The 'Baby Assassins' Are Back and They're Our Pick of the Week

Baby Assassins 2

What is it? Another motion/slacker banger from Japan!

Why see it? Baby Assassins stays one among 2021’s motion highlights regardless of being mild on the motion — there’s only some 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 unbelievable martial arts expertise. Action choreographer Kensuke Sonomura returns too making certain the fights are simply beautiful. My full review is here, and naturally the film made the minimize for 2023’s Best Action. The disc is freed from extras, however the movie is definitely worth the pickup all by itself.

[Extras: None]

The Best

Four Daughters

What is it? An intriguing take a look at artifice rather than grief and understanding.

Why see it? Documentaries use reality — subjective truths at occasions to make sure, however nonetheless the reality — to inform their tales, however typically inventive nonfiction turns into the higher, extra correct moniker. This doc seems 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 true household work together with them to recreate their occasions collectively. It’s an fascinating and cathartic effort that also feels at occasions oddly creepy, and it’s in contrast to something we’ve seen earlier than.

[Extras: Interview]

The Rest

Red 2-Film Collection [4K UHD]

What is it? Old folks kicking ass.

Why see it? The premise behind these two movies is fairly strong with its outdated brokers being put out to pasture by way of assassination, and the solid is a enjoyable one too.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 deliver smiles because the movies ship gentle laughs and gentle motion. Both have been launched in 4K earlier than, however this Walmart unique is in steelbook type.

[Extras: Commentary, deleted scenes, featurettes, gag reel]

Also out this week:

All Ladies Do It [4K UHD], La Haine [4K UHD, Criterion], Handgun [Fun City Editions], Major League [4K UHD], Skin Deep