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• Hitman | DVD | (21/08/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Eric the would-be assassin is such a nice, caring fellow that Hitman has an immediate credibility problem: how could Eric (oriental superstar Jet Li in his follow-up to Lethal Weapon 4) ever believe he could be a cold-blooded murderer? The script tries to get around this by emphasising his poverty, and once he meets conman Norman (Hong Kong comedy star Eric Tsang), the film manages to blend amiable humour with amoral characters and polished action into an entertaining whole. A yakusa crime lord has been murdered by the Angel of Death, a professional hitman who only kills those he believes deserve to die. Getting well out of their depth in the hunt for the assassin, Li and Tsang make an appealing double act, while Gigi Leung is charming as Norman's lawyer daughter. With a moderately involved plot and an emphasis on character, action is limited to five well-staged set-pieces which are stylishly conceived, exciting and don't outstay their welcome. The finale even has a joke at the expense of Die Hard's running across broken glass, while the ending sets up the inevitable sequel. A long way from Li's magnificent Once Upon A Time in China (1991), Hitman is efficient, highly watchable Hong Kong entertainment.On the DVD: The 1.77:1 anamorphically enhanced picture is generally very good, though sometimes slightly grainy. The sound is Dolby Prologic, and far better than many other Hong Kong releases. Even so, the end title notes the film was shown theatrically in Dolby Digital, raising the question as to why the DVD does not also use this system. The film is presented in Cantonese with subtitles, or dubbed in English. Included is a 10-minute interview with Jet Li and a seven-minute interview with Simon Yam (who plays a detective), neither of which are specifically about Hitman. However, a 13-minute interview presented anamorphically enhanced with Keiji Sato (who plays the murdered yakusa's grandson) is specific to the film and ranks as the best extra. A text biography of Jet Li covers many pages and provides an excellent introduction to his career. The "music promo" is Hong Kong Legends' own trailer for Hitman, and is complemented by trailers for five other releases. --Gary S Dalkin

• The President's Last Bang | DVD | (23/02/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Though outwardly cynical Korean CIA chief Kim secretly nurtures a personal disgust with his dissolute president's embarrassing appetites and impatience with his dissent-mired nation. During yet another banquet with President Park the chief executive's corrupt top advisors and two wary party girls Kim impulsively improvises a conspiracy that will change the course of world politics. When Kim and his thuggish enforcer Ju (Han Suk-kyu Tell Me Something) make their move they initiate a bloodbath that threatens to drown both victim and assassin.

• Doris Day Box Set: Lover Come Back/Pillow Talk/Send Me No Flowers | DVD | (04/10/2004) from £29.99   |  Saving you £-16.00 (-114.40%)   |  RRP £13.99

  A triple bill of Doris Day movies including Lover Come Back Send Me No Flowers and Pillow Talk. 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! Send Me No Flowers: 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! 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!

• Asia Line: Kwan Fu - Das Schwert des Todes / Vol. 16 | DVD | (08/11/2018) from £8.73   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Teenage Hooker Became A Killing Machine | DVD | (26/12/2007) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-5.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Teenage Hooker Became A Killing Machine

• R-Point | DVD | (28/01/2013) from £7.98   |  Saving you £5.01 (38.60%)   |  RRP £12.99

  During the Vietnam War a South Korean army base begins receiving mysterious radio transmissions from a patrol that went missing six months earlier in 1972. A shell-shocked hard-boiled lieutenant and a ragtag military unit are sent to the desolate stretch of land known as R-Point to gather clues as to the whereabouts of the missing soldiers. What appeared to be clear search and rescue mission turns into something far more terrifying than any battle as Korean soldiers encounter forces that basic training never prepared them for. Giving a new meaning to the phrase 'the horrors of war ' R-Point exists at the goose-flesh-inducing intersection of Apocalypse Now and The Ring.

• Blue | DVD | (23/07/2007) from £5.10   |  Saving you £10.89 (213.53%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Kim Joon (Shin Hyun-joon) and Lee Tae-hyun (Kim Yeong-ho) are old time bosom friends who sign up as navy officers. However their tight relation begins to fall apart after the two friends get to know their beautiful and avid colleague Kang Soo-jin (Shin Eun-kyung). Jun and Tae-hyun are both captivated by the charming and vivid character of the girl which results in the setting in motion of a melodramatic love triangle! As if this was not enough trouble the three lovers soon see themselves facing their rigid commando co-ordinator Lieutenant Colonel Choi Hyong-soo (Lee Il-jae) who seems to put military ideals before the lives of his trainees! Get ready for this breathtaking underwater romance-chiller that delivers a captivating plot plus cliff-hanging non-stop action!

• Avenging Fist | DVD | (19/08/2002) from £7.02   |  Saving you £12.97 (64.90%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The adventures of Nova a young fighter who is guardian of his family legacy an all-powerful martial arts style known only as 'The Avenging Fist'. When 'Combat 21' the leader of an underground movement known as 'The Red Dragons' discovers the existence of the style he will stop at nothing to learn its secrets and combine its strength with the all-conquering 'Power Glove' a technological fighting tool designed to unlock the unknown power of the human mind and body. When th

• Iron Monkey 2 | DVD | (25/04/2005) from £28.90   |  Saving you £-12.91 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Donnie Yen returns in this semi-sequel to the martial arts masterpiece directed by Yuen Woo Ping director of the original 'Iron Monkey' and action director for 'The Matrix' and 'Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon'. This time Donnie takes on the persona of the legendary Iron Monkey as he fights corrupt warlords in war-torn China. However when the Iron Monkey agrees to help revolutionaries in their battle against evil arms smugglers he finds himself face-to-face with the Snow Fox an

• Hiruko The Goblin | DVD | (25/08/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Hordes of demons wait behind the Gates of Hell where a school has been built. Hiruko is sent to Earth to behead students and reassemble their heads on the demon's spider-like bodies.... The Hiruko goblin has escaped and no one is safe as the monster claws it's way into the depths of hell! Humanity's only hope is the archeologist Heida and his nephew Masao as they struggle to find a way to slam the door shut on the hideous beast before it can set free the countless other Hirukos bay

• Clementine | DVD | (04/06/2007) from £6.97   |  Saving you £10.02 (143.76%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Taekwondo champion Kim (Jun Lee) gives up his fighting career to take care of his daughter Sa-rang. But when an evil gambling kingpin kidnaps her Kim must agree to fight in a rigged boxing match in exchange for Sa-rang's freedom. Kim now finds himself face to face with ""King Of The Cage"" Jack Miller (Steven Seagal) a deadly fighter who has never lost....

• Shaolin Drunk Master | DVD | (21/06/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Hsiungs father was commander of a borderline fortress a position which arose jealousy from a malicious court officer who by forging an Emporers order dispatches a squad of four guards to kill all of the commanders family. Hsiung survives the attack and plans revenge while hiding at the Shaolin monastery. Here he learns the skills of the Shaolin Priests and the secret of SHAOLIN DRUNK FIGHTING.

• The Quiet Family | DVD | (27/06/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Times are hard and work is scarce. Nevertheless a family opens a mountain villa fully buoyed up preparing to welcome guests. Time passes and no one comes. Just as they become tired of waiting for guests the first client knocks on the door. By the next morning however the first guest becomes a cold body! Rather than face a police investigation into their struggling establishment and seeing that the man is carrying no identity the family decides to dispose of the body. Once again looking forward to running their hotel the family are shocked to discover that the second guests are all of people a couple who choose this villa to commit suicide together! Because they don't want to make a fuss the family bury the couple too. However as the man of the couple who committed suicide unexpectedly and rather suddenly revives from death the family come to kill him out of fear. In their bewilderment and as a way of saving their home they come to get used to the murder and burial of their guests until one unfortunate visitor turns out to be a policeman... Riotous black comedy from writer/director Kim Ji-woon (which provided the inspiration for Takashi Miike similarly funny semi-remake 'Happniess Of The Katakuris') winner of Best Director and Best Film at the 2000 Malaga Film Festival.

• Guard Post | DVD | (13/10/2008) from £5.50   |  Saving you £10.49 (190.73%)   |  RRP £15.99

  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.

• Chapelwaite: Season One | Blu Ray | (29/04/2022) from £19.90   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Relic Hunter - Vol. 2 | DVD | (12/04/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Diamond In The Rough: Frank Newhouse an arrogant baseball star whose career is crashing and burning hires Sydney to fine the ""magical"" glove of former baseball great Jimmy Jonesboro. The glove was stolen more than 50 years ago. Sydney and Nigel track the missing glove - purported to have single ""handedly"" defeated the Red Sox in the 1946 World Series - to the sewers of Pre-Revolutionary war Boston while unwittingly being tailed by Sydney's former rival Kurt Reiner. Can the t

• Mission For The Dragon | DVD | (02/09/2002) from £9.98   |  Saving you £3.01 (23.20%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Spectacular martial arts action in a twisted tale of revenge...

• Relic Hunter - Vol. 3 | DVD | (12/04/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Sydney Fox takes off on another archaelogical adventure!

• Antique | DVD | (11/02/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  As an heir to family fortune, Jin-hyuk has money, the looks, the charm, everything except finding the love of his life. So he sets up a cake shop where women are sure to come. He hires Sun-woo, a talented patissier who had a crush on Jin-hyuk back in high school. Along with and ex-boxing champion Gi-beom and a clueless bodyguard Su-young, the four unique and handsome young men stir up the quiet neighbourhood at their cake shop, Antique. Although seemingly careless and happy, each of the four men have unforgettable past that they are afraid to face. But their secrets slowly begin to unravel.

• Divine Weapon | DVD | (09/04/2012) from £14.56   |  Saving you £-1.57 (-12.10%)   |  RRP £12.99

  An historical epic tale of Korea's creation of Singijeon a variation of the Chinese fire arrow.