"Actor: Chow YUN FAT"

• Cold War | DVD | (23/04/2018) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  With his wife kidnapped, the police force s highest ranking officer Sean Lau (Aaron Kwok) is forced to exchange criminal Joe Lee (Eddie Peng) and put his own career in jeopardy. Facing an impeachment committee, Lau finds himself face-to-face with juror Osward Kan (Chow Yun Fat) but does Joe have Osward wrapped around his finger? From Bill Kong, producer of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

• The Replacement Killers | DVD | (19/03/2007) from £5.79   |  Saving you £7.20 (124.35%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Chow Yun-Fat makes his Hollywood debut with Mira Sorvino in this fierce and explosive action thriller. A seamless fusion of style and Hong Kong action adventure Replacement Killers will blow you away! After he betrays Mr. Wei the ruthless crime boss who hired him to avenge his son's death professional killer John Lee goes on the run. Enlisting the aid of beautiful document forger Meg Coburn Lee attempts to return to his family in China before they are targets of their impressive firepower. With both sides fully armed and determined to fight to the death an ultra-violent shoot-out breaks out when they finally face off against each other.

• Placebo - We Come In Pieces Deluxe Edition | DVD | (31/10/2011) from £5.95   |  Saving you £13.04 (68.70%)   |  RRP £18.99

  This concert was filmed at London’s Brixton Academy in September 2010 at the culmination of the world tour in support of their “Battle For The Sun” album released the previous year. The tour had been an unqualified success with the band playing to over 2.5 million fans in all parts of the world. The concert film is a visual feast enhancing the live footage with skilful editing and selective digital effects to create a stunning film that really captures the essence of a Placebo live performance. Tracklisting: 1. Nancy Boy / 2. Ashtray Heart / 3. Battle For The Sun / 4. Soulmates / 5. Kitty Litter / 6. Every You Every Me / 7. Special Needs / 8. Breathe Underwater / 9. The Never-Ending Why / 10. Bright Lights / 11. Meds / 12. Teenage Angst / 13. All Apologies / 14. For What It’s Worth / 15. Song To Say Goodbye / 16. The Bitter End 17. Trigger Happy Hands / 18. Post Blue / 19. Infra-Red / 20. Taste In Men Bonus Features: Worldwide Live Tracks - 1. Kitty Litter (Switzerland 2009) / 2. Speak In Tongues (Mexico 2009) / 3. For What It’s Worth (Japan 2009) / 4. Breathe Underwater (Germany 2010) / 5. Bright Lights (Switzerland 2010) / 6. Trigger Happy Hands (Belgium 2010) This Deluxe Edition has a second disc containing the hour long documentary “Coming Up For Air” which follows Placebo around the world on their “Battle For The Sun” tour and the short film “Trigger Happy Hands”.

• Confucius | Blu Ray | (04/10/2010) from £7.98   |  Saving you £17.01 (213.16%)   |  RRP £24.99

  From the acclaimed producer of John Woo's Red Cliff and Jet Li's Warlords, comes this powerhouse biopic of the legendary Chinese philosopher, Confucius.

• Full Contact | DVD | (30/08/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Jeff (Chow Yun-Fat) is a bouncer in a Bangkok nightclub. With his friend Sam in deep debt to deadly loan sharks Jeff grudgingly accepts to help Sam stage an arms heist under the direction of ruthless gang leader Judge. However when Judge orders Sam to betray Jeff in order to aid their getaway Jeff's revenge will have explosive consequences! Teaming up once again with 'City On Fire' director Ringo Lam (whose film proved the inspiration for Quentin Tarantino's 'Reservoir Dogs') H

• Jodie Foster Collection - Silence Of The Lambs/Nell/Little Man Tate/Foxes/Anna And The King | DVD | (19/02/2007) from £31.03   |  Saving you £3.96 (11.30%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Silence Of The Lambs: Anthony Hopkins and Jodie Foster deliver knockout Oscar-winning performances in this shocking powerful thriller. This terrifying masterpiece of suspense garnered five Adademy Awards including Best Director and the coveted Best Picture. A psychopath known only as Buffalo Bill is kidnapping and murdering young women across the midwest. Believing it takes one to know one the FBI send in Agent Clarice Starling to interview an insane prisoner who may provide psychological Dr. Hannibal Lecter. Brilliant yet psychotic with a taste for cannibalism Lecter will only help Starling in exchange for details and secrets about her own complicated life. This twisted relationship forces Starling not only to face her own inner demons but leads her face-to-face with a demented killer an incarnation of evil so overwhelming she may not have the courage or strength to stop him. Horrific disturbing spellbinding. This thriller set the standard by which all others are measured. Nell: A young woman (Foster) is found hiding in the rafters of her Blue Ridge Mountain home after the death of her mother. She has been totally cut off from the outside world and has developed her own impenetrable language. A local doctor (Neeson) attempts to hide her from the outside world's prying eyes but she may have to be locked up in an institution for her own safety from hostile locals... Little Man Tate: Fred Tate (Adam Hann-Byrd) is a gifted pianist a math genius an incredible artist... and he's only seven years old. But this child prodigy is also adrift. Shunned by his peers and bored by his schoolwork Fred is stifled by his environment. Desperate to encourage his potential yet afraid he'll miss out on a normal childhood his single mom Dede (Foster) reluctantly allows a psychologist (West) to enroll Fred in a school for exceptional children. But when he's rushed headlong into academia Dede's worst fears are realized - Fred is more isolated and alone than ever. And it's up to Dede to become what little Freddy's been looking for all along... a Mom. Foxes: A group of four teenage girls in the San Fernando Valley cope with the problems of being a teenager together. Diedre is fascinated by sex Madge is unhappily overweight Annie is into drugs and Jeanie has to take care of them all. They think that the school is crap their boyfriends immature and the grown-ups come from another planet... Anna And The King: Academy Award winner Jodie Foster and international sensation Chow Yun-Fat star in this epic retelling of a classic true-life story. When English schoolteacher Anna Leonowens arrives in the exotic land of Siam to teach the children of King Mongkut her Western sensibilities clash with the ruler's Eastern ways. The tension builds as Mongkut learns that outside forces are conspiring against his regime. With the political intrigue set to explode Anna and the King must become allies in a daring fight to save Siam from dangerous enemies bent on destruction.

• Shanghai | DVD | (23/07/2012) from £6.75   |  Saving you £13.24 (196.15%)   |  RRP £19.99

  From director Mikael Hafstrom (1408) comes the epic espionage thriller Shanghai staring John Cusack (1408) and international superstars Gong Li (Miami Vice Memoirs of a Geisha) and Ken Watanabe (Letters from Iwo Jima The Last Samurai.) Nothing is what it seems in this Casablanca-style international thriller set in the ancient Chinese city a week before the attack on Pearl Harbor. U.S. secret agent Paul Soames (Cusack) has just arrived to investigate the murder of his best friend only to become quickly immersed in a web of conspiracy and lies that beset the city. Shadowed by a Japanese intelligence officer Tanaka (Watanabe) Soames’ investigation quickly centers on a charismatic local gangster Anthony Lanting – and Lanting’s beautiful wife Anna (Li). Before long Soames and Anna are involved in an affair that will put everything they have at stake. As national loyalties are traded fastand- loose for those of the heart Soames and Annamust race to solve the mystery and make it out of occupied China before the city’s collapse.

• Curse of the Golden Flower | Blu Ray | (15/08/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Chinese director Zhang Yimou ends his bid to outfly Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon with Curse Of The Golden Flower, the third in his Wuxia (the Chinese style of flying and fighting) films. Much like Hero and House Of Flying Daggers, it is drenched in colours so dazzling, and boasts action scenes so exhilarating, that you can almost forgive any shortcomings in the story. Almost. Despite its grandeur, this film is in many ways the least rewarding of the three. Set in China’s tenth century Tang dynasty, the story sees Chow Yun Fat’s emperor trying to poison his wife, a trussed-up and progressively unstable Gong Li, who is having an affair with her step-son Wan, and trying to manoeuvre her other son Jai against his tyrannical father. Let’s just say that it gets more complicated from there on in, and involves lots of running through endless corridors, but really, it’s best to just sit back and let that intense visual style work its magic. Swapping action for dramatic intrigue might have been Yimou’s mistake, but there’s no mistaking his knack for breath-taking cinematography. Even if purely on a visual scale, Golden Flower still manages to captivate, and the final battle scene is at least worth the slightly overlong wait. Die hard fans of these films might feel a bit stiffed, but everyone else won’t be short of eye candy. --Luke Mawson

• Let The Bullets Fly | DVD | (27/08/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  In 1920s China, a bandit arrives in a remote provincial town posing as its new mayor, where he faces off against a tyrannical local nobleman.

• Once a Thief | DVD | (27/06/2011) from £6.92   |  Saving you £4.33 (76.50%)   |  RRP £9.99

  A classic action movie from acclaimed director John Woo (Hard Boiled Mission Impossible II) Once a Thief is the explosive story of two fugitives fleeing the powerful Hong Kong mob. Mac & Michael are brothers... and bitter rivals. Raised by the Godfather of the Hong Kong underworld they vie for his attention to take on the most glamorous and dangerous missions. Now their affections for the same woman threaten totear the family apart and set in place a terrifying chain of events... Set against the pulsating Hong Kong backdrop Once a Thief is full of non-stop action and suspense that will leave you breathless.

• Kiss Of The Dragon / Bulletproof Monk / Marked For Death | DVD | (06/09/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Kiss Of The Dragon China's top secret agent Liu Jian (Jet Li) visits Paris on a pleasure trip only to encounter government espionage at the highest level. Accused of a murder he did not commit and on the run in a city he doesn't know Liu befriends an American woman Jessica (Bridget Fonda) and makes a promise that could compromise his career and even cost him his life... Bulletproof Monk 'Bulletproof Monk' begins in the 1940s as a Tibetan Buddhist monk charged with protecting an ancient scroll passes on his legacy to his pupil. As the student receives the power to safeguard the scroll his aging process is halted and he gives up his name only to be known as the Monk (Chow Yun-Fat). Suddenly the monastery is raided by Nazis led by the ruthless Strucker (Karl Roden). As they attempt to seize the relic the Monk is shot and falls off a cliff taking the scroll with him... However six decades later the Monk appears in America and crosses paths with Kar (Seann William Scott) a tough city kid with a talent for picking pockets. Together the unlikely duo must contend with the forces of the now-elderly Strucker still determined to possess the mystical scroll. As Strucker's granddaughter Nina (Victoria Smurfit) leads his thugs to track down Kar and the Monk the two heroes receive help from the mysterious Jade (James King)... Marked For Death Just retired from the Drug Enforcement agency John Hatcher (Seagal) returns to his hometown and quickly discovers that drugs have infiltrated his old neighbourhood. Determined to drive the dealers out Hatcher crosses paths with a ferocious Jamaican druglord who vows that Hatcher and his family are now marked for death...

• Replacement Killers | DVD | (18/02/2002) from £12.71   |  Saving you £7.28 (57.28%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Chow Yun-Fat makes his Hollywood debut with Mira Sorvino in this fierce and explosive action thriller. A seamless fusion of style and Hong Kong action adventure 'Replacement Killers' will blow you away! After he betrays Mr. Wei the ruthless crime boss who hired him to avenge his son's death professional killer John Lee goes on the run. Enlisting the aid of beautiful document forger Meg Coburn Lee attempts to return to his family in China before they are targets of their impress

• A Better Tomorrow | DVD | (26/06/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The ultimate DVD presentation of the ultimate Hong Kong gangster action movie! A simple but compelling tale of two brothers - Ho Tse Sung (Ti Lung) a successful counterfeiter and Kit Sung (Leslie Cheung) a rookie graduate of the Hong Kong Police Academy - the plot focuses on Woo's favourite themes of honour brotherhood and loyalty. Incarcerated after a deal goes wrong on his release from prison Ho decides it is time to go straight. However he is coerced back into a lif

• Peace Hotel | DVD | (26/06/2006) from £8.49   |  Saving you £7.50 (88.34%)   |  RRP £15.99

  In 1930's China Ping (Chow Yun-Fat) known as the ""King Of Killers"" renounces his murderous way after his precious wife is caught up in a gun battle and loses her life. Heartbroken Ping puts away his six shooters and establishes the 'Peace Hotel' promising protection and safe passage to all the visitors under his roof. For a decade his golden rule holds firm. That is until the mysterious appearance of a beautiful young woman whose beauty and hidden agenda threatens to break his

• The Seventh Curse - Deluxe Collector's Edition | Blu Ray | (04/07/2022) from £54.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Starring Chow Yun-fat (Hard Bolied, The Killer, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) The Seventh Curse is a curious entry from Golden Harvest, the legendary production company which had previously bought us the stone cold Bruce Lee classics, Way of the Dragon, Fist of Fury and Enter the Dragon. When Dr Yuen (Chin Siu-ho) attempts to rescue a girl about to be sacrificed by the Worm Tribe in the middle of a Thailand jungle, he is damned with seven ˜Blood Curses'. Though he finds a temporary antidote this will only last a year and he must return to the jungle to find a permanent cure. The Seventh Curse is an adventurous story of lost tribes and deadly magic. Featuring strange locales, evil sorcerers and monsters, this bonkers thrill fest is a rollicking Asian oddity, a must for collectors of exotic Hong Kong cinema.

• John Woo | DVD | (05/09/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Ben Affleck teams up with John Woo for this explosive thriller about a top-notch engineer who wakes up from his latest top-secret job with no memory and the FBI on his tail.

• The Return Of The God Of Gamblers | DVD | (01/10/1999) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Ko Chun (Chow Yun-Fat) is forced out of retirement when his rival brutally kills his pregnant wife. He promises to keep his identity secret for a year but is soon caught up in intrigue when he rescues the son of Taiwanese gang boss Hui. Pursued by police the fugitives find shelter with a brother and sister team of swindlers. Along with a kidnapped police chief this uneasy alliance makes it to Taiwan where Hui's beautiful daughter (Chinagmy Yau) sets up the most important challenge of the God of Gamblers life.

• City On Fire | DVD | (25/04/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

  An undercover cop sent to infiltrate a notorious crime ring Ko Chow (Chow Yun-Fat) must replace a fellow officer who was killed in a violent confrontation. But as he earns the trust of the syndicate he develops a tight friendship with one of the thieves. Then when a planned heist turns into a bloody shoot-out with police suspicions arise about who could be the informant.... Starring Chow Yun-Fat (who won a Hong Kong Film Award for his performance) this hard-hitting Special Coll

• Lindsey Buckingham Songs From the Small Machine Live In L.A. | Blu Ray | (31/10/2011) from £4.89   |  Saving you £12.10 (247.44%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Filmed in high definition at an exclusive show at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills in April this year, Songs From The Small Machine captures Lindsey Buckingham showcasing tracks from his new studio album Seeds We Sow, songs from across his solo career and Fleetwood Mac classics. His distinctive guitar picking style and instantly recognisable voice are joined to his dynamic on stage presence to deliver a show that brings the audience to their feet and leaves them calling for more. Starting with five solo acoustic performances, Lindsey is then joined by his band to rock their way through the rest of the set before a final acoustic encore of Seeds We Sow brings a perfect evening to an end.

• A Better Tomorrow - Special Edition | DVD | (27/12/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A Better Tomorrow is one of the most influential films in Hong Kong film history, a massive hit which launched the "Heroic Bloodshed" genre, made an instant superstar of Chow Yun Fat, set director John Woo on a path to Hollywood blockbusterdom, and spawned a series of hit sequels starting with the inevitable A Better Tomorrow II (1987). The story is a gangster archetype: Ho (Ti Lung) and best friend Mark (Chow Yun Fat) are counterfeiters, while Ho's younger brother Kit (Leslie Cheung), is a trainee law officer. When tragedy strikes Ho determines to go straight, and Kit seeks to bring them to justice. It's an age-old plot which leads to wholesale mayhem and a blood-soaked finale. Yet unlike many Hong Kong action movies, A Better Tomorrow packs the powerful emotional resonance of the best gangster flicks through coherent storytelling and believable characters struggling with impossible dilemmas. Rather than draw on crime movie imagery, Woo appropriates much of the visual style, not to mention individual set-pieces, ferociously intense gunplay, menacing electronic soundscapes and blue backlighting from James Cameron's then-recently released The Terminator (1984). That the result launched a filmmaking revolution testifies to John Woo's skill behind the camera, a talent which would reach full flower in The Killer (1989). On the DVD: A Better Tomorrow--Special Edition is anamorphically enhanced and transferred at 1.78:1, but the use of a slightly soft, washed-out print and regularly apparent compression artefacts makes for a mediocre picture. The sound is two-channel mono, which is often harsh and borders on distortion. The only choice on the first DVD is to watch the film in Cantonese, with optional English subtitles, or in a poor English dub. The second DVD has a new ten-minute featurette edited mainly from archive interviews with the stars and John Woo. There are further archive interviews; 18 minutes with Chow Yun Fat, 10 minutes with Woo and two minutes with Ti Lung. These are interesting, but are not all specific to the film. Also included is a short text transcription of an interview with Woo, biographies and filmographies, a gallery of assorted stills and two trailers. All this could easily have fitted on the first DVD and doesn't do justice to either the film or the idea of a special edition. --Gary S Dalkin