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• Inspector Gadget 2 | DVD | (12/05/2003) from £7.97   |  Saving you £10.02 (125.72%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Inspector Gadget 2 sees the unlikely detective with higher-tech gadgets and more special effects. French Stewart (from TV's Third Rock from the Sun) replaces Matthew Broderick as the bumbling detective in a plot that revolves around the glitch-ridden Gadget being replaced by a completely robotised female. Parent Trap's Elaine Hendrix does what little she can with the one-dimensional role of "G2". Still, Gadget falls for his rival and the pair team up with his smart-as-a-whip niece Penny and her brainy beagle for a showdown with Claw. Where Broderick struggled to humanise the caricature of an inept detective in the 1999 original, Stewart doesn't even try. Instead he plays Gadget as a cartoon with endless over-the-top theatrics. The enhanced special effects may placate young viewers, but without the comedy of the original, that's small comfort. --Kimberly Heinrichs

• Hammers Over The Anvil | DVD | (16/09/2002) from £4.88   |  Saving you £3.11 (63.73%)   |  RRP £7.99

  A Young Boy's Hero. A Married Woman's Desire. Russell Crowe stars as East Driscoll a bachelor horsebreaker who won't settle down. He becomes the idol of Alan a young boy with polio who dreams of riding just like his hero. As Alan struggles with the hardships of growing up he meets Grace an older English aristocrat for whom he develops feelings. The situation gets further complicated when the married Grace falls for the much younger East and Alan unwillingly is caught in the middle...