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• Jurassic Park / The Lost World (1993/97) | DVD | (09/10/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  On remote Isla Nuba entrepreneur John Hammond (Richard Attenborough) has built the ultimate theme-park, populated by genetically engineered dinosaurs painstakingly reconstructed from DNA extracted from prehistoric amber... and, of course, frogs! Adapted from Michael Crichton's novels, Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park blockbusters became a cultural and commercial phenomenon thanks in part to the enduring appeal of all things prehistoric. But the films' extraordinarily realistic digital dinosaurs also showcased the spectacular computer-generated effects that have since become ubiquitous in Hollywood filmmaking. Indeed, in the years since 1993 it is debatable whether any films have revolutionised special effects to such an extent, and this DVD box set offers the perfect opportunity to relive both movies' visual and aural splendour (the original film was also the first to be released with a DTS soundtrack). Given their rather insipid human prey (including Dickie Attenborough and Jeff Goldblum) there is little doubt that the dinosaurs are the real stars, from the benign majesty of the towering brachiosaurus to the reptilian menace of the velociraptors. Most memorable of all is the T-rex, displaying a spine-chilling combination of physical ferocity and child-like bewilderment in the face of its reincarnation in the modern world. While Jurassic Park still retains a unique power and a seminal place in film history, Spielberg's The Lost World sequel exceeds its predecessor in almost every respect: the digital dinos are more populous, faster and meaner, the set-pieces have more bravura, and the special effects raise the benchmark even higher in blending CGI and live action spectacle. Overall, the first film's sense of awe and almost stately contemplation of its own visual splendour are replaced with a more visceral style and darker tone, as the raptors and rexes attack with a predatory ferociousness more reminiscent of Aliens than Godzilla. Highlights include the T-rexes' cliff-top assault on a trailer van, the trails of attacking raptors as they move silently through a field of tall grass, and the safari-style dinosaur round-up by the marauding hunters, led by a grizzled Pete Postlethwaite. --Steve Napleton

• Tenderness | DVD | (26/04/2010) from £4.84   |  Saving you £12.41 (346.65%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A taut and twisty cat-and-mouse game as Russell Crowe stars as the hard-bitten detective on the trail of a young man he is convinced is a would-be serial killer.

• Plunkett And Macleane | DVD | (24/12/2001) from £11.63   |  Saving you £1.36 (11.69%)   |  RRP £12.99

  No-one will be neutral about Plunkett and Macleane. Either you go with its notion of cheeky, stylish fun or you want to grab first-time director Jake Scott by the ear and slap him silly. Your inclination may depend on whether you recall his dad Ridley's own directing debut, The Duellists (1977), and savour the correspondences. Dad took a Joseph Conrad tale of the Napoleonic Wars, cast it with the ultra-contemporary Keith Carradine and Harvey Keitel, and filmed it with a swooping, mobile camera. Son Jake has made a feisty period piece about a pair of thieves (Robert Carlyle, Jonny Lee Miller) in 1748 London and filled it with blatant anachronisms. A decadent aristo (Alan Cumming), asked whether he "still swings both ways," replies, "I swing every way!" A ballroom full of revellers dances the minuet (or is it the gavotte?) while our ears--if not theirs--are filled with a trance ballad. And so forth. Is this sophomoric? Maybe. But it's also often fresh and inventive. Why shouldn't a filmmaker be allowed to speak directly to a contemporary consciousness, even flaunt it, as long as he also delivers startling imagery and convincing period detail? The solid cast includes Michael Gambon as a corrupt magistrate, Ken Stott as a very nasty enforcer named Mr Chance (who favours a thumb through the eye socket and into the brain as a mode of execution) and Terence Rigby as a philosophical jailer. Even Liv Tyler looks more interesting than usual. In the end pretty frivolous, Plunkett and Macleane is nonetheless a lively debut. --Richard T Jameson, Amazon.com

• Once Upon a Time in China: The Complete Films (Criterion Collection) | Blu Ray | (16/11/2021) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Yoga And The Kung Fu Girl | DVD | (04/06/2007) from £14.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Phoenix (Phoenix Chen) and Ah-Fei (Chi Kuan Chun) come to a town where Ma the head of a Kung Fu School frames Ah-Fei for murder. See how a man and a woman who both possess the extraordinary skill of Shien Kwon (Soft Bone) kung fu which originates with Indian Yoga counter their foes with this most unique style of kung fu fighting. 'Yoga And Kung Fu Girl' is an eye-opening delight that will have kung fu fans breaking their backs with joy!

• The Mummy/The Mummy Returns/The Mummy - Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor | DVD | (20/07/2009) from £19.99   |  Saving you £-5.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The Mummy (Dir. Stephen Sommers) (1999): Deep in the Egyptian desert a handful of people searching for a long-lost treasure have just unearthed a 3 000 year old legacy of terror. Combining the thrills of a rousing adventure with the suspense of Universal's legendary 1932 horror classic The Mummy starring Brendan Fraser is a true nonstop action epic filled with dazzling visual effects top-notch talent and superb storytelling. The Mummy Returns (Dir. Stephen Sommers) (2001): Set in 1933 ten years after the events in the first film Rick O'Connell (Brendan Fraser) is married to Evelyn (Rachel Weisz) and the couple has settled in London raising their 9-year-old son Alex (Freddie Boath). When a chain of events finds the corpse of Imhotep (Arnold Vosloo) resurrected in the British Museum Imhotep walks the earth determined to fulfill his quest for immortality. But another force has also been set loose one born of the darkest rituals of ancient Egyptian mysticism and even more powerful than Imhotep. When these forces clash the fate of the world will hang in the balance sending the O'Connell's on a mission to save the world and their son before it is too late... The Mummy 3 - Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor (Dir. Rob Cohen) (2008): Doomed by a double-crossing sorceress (Michelle Yeoh) to spend eternity in suspended animation China's ruthless Dragon Emperor (Jet Li) and his 10 000 warriors have laid forgotten for eons entombed in clay as a vast silent terra cotta army. But when dashing adventurer Alex O'Connell (Luke Ford) is tricked into awakening the ruler from eternal slumber the reckless young archaeologist must seek the help of the only people who know more than he does about taking down the undead: his parents - Rick and Evelyn O'Connor (Brendan Frase and Maria Bello).

• Blaxploitation - The Big Payback (6 DVD) | DVD | (26/03/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Six of meanest baddest and best films of the blaxploitation genre! T.N.T. Jackson (1975): A blaxpoitation action/kung-fu flick about an undercover female cop (Playboy Playmate Jeanne Bell) headed to Hong Kong in order to find and help her missing brother who happens to be in trouble with the mob. TNT Jackson appears in many Kung Fu battles against the Chinese Mob and even a classic topless karate scene. The Black Six (1974): A black high school student who is dating a

• Die Hard (Two Disc Special Edition) | DVD | (31/03/2003) from £4.97   |  Saving you £18.02 (362.58%)   |  RRP £22.99

• Force Of Execution | Blu Ray | (03/02/2014) from £17.98   |  Saving you £4.00 (25.02%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Crime lord Mr. Alexander (Steven Seagal - Maximum Conviction) after years of sitting at the throne of a powerful underworld empire decides it's finally time to go straight. However things won't be that simple when another drug boss known only as Ice Man (Ving Rhames - Pulp Fiction) is set on making a name for himself at Alexander's expense. Targeting Alexander and his men Ice Man wages a war that threatens to change the shape of whole criminal underworld. With Ice Man hell-bent on taking over the throne one thing's for sure Mr. Alexander won't be retiring quietly.

• Blade Runner | Blu Ray | (15/04/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  To call this cut of Blade Runner ‘long awaited’ would be a heavy, heavy understatement. It’s taken 25 years since the first release of one of the science-fiction genre’s flagship films to get this far, and understandably, Blade Runner: The Final Cut has proved to be one of the most eagerly awaited DVD releases of all time. And it’s been well worth the wait. Director Ridley Scott’s decision to head back to the edit suite and cut together one last version of his flat-out classic film has been heavily rewarded, with a genuinely definitive version of an iconic, visually stunning and downright intelligent piece of cinema. Make no mistake: this is by distance the best version of Blade Runner. And it’s never looked better, either. The core of Blade Runner, of course, remains the same, with Harrison Ford’s Deckard (the Blade Runner of the title) on the trail of four ‘replicants’, cloned humans that are now illegal. And he does so across an amazing cityscape that’s proven to be well ahead of its time, with astounding visuals that defied the supposed limits of special effects back in 1982. Backed up with a staggering extra features package that varies depending on which version of this Blade Runner release you opt for (two-, four- and five-disc versions are available), the highlight nonetheless remains the stunning film itself. Remastered and restored, it remains a testament to a number of creative people whose thinking was simply a country mile in advance of that of their contemporaries. An unmissable purchase. --Jon Foster

• Hour Of The Gun | DVD | (16/07/2007) from £16.19   |  Saving you £-6.20 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  In Tombstone justice is settled with a gun. Guns don't stay in their holsters long when vigilantes Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday meet outlaws in the Wild West. James Garner (Maverick) and Oscar winner* Jason Robards (All the President's Men) saddle up as the legendary gunslingers in this riveting fact-based story that is the closest filmmakers have ever come to the truth of the OK Corral gunfight. With the dust barely settling at the OK Corral the notorious Clanton brothers unleash their revenge. One by one they gun down Wyatt Earp's brothers - but they won't have the last shot. Using his US Marshal's badge as his authority and Doc Holliday (Robards) as his deputized right-hand man Earp begins a zealous pursuit of vengeance that the west will never forget.

• The Wild Blue Yonder | DVD | (22/10/2007) from £11.35   |  Saving you £4.64 (40.88%)   |  RRP £15.99

  From legendary filmmaker Werner Herzog (Grizzly Man Fitzcarraldo Nosferatu) comes an inspired vision: as humans search for a new planet to colonize aliens attempt to settle on the nearly-uninhabitable Earth Oscar-nominee Brad Dourif (Deadwood The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Seed of Chucky) delivers a remarkable performance as an alien who tells his story. Herzog worked with NASA and musician/photographer Henry Kaiser to create incredible documentary images from outer space and beneath the Antarctic Ocean and combined these with Brad Dourif's performance and interviews with respected scientists - culminating in a personal plea to save our planet.

• 3 Ninjas Kick Back | DVD | (06/07/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Colt Rocky and Tum Tum are back in another action-packed story where they travel with their grandfather to Japan in search of a secret cave of gold closely followed by a band of heavy metal rockers.

• Conan the Barbarian - Limited Edition Steelbook | Blu Ray | (02/12/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Zavvi Exclusive Limited Edition Steelbook. Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as the legendary warrior and hero Conan the Barbarian. When his parents are killed by a band of brutal marauders and the gang's cold-blooded cult leader (James Earl Jones) the orphaned Conan endures a childhood of merciless slavery only to become a gladiator for the amusement of his captors. Eventually set free Conan begins a dangerous full-blooded quest to avenge his parents' massacre. Now the sword-wielding warrior must vanquish his bloodthirsty enemies in this death-defying action-adventure about courage strength character and the triumph of good over evil.

• Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa | DVD | (17/09/2007) from £25.35   |  Saving you £-9.36 (-58.50%)   |  RRP £15.99

  It is 1923 in Munich. Two years have passed since Edward Elric's sacrifice ripped him out of his world and into ours separating him from his younger brother Alphonse. In that time Ed's continued research into rocketry has allied him with Alphonse Heiderich a fellow researcher who oddly resembles Ed's brother. Progress has been slow however and Ed has become discouraged. But when he saves a quiet Gypsy girl with the power to read minds Ed is quickly pulled into a plot by the Thule Society and the burgeoning Nazi Party that could drag both worlds into a terrible war. Back in his own world Al has been unlocking new secrets of alchemy and gaining incredible powers all in the hopes of finding Ed. Battling the occult ideological extremists and monstrous Homunculi lurking in the shadows can the brothers find a way to reunite without causing chaos and bloodshed? What will happen when the world of alchemy and the world of modern science collide?

• Jurassic Park Trilogy | DVD | (01/10/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

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• Caligula | Blu Ray | (10/05/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The complete uncut version of the incredible sexual epic that may be the most controversial film of all time. Astounding decadence uncensored sex and explicit violence meet in this kinky look at the reign of Caligula depraved ruler of Rome. Malcolm McDowell John Gielgud Peter O'Toole and Helen Mirren star along with a bevy of wild and willing newcomers in this Bob Guccione-Penthouse production from Gore Vidal's screenplay. One of the most notorious films in cinematic history is now totally UNCUT in full HD glory. The most controversial film of all time now available in this spectacular 2 disc Blu-Ray edition.

• Green Street 2 | Blu Ray | (23/03/2009) from £31.03   |  Saving you £-8.04 (N/A%)   |  RRP £22.99

  The sequel to Green Street reveals what happens when the top players of the West Ham crew Green Street Elite are imprisoned following a deadly battle with their archenemies Millwall - every day becomes a fight for survival.

• The Ultimate Fighter 17 | DVD | (16/09/2013) from £40.48   |  Saving you £-10.49 (-35.00%)   |  RRP £29.99

  All 12 episodes of the 17th season of the American martial arts reality show in which two teams of fighters, each led by an experienced pro, compete to earn a UFC contract. In this series, the rival teams are led by Jon Jones and Chael Sonnen. The episodes are: 'Enter the Octagon', 'Ambush', 'Embrace the Suffering', 'Sign of Disrespect', 'The Reflection of Perfection', 'Path to Greatness', 'His Fist On My Face', 'Bag of Tools', 'The Wild Card', 'The Quarterfinals Begin', 'Vicious' and 'The Se...

• Bonded By Blood | Blu Ray | (27/12/2010) from £4.58   |  Saving you £17.17 (608.87%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Essex 1995. A small group of men dominate the local crime scene through fear and uncompromised brutality. Tony Tucker patrick Tate and Craig Ralfe are known as the most feared criminals across the south of England through their monopoly over the local drugs trade and popular club scene. But in a world where loyalties are constantly tested and cast fortunes are at stake your closest friend can quickly become your worst enemy and before long the boys find themselves in a life or death situation that will lead to their inevitable downfall. Featuring an all-star cast including Tamer Hassan Adam Deacon Terry Stone Kierston Wareing and Vincent Regan Bonded By Blood is a brutal portrait of the most notorious film in British crime history.