Director Steve McQueen hasn’t made a narrative-driven film in many years, not since his stellar work on 2018’s “Widows.” The “12 Years a Slave” and “Shame” helmer released a little-seen documentary last year (“Occupied City”), but he returns to more dramatic interests in “Blitz,” which is a big-budget period piece examining the dangers of life in London during World War II. McQueen (who also scripts) tones down his usual interest in behavioral extremity for the endeavor, remaining tough on his characters, but he also offers a Disney-adjacent study of juvenile fortitude and parental separation, feeling a bit like “The Journey of Natty Gann” with a harder sense of the real world. “Blitz” offers a chilling study of wartime dangers and community misery, with impressive technical credits bringing haunting images to life. The overall arc of endurance isn’t quite as potent, as McQueen isn’t built for emotionality, leaving the feature slightly lacking in the tenderness department. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com