‘Caught Stealing’ and ‘Nobody 2’ deliver bruises and belly laughs in 4K Ultra HD

Here’s a look at a pair of quirky action films loaded with criminal hijinks now available in the 4K disc format.

Caught Stealing (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, rated R, 1.85:1 aspect ratio, 107 minutes, $49.99) — Violence, action and comedy collide in director Darren Aronofsky’s critically acclaimed homage to offbeat neo-noir crime sagas.

Set in a grimy 1990s New York City’s East Side, the story focuses on Hank Thompson (Austin Butler), a former budding baseball star traumatized by a car accident and who has become an alcoholic bartender.

A chance encounter with two Russian mobsters seeking his out-of-town punk neighbor takes Hank down a dark path of collateral death and cat poop while navigating through evil, backstabbing bad guys and a crooked cop looking for a key that leads to a $4 million payout.

Gritty performances from a phenomenal cast up the enjoyment level of a film that never quite captures the pulpy imagination of a Quentin Tarantino script.

Besides Mr. Butler, they include Matt Smith as an old Mohawk-sorting punk neighbor Russ, Zoë Kravitz as Hank’s girlfriend Yvonne and the absolutely mesmerizing, murderous moments of ferocious hilarity delivered by Liev Schreiber and Vincent D’Onofrio as the Hasidic Drucker brothers.

The ultra-high definition, screen-filling presentation stars the grain-friendly, color-muted visual choices of cinematographer Matthew Libatique, which play well with the time period, offering a scenic perspective of New York City back alleys as well as landmarks such as Coney Island and Flushing Meadows’ Corona Park.

However, considering the filmmakers’ retro-vision, “Caught Stealing” would have made a more visual impact in the VHS format.

Best extras: The meager offering only includes six minutes with Mr. Aronofsky (also hearing from the cast and crew on how great he is), six minutes meeting the cast of characters, four minutes on the stunts and three minutes on creating a 1990s Big Apple focused on the East Village.

Nobody 2 (Universal Studios Home Entertainment, rated R, 2.39:1 aspect ratio, 89 minutes, $32.98) — Hutch Mansell (Bob Odenkirk), an office worker turned assassin, returned for another round of punishment in a sequel to an extreme-action film from director Timo Tjahjanto.

The story finds Hutch working bloody hard to pay off a debt to his former government handler, Barber (Colin Salmon), after he covers $30 million for Hutch burning a Russian money stash.

Needing a break, Hutch takes the family — wife Becca (Connie Nielsen), daughter Sammy (Paisley Cadorath), son Brady (Gage Munroe) and dad David (Christopher Lloyd) — to an old school amusement park complex in the quaint town of Plummerville, Wisconsin, that he had visited as a child.

Trouble follows Hutch almost immediately after an altercation with arcade security staff, while protecting his son and daughter, turns the deadly executioner into a target of a corrupt sheriff (Colin Hanks), a bootlegging theme-park owner (John Ortiz) and an egomaniacal crime boss (a totally miscast, cash-grabbing Sharon Stone).

Expect a steady stream of close-quarter combat and noisy firefights as Hutch sustains and delivers painful injuries and slaughters all those who would dare mess with his kin.

Once again, Mr. Odenkirk throws himself into the role and, with some better story ideas for the franchise’s future sequels, could be as potent an action hero as Keanu Reeves, Liam Neeson and Jason Straham.

Viewers will appreciate a 4K presentation that highlights Hutch decimating a quartet of thugs on a duck boat and an apocalyptic explosion of a theme park.

Best extras: The minuscule collection of digital goodies focuses on a pair of featurettes covering Mr. Odenkirk and the crew’s hard work to pull off the physically demanding fights and stunts (13 minutes) and an overview of the production (12 minutes).