RED leads the pack of this week’s mediocre films on DVD, along with the third entry in Sweden’s popular Millennium series, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest. The only movie which everyone seemed to have the same opinion on this week was Saw 3D which racked up universally negative scores at Criticker.

Red – Average Tier 5.00
After trading in his professional past as a black-ops CIA agent for a new identity, Frank Moses (Bruce Willis) is basking in normalcy. But he’s forced to return to old habits when a shadowy assassin puts a target on his back and goes after the woman (Mary-Louise Parker) he loves. Morgan Freeman, Helen Mirren and John Malkovich co-star as former members of Moses’s team who reluctantly reassemble to save his life. Red @ Amazon

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest – Average Tier 5.55
The third and final movie in the Stieg Larsson series. Lisbeth Salander is seriously wounded since the second movie and is recovering in the hospital waiting for her trial. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest @ Amazon

Nowhere Boy – Average Tier 5.56
The debut feature of Sam Taylor-Wood, tells the never seen before story of John Lennon’s childhood. (imdb) Nowhere Boy @ Amazon

Saw 3D – Average Tier 2.55
Insane, intense cruelty is the calling card of the Jigsaw killer (Tobin Bell), whose twisted spirit and terrifying human traps — recalled in flashbacks following his death in Saw III — inspire another installment of the hugely successful gore franchise. Led by fellow survivor Bobby Dagen (Sean Patrick Flanery), Jigsaw’s past victims band together to support each other. Cary Elwes reprises his role as Dr. Lawrence Gordon. Saw 3D @ Amazon

Secretariat – Average Tier 4.73
The life story of Penny Chenery, owner of the racehorse Secretariat, who won the Triple Crown in 1973. Secretariat @ Amazon

Yesterday, Buried received an honor as the best Spanish movie of 2010. It’s in English and stars Canadian Ryan Reynolds, but director Rodrigo Cortés’s film is a completely Spanish production. Though Criticker users didn’t love Buried enough to land it in our year-end Top 20, it did manage to be the best film released on DVD this week. Faint praise, perhaps, but fans of suspense should definitely check this one out.

Buried – Average Tier 6.28
Paul is a U.S. contractor working in Iraq. After an attack by a group of Iraqis he wakes to find he is buried alive inside a coffin. With only a lighter and a cell phone it’s a race against time to escape this claustrophobic death trap. Buried @ Amazon

Animal Kingdom – Average Tier 6.62
Tells the story of seventeen year-old J (Josh) as he navigates his survival amongst an explosive criminal family and the detective who thinks he can save him. (imdb) Animal Kingdom @ Amazon

Stone – Average Tier 3.52
A convicted arsonist looks to manipulate a parole officer into a plan to secure his parole by placing his beautiful wife in the lawman’s path. Stone @ Amazon

Takers – Average Tier 3.37
With their collective eye on a $20 million payoff, a motley crew of bank robbers (including Paul Walker, Michael Ealy, Chris Brown and T.I.) get busy planning out their next heist. But a detective (Matt Dillon) who’s obsessed with his work is just as obsessed with making sure the thieves never pull off their scheme. Takers @ Amazon

Jack Goes Boating – Average Tier 5.88
A limo driver’s blind date sparks a tale of love, betrayal, friendship, and grace centered around two working-class NYC couples. Jack Goes Boating @ Amazon

The movie said to define a generation, The Social Network is new on DVD today, but the big news is that there’s an even more-highly praised film being released on the same day. Originally released in Canada in 2007, Shake Hands with the Devil is just now making its way to DVD in the US. Set during the Rwandan genocide, the film details the attempts of General Roméo Dallaire, who tried in vain to stop the killing before it started.

Criticker Pick!The Social Network – Average Tier 7.76
On a fall night in 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer programming genius Mark Zuckerberg sits down at his computer and heatedly begins working on a new idea. In a fury of blogging and programming, what begins in his dorm room soon becomes a global social network and a revolution in communication. A mere six years and 500 million friends later, Mark Zuckerberg is the youngest billionaire in history… but for this entrepreneur, success leads to both personal and legal complications. The Social Network @ Amazon

Piranha – Average Tier 4.32
A tremor under the surface of Lake Victoria unleashes scores of prehistoric piranhas, an event which rallies the local sheriff (Shue) who will risk everything to save her townsfolk. Piranha @ Amazon

Heartbreaker – Average Tier 5.90
You could say Alex Lippi is a ladies’ man but it is not true. Of course he has already wooed and charmed armies of women, young and less young, French and foreign. But Alex does it only on active service. Indeed he is appointed to break up undesired couplings. This time he must prevent a rich young lady from marrying an English millionaire. The girl is beautiful and the future husband a perfect match. Will he manage to accomplish this difficult mission?Heartbreaker @ Amazon

Criticker Pick!Shake Hands with the Devil – Average Tier 8.11
A film adaption of Romeo Dallaire’s autobiography about the Rwandan genocide in 1994. (doctor7) Shake Hands with the Devil @ Amazon

Alpha and Omega – Average Tier 2.70
When park rangers capture ambitious, head-of-the-pack wolf pup Kate (Hayden Panettiere) and happy-go-lucky wolf pup Humphrey (Justin Long), the two wind up in a strange land hundreds of miles from home and must find their way back. As they battle bears, porcupines and each other on their journey, they discover they’re falling in love. Alpha and Omega @ Amazon