New on DVD and Blu-ray: Awesome Action and Classic Comedy

What do you get when an Oscar-winning director decides to make a film around a Mixed Martial Arts fighter who's a beautiful as she is buff? 'Haywire' is the answer — a brawny, sleek action film that owes more to 'Bourne' and early Bond than it does to the over-muscled, stuntman-filled money-and-tedium action films of today. Gina Carano stars as Mallory Kane, an ex-Marine freelance troubleshooter who gets into trouble herself, and has to shoot/kick/punch her way out of it. With a supporting cast of great male actors like Channing Tatum, Michael Fassbender, Ewan McGreor and Michael Douglas — some of whom fight Carano in full-on action sequences where you can see both parties really giving, and taking, a beating — 'Haywire' is a remarkably enjoyable throwback to a time when getting your pulse raised at the movies didn't necessarily mean also having your intelligence insulted. The disc is loaded with extras, but it's Soderbergh's supple camera work – the director shot the film himself – combined with Carano's graceful physicality that makes the film a must-see.