A thriller about a former special forces soldier who reluctantly gets a job as a private contractor tops the DVD releases for the week of June 7.
“The Contractor”: Chris Pine stars as a discharged veteran struggling to provide for his family who takes a private security gig in Germany, where he shortly finds himself on the run from a shadowy company.
“What elevates ‘The Contractor’ is the incredible cast,” Tribune News Service critic Katie Walsh writes. “Pine is excellent, whether he’s in motion — swiftly executing the technical skills he knows so well — or in repose, often in physical or mental anguish.”
Also new on DVD
“9 Bullets”: Lena Headey plays a former burlesque dancer who must protect a neighbor boy after he witnesses the murder of his parents in this thriller that also stars Dean Scott Vazquez and Sam Worthington.
“Catch the Fair One”: Kali “K.O. Mequinanoag” Reis, boxing’s first Indigenous American female world champ, makes her acting debut in this film about a former champion boxer who embarks on a search for her missing sister.
“Power Book II: Ghost: Season 2”: This Starz crime drama series, a sequel to “Power,” continues the story of some of the show’s more colorful characters.
“Eraser: Reborn”: The ’90s Arnold Schwarzenegger movie gets a reboot, with Dominic Sherwood starring as a U.S. marshal who works for a secret government agency that helps fake the deaths of witnesses.
“Evil: Season Two”: The drama, featuring an eclectic team that investigates supposedly supernatural occurrences, moved from CBS to the Paramount+ streaming service for its second season.
“Fortress: Sniper’s Eye”: Starring Bruce Willis, who recently announced his retirement from acting, this action cyber-thriller continues the adventure begun in “Fortress.”
“La Brea: Season One”: NBC sci-fi drama in which a giant sinkhole opens up under L.A.’s famed tar pits, sending those entrapped by it into the prehistoric past.
“Ultrasound”: After his car breaks down, a man spends a very strange night with a married couple in this sci-fi thriller.
“Compartment No. 6”: Two strangers on a train bound for the Arctic Circle make a connection in this drama, which was Finland’s Oscar submission at this year’s Academy Awards.
“Grease 2”: Blu-ray SteelBook release celebrating the 40th anniversary of the “Grease” sequel that stars Michelle Pfeiffer and Maxwell Caulfield as high school students from different backgrounds who defy the odds to find true love.
Digital HD
“The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent”: An action-comedy starring Nicolas Cage as actor Nicolas Cage. A self-aware Hollywood commentary as buddy comedy.
“Keeping Company”: Two insurance salesmen find themselves trapped in a serial killer’s basement after knocking on the wrong door in this horror-comedy.
