DVD previews: 'Unfinished Business,' 'Chappie,' 'Run All Night'

Here's a look at DVDs coming out Tuesday, June 16:

“Unfinished Business” (R, 91 minutes, Fox): While by no means a masterpiece, this comedy by Canadian director Ken Scott is a careful calibration of crass gags and genuine sentiment that succeeds more often than it fails. It's hard to imagine a movie that combines an explicit scene set in a gay sex club with a subplot about parenting, but somehow, it works. The film centers on Dan Trunkman (former Buffalo Grove resident Vince Vaughn), a businessman struggling to get his small startup off the ground. Dan's company employs a morose 67-year-old (Tom Wilkinson) and a borderline developmentally disabled kid (Dave Franco) and, when the opportunity to close a big deal presents itself, these three misfits set out on a business trip to Berlin. There, they encounter Dan's former boss (Sienna Miller), who is competing for the same contract. High jinks, as they say, ensue. Contains nudity, sexual situations, drug use and language. Extras include a “Show Me Your Business” behind-the-scenes featurette. Also, on Blu-ray: deleted and alternate scenes.

“Chappie” (R, 124 minutes, Sony): This ball of contradiction from South African director Neill Blomkamp takes the concept of “Transcendence,” crosses it with the storyline of “RoboCop” and delivers it to the target demographic of “Short Circuit.” It is, in other words, simultaneously dumb, hyperviolent and cutesy. The titular hero (South African slang for “young man”) is a rabbit-eared police droid that develops artificial intelligence and a street-wise swagger after being adopted by a gang of Johannesburg thugs. As voiced by Blomkamp regular Sharlto Copley, Chappie is far more human than his human nemesis Vincent (Hugh Jackman), a muscle-bound soldier-turned-robot-designer who stomps through every scene like one of his automated combat troops. The antiheroic characters played by nonactors Yolandi Visser and Ninja, of the South African rap duo Die Antwoord, are the best thing about the movie, exuding a raw appeal that, if not quite charm, is nonetheless highly watchable. Contains violence, language, drug content and nudity. Extras include a “We Are Tetravaal” featurette in which Jackman and co-stars Dev Patel and Sigourney Weaver discuss their characters and on-set experiences. Also, on Blu-ray: alternate ending, extended scene and featurettes.

“Run All Night” (R, 114 minutes, Warner): Liam Neeson's antihero Jimmy Conlon is hard to like, even with the reservoir of goodwill that the actor's fans bring with them to his films, more and more of which feature some version of this damaged soul. It's no wonder that Jimmy's grown son Michael (Joel Kinnaman) hasn't spoken to his father in five years. Just about the only one left with any feeling for Jimmy is Shawn Maguire (Ed Harris), the mob boss for whom Jimmy once worked, and whose affection for his former triggerman seems closer to pity. But even that pity dries up when Jimmy kills Shawn's son, an unpleasant cokehead who was about to shoot Michael. Shawn vows vengeance on his former employee, mustering his goons — and a coolly methodical hit man played by the rapper Common — to kill Michael as son-for-a-son payback. In a bid for the kind of phony redemption that movies of this ilk typically traffic in, Jimmy resolves to save Michael, at all costs. Contains violence, drug use, language and sexual situations. Extras include deleted scenes. Also, on Blu-ray: “Shoot All Night” behind-the-scenes short and a featurette on Neeson.

Also: “Wild Tales” “The Lazarus Effect,” “The Wrecking Crew,” “Andre Gregory & Wallace Shawn: 3 Films” (1981's “My Dinner With Andre,” 1994's “Vanya on 42nd Street” and 2014's “A Master Builder;” “A Master Builder” available separately), “Beyond the Reach,” “Time Lapse,” “Pantani: The Accidental Death of a Cyclist,” “Frontline: The Vaccine War” and “20 Back-To-School Tales: Scholastic Storybook.”

Television series: “Two and a Half Men: Final Season,” “The Newsroom: Third Season,” “Laverne & Shirley: The Complete Series,” “The Odd Couple: Complete Series,” “The Driver,” “Survivor's Remorse: First Season” and “Lovejoy: Complete Collection.”