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• Snake And Crane Arts Of Shaolin | DVD | (17/09/2001) from £13.87   |  Saving you £-6.89 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  Since bursting onto the martial arts film scene in 1973 Jackie Chan has become one of the world's most popular stars. His movies - in which he acts performs his own stunts for and often directs - have earned millions at the box office. In Snake and Crane Arts of Shaolin he plays Hsu Yin Fung a young warrior falsely accused of killing the Shaolin Masters after they developed a new martial arts technique called Snake and Crane at Hua Mountain. After Hsu's fellow warriors ostracize him he tries to clear his name. To do this he receives aid from two women who are in love with him. After one of the brave ladies is killed and the other warriors realize that Hsu wasn't responsible for the murders they join him for a trip to the Shaolin Temple to find Master Tse Kung. And it's there that they find the real killer. In the film's thrilling climax Hsu having secretly mastered the deadly martial arts style of Snake and Crane faces the murderer one-on-one.

• Shaolin vs Lama | DVD | (25/07/2005) from £12.98   |  Saving you £-6.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Originally made in 1983, Shaolin vs Lama is an example of the kung fu movie at its most cultish. The story is largely unimportant but concerns Yu Ting and his search for a kung fu master, a search that leads him into conflict with the Flying Eagle gang and their leader, Golden Wheel Lama. This is as far as it goes plotwise, not that that really matters. The focus of the film is, of course, the fight sequences and breathtaking they are too, though the whole film is given unmistakable aura of campness by its comical English dubbing. Still, it would be churlish to argue with the glowing recommendation of the Wu Tang Clan's Rza (a man who knows his kung fu stuff) of Shaolin vs Lama as one of the giants of the genre. On the DVD: filmed in a rather basic manner, Shaolin vs Lama is a colourful visual experience but not one that particularly shines on DVD. The 2.0 Dolby Digital sound gives the fight sequences an added bite but, as is so often the case, the potential of the format is frustratingly underused. There is no attempt to provide any sort of background to the film or the kung fu genre in general, instead leaving us with scene selection and the original theatrical trailer. --Phil Udell

• Red Wolf | DVD | (25/02/2002) from £18.98   |  Saving you £6.01 (31.66%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Director Yuen Woo Ping's The Red Wolf is, like Under Siege (1992) and Speed 2 (1997), essentially Die Hard on a ship. However, rather than being "inspired by", this movie is virtually a Hong Kong remake of the Bruce Willis action classic, right down to the jump-off-the-roof crash-through-the-window highlight. The setting is New Year's Eve on a cruise liner which happens to be carrying a consignment of plutonium. Gangsters hijack the ship and it's up to an unnamed security officer (Kenny Ho) and tender-hearted pickpocket Lai (Christie Chung) to save the day. Budget limitations are revealed by only having about 60 passengers, and by an almost complete absence of shots of the sea, but the director manages to pack plenty of extremely violent action and by playing things straight generates considerable suspense from the formulaic story. Helping immensely are strong turns from Elaine Lui and Wing Cho as the psychotically ruthless main villains. Some of this film is very nasty indeed, so a tension-shattering detour into slapstick by Chung is simply bizarre, and the finale goes laughably OTT. The dubbing is mediocre but the blend of furious marital arts and Terminator-style slaughter is still a winning combination for hardcore action fans. --Gary S Dalkin

• Lover Come Back/Pillow Talk/Send Me No Flowers | DVD | (02/10/2006) from £17.55   |  Saving you £2.44 (13.90%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Lover Come Back: Jerry Webster (Hudson) and Carol Templeton (Day) are rival Madison Avenue advertising executives who each dislike each other's methods. After he steals a client out from under her cute little nose revenge prompts her to infiltrate his secret VIP campaign in order to persuade the mystery product's scientist to switch to her firm. Trouble is the product is phony and the scientist is Jerry who uses all his intelligence and charm to steal her heart! (Dir. Delbert Mann 1961) Pillow Talk: Day is an uptight interior decorator forced to share a party line with an amorous playboy who ties up the line with his exploits while she is trying to conduct business. When the two accidentally meet he's taken with her beauty and pretending to be a wealthy Texan begins to court her mercilessly. Though flattered by this stranger's attention it's not long before she discovers his true identity. Now it's her turn to have a little fun...at his expense! (Dir. Michael Gordon 1959) Send Me No Flowers: Rock is ready to make love yesterday tomorrow and especially to Day (Doris that is!) When he overhears a doctor discussing the imminent death of a patient hypochondriac George (Hudson) believes the doc is referring to him. Convinced he's living on borrowed time George enlists the aid of his best friend Arnold (Randall) to find a new husband for his soon-to-be-widowed wife Judy (Day). Already alarmed by her husband's increasingly strange behavior Judy is even more bewildered when an old flame shows up George bends over backwards to encourage his advances! (Dir. Norman Jewison 1964)

• Star Trek: The Original Series - Season 1 | DVD | (30/08/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £69.99

  Space. The final frontier. These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise. Its' five year mission: to explore strange new worlds to seek out new life and new civilisations to boldly go where no man has gone before! Episodes Comprise: 1. The Man Trap 2. Charlie X 3. Where No Man Has Gone Before 4. The Naked Time 5. The Enemy Within 6. Mudd's Women 7. What Are Little Girls Made Of? 8. Miri 9. Dagger Of The Mind 10. The Corbomite Maneuver 11. The Menagerie (Part 1) 12. The Me

• Secret Ninja, Roaring Tiger | DVD | (04/03/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  Tiger So heads a Ninja gang who have kidnapped a millionaire's daughter. Dragon Kong is called upon to make a treacherous journey to save her. It is to be the most dangerous mission of his life.

• The Intruder | DVD | (05/12/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A mysterious loner tries to buy a new heart on the black market in this French drama.

• The Way Home | DVD | (05/04/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  When Sang-woo's mother is forced to send him to live with his deaf-mute grandmother the seven year old boy is shocked at what he finds in the rural village: a place without electricity indoor plumbing or access to fast-food restaurants. Angry and confused Sang-woo rejects his elderly grandmother's attempts to please him. But as time passes the old woman's kindness begins to touch the young boy's heart awakening curiosity understanding and finally love. Winner of best fi

• Dream Home | DVD | (28/03/2011) from £20.23   |  Saving you £-5.24 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Hong Kong's actress Josie Ho stars in the critically acclaimed and inventive slasher thriller about a woman who goes on a serial killing rampage using household appliances and construction tools after she is unable to buy her dream harbour apartment.

• Big Boss 2 | DVD | (19/04/2004) from £6.94   |  Saving you £9.05 (130.40%)   |  RRP £15.99

  In the last Big Boss Cheng Chao-On was arrested after killing Hsiao Mi ""The Big Boss"". In this sequel his brother Cheng Chao-Chun visits his brother in Thailand. He then finds a job as an ice factory worker at the same ice factory that his brother worked at. While the previous film never explained why Chao An promised never to fight again it was actually due to the fact that their father was killed in a fight. However the villain in this film is the man who was responsible for th

• Jsa (Joint Security Area) | DVD | (28/01/2013) from £11.99   |  Saving you £3.00 (30.03%)   |  RRP £12.99

  From the award winning director of Oldboy comes a thrilling a tale of deceit misunderstanding and the ultimate futility of war. On the hyper-militarized border between North and South Korea shots ring out and a wounded South Korean soldier stumbles back across no-mans land leaving two North Korean soldiers dead. The South Korean Army praises him as a hero but was the soldier's actions far less courageous? Is only part of the tale being told? Tough brutal and fiercely intelligent this powerful film from one of the world's most critically acclaimed new directors stars leading actors Kang-ho Song (Shiri and Sympathy for Mr Vengeance) and He-kyun Shin (Save the Green planet and Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance).

• Tube | DVD | (12/07/2004) from £5.98   |  Saving you £14.01 (70.10%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Jang Do-jun (Kim Seok-hun) an emotionally broken former agent dutifully serves in the subway police squad after a tragic operation that cost him the love of his life and left him disgraced in the view of his superiors. However when an ex-government agent (Park Sang-min) out for revenge kills the mayor of Seoul and hijacks a subway train full of innocent passengers Jang risks his life to save others in the face of extreme danger to thwart the terrorist holding the city hostage!

• Guard Post | Blu Ray | (29/12/2008) from £18.75   |  Saving you £1.24 (6.61%)   |  RRP £19.99

  When a secret military border post falls silent an army team is dispatched overnight to re-establish contact and safely retrieve the son of the Army Chief of Staff who is posted there. What they find is so shocking that HQ orders GP506 to be burnt to the ground at dawn - incinerating the evidence. The investigative team are left with just eight hours to explore the maze-like underground tunnels find their target and uncover the truth. Time is running out but the terror that has engulfed GP506 has only just begun.

• Chihwaseon | DVD | (26/04/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

• Once Upon A Time In China II | DVD | (02/02/2003) from £7.06   |  Saving you £12.93 (64.70%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Like its predecessor, Once Upon a Time in China 2 stars Jet Li as Wong Fei Hung, this time pitched against the xenophobic White Lotus cult, which is violently trying to rid China of foreigners (the period is the early 20th century). To complicate matters, he also finds himself fighting against the reactionary Chinese government. The martial arts battles, in particular one against co-star Donnie Yen as the government's strongman, are everything connoisseurs could wish for. Jet Li is not only acrobatic; he has a powerful screen presence that makes him a convincing hero. Production values, including sets and costumes, are excellent. The only flaw, at least to Western eyes, is the comedy, which has corny jokes about eating dog meat and so forth. On the DVD: the DVD is in widescreen format, with high-quality picture and sound and well-produced subtitles. The extras are well worth having, and include a lengthy scroll-down text biography of Jet Li, interviews with the star and with Donnie Yen, and a very informative audio commentary by Hong Kong cinema expert Bey Logan. --Ed Buscombe

• Koma | DVD | (26/09/2005) from £5.19   |  Saving you £9.80 (65.40%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Awarded 'Outstanding New Director' at the 2003 Hong Kong Film Awards director Law Chi-Leung hits the screen with crime thriller 'Koma' casting award-winning actresses Angelica Lee and Karena Lam in the lead roles. Behind the glitter and glamour of a wedding reception held at a luxurious hotel on a stormy evening a horrid crime was committed. The police had yet to find a way to track down the perpetrator. Their only lead the lone eyewitness at the scene was bridesmaid Chi Ching (

• Purple Storm | DVD | (21/05/2001) from £11.46   |  Saving you £-5.47 (-91.30%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Terrorist Soong Chow's son Todd sustains a serious head injury but wakes from his coma to find he's been given a new life... Produced by action movie legend Jackie Chan this is one of the most acclaimed films in Hong Kong movie making history and winner of 10 awards at the year 2000 Hong Kong Critics Awards & Golden Horse Film Festival!

• Relic Hunter - Vol. 1 - The Legend Of The Lost | DVD | (08/07/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  For Relic Hunter, star Tia Carrere was approached with the notion of playing "a female Indiana Jones". That perfectly sums up this tongue-in-cheek show. Each episode begins with a historical teaser depicting a relic in its original location and usage. It then gets stolen or lost and the team go hunt for it. Carrere's History Professor Sydney Fox is versed in arcane knowledge, but also knows how to hold her own in a fight. Her foppish assistant Nigel (Christien Anholt) always manages to bumble the search, but then gets helped out by office worker Claudia (Lindy Booth). That's the winning formula, and this first box set (which starts at the beginning of the second series) consists of six such scenarios. "The Put Back" requires the return of an artefact for a change, and sees the team in Africa racing to prevent the onset of an ancient curse. "Dagger of Death" concerns the Indian cult of Kali (per Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom). "Last of the Mochicas" (not a typo!) sees them survive a plane crash and then play a game of sleuthing to discover which other passenger is their enemy. "The Legend of the Lost" provides a well-intentioned message about why lost civilisations ought to be left lost. "Fertile Ground" comically takes Sydney from her high-school reunion to Hawaii in a partnership with her teenage sweetheart. "Gypsy Jigsaw" finally allows Claudia to shine, with her knowledge of Tarot assisting in a jaunt to Romania. All six feature terrific location shooting from around the globe and are an infectious introduction for anyone who missed the sporadic TV broadcasts. On the DVD: Relic Hunter comes to disc with the original 16:9 widescreen ratio of the show. Shame there's only a stereo mix, though. There are 12-minute interviews with stars Carrere and Anholt that are a little more informative than the biographies included. Lastly, there's a gallery of 24 behind-the-scenes and promotional stills. --Paul Tonks

• Another Public Enemy | DVD | (26/06/2006) from £8.35   |  Saving you £6.64 (79.52%)   |  RRP £14.99

  This is the sequel to the popular Korean cop thriller Public Enemy. This time around Kang Chul-joong Seoul's answer to Dirty Harry is on the case of former high school classmate Han who's about to become the chairman of the Myung-Sun Foundation. However he's also suspected of bribery embezzlement even murder and with Han always one step ahead of Kang what can our hero do to bring this white collar ""public enemy"" to justice? Find out in Kang Woo-suk's provocat

• Bedevilled | DVD | (28/02/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  From director Jang Cheol-soo the new South Korean name to watch the tale of two women. One wants to escape to the idyllic island of Moodo the other wants to leave it for the big city. Seoul banker Hae-won once visited Moodo to see her grandparents and had befriended Bok-nam a girl who still writes despite Hae-won never bothering to reply. But on Moodo again to regain balance to her life Hae-won is shocked to see everyone treating Bok-nam like a slave. As practically the only young woman on the island she is a plaything for the men and a workhorse for the women. But true to form Hae-won remains indifferent to Bok-nam's pleas for help not wanting to become involved in complicated situations. Then Bok-nam loses the only thing that had kept her going and finally snaps a sickle in hand to mete out the bloodiest of revenge.