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• Chinese Zodiac | DVD | (11/08/2014) from £5.14   |  Saving you £7.85 (152.72%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Asian Hawk (Jackie Chan) is a soldier of fortune who leads a team to recover several lost artefacts from the Old Summer Palace - the bronze heads of the 12 Chinese Zodiac animals which were looted in the 1800s. Their quest takes them around the world from the vineyards of France to the slopes of an active volcano with Hawk stopping at nothing to accomplish the mission. Chinese Zodiac is a spectacular adventure featuring Jackie Chan who performs all his own stunts for the very last time on film.

• Chinese Zodiac | Blu Ray | (11/08/2014) from £11.99   |  Saving you £4.00 (33.36%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Asian Hawk (Jackie Chan) is a soldier of fortune who leads a team to recover several lost artefacts from the Old Summer Palace - the bronze heads of the 12 Chinese Zodiac animals which were looted in the 1800s. Their quest takes them around the world from the vineyards of France to the slopes of an active volcano with Hawk stopping at nothing to accomplish the mission. Chinese Zodiac is a spectacular adventure featuring Jackie Chan who performs all his own stunts for the very last time on film. Special Features: Making of Feature (58 mins approx)

• The Transporter | DVD | (18/01/2011) from £3.95   |  Saving you £9.04 (228.86%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Jason Statham stars as a former US Special Forces who makes his living as The Transporter, a man renowned for his ability to deliver anything to anyone, without asking questions.

• Legend of the Fist | DVD | (31/01/2011) from £4.98   |  Saving you £15.01 (301.41%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Intense war action meets blistering kung fu as Donnie Yen showcases his jaw-dropping martial arts skills in this exhilarating action epic. From the trenches of war to the perilous Shanghai streets, experience one incredible set piece after another.

• The Transporter Trilogy | DVD | (20/04/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Titles Include: The Transporter Rules are made to be broken! Ex-Special Forces operator Frank Martin lives what seems to be a quiet life along the French Mediterranean hiring himself out as a mercenary transporter who moves goods - human or otherwise - from one place to another. No questions asked. Carrying out mysterious and sometimes dangerous tasks in his tricked-out BMW Martin finds his latest assignment could well be his last after his package is revealed to be a beautiful woman (Shu Qi) at the centre of a human trafficking ring... Produced by Luc Besson this insanely entertaining action flick features a pumped-up Jason Statham commanding in the lead role (see him deflect an anti-personnel missile using nothing more than a tray!) with sultry Taiwanese beauty Shu Qi holding her own in Corey Yuen's extravagantly choreographed action sequences. Transporter 2 The best in the business is back in the game... Professional driver (and ultimate mercenary) Frank Martin (Statham) is now living in Miami where he is temporarily filling in for a friend as the chauffeur for a government narcotics control policymaker and his family. When the young boy in the family is kidnapped and Frank is implicated in the crime it's time to hit the road to preserve his professional reputation outwit the pursuing cops and expose the kidnappers using any and all explosive methods at his disposal! Transporter 3 The ultimate bag-man is back in Transporter 3! Jason Statham resumes his role as Frank Martin and he's still delivering for criminal masterminds. However this time he's electronically tagged and his life depends on getting the package there on time!

• Three Times | DVD | (13/11/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Hou Hsiao- Hsien's Three Times is a lyrical exploration on the different expressions of love in different times. Set in three different eras 1966 1911 and 2005 Shu Qi and Chang Chen play different characters in each period and explore the central theme of Hsien's work in different circumstances. Episode 1 1966 Kaohsiung - A Time For Love ('Lian'ai meng'): Chen (Chang Chen) meets May (Shu Qi) who works at his favourite pool-hall. They play pool together soon after he enlists for national service. On a day-release from the army Chen comes to visit her but he finds out that she has quit her job and no one knows where she's gone... Episode 2 1911 Dadaocheng - A Time For Freedom (`Ziyou meng'): The owner of a tea plantation and his son discuss buying out a young courtesan's contract. Finding out that the son has got her pregnant Mr Chang (Chang Chen) steps in to hasten ne- gotiations: the courtesan is now the father's concubine...Mr Chang leaves for Japan to join a Chinese revolutionary who fled to escape persecution during the Japanese occupation of Taiwan. Episode 3 2005 Taipei - A Time For Youth (Qingchun meng'): Epileptic and losing sight in her right eye Jing (Shu Qi) is a singer in present day Taipei and lives with her mother and grandmother and also has a woman lover: Micky. Zhen (Chen Chang) works in a digital photo shop and lives with his girlfriend Blue. When Blue finds out that Zhen has fallen for Jing she hits the roof...Where can the four of them go from here? None of them will find happiness this side of the grave...

• Gorgeous | DVD | (11/09/2000) from £8.99   |  Saving you £-3.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  In between the Hollywood productions Rush Hour and Shanghai Noon, Hong Kong's most popular export, Jackie Chan, returned home to indulge his romantic side in this modern fairy tale. He plays a modern Prince Charming, a big business mogul and notoriously eligible big-city bachelor to dreamy teenager Shu Qi, a girl from a Taiwan fishing village. When a heartbreaking message in a bottle washes ashore, she traces it back to Hong Kong, where she meets Jackie in the midst of a mid-ocean brawl on a luxury yacht. Hong Kong heartthrob Tony Leung has a grand time spoofing his image, playing a gay fashion photographer who "adopts" Shu Qi and helps her woo her handsome dream lover. It's a pleasant change to see 40-plus Jackie discard his usual goofy lovesick fool to play a suave swinger, but next to giggly teen Shu Qi, who proves to be a spunky and winning actress, he seems a little too mature. There are still plenty of opportunities to see Jackie in acrobatic action with a subplot involving a boyhood friend turned shady business rival, but at heart it's a sweet, silly little love song full of unabashed romantic imagery, elegant art design, snazzy fashions and a gooey happy ending. Jackie doesn't provide his own voice in the English dubbed edition, which makes a minor dent in his charm but does little to affect the film as a whole. --Sean Axmaker, Amazon.com

• Legend of the Fist | Blu Ray | (31/01/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  During the war Chen Zhen was a hero. In the tempestuous years that followed he became a legend. The exciting story of Chen Zhen is given a modern refresh as Donnie Yen takes up the heroic mantle made famous by international superstars Bruce Lee (Fist Of Fury 1972) and Jet Li (Fist Of Legend 1994). The Shanghai of the 1920s is an exciting but ruthless place to be as the Japanese enforce their expansionist ideals on the beleaguered country by any means necessary while the rest of the superpowers watch on. One man decides to make a stand against injustice by becoming a masked avenger and using all of his exceptional martial arts skills to dismantle the evil that is besetting his beloved country.

• So Close | DVD | (19/01/2004) from £12.50   |  Saving you £7.49 (59.92%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Get ready for one of the most dynamic action-packed films of the year! Directed by famed action choreographer Cory Yuen (The Transporter Jet Li's The Enforcer) So Close is a thrill-a-minute shootout with lightning-quick action sequences and great performances by Shu Qi Zhao Wei and Karen Mok. A crooked businessman brings in a pair of high-tech assassin sisters to murder his elder brother so he can take over the family's business empire. When a determined policewoman starts to

• The Stormriders | DVD | (22/10/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Stormriders transplants Macbeth into a medieval China in director Andy Lau's reinvention of classical tragedy as CGI-laden blockbuster. Officially the source material is a best-selling Manga, and the flying heroes with magical powers and the wild camera angles do indeed have a real graphic-novel flair. As the warlord Sonny Chiba is a commanding presence, while Ekin Cheng as Wind and Aaron Kwok as Cloud are perfect contrasting comic-book warriors. Kristy Yeung is a suitably lovely heroine, while Shi Qi provides irritating comic relief. There is style to burn, with beautiful imagery bearing the influence of Ridley Scott and, in the "blur-motion" duel in a bamboo forest, Wong Kar-Wai; indeed, Lau has served as Kar-Wai's cinematographer. Spectacular yet laden with symbolism The Stormriders is a film to bridge the appeal of Ashes of Time (1994) and The Bride with White Hair (1993) with the Superman (1978) and Mummy (1999) movies. The fights and a romantic flying sequence pay homage to the former, the computer effects update the groundbreaking Zu: Warriors of the Magic Mountain (1983) with the technology of the latter. Sometimes overly ambitious or just plain bizarre The Stormriders is an emotionally charged darkly romantic adventure which outclasses any comic-book adaptation Hollywood has made in years.On the DVD: The first disc presents the 127-minute director's cut in its original 2.35:1 ratio with Dolby Digital 5.1 sound. While the sound is clean, dynamic and makes great use of all the channels the picture is presented non-anamorphically, so that while well-focused, with strong colours and little sign of artefacting, it is not as solid or detailed as it could be. The main special features are two documentaries, a general "making-of" running 22 minutes, and a 20-minute "featurette" on the special effects. Both are promotional pieces made at the time of the film's release. The second disc features the US trailer and an object lesson in how to ruin a film, i.e. the "international" version ofThe Stormriders. Cut by 38 minutes, horribly panned and scanned and dubbed, this is a travesty that destroys all the beauty and atmosphere and renders the story incomprehensible. Why anyone would watch it when they have the complete film on the first disc is a mystery. The sound is again Dolby Digital 5.1 and the 4:3 image is fair. --Gary S Dalkin

• The Black Sheep Affair (1998) | DVD | (03/07/2000) from £9.94   |  Saving you £13.04 (187.63%)   |  RRP £19.99

  In The Black Sheep Affair special forces agent Yim Dong (Chiu Man Chuk--the brilliant wu shu marital artist star of 1995's The Blade) is transferred to the fictional ex-Soviet Republic of Lavernia, actually Hungary, where the explosive Now You're Dead (1998) was filmed. Soon he has arrested Mishima, played by Hoi Lin who delivers a chilling performance as a ruthless Japanese terrorist who believes he is Christ returned to bring bloody redemption. Before long Mishima's fanatical followers are causing mayhem, while in a bittersweet sub-plot Yim revives his relationship with the girl he loved in Beijing before the 1989 uprising. The comparatively low budget shows occasionally, and even in the Cantonese version all the Lavernians are dreadfully dubbed with American voices, one duplicitous official coming across like a camp Oliver Reed. Against that there is an attempt to offer some political substance, and the action--a mixture of martial arts and gunplay--is fast, furious and stunningly staged, so that even as it goes ludicrously OTT it remains exhilarating. The "shoot-the-hostages" finale reaches an emotional intensity and breaks rules no Hollywood action flick would dare, turning into a John Woo-like slaughterhouse which makes the likes of Die Hard (1988) look tame. On the DVD: The end titles carry the Dolby Digital logo, so why both the Cantonese subtitled and English dubbed versions of a 1998 film are presented in two-channel mono is a mystery. The anamorphically enhanced 1.77:1 image is good but not exceptional, and exhibits some clear compression artefacts. The "music promo" is essentially one of Hong Kong Legends' own specially-made trailers, and is accompanied by more trailers for a further five films. The photo gallery is pointless but the text biographies of the two main stars are detailed enough to be interesting. Two minutes of poor quality video show Chiu Man Chuk demonstrating some wu shu moves, while a four-minute interview conducted at the same time via a translator for French television does little more than reveal the star as an amiable chap. Several of the features are also present on the DVD of Chiu Man Chuk's Body Weapon (1999). --Gary S Dalkin

• Armour of God - Chinese Zodiac (3D Vers.) (Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (31/01/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The Eye 2 | DVD | (03/10/2005) from £12.75   |  Saving you £2.24 (17.57%)   |  RRP £14.99

  What if the reflection you see is not yours? Joey (Shu Qi) recovers from an overdose of sleeping pills after having her stomach pumped. It was a close call; she had visions of dead people accompanying her during her darkest minutes. But just when she looks forward to a brand new life she discovers that she is pregnant. Tortured by the thought of an abortion Joey finds herself becoming delusional and emotionally unstable. She is frequently threatened by the sudden presence

• A Man Called Hero | DVD | (21/05/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  An example of Hong Kong action cinema at its most mainstream, A Man Called Hero owes perhaps more to the films of Steven Segal than it does those of John Woo. The tale of a mythical hero who borders on the status of superhero, the film is stripped of any potential credibility by some of the most appalling dubbing ever seen at the cinema. While the original Chinese cast may inject the movie with passion, their American voice-over replacements obviously never made it past the sincere section of acting class. Each line is delivered with such false earnestness that the film sounds like a cross between Days of Our Lives and an episode of Pokémon. No cinematic cliché is left untouched, suggesting that this is not just a case of something lost in the translation but just a bad film... in anybody's language. The world-wide success of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon has proved that there is a huge market for original Eastern cinema, even more reason to avoid the pointless rehashing of the worst of Hollywood that A Man Called Hero undoubtedly is. --Phil Udell

• Legend of the Fist | DVD | (27/02/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Wai Keung (Andrew) Lau directs this martial arts action drama set in Japanese-occupied 1920s Shanghai. Seven years after the apparent death of Chen Zhen (portrayed by Bruce Lee in the 1972 film 'Fist of Fury' and played here by Donnie Yen), the avenging hero returns. When he is not courting sultry nightclub singer Kiki (Qi Shu), Zhen takes it upon himself to stop the wave of assassinations sweeping Shanghai, donning a black mask to infiltrate the mob and track down the Japanese hitmen who have been killing off those named in their top-secret Death List.

• Blood Brothers | DVD | (23/03/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

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• Phone Booth / The Transporter | DVD | (31/05/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Phone Booth: A single phone call can change a man's life...or possibly end it. Stu Shepard is a self-centered New York City publicist who suddenly finds himself on the deadly end of a high-powered rifle scope. Now it's a real-time race against the clock as Stu must outwit a psychotic sniper in a frantic scramble from phone booth to freedom. The Transporter: Rules are made to be broken! Ex-Special Forces operator Frank Martin lives what seems to be a quiet life along the French Mediterranean hiring himself out as a mercenary transporter who moves goods - human or otherwise - from one place to another. No questions asked. Carrying out mysterious and sometimes dangerous tasks in his tricked-out BMW Martin finds his latest assignment could well be his last after his package is revealed to be a beautiful woman (Shu Qi) at the centre of a human trafficking ring...