From the notorious Umberto Lenzi (Nightmare City) comes Free Hand for a Tough Cop, the film that introduced Tomas Milian's legendary Monnezza' (A.K.A Garbage Can) to audiences around the world. When the critically ill daughter of a prominent family is kidnapped by a ruthless band of thugs, Inspector Sarti (Claudio Cassinelli, Suspected Death Of A Minor) is forced to bend the rules and oversees the prison break of Sergio 'Monnezza' Marazzi (Tomas Milian, Brothers Till We Die), a lowlife criminal with deep roots in the criminal underworld. The unlikely duo team-up in hopes of retrieving the girl and catching the infamous Brescianelli (Henry Silva, Almost Human), the crime boss behind the kidnapping, before time runs out. Finally making its UK debut, Fractured Visions is proud to present Free Hand for a Tough Cop, a much-loved Euro Crime classic that spawned other genre staples like Umberto Lenzi's Brothers Till We Die and Stelvio Massi's Destruction Force. It all started here!
From Andrew Davis, the director of The Fugitive, The Package and Under Siege, comes this riveting, turbo-charged crime thriller starring action legend Chuck Norris (Good Guys Wear Black, Invasion U.S.A.) in what most critics and fans consider to be his best film. Exploding with heart-stopping chases and lethal martial arts confrontations, it's a daring and suspenseful adventure that pits an honest cop against two vicious crime lords and his own department. Eddie Cusack (Norris) is a Chicago detective who plays by his own rules - a dangerous habit, especially when he breaks the code of silence to blow the lid off a deadly police cover-up. Now an outcast, he receives little help from his embittered fellow officers when he's hurled into a blistering battle against rival drug kingpins. But Cusack is a one-man army, waging war on the criminals with his razor-sharp wits, lightning-fast karate moves and a remote-controlled, rocket-equipped tank! Extras A3 Fold out Poster (First Pressing Only) Picture Booklet (First Pressing Only) High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray⢠presentation in 1.85:1 Aspect Ratio Lossless 2.0 English Mono Optional English Subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing Audio Commentary with Kim Newman and Barry Forshaw Action Direction - Director Andy Davis on Code of Silence The Sound of Silence - Composer David Michael Frank on Code of Silence Theatrical Trailer Stills Gallery
Chuck Norris plays Det. Eddie Cusack a tough Chicago cop who battles two opposing mob gangs in this fast-paced police actioner. Norris is asked to rectify the situation when the daughter of an underworld Don is used as a pawn in an escalating drug war. Complete with dazzling martial arts action and incredible stunts!
In this gripping, action-filled tale of the Wild West, Gregory Peck leads an all-star cast including Joan Collins, Lee Van Cleef and Henry Silva, Jim Douglas (Peck), and expert tracker and gunman, is anxious to see justice exacted upon four violent men who he believes raped and murdered his wife. As fate would have it, the four now face execution for a bank robbery and slaying. However, they escape hours before the execution. Taking charge of the posse intent on catching them before they reach the Mexican border, Douglas tracks down the criminals one by one, until the stunning, surprise ending of this powerful film.
An absolutely hilarious twist on the popular Cinderella fairytale sees Jerry Lewis playing a bumbling no-hoper called Fowler who is granted his heart's desire by a good spirit and wins the love of a beautiful princess. Cinderfella is the story of downtrodden Fowler who lives his life through various fantasies to escape the mundane existence of looking after his step-mother and two evil step-brothers Maximilian and Rupert. When his fairy Godfather appears to him in the form
You will never find a more chillingly suspenseful, perversely funny, or viciously satirical political thriller than The Manchurian Candidate, based on the novel by Richard Condon (author of Winter Kills). The film, withheld from distribution by star Frank Sinatra for almost a quarter-century after President Kennedy's assassination, has lost none of its potency over time. Former infantryman Bennet Marco (Sinatra) is haunted by nightmares about his platoon having been captured and brainwashed in Korea. The indecipherable dreams seem to centre on Sergeant Raymond Shaw (Laurence Harvey), a decorated war hero but a cold fish of a man whose own mother (Angela Lansbury, in one of the all-time great dragon-lady roles) describes him as looking like his head is "always about to come to a point". Mrs Bates has nothing on Lansbury's character, the manipulative queen behind her second husband, Senator John Iselin (James Gregory), a notoriously McCarthyesque demagogue. --Jim Emerson
A documentary concerning the violent Italian 'poliziotteschi' cinematic movement of the 1970s which, at first glance, seem to be rip-offs of American crime films like DIRTY HARRY or THE GODFATHER, but which really address Italian issues like the Sicilian Mafia and red terrorism. Perhaps even more interesting than the films themselves were the rushed methods of production (stars performing their own stunts, stealing shots, no live sound) and the bleed-over between real-life crime and movie crime.
Based on the multi-million selling book series Conversations with God tells the true story of the author Neale Donald Walsch. It details the dramatic journey of a down and out homeless man who inadvertently becomes an unlikely best selling author and spiritual messenger.
Guilio Sacchi (Tomas Milian) is a small-time hood disillusioned with the crime syndicate for which he works. Looking to make some big money fast, he and some friends kidnap the beautiful Maril (Laura Belli), the daughter of a billionaire and demand 500 million Lira as ransom. However, hot on his heels is Inspector Grandi (Henry Silva) a hardened cop who only becomes more hell-bent on catching Guilio and his gang with each corpse he finds! Director Lenzi reflects on the Years of Lead in Italy, a time when terrorists caused chaos and police action was judged as deficient.Almost Human is one of Umberto Lenzi's (Cannibal Ferox, Oasis of Fear) best and most highly-regarded films, featuring a standout performance from Milian and score composed by Ennio Morricone. This Shameless Screen Entertainment release will be a must-have for all lovers of Euro-crime and polizieschi movies.Casey Scott at dvddrive-in.com describes it as one of the best Italian crime films ever made.
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold had the task of bettering its hilarious predecessor, King Solomon's Mines. It failed. Looking back from the age of slick computer graphics, it's painfully distracting to spot obvious back-projection, shoddy miniatures and some of the worst wire-work ever. Instead one must concentrate on the easy chemistry between Richard Chamberlain and Sharon Stone reprising their roles, this time in a quest for Quatermain's lost brother. Together they traipse across Africa, encountering all the usual pitfalls (literally) as well as jungle animals, restless native tribes and fast-flowing rivers and so on. James Earl Jones takes the money and runs through his wooden dialogue, all the time backed by endless repetitions of Jerry Goldsmith's sub-Indiana Jones hero theme. Taken on its own it's pretty atrocious viewing, but played back-to-back with the first movie The Lost City of Gold's surreal self-contained universe of hilarious adventure movie clichés is a lot of fun. Sharon Stone's hair remains perfect throughout, of course. On the DVD: Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold, like King Solomon's Mines, is presented on disc in a surprisingly pristine print, and in 2.35:1 widescreen. Also like its predecessor, the sound is in Dolby 2.0, which again reflects the limited number of spot effects layered into the soundtrack. The original trailer is the only extra feature. --Paul Tonks
Four classic Gregory Peck films are featured on this fantastic box set. Gentleman's Agreement: Director Elia Kazan and producer Darryl F. Zanuck caused a sensation with ""the most spellbinding story ever put on celluloid"" (Hollywood Reporter) recipient of three Academy Awards including Best Picture. One of the first films to directly tackle racial prejudice this acclaimed adaptation of Laura Z. Hobson's bestseller stars Gregory Peck as a journalist assigned to write a series
An intelligent modern day vampire tale.... eerily creepy! A woman is captured by a secret cult and told she is to be their leader. She soon finds out they're all vampires and they intend to use her blood for ceremonies....
A Powerful Western Tale of Revenge and Redemption. When a farmer's wife is raped and murdered the farmer (Gregory Peck) teams up with his old flame (Joan Collins) to trail and kill the four outlaws he believes to be responsible. Arriving in a town he discovers that the men are in jail and will be hanged the following day. When they escape driven by a blinding need for revenge the farmer gives chase kills one and has another two cornered. But then they protest their innoc
An unstoppable force is about to meet an immovable object as tough LA cop Frank 'Bulletproof' McBain embarks on a dangerous mission to retrieve a top secret attack vehicle. The vehicle code named Thunderblast can withstand the impact of just about any weapon imaginable. Cuban Libayan and Russian terrorists plan to seize the much coveted battle machine at a Mexican village near the Texan border. A convoy led by the beautiful Lt. Devon Shepard is escorting Thunderblast when it is amb
At first he was nothing more than a voice on the line... just another late night caller on Jennifer Derringer's telephone sex service. But now he's something much more sinister - a psycho out there somewhere.... stalking her watching her waiting to strike. Only one person stands between the madman and the object of his obsession - Jennifer's ex-husband Mack a private detective whose office is a downtown bar and whose beat is the mean streets of Miami's South Beach. But the night
Political double-talk dirty tricks hidden microphones spy satellites bugging the Oval Office and a nuclear bomb for sale are all ingredients in this swift funny and frightening look at the possibilities in today's political arenas. Globe-trotting ace TV news reporter Partick Hale (Connery) is on the trail of a terrorist offering the sale of a nuclear bomb to a Mid-East oil country. Hale juggles Arab sheiks and international intelligence agents to get at the story. Meanwhile
At the end of the Civil War Confederate soldier Jerry Brewster (Thomas Hunter) is jailed for a heist engineered by his buddy Ken Seagall (Nando Gazzolo) who escapes with the loot and builds quite a fortune for himself. While suffering behind bars Brewster realizes he was double-crossed... and vows revenge! Upon his release five years later Brewster teams up with a stranger named Getz (Dan Duryea) to brawl and shoot his way through Seagall's henchmen and finally settle the score with his old partner-in-crime.
Six 70 minute episodes. Titles are Journey To a Hanging, The Legend Of Jud Starr, Broken Wing, The Battleground, The Hunted, The Battle Of Bloody Stones
A vampire story with an unquenchable thirst. Global networks of Vampires who call themselves the Hyma Cult are running out of the precious blood they need to survive. To ensure that they can feed they create farms where they keep kidnapped teenagers alive for the purpose of feasting on their blood. Kate Davis (Chantal Contouri) is abducted by the cult they believe that Kate is a descendant of Elizabeth Bathroy the Hungarian Countess who was rumoured to have bathed in the blood of virgins to preserve her youth and beauty. The cult believes that by holding her prisoner and feeding her blood that they can convince Kate to join them and marry their leader Dr. Fraser (David Hemmings) thus making them a powerful and unstoppable breed with ambitions for world domination. Thirst was one of the first vampire films to add in a realistic explanation to the vampire myth pre dating the classic Near Dark by eight years. With a mesmerising performance from the late David Hemmings Thirst is a vampire cult classic that deserves a place on any horror fans film shelf.
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