Page 20 THE VILLADOM TIMES I, II, III & IV • March 5, 2014 DVD releases (continued from Restaurant page) strike a deal with Topo, but soon finds herself in over her head. Director Tze Chun taps elements from any number of film noir pictures, from a drearily atmospheric motel in the middle of nowhere to mysterious characters with shrouded motivations, double-crosses, and violence. Cranston chan- nels some of his Walter White character from “Breaking Bad” into Topo and sustains a Slavic accent throughout. His Topo can be courtly and gentle one moment, and mur- derous the next. Unfortunately, Marshall-Green turns in an over-the-top performance that induces squirms. His Billy should be a frightening presence, but his delivery is more petulant than intimidating. The only bonus extra on the Blu-ray release is a series of deleted scenes. “Oldboy” (Sony) is a thriller based on the 2003 movie of the same name directed by Park Chan-wook. The remake, directed by Spike Lee, follows the story of Joe Doucett (Josh Brolin), a man who is abruptly kidnapped and held hostage for 20 years in solitary confinement, for no appar- ent reason. During his long years of captivity, Joe makes a list of all the people who might have hated him enough to do this. It fills a full page. When he is suddenly released without explanation, he begins an obsessive mission to find out who imprisoned him. Into Joe’s already bizarre life enter a mystery man named Adrian Doyle Pryce (Sharlto Copley, “District 9”); former prep school class- mate Chucky (Michael Imperioli), a thug called Chaney (Samuel L. Jackson), Pryce’s assistant Haeng-Bok (Pom Klementieff), and a sensitive, thoughtful young woman (Elizabeth Olsen). Notable is an expertly choreographed battle in which Joe’s weapon of choice is a hammer. Lee channels the original movie by filming this scene in a long, uninter- rupted take. Aside from some key moments of violence, the movie plods along without suspense so that when the explanation for Joe’s imprisonment is revealed, the viewer has ceased to care. Bonuses on the Blu-ray release include alternate and extended scenes and two featurettes (“The Making of Oldboy” and “Transformation”). “The Facility” (Cinedigm) is an independent horror film based on a simple premise: A group of volunteers convenes at a large, isolated medical facility to test a new drug in exchange for a decent stipend. But the drug in question causes psychosis and bouts of rage. True to the underlying theme of the horror of claustrophobia, the vol- unteers and the medical staff are soon trapped and cut off from outside help as they must cope with new outbreaks of insanity every few hours. Writer/director Ian Clark gets a lot of mileage out of violent attacks, fights, and other unpleasant confrontations, but he is also adept at creating suspense, an art all too often lost in contemporary horror flicks. His setting is just the opposite of the traditional “haunted house” locale. The facility of the title is bright and expansive, but it is filled with numerous nooks and crannies that raise the level of tension, as the viewer comes to expect the next outbreak to occur any place, any time. There are no bonus features on the DVD release.