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• Desert Heat | DVD | (12/04/2004) from £6.97   |  Saving you £-0.98 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Versatility, thy name is Van Damme! So Arnold cries in End of Days? Hah! In this relentless revenge actioner, Jean-Claude not only cries, but has a drunk scene, suffers suicidal despair, does a little slapstick, and still manages to flash his ubiquitous butt. Which, of course, is what his legion of fans want to see him kick plenty of (other people's butts, that is; not his own). Van Damme may no longer generate any box-office heat (like 1998's Legionnaire, this bypassed cinemas to go straight to video), but he at least gives his fans what they want. Originally titled Coyote Moon, Desert Heat recalls that guilty pleasure Road House, as Eddie Lomax (Van Damme) comes to the rescue of a gallery of colourful characters terrorised by slobbering, drug-dealing bikers and rednecks in a dilapidated desert town. And this time, it's personal. As one denizen ominously observes, "There's trouble on the hoof and it's coming this way" for the three ill-fated bullies who beat up and shot Eddie and left him for dead. Despite its desert setting, Heat is an oasis for great character actors who pick up Van Damme's considerable slack. They include Danny Trejo (Con Air) as Eddie's Native American friend Johnny Sixtoes, Pat Morita (The Karate Kid), Larry Drake (Darkman), Vincent Schiavelli (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Ghost), Bill Erwin (Candy Stripe Nurses), and luscious Jaime Preslly as Dottie the waitress. The director is credited as Danny Mulroon, a pseudonym for John Avildsen, the Academy Award-winning director of Rocky. His career, too, seems to be on the ropes, but he keeps punching with some welcome eccentric touches. At one point Johnny gives the recuperating Eddie a foot massage (didn't he see Pulp Fiction?). And the script offers such goodies as a lovelorn bus driver (Tom's brother, Jim Hanks) inviting Dottie to see Yojimbo, and one biker's plea for mercy from a local tough: "Jessie, we were in high school together. I signed your yearbook". --Donald Liebenson, Amazon.com

• 3 Film Box Set: Karate Kid / Karate Kid 2 / Karate Kid 3 (Lenticular) | DVD | (17/10/2011) from £24.93   |  Saving you £-9.94 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The Karate KidWhen he is plagued by attacks and the cruel jokes of a gang of vengeful kids, a young teenager takes karate lessons in the hope that it will make him strong. In the end he learns the more important lesson, that fighting is the last answer to a problem, not the first. The Karate Kid IISequel to 'Karate Kid' which continues the story of a young man growing up under the guidance of his Japanese mentor, Daniel and Miyagi travel to Okinawa where they find they are no longer part of a game played by the rules... The Karate Kid IIIWhen Daniel decides not to compete in a karate championship he becomes the target of a vicious competitor who wants the title back. But when the relentless abuse becomes black-mail, Daniel goes against the sound advice of Miyagi and enters the competition, thus alienating the only person who can help him.

• Honeymoon In Vegas | DVD | (07/06/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Writer-director Andrew Bergman is capable of funny, funny stuff, but Honeymoon in Vegas runs out of jokes long before it runs out of comic ideas. The result is a series of comedy concepts that never get past the one-liner stage and are distinctly unsatisfying. Still, there is plenty to be amused by in this story of a reluctant bridegroom (Nicolas Cage) who finally agrees to marriage, only to lose his fiancée (Sarah Jessica Parker) in a crooked poker game to a professional gambler (James Caan). The rest of the movie deals with his frantic attempt to get his fiancée back, while coping with a Vegas in the throes of an Elvis-impersonator convention. That's the funniest thing about the whole movie (most notably the team of parachuting Elvises at the end), but even that is drawn out in ways that are more clever than laughter-inducing.--Marshall Fine, Amazon.com

• Thoroughly Modern Millie (Special Roadshow Edition) | Blu Ray | (24/08/2021) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The Centre Of The World | DVD | (14/04/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Richard Longman (Peter Sarsgaard) is a hugely successful computer analyst based in San Francisco. Essentially cut off from the outside world because of his work he is emotionally withdrawn and craves some sort of human contact. Following a chance meeting with rock drummer and lap dancer Florence (Molly Parker) in a coffee shop Richard offers her $10 000 to spend three days with him in Las Vegas. After making it very clear she doesn't have sex for money Florence agrees to go along a

• The Karate Kid/The Karate Kid Part 2/The Karate Kid Part 3 | DVD | (01/10/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The Karate Kid Pt. 1: When Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) is plagued by attacks and the cruel jokes of a gang of vengeful kids the young teenager takes karate lessons in the hope that it will make him strong. In the end his tutor Mr Miyagi (Noriyuki 'Pat' Morita) teaches him a more important lesson: that fighting is the last answer to a problem not the first... The Karate Kid Pt. 2: Daniel and Mr Miyagi travel to Okinawa where they find they are no longer part of a game played by the rules... The Karate Kid Pt. 3: When Daniel decides not to compete in a karate championship he becomes the target of a vicious competitor who wants the title back. But when the relentless abuse becomes blackmail Daniel ignores the sound advice of Mr Miyagi and enters the competition alienating the only person who can help him...

• Karate Kid, The / The Karate Kid 2 / The Karate Kid 3 | DVD | (17/09/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  The Karate Kid was a hugely popular 1984 drama by John G Avildsen who had also directed the original fighting classic Rocky. The new kid in town (Ralph Macchio), targeted by karate-kicking bullies, gets himself a mentor in the form of the Japanese handyman (Pat Morita) from his apartment building. The mentor teaches him self-confidence, fighting skills and the art of karate. The screen partnership of Macchio's motor-mouth character and Morita's reserved father figure works well and the script allows for the younger man to develop sympathy for the painful memories of his teacher. But the film's real engine is the fighting, and there's plenty of that. The film went on to breed many Karate Kid wannabes in the mid-80s. Literally picking up about five minutes after the conclusion of the original, the 1986 sequel The Karate Kid 2 sends Ralph Macchio's and Pat Morita's characters to the latter's home turf in Japan, where the older man is confronted by an old rival, and Macchio's newly confident fighter gets a tougher challenge than the punks back home. Sillier than its predecessor, this follow-up at least has some distracting soap opera elements as Morita comes to terms with an old flame, while Macchio woos a lovely local girl. Ironically, it's the action that evokes laughter, particularly a climactic fight that gets over the top quickly. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.comIn a vain effort not to let a good thing die, director John G Avildsen attempted once more to revive the action and popularity of the original Karate Kid with the 1989 adventure, the third and final instalment. More silly and absurd than either of its predecessors Karate Kid 3 marked the final outing for the "Kid" Macchio (who was now 27) and his mentor, as the youth audience of the day moved away from the desire to be Karate Kids and toward the need to be Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles instead. --Nikki Disney

• Bloodsport 2 | DVD | (15/11/1999) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

• The Next Karate Kid | DVD | (01/03/2010) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-10.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Who says the good guy has to be a guy? Noriyuki Pat Morita and Oscar-winner Hilary Swank co-star in The Next Karate Kid the story of a rebellious teenager Julie who blossoms with a little help from her friends - in this case the wise Mr. Miyagi and a trio of Buddhist monks! The action kicks into overdrive when Julie is pitted against a posse of paramilitary students who rule her high school. And while their leader teaches them to fight to kill Julie and Miyagi teach them the secret of fighting to live. Action humor and emotion all come together as Julie makes her exciting journey from rebellion to reason from adolescence to adulthood and from friendship to love.

• Out Of The Ashes - Hiroshima | DVD | (29/01/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A drama based on those that lived in Hiroshima and what became of them on that fateful day when the world's first atomic bomb was dropped... August 6th 1945.

• Knock Off / Desert Heat / Street Fighter | DVD | (06/09/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Street Fighter: Based on the hit Capcom Arcade game Street Fighter 2. Shadaloo South-East Asia 1995. As civil war enters its seventh month warlord General M. Bison (Raul Julia) virtually brings about global warfare when he takes 63 Allied Nations relief workers hostage and threatens to execute them unless a ransom of billion dollars is paid. It is the mission of Colonel William F Guile (Jean-Claude Van Damme) to rescue the hostages but he has to locate them first! As part of an audacious plan to track down the General and his futuristic fortress Guile and British Intelligence Officer Cammy (Kylie Minogue) recruit to the forces two renegade heroes. However their entire plan is nearly quashed when GNT news correspondent Chun-Li-Zang intervenes and she wants much more than just a story. Action reaches fever pitch as Guile Bison and their forces clash in a fierce battle and the fate of the free world hangs in the balance... Desert Heat: Desperate to flee the inner demons raging inside him mysterious loner Eddie Lomax (Van-Damme) rides to the last outpost of an abandoned desert highway prepared to end it all. But when a savage gang steals his prized cycle and leaves him for dead Eddie's life is saved by a soulmate from his past. Burning with a new reason to live Eddie sets off on a one-man search-and-destroy mission against his attackers. Fuelled by Van Damme's powerful performance Desert Heat is an explosive and sensational adventures from first to last. Knock Off: Jean-Claude Van Damme stars in an explosive thriller set in Hong Kong's shady manufacturing scene during the 1997 handover to China. When a shipment of jeans to the US proves counterfeit Marcus Ray the King of the Knock-Offs (Van Damme) finds himself at the centre of a Russian Mafia plot to hold the United States' security for ransom. Thousands of tiny micro-bombs disguised within other manufactured goods are schedules for departure from Hong Kong to America. When Ray's company's jeans are found to be the housing for the explosives he's the one man the CIA can count on to prevent certain disaster! In a territory where loyalty can change hands overnight Marcus Ray's survival will depend on him knowing the fakes from the real thing!

• Honeymoon In Vegas | DVD | (01/01/2007) from £6.22   |  Saving you £6.77 (108.84%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A comedy about one bride two grooms and 34 flying Elvises..... Jack Singer (Cage) is terrified of commitment...but even more terrified of losing his beautiful schoolteacher fiancee Betsy (Parker). So as an act of faith he takes the plunge and agrees to tie the knot in a quickie Vegas ceremony. But when he makes a bad $60 000 bet with mobster Tommy Korman (Cann) the marriage ""knot"" - and all of Jack's dreams - start unraveling fast. The only way that Korman will forgive the debt he says is if Jack will loan him Betsy for the rest of the weekend! It's yet another sucker bet for Jack though - because Korman plans to win Betsy away for good!

• Slapstick Of Another Kind | DVD | (05/04/2004) from £8.54   |  Saving you £-2.55 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Wilbur and Eliza Swain are the incredibly wealthy parents of giant ugly twins. Unbeknown to them the twins are in fact super intelligent aliens sent to help save the Earth. Just one hitch: their super powers only work when they are together. So when they find themselves being pursued by U.S agents they have a huge mission on their hands.

• Bloodsport 3 | DVD | (10/02/2000) from £21.46   |  Saving you £-5.47 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Bloodsport III brigs us back to the world of Alex Cardo (Daniel Bernhardt). As dynamic as ever Alex is again thrust against his will into the dark and dangerous world of the Kumite. The Kumite is the ultimate contest where a fight to the death is commonplace. This time Alex must fight against the vicious warrior known as The Kumite Beast. Not only must he battle for his own honour but also to avenge the death of his mentor teacher and spiritual father Sun (James Hong) who has fallen victim to the evil crime boss and controller of The Beast Duvalier.

• Bloodsport 2 | DVD | (21/01/2008) from £13.35   |  Saving you £-7.36 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Bloodsport II features some of the most exciting martial arts action ever captured on film: telling the story of Alex (Daniel Bernhardt) a talented street fighter and petty thief who is imprisoned for stealing an ancient ceremonial sword from a wealthy businessman. While in prison Alex is strengthened by the wisdom of his mentor (James Hong) who also teaches him the deadliest fighting discipline known as The Iron Hand.

• Where Does It Hurt? | DVD | (23/06/2008) from £13.48   |  Saving you £-3.49 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  This man wants to be... your doctor? This hospital comedy is a tale of greed ignorance and corruption amongst the medical profession. Peter Sellers stars the Dr. Albert T. Hopfnagel a crooked doctor who is talented in the arts of bill-padding and unnecessary surgery. Mistrusted by patients and resented by other staffers his assistant (and lover!) Alice seeks revenge for one plot too many and when a perfectly fit construction worker has a kidney unnecessarily removed she spies her opportunity to make him pay for all his personal and professional infidelities. In cahoots with the city hospital administrator she frames Hopfnagel for professional misconduct and has him thrown out of the hospital only for him to sneak back as a patient!

• The Number One Girl | DVD | (14/01/2008) from £2.97   |  Saving you £17.02 (573.06%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Number One Girl stars Vinnie Jones and Tony Schiena in this martial arts action movie! Joey Scalini a full contact martial arts champion is persuaded by his life-long friend London mob thug Dragos Molnar (Vinne Jones) to perform as a guest judge on a televised beauty pageant. In spite of Dragos' warnings to stay away from the top four contestant Joey just can't help himself when it comes down to Tatiana (Lisa McAllister). When Dragos descovers that Joey has broken the rules he is determined to teach his old friend a lesson!

• Shadow Fury | DVD | (08/07/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  In the near future a group of genetic engineers at the Nova Corporation make an amazing breakthrough in human cloning. But the renegade scientist Dr Oh has created an obediance strain that allows him mind control over any human clone created. Exiled from the Nova corporation for misconduct Dr Oh vows revenge on his former colleagues by creating Tekeru the perfect killing machine...

• Don Knotts 5-Film Collection | Blu Ray | (05/10/2021) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Earth Minus Zero | DVD | (05/07/2005) from £4.99   |  Saving you £-1.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  With dazzling special effects the Heller family battle against an alien who is trying to kidnap them for his zoo....