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• Battle Royale - Two Disc Special Edition | DVD | (23/09/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £23.99

  With the Japanese currently leading the way in thought-provoking cinematic violence, it's only fitting that Kinji Fukasaku's Battle Royale is being touted as A Clockwork Orange for the 21st century. Based on the novel by Koshun Takami, the film opens with a series of fleeting images of unruly Japanese schoolkids, whose bad behaviour provides a justification for the "punishments" that will ensue. Once the prequel has been dispensed with, the classmates are drugged and awaken on an island where they find they have been fitted with dog collars that monitor their every move. Instructed by their old teacher ("Beat" Takeshi) with the aid of an upbeat MTV-style video, they are told of their fate: after an impartial Lottery they have been chosen to fight each other in a three-day, no-rules contest, the "Battle Royale". Their only chance of survival in the "Battle" is through the death of all their classmates. Some pupils embrace their mission with zeal, while others simply give up or try to become peacemakers and revolutionaries. However, the ultimate drive for survival comes from the desire to protect the one you love. Battle Royale works on many different levels, highlighting the authorities' desperation to enforce law and order and the alienation caused by the generation gap. Whether you view the film as an important social commentary or simply enjoy the adrenalin-fuelled violence, this is set to become cult viewing for the computer-game generation and beyond. On the DVD: Battle Royale comes out fighting in a special edition format only a few months after the initial DVD release became cult viewing. But don't get too excited about the new cut of the film, only a few additional scenes have been added and the alternate ending simply offers a series of Requiem sequences. Disc 2 contains a whole heap of behind-the-scenes footage and interviews, unfortunately many of these tend to repeat material. The Q&A with the cast (in full costume) and the director is repeated in the Tokyo Film festival. The special effects comparison feature is a case of "spot the difference" the S-FX hardly being in the Star Wars league and the instructional video on how to direct a film proves that the DVD makers have tried to grasp irony and failed. The disc also includes trailers and text filmographies for "Beat" Takeshi and director Kinji Fukasaku along with a written statement by the master of extreme cinema. Lacking in commentary and substance this DVD is redeemed by a superior sound and visual print to its predecessors. –-Nikki Disney

• Robotech - The Shadow Chronicles | DVD | (23/07/2007) from £2.39   |  Saving you £17.60 (88.00%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Greatest Animated Saga Of A Generation Continues! In the year 2044 AD the human race has reached out to the stars through the miracle of Robotechnology but not without bringing intergalactic war upon the Earth itself. Heroes will die and allegiances will shift. But in the midst of combat perhaps peace will spring up through the charred remains of battered history. One of the greatest science fiction sagas of all time continues. Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles.

• Minesweeper | DVD | (19/05/2007) from £7.09   |  Saving you £-1.10 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  When the Japanese attack Pearl Harbour U.S Navy Lieutenant Richard Houston a penniless deserter decides to take a chance and re-enlist. To avoid being identified he assumes an alias 'Jim Smith' and is assigned to duty aboard a minesweeper charged with keeping the waterways clear. Packed with wartime suspense and building to a shocking climax Minesweeper is an engrossing story of friendship bravery love and honour.

• Main Hoon Na (Single Disc) UK Release | DVD | (14/11/2011) from £20.23   |  Saving you £-5.24 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Major Ram Prasad Sharma yearns to see the ambitious project Mission Milap become a reality. The mission may prove to be the dawn of a new tomorrow, ending the long-standing enmity between two countries. But some forces will not stop at anything to make sure the mission doesn't succeed. One of them is Raghavan who will do anything to prevent the strategic move. For this reason his devious shadow looms large over General Amerjet Bakshi's daughter Sanjana, whose life is in danger. To protect Sanjana, Ram Prasad goes to her school as a student...

• Steelbook The King's Man La Primera Misi | Blu Ray | (23/02/2022) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• UFC 124: St Pierre vs Koscheck 2 | DVD | (25/04/2011) from £12.93   |  Saving you £-3.94 (-43.80%)   |  RRP £8.99

  Welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre defends his title against rival Josh Koscheck in a long awaited rematch. Koscheck has won three fights the champion has held the title for a seven fight stint. When the coaches from season 12 of The Ultimate Fighter meet someone's streak will come to an end. This 11 fight card also features: Stefan Struve vs. Sean McCorkle Jim Miller vs. Charles Oliveira Joe Stevenson vs. Mac Danzig Thiago Alves vs. John Howard Joe Doerksen vs. Dan Miller Mark Bocek vs. Dustin Hazelett Jesse Bongfeldt vs. Rafael Natal Matt Riddle vs. Sean Pierson TJ Grant vs. Ricardo Almeida Pat Audinwood vs. John Makdessi This double DVD also contains countdown to UFC 124 fighter interviews behind the scenes and weigh in show.

• Final Fantasy Unlimited - Vol. 3 | DVD | (19/07/2004) from £10.82   |  Saving you £9.17 (45.90%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Twelve-year-old twins Ai and Yu Hayakawa take a mysterious subway to Wonderland to look for their missing scientist-parents. Wonderland is a hostile place, ruled by the petulant Earl Tyrant and his assorted hench-creatures. Ai and Yu are attacked by monsters and saved first by Lisa, a practitioner of the "Kigen Arts," then repeatedly by the taciturn, gun-totting Kaze. The first episodes are cluttered with characters who appear briefly then vanish. Although Ai, Yu, and Lisa do a lot of traveling, the series doesn't really go anywhere: the filmmakers seem more interested in showcasing the elaborate CG effects at their disposal than in coherent storytelling. The effects are very flashy, but they never meld satisfactorily with the drawn animation. Based on the popular videogame franchise, Unlimited borrows from Matsumoto's Galaxy Express and Miyazawa's Galactic Railroad, but offers none of their mystery and magic. (Rated 12 and older: violence, tobacco use)

• Die Hard/Die Hard 2: Die Harder | DVD | (25/06/2007) from £11.82   |  Saving you £1.17 (9.90%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Die Hard: New York cop John McClane facing Christmas alone flies to Los Angeles to see his estranged wife Holly (Bonnie Bedelia) and their kids in an attempt to patch things up. He arrives at his wife's high tech office building in the middle of their Christmas party just as it is gatecrashed by the ruthless master criminal Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman) and a dozen fellow activists intent on relieving the Nakatomi Corporation of six hundred million dollars in negotiable bonds...

• German Military Vehicles - Inc. Armoured Cars And Half Tracks | DVD | (14/08/2006) from £13.48   |  Saving you £-3.49 (-34.90%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Seemingly present whenever German combat cameramen were filming armoured cars and half tracks were as vital to the German war machine as the Panzers. Designed for the vital role of reconnaissance they ranged ahead of the advancing Panzer spearheads to assess enemy strengths and intentions. Whether on four wheels or employing the more distinctive eight wheel configuration German armoured cars would be seen as much a symbol of the Blitzkrieg as the Panzers themselves. This programme covers all these vehicles and includes rare footage of the late war 'Puma' armoured car in Normandy.

• Classic King Kong - King King | DVD | (09/04/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  King Kong (1933): When a film crew pays a visit to a remote tropical island they discover that its inhabitants are worshippers of a colossal ape called 'Kong'. The fearsome beast takes a shine to blonde bombshell Fay Wray which leads to his downfall. Captured and brought to New York as a Broadway attraction Kong escapes from his captors and goes on a rampage in Manhattan searching for the woman he loves. The unforgettable climax set on the Empire State building guarantees that this 1933 classic will live forever in the legends of cinema. King Kong Escapes (1967): In another King Kong installment by Ishiro Honda the giant ape monster's skills are required for a science project by Doctor Who and his helpers. When a mechanically devised robot version of the creature cannot do the job the team of scientists must go and retrieve the real King Kong himself. But no sooner do they get their hands on the enormous beast than they realize they are no match for a creature of his size. Calling on his robotic imposter for help the scientists unknowingly bring terror upon themselves and a battle to the death between the two threatens to level all of Japan! This is King Kong vs. MechaKong in a battle to the death! King Kong vs Godzilla: When a Japanese businessman named Mr. Tako hears that a native tribe on the island of Farou possesses abnormally large berries he sends his employees Sakuri and Furue to retrieve the fruit. Better yet he tells them to also capture King Kong a gorilla monster who has become gigantic as a result of eating the berries. On their way back to Japan the team wrestles to gain control over the enormous and powerful creature who breaks free just as another notorious monster Godzilla is released from the block of ice where he's been hidden for the last seven years... A titanic battle to the death ensues between the two beasts; the most fearsome movie monsters ever created!

• Sons Of The World | DVD | (26/07/2010) from £5.99   |  Saving you £10.00 (166.94%)   |  RRP £15.99

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• The Invisible Man, Series 1 (Box Set 1) | DVD | (10/03/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  The Invisible Man first appeared on American TV just a couple of months in advance of Paul Verhoeven's Hollow Man in 2000. But unlike the rather overly serious movie, the idea of this series was to have as much fun with the concept as possible. Thief and con man Darien Fawkes (Vincent Ventresca) is apprehended and offered the choice of either being imprisoned or becoming a guinea pig in a scientific experiment run by his own brother. The result is the successful insertion of a Quicksilver Gland in his head, a device that secretes a substance able to bend light, causing him to become invisible at will. Unfortunately it also starts to send him insane. The mysterious Official and his Agency offer a solution. They can regularly administer an antidote, so long as he agrees to work for them in secret. Thus the series begins to explore the possibilities: Fawkes poses as a child's imaginary friend to get information; he stalks a stalker; and, of course, he does a lot of spying. In the background of the individual stories is a constant build-up of tension as both the audience and Fawkes wonder where the Agency's loyalties lie and what the constant use of the Quicksilver may do to him. At the midway point of the first series, the show adds an even weirder twist when a suspected additional Invisible Man turns out to be Fawkes himself, channelling the memories and violent temperament of the first test subject to have hosted the gland. Unpredictable and engaging, this is a show that deserved to go beyond the mere two years it managed before cancellation. On the DVD: The Invisible Man comes to DVD in a four-disc box set containing the first half of Series 1. Some weblinks and scripts of shows are accessible as DVD-ROM features, but the real score for the DVD's producers is an hour-long interview with cast members Vincent Ventresca, Paul Ben-Victor and Michael McCafferty. Much more is promised for the next box set comprising the second half of the series. --Paul Tonks

• Bob Mould-Circle of Friends | DVD | (15/10/2007) from £12.98   |  Saving you £4.01 (23.60%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Recorded live at the 9:30 Club in Washington on 7th October 2005, Bob Mould is joined by Brendan Canty, Richard Morel and Jason Narducy.

• Zone Of The Enders: Delores - Vol. 2 - Episodes 6-10 And | DVD | (16/06/2003) from £25.25   |  Saving you £-5.26 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The links family has made it to Mars on a wing and a prayer but their troubles are far from over! For this rescue mission they need a hero and fast! James Links doesn't want to be a hero except to his wife and children but he'll have plenty of chances to practice for the role on Mars! Championing the people of a planet on the verge of insurrection with the authorities still hot on his trail this space trucker has more on his mind than any one man should have to cope with!

• Classic Cuts Collection - Westerns | DVD | (26/03/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The Professionals (Dir. Richard Brooks): Four soldiers of fortune are hired by a wealthy Texan oil baron to rescue his kidnapped wife (Cardinale) who's been spirited across the Mexican border by a band of mercenaries led by Jesus Raza (Palance). The four rugged professionals each regarded as a specialist in his selected field - an expert marksman and tracker (Strode) the explosives master (Lancaster) horse handler (Ryan) and one skilled in tactics and weaponry (Marvin) - make their way across the treacherous landscape to retrieve the beautiful kidappee but discover all is not what it seems... High Plains Drifter (Dir. Clint Eastwood): Eastwood portrays a mysterious stranger who emerges out of the heat waves of the desert and rides into the guilt-ridden town of Lago. After committing three murders and one rape in the first 20 minutes The Stranger is hired by the town to protect it from three gunmen just out of jail. The Stranger then paints the entire town bright red renames it ""Hell "" and supplies Divine retribution in a fiery climax. Tall In The Saddle (Dir. Edwin L. Marin): When a stranger arrives in a western town he finds that the rancher who sent for him has been murdered. Further most of the townsfolk seem to be at each other's throats and the newcomer has soon run contrariwise to most of them... Shenandoah (Dir. Andrew V. McLaglen): James Stewart stars as a Virginia farmer during the Civil War. He refuses to support the Confederacy because he is opposed to slavery yet he will not support the Union because he is deeply opposedito war. When his son is taken prisoner Stewart goes to search for the boy. Seeing first-hand the horrors of war he is at last forced to take his stand...

• My Life's On The Line | DVD | (29/06/2001) from £4.47   |  Saving you £10.52 (235.35%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Kept in the film archives for over two decades My Life On The Line is finally released for the first time on DVD anywhere in the world. Minute Fong is a ruthless contract killer who dispatches his victims in precisely sixty seconds. Working exclusively for an organisation headed by the Master Chou Jau Tung Fong begins to take on his assignments with reluctance. Realising that Fong's days are numbered Chou hires two new experts to deal with him and his sixty second technique but to no avail. Finally the master takes on Minute Fong is one of the Jade Screen's greatest ever showdowns. See tracing Boxing versus the Rolling Style. This long overdue classic will leave you begging for more!

• The Medals of Valour Collection - 3 film boxset (Lebanon, Saints & Soldiers, Assault on the Pacific: Kamikaze) | DVD | (26/03/2012) from £4.62   |  Saving you £16.63 (494.94%)   |  RRP £19.99

• A Better Tomorrow 2012 (John Woo) | Blu Ray | (11/06/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

• The Bill Collector | DVD | (24/06/2013) from £4.79   |  Saving you £5.20 (52.10%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Uncle Frankie (Danny Trejo) isn't the kind of guy you would want to meet in a dark alley. Especially when you owe him money and have been giving him the slip for a few years. Such is the fate of Lorenzo, a top bill collector at Lump Sum Loans, who owes Uncle Frankie $100,000 and has been hiding out in Virginia. But now Frankie has tracked him down, and along with his enforcer, Omar, is shadowing Lorenzo's every move. With his back against the wall, the only people Lorenzo can find to turn to are the local Pastor and some inner city down and outs, who serve as unwitting pawns in his scam to pay Frankie back.

• John Wayne: Complete Collection (34 Films) | DVD | (22/11/2004) from £399.99   |  Saving you £-250.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £149.99

  The ultimate collection (56 hours!) of John Wayne movies many of which have been previously unavailable on DVD! 1. Stagecoach (1939) 2. The Long Voyage Home (1940) 3. Fort Apache (1948) 4. She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) 5. Rio Grande (1951) 6. The Quiet Man (1952) 7. Sands of Iwo Jima 8. The Fighting Seabees 9. The Flying Tigers 10. Back to Bataan 11. Jet Pilot 12. The Flying Leathernecks 13. Dark Command 14. Tall in the Saddle 15. Angel and the Bad Man 16. The Fighting Kentuckian 17. The War Wagon 18. Rooster Cogburn 19. The Spoilers 20. Tycoon 21. Wake of the Red Witch 22. The Conqueror 23. The Magnificent Showman 24. Hellfighters 25. Seven Sinners 26. Three Faces West 27. Lady from Louisiana 28. The Shepherd of the Hills 29. In Old California 30. Pittsburgh 31. Reap the Wild Wind 32. War of the Wildcats 33. Dakota 34. Flame of Barbary Coast