
What’s it? An intriguing take a look at artifice instead of grief and understanding.
Why see it? Documentaries use fact — subjective truths at instances to make certain, however nonetheless the reality — to inform their tales, however typically inventive nonfiction turns into the higher, extra correct moniker. This doc appears at a household in Tunisia, particularly a girl and mom of 4 daughters who’s pressured to reckon with the disappearance of her two older kids. The movie employs actors to play these lacking ladies after which has the actual household work together with them to recreate their instances collectively. It’s an attention-grabbing and cathartic effort that also feels at instances oddly creepy, and it’s in contrast to something we’ve seen earlier than.
[Extras: Interview]
The Relaxation
Crimson 2-Movie Assortment [4K UHD]
What’s it? Outdated individuals kicking ass.
Why see it? The premise behind these two movies is fairly strong with its previous brokers being put out to pasture by way of assassination, and the forged is a enjoyable one too. Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich, Ernest Borgnine, Brian Cox, James Remar, Mary-Louise Parker, Helen Mirren, Richard Dreyfuss, Anthony Hopkins, Lee Byung-hun, Catherine Zeta-Jones, David Thewlis, and extra acquainted faces carry smiles because the movies ship delicate laughs and delicate motion. Each have been launched in 4K earlier than, however this Walmart unique is in steelbook type.
[Extras: Commentary, deleted scenes, featurettes, gag reel]
Additionally out this week:
All Girls Do It [4K UHD], La Haine [4K UHD, Criterion], Handgun [Fun City Editions], Main League [4K UHD], Pores and skin Deep
