New to Blu: July 20-26

Said one US critic of the near-demo quality transfer of The Mechanic: “You can see each scraggly hair on Donald Sutherland’s unruly beard.”

That’s more a recommendation for watching the Jason Statham action-thriller than the movie itself, as is the “powerful and superb” lossless 5.1 DTS-HD MA audio.

“Dialogue is clear, the score carries plenty of kick and the gunfire and explosions work exactly as intended.”

The rock music documentary, Lemmy, also scored highly for its HD video, especially the original content featuring Motorhead legend Lemmy Kilmister.

“The various close-ups and original interviews with Lemmy convey wonderful detail and clarity.”

Also new this week are the Discovery Channel compilation, Dinosaurs: Extreme Survivors, Sword of War, Thor & Loki: Blood Brothers and Marvel Knights: Animated Miniseries Collection.