A bomb expert (Peter Weller) is sent to the US embassy in Bucharest to defuse an old Cold War bomb that is stored in the basement. Unexpectedly a group of terrorists representing the ""Serbian Liberation Front"" raid the embassy killing a number of people and taking 37 hostage. The special mission operative must save his son and old flame Erica Long (Daryl Hannah)...
Neither Good Evil. They are life in its purest form. Vulgar and strange. They have inspired fear in humans since the dawn of time and have over the ages come to be known as 'Mushi'
Nearly a thousand years ago in ancient China at the time of the Sung dynasty there was a cruel and corrupt government. These men riding are outlaws heroes driven to live in the water margins of Liang Shan Po far to the south of the capital. Each fights tyranny with a price on his head in a world very different from our own... Episodes 7 and 8.
The legend lives on! Donnie Yen reprises his idol Bruce Lee's role as Chen Jun a budding martial arts master. When Chen's mastered is killed by the Japanese Chen vows revenge and sets off to find the murderer... Featuring recreations of the amazing fight scenes from the original as well as new ones choreographed by Yen 'Fist Of Fury' is an exciting re-imagining of the Bruce Lee classic!
It's 1944, and the Third Reich is crumbling as the Allies close in on all fronts. But Hitler has a secret weapon up his sleeve - a spaceship fleet to strike back and smash the invasion of the Untermenschen!Five American GIs are stationed in the Australian outback on a top-secret mission, with only their wits and a time machine standing between them and Earth's domination under the jackboot. Can they thwart the evil Nazi plans to crush humanity and rule both space and time?Five Men. Twenty-five dimensions. One reality!
The James Bond Collection is a 20-disc box set that contains all 19 of the official Bond films, from 1962's Dr No to 1999's The World is Not Enough, plus a 20th bonus disc that contains excerpts from: original documentaries, behind-the-scenes featurettes, deleted scenes and interactive menus. There is also Die Another Day footage "Meet the Cast", the Die Another Day theatrical trailer, Die Another Day teaser trailer, Nightfire game trailer, full original theatrical trailers for the collection and much more. Read Amazon.co.uk's reviews of all the individual James Bond DVDs here and our guide to the Bond DVD special features here.
The Net (Dir. Irwin Winkler 1995): Angela Bennett (Sandra Bullock) is a freelance computer analyst who spends her days tracking down computer viruses and her nights at home 'chatting' to other Internet users. She is content with her reclusive existence until her life is turned upside down when she is sent a top-secret disc. Caught up in a murderous web of corruption and conspiracy and pursued by a force that will stop at nothing including deleting all traces of her existenc
Life is violent in Mexico. Ruled by crime lords and fighting a civil war the sport of pit fighting is king. Champion for five years is Jack who takes on anyone anytime. A man with no memory he begins to realise that he has no future until he discovers who he really is.
The Panther was Germany's response to the shocking experience of encountering the superior Soviet T-34 tank in the wake of the invasion of Russia in 1941. While drawing heavily on the design of the T-34 the Panther was however a more sophisticated machine incorporating features that led many to judge it to have been possibly the best designed tank of the war. This programme covers not only evolution of the Panther design but through the usage of combat footage illustrates the Panther in action on all fronts on which the German Army fought from 1943 until 1945.
At the end of destiny after light and darkness have smeared into a dim grey haze surrounding your every thought where will peace be found? When harsh lessons wrapped in blood and tears are learned and the journey has spread over eons and far-flung dimensions is it possible for the mysteries to be made even murkier as the future begins? In between the rays of a warming sun the brothers Elric will consider the answers that are left once the Philosopher's Stone has guided their saga to an end. True sacrifice the deep love of family the cruel truths of life and death... There is no great magic that soothes the pain and amplifies the joy of being human. As the Fullmetal Alchemist's tale draws to a close our heroes and villains reap what they have sown. Episodes 49. The Other Side Of The Gate 50. Death 51. Laws And Promises
First aired in 1995 Xena: Warrior Princess now boasts a huge cult following. Xena is a charismatic and highly-skilled warrior from ancient times. This DVD box set includes the half of the first season of this action-packed series. Episodes comprise: 1. Sins Of The Past 2. Chariots Of War 3. Dreamworker 4. Cradle Of Hope 5. The Path Not Taken 6. The Reckoning 7. The Titans 8. Prometheus 9. Death In Chains 10. Hooves & Harlots 11. The Black Wolf 12. Beware Greeks Bearing Gifts Please note: This DVD box set includes half the first season episodes but not in the order they were aired.
The Killing Machine
The Wachowski Brothers' The Matrix took the well-worn science fiction idea of virtual reality, added supercharged Hollywood gloss and a striking visual style and stole The Phantom Menace's thunder as the must-see movie of the summer of 1999. Laced with Star Wars-like Eastern mysticism, and featuring thrilling martial arts action choreographed by Hong Kong action director Yuen Woo Ping (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon), The Matrix restored Keanu Reeves to genre stardom following virtual reality dud Johnny Mnemonic (1995), and made a star of Carrie-Anne Moss, who followed this with the challenging perception twister Memento (2000). Helping the film stand out from rivals Dark City (1998) and The Thirteenth Floor (1999) was the introduction of the celebrated "bullet time" visual effects, though otherwise the war-against-the-machines story, hard-hitting style and kinetic set-pieces such as the corporate lobby shoot-out lean heavily on Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991). Elsewhere the influence of John Woo, from the ultra-cool near real-world SF of Face/Off (1997) to the raincoats and sunglasses look of bullet-ballet A Better Tomorrow, is clearly in evidence. The set-up isn't without its absurdities, though--quite why super-intelligent machines bother to use humans as batteries instead of something more docile like cows, for example, is never explained, nor is how they expect these living batteries to produce more energy than it takes to maintain them. The Matrix is nevertheless exhilarating high-octane entertainment, although as the first part of a trilogy it perhaps inevitably doesn't have a proper ending. On the DVD: the anamorphically enhanced 2.35:1 image is virtually flawless, exhibiting only the grain present in the theatrical print, while the Dolby Digital 5.1 sound is demonstration quality, showing off the high-impact sound effects and Don Davis' fine score to great effect. Special features are "data files" on the main stars, producer and director and "Follow the White Rabbit", which if selected while viewing the movie offers behind the scenes footage. This is interesting, but gimmicky, requires switching back from widescreen to 4:3 each time, and would be better if it could be accessed directly from one menu. There is also a standard 25-minute TV promo film which is as superficial as these things usually are. --Gary S Dalkin
The true story of Irish outlaw Daniel Morgan who is wanted dead or alive in Australia during the 1850s.
A girl is assaulted on the highway and Zatoichi is embarassed to find himself acting as midwife to a dying woman. Entrusted with the baby he embarks on a mission to the village of Dashu to deliver the baby to the father Satoro. When there he is waylaid and cheated by Seji a young stooge of the local gang whose ageing father is Dashu's law enforcement officer. To add to his miseries he is dogged by a boy who delights in stoning him and running away. Dashu's loan shark gamblers
Includes the following classic 10 Westerns! 1. The Alamo (dir. John Wayne, 1960) 2. Apache (dir. Robert Aldrich, 1954) 3. The Big Country (dir. William Wyler, 1958) 4. A Fistful Of Dynamite (dir. Sergio Leone, 1971) 5. The Kentuckian (dir. Burt Lancaster, 1955) 6. Posse (dir. Mario Van Peebles, 1993) 7. Red River (dir. Howard Hawks, 1948) 8. The Scalphunters (dir. Sydney Pollack, 1968) 9. Vera Cruz (dir. Robert Aldrich, 1954) 10. Wild Bill (dir. Walter Hill, 1995)
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