"Actor: Richard Roundtree"

• An Eye For An Eye | DVD | (04/08/2008) from £5.00   |  Saving you £7.99 (159.80%)   |  RRP £12.99

  International superstar Chuck Norris stars in this pulse-pounding revenge thriller that pulls out all the stops for explosive edge-of-your-seat excitement. Crackling with unbridled energy and suspense it's an electrifying adventure that's as fast and hard-hitting as its unstoppable hero. Police detective Sean Kane (Norris) is any criminal's worst nightmare: a cop who's just as lethal with his lightning-quick martial arts moves as he is a with his service revolver. But when his partner is brutally murdered Kane quits the force and goes beyond the law to seek vengeance against the ruthless Morgan Canfield (Christopher Lee) a powerful and well-connected drug lord who destroys any man who stands in his way. But Kane has never been more ready for a fight. He's bold ferocious and has an ace up his sleeve: his mentor Chan (Mako) a martial arts wizard who will join him in a thrilling no-holds-barred final assault against Canfield and his criminal empire.

• Shaft 1-3: Shaft/Shaft's Big Score!/Shaft in Africa | DVD | (27/07/2020) from £16.65   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  When Harlem P.I John Shaft first appeared on the movie scene, he was a 'shut your mouth' detective to reckon with, a fact underscored by Isaac Hayes' Oscar - winning Best Original Song (1971). Richard Roundtree plays the hard-hitting, street- smart title role, hunting for a kidnap victim in Shaft (1971) and seeking a friend's murderer in Shaft's Big Score! - mixing it up with mob thugs each time. Finally, there's Shaft in Africa, with our hero bringing down a slavery cartel. Shaft's the name. Excitement's the game! Special Features: Thatrical Trailers Featurette

• Q: The Winged Serpent | DVD | (20/06/2005) from £20.59   |  Saving you £-3.60 (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

  It's name is Quetzalcoatl... just call it Q that's all you'll have time to say before it tears you apart! It's just another monstrous day in New York City where window washers have their heads bitten off topless sunbathers are plucked from rooftops bloody body parts rain down onto the streets and small-time crook Jimmy Quinn (Moriarty) discovers an enormous nest in the spire of the Chrysler building. Meanwhile an NYPD detective (Carradine) investigates a series of ritual

• Shaft's Big Score | DVD | (05/03/2001) from £21.15   |  Saving you £-7.16 (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Shaft's Big Score is the first sequel to the super-hip 1971 original. When a pal of detective John Shaft is murdered in a bombing (and $250,000 goes missing), New York's coolest private eye finds himself caught in the middle of a power struggle between black and white gangsters over the numbers racket in Queens. Directed by Gordon Parks (who does a brief cameo as a croupier in an illegal casino) and written by Ernest Tidyman (both of whom made the original Shaft), this film lacks the pacing of its progenitor. Roundtree is at his best when he's questioning a woman he's just met about a suspect, while at the same time beguiling her into the sack (ah, those lazy, crazy days of the sexual revolution). The finale--a shootout in a cemetery, followed by a car-boat-helicopter chase through Queens and up the Harlem River--is preposterously drawn out: Shaft, impervious to machine-gun fire, winds up tripping, spraining his ankle and limping while running from the chopper; two shots later, he's sprinting like a halfback. Look for late Muhammad Ali-trainer Drew Bundini Brown as a wisecracking mobster. --Marshall Fine, Amazon.com

• Anti-Trust | DVD | (01/10/2001) from £5.60   |  Saving you £12.39 (68.90%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Ryan Phillippe stars as Milo, an idealistic computer genius who is recruited by a large corporation run by his personal hero (Tim Robbins). However as time goes on Milo begins to suspect that his hero will stop at nothing to succeed.

• Shaft In Africa | DVD | (05/03/2001) from £21.29   |  Saving you £-7.30 (-52.20%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Shaft in Africa, the second sequel to the original hit, foreshadows itself early on when Shaft, asked to go undercover in Africa to halt a modern-day slave trade, claims that he's not James Bond but strictly Sam Spade. Bond, however, is the operative model here, with John Shaft masquerading as an Ethiopian to infiltrate the slave business and bring it down. Yet everyone he encounters seems to know who he is and wants to kill him--but the string of dead bodies he leaves in his wake across two continents proves that no one is able to stop everyone's favourite hip private eye. Written by Stirling Silliphant, the film is long on action set pieces that are filmed with more energy than the previous movie, Shaft's Big Score. Given contemporary practices involving smugglers of illegal Chinese and Mexican immigrants, the plot isn't all that far-fetched. Roundtree, as usual, is the picture of unflappable cool--but don't get him mad. --Marshall Fine, Amazon.com

• Man Friday | DVD | (29/05/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  When Daniel Defoe wrote his 'Robinson Crusoe' it was the moving story of a lonely shipwreck who after years of isolation discovers a cannibal on his island names him 'Friday' and teaches him the blessings of civilization. In Man Friday the basic elements of the story remain but emphasis has been shifted to Friday (Richard Roundtree) who 'discovers' and eventually comes to hate Crusoe (Peter O'Toole). The result is an exciting unusual and provocative film shot through w

• Maniac Cop | DVD | (16/04/2012) from £5.99   |  Saving you £4.00 (66.78%)   |  RRP £9.99

  New York City is terrorised by a series of brutal bloody murders of innocent victims. The police boil in a pressure cooker of public outcry when it is discovered that the killer is a cop. The prime suspect is Jack Forrest a young policeman who through a series of unfortunate coincidences is pinned as the maniac killer. Desperate for a suspect the police arrest him. Jack escapes and aided by his lover Teresa an undercover policewoman is out to prove his innocence. The killings continue and the city is alive with a frantic manhunt for Jack. Citizens arm themselves innocent policemen are killed by the nervous populace. The city is coming apart at the seams...

• Corky Romano | DVD | (07/10/2002) from £5.38   |  Saving you £9.61 (178.62%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Chris Kattan Peter Falk Peter Berg and Chris Penn star in this hilarious fish-out-of-water comedy caper from two of the producers of 'The Waterboy'. The world's most dysfunctional Mafia family has a new weapon against the FBI. Nave bumbling Corky Romano (Kattan) the outcast son of a Mafia boss (Falk) is recruited by his family to infiltrate the FBI and steal any and all evidence that will put his cranky father in jail. But he's in way over his head when he's made out to be a

• Exterminator, The / Maniac Cop | DVD | (24/09/2001) from £22.96   |  Saving you £-9.98 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The Exterminator: John Eastland, a Vietnam vet, is pushed too far when his best friend is left paralysed by a New York street gang. He sets out to not only 'exterminate' his mate's attackers, but also the entire New York underworld! ; ; As you can imagine, this does not go down very well, not least with the ruthless gangs involved, the CIA and the local law enforcement - who have him billed as a psychopath capable of undermining the entire government administration. When he becomes a public ...

• An Eye For An Eye | DVD | (21/03/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Chuck Norris doesn't need a weapon... he is a weapon! A classic Chuck Norris revenge tale 'An Eye For An Eye' also stars Christopher Lee and Richard Rowntree and begs the question 'What makes an ex-cop take the law into his own hands?' Chuck Norris plays Sean Kane in this fast and furious Martial Arts movie. A witness to the brutal slaying of his partner Kane is forced to leave the police force. He embarks on a one-man vendetta to avenge the murder. The trail leads Ka

• Shaft Trilogy | DVD | (05/03/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £30.99

  The original and hippest version of Shaft cruised onto cinema screens in 1971. John Shaft (Richard Roundtree) is an African-American private eye who has a rocky relationship with cops, an even rockier one with Harlem gangsters, and a healthy sex life. The script finds Shaft tracking down the kidnapped daughter of a black mobster, but the pleasure of the film is the sum of its attitude, Roundtree's uncompromising performance, and the thrilling, Oscar-winning score by Isaac Hayes. Director Gordon Parks (The Learning Tree) seems fond of certain detective genre clichés (e.g., the hero walking into his low-rent office and finding a hood waiting to talk with him), but he and Roundtree make those moments their own. Shaft produced a couple of sequels, a follow-up television series, and a remake starring Samuel L. Jackson, but none had the impact this movie did. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com Shaft's Big Score is the first sequel to the super-hip 1971 original. When a pal of detective John Shaft is murdered in a bombing, New York's coolest private eye finds himself caught in the middle of a power struggle between black and white gangsters over the numbers racket in Queens. Directed by Gordon Parks (who does a brief cameo as a croupier in an illegal casino) and written by Ernest Tidyman (both of whom made the original Shaft), this film lacks the pacing of its progenitor. Roundtree is at his best when he's questioning a woman he's just met about a suspect while at the same time beguiling her into the sack (ah, those lazy, crazy days of the sexual revolution). The finale--a shootout in a cemetery, followed by a car-boat-helicopter chase through Queens and up the Harlem River--is preposterously drawn-out: Shaft, impervious to machine-gun fire, winds up tripping, spraining his ankle, and limping while running from the chopper; two shots later, he's sprinting like a halfback. Look for late Muhammad Ali trainer Drew Bundini Brown as a wise-cracking mobster. --Marshall Fine, Amazon.comShaft in Africa, the second sequel to the original hit, foreshadows itself early on when Shaft, asked to go undercover in Africa to halt a modern-day slave trade, claims that he's not James Bond but strictly Sam Spade. Bond, however, is the operative model here, with John Shaft masquerading as an Ethiopian to infiltrate the slave business and bring it down. Yet everyone he encounters seems to know who he is and wants to kill him--but the string of dead bodies he leaves in his wake across two continents proves that no one is able to stop everyone's favourite hip private eye. Written by Stirling Silliphant, the film is long on action set pieces that are filmed with more energy than the previous movie, Shaft's Big Score. Given contemporary practices involving smugglers of illegal Chinese and Mexican immigrants, the plot isn't all that far-fetched. Roundtree, as usual, is the picture of unflappable cool--but don't get him mad. --Marshall Fine, Amazon.com

• Baad Asssss Cinema - A Bold Look At 70's Blaxploitation Films | DVD | (29/09/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Featuring a wealth of footage from classic films such as Superfly (1972) Shaft (1971) and Melvin Van Peebles' Sweet Sweetback's BaadAsssss Song (1971) and interviews with such key players as Richard Roundtree Quentin Tarantino and Pam Grier Baadasssss Cinema thoroughly explores blaxpolitation films from their breakout casting and the unforgettable soundtracks to the outrageous fashions and hilariously over-the-top storylines that together helped the genre ach

• Al's Lads | DVD | (12/04/2005) from £6.10   |  Saving you £-0.11 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Adventure drama set in 1927 Chicago surrounding Jimmy and his two Liverpool pals who work as lowly waiters on the Mauretania steaming towards America. They soon become involved in a gin selling racket and before long they are working for legendary gangster Al Capone...

• Maniac Cop | DVD | (28/05/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  New York City is terrorised by a series of brutal bloody murders of innocent victims. The police boil in a pressure cooker of public outcry when it is discovered that the killer is a cop. The prime suspect is Jack Forrest a young policeman who through a series of unfortunate coincidences is pinned as the maniac killer. Desperate for a suspect the police arrest him. Jack escapes and aided by his lover Teresa an undercover policewoman is out to prove his innocence. The killings continue and the city is alive with a frantic manhunt for Jack. Citizens arm themselves innocent policemen are killed by the nervous populace. The city is coming apart at the seams. Detective Frank Mcrae eventually discovers the bizarre secret of the real killer. A secret that would clear Jack. But McRae too falls victim to the maniac cop. In a chilling chase across the city Jack and Teresa are left to rid New York of the most dreaded of all criminals... a Maniac Cop!

• Body Of Influence | DVD | (19/05/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Lies Deception And Murder... In The Name Of Love Beverly Hills shrink Dr. Jonathan Brooks (Nick Cassavetes) seemingly has everything; wealth a successful practice and a beautiful lawyer fiance Jennifer (Diana Barton). Brooks is helping his cop friend Harry Reams (Richard Roundtree) compile a psychological profile of a serial killer on the loose in L.A. Meantime he starts treating an interesting new patient Laura (Shannon Whirry) a shy woman who transforms under hypnosis into a completely different persona; the seductive Lana. A torrid affair takes place between the irresistible Lana and Brooks but he gets more than he bargained for. Lana steals videotapes of ""sessions"" the doctor has had with other patients and blackmails him with the damning evidence while at the same time Harry Reams is getting closer and closer to identifying the serial killer.

• Seven | UMD | (01/09/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  The most viscerally frightening and disturbing homicidal maniac picture since The Silence of the Lambs, Seven is based on an idea that's both gruesome and ingenious. A serial killer forces each of his victims to die by acting out one of the seven deadly sins. The murder scene is then artfully arranged into a grotesque tableau, a graphic illustration of each mortal vice. From the jittery opening credits to the horrifying (and seemingly inescapable) concluding twist, director David Fincher immerses us in a murky urban twilight where everything seems to be rotting, rusting, or moulding; the air is cold and heavy with dread. Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt are the detectives who skillfully track down the killer--all the while unaware that he has been closing in on them, as well. Gwyneth Paltrow and Kevin Spacey are also featured, but it is director Fincher and the ominous, overwhelmingly oppressive atmosphere of doom that he creates that are the real stars of the film. --Jim Emers

• Bloodfist 1-4 | DVD | (28/04/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Kickboxing champion Don 'The Dragon' Wilson (3 times WKO - World Kickboxing Champion) stars in Bloodfist. In time-honored fashion Wilson arrives in Manila to investigate his brother's murder. There he stumbles upon a sinister secret society which thrives on illegal kickboxing tournaments and ends up in the ring himself literally fighting for his life. This collection follows his story and many more brutal fights thereafter...

• Bad Jim | DVD | (27/04/2009) from £4.99   |  Saving you £11.00 (68.80%)   |  RRP £15.99

  When three cowhands John T. (John Clark Gable) B.D. (James Brolin Catch Me If You Can Westworld Traffic) and July (Richard Roundtree Brick Shaft) are offered a magnificent Sorrel stallion in exchange for one of their mangy cowponies they are naturally suspicious. It all becomes clear however when it appears the stallion is wild and vicious and unable to be ridden by anyone other than John T. who names him Jim. Dubbed Bad Jim by his bruised and battered companions the horse inexorably leads the trio into a life of crime. From simple cowhands they become most-wanted outlaws in the West. Bank robbing and killing become the norm for these once pure and honest cowboys ever since they became tainted by Bad Jim. But will they realize the cause of their problems before it's too late? Written and directed by Clyde Ware.

• Charley-One-Eye | DVD | (28/05/2012) from £18.98   |  Saving you £-5.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Richard Roundtree (Shaft) and Roy Thinnes (The Fugitive, The Invaders) star in this savage, hard-hitting 1973 spaghetti Western. On the run in the desert near the Mexican border after killing an officer, a black soldier (Richard Roundtree) stumbles upon a lame Indian wanderer (Roy Thinnes). Struggling to survive, they reach a deserted church mission and set up camp. But the area is home to ruthless Mexican bandits - and a bounty hunter (Nigel Davenport) is on the trail of the deserter. In the heat-blasted frontier wilderness life is hard and killing is easy - but as the fugitives discover, the taking of just one life can change everything...Brutal, uncompromising and shocking, this rarely seen Anglo-American co-production has now been digitally restored and remastered and is available to own on UK DVD for the first time.