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• Bande A Part | DVD | (28/04/2003) from £7.99   |  Saving you £14.00 (233.72%)   |  RRP £19.99

  'Bande A Part' is Jean-Luc Godard's playful tribute to the Hollywood pulp crime movies of the 1940s executed with typically Gallic cool. Franz and Arthur a couple of streetwise characters team up with the shy Odile (Anna Karina) to plan a robbery. As the trio of misfits does a lightning tour of the Louvre roams the cafes of suburban Paris and play-acts shoot-outs the suspicion grows that this is one heist that is not going to go according to plan...

• Darkness of Man | DVD | (10/06/2024) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Hard Target | Blu Ray | (24/03/2025) from £19.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• In Hell | Blu Ray | (16/08/2021) from £12.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Kyle Lord (Jean-Claude Van Damme - Universal Soldier, Time Cop) is arrested and convicted for the vigilante killing of his wife's murderer. Kyle must survive life in a maximum security prison where inmates are made to battle to their death in a brutal, no holds barred fight called The Shu for the warden's entertainment and profit. Kyle fights his oppressors and is quickly sent to The Shu where his unbridled rage catapults him to the victor's circle. Kyle has become one of the monsters he despises and must now battle within himself to survive!

• Universal Soldier Quadrilogy | DVD | (11/02/2013) from £10.75   |  Saving you £9.24 (85.95%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Action movie legends Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren are back in full force, with world -renowned British martial arts star Scott Adkins (The Expendables 2) in the most violent and thrilling Universal Soldier sequel yet.

• Double Impact | DVD | (21/08/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Chad (Van Damme) a charming smooth karate instructor from Los Angeles is mysteriously urged to fly to China by the man who raised him like a son Frank Avery. There he meets Alex (Van Damme) a streetwise gun-slinging smuggler raised on the back streets of Hong Kong. Chad and Alex discover that they are in fact twin brothers separated when their parents were brutally murdered twenty-five years ago. In a violently explosive showdown the twins seek their revenge...

• Public Enemy | DVD | (17/07/2017) from £8.25   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Chloé Muller, a federal police investigator, is sent to protect public enemy #1, Guy Beranger, the most dangerous child murderer in Belgium. His release on parole to the custody of Vielsart Abbey leads to public outcry throughout the country, particularly in this small village in the Ardennes. Lucas, a young idealistic monk, is entrusted with the task of evaluating the sincerity of the ex-convict's request to enter their order. When a young girl disappears in the outskirts of the abbey, the entire village is in an uproar. Confronted by a mob thirsty for their own renegade justice and a brotherhood prepared to preserve the reputation of their abbey at all costs, Lucas and Chloé will have to join forces in order to re-establish order and truth.

• Belleville Rendezvous | DVD | (28/01/2013) from £7.45   |  Saving you £5.54 (74.36%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A French animated tale about Madame Souza, and her chubby young grandson Champion, who seems uninterested in all hobbies until he develops a passion for cycling and becomes so good he enters the Tour de France.

• Nowhere to Run | DVD | (09/10/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Poor Rosanna Arquette ended up in this Van Damme potboiler about an escaped convict who moves onto the farm of a widow (Arquette) and her two kids. Stuff happens: a cop who likes her gets jealous and beats up the Muscles from Brussels (but only after handcuffing him), there's a fire in the barn, bad guys are trying to drive her away, etc. The story was first developed by screenwriter Joe Eszterhas (Basic Instinct) and the late director Richard Marquand (Eye of the Needle). Eszterhas wrote the script, but who knows what direction this story was originally going? Van Damme's best film is still Timecop, and this is a long way from the quality of that.

• U.f.o. | Blu Ray | (24/12/2012) from £9.98   |  Saving you £8.01 (80.26%)   |  RRP £17.99

  An explosive mix of Independance Day and District 9. A violent earthquake is followed by strange lights in the sky. All power has been cut across the planet. AS the clouds clear, a UFO appears, a UFO the size of a city. The attack has yet to begin but with no electricity, humanity is helpless in the face of a vast alien army. The battle for earth is drawn gear and everyone will need to fight not just for their own survival but for that of the human race. With a stunning cast that includes explosive new stars Bianca Bree and Sean Brosnan alongside Sean Pertwee (Event Horizon, Dog Solider), Julian Glover (Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, The Empire Strikes Back), and action legend Jean Claude Van Damme (Expendables 2, Timecop), UFO is an action-packed sci-fi spectacular. Prepare for the invasion and try to remain calm... the fight against extinction is about to begin.

• Maximum Risk (LIMITED to 3000) | Blu Ray | (15/02/2021) from £12.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  When French cop Alain Moreau (Jean-Claude Van Damme) discovers the man who looks exactly like him, he enters a whole new world of hurt. The dead man wasn't just the identical twin brother Alain knew nothing about, he was a key player in the Russian mafia. Following the trail to New York, Alain teams up with Alex, (Natasha Henstridge, Species) his late brother's fiancé, and uses the family resemblance to get inside the mob and tear it down from within. But he's playing a very dangerous game... One of JCVD's very best movies, with maverick director Ringo Lam (City on Fire the film which inspired Reservoir Dogs) keeping the action at boiling point. 88 Films are proud to present this uncut Blu-ray of an action classic. Extras: [LIMITED NUMBERED SLIPCASE - 3000] [A3 Poster] HD Transfer in 2.35:1 Aspect Ratio 5.1 DTS-HD MA Soundtrack Stereo LPCM Soundtrack Optional English SDH Subtitles Audio Commentary by Audi Sorlie Original Theatrical Trailer

• Mr Smith Goes To Washington | DVD | (26/02/2001) from £7.03   |  Saving you £12.96 (184.35%)   |  RRP £19.99

  In Frank Capra's bright, funny and beautifully paced satire Mr Smith Goes to Washington political heavyweights decide that Jefferson Smith (James Stewart), an obscure scoutmaster in a small town, would be the perfect dupe to fill a vacant US Senate chair. Surely this naïve bumpkin can be easily controlled by the senior senator (Claude Rains) from his state, a respectable yet corrupted career politician. Capra fills the film with Smith's wide-eyed wonder at the glories of Washington, all of which ring false for his cynical secretary (Jean Arthur) who doesn't believe for a minute this rube could be for real. But he is. Capra was repeating the formula of a previous film, Mr Deeds Goes to Town, but this one is even sharper. Stewart and Arthur are brilliant, and the former cowboy-star Harry Carey lends a warm presence to the role of the vice-president. Mr Smith Goes to Washington is Capra's ode to the power of innocence--an idea so potent that present-day audiences may find themselves wishing for a new Mr Smith in the halls of power. The 1939 US Congress was none too thrilled about the film's depiction of their august body, denouncing it as a caricature; but even today, Capra's jibes about vested interests and political machines look as accurate as ever. --Robert Horton, Amazon.com

• Delicatessen | Blu Ray | (16/10/2023) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Lies and Deceit - Five Films by Claude Chabrol | Blu Ray | (21/02/2022) from £50.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Too often overlooked and undervalued, Claude Chabrol was the first of the Cahiers du Cinema critics to release a feature film and would be among the most prolific. The sneaky anarchist of the French New Wave, he embraced genre as a means of lifting the lid on human nature. Nothing is sacred and nothing is certain in the films of Claude Chabrol: anything can be corrupted, and usually will be. The hidden meaness of provincial life is at the heart of Cop Au Vin (Poulet au vinaigre), as deaths and disappearances intersect around the attempt by a corrupt syndicate of property developers to force a disabled woman and her son from their home. Actor Jean Poiret would prove so compelling as the laconic Detective Inspector Lavardin good cop/bad cop all in one that the sequel would be titled after him. Inspector Lavardin sees the titular detective investigating the murder of a wealthy and respected catholic author, renowned for his outspoken views against indecency, whose body is found naked and dead on the beach. In Madame Bovary, Chabrol directs one of his greatest collaborators, actress Isabelle Huppert, in perhaps the definitive depiction of Flaubert's classic heroine. Meanwhile Betty, adapted from the novel of the same name by Maigret author Georges Simenon, is a scathing attack on the uppermiddle classes, featuring an extraordinary performance by Marie Trintignant as a woman spiraling into alcoholism, but fighting to redefine herself. Finally, in Torment (L'enfer) Chabrol picks up a project abandoned by Henri Georges Clouzot, in which a husband's jealousy and suspicion of his wife drive him to appalling extremes. Francois Cluzet and Emmanuelle Beart give career best performances as the husband and wife tearing each other apart. With brand new digital restorations, this inaugural Arrow Video collection of Claude Chabrol on Bluray brings together a wealth of passionate contributors and archival extras to shed fresh light on the films and the filmmaker. Dark, witty, ruthless, mischievous: if you've never seen Chabrol before, you're in for a treat. If you have, they've never looked better. Limited Edition Contents: High definition (1080p) Bluray presentations of all five films New 4K restorations of Madame Bovary, Betty, and Torment (L'enfer) Original lossless French PCM mono audio on Cop Au Vin (Poulet au vinaigre), Inspector Lavardin, Madame Bovary, and Betty Original lossless French PCM stereo audio on Torment (L'enfer) Optional English Subtitles Fully illustrated 80page collector's booklet of new writing on the films by film critics Martyn Conterio, Kat Ellinger, Philip Kemp, and Sam Wigley plus select archival material Limited edition packaging featuring newly commissioned artwork by Tony Stella Disc One: Brand new commentary by film critic Ben Sachs An Interview with Ian Christie, a brand new interview with film historian Ian Christie about the cinema of Claude Chabrol Claude Chabrol at the BFI, Chabrol discusses his career in this hour long archival interview conducted onstage at the National Film Theatre in 1994 Claude Chabrol, Jean Poiret & Stephane Audran in conversation, an archival Swiss TV episode in which the director and cast discuss Cop Au Vin (Poulet au vinaigre) Archive introduction by film scholar Joël Magny Select scene commentaries by Claude Chabrol Theatrical Trailer Image Gallery Disc Two: Brand new commentary by film critic Ben Sachs Why Chabrol?, a brand new interview with film critic Sam Wigley about why the films of Claude Chabrol remain essential viewing Archive introduction by film scholar Joël Magny Select scene commentaries by Claude Chabrol Theatrical Trailer Image Gallery Disc Three: Brand new commentary by film critic Kat Ellinger Imagining Emma: Madame Bovary on screen, a brand new visual essay by film historian Pamela Hutchinson Archive introduction by film scholar Joël Magny Select scene commentaries by Claude Chabrol Theatrical Trailer Image Gallery Disc Four: Brand new commentary by film critic Kat Ellinger Betty, from Simenon to Chabrol, a brand new visual essay by French Cinema historian Ginette Vincendeau An Interview with Ros Schwartz, a brand new interview with the English translator of the Georges Simenon novel on which the film is based Archive introduction by film scholar Joël Magny Select scene commentaries by Claude Chabrol Theatrical Trailer Image Gallery Disc Five: Brand new commentary by film critics Alexandra HellerNicholas and Josh Nelson On Henri Georges Clouzot, an archival interview with Claude Chabrol in which he talks about fellow director Henri Georges Clouzot (Les diaboliques), whose original attempt to make L'enfer was abandoned, and how the project came to Chabrol An Interview with Marin Karmitz, an archival interview with Marin Karmitz, Chabrol's most frequent producer Archive introduction by film scholar Joël Magny Select scene commentaries by Claude Chabrol Theatrical Trailer Image Gallery

• Maximum Risk | Blu Ray | (25/08/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Action mega star Jean-Claude Van Damme is back with a vengeance in Maximum Risk - an exhilarating thrill-packed adventure also starring Natasha Henstridge. Alain Moreau's (Van Damme) investigation into the death of his identical twin brother leads him from the south of France to the mean streets of New York City... and into the arms of his brother's beautiful girlfriend. Pursued by ruthless Russian mobsters and renegade FBI agents the duo race against time to solve his brother's murder and expose an international conspiracy. There's only one problem: all traces of his brother's life are rapidly disappearing and the one person who knew him best may not be telling all she knows.

• Le Bonheur | DVD | (26/09/2011) from £7.90   |  Saving you £8.09 (102.40%)   |  RRP £15.99

  In one of Agnes Varda's more provocative films she presents us with the dilemma faced by husband and father Francois (Jean -Claude Crouot) who finds himself falling in love with an attractive postal worker. What follows is a detailed study of adult fidelity and happiness which will ultimately end with major repercussions for all parties involved.

• Swimming Pool | DVD | (17/05/2004) from £11.56   |  Saving you £8.43 (72.92%)   |  RRP £19.99

  When a British writer visits her publisher's home in the South of France, her English reserve is jarred after the publisher's reckless daughter unexpectedly arrives and sets off an unsettling series of events.

• Basquiat | DVD | (30/06/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  In his writing and directorial debut, Julian Schnabel's film Basquiat depicts the life of graffiti artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, aka SAMO, and the turbulent period from the late 1970s to 1988, as his life was catapulted into fame and notoriety. As Jean-Michel's work gained favourable attention from New York's elite art community, he went from a street punk living in a cardboard box to the first black artist to succeed in the all-white dominated art world. Tony Award-winning actor Jeffrey Wright does a brilliant job portraying a man tortured by self-doubt and thoughts of suicide, struggling to survive and be acknowledged as an artist. The film's use of dream-like imagery and rhythmic pace tells the story from the perspective of Jean-Michel's eyes as he manages to "float" through relationships and gallery showings,until his impending death in 1988 from a heroin overdose. Brimming with talent, the film also stars David Bowie as pop-artist Andy Warhol, Michael Wincott as poet Rene Ricard and many others, including Gary Oldman, Benicio del Toro, Dennis Hopper and Courtney Love. --Michele Goodson

• Unviersal Soldier 4K | Blu Ray | (04/11/2019) from £19.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A team of elite soldiers are used by the government to fight terrorism. With exceptional physical capabilities, they seem to be the perfect soldiers. But behind their existence there is a secret; they are not human, but fighting machines, created from the bodies of soldiers killed in the Vietnam war through the wonders of advanced genetic engineering. But things begin to go wrong when two of the soldiers, Luc Devreux [Jean-Claude Van Damme] and Andrew Scott [Dolph Lundgren] begin to regain their memory and a violent feud that should have died years ago is reborn. For the very first time, UNIVERSAL SOLDIER will be available in 4K Ultra HD including Dolby Vision® HDR, a stunning format offering four times the resolution of full HD to bring entertainment to life through ultra-vivid picture quality.

• Hard Target | Blu Ray | (26/06/2023) from £36.55   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The thrill of the hunt. It's the ultimate drug, and the more intense the rush, the higher the price. International superstar Jean-Claude Van Damme teams up with world-famous action director John Woo for this electrifying thriller. Van Damme is the target of an evil mercenary (Lance Henriksen) who recruits homeless combat veterans for the amusement of his clients - bored tycoons who will pay a half a million dollars to stalk and kill the most challenging prey of them all: Man. Laced with dark humour and slam-packed with electrifying action, Hard Target is a must-see for action fans.