The sixth entry in an animated film franchise tops the DVD releases for the week of Sept. 24.

"Despicable Me 4": Supervillain Gru and family have to go into witness protection after a threat from a rival (voiced by Will Ferrell) in this box-office hit from Illumination.

"While sufficiently entertaining and, as is the 'Despicable' way, seasoned with just the right amount of gleeful subversiveness, this latest adventure ... isn’t the franchise’s strongest," writes The News-Herald critic Mark Meszoros in his review. "We’ll take these empty calories, along with all these Minions, to be sure, but the creative folks serving them up are capable of more."

ALSO NEW ON DVD SEPT. 24

"Bad Boys: Ride or Die": Will Smith and Martin Lawrence return for a fourth installment as Miami detectives Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett, ready to battle drug cartels and accusations of corruption as they reckon with their personal lives and mortality along the way.

"Longlegs": A young female FBI agent tracks down a mysterious serial killer in this thriller from writer-director Osgood Perkins, son of "Psycho" star Anthony Perkins. Featuring Maika Monroe and Nicolas Cage.

"The Exorcism": Horror flick starring Russell Crowe as an actor cast in a remake of "The Exorcist" after the lead actor's mysterious death.

"In a Violent Nature": Slasher movie told from the perspective of the killer, rather than that of the hapless victims who are picked off one by one in the woods.

"Touch": Icelandic drama in which a man with a terminal diagnosis attempts to reconnect with his first love, while also revealing how their relationship unfolded 50 years ago.

"Before Dawn": A young Australian man ventures from the outback to the battlefields of Western Europe in this WWII war film.

"Game of Love": Two people working on a new romance-themed board game roll the dice in this Hallmark Channel movie.

"Here for Blood": Horror-comedy that finds a man covering a babysitting gig for his girlfriend, only to have an evil cult show up uninvited.

"Paradox Effect": A woman has no choice but to help a criminal after witnessing a shooting as he races to finish his job in this action flick. Starring Olga Kurylenko and Harvey Keitel.

"Peter Five Eight": Kevin Spacey plays an assassin who has tracked a woman to a small town in this thriller.

"The Equalizer: Season Four": Queen Latifah is back as retired spook Robyn McCall in the fourth season of the CBS drama.

"We Are Zombies": Horror comedy following a group of friends in a city full of mostly mindless but not homicidal living dead.

"Young Sheldon: The Complete Seventh Season": The final outing of CBS's "The Big Bang Theory" spinoff centered on the titular prodigy.

OUT ON DIGITAL HD SEPT. 24

"Mountains": Set in Miami’s Little Haiti neighborhood, a Haitian immigrant confronts the reality of gentrification working as a housing demolition crew member.

"Beezel": There's something wrong with the house in this horror flick, and it may be the ancient witch living underfoot.

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