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• The Water Margin - Season 1 - | DVD | (03/02/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £69.99

  The Water Margin is a sprawling Chinese television series from 1977 that tells the story of a group of legendary heroes who battled corruption at the time of the Sung dynasty 1,000 years ago. Made in two seasons of 13 episodes and shown on BBC television in a dubbed version narrated by Burt Kwouk, the central figure is Lin Chung (Atsuo Nakamura), an army officer who comes, Robin Hood-style, to lead a rebellion against the evil Kao Chiu (Kai Satu). The result plays like something somewhere between Seven Samurai and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Though not without humour, this is a much more serious saga than Monkey (1978), adapted by the same team and similarly a hit for the BBC. Bolstered by wirework in the excellent fight scenes, this is traditional Kurosawa-influenced adventure, a saga of rebels against an oppressive empire with as much appeal to Star Wars fans as to martial arts devotees. Each episode tells a self-contained tale within the wider framework and the strong production values and compelling storytelling are not too compromised by the dubbing, which is carefully done to a high standard. This is a lavishly made TV epic that remains hugely entertaining a quarter-century after it first aired. On the DVD: The Water Margin is presented in a beautifully designed fold-out package with a small poster and an episode guide leaflet. The 13 43-minute-long episodes are spread across six DVDs. The extras are identical throughout, apart from episode-specific photo galleries, reflecting the fact that each disc is also sold separately. There are 16 character profiles, synopses of all 26 episodes, production notes and previews of the Monkey DVDs and Blake's Seven videos. Other than the restoration of some violence, the episodes are exactly as they were shown on the BBC; there's no option to watch the original Chinese versions. The sound is unexceptional mono, the picture grainy, a little soft and shows some print damage. Unfortunately the 4:3 transfers also demonstrate obvious pixilation in fast moving and visually complex scenes, the quality being more like digital TV than state-of-the-art DVD. --Gary S Dalkin

• The Water Margin - Season 2 - | DVD | (17/05/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £69.99

  `Do not despise the snake for having no horns for who is to say it will not become a dragon?' Undoubtedly the ""Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon"" of its day the classic cult TV series 'The Water Margin' is a timeless epic and very much a touchstone for anybody who grew up in the mid- to late-70s. Now for the first time ever the entire 26-episode series is being made available on DVD in a choice of two box sets or individual box sets courtesy of Fabulous Films/Fremantle Home Ent

• Vital | DVD | (20/02/2006) from £11.99   |  Saving you £3.00 (25.02%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Hiroshi Takagi (Asano) is a young man who has just regained consciousness having slipped into a coma following the horrible car accident which claimed the life of his girlfriend Ryoko. Takagi awakes with no memory of any sort: not of the accident not of his family not of his girlfriend. His parents both doctors take him home where he discovers a box full of old medical textbooks and fascinated he subsequently enrolls in medical school. Still Takagi is a shell of a man; he show

• The Water Margin - Vol. 2 | DVD | (03/02/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  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... Epsiodes 3 and 4.

• Free Zone | DVD | (24/11/2008) from £8.89   |  Saving you £6.10 (40.70%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Golden Globe winner and Academy Award nominee Natalie Portman (Closer V For Vendetta) stars as Rebecca an American living in Jerusalem who moments after breaking off her engagement jumps into a cab driven by Hanna a strong-willed charismatic Israeli woman. Hanna is on her way to Jordan to an ungoverned economic free zone of shady business transactions bordered by Syria Iraq and Saudi Arabia. Looking for a quick escape Rebecca convinces Hanna to take he along and the two set off to see the American a mysterious businessman that owes Hanna's husband money. But when Hanna and Rebecca reach his office they are confronted by Leila a Palestinian who tells Hanna that the American and the money are missing. Determined not to leave the Free Zone without her husband's debt paid Hanna forces Leila to join her - with Rebecca tagging along - and the three women begin their search. Soon the relationship between them turns into an emotional solidarity that will affect each of their lives forever.

• The Water Margin - Vol. 12 | DVD | (14/07/2003) from £13.99   |  Saving you £1.00 (7.15%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Episode titles included in this DVD are: A Concubine's Dowry Liang Shan Po And The Millionare.

• The Water Margin - Vol. 4 - Episodes 7 And 8 | DVD | (10/03/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  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 Water Margin - Vol. 3 - Episodes 5 And 6 | DVD | (10/03/2003) from £4.98   |  Saving you £10.01 (201.00%)   |  RRP £14.99

  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 5 and 6.

• Hellinger | DVD | (30/05/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Close Your Eyes And Go To Hell 20 years ago Melissa was discovered caked in blood deranged mumbling that the evil killed her father. This evil takes the form of Hellinger: once a man he made a pact with the devil and paid for it. Now Hellinger's back with blood on his mind for anyone who doesn't believe...

• Graveyard Of Honour | DVD | (24/02/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Rikio Ishikawa is a brutal street thug who is drawn into the powerful Kawada gang in 1946 Tokyo. His insubordination and rebelliousness encourage him to start his own Yakuza family but he decides the easiest way would be to challenge his own Godfather whom he brutally attacks. This disrespect to his boss brings the ultimate form of disgrace upon himself and his 'family'. For his own safety he surrenders to the police and spends more than a year in jail. But Ishikawa's dishonourable

• The Water Margin - Vol. 5 | DVD | (14/04/2003) from £13.21   |  Saving you £1.78 (13.47%)   |  RRP £14.99

  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 9 and 10.

• The Water Margin - Vol. 10 | DVD | (09/06/2003) from £5.38   |  Saving you £9.61 (64.10%)   |  RRP £14.99

  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 19 and 20.

• The Water Margin - Vol. 7 | DVD | (12/05/2003) from £6.73   |  Saving you £8.26 (122.73%)   |  RRP £14.99

  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... Epsiodes 13 and 14.

• Lake Of Fire | DVD | (06/10/2008) from £15.79   |  Saving you £2.20 (13.93%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Tony Kaye's graphic shocking and controversial documentary which takes a look on both sides of the abortion debate.

• The Water Margin - Vol. 9 | DVD | (09/06/2003) from £5.38   |  Saving you £9.61 (178.62%)   |  RRP £14.99

  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... Epsiodes 17 and 18.

• The Water Margin - Vol. 6 | DVD | (14/04/2003) from £11.05   |  Saving you £3.94 (35.66%)   |  RRP £14.99

  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... Epsiodes 11 and 12.

• The Water Margin - Vol. 13 | DVD | (14/07/2003) from £6.73   |  Saving you £8.26 (55.10%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Episode titles included in this DVD are: Knight Of The Long Sword The Dynasty Of Kao.

• The Water Margin - Vol. 11 | DVD | (14/07/2003) from £12.82   |  Saving you £5.16 (52.49%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Episode titles included on this DVD are: Death Of A Great Man Lin Chung Is Beaten

• What's Up Tiger Lily | DVD | (07/01/2008) from £10.80   |  Saving you £2.19 (16.90%)   |  RRP £12.99

  In describing What's Up Tiger Lily? we thought it best left to Woody himself: 'We took a Japanese film made in Japan by Japanese actors and actresses and I took out all the soundtrack and knocked out all the voices and I wrote a comedy. The result is a movie where people are running around doing all those James Bondian things but what's coming out of their mouths is something wholly other. It was done before actually in Gone With The Wind but not many people know that. Those were Japanese people actually and we dubbed in American voices Southern voices. But that was years ago'. Woody Allen.

• Never Give Up | DVD | (20/06/2005) from £8.08   |  Saving you £-2.09 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Following a mass murder in rural Japan ex-special forces soldier Ajisawa (Ken Takakura) adopts the sole survivor of the massacre an amnesiac young girl. Intending to put the past behind them the pair instead find themselves in conflict with the corrupt and powerful leaders of a small town. As the girl's memories begin to emerge Ajisawa must call upon all of his killer instincts to ensure their survival...