"Actor: Gabriel Byrne"

• Gangs Of New York/Assault On Precinct 13/Spy Game | DVD | (13/11/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Gangs of New York: The seeds for revenge take place in 1846 when a battle is fought against the Irish and the ""native"" Americans over the five points area of New York City. It is here where ""Bill the Butcher"" (Day-Lewis) slays Priest Vallon whose son Amsterdam Vallon (Dicaprio) is then taken to an orphanage. The plot unfolds when in 1863 Amsterdam returns to the five points to seek revenge against his fathers killer. Assault On Precinct 13 (2005): Run down Precinct 13 is about to close its doors forever. But everything changes when some Detroits most lethal prisoners arrive. Soon the only thing more dangerous than the criminals on the inside is the rogue gang on the outside. To survive the night two men opposite sides of the law will have to work together to battle an enemy who doesnt follow the code of cop or criminal. A remake of John Carpenter's 1970s classic. Spy Game: Superstar Brad Pitt teams with Academy Award-winner Robert Redford in this pulse-pounding action thrill ride. When a top-secret unauthorized mission goes awry CIA agent Tom Bishop (Pitt) is captured and sentenced to die. With just 24 hours to get him out alive Bishop's boss Nathan Muir (Redford) must battle enemies abroad and the system inside the CIA to save his protege in an adrenaline-fueled thriller that ABC Radio says 'sizzles with suspense!'

• Shade | DVD | (26/07/2004) from £9.97   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Shade with an all-star cast featuring screen Legends Sylvester Stallone, Gabriel Byrne, and Melanie Griffith alongside them Thandie Newton, Jamie Foxx, and Stuart Townsend. Set in the underground world of Los Angeles card sharks and gamblers, this slick neo-noir is a gripping ensemble drama that pays homage to hard-boiled heist directors like Mamet and Scorsese. SHADE, a gambling term for deception and trickery, revolves around a ring of small-time hustlers with dreams of the big payoff. Tiffany (Thandie Newton) is a beautiful and calculating swindler who works together with her partner Charlie (Gabriel Byrne) in nickel-and-dime schemes. But when one card shark, The Dean (Sylvester Stallone), seems to be unbeatable, they devise a scheme to topple his flawless run. They recruit Tiffany's old flame, Vernon (Stuart Townsend) a card mechanic and sleight-of-hand genius and hustler Jennings (Jamie Foxx) to manoeuvre their way on to The Dean's poker table. But all is not what it seems in this twisting and turning thriller: deception abounds. Secret love affairs and allegiances are kindled, and The Dean, whom everyone is trying to hustle, plays a dirty game with the help of his ex-girlfriend, Eve (Melanie Griffith). In a game of who's cheating whom, each player becomes a pawn in another's swindle. Debut writer-director Damian Nieman films the card tricks with flair, making the poker-faced manipulations visible to the viewer and adding to the high stakes tension of the film.