NEW ON HOME VIDEO This week's releases

"Lord of War": Nicolas Cage nicely plays the heavy as hero, or anti-hero, or bad guy with a heart of gold-plating in writer-director Andrew Niccol's taut thriller set in the underworld of international arms peddling. Cage plays a weapons dealer who rises to the top of the heap, struggling to take care of his own, keep ahead of the competition and outfox a tenacious Interpol agent (Ethan Hawke). The film is available in a movie-only single-disc edition or a two-disc version that includes deleted scenes, commentary by Niccol and a handful of featurettes examining the movie's production and the world of arms trading. Single DVD, $28.98; two-disc set, $30.98. (Lionsgate)
"Two for the Money": Al Pacino dives into his persona of manic intensity to the point of caricature with an over-the-top performance as a mogul in the high-stakes business of sports betting. Matthew McConaughey stars as a former college quarterback with an uncanny knack for picking winners, who becomes the fair-haired prot & eacute;g & eacute; of gambling consultant Pacino -- until the newcomer's luck starts running out. The DVD comes with deleted scenes accompanied by commentary from director D.J. Caruso and screenwriter Dan Gilroy, who also provide commentary for the full movie. The disc also has a making-of featurette and a segment in which Gilroy interviews the former caddie who inspired McConaughey's character. DVD, $29.98. (Universal)
"The Man": Samuel L. Jackson and Eugene Levy star in a mismatched-buddy action-comedy not even the filmmakers' best pals could like. The utterly uninspired tale of mistaken identity and tasteless gags features Jackson as a trash-talking federal agent who enlists a nice-guy dental-supplies salesman (Levy) in his sting to bring down a gang of weapons dealers that stole a cache of arms. Along with deleted scenes, the DVD offers a batch of featurettes examining one of the movie's action scenes, the look of Jackson's flashy wheels and the actor's "guide to cursing." DVD, $27.98. (New Line)
"Underclassman": Another entry in the bad action-comedy genre is this dreary flick that plays like a cross between "Beverly Hills Cop" and "21 Jump Street," minus the entertainment value. Nick Cannon stars as a detective who goes undercover as a student at a posh private school to hunt down a teen's murderer and infiltrate a stolen-car ring. Director Marcos Siega and the movie's two co-writers team for commentary, and the DVD has deleted footage, cast auditions and a behind-the-scenes featurette. DVD, $29.99. (Miramax)
"Junebug": This comic gem of clashing values features a breakout performance from fresh-faced actress Amy Adams. Embeth Davidtz stars as a classy British art dealer living in Chicago with her new husband (Alessandro Nivola), who travels to North Carolina to pursue a local folk artist and meet her hubby's relations, including her impressionable, big-hearted sister-in-law (Adams). Davidtz and Adams collaborate for DVD commentary, and the DVD has deleted scenes and a making-of featurette. DVD, $26.96. (Sony)
"Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room": Director Alex Gibney provides an insider's look into modern finance's most-notorious corporate meltdown in a documentary that is both deeply informative and ferociously entertaining. The film relies on archival footage, corporate audio and videotapes and interviews with employees to spin a tale of greed and unbridled hubris by Enron executives that resulted in the collapse of the energy giant, leaving shareholders and workers out in the cold. The DVD features deleted scenes, commentary from Gibney and a segment with Fortune reporters Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind, whose book was the basis for the documentary. Also included is a collection of political cartoons satirizing the Enron debacle, plus a "Where Are They Now?" segment on key players in the saga. DVD, $26.98. (Magnolia)
Associated Press