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‘Ready or Not’ dark take on 1 percenters

Satirical tale pits young woman against new in-laws

By Katie Foran-McHale, Tribune News Service
Published: December 6, 2019, 6:03am

One of the year’s darker takes on the United States’ richest 1 percent tops this week’s new DVD releases.

• “Ready or Not”: From “Parasite” and “Hustlers” to “Knives Out” and “Ready or Not” (among others), it’s been a big year for movies tackling income inequality and class warfare. “Ready or Not” takes the demented comedic approach as Grace (Samara Weaving) marries Alex (Mark O’Brien), a man who has been estranged from his extremely wealthy, board game-selling family. As part of a family ritual, the couple’s wedding night turns into a weapons-filled hunt fueled by the idea that a human sacrifice (aka Grace) will help the family maintain their riches. “The rich are different,” says one character, in case you didn’t know.

Also on DVD

• “The Goldfinch”: A man (Ansel Elgort) holds on to a painting of a chained bird after his mother (Nicole Kidman) is killed in a bombing at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. Based on the best-selling novel by Donna Tartt.

• “Killerman”: Money launderer Joe Diamond (Liam Hemsworth) wakes up after a drug deal gone bad and ensuing car crash with no memory, a mysterious cash stash and a slew of dirty cops looking for him.

• “City on a Hill: Season One”: The Showtime series stars Kevin Bacon as a district attorney fighting corruption and criminals in 1990s Boston.

• “Game of Thrones: S8”: The controversial final season of the smash hit HBO fantasy series in which the winner of the throne is revealed at last.

• “How to Train Your Dragon Homecoming”: Hiccup celebrates dragons at a holiday festival in this animated special based on the “How to Train Your Dragon” film trilogy.

• “Semper Fi”: A cop who serves as a Marine Corps Reserve sergeant (Jai Courtney) plans to break his half brother out of prison.

• “The Simpsons Season 19”: The longest-running animated TV series’ 2007-08 season follows Springfield’s finest.

On digital HD

• “Abominable”: In this animated adventure, a group of teenagers must help a Yeti return home to his family safely as a self-interested capitalist and zoologist attempt to track them down. Look for it on DVD and Blu-ray Dec. 17.

• “Ad Astra”: An astronaut (Brad Pitt) journeys into space in search of his missing father (Tommy Lee Jones). Out on DVD and Blu-ray Dec. 17.

• “Rambo: Last Blood”: John Rambo (Sylvester Stallone) fights to save young Gabrielle (Yvette Monreal) from a violent Mexican drug cartel. Available on DVD and Blu-ray Dec. 17.

• “Freaks”: A 7-year-old girl (Lexy Kolker) escapes her paranoid father’s (Emile Hirsch) locked house and discovers a strange new world. Out on DVD and Blu-ray Dec. 10.

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