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• Acacia | DVD | (27/06/2005) from £18.88   |  Saving you £-3.89 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  A young couple adopt an orphan boy but he's convinced his true mother has been reincarnated as a tree. Growing attached to the acacia in the garden his new parents become alarmed when he goes missing. Has evil taken root or are ghosts wanting to join the family?

• The Warrior | DVD | (27/10/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The images of Asif Kapadia's first feature film, The Warrior, sear themselves in the mind: the warrior practising with his sword in front of a half-alive tree, or a close-up of a scorpion scuttling across the desert as a camel cart goes by. Restrained beauty pervades the film in the choice of locations, costumes and the framing of each shot, but those unaccustomed to art cinema will feel the absence of story in this visual, mystical odyssey which uses few words, as looks and images carry the film. Irfan Khan brings a quiet, powerful presence of haunting intensity to the role an Indian "samurai", seemingly a homage to Kurosawa. The warrior has an epiphany after a bloodthirsty encounter that leads him to abandon his life in the desert and head for the pure snows of the Himalayas. This film (that repays repeat viewing and introduces major new talent) is likely to become a landmark. On the DVD: The Warrior's picture quality on disc does justice to the film and the extras are rewarding. The young director is sincere and reflective, as shown in his scene-by-scene commentary and on the deleted material, the latter lasting over an hour. The making of documentary is absorbing. --Rachel Dwyer

• The Ring Virus | DVD | (19/03/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Sun-ju (Shin Eun-kyung) is a journalist. She finds out her niece died at the same hour as three of her other friends all in different places. With her suspicions aroused she asks for help from Choe Yol (Jeong Jin-young) a neurosurgeon who has fallen into disgrace. He performs autopsies on the dead and claims their deaths could only have been caused by something other than natural causes. The only clue is a video full of strange images and sounds which which concludes with a message saying You will die in a week. If you want to survive... This South Korea-Japan co-production (featuring the debut role of Bae Du-na) is based on Koji Suzuki's bestselling novel itself made into a successful Japanese (and later Hollywood) series of 'Ring' films...

• A Bittersweet Life | DVD | (28/01/2013) from £7.79   |  Saving you £5.20 (66.75%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Sunwoo is no ordinary hotel manager. He is also the ruthlessly efficient right hand man of underworld boss Kang. But tough guy Kang has a weakness; his young girlfriend. Suspecting she's unfaithful Kang orders Sunwoo to take care of the problem. When Sunwoo discovers her with another man he uncharacteristically grants them mercy. Kang is furious and orders his gang members to hunt down Sunwoo. With nerves of steel Sunwoo battles the gang alone. With each kill he takes one step closer to his final confrontation with Kang.

• Once Upon A Time In China III | DVD | (21/01/2002) from £10.97   |  Saving you £9.02 (45.10%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Set in the era when China was just beginning to establish relations with Europe, Once upon a Time in China 3 is a mixture of politics, intrigue, broad comedy, and kung fu action. Charismatic Jet Li stars once again as Wong Fei-hung, a legendary Chinese hero who is a doctor, a pacifist, and an amazingly skilled martial artist. Like many Hong Kong films, this movie has a woefully complicated plot: in summary, a kung fu competition not only sparks a bitter rivalry between different martial-arts associations, it also becomes the linchpin in an assassination plot. But this leaves out Wong Fei-hung's increasingly romantic relationship with his aunt (played by Rosamund Kwan), the rehabilitation of one of the villain's henchmen, and the introduction of a steam engine to a Chinese factory, among other subplots. Once upon a Time in China 3 is not the strongest in the series--the subtitling is unusually clumsy, the editing is rough, the plot is confusing, and the melodrama is more crudely played than in the other films--but there's still a clear, raw authority to the storytelling that is a hallmark of director-producer Hark Tsui (Peking Opera Blues, Green Snake). Though it seems to have been made in a rush, Once upon a Time in China 3 will still reward devotees of Hong Kong films, and the frequent and wild fight scenes will appeal to action fans. --Bret Fetzer --This text refers to the DVD edition of this video.

• The Thief Of Bagdad | DVD | (25/02/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Dating from 1924 this Thief of Bagdad is justifiably billed here as "one of the truly great silent films of the 1920s." As the forerunner of generations of magical, effect-laden fantasy epics, its importance is practically immeasurable. And still, after eight decades, it has startling, thrilling qualities which the finest computer graphics would struggle to surpass. Douglas Fairbanks, co-founder of United Artists, is the eponymous hero, swindling, fighting and leaping his way to true love through a series of adventures which take him from a magnificently surreal Bagdad to enchanted forests, ocean bottoms and magic carpet rides. "Happiness must be earned," is the motto; Fairbanks and his director Raoul Walsh certainly don't short-change their audience in bringing it to life. The effects are stunning, with a particularly gruesome slaying of a monster. Every scene is crammed with detail and incident. Fairbanks is a whirlwind of muscular, balletic flamboyance. And while his princess (Julanne Johnson) is a stereotype of vapidity, there's gleamingly malevolent support from Anna May Wong as the evil Mongol Slave Girl. Over two hours of sheer enjoyment belie the notion that cinematic sophistication is a modern achievement. On the DVD: The Thief of Bagdad disc presents the restored and remastered print (the tints have a luminous quality) complete with a 1975 score by master organist Gaylord Carter--you can almost feel the Wurlitzer rising from the pit of your entertainment centre. The audio essay, written by film historian R Dixon Smith, is an invaluable extra, providing essential information on how the picture was made and how the art designers played with proportion to create many of the visual tricks and a fantastical atmosphere. --Piers Ford

• Revenge of The Green Dragons | DVD | (29/06/2015) from £4.47   |  Saving you £8.52 (190.60%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Sonny & Steven are two Chinese-American immigrants surviving in the impoverished despair of 1980s New York in the only way they know how as members of the notoriously violent street gang The Green Dragons. They quickly rise through the ranks tightening the gang’s grip on Chinatown and the surrounding neighbourhoods attracting the unwanted attention of rival gangs and Detective Bloom (Ray Liotta) of the NYPD all of whom are determined to shut them down by any means necessary. Tensions soon reach breaking point and bullets begin to fly in what would lead to one of the most violent street clashes that New York has ever seen.

• A Better Tomorrow 2012 3D (John Woo) (Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (11/06/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

• The Taste of Money | DVD | (06/01/2014) from £6.93   |  Saving you £11.06 (61.50%)   |  RRP £17.99

  One of South Korea's richest families, controlled with a vice-like grip by Geum-ok (Yoon Yeo-jeong), wife of the prominent but disillusioned family-business President, Yoon (Baek Yun-shik), is in the throes of crisis.

• Boomerang Family | DVD | (24/02/2014) from £8.98   |  Saving you £9.00 (150.25%)   |  RRP £14.99

  In-mo (Park Hae-Il) is an unsuccessful film director with nothing going for him in life. He's been out of work since his film flopped at the box office and he was abandoned by his wife. Just when things can't get any worse and he can't make rent his nonchalant mother (Youn Yuh-Jung) extends a helping hand. She offers him a place to live and In-mo is glad to take her up on it. In-mo's older brother Han-mo (Yoon Je-Moon) a former gangster and five-time convict has already settled in comfortably as a jobless couch potato and soon their twice-divorced adulterous sister Mi-yeon (Kong Hyo-Jin) joins them with her pre-teen daughter Min-gyeong (Jin Ji-Hee). At home once again the grown-up siblings are forced to learn to live with each other once again but under very different circumstances.

• Peppermint Candy | DVD | (26/04/2010) from £16.52   |  Saving you £-0.27 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Shown in reverse chronological order Peppermint Candy is the tale of a solitary man's painful growth in life set against the back drop of nearly three decades of Korean history. A distraught and weathered man Yong-ho stands on the rails of a train track staring oncoming death in the face. Through divided sequences we retrace the steps that brought him to this place and this state of mind. From his failed marriage and unsuccessful career to his first love and his traumatizing experience in the army we are shown all of the elements that went into the psychological demise of a broken man.

• Witch Hunter Robin Complete - Anime Legends | DVD | (26/04/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Throughout the ages creatures with paranormal powers called 'Witches' have lived alongside us. For years a secret organization called Salomon has been hunting them down and whilst run by priests and based in Italy it does have a Japanese branch; the STN-J... After the death of one of the STN-J's hunters Salomon dispatches a new hunter to help them combat witches in Japan by the name of Robin. Robin is both young being only 15 years old and inexperienced with her powers but after being teamed up with the best hunter the STN-J has Amon she begins to realize just what it takes to be a hunter!

• Hansel and Gretel | Blu Ray | (11/06/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Once Upon A Time In A Dark, Dark Forest...A dark and gripping modern age fairy tale for adults, spinning the original Grimm fairytale on its head. Following a car crash on a country road, Eun-soo (Chun Jeong-Myeong) is led to safety by a girl in a red cloak (Shim Eun-kyoung), to her house, deep in the forest. Accepting her family's hospitality for the night, he gradually learns that he is trapped in the woods with this strange picture perfect family and of the sinister story behind the seemingly innocent smiles of the children... Sumptuous production design by Ryu Seong-hee (The Host; Oldboy) and outstanding cinematography by Kim Ji-yong (Forbidden Quest; A Bittersweet Life).

• 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.

• The Fast And The Furious Turbo Edition / 2 Fast, 2 Furious (2-disc box set) | DVD | (20/09/2010) from £4.92   |  Saving you £25.07 (509.55%)   |  RRP £29.99

  The Fast And The Furious: Roaring along at breakneck speed Dom (Vin Diesel) and his crew meet on the streets of L.A. each night to show off their high-powered racers. When new guy Brian (Paul Walker) wants to add his fuel to the fire he can't getup the money to race but offers up his car as collateral. In their tiny jacked compacts Dom Brian and Edwin (Ja Rule) burst into a high-gear race with Brian nearly beating perennial champion Dom. But in the final moments he loses

• The Hot, The Cool And The Vicious | DVD | (20/11/2000) from £11.97   |  Saving you £-2.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  An all-action martial arts movie which focusses on an undercover agent's fight against corruption in Hong Kong. Flash Legs Tan stars in this dark spaghetti western style kung fu flick that has become a cult classic.

• Real Fiction | DVD | (19/03/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  On a peaceful afternoon our distorted lives hidden in it. A girl stared at me. She said I am a good painter and that's what I haven't heard for a long time. She tempts me saying she will give good things to me. But where she has led me there was a strange and ruthless man I have never seen before. I could see my image from his eyes that were full of rage and engorged with blood... From Korea's most original filmmaker Kim Ki-duk (The Isle Bad Guy 3-Iron) Real Fiction is an absorbing surreal and intriguing film that develops over actual time. Ju Jin-mo is a quiet and repressed artist who tolerates an endless stream of humiliating abuse from customers and street thugs alike as he sketches portraits in a park. Through an encounter with a dissatisfied customer Ju finds himself enraged by the reality of his life and becomes hell bent on tracking down everyone who has ever tormented him. Unfortunately for the individuals who so frivolously wronged this fragile artist a simple apology will now no longer suffice and bloodlust can only be satisfied with blood. Ju is determined to wash away the stains on his soul with murderous retaliation whilst completely unaware that someone is secretly recording the killing spree with a camcorder in all its bloody glory... 'Real Fiction' was shot with no retakes. Director Kim Ki-duk had ten 35mm cameras and two digital cameras rolling simultaneously with sets prepared in advance and the crew rehearsing for ten days prior to filming.

• A Better Tomorrow 2012 (John Woo) | Blu Ray | (11/06/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

• I'm A Cyborg | DVD | (28/01/2013) from £7.79   |  Saving you £5.20 (66.75%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A young woman who believes she's a cyborg hears voices and harms herself while at work making radios. She's hospitalized in a mental institution where she eats nothing and talks to inanimate objects. She's Young-goon granddaughter of a woman who thought she was a mouse (and whose dentures Young-goon wears) and a mother who's a butcher without much social grace. Young-goon comes to the attention of Il-sun a ping-pong playing patient at the institution who makes it his goal to get her to eat. Will he succeed? Which way does sanity lie?

• The Scorpion King | DVD | (15/10/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  'Visually resplendent, emotive, action-packed adventure from David Lai, visionary director of cult-classic, Saviour of the Soul Produced by Sammo Hung, this gripping tale details the adventures of Fai Yuk-Su, an idealistic young hero, who lives vicariously through the legendary martial arts heroes which he illustrates on the back of his class-book. When he rescues a beautiful young girl from a prostitution racket headed by a local police chief, he is drawn into a dangerous web of deceit, pro...