Torrid Zone - BLU-RAY [1940]

Al Pacino and Robert de Niro appear on-screen together for the first time in writer/director Michael Mann's intense crime drama. Frazzled LAPD detective Lt. Vincent Hanna (Pacino) is out to stop a group of highly skilled professional thieves headed by mastermind Neil McCauley (De Niro), who's looking for one last score. The stakes rise to dangerous levels as Hanna and McCauley become locked in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse. Val Kilmer, Ashley Judd, Tom Sizemore, and Jon Voight co-star. 172 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack English. Two-disc set.

A Fistful of Dollars meets Death Wish by way of Blazing Saddles in this, Chilean genre specialist Patricio (Hidden in the Woods) Valladares' wild action-comedy. Delivering equal parts humor and blood, the story follows a grizzled stranger who arrives in a small town trapped in the grasp of a ruthless drug-peddling crime boss and his paraplegic, slobbering trigger-happy son. The man, known as Toro Loco, is in search for the killers of his son yet never too busy to permanently take care of marauding punks and thugs who get in his way. With the support of a young beauty, her geeky brother and a trigger-happy drag queen he sets out to clean up the town and avenge the murder of his son. A fast-paced tale filled with memorable characters, imaginatively directed action scenes set and a deft comedic touch.

A Christmas Eve Los Angeles-to-New York 747 flight becomes a nightmare in the air when psychotic serial killer Ryan Weaver (Ray Liotta), being transported by federal agents, escapes from custody and kills the plane's pilot, as well as the feds. When a storm leads to the co-pilot's death, flight attendant Teri Halloran (Lauren Holly) must struggle to land the jet as she battles Weaver. With Brendan Gleeson, Hector Elizondo, Ben Cross. 100 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks English DTS 5.1, DTS Lossless stereo; Subtitles English; audio commentary; theatrical trailer; TV spots. Two-disc set.