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• Fear | DVD | (03/09/2001) from £5.99   |  Saving you £-3.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  Convicts escape from a prison bus and take the Haden family hostage. Don Haden an ex Vietnam soldier must resurrect his military expertise to save his family from death.

• Danger Zone | DVD | (03/09/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  An American engineer experienced with toxic waste spills is duped into going to East Africa to try and prevent a potential catastrophic spill. What he doesn't know is that he's being used by unscrupulous businessmen to recover a hijacked load of plutonium for the North Koreans.

• Ninja Scroll | DVD | (13/11/2000) from £29.99   |  Saving you £-12.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  A peak achievement of Japanese animation (anime), this propulsive mix of samurai action adventure and supernatural fantasy from writer-director Yoshiaki Kawajiri (Supernatural Best City) is defiantly animation for grown-ups, complete with fountains of blood, plenty of naked flesh, and (in both the subtitled and dubbed versions) some decidedly strong language. (Students of Japanese language could pick up some useful expressions.) The plot sounds like a 16th century variation on the X-Files: an entire village has been wiped out by a mysterious plague and an anti-government conspiracy of invulnerable demons seems to be responsible. A wandering ninja, Jubei, and his female counterpart, Kagero, team up to defeat the plotters. Jubei is a classic reluctant hero, agreeing to participate in the mission only after being fed a slow-acting poison; the antidote will be supplied after he cooperates. And Kagero, a looker whose embrace is lethal, is a femme fatale with a difference that seems distinctively Japanese: sexual contact itself is poisonous, especially for a warrior with a pure-soul. --David Chute, Amazon.com

• Eastern Condors | DVD | (02/04/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Three years after the Vietnam War ends a group of Chinese convicts are recruited by the US Army to return to Vietnam. Their mission - to destroy a missile ammunition dump left behind by the Marines before it falls into the Vietcong's hands. With the vicious enemy in hot pursuit this bunch of misfits must rely on their firepower - and themselves - to accomplish their mission and to get out of the treacherous jungle alive....

• Shaolin Chastity Kung Fu | DVD | (27/02/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.20

• Death Race 2000 | DVD | (27/11/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A brutal coast-to-coast annual race in America in the year 2000. Spectacular action in this win-at-all-costs movie.

• Star Packer/Blue Steel | DVD | (17/10/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Babycart At The River Styx | DVD | (19/06/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Ogami Itto is dead - Lone wolf lives on continuing his blood spattered journey through the land he calls Hell. As he remorselessly seeks the secretive shadowy Yagu clan they continue in their efforts to destroy him first sending their female warriors the vicious Akashi ninja. Beyond them barring his way the self proclaimed Gods of death sadistic warriors with a lust for blood. Lone Wolf must defeat them to justify the 500 pieces of gold that have bought his sword once more.

• Seven Swords Of Wayland | DVD | (22/11/1999) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

• Man Who Knew Too Much | DVD | (24/07/1999) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Alfred Hitchcock himself called this 1934 British edition of his famous kidnapping story "the work of a talented amateur", while his 1956 Hollywood remake was the consummate act of a professional director. Be that as it may, this earlier movie still has its intense admirers who prefer it over the Jimmy Stewart--Doris Day version, and for some sound reasons. Tighter, wittier, more visually outrageous (back-screen projections of Swiss mountains, a whirly-facsimile of a fainting spell), the film even has a female protagonist (Edna Best in the mom part) unafraid to go after the bad guys herself with a gun. (Did Doris Day do that that? Uh-uh.) While the 1956 film has an intriguing undercurrent of unspoken tensions in nuclear family politics, the 1934 original has a crisp air of British optimism glummed up a bit when a married couple (Best and Leslie Banks) witness the murder of a spy and discover their daughter stolen away by the culprits. The chase leads to London and ultimately to the site of one of Hitch's most extraordinary pieces of suspense (though on this count, it must be said, the later version is superior). Take away distracting comparisons to the remake, and this Man Who Knew Too Much is a milestone in Hitchcock's early career. Peter Lorre makes his British debut as a scarred, scary villain. --Tom Keogh

• Angel and the Badman/John Wayne on Film | DVD | (24/07/1999) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Fire Dragon-Jackie Chan | DVD | (19/07/1999) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

• House of Flying Daggers (Limited Edition packaging exclusive to Amazon.co.uk) | DVD | (02/05/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  No one uses colour like Chinese director Zhang Yimou--movies like Raise the Red Lantern or Hero, though different in tone and subject matter, are drenched in rich, luscious shades of red, blue, yellow, and green. House of Flying Daggers is no exception; if they weren't choreographed with such vigorous imagination, the spectacular action sequences would seem little more than an excuse for vivid hues rippling across the screen. Government officers Leo and Jin (Asian superstars Andy Lau and Takeshi Kaneshiro) set out to destroy an underground rebellion called the House of Flying Daggers (named for their weapon of choice, a curved blade that swoops through the air like a boomerang). Their only chance to find the rebels is a blind women named Mei (Ziyi Zhang, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) who has some lethal kung fu moves of her own. In the guise of an aspiring rebel, Jin escorts Mei through gorgeous forests and fields that become bloody battlegrounds as soldiers try to kill them both. While arrows and spears of bamboo fly through the air, Mei, Jin, and Leo turn against each other in surprising ways, driven by passion and honour. Zhang's previous action/art film, Hero, sometimes sacrificed momentum for sheer visual beauty; House of Flying Daggers finds a more muscular balance of aesthetic splendour and dazzling swordplay. --Bret Fetzer, Amazon.com

• Joyride | DVD | (23/09/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

• Alien Of Darkness | DVD | (21/07/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Adult anime. The transport ship Muse with an all female crew go to the rescue of the only survivor of a derelict space cruiser....

• The Way Of The Dragon | DVD | (14/07/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Completely uncut 'feature presentation' supplemented by over 4 hours of amazing DVD extras with special introduction by Bruce Lee's brother Robert Lee. Celebrate the legendary career of Bruce Lee with this all new 2 disc platinum edition featuring a series of exclusive interviews and exciting special features specially commissioned for this limited edition 30th Anniversary release. A new optimum bit-rare transfer will further enhance your viewing experience of the only motion to be written directed co-produced and action-choreographed by leading man Bruce Lee. Featuring the only surviving footage of Lee's incredible double-nunchaku technique 'Way Of The Dragon' also captures the spirit of the great historical battles fought between gladiators in the Roman Coliseum when Bruce squares off against Karate legend Chuck Norris for one of the most exciting one-on-one encounters ever committed to celluloid.

• Chained Heat | DVD | (06/10/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Machine Gun Preacher | DVD | (19/03/2012) from £6.19   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Machine Gun Preacher is the inspirational true story of Sam Childers, a former drug-dealing criminal who undergoes an astonishing transformation and finds an unexpected calling as the savior of hundreds of kidnapped and orphaned children. Gerard Butler (300) delivers a searing performance as Childers, the impassioned founder of the Angels of East Africa rescue organization in Golden Globe-nominated director Marc Forster's (Monster's Ball, Finding Neverland) moving story of violence and redemption.When ex-biker-gang member Sam Childers (Butler) makes the life-changing decision to go to East Africa to help repair homes destroyed by civil war, he is outraged by the unspeakable horrors faced by the region's vulnerable populace, especially the children. Ignoring the warnings of more experienced aide workers, Sam breaks ground for an orphanage where it's most needed-in the middle of territory controlled by the brutal Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), a renegade militia that forces youngsters to become soldiers before they even reach their teens.But for Sam, it is not enough to shelter the LRA's intended victims. Determined to save as many as possible, he leads armed missions deep into enemy territory to retrieve kidnapped children, restoring peace to their lives - and eventually his own. The explosive, real-life tale of a man who has rescued over a thousand orphans from starvation, disease and enslavement, Machine Gun Preacher also stars Michelle Monaghan (Due Date), Kathy Baker (Cold Mountain), Madeline Carroll (Mr. Popper's Penguins), Academy Award nominated Michael Shannon (Revolutionary Road) and Souleymane Sy Savane (Damages).

• The Mask Of Zorro / The Legend Of Zorro | Blu Ray | (07/12/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £33.99

  The Mask Of Zorro (1998): With the slash of a steel blade and the mark of a 'Z' he defends the weak and exploits and avenges the wrongs committed against them... It has been twenty years since Don Diego de la Vega (Anthony Hopkins) successfully fought Spanish oppression in Alta California as the legendary romantic hero Zorro. He transforms troubled bandit Alejandro (Antonio Banderas) into his successor in order to stop the tyrannical Don Rafael Montero (Stuart Wilson) who robbed him of his freedom his wife and his precious daughter Elena (Catherine Zeta Jones) all those years ago. The Mask of Zorro follows Alejandro as he embarks on a passionate journey of love and honour tragedy and triumph in a swashbuckling epic adventure. The Legend Of Zorro (2005): The year is 1850 and our swashbuckling crusader is challenged by the most dangerous mission of his life. The same forces that conspired to keep California from becoming part of the United States are plotting to unleash a threat that has been 500 years in the making a threat that could change the course of history forever. And only Zorro (Antonio Banderas) can stop it!

• Sky Blue | DVD | (14/11/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Two young freedom fighters try to save the Earth's environment in this futuristic Korean animation.