DVD previews: 'John Wick,' 'Dear White People'

Here's a look at DVDs coming out Tuesday, Feb. 3:

“John Wick” (R, 96 minutes, Lionsgate): Keanu Reeves can still tussle with the best of them, and he needs to in the title role of this action flick in overdrive. The movie is what you'd expect from two stunt-choreographers-turned-directors (David Leitch and Chad Stahelski), with the addition of a few fun flourishes. As the movie begins, Wick's wife has just died. He is despondent, but things warm up when Wick receives an adorable beagle puppy, a posthumous gift from his beloved. Then a fateful encounter at a gas station leads to Russian hooligans breaking into Wick's house to steal his 1969 Mustang, and mercilessly beating him as well as the pup. What these young thugs don't realize is that Wick is a retired hit man with a frightening reputation. The killing machine's former employer, Russian Mafioso Viggo Tarasov (Michael Nyqvist), happens to be the father of the hooligans' ringleader (Alfie Allen). Contains language, drug use and violence throughout. Extras include featurettes. Also, on Blu-ray: commentary with Stahelski and Leitch.

“Dear White People” (R, 100 minutes, Lionsgate): Sam (Tessa Thompson), a hip film student, hosts a radio show called “Dear White People,” during which she recounts, with even-toned sarcasm, the ways she and her fellow students of color are pigeonholed, stigmatized and condescended to. This alternately thoughtful and hilarious comedy of campus manners is the bracingly candid brainchild of first-time filmmaker Justin Simien, who has created that rarity in American society: a movie that simultaneously sends up the national “conversation about race” while advancing the conversation itself. Simien maintains a scrupulously light tone and deft touch throughout “Dear White People,” which takes place on the campus of a fictional Ivy League college. Contains language, sexual situations and drug use. Extras include a making-of featurette, music video, deleted scenes, outtakes, “The More You Know About Black People” (an online PSA series), “DVRS App: Black Friends When You Need Them” and a “Leaked: Banned Winchester U Diversity” featurette. Also, on Blu-ray: commentary.

“Dracula Untold” (PG-13, 92 minutes, Universal): For a tantalizing half-hour or so, it actually seemed like the underlying idea of “Dracula Untold” — an origin story drawing its DNA from superhero flicks, not monster movies — might go somewhere. Unfortunately, in its search for fresh blood, it goes places it shouldn't. The film's problems aren't limited to liberal cadging from comic books. In fact, that's precisely what's best about the film, which occasionally boasts gorgeous visuals. Contains violence and sensuality. Extras: “Day in the Life — Luke Evans” personal moments with the film's star on set, production featurette, behind-the-scenes look, commentary with director Gary Shore and production designer Francois Audouy. Blu-ray adds alternate opening, deleted scenes, “The Land of Dracula” interactive map and “Luke Evans — Creating a Legend.”

“The Best of Me” (PG-13, 117 minutes, Fox): Novelist-turned-producer Nicholas Sparks (“The Notebook” ), the reigning king of thwarted romance and tearful endings, resurrects the formula again with the usual trappings: a kissing scene in the pouring rain, a disapproving father, obstacles that lead to the wrong pairing. In this case, the story follows high school sweethearts who lose touch. Amanda (Michelle Monaghan) and Dawson (James Marsden) are reunited after a mutual friend dies, and as soon as Amanda glimpses Dawson for the first time in 21 years, two things are clear: She's very angry with him, and they're totally going to get together. Extras include commentary by director Michael Hoffman, a new storyline and alternate ending and a Lady Antebellum music video of “I Did.” Also, on Blu-ray: Sparks interviews and deleted scenes.

Also: “Hector and the Search for Happiness,” “Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic” (documentary), “Starred Up,” “Coffee Town,” “Sex(Ed) the Movie” (documentary), “Every Man for Himself” (1980), “Boys” (Dutch), “Tricked” (documentary), “Zombie Killers: Elephant's Graveyard,” “Exists,” “The Demon's Rook,” “The Reagans: The Legacy Endures” (documentary) and “ABCs of Death 2.”

Television series: “The Wonder Years: The Complete Second Season,” “Anzac Girls” and “The Saint, Set 2.”