John Q - BluRay [Blu-ray]

In this Japanese film by director Kore-Eda Hirokazu, a child is taken in by a family of petty thieves. A couple who have dead-end jobs decide to embark on a life of shoplifting in order to survive. They also involve their children in their thievery. Their lives forever change when they find a small child stranded in the cold and take the girl into their home. This causes them to examine their life of crime, it's motivations, and the effect on their overall humanity. Everything comes crashing down around these crooks after they do a small act of kindness.

A family fights for survival as a planet-killing comet races to Earth. John Garrity (Gerard Butler), his estranged wife Allison (Morena Baccarin), and young son Nathan make a perilous journey to their only hope for sanctuary. Amid terrifying news accounts of cities around the world being leveled by the comet's fragments, the Garritys experience the best and worst in humanity while they battle the increasing panic and lawlessness surrounding them. As the countdown to global apocalypse approaches zero, their incredible trek culminates in a desperate and last-minute flight to a possible safe haven.

Spectacular racing sequences highlight this breakneck drama that focuses on Sonny Hayes (Brad Pitt), a once-great Formula One driver who gets another shot at glory when he's tapped by an old friend (Javier Bardem) to join his F1 team. Hayes proves that he hasn't lost his touch, but he'll still have to face the injuries that sidelined his career in the '90s while also dealing with a cocky and ambitious young teammate (Damson Idris). With Kerry Condon, Tobias Menzies. 155 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks English, French, Spanish; Subtitles English, French, Spanish.