In a faceless and clinical landscape of the future where every living soul is a potential enemy of the State a degenerate hierarchy - ruling by terror and intimidation - wields absolute and ultimate power over life and death. The State has become master; the protesters deviates the unfortunates who end up at notorious Camp 17 have little to look forward to. Behind the electrified fences a band of sadistic guards - teasing taunting dispensing cruelty at the crack of a whip - make survival a living hell. The cold-blooded commandant Thatcher and his devious cronies live a life of two pleasures: one of the flesh the other organising regular Turkey Shoots - it is the only possible escape. With a head start selected prisoners are allowed to run beyond the camp's boundaries to the hills and apparent freedom whilst Thatcher and his evil menagerie scheme to devise fascinating and gruesome deaths for their 'turkeys'. As the hunt begins so does the ultimate nightmare.
This double feature contains action packed Muaythai matches from two spectacular events staged at Aston Event Centre in Birmingham. The ancient art of Muaythai allows strikes with fists shins knees and elbows it is one of the mostexciting combat sports in the world. Featuring showstopping fights between: Thailand v. England Thailand v. Europe and many more...
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This boxset contains the following films: Layer Cake (Dir. Matthew Vaughn) (2004): Daniel Craig plays a successful cocaine dealer who has earned a respected place among England's Mafia elite and plans an early retirement from the business. However big boss Jimmy Price (Cranham) hands down a tough assignment: find Charlotte Ryder the missing rich princess daughter of Jimmy's old pal Edward (Gambon) a powerful construction business player and gossip papers socialite. Complicating matters are two million pounds' worth of Grade A ecstacy a brutal neo-Nazi sect and a whole series of double crossings. Green Street (Dir. Lexi Alexander) (2005): Expelled unfairly from Harvard Matt Buckner (Elijah Wood) flees to England to his sister (Claire Forlani). Once there he is befriended by her charming and dangerous brother-in-law Pete Dunham (Charlie Hunnam) and introduced to the underworld of British football hooliganism. Matt learns to stand his ground through a friendship that develops against the backdrop of his street and often violent world. Green Street is a story of loyalty trust and the sometimes brutal consequences of living close to the edge.
When Larry McAfee is left paralysed after a motorcycle accident he must fight for the right to die with dignity.
The Point Of Regret
In 1882 20 years after a forgotten massacre took place the only living witness to the crime John Slaughter returns to the town where it happened. Now finding the town run by the man behind the terrible act Slaughter teams up with the mysterious gunslinger Savannah Starr to try and rid the west of one of its' great evils...
Jarhead (Dir. Sam Mendes 2005): Academy Award winner Jamie Foxx and Jake Gyllenhaal star in this critically acclaimed brilliantly unconventional war story from Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes. Jarhead (the self-imposed moniker of the Marines) follows Swoff (Gyllenhaal) from a sobering stint in boot camp to active duty where he sports a sniper rifle through Middle East deserts that provide no cover from the heat or Iraqi soldiers. Swoff and his fellow Marines sustain themselves with sardonic humanity and wicked comedy on blazing desert fields in a country they don't understand against an enemy they can't see for a cause they don't fully grasp. Born On The Fourth Of July (Dir. Oliver Stone 1989): Tom Cruise delivers a riveting and unforgettable portrayal of Vietnam veteran Ron Kovic in Oliver Stone's Academy Award winning masterpiece. Based on a true story the acclaimed film follows the young Kovic from a zealous teen who eagerly volunteers for the Vietnam War to an embittered veteran paralysed from the mid-chest down. Deeply in love with his country Kovic returned to an environment vastly different from the one he left and struggled before emerging as a brave new voice for the disenchanted. Oscar nominated for eight awards the film picked up two gongs: Best Director (Oliver Stone) and Best Editing (David Brenner and Joe Hutshing).
The radiation from a fallen satellite causes the recently deceased to rise from the grave and seek the living to use as food. Seven people barricade themselves inside a farmhouse while the army of flesh-eating zombies roams the countryside... Still one of the scariest horror movies ever made George A. Romero's first feature film was way ahead of its time and heralded a new dawn in horror film-making.
The third series of Red Dwarf introduced some radical changes--all of them for the better--but the scripts remained as sharp and character-focussed as ever, making this a firm candidate for the show's best year. Gone were the dull metallic grey sets and costumes, gone too was Norman Lovett's lugubrious Holly, replaced now by comedienne Hattie Hayridge, who had previously played Hilly in the Series 2 episode "Parallel Universe". New this year were custom-made costumes, more elaborate sets, the zippy pea-green Starbug, bigger special effects and the wholly admirable Robert Llewellyn as Kryten. The benefits of the show's changes are apparent from the outset, with the mind-bending hilarity of "Backwards", in which Kryten and Rimmer establish themselves as a forwards-talking double-act on a reverse Earth. After a modest two-hander that sees Rimmer and Lister "Marooned", comes one of the Dwarf's most beloved episodes, "Polymorph". Here is the ensemble working at its best, as each character unwittingly has their strongest emotion sucked out of them. Lister loses his fear; Cat his vanity; Kryten his reserve; and Rimmer his anger ("Chameleonic Life-Forms. No Thanks"). "Body Swap" sees Lister and Rimmer involved in a bizarre attempt to prevent the ship from self-destructing. "Timeslides" delves deep into Rimmer's psyche as the boys journey haphazardly through history. Finally, "The Last Day" shows how completely Kryten has been adopted as a crewmember, when his replacement Hudzen unexpectedly shows up. On the DVD: Red Dwarf, Series 3 two-disc set maintains the high standard of presentation and wealth of extra material established by its predecessors. Among other delights there are the usual "Smeg Ups" and deleted scenes, plus another fun commentary with the cast. There's a lengthy documentary, "All Change", specifically about Series 3, a tribute to costume designer Mel Bibby, Hattie Hayridge's convention video diary, and--most fascinating--the opportunity to watch "Backwards" played forwards, so you can finally understand what Arthur Smith's backwards-talking pub manager actually says to Rimmer and Kryten in the dressing room. --Mark Walker
It's hard to imagine how shocking this film was when it first broke on the film scene in 1968. There's never been anything quite like it, though it's inspired numerous pale imitations. Part of the terror lies in the fact that this one's shot in such a raw, unadorned fashion it feels like a home movie, and all the more authentic for that. Another is that it draws us into its world gradually, content to establish a merely spooky atmosphere before leading us through a horrifically logical progression that we could hardly have anticipated. The story is simple. Radiation from a fallen satellite has caused the dead to walk and hunger for human flesh. Once bitten, you become one of them. And the only way to kill one is by a shot or blow to the head. We follow a group holed up in a small farmhouse to fend off the inevitable onslaught of the dead. And it's the tensions between the members of this unstable, makeshift community that drive the film. Night of the Living Dead establishes its savagery as a necessary condition of life. Marked by fatality and a grim humour, it gnaws through to the bone, then proceeds on to the marrow.--Jim Gay
When rival figure skaters Chazz Michael Michaels (Will Ferrell) and Jimmy MacElroy (Jon Heder) go ballistic in an embarrassing no-holds-barred fight at the World Championships they are stripped of their gold medals and banned from the sport for life. Now three-and-a-half years on they've found a loophole that will allow them to compete: if they can put aside their differences they can skate together - in pairs' figure skating....
A photographer is trapped in Cambodia during Pol Pot’s bloody cleansing campaign which claimed the lives of 2 million innocent civilians.
A deadly virus threatens the world. The symptoms are horrifying - bleeding eyes restricted breathing coma and finally... death. It starts in the Amazon Rainforest when journalist Ann Baurer stumbles on a top secret conspiracy involving biological weapons. These weapons are virus carriers - aggressive unstoppable and numbering in the thousands - Africanised killer bees. An unscrupulous doctor smuggles live specimens back to the States on a passenger plane. When the plane hits major turbluence a specimen trunk shakes loose and the contents immediately make a bee line for the main cabin. Gabrielle Anwar Craig Sheffer and Rutger Hauer are among the humans fighting for survival against genetically engineered killers. It's man versus nature at 35 000 ft!
It would take so little to end his life - but a very special friendship to change it forever.Until the day a fateful motorbike accident paralyses him, Larry McAfee (Gary Cole, American Gothic, Midnight Caller) has led a very contented existence. He is a big hit with the girls, athletic and enjoys an easy-going life with his friends and family. In a split-second, all this changes irrevocably. Now totally dependent on others and shunted from one hostile care home to the next, Larry finds that he has lost not only his purpose in life, but also any control over it. So he takes a drastic step and initiates legal action to have a special 'switch' installed on the ventilator that keeps him alive so that he can take the choice to end his own life. All Larry wants is the right to live - and die - with dignity.In a landmark legal decision, Larry's wish is granted. But then the controversy starts. Other disabled people condemn his move as a convenient form of euthanasia that will excuse the authorities their responsibility to provide environments where people in Larry's position can lead independent, fulfilling lives. But an even greater obstacle presents itself in the form of a man who is as stubborn, outspoken and cantankerous as Larry himself: talk-show host Russ Fine (Craig T. Nelson, Poltergeist). Russ gets to hear of Larry's plight and wants to air his side of the story. Initially, Larry is suspicious of Russ's motives, but a wary friendship and respect develops between the two men. And so Russ comes to play a crucial part in Larry's brave and captivating story, giving him the means to carry out his ultimate wish while showing him that he can still, despite everything, make his own invaluable contribution to society and improve the lives of those suffering a similar plight.
Ever since Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park broke box-office records worldwide, everyone has wanted to know more about dinosaurs, the mighty creatures that walked the earth many millions of years ago.Using animation and 3D computer graphics, this DVD separates myth from prehistoric reality. With the help of dinosaur experts Dr. Michael Brett Surman (a consultant on Jurassic Park) and Dr. David Norman, the UK's leading authority on dinosaurs, presenter Craig Charles helps you discover that truth is often far stranger than fiction!
Commemorate the 30th Anniversary of John Wayne's death with this Special Edition DVD. Helltown Helltown (aka Born to the West) begins with cowboys Dare Rudd (John Wayne) and his sidekick Dink Hooley (Syd Saylor) down on their luck after a few poker games gone wrong. The pair decides to head off to Wyoming to ask Dare's Cousin Tom Filmore (John Mack Brown) a rich coffee baron and bank owner for money. Tom needs Dare to drive his cattle to market but he is worried about whether he can trust Dare to fend off the local cattle rustlers resist the power tables or even steal his girl. This is a classic early John Wayne film and a must see for all Wayne fans. Bigger Than Life Celebrate the life of one of the greatest movie icons and legends of all time 'John Wayne' aka 'The Duke' in this fascinating and in-depth biography. Take a journey back to his humble beginnings to his place as a legend in movie history. This documentary is a testimony to the screen icon and traces his career and his personal life away from the lights camera and action. On screen he was part of some of the best loved westerns of all time including 'The Searchers' and 'She Wore a Yellow Ribbon'. Including rare archive footage and interviews this is the definitive look back at one of the most defining film careers of all time.
The second series of Red Dwarf is, as Danny John-Jules says in the accompanying DVD commentary, "the one where it really went good". First broadcast in the autumn of 1988, these six episodes showcase Rob Grant and Doug Naylor's sardonic, sarcastic humour to perfection. The writing has matured, no longer focussing solely on SF in-jokes and gags about bodily functions, instead allowing the humour to develop from the characters and their sometimes surprisingly poignant interactions: Lister's timeless love for Kochanksi, for example, or Rimmer's brief memory-implanted love for one of Lister's ex-girlfriends. The cast had gelled, too, and there's even more colour this year as the drab sets are spiced up, a little more money has been assigned to models and special effects, and the crew even go on location once in a while. "Kryten" introduces us to the eponymous house robot (here played by David Ross), although after this first episode he was not to reappear until Series 3, when Robert Llewellyn made the role his own. Then in "Better Than Life" the show produced one of its all-time classic episodes, as the boys from the Dwarf take part in a virtual reality game that's ruined by Rimmer's tortured psyche. Other highlights include "Queeg", in which Holly is replaced by a domineering computer personality, the baffling time travel paradox of "Stasis Leak", the puzzling conundrum of "Thanks for the Memory", and the astonishingly feminine "Parallel Universe". On the DVD: Red Dwarf, Series 2 has another chaotic and undisciplined group commentary from the cast, all clearly enjoying the opportunity to reminisce. The second disc has a host of fun extras, including an "A-Z of Red Dwarf", outtakes, deleted scenes, a Doug Naylor interview, model shots, and the full, unexpurgated "Tongue Tied" music video. As with the first set, the animated menus are great fun and the "Play All" facility is the most useful little flashing button ever created. --Mark Walker
A horror triple treat of Ichi The Killer Embrace Of The Vampire and Night Of The Living Dead. Ichi The Killer: Welcome to a world where violence is a virtue and depravity is a way of life. This is the underside of Shinjuku and the Home of Kakihara a sadistic Yakuaza killer. He relentlessly tears apart the underworld searching for the man who killed his boss. The mastermind behind the plot is Jijii an ex-cop bent on turning the gangsters of Japan against one another. His trump card is a physically powerful child-like lunatic who is constantly on the verge of snapping. This madman is Ichi the Killer and between him and Kakihara the streets will run red with blood. Embrace Of The Vampire: Martin Kemp Alyssa Milano Charlotte Lewis and Jennifer Tilly head the star-studded cast of this gripping and eerily gothic feast of blood sex and seduction. Infected with the curse of the undead a tortured vampire has been condemned to a lonely search through the centuries for the reincarnation of his long-lost love Charlotte. With only days left before being damned to eternal sleep the love-struck nosferatu discovers his beloved's soul living in the virginal body of a young college student. But before he can suck her into his world of all-consuming darkness and passion he must first regain Charlotte's affections. Seducing her with demonic dream images of sensuality he sows evil seeds of doubt to reap his harvest of salvation. Transforming her from a shy virgin into a wild promiscuous woman hungry for sex with anyone - men and women - the vampire will destroy anyone who threatens his race for unholy matrimony... Night Of The Living Dead: The radiation from a fallen satellite causes the recently deceased to rise from the grave and seek the living to use as food. Seven people barricade themselves inside a farmhouse while the army of flesh-eating zombies roams the countryside... Still one of the scariest horror movies ever made George A. Romero's first feature film was way ahead of its time and heralded a new dawn in horror film-making.
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