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," writes Tribune News Service critic Katie Walsh in her review. "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 JUNE 7
"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.
"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.
"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, which features 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.
"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.
"Ultrasound": After his car breaks down, a man spends a very strange night with a married couple in this sci-fi thriller.
"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.
OUT ON DIGITAL HD JUNE 7
"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 salesman find themselves trapped in a serial killer’s basement after knocking on the wrong door in this horror comedy.
"The Prey: Legend of Karnoctus": Action movie featuring Danny Trejo about a group of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan who become trapped in a cave and find themselves hunted by a deadly creature.
"Rondo and Bob": Documentary about Robert A. Burns, art director on the original "Texas Chain Saw Massacre," who harbored an obsession with actor Rondo Hatton, aka the Creeper of 1940s cinema.
"The Siege of Robin Hood": A young man named Robin vows to take his revenge and free the realm's oppressed people after the dastardly sheriff of Nottingham orders an attack on his family.
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