Director Wayne Kramer certainly doesn’t make it easy to enjoy his work. Obsessed with the murky state of the human condition, viewed through a darkly comic prism, the helmer often treats his characters as pinballs, dreaming up an elaborate play field of sickness and violence to explore. After failing to dissect the state of illegal immigration in 2009’s “Crossing Over,” Kramer returns to his roots with “Pawn Shop Chronicles,” a warped collection of lurid stories that play like a cross between “Creepshow” and “Pulp Fiction.” It’s high-flying, wound-licking stuff, strictly for those who found the moviemaker’s 2006’s effort “Running Scared” an underrated masterpiece. Outsiders should seek their ugly entertainment elsewhere. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com