Inspector Jaime is haunted by his own past which is dragged out of the shadows by the disappearance of a body from the morgue. On the case, Jaime must investigate how a corpse can vanish from its freezer and leave without a trace, the only witness being a guard left in a coma caused by indescribable fear. With his own nightmares driving him to despair, Jaime's only suspect is the dead body's widower, Alex, who maintains his innocence but struggles with inner demons that won't remain hidden. W...
Every episode from all 8 seasons of the Australian television drama revolving around the hierarchy of inmates within the Wentworth Correctional Facility. Season 1 episodes are: 'No Place Like Home', 'Fly Me Away', 'The Girl Who Waited', 'The Things We Do', 'The Velvet Curtain', 'Captive', 'Something Dies', 'Mind Games', 'To the Moon' and 'Checkmate'. Season 2 episodes are: 'Born Again', 'Whatever It Takes', 'Boys in the Yard', 'The Danger Within', 'Twist the Knife', 'The Pink Dragon', 'Metamorphosis', 'Sins of the Mother', 'The Fixer', 'Jail Birds', 'Into the Night' and 'Fear Her'. Season 3 episodes are: 'The Governor's Pleasure', 'Failing Upwards', 'Knives Out', 'Righteous Acts', 'Mercy', 'Evidence', 'The Long Game', 'Goldfish', 'Freak Show', 'A Higher Court', 'The Living and the Dead' and 'Blood and Fire'. Season 4 episodes are: 'First Blood', 'Poking Spiders', 'Prisoner', 'Screw Lover', 'Love and Hate', 'Divide and Conquer', 'Panic Button', 'Plan Bea', 'Afterlife', 'Smitten', 'Eleventh Hour' and 'Seeing Red'. Season 5 episodes are: 'Scars', 'The Bitch Is Back', 'Nothing But the Truth', 'Loose Ends', 'Belly of the Beast', 'Happy Birthday, Vera', 'The Pact', 'Think Inside the Box', 'Snakehead', 'Mere Anarchy', 'Coup de Grace' and 'Hell Bent'. Season 6 episodes are: 'Clean Slate', 'The Boxer', 'Bleed Out', 'Winter Is Here', 'Bitter Pill', 'Angel of Wentworth', 'The Edge', 'Lovers and Fighters', 'Shallow Grave', 'Fractured', 'Indelible Ink' and 'Showdown'. Season 7 episodes are: 'Blood Wedding', 'Payback', 'Atonement', 'Karen', 'Ascension', 'Mother', 'Bad Blood', 'Protection', 'Under Siege: Part 1' and 'Under Siege: Part 2'. Season 8 episodes are: 'Resurrection', 'Ends and Means', 'Enemy of the State', 'Revenant', 'Fallout', 'Fugitive', 'Battle Lines', 'Goldfish: Pt 2', 'Monster', 'The Enemy Within', 'Rogue', 'Requiem', 'The Ties That Bind', 'Judas Kiss', 'The Unknown Terrorist', 'One Eye Open', 'Collateral', 'The Abyss', 'The Reckoning' and 'Legacy'.
From the director of 'City Of God' comes 'City Of Men' a television spin-off series chronicling the struggle of Laranjinha (Darlan Cunha) and Acerola (Douglas Silva) trying to avoid the drug trade and survive in the violent streets of Rio De Janeiro. These two series of 'City Of Men' nine episodes in all across two DVDS combine a sharp sense of humour with a startlingly grim reality and brings the freshest and most exciting Brazilian talent to the small screen.
When Johnny Morrison returns home at the end of the war he expects to receive a warm welcome from his wife. However he makes the unpleasant discovery that she's been unfaithful to him with Eddie Harwood the owner of the Blue Dahlia nightclub. After a heated and violent argument he storms out of their house. Later that night she's murdered--and Johnny winds up the prime suspect. Now to prove his innocence Johnny must find the real culprit. Among the suspects are the ruthless nightclub owner and a vicious gangster. Joyce Harwood the estranged wife of the club's proprietor lends Johnny a hand and the two fall in love while tracking down the killer. Two ex-service buddies also come to Johnny's aid: the shell-shocked Buzz Wanchek and George Copeland. Will Johnny solve the mystery before the police find him and charge him with murder? This film noir classic was Raymond Chandler's first original story written directly for the screen.
A few years after the events of The Bronx Warriors the sinister General Construction Corporation decides to rebuild the decaying Bronx into a high-class city of the future. In order to do this they first need to clear the current population from the area and they hire the services of a private squad of Disinfestors to burn shoot and gas all those who will not leave willingly. Faced with such wanton high-finance evil the Bronx warriors are forced into an uneasy alliance and led by Trash they fight back dirtier meaner and bloodier than ever!
BBC police drama that follows the personal and professional lives of a group of detectives.
Code of Silence (Dir. Andrew Davis 1985): 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! Lone Wolf McQuade (Dir. Steve Carver 1983): Chuck Norris is Lone Wolf McQuade a legendary Texas Ranger feared by outlaws and respected by other lawmen. When McQuade uncovers a gun smuggling operation led by an American gangster the action explodes with McQuade wreaking havoc on all those who come between him and the law... Missing In Action (Dir. Joseph Zito 1984): American servicemen are still being held captive in Vietnam - and it's up to one man to bring them home in this blistering fast-paced action-adventure starring martial arts superstar Chuck Norris. Following a daring escape from a Vietnamese POW camp Special Forces Colonel James Braddock (Norris) is on a mission to locate and save remaining MIAs. Aided by a beautiful State Department official (Lenore Kasdorf) and a former Army buddy (M. Emmet Walsh) Braddock amasses top-secret information and state-of-the-art weaponry. Now this one-man army is prepared to blast his way into Vietnam...but will he be able to blast his way back out?
Don Birnam long-time alcoholic has been ""on the wagon"" for ten days and seems to be over the worst; but his craving has just become more insidious. Evading a country weekend planned by his brother Wick and girlfriend Helen he begins a four-day bender. In flashbacks we see past events all gone wrong because of the bottle. But this bout looks like being his last...one way or the other. Winner of 4 Oscars including Best Actor Best Screenplay Best Director and Best Film.
Legendary director NICHOLAS RAY (In a Lonely Place, Rebel Without a Cause) began his career with this lyrical film noir, the first in a series of existential genre films overflowing with sympathy for America's outcasts and underdogs. When the wide-eyed fugitive Bowie (Rope's FARLEY GRANGER), having broken out of prison with some bank robbers, meets the innocent Keechie (Ben-Hur's CATHY O'DONNELL), each recognizes something in the other that no one else ever has. The young lovers envision a new, decent life together, but as they flee the cops and contend with Bowie's fellow outlaws, who aren't about to let him go straight, they realize there's nowhere left to run. Ray brought an outsider's sensibility honed in the theatre to this debut, using revolutionary camera techniques and naturalistic performances to craft a profoundly romantic crime drama that paved the way for decades of lovers-on-the-run thrillers to come. Special Features New 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray Audio commentary featuring film historian Eddie Muller and actor Farley Granger New video interview with film critic Imogen Sara Smith Short piece from 2007 with film critic Molly Haskell, filmmakers Christopher Coppola and Oliver Stone, and film noir specialists Alain Silver and James Ursini Illustrated audio interview excerpts from 1956 with producer John Houseman PLUS: A new essay by film scholar Bernard Eisenschitz
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!
The struggle for survival amongst Rio's favelas continues, as "City Of Men" arrives on DVD on 23rd February 2009
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
Nominated* for 4 Oscars® and named one of Time Magazine's ALL-TIME 100 Best Films, CITY OF GOD tells a powerful true story of crime and redemption. The streets of the world's most notorious slum, Rio de Janeiro's City of God, are a place where combat photographers fear to tread, police rarely go and residents are lucky if they live to the age of 20. In the midst of the oppressive crime and violence, a frail and scared young boy will grow up to discover that he can view the harsh realities of his surroundings differently with the eye of an artist. In the face of impossible odds, his brave ambition to become a professional photographer becomes a window into his world and ultimately his way out. â â â â ! Chicago Sun-Times *Nominations: Directing; Writing (Adapted Screenplay); Cinematography; and Film Editing, 2003. Extras: News from a Personal War Documentary A Conversation With Fernando Meirelles
In 1883 the volcanic island of Krakatoa situated in the Sundra strait in Indonesia erupted killing 36 000 people and unleashing a series of terrifying tsunamis. According to records it generated the loudest sound ever historically reported - the cataclysmic explosion was distinctly heard as far away as Perth in Australia (1900 miles). This spectacular docu-drama starring Olivia Williams uses eye witness accounts to tell the true story of one of the most destructive natural disasters in history
This exclusive documentary follows the historic events as they unfold; leading up to the nail-biting finale that turned the streets of Manchester blue. Watch as thousands of fans salute their heroes in an open-top bus parade through the city and witness as dreams come true.
April 18 2009: The UFC returns to Montreal Canada with pound for pound superstar Anderson Silva looking to set a record for most consecutive UFC wins when he defends his middleweight title against Thales Leites. In the co-main event it's a fight fan's dream match as the legendary Chuck The Iceman Liddell faces former PRIDE star Maurico Rua. This 12 fight card also features: Sam Stout vs. Matt Wiman Krzysztof Soszynski vs. Brian Stann Chieck Kongo vs. Antoni Hardonk Steve Cantwell vs. Luiz Cane Denis Kang vs. Xavier Foupa-Pokam Jason MacDonald vs. Nate Quarry David Loiseau vs. Ed Herman Mark Bocek vs. David Bielkheden Ryo Chonan vs. TJ Grant Eliot Marshall vs. Vinicius Magalhaes
The complete first three series of the Australian TV drama, a reimagining of 'Prisoner Cell Block H', the popular soap broadcast between 1979 and 1986. The show follows Bea Smith (Danielle Cormack), one of the most iconic 'Prisoner Cell Block H' characters, in her early days at Wentworth Detention Centre as she attempts to establish herself as a force to be reckoned within the prison. Series 1 episodes are: 'No Place Like Home', 'Fly Me Away', 'The Girl Who Waited', 'The Things We Do', 'The Velvet Curtain', 'Captive', 'Something Dies', Mind Games', 'To the Moon' and 'Checkmate'. Series 2 episodes are: 'Born Again', 'Whatever It Takes', 'Boys in the Yard', 'The Danger Within', 'Twist the Knife', 'The Pink Dragon', 'Metamorphosis', 'Sins of the Mother', 'The Fixer', 'Jail Birds', 'Into the Night' and 'Fear Her'. Series 3 episodes are: 'The Governor's Pleasure', 'Failing Upwards', 'Knives Out', 'Righteous Acts', 'Mercy', 'Evidence', 'The Long Game', 'Goldfish', 'Freak Show', 'A Higher Court', 'The Living and the Dead' and 'Blood and Fire'.
"Only When I Dance" is Mad Hot Ballroom meets Billy Elliot, set in the favelas of Rio. A classic narrative of coming of age. Of chasing a dream to dance the most perfect dance against all the odds of race and of circumstance.
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!
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