The following DVDs will be released Tuesday:
"9th Company" (Well Go, $24.98) — War thriller from 2005 about Soviet Army recruits fighting in Afghanistan. Russian with subtitles.
Special features: Behind-the-scenes minidocumentary.
R (violence, gore, profanity, sex, nudity, drugs)
"Beatdown" (Lionsgate, $26.98) — Mixed martial-arts thriller, starring Rudy Youngblood and Eric Balfour.
Special features: Behind-the-scenes minidocumentary.
R (violence, gore, profanity, nudity)
"Harry Brown" (Sony, $27.96) — ★★ — What could have been a smart urban drama turns into a ludicrous revenge thriller. Michael Caine stars.
Special features: Deleted scenes.
R (violence, profanity, drugs, gore, vulgarity, slurs, torture, brief sex, brief nudity)
"Kid Racer" (Taurus, $14.95) — Race competition drama starring Randy Shelly and Priscilla Barnes.
Not rated, probable PG (violence)
"The Lottery" (Great Curve, $24.95) — Documentary feature about a unique educational "lottery" to determine student placement.
Not rated, probable PG (adult themes).
"Made for Each Other" (IFC, $24.98) — Romantic comedy starring Christopher Masterson and Bijou Phillips.
Special features: Behind-the-scenes minidocumentary, deleted scenes.
Not rated, probable R (vulgarity, profanity, sex)
"Marmaduke" (Fox, $29.98) — ★1/2 — A wrong-headed attempt to stretch the long-running comic strip's one-joke concept out for 90 minutes.
Special features: Behind-the-scenes minidocumentary, deleted scenes.
PG (violence, vulgarity, brief drugs, slurs)
"OSS 117: Lost in Rio" (Music Box, $29.95) — French spy spoof, starring Jean Dujardin as the title character. French with subtitles.
Not rated, probable PG-13 (violence, vulgarity)
"Red Riding Trilogy" (IFC, $29.98) — ★★★ — A powerful but disturbing trilogy, made up of features originally produced by the BBC and slightly expanded.
Not rated, probable R (profanity, violence, torture, gore, sex, slurs, vulgarity, nudity, brief drugs)
"Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Too?" (Lionsgate, $29.95) — ★1/2 — Another production from a filmmaker who'd rather expand his empire than hone his craft.
Special features: Behind-the-scenes minidocumentary.
PG-13 (sex, vulgarity profanity, drugs, violence) — Rafer Guzman, Newsday
Some upcoming DVD releases:
SEPTEMBER
Sept. 7: "Killers" — Lionsgate; "MacGruber" — Universal; "Frozen" — Anchor Bay; "Solitary Man" — Anchor Bay; "Videocracy" — Lorber Films
Sept. 14: "Just Wright" — Fox; "Letters to Juliet" — Summit
Sept. 21: "Robin Hood" — Universal; "Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue" — Disney
Sept. 28: "Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky" — Sony; "Gangster's Paradise: Jerusalema" — Anchor Bay; "Iron Man 2" — Paramount; "Superman/Batman: Apocalypse" — Warner Bros.
OCTOBER
Oct. 5: "Hand in Hand" — Sony; "Splice" — Warner Bros.; "Troll 2" — MGM
Oct. 12: "I Am Love" — Magnolia; "Jonah Hex" — Warner Bros.
Oct. 15: "How to Train Your Dragon" — DreamWorks
Oct. 26: "Sex and the City 2" — Warner Bros.; "Winter's Bone" — Lionsgate