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• Vertical Limit --Superbit | DVD | (14/10/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Vertical Limit is the film for all those mountain-climbing aficionados who devoured Jon Krakauer's Into Thin Air and similar books. It attempts to translate man-against-the-mountain adventure into compelling, albeit fictional, drama. But while the climbing action is pretty darn breathtaking, somebody forgot to put the brakes on the cliché machine while penning the screenplay. Two siblings (Chris O'Donnell and Robin Tunney) are mentally scarred by a climbing accident in which their father died to save them. She becomes a famous mountain climber; he never climbs again. On one of her climbs an avalanche leaves her stranded and only her determined brother can bring her back, along with a ragtag team of rescuers. It's easy to pick out the rest of the story from here, but Vertical Limit is less about the hackneyed plot than it is about putting its characters into increasingly dangerous situations and hanging them precariously over various mountainsides. It's a credit to director Martin Campbell (GoldenEye) that the impressive action keeps the film moving along past the bordering-on-absurd plot twists. O'Donnell tosses his mane of fluffy hair admirably, but it's still disheartening to see this once-promising actor turning into a pretty-boy stand-in; only Glenn manages to overcome his character's predictability. Mountaineering enthusiasts will recognise a cameo by world-renowned climber Ed Viesturs, who as an actor proves that he's... a very good mountain climber. --Mark Englehart, Amazon.com

• Check Point | DVD | (19/06/2017) from £3.40   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A 'sleeper cell' Terrorist plot is discovered in a small town where every one knows one another, or so they thought they did. As justice seems lost when an insurgent attack threatens to escalate into a full-blown invasion of the US, a team of unlikely heroes must rise up to fight the enemy and protect their country.

• Kings Of The Sun | DVD | (20/10/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  After a terrible battle leaves young Balam (Chakiris) king of his Mayan tribe he leads his people out of Mexico to escape the rival clan still hunting them. But upon reaching their new home a hostile Native American tribe attacks and the Mayans manage to capture Black Eagle (Brynner) the Native American leader. While held prisoner Black Eagle manages to earn Balam's respect and the kings agree to peace. But when Balam's old rivals arrive looking for a fight the newly allied kings must take up arms and stand together in order to repel the invading force and save their people.

• Kill Me Again | DVD | (28/07/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  John Dahl, the director behind Red Rock West and The Last Seduction, is the director and co-writer of Kill Me Again, and it shows. Dahl's love of modern noir, ruthless women, Western landscapes, and double-crosses shines through. Joanne Whalley-Kilmer plays Fay, a spitfire who has somehow gotten herself mixed up with a psychotic thug (Michael Madsen, of course) named Vince. Fay runs off with a whole lot of Vince's stolen money and hires loser private eye Jack Andrews (Val Kilmer) to help her fake her own death. To say any more would spoil a terrific, intricate plot that keeps heating up as interested parties close in on Jack, Fay, and the money. The then-married Kilmer and Whalley-Kilmer clearly have a great time playing off each other, and Madsen adds another brilliantly played lunatic to his oeuvre. Enjoy it, and don't trust anybody. --Ali Davis, Amazon.com

• Hornblower - The Frogs And The Lobsters | DVD | (03/02/2003) from £7.97   |  Saving you £5.01 (100.60%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Based freely on the classic novels by C.S. Forester, Hornblower is a series of TV films following the progress of a young officer through the ranks of the British navy during the Napoleonic Wars. The series greatest asset is the handsome and charismatic Ioan Gruffudd in the lead role, surely a major star in the making. For television films the production values are very good, though as Titanic, Waterworld and The Perfect Storm demonstrated, filming an aquatic adventure is a very expensive business, and it is clear that the Hornblower dramas simply make the best of comparatively small budgets. No more faithful to Forester's books than the 1951 Gregory Peck classic Captain Horatio Hornblower, the real inspiration seems to have come from the success of Sharpe, starring Sean Bean, which likewise featured a British hero in the Napoleonic Wars. Nevertheless, while rather more easy going than the real British navy of the time, the Hornblower saga delivers an entertaining adventure, greatly enhanced by the presence of such guest stars as Denis Lawson, Cheri Lunghi, Ronald Pickup and Anthony Sher. "The Frogs and the Lobsters" provides a tough, complex and surprisingly violent drama concerning an attempt to mount a royalist counter-offensive against Revolutionary France.--Gary S Dalkin

• The Running Dead | DVD | (19/11/2012) from £6.96   |  Saving you £9.03 (56.50%)   |  RRP £15.99

  It has been over a year since the start of the outbreak. Society has collapsed and the world is in chaos. Elvis and Tweeter, two of the last people alive, decide to escape the United States in search of an off-shore haven. Reaching an island that seems deserted, they make camp only to quickly find they are not alone... The pair must join forces with the local band of remaining humans in order to hold out against a brutal army of Zombies!

• Race to Witch Mountain | Blu Ray | (31/10/2011) from £9.43   |  Saving you £13.56 (59.00%)   |  RRP £22.99

  Loosely based on Alexander Key's novel Escape to Witch Mountain, Race to Witch Mountain is not so much a remake of the 1975 film Escape to Witch Mountain as an entirely new film based on some key plot points from the former film. When two innocent-looking teens appear in Jack Bruno's (Dwayne Johnson) cab and tell him "we must travel in that direction", Jack thinks it's a bit strange but shrugs it off and starts driving. Soon they're being followed and chased off the road, but is it Jack's past catching up with him or something much larger? Sara (AnnaSophia Robb) and Seth (Alexander Ludwig) reluctantly confess that they are aliens from another planet, but Jack refuses to accept their statement until Sara starts moving things with her mind and Seth slips through the body of the car and deflects the SUV that's pursuing them. Sara and Seth tell Jack that they must recover their crashed spaceship in order to save earth from being taken over by aliens, so Jack takes them to see Dr. Alex Friedman (Carla Gugino); a scientist who he met by chance and who believes in the possible existence of extra-terrestrials. While the four are initially wary of one another, Dr. Friedman provides some valuable contacts and they begin trusting one another out of sheer necessity. Soon they're battling secret government agencies, heavily armed personnel, and even a cybernetic Siphon (which looks a lot like a Cylon from Battlestar Galactica) in a desperate attempt to gain access to the heavily fortified Witch Mountain and the crashed spacecraft. Action-packed car chases dominate the film (a bit excessively, in this reviewer's opinion), but the acting and chemistry between actors is good as is the suspense and intrigue. Rated PG due to sequences of action and violence, frightening and dangerous situations, and some thematic elements. (Ages 9 and older) --Tami Horiuchi

• The Hunger Games: Catching Fire UHD | Blu Ray | (28/11/2016) from £18.88   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The Hunger Games: Catching Fire begins as Katniss Everdeen has returned home safe after winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games along with fellow tribute Peeta Mellark. Winning means that they must turn around and leave their family and close friends, embarking on a Victor's Tour of the districts. Along the way Katniss senses that a rebellion is simmering, but the Capitol is still very much in control as President Snow prepares the 75th Annual Hunger Games (The Quarter Quell) - a competition that could change Panem forever.

• Secret Ninja, Roaring Tiger | DVD | (04/03/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  Tiger So heads a Ninja gang who have kidnapped a millionaire's daughter. Dragon Kong is called upon to make a treacherous journey to save her. It is to be the most dangerous mission of his life.

• WWE - TLC - Tables, Ladders & Chairs 2010 | DVD | (04/04/2011) from £29.14   |  Saving you £-11.15 (-62.00%)   |  RRP £17.99

  The Miz shocked the WWE Universe when he cashed in his Money in the Bank contract on a vulnerable Randy Orton to capture the WWE Championship. But will the Age of Awesome end in a shower of splinters when the brash new WWE Champion defends his title against the vengeful Viper in a Tables Match? Plus only one month after Wade Barrett nearly permanently ended the career of one of the most beloved Superstars in WWE history the Nexus mastermind will battle a fired up John Cena in a Chairs Match. Four of SmackDown's top Superstars- World Heavyweight Champion Kane Edge Rey Mysterio and Alberto Del Rio battle in a brutal Tables Ladders & Chairs Match for the World title. Careers could be changed forever when the Superstars of Raw and SmackDown present WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2010.

• 3 Classic Adventures - The Four Feathers / The African Queen / The Thirty Nine Steps | DVD | (20/10/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  The Four Feathers - A British army officer who resigns his commission on the eve of his unit's embarkation to a mission against Egyptian rebels seeks to redeem his cowardice by secretly aiding his former comrades disguised as an Arab... The Africa Queen - The boozing smoking cussing captain of a tramp steamer Charlie Allnut saves prim and proper Rose Sayer after her brother is killed by German soldiers at the beginning of World War I in Africa. Many quarrels later the two set sail on the Ulonga-Bora in order to sabotage a German ship. Based on the 1935 novel by C.S. Forester the wonderful combination of Hepburn and Bogie (who won an Oscar) makes this a thoroughly enjoyable blend of comedy and adventure. Later came the book (and Clint Eastwood film) White Hunter Black Heart which chronicled screenwriter Peter Viertel's experiences observing Huston throughout the making of the picture. The 39 Steps (1978) - It is 1914. Europe is on the brink of war. London seems peaceful enough but a dangerous conspiracy is underway... Colonel Scudder of the British Intelligence has unearthed a plot to assassinate the Greek Prime Minister on a visit to London and thus precipitate World War 1. Richard Hannay an engineer on leave in London becomes implicated and there follows an exciting series of hair's breadth escapes of plot and coounterplot as Hannay attempts to solve the riddle of the Thirty Nine Steps...

• Tekken 2 | Blu Ray | (19/10/2015) from £7.99   |  Saving you £8.00 (100.12%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Suffering from amnesia, a young man trying to discover his true identity is kidnapped by an underground crime organization and turned into a ruthless assassin.

• Hundra | DVD | (22/05/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £10.99

  In an age when all women are slaves she would call no man master. It's the Dark Ages and savage men enslave all women except for Hundra the Invincible. She leads a valiant tribe of women who dare to be free but after her companions are massacred Hundra must search for a suitable mate to begin a new colony... Featured a score from renowned Italian composer Ennio Morricone.

• Apartment 1303 | DVD | (17/09/2007) from £5.39   |  Saving you £10.60 (196.66%)   |  RRP £15.99

  From The Team behind The Grudge... When several young women mysteriously die after taking residence on the 13th floor of a beautiful apartment block a series of terrible coincidences appears to have taken place. But when the sister of one victim investigates the previous tenants of Apartment 1303 she uncovers a shocking history filled with violence and gruesome physical torture and an angry malevolent spirit hell-bent on gaining vengeance for her own bloody demise. Only she can stop the evil spirit that haunts Apartment 1303 but its anger is powerful and it will do anything possible to stop her leaving alive. Apartment 1303 is a modern ghost story borne out of a long tradition of chilling shock-cinema that includes The Grudge and The Ring. You'll never stay on the 13th floor again.

• The Avengers: The Complete Emma Peel Megaset (1965-1967) Imprint Limited Edition | Blu Ray | (16/12/2022) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Green Mansions | Unknown | (18/11/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• I Come With The Rain | DVD | (02/05/2011) from £2.59   |  Saving you £15.40 (85.60%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Ex-Los Angeles cop turned private eye Kline (Josh Hartnett) is hired by a billionaire industrialist to search for his missing son. Following a trail that leads him to Asia he soon finds himself in Hong Kong where he is sucked into the world of the city's most powerful gangster Su Dongpo (Byung-hun Lee from The Good The Bad The Weird and G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra). Traumatized by his past as a cop and memories of the serial killer Hasford (Elias Koteas from Crash Let Me In Shutter Island) Kline must use everything that he has at his disposal to stay on track and find the missing son. Action packed and explosive I Come With The Rain features a career best performance from lead actor Josh Harnett.

• The Running Dead (3D as Bonus) | Blu Ray | (29/10/2012) from £26.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• No. 3 | DVD | (10/08/2009) from £7.39   |  Saving you £7.60 (50.70%)   |  RRP £14.99

  A parody of hardboiled gangster films the Korean action comedy No. 3 follows the hilarious misadventures of bumbling mobster Tae-Ju (Han Suk-Kyu). Starting out as a lowly henchman for the powerful Do Ka Gang Tae-Ju is promoted to Gangster No. 3 after he inadvertently saves the life of his boss during an assassination attempt. But Tae-Ju is unhappy with the third-rate position and conspires to become a crimelord himself a goal hampered by his dreamy poet girlfriend Hyun-Ji (Lee Mi-Yeon) rival gangster Ashtray (Park Sang-Myeon) determined public prosecutor Dong-pal (Choi Min-Sik) - and his own incompetence!

• The Epic Collection (The Myth, Mulan, An Empress and the Warriors) | DVD | (10/10/2011) from £14.95   |  Saving you £-3.96 (N/A%)   |  RRP £10.99

  Visually stunning, evocative and compelling with sumptuous production values and majestic battles that rival the best Hollywood has to offer, discover a whole new world of epic entertainment on this highly collectible three-film Special Collector’s Edition.The MythAction superstar, Jackie Chan, joins forces with sexy Bollywood sensation, Mallika Sherawat, as an intrepid time-travelling archaeologist, who will take you on a magical journey to Ancient China and across continents to India, battling mystical warriors and ingenious death-traps in a quest to discover the greatest story of all!MulanA new adaptation of the inspirational Chinese legend, Mulan stars Vicki Zhao as the young girl who disguises herself as a soldier to save her aging father from battle and then remarkably ascends to the rank of general! Experience an action-packed spectacle that will thrill you from start to finish…An Empress And The WarriorsKung Fu Legend, Donnie Yen, stars as a formidable warrior-general, who stands alone against insidious forces to protect the throne of a young Empress struggling between love and duty in this lavish action-spectacular from the martial arts director of Hero and House of the Flying Daggers.Special Features:The Myth Dolby Digital Cantonese 5.1 + English 5.1 Audio Tracks English Subtitles An Intro To Cine Asia Featurette Trailer Gallery Mulan Dolby Digital Mandarin 2.0 & 5.1 Audio Tracks English Subtitles Original Trailer An Empress And The Warriors Dolby Digital 5.1 & 2.0 Stereo Audio Tracks Original Language Version with English Subtitles Making Of Theatrical Trailer