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‘Saw’ franchise beginning to ‘Spiral’ Tribune News Service
The reboot of an aughts horror series known for going heavy on gore tops the DVD releases for the week of July 20. “Spiral”: This latest entry in the “Saw” franchise features Chris Rock as a police detective investigating a grisly set of murders by a Jigsaw copycat killer. Also starring Samuel L. Jackson and Max Minghella. “The original torture porn trend was a product of the political climate of the time, as the ‘War on Terror’ manifested ‘enhanced interrogation techniques,’ Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo, CIA torture reports,” writes Tribune News Service critic Katie Walsh in her review. However, she noted, “‘Spiral’ exists in a very diff erent cultural moment, and the fi lmmakers attempt to speak to it, with a killer using torture as a means of exerting bloody justice on corrupt cops. But they try too hard to avoid stepping on too many toes, resulting in a fi lm that’s muddled and messy on many levels.”
Also new on DVD July 20 “Dream Horse”: Based on a remarkable true story, Tony Collette stars as a Welsh village bartender who convinces her friends and neighbors to pool their money and buy a colt, thus entering the dizzying world of high-stakes horse racing. “Jakob’s Wife”: After a chance encounter with “The Master,” a woman dissatisfi ed with her marriage to a smalltown minister discovers a new sense of power and boldness. As she does so, however, the body count mounts in this hor-
ror fl ick. “Die In A Gunfi ght”: A modern update on “Romeo and Juliet” with a dash of “Succession” mixed in, this fi lm features Diego Boneta and Alexandra Daddario as star-crossed lovers from powerful rival families in present-day New York City. “Feral State”: A grifter uses his charisma to attract a gang of followers made up of runaway and orphaned children, and before long they are wreaking havoc on the swamps and trailer parks of Florida. “Gangs of London: Season 1”: The murder of London’s most powerful crime boss sets off a violent power struggle to fi ll the underworld void in this British TV drama. “Initiation”: A university’s pledge week takes a sinister turn when a star athlete is murdered, setting off a spree of social media slayings that drives a group of students to discover the school’s dark secrets. “Shameless: The Eleventh and Final Season”: The Showtime favorite, set on Chicago’s South Side, calls it quits after a decade, but not before one last ride with William H. Macy and the Gallagher crew. “Star Trek Discovery: Season Three”: After traveling through a wormhole in the season two fi nale, the crew must navigate an unknown future far from the home they knew. “The Spanish Princess”: This historical drama series from Starz follows the royal intrigues of Catherine of Aragon, the fi rst wife of England’s Henry VIII. “The Walking Dead: Season 10”: AMC’s hit show returns, with season 10 marking the fi nal one battling zombies for Danai Gurira’s Michonne
Chris Rock in “Spiral.” BROOKE PALMER
character. “32 Malasana Street”: A Spanish family leaves their village and buys an old apartment in Madrid, but their dream purchase quickly turns into a nightmare when they discover they aren’t alone in the unit. “Rock Paper Scissors”: Two friends enter the world of underground rock, paper, scissors competitions in this coming-of-age comedy. “Gully”: The explosive and timely story of three childhood friends surviving an upbringing in Los Angeles’ roughest neighborhoods. “Bordertown: Season 3 (Blu-ray)”: The Nordic noir that takes full advantage of Finland’s stark beauty returns for its third season. “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra” and “G.I. Joe: Retaliation” (Blu-ray): Ahead of the
new movie “Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins” comes the release of these prior fi lms on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray for the fi rst time.
Out on digital HD July 20 “Fire”: Firefi ghters try to save a village from a forest fi re in this Russian action fi lm. “House of Quarantine”: Nine people are locked down together while trying to fi lm a movie, but unbeknownst to them one of their number is infected with COVID-19. “Hydra”: A retired assassin living a quite life is recruited for one last job he can’t refuse in this Japanese movie. “Room 9”: Forty years after a gruesome double murder at a small-town inn, the town is once again terrorized by a string of killings.
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