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• Hua Mulan | DVD | (21/06/2010) from £16.75   |  Saving you £1.24 (7.40%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Epic, compelling and filled with astonishing action-sequences, Mulan is the brand-new adaptation of the inspirational Chinese legend made internationally famous by the classic Disney animation.

• Red Cliff | Blu Ray | (05/10/2009) from £8.65   |  Saving you £21.34 (246.71%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Directed by John Woo, "Red Cliff" charts the remarkable events leading up to the most famous battle in Chinese history

• So Close | Blu Ray | (26/02/2024) from £14.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  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 (The Transporter), Zhao Wei (Shaolin Soccer) and Karen Mok (Black Mask). When a gang of assassins murders their parents, two sisters inherit the family business - a state-of-the-art computer surveillance system. Armed with the ability to see around corners and disappear into thin air, the sisters become the most accomplished killers-for-hire in Hong Kong. But when the sisters fulfill a contract and take out a wealthy computer magnate, a beautiful undercover detective is suddenly hot on their tail. Now - loyalties are tested, alliances are questioned and survival becomes the most extreme sport of all. With some of the best action scenes to appear on film this year, SO CLOSE is a high-octane hit!Product FeaturesHD (1080p) Blu-rayTM presentation in 1.85:1 Aspect RatioEnglish 5.1 DTS-HD Master AudioCantonese 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio with English SubtitlesMandarin 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio with English SubtitlesEnglish SDHInterview with Karen MokInterview with Shu QiInterview with Vicky Zhao WeiHong Kong Promotion FeaturetteJapanese Press ConferenceYasuaki Hurats's Action commentaryCantonese Trailer English Trailer

• Red Cliff | Blu Ray | (09/05/2018) from £6.97   |  Saving you £18.02 (258.54%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Directed by John Woo, "Red Cliff" charts the remarkable events leading up to the most famous battle in Chinese history

• Warriors Of Heaven And Earth | DVD | (13/12/2004) from £4.99   |  Saving you £15.00 (300.60%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Anybody hungering for a good old-fashioned Western needs to check out Warriors of Heaven and Earth, which--although it's set in 7th-century China--has all the valor and spectacle of a John Ford picture. It also has a goofy supernatural streak, for the chopsocky crowd. The opening 10 minutes or so offer an alarmingly convoluted plot, but it swiftly settles down. What's going on is that a long-exiled Japanese hit man (Kiichi Nakai), hired to kill a renegade Chinese warrior (Jiang Wen), temporarily teams up with his quarry in order to escort a camel caravan along the Spice Road. Of course, they are menaced by a brutal warlord, and beautiful Zhao Wei (So Close) is mixed in there too. Director He Ping (Red Firecracker, Green Firecracker) captures some magnificent vistas in the Gobi Desert, but more importantly he sketches the codes or honor and behavior essential to any such tale. --Robert Horton

• 14 Blades | DVD | (16/08/2010) from £3.49   |  Saving you £14.50 (415.47%)   |  RRP £17.99

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• 14 Blades | Blu Ray | (16/08/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

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• Painted Skin | DVD | (25/06/2012) from £5.89   |  Saving you £10.10 (63.20%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Combining momentous battle scenes with stunning combat choreography and a stirring story of the fight for freedom, Painted Skin is a searingly powerful martial arts epic already being hailed as a modern classic.In the turbulent days between the Qin and Han Dynasties a dark, tyrannical presence rules the land, sea and air of a once beautiful realm. As the evil forces press further into the lives of the people it falls to an ex-general (Donnie Yen - Ip Man, Hero, Blade II) to reclaim the mantle of battle and begin a bloodthirsty war that will decide the fate of the world. Facing the mightiest foe ever to have walked the earth he must test his strength, courage and honour in one of the greatest battles ever fought by man.

• Hua Mulan | Blu Ray | (21/06/2010) from £10.98   |  Saving you £17.00 (212.77%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Epic, compelling and filled with astonishing action-sequences, Mulan is the brand-new adaptation of the inspirational Chinese legend made internationally famous by the classic Disney animation.

• Unknown Pleasures / Xiao Wu | DVD | (23/02/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Unknown Pleasures: 19 year old friends Bin Bin and Ziao Ji live in the provincial Chinese city of Datong; disaffected and without jobs or ambition they pass their days wandering around town on their motorbikes hanging out at the smoky pool hall dreaming of girls and escape. Around them China is changing television informs them of their nation's rapidly developing political and economic role in the world and the inexorable encroachment of globalisation... Xiao Wu (aka P

• 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

• Platform | DVD | (24/02/2003) from £17.87   |  Saving you £2.12 (11.86%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Jia Zhang Ke's ambitious film follows the lives of four friends over a turbulent 10 year period of Chinese history from 1979 to 1989. In the small town of Fenyang in the remote western province of Shanxi the teenage members of a state theatre troupe stage propoganda plays in praise of Mao. But as the country opens up to the free market and implements wide-ranging reform their lives are irrevocably changed as the world around them is transformed by the music fashions and other cul

• Beijing Bicycle | DVD | (18/11/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Beijing Bicycle kicks off like an updated Chinese reworking of the 1948 Italian neo-realist classic Bicycle Thieves: a worker, dependent on his bike for his job, has it stolen and doggedly sets out to get it back. But pretty soon Wang Xiaoshuai's film mutates into something more elemental: a battle of wills between peasant lad Guei, original owner of the bike, and Jian, a surly urban schoolkid who claims to have bought it second-hand. For both the bike is status: for Guei it secures him his job as a courier, while for Jian it lets him keep up with his peers and chat up the girl he fancies. Each sees himself as the rightful owner and neither will give way, so the bike swaps hands back and forth, stolen and re-stolen, as the duel waxes increasingly personal. There's a diverting subplot about a beautiful, stylishly dressed girl glimpsed by Guei who turns out be something other than she seems, but essentially the battle over the bike is the meat of the film. The fascination of Beijing Bicycle--perhaps especially for non-Chinese viewers--is its portrait of present-day Beijing as a buzzing, high-pressure, neo-capitalist boomtown, impersonal and seemingly as lawless as any Wild West frontier burg. At no point, in all the thefts and counter-thefts and mounting violence, does anyone think to call the police--everyone is left to fight his own battles. Wang, one can't help suspecting, is slipping in a hint of social criticism in this vision of an uncaring society where possessions are all that matter. On the DVD: Beijing Bicycle on disc has the original theatrical trailer (the French version, oddly enough), filmographies for the director and four of his lead actors, notes on the film by Nick Bradshaw and trailers for other Metro Tartan foreign-language DVD releases. The transfer's in the full anamorphic widescreen of the original, with good Dolby Digital sound. --Philip Kemp

• Blind Shaft | DVD | (26/07/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A gritty and sardonic portrait of modern China as epitomized by two Chinese con-men and their system for making money from owners of illegal coalmines.

• East Palace, West Palace | DVD | (21/06/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Set in the heart of Beijing's marginalised gay community and illegally smuggled out of China 'East Palace West Palace' quickly achieved international recognition. Winner of Best Director Best Screenplay and Best Cinematography at Mar Del Plata. After the Police raid his local park one night in Beijing A-Lan a young gay writer is held for intensive one-on-one interrogation. Unwanted memories are gradually revealed as we get glimpses of A-Lan's tumultuous childhood his first s

• Xanda | DVD | (01/11/2004) from £9.99   |  Saving you £10.00 (100.10%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Xanda is the latest film to be produced by Tsui Hark famous for his collaborations with John Woo and his attempts to reinvent various Chinese legends in films such as 'Once Upon A Time In China'. Qiang learns that Lung has been training in Xanda under his father Tieh a former Xanda fighter himself who has since retired from the sport and become a coach. When Qiang helps Lung with his training Qiang is able to use his Kung Fu to good use. Along the way he meets Ning a young woman whose feelings for Qiang and his culture soon turn to love. Lung is ready to compete against Wei in the Xanda competition in hopes that he will earn his father's respect by winning the championship. However Lung is viciously mauled by Wei and ends up in the hospital. Qiang offers to take on Wei combining Xanda with his form of Kung Fu. After months of training the time has come for Qiang to step up to the plate and take on Wei in the ultimate Xanda showdown...

• Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon / Warriors Of Heaven And Earth / Legend Of The Red Dragon | DVD | (03/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (Dir. Ang Lee 2000): Amazing martial arts fighting sequences (choreographed by Yuen wo Ping - The Matrix) stunning special effects action adventure and romance have made Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon the most talked about movie of the year. Martial arts masters Li Mu Bai (Chow Yun-Fat) and Shu Lien (Michelle Yeoh) battle against evil forces to recover their stolen sword the legendary Green Destiny. Warriors Of Heaven & Earth (Dir. Ping Lee 2003): China 700AD: the Tang Dynasty assumes far-reaching political influence culminating in battle against the Turks. Wen Zhu (Zhao Wei) the daughter of a top Chinese general spearheading the forces massed against the Turkish enemy is entrusted to the care of Lai Xi (Kiichi Nakai) the Japanese emissary and feared imperial bounty hunter who hunts down rebels in the Western Frontier who is ordered take her back to the capital city of Changan. Lai Xi longs for a return to his beloved Japanese homeland but his assignment is hijacked by the command to hunt down rebel Li (Jiang Wen) a lieutenant condemned to death for disobeying a direct order to murder innocent women and children in the name of war. However as dedicated to carrying out his duty as Lai Xi is when he tracks down Li he is surprised to find his foe transporting a sacred Buddhist relic across the Gobi desert to its rightful resting place. As Turkish forces mass to attack in an effort to steal the relic Lai Xi must question his loyalty to his superiors and his Buddhist faith... Likened to the multi-Oscar-winning Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon and Zhang Yimou's No.1 U.S. box office hit Hero China's official entry for the Best Foreign language Academy award Warriors Of Heaven And Earth is epic entertainment! Legend Of The Red Dragon (Dir. Wong Jing 2001): The epic story of a man who challenged the limits of courage and fought for the heart of a nation. When his wife and entire village are brutally murdered by evil Manchu soldiers the master warrior Kwun (Jet Li) sets out on a mission of vengeance with the only survivor of the massacre - his son Ting. For seven years the two journey across ancient China on their quest for revenge always staying one step ahead of the deadly army. But Kwun is forced to face the past when they come across a wealthy benefactor with five young Shaolin masters in his charge who unbeknownst to Kwun have the detailed map to a priceless treasure trove tattooed on their backs. It is not long before Manchu officials find out about the maps and deadly soldiers came after the masters. Now in an ancient battle that will pit Kwun against one of the very soldiers who helped to kill his family he and Ting will unite with the young masters of Shaolin for a fight to the death. Get ready for an ancient martial arts battle with the world's most masterful warriors!

• Painted Skin | Blu Ray | (11/06/2012) from £26.98   |  Saving you £-6.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99