By David Weiner
8:52 AM PDT, July 3, 2012
National Wushu fighting champ Wu Jing stars in this martial arts western on steroids featuring plenty of gunfights, car chases, equestrian acrobatics and pyrotechnics. The fast-paced shoot-em up follows a group of elite policemen on the trail of a hit man and his pregnant girlfriend as they try to elude a pair of hired killers sent by his former employer to silence them. Zhang Li, Yihong Duan and Francis Ng also star.
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Wind Blast
National Wushu fighting champ Wu Jing stars in this martial arts western on steroids featuring plenty of gunfights, car chases, equestrian acrobatics and pyrotechnics. The fast-paced shoot-em up follows a group of elite policemen on the trail of a hit man and his pregnant girlfriend as they try to elude a pair of hired killers sent by his former employer to silence them. Zhang Li, Yihong Duan and Francis Ng also star.
Treasure Planet 10th Anniversary Edition on Blu-ray
Disney
Robert Louis Stevenson's classic pirate tale takes off with an outer-space adventure in Disney's Treasure Planet, celebrating its 10th anniversary on Blu-ray for the first time. A secret map inspires a thrilling treasure hunt across the universe as young Jim Hawkins and his hilarious cosmic crew, headed by the daring Captain Amelia, set off in search of their destiny. Aboard a glittering space galleon, Jim meets the ship's cyborg cook, John Silver, who teaches him the value of friendship and the power of dreams. Jim soon teams up with his crazy new robot pal, B.E.N., and the shape-shifting Morph to discover a treasure greater than he ever imagined. Star vocal talents include Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Emma Thompson, Laurie Metcalf, Roscoe Lee Browne, David Hyde Pierce and Martin Short.
Home on the Range on Blu-ray
Disney
On Blu-ray for the first time, join the fun as the resident animals of a dairy farm -- three determined cows, a karate-kicking stallion named Buck, and a colorful corral of critters -- go bounty hunting for a notorious outlaw to save their home. Featuring original songs written by Alan Menken (Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin), the family film includes the vocal talents of Roseanne Barr, Steve Buscemi, Judi Dench, Cuba Gooding Jr. and Randy Quaid.
Born on the Fourth of July on Blu-ray
Universal
In Oliver Stone's 1989 Vietnam war epic based on the true story of Ron Kovic, Tom Cruise proved his mettle – and earned his first Oscar nomination in the process – with his brave, no-holds-barred performance as a bright-eyed and patriotic small-town teen who enlists to fight abroad, only to have his jingoistic perspective changed dramatically by a bullet that puts him permanently in a wheelchair.
Barbarella on Blu-ray
Paramount
Jane Fonda's psychedelic, over-the-top '60s cinema time capsule is finally on Blu-ray! The kitchy-sexy-sci-fi-comic extravaganza directed by Roger Vadim is set in the year 40,000 and finds the titular character battling robots, deadly dolls, monsters and an evil weapons inventor -- all the while slipping in and out and in and out of her provocative clothes. Rowrrr…
New on Blu-ray & DVD: July 3
Paramount
Jane Fonda's trippy Barbarella lands on Blu-ray; Tom Cruise's Born on the Fourth on July gets the Universal centennial Blu-ray treatment; family flicks Home on the Range and Treasure Planet are on Blu-ray for the first time and more this week…