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• In Time - Triple Play (Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy) | Blu Ray | (27/02/2012) from £18.29   |  Saving you £6.70 (36.63%)   |  RRP £24.99

  As a storyteller, Andrew Niccol tends to think big, tackling heady subjects such as genetic predestination (Gattaca), the nature of reality (The Truman Show), and celebrity in the cyber age (S1m0ne). In Time, Niccol's first film since 2005's Lord of War, has a typically gigantic premise--a world where everyone over 25 years old must pay for every continued second of their existence--but stumbles in the execution. While the ideas are exceedingly clever, the telling isn't especially witty. Justin Timberlake stars as a goodhearted but desperate minimum-wager trapped in a society where the rich are essentially immortal and the poor see their lifespan shorten with every purchase. (A cup of coffee costs 4 minutes, taking the bus also takes 30 minutes off of your life, and so on.) After being gifted with a century by a mysterious benefactor, he begins a romance with a beautiful socialite (Amanda Seyfried), whose father holds the key to the entire monetary system. Matters are complicated with the introduction of a relentless time cop (Cillian Murphy) with his own motivations for restoring the unnatural balance of things. Niccol has fun laying out the aspects of a world where even the elderly are genetically frozen at age 25 (the scenes where Timberlake interacts with his mother, played by a disturbingly spry Olivia Wilde, are an unsavoury hoot), but has difficulty translating the ingenuity of his concept to a compelling narrative, which rapidly devolves into a mix of uninspired chase scenes and a succession of time-related puns that would have trouble passing muster on a Laffy Taffy wrapper. (The bad guys threaten to clean Timberlake's clock. Repeatedly.) While science fiction aficionados will find much to chew on in Niccol's askew reality, In Time never quite hits the marks that its own ideas suggest. As a film, it's more fun to think about than watch. --Andrew Wright

• Roger Corman Presents: Death Race 2050 (DVD + Digital Download) | DVD | (20/03/2017) from £3.47   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In the not-too-distant future, America is controlled by an all-powerful corporate government that keeps the masses placated with violent virtual reality entertainment. The event of the year is the Death Race, where a motley assortment of drivers compete in a cross country road race, scoring points for driving over pedestrians and killing each other. The reigning champion is Frankenstein, a half man, half machine favorite of the people, but little does he know he's taken a rebel spy as his co-pilot.

• Soldier Of Vengeance | DVD | (25/06/2012) from £2.99   |  Saving you £13.00 (81.30%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Steven Seagal embarks on an all new action mission.After leaving his special undercover police force Elijah Kane returns to his shadowy past as a Special Forces operative. Kane is recruited by the government to once again work for them as a long range sniper specialist.

• Fast & Furious 1-7 + Bonus Disc (DVD) | DVD | (27/03/2017) from £17.43   |  Saving you £8.30 (47.62%)   |  RRP £25.73

  ALL SEVEN SUPER-CHARGED MOVIES Buckle up for nonstop action and mind-blowing speed in the adrenaline-fueled Fast & Furious 7-Movie Collection. Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson, Michelle Rodriguez and an all-star cast put pedal to the metal in pursuit of justice and survival as they race from L.A. to Tokyo, Rio and London. Packed with full-throttle action and jaw-dropping stunts, these seven turbo-charged thrill rides place you behind the wheel of the most explosive film franchise in history! INCLUDES ALL NEW BONUS DISC PLUS OVER 2 HOURS OF NEW BONUS FEATURES Deleted Scenes Outtakes Behind-the-Scenes Featurettes Feature Commentaries And Much More!

• Redirected | DVD | (12/01/2015) from £4.53   |  Saving you £11.46 (252.98%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Four friends - John, Ben, Tim and Michael - turned first-time robbers, get stranded in Eastern Europe through a series of misadventures and have to find their way back home.

• Captain America: The First Avenger (Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy) | Blu Ray | (05/12/2011) from £38.88   |  Saving you £-8.89 (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Captain America leads the fight for freedom in the action-packed blockbuster starring Chris Evans as the ultimate weapon against evil! When a terrifying force threatens everyone across the globe, the world's greatest soldier wages war on the evil HYDRA organization, led by the villainous Red Skull (Hugo Weaving, The Matrix).

• Knightriders | Blu Ray | (22/04/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Made after the zombie classic Dawn of the Dead, George A. Romero's Knightriders is both clearly the work of the same director (there are lots of familiar faces from his other films) and a marked change of tone. There's still plenty of action, but it takes the form of jousting by people wearing full medieval armor... while riding motorbikes. Ed Harris, soon to become a major star, is the leader of a troupe of travelling entertainers trying to live their lives according to the ideals of King Arthur - no easy feat in Reagan's America, where the outside world and its financial realities constantly encroach on their dreams. With a memorably eccentric cast of characters (including make-up effects genius Tom Savini in a major role, and a cameo from novelist Stephen King) and a complex, nuanced script, Knightriders is Romero's warmest and most personal film to date. Special Features: High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentation Optional English SDH subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing Audio commentary with George Romero, Tom Savini, John Amplas and Christine Romero The Genesis of a Legend – Star Ed Harris remembers his first leading role A Date with Destiny – Co-star Tom Savini reflects on Knightriders Medieval Maiden – An interview with actress Patricia Tallman Theatrical Trailer TV Spots Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Nat Marsh Collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by author and critic Brad Stevens, an archival interview with Romero and a new interview with composer Donald Rubinstein, illustrated with original archive stills and posters

• Overdrive | Blu Ray | (04/12/2017) from £5.00   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Scott Eastwood, Ana de Armas and Freddie Thorp star in this action thriller centred on car thieves in the south of France. Brothers Andrew and Garrett Foster (Eastwood and Thorp) are expert drivers and work for a gang of European car thieves, stealing some of the most expensive cars in the world. Their work takes them to Marseille where they are tasked with recovering a 1937 Bugatti, which has just been purchased at an auction. However, the car's new owner is mob boss Jacomo Morier (Simon Abkarian) and when he catches the pair in the act of stealing his car he agrees to let them escape with their lives on the condition that they steal his rival Max Klemp (Clemens Schick)'s prized 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO within the week. Can the boys pull off the daring heist and keep up their end of the bargain?

• Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (28/05/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  The new 3D family adventure “Journey 2: The Mysterious Island” begins when seventeen-year-old Sean Anderson (Josh Hutcherson) receives a coded distress signal from a mysterious island where no island should exist. Unable to stop him from tracking the signal to its source Sean's new stepfather Hank (Dwayne Johnson) joins the quest that will take them first to the South Pacific and then to a place few people have ever seen. Or lived to tell about. It's a place of stunning beauty strange and threatening life forms volcanoes mountains of gold and more than one astonishing secret. Together with Gabato (Luis Guzmán) the only helicopter pilot willing to risk the trip and Gabato’s beautiful strong-willed daughter Kailani (Vanessa Hudgens) they set out to find the island rescue its lone human inhabitant and escape before seismic shockwaves force the island underwater and bury its treasures forever in this follow-up to the 2008 worldwide hit “Journey to the Center of the Earth.”

• Submerged | DVD | (05/09/2005) from £3.98   |  Saving you £16.01 (402.26%)   |  RRP £19.99

  He found the enemy...but on the wrong side! Chris Kody (Steven Seagal) the world's best mercenary is freed from prison... but there is a catch. Kody must use his lethal weapons and fighting skills to stop a group of terrorists who have taken over a nuclear submarine...

• Black Plague | DVD | (30/03/2015) from £4.33   |  Saving you £11.66 (269.28%)   |  RRP £15.99

  When English soldiers return home from the wars against France with a French hostage (David La Haye), people in their home village suddenly begin to die. It is believed that the Black Death is responsible but there are other dark reasons behind the sudden deaths.

• The Warrior and the Wolf | DVD | (30/05/2011) from £7.26   |  Saving you £8.73 (54.60%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Historical Chinese action feature from director Tian Zhuangzhuang. Set in China's northwest provinces centuries ago shepherd Lu Chenkang (Joe Odagiri) joins the ranks of General Zhang Anliang (Chung Hua Tou) whose forces are passing through the mountains. Previously a placid caring man Lu's character quickly changes until he becomes one of the General's most feared fighters eventually assuming command when the General is sent home after becoming wounded in a barbarian attack. As the winter closes in and Lu leads his men on the homeward journey they take refuge in a mountain village where Lu falls for local woman (Maggie Q). With the troops about to continue on their way the woman informs Lu that she belongs to a magical tribe that can transform themselves into wolves and that as a result of their intimacy he too now shares this ability.

• War | DVD | (22/11/2004) from £13.48   |  Saving you £6.51 (32.60%)   |  RRP £19.99

  'War' is set around the ongoing civil war between the Russian Federation and Chechnya written and directed by Aleksei Balabanov best known for the ""Brat"" series. Ivan a Russian prisoner is being held by Aslan a Chechyan rebel leader. Hostage negotiations begin resulting in the decision to allow Ivan and a British prisoner John to go free so that they can return with the ransom for the release of the other captives. However unable to raise the money the two men return to

• Thicker Than Water | DVD | (28/07/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Thicker Than Water' is a story of rival 'top dogs' from inner-city gangs who form an uneasy alliance during a bloody turf war and features a kicking soundtrack by some of rap's hottest stars. When the mixing equipment of DJ (Mack 10) goes up in flames and a record company executive double-crosses Lonzo (Fat Joe) the two become allies to achieve their dream of becoming music producers. DJ and Lonzo turn to Gator (CJ MAC) a successful drug-lord living the high life in New Orleans to raise the money they need and for a while the partnership is a success. But when someone rats to the police their relationship falls apart as the old rivalry resurfaces and threatens to destroy everything they've worked for...

• The City of Violence - 2 Disc Collector's Edition | DVD | (01/10/2007) from £17.41   |  Saving you £2.58 (12.90%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Detective Jeong Tae-su (played by martial arts wizard Jeong Du-hong) returns from Seoul to Onsung the hometown of his youth to attend the funeral of his long-time friend a reformed small-time mobster Wang-jae (Ahn Gil-gang). There following a nostalgic reunion with his gang of former childhood buddies he becomes obsessed with investigating the circumstances surrounding Wang-jae's death. What he uncovers sparks a chain of events that results in Jeong and his buddy Ryoo (played by

• Sanjuro | DVD | (06/10/2003) from £10.78   |  Saving you £9.21 (85.44%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Sequel to Kurosawa's own 'Yojimbo' in which the crafty samurai helps a young man and his fellow clansmen save his uncle who has been framed and imprisoned by a corrupt superintendent...

• The Anderson Tapes | DVD | (06/01/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  An early example of the techno-thriller, The Anderson Tapes--sharply directed by Sidney Lumet from the novel by Lawrence Sanders--follows just-out-of-stir Duke Anderson (a balding Sean Connery) as he plots the heist of an entire New York apartment building, enlisting a crew that includes Martin Balsam as a vintage 1971 gay stereotype and a very young Christopher Walken in perhaps the first of his jittery crook roles. The gimmick is that Anderson has been out of circulation so long that he doesn't realise his mafia backers are only supporting him because they feel nostalgic for the days before they were boring businessmen and that the whole setup is monitored by a criss-crossing selection of government and private agencies who don't care enough to thwart the robbery, which instead becomes unglued thanks to a gutsy young radio ham. With a cool Quincy Jones score, very tight editing, a lot of spot-on cameo performances from the likes of Ralph Meeker as a patient cop, this hasn't dated a bit: it's wry without being jokey and suspenseful without undue contrivance. On the DVD The Anderson Tapes offers a nice anamorphic transfer, a few trailers and various foreign language options. --Kim Newman

• Legend Of A Fighter | DVD | (05/03/2001) from £13.73   |  Saving you £6.26 (45.59%)   |  RRP £19.99

  In the historically based Kung fu drama Legend of a Fighter director Yuen Woo Ping offers his version of the early life of martial artist Fok Yuen Gap (played by Leung Kar Yan). Set at the beginning of the 20th century, Fok is considered too weak to learn the family Kung fu style. Still, as his father can break eggs by growling, he probably considers most people weak. The teenager forms a bond with his humane Japanese tutor (Kurata Yusuaki), who secretly teaches martial arts. The story builds to a moving climax as 12 years later pupil and now ageing master are forced by honour into a deadly duel. The opening and closing acts are by far the strongest, the plentiful fight scenes being balanced by gentle humour and emotions torn between friendship and duty. Both lead actors are excellent, with Yusuaki being particularly fine as the noble warrior-teacher. The middle, a series of disconnected tableaux in which Fok establishes his stature as a Kung fu expert, goes on much too long to sustain interest. Nevertheless the story of Fok Yuen Gap, a genuine Chinese hero who was also the inspiration for Bruce Lee's Fist of Fury (1972), is fine and Woo Ping delivers the one-on-one Kung fu action with the touch of a master.On the DVD: The 1.77:1 image doesn't benefit at all from its anamorphic enhancement, the entire film being presented slightly out of focus so that by the end eyes are likely to be aching. The opening 4:3 Academy ratio archive footage has been distorted to 1.77:1, while the original trailer shows Legend of a Fighter was shot in an extremely wide format--possibly the Hong Kong equivalent of early 2.66:1 CinemaScope, or even 2.74:1 Techniscope--which means that large amounts of the original image are missing. This is very obvious as characters constantly vanish off the sides of the screen or are cropped in half. Additionally, and again compared to the crisp, sharp trailer, colours are washed out, while the mono sound distorts whenever the music gets loud. The film is available in Mandarin with optional English subtitles, or in an awful English dub littered with inappropriate obscene language. There is a nine-minute interview with Leung Kar Yan, and a 23-minute interview with Yuen Woo Ping, which is a slightly longer version of the conversation presented on the Magnificent Butcher DVD: it's notable how he expresses his love of science fiction and indicates he would like to make a SF Kung-fu movie, something he achieved with The Matrix (1999). There is a Hong Kong Legends' promo for the film, together with seven further new trailers. The photo gallery is pointless, simply cropping some shots even further than the main presentation. --Gary S Dalkin

• Return to the Hiding Place | DVD | (29/08/2016) from £11.04   |  Saving you £4.95 (44.84%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Realising that the rising Nazi empire will swallow Holland and create the holocaust of every innocent Jew, Corrie ten Boom faces this deadly threat with a surprising remedy: an army comprised of untrained teenagers. Because Hans Poley chooses not to join the Nazi party, he is forced into hiding in the home of Corrie ten Boom. He witnesses the atrocities toward the suffering Jews and decides he must do something. Hans is drawn by resistance fighter, Piet Hartog, and the love of Piet's life - Aty van Woerden (Corrie ten Boom's niece) into an intricate web of espionage and clandestine activities centered in the famous Hiding Place. Hans, Piet, and their friends navigate a deadly labyrinth of challenges to rescue the Jewish people while embarking on an action-packed hunt with the underground, involving Gestapo hijacks, daring rescues, and stunning miracles. The film climaxes in the true, breath-taking rescue of an entire orphanage of Jewish children marked for mass execution by Hitler's assassins. Extras: Behind the Scenes Deleted Scenes Theatrical Trailer

• Three Kingdoms - Resurrection Of The Dragon | DVD | (13/07/2009) from £3.57   |  Saving you £14.42 (403.92%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Set in ancient China at a time when the Empire was divided between three powers the Kingdom of Wei the Kingdom of Shu and the Kingdom of Wu Three Kingdoms: Resurrection Of The Dragon follows the reflective journey of valiant hero Zhao Zilong a warrior of the Shu Kingdom as he marches his army north to defeat the Wei Kingdom. Betrayed injured and with his army diminishing Zilong leads his army to war to win the Mandate Of Heaven to unify the vast country.