Science Fiction

• Cyborg | DVD | (19/06/2000) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-7.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Jean-Claude Van Damme, aka "the Muscles from Brussels", had only a few movies to his credit when he played the hero in this lame post-apocalyptic action flick from 1989. It's really just another martial-arts movie, dressed down with near-future trash and dirty sets that have "low budget" written all over them. Van Damme plays the protective escort for a half-human, half-cyborg woman whose programming contains a possible cure for a plague that is threatening to wipe out the entire population of Earth. But the woman is kidnapped by Van Damme's evil nemesis (is there any other kind?) while they are en route to her Atlanta headquarters. That leads Van Damme right into a lion's den of sadomasochistic torture and torment. If you've made it this far (and if you have, why?), you are probably a founding member of the Jean-Claude Van Damme fan club. To everyone else: don't say you weren't warned--this is the kind of movie in which naming characters after electric guitars (Van Damme's character is named "Gibson Rickenbacker") qualifies as clever screen writing. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com

• City of Lost Children | DVD | (21/01/2002) from £4.98   |  Saving you £8.01 (160.84%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The fantastic visions of Belgian film-makers Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet find full fruition in this fairy tale for adults. Evoking utopias and dystopias from Brazil to Peter Pan, Caro and Jeunet create a vivid but menacing fantasy city in a perpetually twilight world. In this rough port town lives circus strongman One (Ron Perlman), who wanders the alleys and waterfront dives looking for his little brother, snatched from him by a mysterious gang preying upon the children of the town. Rising from the harbour is an enigmatic castle where lives the evil scientist Krank (Daniel Emilfork), who has lost the ability to dream and robs the nocturnal visions of the children he kidnaps, but receives only mad nightmares from the lonely cherubs. Other wild characters include the Fagin-like Octopus--Siamese twin sisters who control a small gang of runaways-turned-thieves--Krank's six cloned henchmen (all played by the memorable Dominique Pinon from Delicatessen), and a giant brain floating in an aquarium (voiced by Jean-Louis Trintignant). Caro and Jeunet are kindred souls to Terry Gilliam (who is a vocal fan), creating imaginative flights of fancy built of equal parts delight and dread, which seem to be painted on the screen in rich, dreamy colours. --Sean Axmaker, Amazon.com

• Teenagers From Outer Space | DVD | (21/06/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Martians invade planet Earth in order to breed the monstrous food creatures of their own planet the Gargons. One of the Martians becomes quite attached to Earth in particular to Betty and battles his own race in order to save the planet.

• Minority Report | DVD | (14/11/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  In this kinetic futuristic thriller from Steven Spielberg Tom Cruise plays John Anderton the head of Washington's Pre-Crime bureau an experimental government agency that uses precognitive humans to predict murders. Finding himself accused of a future homicide Anderton goes on the run and tries to stay one step ahead of his jet pack-assisted colleagues and an ambitious Federal agent (Colin Farrell). Adapted from a short story by Philip K. Dick Minority Report is one of Spielberg's most sheerly entertaining and deliriously imaginative movies.

• Universal Soldiers | DVD | (07/01/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  A government program to create genetically modified super soldiers goes awry when the unstable and unstoppable lab subjects escape from their maximum security holding cells.

• Almaz Black Box | DVD | (23/03/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  In 1998 a Russian Military Space Station received a powerful signal of unknown origin. Sixty-seven hours later the Station broke up in the Earth's atmosphere. The Russian Government initiated an extensive cover-up. They were unable to find the Station's Black Box and assumed it was destroyed on reentry. They were wrong.

• Mad Max 2 - Road Warrior | DVD | (26/04/1999) from £11.99   |  Saving you £4.00 (40.04%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Mad Max 2 is a strong candidate for the designation of most thrilling action movie ever made (the turbo-charged exhilaration of its full-throttle highway chases has never been equalled); the second part of George Miller's post-apocalyptic trilogy is also a magnificently imagined movie myth. Like the Star Wars trilogy (by that other George) the Mad Max films draw their inspiration from the works of mythologist Joseph Campbell. In the 1979 original, Max (Mel Gibson) is a policeman, the last guardian of civilisation and order in a devastated world reduced to chaos. But when a leather-clad gang of sadomasochistic speed demons mows down Max's family, his remaining connections to humanity are also permanently severed. After brutally exacting his revenge, Max wanders off into the wasteland alone, "a burned out shell of a man" who (to paraphrase The Searchers) is destined to wander forever between the winds. In The Road Warrior, Max rediscovers a sliver of his shattered humanity, and a spark of redemption, when he helps an embattled colony of pioneers fight off the savages who are after that most precious of all commodities: "guzzline." Max is transformed into a legendary hero, just as Mel Gibson was catapulted to international film stardom. With its final stirring images, The Road Warrior transcends its genre (whatever that may be--science fiction? Western? action adventure?) and becomes something timeless. --Jim Emerson, Amazon.com

• Children Of Men / Twelve Monkeys | DVD | (22/10/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Children Of Men (2006): In a chaotic world in which humans can no longer procreate a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea where her child's birth may help scientists save the future of humankind... Twelve Monkeys (1996): Cole (Bruce Willis) is sent back in time to save the human race from a deadly virus that has forced mankind into dank underground communities in the future. Along his travels he encounters a psychiatrist (Madeleine Stowe) and a mental patient brilliantly portrayed by Brad Pitt who may hold the key to a mysterious rogue group the Army of the 12 Monkeys thought to be responsible for unleashing the killer disease. Believing he can obtain a pure virus sample in order to find a cure in the future he is met with one riddle after another that puts him in a race with time. This sci-fi masterpiece from the genius mind of Terry Gilliam is a modern-day classic.

• I Pass For Human | DVD | (31/10/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

• Android | DVD | (06/06/2016) from £21.58   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Butterfly Effect | DVD | (17/04/2008) from £10.53   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Evan Treborn grows up in a small town with his single, working mother and his friends. He suffers from memory blackouts where he suddenly finds himself somewhere else, confused. Evan's friends and mother hardly believe him, thinking he makes it up just to get out of trouble. As Evan grows up he has less of these blackouts until he seems to have recovered. Since the age of seven he has written a diary of his blackout moments so he can remember what happens. One day at college he starts to read...

• Jumper (2 Disc) | DVD | (16/06/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  A teenager from an abusive household discovers he can teleport from one place to another. He uses this ability to search for the man he believes is responsible for the death of his mother.

• Slipstream | DVD | (08/08/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  He's got 10 minutes to change the past or his future is history. Stuart Conway (Sean Astin) invents a time-travel device that allows people to travel back in time for 10 minutes. Driven by his desire to get a date and make a success of himself he plans to commit a bank robbery. When Conway decides to test his time-travel gadget he stumbles upon a bank heist in progress led by malevolent Englishman Winston Briggs (Vinnie Jones). When the device falls into the hands of Briggs Conway must work together with FBI agent Sarah Tanner to prevent Briggs from creating havoc.

• Star Wars: the Clone Wars | DVD | (08/12/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Star Wars: The Clone Wars is the 2008 CGI-animated theatrical film that serves as the kick-off to the weekly animated Clone Wars TV series. The concept came about way back in 1977's original Star Wars film, when Leia says in her message to Obi-Wan Kenobi "Years ago, you served my father in the Clone Wars." Initially a simple offhand reference that would reveal Luke's past, the phrase captured fans' attentions for years, until Episode II: Attack of the Clones revealed just how the Clone Wars figured into the battle between Republic and Empire. The 2008 movie is full of familiar characters--Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Yoda, Count Dooku--and a new one: Ahsoka Tano, a young girl who has been made Anakin's Padawan. Together, the two headstrong youths embark on a mission to rescue Jabba the Hutt's kidnapped child, battling each other as much as they battle the Separatist forces. There are some good sequences, including duels with Dooku and his assassin, Asajj Ventress, and it's interesting to see some new corners of the Star Wars universe, such as the seamy underbelly of Coruscant. But Ahsoka and her penchant for nicknames that are too cute to stomach seem aimed only at tween-age audiences, and for all that goes on in the movie, nothing really happens in the end. The 2003 animated Clone Wars micro-series, which had the advantage of being directly tied into the live-action film series, had much more emotional bite. At least some familiar voices return: Samuel L. Jackson (Mace Windu), Anthony Daniels (C-3PO, and still the only actor in every movie), Christopher Lee (Dooku). Other voices include Matt Lanter (Anakin), Ashley Eckstein (Ahsoka), and James Arnold Taylor (Obi-Wan). But even the traditional opening crawl has been replaced by a narration more suited for Starship Troopers. Veteran Star Wars fans will probably want to see The Clone Wars--once--but it won't take them long to discover that this Star Wars isn't theirs any more. --David Horiuchi

• Recon 2022 - Mezzo Incident | DVD | (01/01/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Recon 2022: The Mezzo Incident

• Recon 2023 - The Guada Prime Conspiracy | DVD | (01/01/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Recon 2023: The Gauda Prime Conspiracy

• 2001: a Space Odyssey | Blu Ray | (03/03/2008) from £9.69   |  Saving you £16.30 (168.21%)   |  RRP £25.99

  Mankind finds a mysterious, obviously artificial, artifact buried on the moon and, with the intelligent computer HAL, sets off on a quest.

• Vexille | Blu Ray | (08/12/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The year is 2077. A decade earlier robot technology had become so advanced that the United Nations concerned that further developments may lead to the 'weaponization' of the human body passed a resolution banning the use of android technology. Choosing to defy the treaty in order to allow the mega-corporation Daiwa to continue its research Japan became a lone renegade nation effectively shutting itself off from the rest of the world. Isolated and shielded from all outside communication and satellite surveillance with nobody having entered or left the country for ten years Japan has become a mystery to all those living outside its borders. Fearing that Daiwa may now have taken its bio-tech android programme to the ultimate extreme a crack US Special Forces Unit is tasked with infiltrating Japan on an intelligence mission. Led by a determined young female commander Vexille the unit hooks up with a band of Japanese underground rebels who have refused to conform to the dictates of the Daiwa Corporation. But what Vexille and her team uncover inside Japan proves to be far more devastating than anybody could possibly have imagined and soon they find themselves fighting a battle that will determine the future of all humanity.

• Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1 Disc) | DVD | (09/11/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The Adventure Continues... Three years after the events in Episode IV - A New Hope Imperial forces continue to pursue the rebels. After the rebellion's defeat on the ice planet Hoth Luke journeys to the planet Dagobah to train with Jedi Master Yoda who has lived in hiding since the fall of the Republic. In an attempt to convert Luke to the Dark Side Darth Vader lures young Skywalker into a trap in the Cloud City of Bespin...

• Alone | DVD | (04/09/2017) from £8.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  When 16-year-old Leila wakes up late one morning, she finds the neighbourhood silent and deserted. Everyone has mysteriously disappeared. Staring to wonder if she was the unique survivor of an unexplained disaster, Leila discovers four other teenagers: Dodji, Yvan, Camille and Terry. Together they will try to understand what happened and learn to survive in their world which has become hostile But are they truly alone?