‘Bank Job’ captures feel of ’71

The Bank Job

Lionsgate, $29.95/$34.98; Blu-Ray, $34.98

Jason Statham does his best Jason Statham impression in Roger Donaldson’s old-school heist movie “The Bank Job,” based on the true story of a 1971 robbery that the British government deemed too politically sensitive for the papers to cover. Statham’s character -- an auto mechanic in deep debt -- doesn’t know anything about what he’s being asked to steal; he just knows that if he doesn’t come through, he’ll be snuffed. Low-key and craftily plotted, “The Bank Job” looks and feels like it could’ve been made in the year it was set. The DVD adds extended scenes, featurettes and a digital copy of the film.

Shutter

20th Century Fox, $29.99; Blu-Ray, $39.98

For those not yet weary of long-haired, blank-faced Japanese ghosts, “Shutter” unapologetically holds to all the old J-horror cliches. Joshua Jackson plays a fashion photographer who starts seeing apparitions in his pictures and believes there might be a connection to his wife’s recent car accident. Soon, the couple is being haunted in ways familiar to anyone who’s seen a horror movie in the last half-decade. The DVD hits its marks too, with a commentary track, deleted scenes and featurettes about shooting in Japan.

Step Up 2: The Streets

Touchstone/Disney, $34.99; Blu-Ray, $34.99

In 2006’s “Step Up,” a hoodlum street dancer is ordered to work at a performing arts school, where he meets his dancing partner and soul mate. In the semi-sequel “Step Up 2: The Streets,” the story is much the same, only this time the streetwise dancer is female and the artsy rich kid is male. The DVD sweetens the pot with deleted scenes, featurettes and music videos. Of course, you could just watch “So You Think You Can Dance,” which offers superior choreography without the corny plot.

Trafic

Criterion, $39.95

Jacques Tati’s final theatrically released feature, 1971’s “Trafic,” isn’t up to the standards of his puckish masterpieces “Mon Oncle” and “Playtime,” but there’s no such thing as bad Tati. This gentle road trip comedy is a typically wry compendium of inventive pantomime, featuring Tati’s best-loved character, the sweetly befuddled M. Hulot. Criterion’s double-disc set features vintage interviews and a two-hour documentary about Tati’s life and films, directed and narrated by Tati’s daughter.

And...

“College Road Trip” (Walt Disney, $29.99; Blu-Ray, $34.99); “Meet Bill” (First Look, $28.98); “Penelope” (Summit, $25.99); “The Year My Parents Went on Vacation” (City Lights, $26.98)

-- Noel Murray