Crime Thriller

• Agatha Christie's Marple - The Sleeping Murder | DVD | (17/07/2006) from £9.18   |  Saving you £0.81 (8.82%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Agatha Christie's classic sleuth Miss Marple (here essayed by Geraldine McEwan) takes on another case of murder most foul... Soon after Gwenda moved into her new home odd things started to happen. Despite her best efforts to modernise the house she only succeeded in dredging up its past. Worse she felt an irrational sense of terror every time she climbed the stairs. In fear Gwenda turns to Miss Marple to exorcise her ghosts. Between them they attempt to solve a 'perfect' crime

• Sherlock Holmes - Baker Street Dozen | DVD | (28/11/2005) from £14.55   |  Saving you £10.44 (71.75%)   |  RRP £24.99

  This six disc box-set brings together the most memorable twelve titles from the most famous actor to ever walk the footsteps of Sherlock Holmes. The feature films included in this collection are: House Of Fear (1945): Sherlock Holmes ever abetted by the trusty Watson investigates a series of deaths at a castle with each foretold by the delivery of orange pips to the victims... The Scarlet Claw (1944): Holmes and Watson investigate the death of Lady Penrose of La M

• 28 Days Later/28 Weeks Later/The Transporter/The Transporter 2 | DVD | (18/02/2013) from £30.99   |  Saving you £-11.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  28 Days LaterA powerful virus is unleashed. Transmitted in a drop of blood and devastating within seconds the virus locks those infected into a permanent state of murderous rage. Within 28 days the country is overwhelmed and a handful of survivors begin their attempts to salvage a future little realizing that the deadly virus is not the only thing that threatens them.28 Weeks LaterPrepare for a mind blowing assault on the senses as the terror and devastation unleashed in 28 Days Later picks up six months after the Rage virus has decimated the city of London. The US Army has restored order and is repopulating the quarantined city when a carrier of the Rage virus enters London and unknowingly re-ignites the spread of the deadly infection once again...The Transporter

• Grand National Night (1953) | DVD | (10/09/2012) from £12.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A murder mystery without peer. Gerald Coates is a simple man with a reckless and glamorous wife. After throwing one of her usual tantrums she disappears until her body is found in an abandoned car.

• The Early Hitchcock Collection | DVD | (26/02/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Contains the following early Hitch' classics: 1. Blackmail (1929) 2. Champagne (1928) 3. Murder! (1930) 4. The Ring (1927) 5. Farmer's Wife (1928) 6. Rich & Strange (1931) 7. Skin Game (1931) 8. Manxman (1929) 9. Number Seventeen (1932)

• Sleeping Dogs | Blu Ray | (16/04/2018) from £19.38   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Adapted from C.K. Stead's novel Smith's Dream, Sleeping Dogs almost single-handedly kickstarted the New Zealand New Wave, demonstrating that homegrown feature films could resonate with both local and international audiences, and launching the big-screen careers of director Roger Donaldson (No Way Out, Species) and Sam Neill (Jurassic Park, Possession). Neill in his first lead role in a feature plays Smith, a man escaping the break-up of his marriage by finding isolation on an island off the Coromandel Peninsula. As he settles into his new life, the country is experiencing its own turmoil: an oil embargo has led to martial law and civil war, into which Smith reluctantly finds himself increasingly involved. Co-starring Warren Oates (Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia) as the commander of a US army unit drawn into the conflict, Sleeping Dogs is simultaneously a political thriller, a personal drama and a true landmark in New Zealand cinema. SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS: High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation Optional 2.0 (uncompressed LPCM) and DTS-HD MA 5.1 soundtracks Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing Commentary by writer-director Roger Donaldson, actor Sam Neill and actor-writer Ian Mune The Making of Sleeping Dogs (2004), a 65-minute retrospective documentary on the film's production featuring interviews with Donaldson, Neill, Mune, Geoff Murphy The Making of Sleeping Dogs (1977), a contemporary behind-the-scenes documentary featuring interviews with Donaldson and Neill Theatrical trailer Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Sean Phillips FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by Neil Mitchell, a contemporary review by Pauline Kael and the original press book

• The Gambler | Blu Ray | (01/06/2015) from £11.98   |  Saving you £17.00 (170.17%)   |  RRP £26.99

  Jim Bennett (Academy Award®-nominee Mark Wahlberg) is a risk taker. Both an English professor and a high-stakes gambler Bennett bets it all when he borrows from a gangster (Michael Kenneth Williams) and offers his own life as collateral. Always one step ahead Bennett pits his creditor against the operator of a gambling ring (Alvin Ing) and leaves his dysfunctional relationship with his wealthy mother (Academy Award®-winner Jessica Lange) in his wake. He plays both sides immersing himself in an illicit underground world while garnering the attention of Frank (John Goodman) a loan shark with a paternal interest in Bennett’s future. As his relationship with a student (Brie Larson) deepens Bennett must take the ultimate risk for a second chance…

• Outlaw | Blu Ray | (06/10/2008) from £9.13   |  Saving you £10.86 (118.95%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Sean Bean and Danny Dyer star in this gritty thriller about people who have had enough and decide to do something about it.

• Zulu | Blu Ray | (27/04/2015) from £6.68   |  Saving you £13.31 (199.25%)   |  RRP £19.99

  When a teen girl is discovered brutally murdered in Cape Town’s botanical gardens Chief of Police Ali Sokhela (Academy Award® winner Forest Whitaker – The Last King Of Scotland) and cop Brian Epkeen (Orlando Bloom - Lord Of The Rings) are tasked with solving the crime. However upon investigating the murder they uncover a sinister synthetic drug ring with a worldwide network releasing a new illegal substance into the market which is spiralling out of control. Sokhela and Epkeen are soon placing their own lives in danger in an attempt to end further devastating and disturbing consequences.

• The Joker | DVD | (06/06/2016) from £4.97   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Without Sin | DVD | (14/08/2023) from £14.10   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Scarface | Blu Ray | (05/09/2011) from £25.63   |  Saving you £-0.64 (-2.60%)   |  RRP £24.99

  A tense and violent update of the 1932 Howard Hughes gangster classic with the setting changed from Chicago to Miami. Al Pacino stars as Tony Montana, whose intelligence, guts, and ambition help him skyrocket from dishwasher to the top of a criminal empire but whose eventual paranoia and incestuous desire for his kid sister (played by Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) prove his undoing.

• The Boston Strangler | DVD | (27/04/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Boston Strangler: The Untold Story is an intense true-crime thriller about Albert De Salvo a wise cracking small time criminal with an unrelenting sex drive who ultimately falsely confesses to being the strangler that wreaked havoc in Boston during the early sixties. Guided by his manipulative cell mate who knows more about the murders than he reveals they devise a plan to gain all of the notoriety from the killings and the money from the reward. Meanwhile Detective John Marsden searches out the truth certain that they were not committed by one man. Fighting the bureaucracy of the day Marsden lets his emotions get the best of him as he follows the trail of the murders.

• Lady in the Lake | DVD | (03/03/2020) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Fargo | Blu Ray | (04/05/2009) from £14.98   |  Saving you £5.01 (33.44%)   |  RRP £19.99

  William H. Macy plays Jerry Lundegaard a Minneapolis car salesman who is by all accounts a loser. He is desperately in debt so decides to hires two thugs (who are bigger losers than he is) to kidnap his wife in the hope that his wealthy father-in-law (who bullies him regularly) will pay the ransom. When one of the kidnappers goes off the rails and events career out of control it falls to Marge Gunderson Chief of the Brainerd Police Department to set things right. Arguably the best of the Coen brothers films (they won an Oscar for the script) featuring two of their best usual suspects Steve Buscemi and Frances McDormand who won the Best Actress Oscar for her performance in this role. The film raked in a range of other prestigious and International Awards 36 in total - including best direction at Cannes and David Lean Award for Direction at the 1997 BAFTA awards.

• Compulsion | DVD | (20/09/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Sometimes murder is just a way to pass the time Compulsion is a compelling stylish thriller that sees two callous law students murder a young boy in cold blood to improve their intellectual superiority.

• Inspector Morse - Disc 29 And 30 - The Way Through The Woods / The Daughters Of Cain | DVD | (30/09/2002) from £11.98   |  Saving you £5.00 (50.05%)   |  RRP £14.99

  When Inspector Morse first appeared on television in 1987, nobody could have predicted that it would run into the next century, maintaining throughout a quality of scripts and storylines that raised the genre of the detective series to a new level. Much of its success can be attributed to John Thaw's total immersion in the role. Morse is a prickly character and not obviously easy to like. As a detective in Oxford with unfulfilled academic propensities, he is permanently excluded from a world of which he would dearly love to be a part. He is at odds with that world--and with his colleagues in the police force--most of the time. Passionate about opera and "proper beer", he is a cultural snob for whom vulgarity causes almost physical pain. As a result, he lives from one disillusionment to another. And he is scarred--more deeply than he would ever admit--by past relationships. But he also has a naïve streak and, deep down, sensitivity, which makes him a fascinating challenge for women. At the heart of Morse's professional life is his awkward partnership with Detective Sergeant Lewis, the resolutely ordinary, worldly sidekick who manages to keep his boss in an almost permanent state of exasperation while retaining his grudging respect. It's a testament to Kevin Whately's consistently excellent performance that from such unpromising material, Lewis becomes as indispensable to the series as Barrington Pheloung's hypnotic, classic theme music. Morse's investigations do occasionally take him abroad to more exotic locations, but throughout 14 successful years of often gruesome murders, the city of Oxford itself became a central character in these brooding two-hour dramas: creator Colin Dexter said he finally had to kill Morse off because he was giving Oxford a bad reputation as a dangerous place! --Piers Ford

• Smokin' Aces | Blu Ray | (26/04/2010) from £19.55   |  Saving you £0.44 (2.25%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A Vegas magician turned gangster must be protected when he agrees to rat on the mob in this high octane dark action comedy.

• Blackhat Blu-ray | Blu Ray | (24/02/2025) from £11.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  WE ARE NO LONGER IN CONTROL. Michael Mann (Thief, Collateral), the acclaimed auteur celebrated for his action panache and commitment to cinematic realism, turns his hand to depicting the high-stakes world of global cybercrime in Blackhat, a contemporary, ripped-from-the-headlines twist on the espionage thriller. Chris Hemsworth (The Avengers, Extraction) stars as Nick Hathaway, a gifted hacker currently serving a lengthy prison sentence. When a Hong Kong nuclear plant goes into meltdown after its security is penetrated, Chinese army cybersecurity captain Chen Dawai (Leehom Wang, Lust, Caution) offers his old college roommate a deal: help identify and apprehend the culprit in exchange for his own freedom. What follows is a frenetic, globe-trotting race against time to avert disaster, fraught with hidden agendas and ever-shifting loyalties. Praised for its unusually accurate portrayal of cybersecurity, Blackhat boasts an impressive international cast, including Tang Wei (Decision to Leave), Viola Davis (The Woman King) and Yorick van Wageningen (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), and showcases one of cinema's finest filmmakers bringing the skills he honed during a long and storied career to bear on a distinctly 21st-century phenomenon. SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS ¢ High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentations of both the US and international versions of the film ¢ Original lossless 5.1 audio ¢ Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing ¢ Audio commentary by critics Bryan Reesman and Max Evry ¢ Firewall video interview with cinematographer Stuart Dryburgh ¢ Zero Day Threat video interview with production designer Guy Hendrix Dyas ¢ The Cyber Threat, On Location Around the World and Creating Reality three archival behind-the-scenes featurettes on the making of the film ¢ Image gallery ¢ Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Doug John Miller

• Rosemary And Thyme | DVD | (06/10/2003) from £24.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Rosemary Boxer and Laura Thyme meet when Rosemary leaves her position as a lecturer in horticulture and Laura who is recently divorced is looking for a challenge in life. Both women are keen gardeners although they are from different ends of the horticultural spectrum. Laura adheres to gardening folklore while Rosemary likes to take a more scientific approach. Rosemary is used to being in charge although Laura is determined to have her say and do what she wants. However their garde