13 Assassins
Prolific Japanese director Takashi Miike is best known in for his gonzo horror and crime movies like the terrifying Audition and the vicious Ichi the Killer. With 13 Assassins, he brings his typically extreme sensibilities to one of his native country's signature genres, the samurai picture. Set in the final years of the samurai era, the movie follows thirteen warriors on a desperate, bloody mission to assassinate a ridiculously cruel lord. How cruel is he? So cruel, his idea of a great after-dinner activity is tying up an entire family and then firing arrows at them at close range. While the first hour is slow going at times, stick around for the intense final battle, which lasts roughly 45 minutes and leaves the streets of a tiny village littered with hacked-up bodies. The insane action on display here makes that Chicago siege in Transformers 3 look like child's play.
Extras: Deleted scenes and an interview with the always spirited Miike.

Hobo With a Shotgun
Like last year's Machete, this is a feature-length version of a trailer that played as part of certain prints of the Robert Rodriguez/Quentin Tarantino Grindhouse collaboration from a few years ago. And also like Machete, it probably should have stayed a two-minute teaser. Rutger Hauer plays the titular hobo who acquires the titular shotgun and uses it to dispense street justice in a town run by a pack of vicious criminals. A one-joke premise stretched out to 90 interminable minutes, it's almost bad enough to make you wish Grindhouse had never been greenlit.
Extras: The film's fans (and it does have them) should be pleased with the copious extras on this 2-disc set, which include two commentary tracks, an alternate ending, video blogs, a test reel, an interview with Hauer and, of course, the original trailer that started it all.

Richard Pryor Stand-Up Comedy Double Feature
If you're unfamiliar with Richard Pryor's work outside of Superman III or any of the movies he made with Gene Wilder, these two concert films will show you why he's considered one of the all-time stand-up greats. Live on the Sunset Strip, which made our list of the Best Comedy Concert Films ever, finds Pryor riffing on his stint working in Mafia-owned nightclub in Ohio and his notorious setting-himself-on-fire-while-freebasing incident. Filmed a year later, Here and Now is his last stand-up film and includes an extended bit starring Pryor's fictional alter ego Mudbone as well as his thoughts on being famous. Both are required viewing for comedy nerds.
Extras: None.

Gettysburg/Gods & Generals Limited Collector's Edition
Avowed Civil War buff Ted Turner helped oversee both of these lengthy period war movies, depicting the battle of Gettysburg and the career of Rebel general Stonewall Jackson respectively. Cable television staples, they're being packaged together in this handsome box set so that kids have something to buy their History Channel-addicted granddad's for their next birthday.
Extras: Commentary tracks, making-of featurettes, an all-new introduction by Turner, battlefield maps, two photo booklets and a commemorative coin.

Also on DVD This Week:
Another great (and long) war movie makes its Blu-ray debut, Wolfgang Petersen's Das Boot, the World War II-era story of a German submarine facing off against a squadron of British ships. This two-disc set offers the uncut five-hour version that originally aired on German TV along with numerous bonus features. Those in the mood for more sunnier fare can check out The Complete Gidget Collection, a three-movie set starring the irrepressible '50s surfer girl initially embodied by Sandra Dee. Before he became best known as a late night talk show joke, Hugh Grant was poised to be a major star on these shores thanks to the terrific romantic comedy Four Weddings and a Funeral, which finally arrives on Blu-ray. And speaking of nostalgia-provoking rom-coms, 1987's Overboard showcases Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn at their most charming. (And when is Captain Ron coming out on Blu-ray, huh?) Finally, Shout! Factory collects another batch of vintage genre trailers on Trailers From Hell Volume 2, which also features contemporary cult directors like Joe Dante and Guillermo Del Toro analyzing spots for movies with titles like The Invisible Ghost and Deep Red.

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