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Review Warner Home Video / The Getaway [Blu-ray] [1972]
Actors & Directors
  • Sam Peckinpah
  • Ben Johnson
  • Sally Struthers
  • Al Lettieri
  • Ali MacGraw
  • Steve McQueen
Release date: 2007-08-27
Run time: 118 min.
RRP: £24.99
Price: £15.49

Review The Getaway [Blu-ray] [1972] / Warner Home Video:

Steve McQueen, Ali MacGraw, Ben Johnson, Sally Struthers, Al Lettieri This original version of The Getaway better than the 1994 remake starring Kim Basinger and husband Alec Baldwin, but this 1972 thriller relies too heavily on the low-key star power of Steve McQueen and Ali MacGraw, and the stylish violence of director Sam Peckinpah, reduced here to a mechanical echo of his former glory. McQueen plays a bank robber whose wife (MacGraw) makes a deal with a Texas politician to have her husband released from prison in return for a percentage from their next big heist. But when the plan goes sour, the couple must flee to Mexico as fast as they can, with a variety of gun-wielding thugs on their trail. MacGraw was duly skewered at the time for her dubious acting ability, but the film still has a raw, unglamorous quality that lends a timeless spin to the familiar crooks-on-the-lam scenario. As always, Peckinpah rises to the occasion with some audacious scenes of action and suspense, including a memorable chase on a train that still grabs the viewer's attention. -Jeff Shannon.

Review Warner Home Video / The Fugitive [Blu-ray] [1993]
Actors & Directors
  • Tommy Lee Jones
  • Julianne Moore
  • Andrew Davis
  • Harrison Ford
Release date: 2006-11-20
Run time: 130 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £12.47

Review The Fugitive [Blu-ray] [1993] / Warner Home Video:

Julianne Moore, Tommy Lee Jones, Harrison Ford

Review Uca Catalogue / Mackenna's Gold [1969]
Actors & Directors
  • Gregory Peck
  • Camilla Sparv
  • Keenan Wynn
  • J. Lee Thompson
  • Telly Savalas
  • Omar Sharif
Release date: 2004-04-12
Run time: 128 min.
Creator: Heck Allen
RRP: £5.99
Price: £3.00

Review Mackenna's Gold [1969] / Uca Catalogue:


Review Sony Pictures Home Entertainment / The Mummy Returns (Two Disc Special Edition) [2001]
Actors & Directors
  • Rachel Weisz
  • Oded Fehr
  • John Hannah
  • Brendan Fraser
  • Stephen Sommers
  • Arnold Vosloo
Release date: 2001-12-01
Run time: 129 min.
Creator: Sean Daniel
RRP: £24.99
Price: £14.50

Review The Mummy Returns (Two Disc Special Edition) [2001] / Sony Pictures Home Entertainment:

"We don't have time for subtle," says Brendan Fraser, the star of The Mummy Returns, neatly encapsulating the relentless pace and hammerheaded tone of the film. As is the way of sequels here we have more, more, more of the same formula: more explosions, more action and more mind-numbingly endless CGI effects. Once again borrowing shamelessly from the Indiana Jones series, The Mummy Returns, like its predecessor, has boundless energy but lacks the stylish verve and charm of Spielberg's trilogy. All the original cast are reunited, this time joined by WWF star the Rock in a cameo role designed to plug his spin-off vehicle, The Scorpion King, and young actor Freddie Boath who plays an English eight-year-old in the 1930s whose dialogue borrows from Bart Simpson ("Get a room" and "My dad's gonna kick your arse" are two of his choice phrases). Other cinematic thefts include a Jurassic Park-style creatures-in-the-long-grass sequence and a lengthy triple-threat finale along the lines of Return of the Jedi. Still, despite the wearying relentlessness of its computer-generated effects, endless chases and fights, this is undeniably fun popcorn fodder and provides some memorable scenes along the way, notably Rachel Weisz and Patricia Velasquez battling it out for the affections of nasty old Imhotep. On the DVD: This two-disc "Special Edition" is a treat for fans of the franchise. The first disc has an anamorphic widescreen print of the movie in its 2. 35:1 CinemaScope ratio, and a choice of Dolby 5. 1 or DTS for the headache-inducing soundtrack. [+]
There's a decent commentary from the director and producer, plus a couple of DVD-ROM features. Disc 2 has all the usual stuff, including a 20-minute "making-of" documentary, a five-minute interview with the Rock about The Scorpion King, plus an exclusive trailer for it that is unsurprisingly reminiscent of Conan the Barbarian. There are also some detailed special effects breakdowns of key sequences, a blooper reel of outtakes and a virtual tour of the Universal theme park attraction "The Mummy Returns Chamber of Doom". Sundry trailers, production notes, a music video and an "Egyptology 201" text feature round out a well-loaded second disc. -Mark Walker.

Review Vidmark / Trimark / Death Wish 5: The Face of Death [1994] (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Charles Bronson
  • Allan A. Goldstein
  • Lesley-Anne Down
  • Miguel Sandoval
  • Saul Rubinek
  • Jefferson Mappin
Release date: 1999-01-26
Run time: 95 min.
Creator: Terry Plumeri
Price: £3.32

Review Death Wish 5: The Face of Death [1994] (NTSC) / Vidmark / Trimark:


Review Universal Pictures Video / The Fast And The Furious: Tokyo Drift (2 disc) [2006]
Actors & Directors
  • Justin Lin
  • Sung Kang
  • Lil Bow Wow
  • Lucas Black
Release date: 2006-10-30
Run time: 100 min.
RRP: £22.99
Price: £14.82

Review The Fast And The Furious: Tokyo Drift (2 disc) [2006] / Universal Pictures Video:

The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift has all the elements that spelled success for its predecessors: Speed, sex, and minimal dialogue. The plot doesn't need explication; it's a nonsensical series of confrontations and standoffs that serve to get us from one race to another. Tokyo Drift can most accurately be described as a visual poem about screeching tires, crunching fiberglass, and sleek female skin, set to a killer soundtrack of Japanese pop and hip-hop. The actors are only needed for tight close-ups of narrowed eyes or sweaty hands tightly gripping gearshifts, though Sung Kang, Better Luck Tomorrow, stands out as a vaguely philosophical hoodlum with deadpan charisma. The curved bodies of the cars and the luscious flesh of the women are both shot with a fetishistic hunger. The "drift" style of racing-in which the cars are allowed to slide in order to take sharp turns at high speeds-grabs your eyes; there's a strange, spectral beauty to rows of cars sliding sideways down a mountain road at night. Also starring Lucas Black (Friday Night Lights) as our wheel-happy hero; Bow Wow (Roll Bounce) as the scam-artist comic relief; and martial arts legend Sonny Chiba (Kill Bill) as a yakuza big shot. -Bret Fetzer.

Review 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment / Behind Enemy Lines/Behind Enemy Lines 2
Actors & Directors
  • John Moore
  • Joaquim De Almeida
  • Owen Wilson
  • James Dodson
  • Gene Hackman
  • Charles Malik Whitfield
  • Gabriel Macht
Release date: 2007-02-12
Run time: 192 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £6.09

Review Behind Enemy Lines/Behind Enemy Lines 2 / 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment:


Review Lions Gate Home Entertainment / Marvel Collection
Release date: 2008-02-04
Run time: 292 min.
RRP: £29.99
Price: £16.47

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Review 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment / The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen - 2 disc Special Edition [2003]
Actors & Directors
  • Stuart Townsend
  • Sean Connery
  • Peta Wilson
  • Stephen Norrington
  • Tony Curran
  • Jason Flemyng
Release date: 2004-02-16
Run time: 105 min.
Creator: Kevin O'Neill
RRP: £22.99
Price: £1.93

Review The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen - 2 disc Special Edition [2003] / 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment:

The heroes of 1899 are brought to life with the help of some expensive special effects in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. From the pages of Victorian literature come Captain Nemo, Dr Jekyll (and his alter ego Mr Hyde), Dorian Gray, Tom Sawyer, the Invisible Man, Mina Harker (from Dracula), and the hunter Allan Quatermain (Sean Connery), all assembled to combat an evil megalomaniac out to conquer the world. It's hardly an original plot, but perhaps that's fitting for a movie sewn together like Frankenstein's monster. It rushes from one frenetic battle to another, replacing sense with spectacle-Nemo's submarine rising from the water, a warehouse full of zeppelins bursting into flame, Venice collapsing into its own canals. It's flashy, dumb, and completely incoherent. Fans of the original comic book will be disappointed. -Bret Fetzer.

Review Prism Leisure Corporation / Who Dares Wins [1982]
Actors & Directors
  • Ian Sharp
  • Lewis Collins; Judy Davis; Richard Widmark; Edward Woodward; Robert Webber; Tony Doyle; John Duttine; Kenneth Griffith; Rosalind Lloyd; Ingrid Pitt; Norman Rodway; Maurice Roëves; Bob Sherman; Albert Fortell; Mark Ryan
Release date: 2003-01-06
Run time: 120 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £7.19

Review Who Dares Wins [1982] / Prism Leisure Corporation:

In an uncanny piece of art imitating life, Who Dares Wins came out in 1982 just after the infamous storming of the Iranian Embassy by the legendary British Special Air Services (SAS) unit. The plot builds up to that unshakeable image of black-clad troops abseiling the front of a stately home and smashing through the windows, and pays off expectations with a thrilling finale. Anyone expecting two hours of military instruction will be disappointed however. After the opening 10 minutes with the troops, the almost James-Bond-like story follows Lewis Collins (riding high in those days after TV's The Professionals) as he infiltrates a radical anti-Nuclear society. Operation: Destroy requires him to go undercover with their potentially insane leader Frankie (Judy Davis), ignoring his wife and child. The period detail is often the film's most entertaining feature as Collins tours across 1980s London constantly eluding spies on his tail. Apart from the endless permed hairdos and the fact that the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament hasn't got much to demonstrate about these days, there's the fashions and low-tech gadgetry to enjoy. In the US the film was called The Final Option. The DVD includes a photo gallery, and a history of the SAS. -Paul Tonks.

Review Optimum Home Entertainment / Azumi 2 - Death Or Love [2005]
Actors & Directors
  • Chiaki Kuriyama
  • Aya Ueto
  • Shusuke Kaneko
Release date: 2005-10-17
Run time: 112 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £4.34

Review Azumi 2 - Death Or Love [2005] / Optimum Home Entertainment:


Review Uca / Double Team [1997]
Actors & Directors
  • Paul Freeman
  • Jean-Claude Van Damme
  • Hark Tsui
  • Natacha Lindinger
  • Dennis Rodman
  • Mickey Rourke
Release date: 2004-03-08
Run time: 89 min.
Creator: Paul Mones
RRP: £5.99
Price: £2.00

Review Double Team [1997] / Uca:

Look ma, no script! As expected from a movie by Hong Kong action director Hark Tsui, there are many explosive, fast-paced sequences in this Jean-Claude Van Damme vehicle. Some are thrilling, others inconsequential. There is also another mumbling, overdone performance by Mickey Rourke, who looks as if he performed his own plastic surgery. Except for an unintentionally humorous ending, the only surprise is Dennis Rodman as Van Damme's partner in exploitation. Rodman has plenty of charisma, but needs someone to weed out those inferior scripts. He plays an eccentric arms dealer coerced by an avenging Van Damme into tracking down the evil and sadistically weird character played by a well-muscled Rourke. It says little for the production that the best sequence of the movie occurs a quarter of the way into the action. It concerns an escape by Van Damme from an island think tank for forcibly retired covert agents. After that, everyone should have gone home. -Rochelle O'Gorman, Amazon. [+]
com.

Release date: 2009-03-29
Price: £19.99

Review The Bourne Ultimatum [Blu-ray] / Universal Pictures UK:


Review Uca / Fortress [1994]
Actors & Directors
  • Kurtwood Smith
  • Loryn Locklin
  • Clifton Collins Jr.
  • Stuart Gordon
  • Christopher Lambert
  • Lincoln Kilpatrick
Release date: 2004-03-08
Run time: 91 min.
Creator: Troy Neighbors
RRP: £5.99
Price: £2.15

Review Fortress [1994] / Uca:

The story of Fortress takes place in drastically overpopulated America of the year 2017, where each woman is allowed only one pregnancy. John Brennick (Christopher Lambert) and his wife Karen (Loryn Locklin) flee to Mexico when she becomes pregnant after the death of their first child. They are captured by border police and sent to the Fortress, a subterranean high-security prison owned by the Men-Tel corporation and operated by "Zed-10", an omnipotent computer system, and a sadistic, genetically "enhanced" warden (Kurtwood Smith) who has nefarious plans involving Brennick's wife and unborn child. Along with his cellmates (including Jeffrey Combs, a favourite of director Stuart Gordon), Brennick plots a breakout and Fortress shifts into auto-pilot action mode. After making his reputation with such audacious horror films as From Beyond and Re-Animator, Stuart Gordon graduated to a bigger budget with Fortress but his penchant for exploitation remains deliriously intact. While borrowing elements from a variety of better sci-fi movies, Fortress indulges every prison-flick cliché, but does it with such enjoyable B-movie vigour that it qualifies as a bona-fide guilty pleasure (indeed, it deserves to be ranked with James Cameron's original Terminator in terms of its budgetary ingenuity). Featuring such giddy (and gory) devices as "intestinators" (deadly obedience devices implanted in prisoners' bodies) and a torturous "Mind Wipe Chamber", this is really just a drive-in action movie with lofty ambitions and the schlocky script hasn't a prayer of rising above the level of juvenile popcorn fodder. But there's no denying the energy and enthusiasm that Gordon brings to the film, which understandably became a global box-office hit and spawned a 1999 sequel starring Lambert and Pam Grier. -Jeff Shannon, Amazon. com.

Review ITV DVD / Laurence Olivier - Hamlet / Henry V [1944]
Actors & Directors
  • Esmond Knight
  • John Laurie
  • Laurence Olivier
  • Robert Newton
  • Jean Simmons
  • Laurence Olivier
Release date: 2001-11-12
Run time: 292 min.
Creator: William Shakespeare
RRP: £14.99
Price: £4.38

Review Laurence Olivier - Hamlet / Henry V [1944] / ITV DVD:


Review Walt Disney Home Video / Blank Cheque [1994]
Actors & Directors
  • Michael Faustino
  • Karen Duffy
  • Brian Bonsall
  • James Rebhorn
  • Jayne Atkinson
  • Rupert Wainwright
Release date: 2001-02-12
Run time: 90 min.
Creator: Colby Carr
RRP: £15.99
Price: £3.21

Review Blank Cheque [1994] / Walt Disney Home Video:


Review 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment / Predator 2 [1990]
Actors & Directors
  • Gary Busey
  • Maria Conchita Alonso
  • Stephen Hopkins
  • Danny Glover
  • Kevin Peter Hall
  • Rubén Blades
Release date: 2004-06-21
Run time: 103 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £2.30

Review Predator 2 [1990] / 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment:


Review Showbox Media Group / Flashpoint
Actors & Directors
  • Colin Chou
  • Louis Koo
  • Donnie Yen
  • Yip Wai Shun
Release date: 2008-03-31
Run time: 184 min.
RRP: £16.99
Price: £7.50

Review Flashpoint / Showbox Media Group:


Review Batman / Batman The Animated Series - The Dark Knight Chronicles
Release date: 2007-01-01
RRP: £12.99
Price: £9.87

Review Batman The Animated Series - The Dark Knight Chronicles / Batman:


Review Contender Entertainment Group / Maniac Cop 2 [1990]
Actors & Directors
  • Bruce Campbell
  • Claudia Christian
  • Robert Z'Dar
  • Robert Davi
  • Laurene Landon
  • William Lustig
Release date: 2006-06-26
Run time: 84 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £2.37

Review Maniac Cop 2 [1990] / Contender Entertainment Group:


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The Getaway [Blu-ray] [1972], The Fugitive [Blu-ray] [1993], Mackenna's Gold [1969], The Mummy Returns (Two Disc Special Edition) [2001], Death Wish 5: The Face of Death [1994] (NTSC), The Fast And The Furious: Tokyo Drift (2 disc) [2006], Behind Enemy Lines/Behind Enemy Lines 2, Marvel Collection, The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen - 2 disc Special Edition [2003], Who Dares Wins [1982], Azumi 2 - Death Or Love [2005], Double Team [1997], The Bourne Ultimatum [Blu-ray], Fortress [1994], Laurence Olivier - Hamlet / Henry V [1944], Blank Cheque [1994], Predator 2 [1990], Flashpoint, Batman The Animated Series - The Dark Knight Chronicles, Maniac Cop 2 [1990]

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