Crime Thriller

• Last Night In Soho | Blu Ray | (31/01/2022) from £7.69   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In acclaimed director Edgar Wright's psychological thriller, Eloise, an aspiring fashion designer, is mysteriously able to enter the 1960s where she encounters a dazzling wannabe singer, Sandie. But the glamour is not all it appears to be and the dreams of the past start to crack and splinter into something far darker.

• Law Abiding Citizen | DVD | (12/04/2010) from £7.47   |  Saving you £13.78 (221.90%)   |  RRP £19.99

  "Law Abiding Citizen" is a tense, edge of your seat thriller that will make you question the lengths a good man will go for justice.

• Stalker | Blu Ray | (24/07/2017) from £17.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Andrei Tarkovsky's hypnotic sci-fi masterpiece, a visually astonishing journey The final Soviet feature by ANDREI TARKOVSKY (Solaris) is a metaphysical journey through an enigmatic post-apocalyptic landscape, and a rarefied cinematic experience like no other. A hired guidethe Stalkerleads a writer and a scientist into the heart of the Zone, the restricted site of a long-ago disaster, where the three men eventually zero in on the Room, a place rumoured to fulfil one's most deeply held desires. Adapting a science-fiction novel by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, Tarkovsky created an immersive world with a wealth of material detail and a sense of organic atmosphere. A religious allegory, a reflection of contemporaneous political anxieties, a meditation on film itself Stalker envelops the viewer by opening up a multitude of possible meanings. Special Features: New 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack New interview with Geoff Dyer, author of Zona: A Book About a Film About a Journey to a Room Interview from 2002 with cinematographer Alexander Knyazhinsky Interview from 2002 with set designer Rashit Safiullin Interview from 2002 with composer Eduard Artemyev New English subtitle translation PLUS: An essay by critic Mark Le Fanu Click Images to Enlarge

• To Catch a Thief 4K UHD | Blu Ray | (16/12/2024) from £19.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In 4K Ultra-HD, Alfred Hitchcock's essential TO CATCH A THIEF comes with expanded special features and incredible HDR-10 and Dolby Vision. Cary Grant plays John Robie, a reformed jewel thief once known as The Cat. When he is suspected of new gem thefts in the luxury hotels of the French Riviera, Robie sees a plot to clear himself after meeting pampered heiress Frances (Grace Kelly). Romantic sparks fly as the suspense builds in this essential VistaVision classic, which nabbed an Oscar® for Best Cinematography, Colour (1955).

• The Bank Job | DVD | (30/06/2008) from £6.03   |  Saving you £13.96 (231.51%)   |  RRP £19.99

  "The Bank Job" is inspired by an extraordinary true event, a daring, unsolved robbery, which took place more than 35 years ago in London.

• Blacklight | DVD | (04/07/2022) from £6.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Travis Block (Liam Neeson), a shadowy government agent who specializes in removing operatives whose covers have been exposed, uncovers a deadly conspiracy within his own ranks that reaches the highest echelons of power.

• Memento | DVD | (14/01/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Guy Pearce stars in this innovative thriller that begins with a crime and then goes back through time to trace its origins.

• American Beauty | Blu Ray | (14/02/2011) from £11.98   |  Saving you £10.00 (100.10%)   |  RRP £19.99

  From its first gliding aerial shot of a generic suburban street, American Beauty moves with a mesmerising confidence and acuity epitomised by Kevin Spacey's calm narration. Spacey is Lester Burnham, a harried Everyman whose midlife awakening is the spine of the story, and his very first lines hook us with their teasing fatalism--like Sunset Boulevard's Joe Gillis, Burnham tells us his story from beyond the grave. It's an audacious start for a film that justifies that audacity. Weaving social satire, domestic tragedy and whodunit into a single package, Alan Ball's first theatrical script dares to blur generic lines and keep us off balance, winking seamlessly from dark, scabrous comedy to deeply moving drama. The Burnham family joins the cinematic short-list of great dysfunctional American families, as Lester is pitted against his manic, materialistic realtor wife, Carolyn (Annette Bening, making the most of a mostly unsympathetic role) and his sullen, contemptuous teenaged daughter, Jane (Thora Birch, utterly convincing in her edgy balance of self-absorption and wistful longing). Into their lives come two catalytic outsiders. A young cheerleader (Mena Suvari) jolts Lester into a sexual epiphany that blooms into a second adolescence. And an eerily calm young neighbour (Wes Bentley) transforms both Lester and Jane with his canny influence. Credit another big-screen newcomer, English theatrical director Sam Mendes, with expertly juggling these potentially disjunctive elements into a superb ensemble piece that achieves a stylised pace without lapsing into transparent self-indulgence. Mendes has shrewdly insured his success with a solid crew of stage veterans, yet he has also made an inspired discovery in Bentley, whose Ricky Fitts becomes a fulcrum for both plot and theme. Cinematographer Conrad Hall's sumptuous visual design further elevates the film, infusing the beige interiors of the Burnhams' lives with vivid bursts of deep crimson, the colour of roses--and of blood. --Sam Sutherland

• The Church | Blu Ray | (08/05/2017) from £12.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In medieval times, an army of knights massacre a village of suspected witches and build a gigantic church over mass grave. Now, in the present, the churches new librarian breaks the seal of the crypt, out of curiosity: an action unleashes the spirits beneath it, and triggers the church's ancient automated mechanisms which were installed by builders of the church to trap the spirits and everyone inside.. leaving everyone at the mercy of the reawakening demons!

• Tokyo Vice S1 | Blu Ray | (15/01/2024) from £15.95   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• 24: Series 1 | DVD | (14/10/2002) from £11.98   |  Saving you £38.01 (317.28%)   |  RRP £49.99

  Such a simple idea--yet so fiendishly complex in the execution. 24, as surely everyone knows by now, is a thriller that takes place over 24 hours, midnight to midnight, in 24 one-hour episodes (well, 45-minute episodes if you extract the ad breaks). Everything to take place in real time--on-screen and off-screen time the same--which means no flash-backs, no flash-forwards, no nice handy time-dissolves. Every strand of the plot has to be dovetailed and interlocked to make sure that things happen just when they should, in the right amount of time. Not that easy. Creator Robert Cochran and his team of writers and directors have done a pretty impressive job in putting the jigsaw together and keeping the tension ratcheted up high, as Federal Agent Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) hares around LA trying to stall an assassination attempt on a black Presidential candidate and rescue his wife and daughter from the clutches of the Balkan baddies. Twists, turns, revelations and cliffhangers are tossed at us with satisfying regularity. It’s not perfect: we get some hokey plot devices (instant amnesia, anybody?) and the final twist, once you start thinking back, makes no sense whatsoever. There are altogether too many huggy family moments ("I love you, Dad." "I love you, son"); and as for überbaddie Dennis Hopper’s "Serbian" accent… Even so, this is undeniably mould-breaking TV. Sutherland, rescuing his career from the doldrums in one heroic leap, fully deserves his Golden Globe. Sets and locations are artfully deployed--we gain a real sense of LA’s splayed-out geography--and Sean Callery’s score is a powerful, brooding presence. Like Murder One and The Sopranos, 24 is one of those series future TV thrillers will have to measure themselves against. On the DVDs: 24 is released in a six-disc box set. On discs 1- 5 there are no extras, but disc 6 includes the "alternative" ending and a preview of Series 2, presented by an urbane Kiefer Sutherland, that tells us precisely nothing. The transfer, in 16x9 widescreen and 2.0 Dolby Digital sound, does the high production values of the original every justice.--Philip Kemp

• Love Lies Bleeding | Blu Ray | (22/07/2024) from £7.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  From Director Rose Glass comes an electric new love story; reclusive gym manager Lou falls hard for Jackie, an ambitious bodybuilder headed through town to Vegas in pursuit of her dream. But their love ignites violence, pulling them deep into the web of Lou's criminal family.

• Nightmare Alley | Blu Ray | (03/11/2025) from £34.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Face/Off | Blu Ray | (01/10/2007) from £10.75   |  Saving you £13.24 (123.16%)   |  RRP £23.99

  Oscar-winning superstar Nicolas Cage and screen icon John Travolta battle head to head in Face/Off the ultimate cat and mouse thriller directed by the world's most acclaimed action film director John Woo. To avenge the senseless murder of his son FBI agent Sean Archer undergoes a radical new surgery allowing him to switch faces with the comatose terrorist Castor Troy and assumes Sean's identity the real Sean is thrust into an unimaginable nightmare fighting not only for his life but also those of his wife and daughter! Brilliant performances and mind-numbing visual effects make Face/Off the explosive stylish action thriller you've got to see to believe!

• McDonald & Dodds: Series 1-3 | DVD | (18/07/2022) from £20.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• All The President's Men SteelBook | Blu Ray | (31/12/2099) from £34.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Washington Post reporters uncover the details of the Watergate scandal that set the stage for President Nixon's eventual resignation.

• Copland Special Edition | DVD | (17/04/2011) from £6.43   |  Saving you £13.56 (210.89%)   |  RRP £19.99

  No One Is Above The Law. Freddy Heflin (Stallone in a critically acclaimed performance) is a simple small-town Sheriff who had big dreams of becoming a New York City cop before a heroic deed left him deaf in one ear. Though he saved the life of the woman he loves (Annabella Sciorra) she went on to marry someone else. But everything in Freddy's life is about to change! After he uncovers evidence of a murder fakes suicide and police tampering Freddy must choose between the men he idolises the woman he adores and the law he's sworn to defend...

• American Yakuza Limited Edition Blu-ray | Blu Ray | (09/02/2026) from £17.97   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  IN AMERICA, THEY CALL IT THE MAFIA... IN JAPAN, THEY CALL IT YAKUZA... WHEN THEY MEET, THEY CALL IT WAR!When Japanese filmmaking powerhouse Toei Pictures decided to expand their iconic V-Cinema line to North America, the first result was the explosively violent American Yakuza, featuring an early lead performance from Viggo Mortensen in the title role.Ex-convict Nick Davis (Mortensen) gets a job in a factory that turns out to be owned by a powerful Japanese crime family. When Nick intervenes in a fiery confrontation and saves the life of family member Shuji (Ryo Ishibashi, Audition), he finds himself climbing the deadly ranks of the Yakuza in its bloody war against the Mafia. There's one problem, however; Nick's real name is David Brandt, and he's an undercover FBI agent whose loyalties will soon be tested to their breaking point.Featuring an outstanding supporting cast including Michael Nouri (The Hidden), Franklyn Ajaye (Deadwood), Nicky Katt (Grindhouse) and Robert Forster (Jackie Brown), director Frank Cappello weaves an exhilarating tale of deception and betrayal in this underseen trans-continental gangster thriller.LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS2K restoration from the original camera negative by Toei PicturesHigh Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentationOriginal lossless stereo audioOptional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearingBrand new audio commentary with director Frank Cappello and actor Anzu (Cristina) LawsonYakuza Style, a newly filmed interview with director Frank CappelloDecoding Honor, an archive interview with actor Viggo MortensenNewly filmed interview with actor Ryo IshibashiOriginal trailerImage galleryReversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by OC AgencyCollectors' booklet featuring new writing on the film by Patrick Macias

• Goodfellas | Blu Ray | (25/05/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Martin Scorsese's 1990 masterpiece GoodFellas immortalises the hilarious, horrifying life of actual gangster Henry Hill (Ray Liotta), from his teen years on the streets of New York to his anonymous exile under the Witness Protection Program. The director's kinetic style is perfect for recounting Hill's ruthless rise to power in the 1950s as well as his drugged-out fall in the late 1970s; in fact, no one has ever rendered the mental dislocation of cocaine better than Scorsese. Scorsese uses period music perfectly, not just to summon a particular time but to set a precise mood. GoodFellas is at least as good as The Godfather without being in the least derivative of it. Joe Pesci's psycho improvisation of Mobster Tommy DeVito ignited Pesci as a star, Lorraine Bracco scores the performance of her life as the love of Hill's life, and every supporting role, from Paul Sorvino to Robert De Niro, is a miracle.

• Chucky Season 3 | Blu Ray | (30/09/2024) from £17.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Chucky is back with a vengeance in Season 3 of the hit series from Chucky franchise creator Don Mancini. This time, the infamous killer doll (voiced by Brad Dourif) has managed to find his way inside the White House as the new favorite toy of the president's young son. With Chucky threatening to wreak havoc in America's highest office, Jake (Zackary Arthur), Devon (Björgvin Arnarson) and Lexy (Alyvia Alyn Lind) must travel to the nation's capital and somehow find a way inside the world's most secure house to thwart Chucky again before it's too late.