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• Final Fantasy VII - Advent Children | DVD | (07/03/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  The question facing any viewer of the Japanese CG feature Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children is: do you have to know the games on which it’s based in order to understand the film? And the answer is: it certainly helps. But even complete novices (i.e. most parents) in the Final Fantasy world will find some entertainment in its wealth of fantasy-based action, and the animation never fails to astonish. Picking up two years after an epic battle between the forces of good (represented by brooding soldier Cloud) and evil (Cloud’s former general, Sephiroth), FFVII opens in the devastated city of Midgard, whose youthful occupants suffer from a ghastly disease known as Geostigma. A trio of brothers arrives with what appears to be a cure for the plague, but their gesture conceals a more sinister purpose: to revive Sephiroth and bring about the end of the world. Cloud and his companions must once again rise to the occasion to stop the siblings and the revived Sephiroth from unleashing total destruction. Complex and self-referential to the point of occasional incomprehension, Final Fantasy VII will definitely be most appreciated by fans of the game series, but if others can look past the numbing dialogue and frenetic action (which is a bit too intense for very young children), the film offers a care-free and action-packed viewing experience. The two-disc set contains the original Japanese language version of the film as well as an English-dubbed edition (Rachel Leigh Cook and Christy Carlson Romano, among others, provide the vocal talent) and a version edited for the Venice Film Festival. A 30-minute featurette that recaps the Final Fantasy story up to VII, as well as a making-of documentary, deleted scenes, and promotions for future Final Fantasy VII games and products round out the extras. --Paul Gaita

• Gen X Cops | DVD | (07/10/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  Produced by Jackie Chan (who also makes an uncredited cameo), Gen-X Cops is an attempt to kick-start a franchise that will play well in the international market--hence the odd mix of Cantonese and English dialogue throughout. Match, Alien and Jack are three unruly students kicked out of cadet college and adopted as a crack undercover unit of delinquent Gen-X Cops by a put-upon police inspector given to epileptic fits in times of stress. Augmented by token hacker chick Y2K, they are assigned to a case involving a shadowy, arms-dealing Yakuza and double-crossing Triad warlords. The principal cast, mainly made up of unknowns, models and Cantonese pop stars, inject their roles with an infectious charm and enthusiasm while Benny Chan (Code of Honour) admirably keeps a handle on the non-stop plot twists. The action relies more on gunplay and pyrotechnics than martial arts. The three leads dodge bullets and bomb blasts without the aid of stuntmen. Among several stunning set pieces are a gun battle in a labyrinthine boat warehouse, skydiving from skyscrapers and an explosive finale in Hong Kong's famed conference centre. On the DVD: Fully-animated menus and 30-chapter scene selection are just the tip of the iceberg with this feature-packed DVD. Extras include "No Pain No Gain", a 30-minute "making of" documentary, a music video for the Gen-X theme tune "You Can't Stop Me", in which the actors make like the Shanghai Sex Pistols but come off like Boyzone gone bad. There are also extensive cast and crew features and production notes. The transfer of the main feature is sharp and clear, presented in letterboxed widescreen with Dolby sound. An impressive selection of viewing options includes Cantonese dialogue with removable English sub-titles or an alternative English-dubbed audio track. --Chris Campion

• Shiki Complete Series 1 | DVD | (03/06/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Their survival means your death! As citizens of a secluded village die off in alarming numbers the head doctor tries desperately to save them - but his efforts are in vain. Panic and disillusionment run rampant as loved ones' corpses rise from the grave with an insatiable thirst for human blood. Haunting and hallucinogenic Shiki stares into the hearts of both the hunter and the hunted - and blurs the line between man and monster.

• Ghost In The Shell: SAC - Solid State Society | DVD | (20/03/2017) from £8.75   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The year is 2034 and the face of terrorism has changed. Two years have passed since Motoko Kusanagi departed Section 9, Japan's elite anti-terrorism unit. After a wave of audacious ghost hacks, the Section 9 team's investigations lead them to an ultra-wizard hacker named the Puppeteer. Meanwhile Batou encounters Motoko once more. She warns him to Stay away from the Solid State Society. No one is above suspicion in this feature length continuation of the Ghost in the Shell saga from the acclaimed Production IG Studio (Kill Bill, Ghost In The Shell 1 & 2, Blood The Last Vampire)

• Ichi the Killer - 3 Disc Special Collectors Box | DVD | (05/07/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  A bumper box set featuring the live action feature film and the anime spin-off adventure. Ichi The Killer Yakuza boss Anjo disappears with 100 million yen. His loyal gang members led by Kakihara start a search but their aggressive methods worry the other yakuza gangs. Kakihara's most scary counterpart is the mysterious Ichi a psychopathic killer with a dark childhood secret... Ichi The Killer (Anime): Bullied at school by day and psychologically tormented by th

• Sengoku Basara Samurai Kings Movie: The Last Party | DVD | (04/11/2013) from £6.09   |  Saving you £13.90 (69.50%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The fuse is lit! Prepare to have your mind blown by a multi-megaton explosion of battlefield action in the feature-length climax! Toyotomi Hideyoshi is defeated but feudal Japan isn't safe yet. The fallen villain's most loyal and lethal minion - Ishida Mitsunari - is obsessed with carrying on Toyotomi's legacy of violence in the name of vengeance. Ishida brutally cuts a bloody path across the countryside even as the nation's other warlords rally toward an era of harmony. Unfortunately for peace to finally be achieved the fires of war must be unleashed once more. With Japan's fate hanging in the balance one of the most over-the-top battles in history is set to erupt in Sengoku Basara: Samurai Kings - The Last Party based on the world created by Capcom! Who will prove tough enough to survive? Special Features: Four-Panel Theater: Another Last Party: Date Masamune Chapter Sanada Yukimura Chapter Tokugawa Ieyasu Chapter Ishida Mitsunari Chapter Kuroda Kanbei Chapter Making of The Last Party Trailer and Commercial Collection Textless songs

• Martial Law | DVD | (23/09/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  An undercover cop teams up with a martial arts expert to stop a gang of drug smugglers and car thieves...

• Ghost In The Shell: SAC - Individual Eleven | DVD | (20/03/2017) from £5.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The year is 2030 and an influx of refuges have effortlessly transformed themselves into a terrorist organization known as the Individual Eleven. With a sadistic intent of mass destruction, will they triumph in victory or discover the gloomy pitfalls of defeat?

• K-20 - The Legend Of The Black Mask | DVD | (10/01/2011) from £7.27   |  Saving you £8.72 (119.94%)   |  RRP £15.99

  It's 1949 and World War II never happened. Nikola Tesla has just won a Nobel Prize rather than dying in obscurity and the Japanese Empire is an undying aristocracy where the rich sip tea out of bone china while the poor die in the gutters. K-20 the Fiend with Twenty Faces steals from the rich and gives to himself. But now on the eve of the marriage between society princess Yoko Hashiba and chief of police Kogoro Akechi the fiend frames simple circus acrobat Hekichi Endo (Takeshi Kaneshiro) for his crimes and the poor sap is arrested and sentenced to death. But he escapes at the last minute and assumes the guise of K-20 in order to clear his good name.

• Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris | DVD | (19/04/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Dr. Nagamine and Inspector Osaka are reunited to help Gamera protect and save the human race. Can Gamera ground the Gyaos? Can the turtle tie up the terrible tentacles? Do the hapless humans and rowdy reptile have what it takes to thwart the revenge of Iris? Gojira (Godzilla) doesn't have a patch on Gamera as this time around it's a battle royal for giant turtle in the most explosive Kaiju (Japanese monster) movie yet!

• Shanghai Surprise | DVD | (28/08/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Glendon Wasey (Sean Penn) is a fortune hunter looking for a fast track out of China. Gloria Tatlock (Madonna) is a missionary nurse seeking the curing powers of opium for her patients. Fate sets them on a hectic exotic and even romantic quest for stolen drugs. But they are up against every thug and smuggler in Shanghai.

• Shanghai Surprise | DVD | (10/04/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A romantic adventure for the dangerous at heart... Sean Penn is Glendon Wasey a quick-witted fortune hunter looking for a fast track out of China. Madonna is Gloria Tatlock a determined missionary nurse seeking the healing powers of opium for her patients. She wants to help the suffering...he wants the boat fare back to the States. So fate sets them on a hectic exotic chaotic and quite often romantic quest for stolen drugs. The trouble is the opium they're after is also the target of every thug and smuggler in Shanghai. It's a wild rickshaw-race adventure with every concubine Kung Fu killer and crime boss in town in hot pursuit! You're in for a Shanghai Surprise as Sean Penn and Madonna star in this high-flying grand adventure set in 1937 China with music by former Beatles guitarist George Harrison.

• Accelerate Your Guitar Playing | DVD | (13/09/2010) from £25.63   |  Saving you £-6.64 (-35.00%)   |  RRP £18.99

  Accelerate Your Guitar Playing

• Shiki Part 1 | DVD | (08/10/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  As citizens of a secluded village die off in alarming numbers, the head doctor tries desperately to save them - but his efforts are in vain. Panic and disillusionment run rampant as loved ones' corpses rise from the grave with an insatiable thirst for human blood. Haunting and hallucinogenic, Shiki stares into the hearts of both the hunter and the hunted-and blurs the line between man and monster.

• The Films Of Takashi Miike | DVD | (01/07/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Takashi Miike is one of the world's most prolific directors working today. Miike is one of those directors who is willing to push the boundaries of what is acceptable on celluloid as these two films clearly demonstrate... Full Metal Yakuza (1997): Part Man Part Machine All Yakuza A wannabe yakuza seems permanently grounded on the lowest rung of the local crime syndicate. However an unsual (and rather unpleasant) incident renders this no-hoper as a formidable cybernetic fighting machine! Another mightily wacky underworld thriller from cult Japanese director Takashi Miike. Fudoh: The New Generation (1996): When a Yakuza commits a terrible error he must pay a tribute to show loyalty to the other Yakuza families by killing his eldest son. Ten years later his youngest son uncovers the grisly act and organizes his friends to take revenge against his father and all the other Yakuza leaders for practicing outdated customs...

• Shiki Part 2 | DVD | (31/12/2012) from £26.98   |  Saving you £-1.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  At a time when vampires have become ubiquitous in popular culture, from juvenile novels and live-action films to anime, Shiki stands out for its deeply unsettling tension and suspense. When citizens of a secluded village begin dying off in alarming numbers, the sole hospital's head doctor tries desperately to save his patients - but his efforts are in vain. Entire families are wiped out while others desert their homes. All hell breaks loose as the villagers discover their loved ones' corpses...

• Funk/R&B Drumming | DVD | (13/06/2011) from £15.89   |  Saving you £4.10 (20.50%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Songs Featured Include: Double Deal Cold Sweat What's Going On? Loveland.

• Paprika | DVD | (03/09/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Based on the original futuristic story, Paprika was written by the great master of Japanese literature, Yasutaka Tsutsui, in 1993 and is the psychedelic story of a female detective who investigates criminal cases by entering the dreams of her subjects. With music composed by Susuma Hirasawa, who also wrote the soundtrack for KON's award-winning film, Millennium Actress, and equally lauded television series, Paranoia Agent.In the near future, a revolutionary new psychotherapy treatment called PT has been invented. Through a device called the DC Mini it is able to act as a dream detective to enter into people's dreams and explore their unconscious thoughts. Before the government can pass a bill authorizing the use of such advanced psychiatric technology, one of the prototypes is stolen. In the wrong hands, the potential misuse of the device could be devastating, allowing the user to completely annihilate a dreamer's personality while they are asleep. Renowned scientist, Dr. Atsuko Chiba, enters the dream world under her exotic alter-ego, Paprika, in an attempt to discover who is behind the plot to undermine the new invention.

• Final Fantasy VII - Advent Children | UMD | (24/04/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £28.99

  Two years later... Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children is the much anticipated sequel to Square's top selling game Final Fantasy VII: a full blown CGI movie! After Cloud saved the world from Sephiroth the citizens of the planet begin suffering from a strange sickness called Geo-Stigma. Meanwhile Cloud has secluded himself and is being haunted by demons from his past...

• New York Cop | DVD | (06/03/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  This is the true story of a Japanese detective illegally residing in the U.S.A. who finds himself being blackmailed by the New York Police Department internal forces and is sent undercover. In the New York underworld gunrunning is the deadliest game of all. Undercover cop Toshi Morokama is on the trail of a ruthless gangleader unwittingly helped by the man's sister. When an arms deal goes badly wrong the hunter becomes the hunted...