Page 20 THE VILLADOM TIMES I, II, III & IV • March 19, 2014 DVD releases (continued from Restaurant page) DVD edition include audio commentary, a 2003 making- of documentary, a 2001 interview with George Lucas about Kurosawa, and a booklet featuring a critical essay. The film is in Japanese, with English subtitles. “The Flesh and Blood Show” (Kino Lorber) is British director Pete Walker’s 1972 homage to the blood-splat- tered, grisly stage illusions of the Grand Guignol. In a set-up that would be repeated in “Friday the 13th” eight years later and countless horror films thereafter, a group of gathers in one place and people are bumped off, one by one. Several actors are hired to take part in rehearsals for a free-form psychedelic play at a rundown theater at the end of a seaside pier. The actors don’t realize that, back in 1944, after a production of “Othello,” the leading man, motivated by jealousy, left his unfaithful wife and her lover to die in the dark recesses of the theater. The last scene of the movie was shot in 3D and is presented in the Blu-ray edition in two 3D formats — the stereoscopic format (requiring a 3D TV) and the anaglyph system (requiring red-and-blue 3D glasses). Unfortunately, no 3D glasses are included. The sequence is also presented in conventional 2D. An interview with director Pete Walker in included. “Commitment” (Well Go USA) is about the son of a North Korean spy who decides to follow in his father’s footsteps in order to protect his little sister. After his father’s botched espionage mission, Myung-hoon (Choi Seung-hyun) and his sister are sent to a labor prison camp. To save his sister’s life, Myung-hoon volunteers to become a spy and infiltrates the South as a teenage defector. While attending high school in the South, he meets a pretty girl named Hye-in (Kim Yoo-jeong), an aspiring dancer, and rescues her when she is attacked. South Korean Intelligence soon discovers the plot and begins closing in on Myung-hoon while his own gov- ernment sends a vicious assassin to eliminate him. Action dominates this fast-paced melodrama with car chases, explosions, and expertly choreographed fight sequences. Myung-hoon uses his martial arts skills to confront school bullies and in his capacity as a spy. Choi Seung- hyun is a pop superstar, heading one of Korea’s biggest groups, Big Bang. It is interesting to see this sweet- faced guy playing a professional killer. The movie por- trays high school as a place where discipline is lax and gangs intimidate both students and teachers. The film is in Korean, with English subtitles. Bonus features on the Blu-ray release include a making-of featurette and theatrical trailer.