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• Deadly Pursuit | DVD | (24/06/2002) from £4.99   |  Saving you £10.00 (200.40%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Deadly Pursuit is the polished chase thriller which marked Sidney Poitier's return to the big screen 11 years after A Piece of the Action (1977). Poitier, already 61 but not looking a day over 45, is an FBI agent hunting a killer who takes mountain guide Tom Berenger's girlfriend hostage and heads into the wilds of Washington State. Inevitably Poitier and Berenger reluctantly join forces, going through the usual mismatched buddy arguments with commendably straight faces and lending a quality of acting which elevates the movie above its routine screenplay. The girlfriend meanwhile is Kirstie Alley in one of her first major feature roles, providing little more than eye candy and enduring her ordeal with hardly a beautifully flowing tress out of place. Director Roger Spottiswoode maintains the suspense well and mounts the action set-pieces with a taut, lean style, though the film lacks the sharp edge of his Under Fire (1983) or the sheer scale of his Bond outing, Tomorrow Never Dies (1997). One major asset is Michael Chapman's gorgeous mountains-and-rivers cinematography, actually filmed in British Columbia. Without the star cast and strong production values Deadly Pursuit could be any of a thousand straight-to-video action flicks, but as it stands is a superior formula adventure. The film was also released with the title Shoot to Kill. On the DVD: Deadly Pursuit comes to disc with no extras bar numerous subtitle options and a choice of a Spanish dubbed version. The original Dolby SR soundtrack has been given a Dolby Digital 5.1 remix and is effectively atmospheric, clean and clear, if lacking the firepower of a more recent equivalent. The anamorphically enhanced picture is a little soft in places and somewhat grainy, but otherwise good. The film was presented theatrically at 2.35:1 and has been reformated for DVD at 1.78:1. As the movie was shot in Super-35, a format designed to allow widescreen theatrical films to be more easily recomposed for television and video, the result here is visually quite different to the cinema original, with some shots losing information to the sides while others gain additional material at the top and bottom of the frame. Mostly the compositions look fine, as if the film had been shot at 1.85:1, though the mountain landscapes inevitably lack the sheer visual sweep and majesty of the big screen original version.--Gary S Dalkin

• The Conversation | DVD | (26/01/2004) from £11.00   |  Saving you £4.99 (45.36%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A routine wire-tap job turns into a modern nightmare as expert surveillance man Harry Caul hears something disturbing in his recording of a young couple in a park. He begins to worry about what the tape may be used for and becomes involved in a maze of secrecy and murder.

• Madhouse | Blu Ray | (12/06/2017) from £9.39   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  MANY PEOPLE VISIT NO ONE EVER LEAVES. Helmed by legendary producer/director Ovidio Assonitis, the man behind such cult favourites as The Visitor and Piranha II: The Spawning, Madhouse is a crimson-soaked tale of sibling rivalry taken to a terrifying and bloody extreme. Julia has spent her entire adult life trying to forget the torment she suffered at the hands of her twisted twin Mary but Mary hasn't forgotten. Escaping hospital, where she's recently been admitted with a horrific, disfiguring illness, Julia's sadistic sister vows to exact a particularly cruel revenge on her sibling this year promising a birthday surprise that she'll never forget. An Italian production shot entirely in Savannah, Georgia, Madhouse (aka And When She Was Bad and There Was a Little Girl) fuses slasher elements with the over-the-top excess of ˜80s Italian terror resulting in a cinematic bloodbath so gut-wrenching that the British authorities saw fit to outlaw it as a video nasty. SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS: Brand new 2K restoration from the original camera negative High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition presentations Original Stereo Audio (Uncompressed PCM on the Blu-ray) Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing Brand new audio commentary with The Hysteria Continues Brand new interviews with cast and crew Alternate Opening Titles Theatrical Trailer, newly transferred in HD Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Marc Schoenbach FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Booklet featuring new writing on the film

• For The Love Of Nancy | DVD | (01/09/2003) from £25.00   |  Saving you £-19.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  The trus story of a family who suddenly realise that their young daughter is dying from anorexia. They must risk their relationship and their daughter's love in order to try to save her life...

• The Best Of Knight Rider | DVD | (24/11/2003) from £18.39   |  Saving you £-2.40 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  All the best episodes of the popular TV series featuring Michael Knight (Hasselhoff) and his computerised car KITT... Episode titles: Trust Doesn't Rust Knight of the Phoenix Parts One and Two Soul Survivor Knightmares A Good Knight's Work.

• Run | DVD | (27/04/2004) from £6.46   |  Saving you £8.53 (56.90%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Fast-paced story of a law student who is hunted by vicious mobsters and a corrupt police force for a murder he didn't commit. His only ally is a sexy casino card dealer who tries to help him escape.

• Deadly Vows | DVD | (27/12/2004) from £12.58   |  Saving you £-9.59 (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  Truck driver Tom Weston has dreams of grandeur: he loves his self-invented nickname he fancies himself as a lethal ladies' man he drives a powerful car and he continually fights against the numbing restraints of his humdrum life. But when he seduces a na''ve young girl named Bobbi Gilbert events take a decidedly more sinister turn as Tom begins to live out dreams in reality. So he starts his dangerous life a life which leads to arson bigamy and even murder...

• Madhouse | DVD | (19/04/2004) from £14.49   |  Saving you £-8.50 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A strange bond exists between Julia and her identical twin sister Mary whom she has not seen for seven years. Their Uncle Father James persuades Julia that she must visit Mary in hospital. But he warns her that she may not recognise her sister who has become horribly deformed. At the hospital Julia is startled by Mary's hideous appearance as the deformed sister suddenly grabs her wrists from the shadows and pulls her close threatening to terrorise her again....

• Taken Away | DVD | (04/03/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  Two teenagers kidnap Jan Hale and drive her to a snowy wasteland where they abandon her shackled to the steering wheel. Unknown to the kidnappers Jan has a heart condition and a simple kidnapping could result in murder. Real-life husband and wife actors Jill Eikenberry and Michael Tucker star in this edge of your seat thriller which is based on a true story.