Exceptionally well directed by John McTiernan, Die Hard made Bruce Willis a star back in 1988 and established a new template for action stories. Here the bad guys, led by the velvet-voiced Alan Rickman, assume control of a Los Angeles high-rise with Willis' visiting New York cop inside. The attraction of the film has as much to do with the sight of a barefoot mortal running around the guts of a modern office tower as it has to do with the plentiful fight sequences and the bond the hero establishes with an LA beat cop. Bonnie Bedelia plays Willis' wife, Hart Bochner is good as a brash hostage who tries negotiating his way to freedom, Alexander Godunov makes for a believable killer with lethal feet and William Atherton is slimy as a busybody reporter. Director Renny Harlin took the reins for the 1990 sequel, Die Harder, which places Bruce Willis in harm's way again with a gaggle of terrorists. This time, Willis awaits his wife's arrival at Dulles Airport in Washington DC when he gets wind of a plot to blow up the facility. Noisy, overbearing and forgettable, the film has none of the purity of its predecessor's simple story; and it makes a huge miscalculation in allowing a terrible tragedy to occur rather than stretch out the tension. Where Die Hard sets new precedents in action movies, Die Hard 2 is just an anything-goes spectacle. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com
This seminal 1988 thriller made Bruce Willis a star and established a new template for action stories: "Terrorists take over a (blank) and a lone hero, unknown to the villains, is trapped with them." In Die Hard, those bad guys, led by the velvet-voiced Alan Rickman, assume control of a Los Angeles high-rise with Willis's visiting New York cop inside. The attraction of the film has as much to do with the sight of a barefoot mortal running around the guts of a modern office tower as it has to do with the plentiful fight sequences and the bond the hero establishes with an LA beat cop. Bonnie Bedelia plays Willis's wife, Hart Bochner is good as a brash hostage who tries negotiating his way to freedom, Alexander Godunov makes for a believable killer with lethal feet and William Atherton is slimy as a busybody reporter. Exceptionally well-directed by John McTiernan. --Tom Keogh
An evil gang takes over an amusement park only to be foiled by three Ninja-trained brothers and a TV action star in 3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain, a smartly-paced, if by-the-numbers, kiddie action flick. Medusa (Loni Anderson) and Lothar (Jim Varney) head up the gang with ransom money and mayhem on their minds. But they don't count on the young trio, taught by their Asian grandfather, and Dave Dragon (Hulk Hogan), making a live appearance at the park. What follows is campy humour, lots of Karate-style action and plenty of Home Alone-type boy vs foolish bad-guy high jinks. And girls aren't left out: the brothers' neighbour, a brainy techno girl, is on hand to hack into the computer and override the gang's murderous plans, while also providing 007-style gadgets for hand-to-hand combat. While there is plenty of gunplay in the 90-minute film, no one is killed or even significantly hurt, making it appropriate for ages five and up. --Kimberly Heinrichs, Amazon.com
Jet Li and Jason Statham go head to head in this all action spectacular as an FBI Agent seeks revenge on a mysterious assassin.
The third series of Sam comes to DVD this release features part two of the series. In series two Sam went to Germany in search of his father. When he returned to Skellerton many things had changed. His grandmother had died and he moved in with his grandfather. Despite moving on his mind Sam continued to be drawn back to his childhood and the day his father left.
Packed with the best of the irrepressible children's favourites, The Tweenies: Song Time Is Fab-A-Rooney!/Songtime 2 truly is a must for the DVD-owning Tweenies fan. With double the fun normally found on a video, the DVD features almost 100 minutes of non-stop singing and dancing. The majority of the DVD is made up of what the Tweenies do best--action songs--and viewers can choose to watch either the whole of Song Time is Fab-a-Rooney! or Songtime 2, or, via the menu screen, they can choose any one of the featured songs from a list. The menu screen also features a "Web Link" choice, which will take viewers watching the DVD on a PC straight to the Tweenies' Web site. The picture quality and stereo sound of this DVD are superb (this was tested on a PlayStation 2 and it was impeccable) and it bears all the quality hallmarks you would expect from a BBC title. The content is fun, upbeat and educational, and in DVD format will provide fun for years to come. --Lucie Naylor
Van der Valk - Series 1 (Part 3)
High Times is a streetwise and affectionate look at the ups and downs of the characters who live in a high-rise in a fictional Glasgow scheme. Winner of the 2004 BAFTA Scotland Award for Television Drama the six part series introduces us to the residents of the Fairmyle housing scheme.RAB Streetwise 28 year old self-unemployed who lives on the topmost floor - the penthouse. Rab is a deep thinker whose philosophising has a tenuous logic to it. Unemployed since leaving school he has become such a fixture at his local DSS office he was once invited to their Christmas party.JAKE Rab's flatmate naive but in an endearing way. Jake is also unemployed but so thick that no employer will have him. And the DSS have given up on him altogether.JIMMY Shy and introverted musician. Has his eye on Claire O'Neill but the arrival of his embarrassing uncle Tex is cramping his style!THE O'NEILLS Menopausal Alice kind-hearted but intimidating and with one look can strike fear into the hearts of those on the receiving end. Husband Eddie former joiner turned professional house-breaker. Daughter Claire attractive 24 year old single mother and a centre of attention for both Rab and Jimmy.THE FARRELS Frank 38 year old security guard and couch potato whose lifestyle embraces every excess in the book. Wife Janet who has managed to retain her youthful appearance despite being married to Frank for 15 years. Daughter Tracy rebellious teenager who thinks of little other than boys and mobile phones.TEX Postman by day take-away delivery man by night. Country & Western fan who can often be seen on his rounds sporting a stetson and cowboy boots. A serial womaniser thrown out by his third wife Tex is now an unwelcome lodger in Jimmy's flat.High times is a gritty surreal unique and above all quality Scottish comedy drama.
A young girl and her grandfather are torn apart by her parents divorce. She finally makes a stand for herself which lays the groundwork for mending the fractured ties.
Available for the first time on DVD! Things look bad for Laurel when her ex-husband's pretty new and much younger wife Melanie is murdered after the two have a fight. Her lawyer is frustrated because he knows Laurel is innocent but her lies keep her the number one suspect. Laurel has a secret which she is not prepared to reveal - that Melanie seduced Laurel's 16-year-old son and was pregnant to him. The son enraged that she would choose his father over him shot her. But will Laurel continue to take the blame for her son even to the chair?
Who Do You Think You Are? follows the journeys of six popular comic personalities as they explore their family trees uncover their family history and discover fascinating and poignant facts about their ancestors that have been until now lost in time.;Alexander Armstrong finds relationships with science and royalty dating back to Charles I and beyond David Baddiel unpacks the secrets that lie in his grandparents’ suitcases on a journey through Kaliningrad and Warsaw John Bishop uncovers entertaining roots that take him into the world of Minstrels Alan Carr kicks off with stories of the soccer field before tracking down a missing soldier Stephen Fry explores his Slovakian roots discovering a sugar beet connection that helped save his mother’s parents from the Nazis and Vic Reeves lifts a curtain which hides the secret life of his elusive grandfather revealing another family and a new relative.
First broadcast in 1955 The Adventures of Robin Hood stars Richard Green as Robin of Locksley. Together with his band of merry men he protects the countryside from evil Prince John (Donald Pleasence). Features all 39 episodes from the third series spread over 5 discs: The Salt King A Tuck In Time Pepper The Charter A Change Of Heart Brother Battle My Brother's Keeper An Apple For The Archer The Angry Village The Mark The Bride Of Robin Hood To Be A Student Th
Each year over 40 000 college students travel to Cancun Mexico for Spring Break. But this year for the first time sixteen people will come together for eight days in a beachfront Cancun villa for the ultimate Spring Break vacation. In this documentary feature bonds will be forged romances sparked friendships tested and hearts broken all amidst a backdrop of non-stop partying.
A lowly squire impersonates his deceased master at jousting tournaments, increasing in skill and stature in order to find and ultimately defeat his arch foe.
Young geologists make the unwise decision to stay in a rundown and abandoned hotel in the middle of nowhere. Unknown to them is the hotel's dodgy past where the landlord had murdered his family and all the guests for good measure. Now the murders begin-a-new and the geologists are killed in bizarre and extreme ways. It's time to check out of the hotel before it's too late... HOUSE OF LOST SOULS is part of VIPCO'S four movie series called House of Doom. Initially deemed too graphic
This is the extraordinary true story of a close and loving family on a sightseeing holiday in Italy in September 1994 whose lives were shattered one desolate night with the indiscriminate shooting of their little seven year old son Nicholas. As Nicholas lies dying in hospital his devastated parents take the most painful decision imaginable to donate Nicholas' organs so that other little children may receive the gift of life. What begins as an intensely private and unbelievably courageous act of love and human compassion was soon to send emotional ripples right around the world that would come to be known as the Nicholas Effect.
This is Snooker Legend Jimmy 'Whirlwind'' White''s first ever DVD release. The ultimate guide for absolute snooker! This is the first ever DVD release from Alan McManus and Jimmy White which contains all of their professional tips and secrets to improve your game. The DVD features the first ever 155 break.
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