"Actor: Zhang"

• The Bounty | DVD | (06/01/2014) from £10.35   |  Saving you £5.64 (54.49%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The Bounty is the third screen version of one of the best-known stories in naval history, here with Anthony Hopkins as Lieutenant William Bligh and Mel Gibson as Fletcher Christian heading an extraordinary cast including Laurence Olivier, Edward Fox, Daniel Day-Lewis, Liam Neeson, Bernard Hill and Dexter Fletcher. HMS Bounty's voyage to Tahiti of 1787-9 and its infamous consequences are recounted with far greater historical accuracy than in the 1935 or 1962 Mutiny on the Bounty. The movie is gorgeously shot on location in Tahiti, England and New Zealand as well as on a full-size recreation of the original Bounty. Roger Donaldson's film benefits from a literate screenplay by Robert Bolt, who here as in Lawrence of Arabia (1962), brings real insight into the English institutional mind in conflict. Hopkins is at his complex best and Gibson offers more depth than his usual two-dimensional hero persona; here Bligh and Christian emerge as complex men gripped by circumstances beyond their control. The haunting score by Vangelis contributes immensely to a very underrated film which deserves to be considered a modern classic. On the DVD: There is an excellent 52-minute "making of" documentary that mixes historical information with on-location interviews. A 12-minute overview of previous screen versions of the story is narrated by the film's historical consultant, Stephen Walters, who also provides a somewhat stilted but nevertheless informative audio commentary. The second audio commentary is from director Roger Donaldson, Producer Bernie Williams and Production Designer John Graysmark, who genuinely appear to enjoy reminiscing and have real enthusiasm for the movie. Also included is a fascinating 28-page booklet. This is the stuff Special Editions should always be made of, and this would be one of the finest DVDs on the market were it not for the transfer of the film itself, which appears to be a reprocessed version of the same NTSC anamorphic 2.35:1 transfer found on the bare-bones Region 1 DVD, with no sign of PAL speed-up. The picture not only shows considerable grain in some scenes, but also demonstrates marked compression artefacting and enhancement shimmer on all horizontal lines, making some scenes extremely ugly. For such a beautiful film it is a most disappointing transition to the digital format. Most unusually for a UK release, the disc is region free.--Gary S Dalkin

• Juvenile Wushu - Spear Play | DVD | (25/07/2005) from £32.37   |  Saving you £-7.38 (-29.50%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Presented by The Original Boxing Tree Of Traditional Shaolin Kung Fu explained and demonstrated by Zhang Lihui 5th Degree Dan Chinese Wushu. Created specifically for boys and girls through their teenage years to adulthood.

• Warm Spring (&quotNuan Chun"") | DVD | (20/10/2008) from £12.13   |  Saving you £0.86 (6.60%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A poor orphaned girl has escaped from her abusive foster parents and finds herself starved and barely conscious in a village of strangers. Only an infirm old man is willing to provide for her care. He is barely able to supply his own needs and so must endure the constant bitterness and betrayal from his son (Baozhu) and daughter-in-law (Jasmine) both now grown and trying unsuccessfully to start a family of their own. Xiao Hua tries desperately to fill this void for them but her innocence is rejected and hurt repeatedly by Jasmine's selfishness. The old man's only wish is to provide Xiao Hua a home and a bright future; he will do anything he could to deliver his promises. Finally the old man's kindness melts down all the boundaries and give Boauzhu and Jasmine a profound family.

• City Of God / Hero - Dubbed And Subtitled | DVD | (15/05/2006) from £21.58   |  Saving you £-5.59 (-35.00%)   |  RRP £15.99

  City Of God (2002): Youth gangs took over the slums of Rio de Janeiro during the 1960s and didn't relinquish their stronghold until the mid-1980s. Only a sucker wouldn't have turned to crime and this is exactly how naive teen Rocket (Alexandre Rodrigues) views himself. His attempts in illegal activity fail as he finds potential victims too friendly. Equally unsuccessful in love he regularly fails to lose his virginity. Blood spills throughout the streets of the Cidade de Deus as gang leader Li'l Ze (Douglas Silva) is challenged by local druglords and a gang of pre-teens known as the Runts. Nominated for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay at the 2004 Oscars. (Dir. Fernando Meirelles Cert. 18) Hero (2004): One man will challenge an empire... In pre-Imperial China feared warrior Nameless (Jet Li) is granted an audience with the ruler of the most powerful of the seven warring kingdoms (Chen Daoming). Posing as a minor official Nameless sets about his mission of revenge by relating the tale of how he defeated the three most fearsome of the ruler's adversaries. However nothing is as it seems and Nameless is placed in great personal peril as the king suggests a very different version of events which brought him to the palace... Filled with breathtaking wirework-enhanced martial arts sequences from action choreographer Ching Siu-Tung ('New Dragon Gate Inn' 'A Chinese Ghost Story') truly sumptuous cinematography from the legendary Christopher Doyle ('In The Mood For Love') and an expressive traditional score from Tan Dun ('Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon') Zhang Yimou's elegant epic features an intriguing 'Rashomon' style flashback structure that will keep the audience guessing until the very end. The most expensive movie ever made in China and a blockbuster upon its' theatrical release in the U.S. 'Hero' showcases the outstanding talents ofa multi-award winning cast including the pairing of Tony Leung and Maggie Cheung as star crossed lovers the coquettish Zhang Ziyi ('Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon') as a feisty apprentice venerated Chen Daoming lending gravitas as the Emperor-in-waiting and real-life martial arts masters Donnie Yen and Jet Li who co-designed perhaps the greatest duel ever committed to celluloid. Nominated for both an Oscar and a BAFTA 'Hero' is an exceptional example of Asian cinema and ""really is one of the best looking films ever made."" - The Guardian

• Juvenile Wushu - Sword Play | DVD | (25/07/2005) from £26.98   |  Saving you £-1.99 (-8.00%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Presented by The Original Boxing Tree Of Traditional Shaolin Kung Fu explained and demonstrated by Zhang Lihui 5th Degree Dan Chinese Wushu. Created for boys and girls throughout their teenage years to adulthood.

• Sword Play | DVD | (30/08/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Presented by The Original Boxing Tree Of Traditional Shaolin Kung Fu, explained and demonstrated by Zhang Lihui, 5th Degree Dan, Chinese Wushu. Created for boys and girls throughout their teenage years to adulthood.

• Memoirs of a Geisha - DVD and Book Giftpack | DVD | (05/06/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £22.99

  Arthur Golden's blockbuster bestseller Memoirs Of A Geisha has been brilliantly brought to the big screen by Oscar-nominated director Rob Marshall. The film opens in a remote Japanese fishing village in 1929 where two sisters Chiyo and Satsu are sold by their troubled father to people who place Chiyo in a classy geisha house known as an okiya in Gion and Satsu in a much more vulgar and dangerous district. Chiyo becomes a maid to Hatsumomo a cold controlling and calculating geisha who is instantly jealous of Chiyo's unusual beautiful eyes and childish innocence. Chiyo is befriended by Pumpkin another maid at the okiya but the two are soon driven apart. Chiyo is shown compassion by the Chairman and another more successful geisha Mameha who takes her under her wing as her little sister furthering the battle between Chiyo now called Sayuri and Hatsumomo. As Sayuri is trained in the art of being a geisha learning how to walk talk dance and serve (up to a point) in order to please and honor her distinguished male clients World War II looms on the horizon threatening to upend Japan and its old ways. Memoirs Of A Geisha is a lush sweeping historical and romantic Oscar-winning epic featuring gorgeous period costumes - primarily the exquisite kimono worn by the geisha. Featuring a fantastic cast of Ziyi Zhang (in her first English speaking role) Michelle Yeoh Ken Watanabe and Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa with an enchanting score from John Williams. Winner of 3 Oscars for Best Costume Design Best Art Direction and Best Cinematography.

• Rush Hour 2 | Blu Ray | (31/03/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The unlikely duo of Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker are reunited in this sequel. This time round their investigations take them from Hong Kong to L.A.

• Mountain Patrol | DVD | (26/03/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Set during the mid '90s, Mountain Patrol tells the tale of the deadly battles waged between the poachers - who have their sights set on Kekexili's endangered antelopes - and the group of mountain patrolmen who'll stop at nothing to punish them. A hotshot journalist is employed from Beijing to join the latter group and see what makes them tick. Thus begins a tireless pursuit for justice; in the process, lives are sacrificed, sandstorms are braved and the boundaries of investigative reporting are blurred forever.

• Broadsword Play | DVD | (30/08/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Presented by The Original Boxing Tree Of Traditional Shaolin Kung Fu, explained and demonstrated by Zhang Lihui, 5th Degree Dan, Chinese Wushu. Created specifically for boys and girls through their teenage years to adulthood.

• So Long My Son | DVD | (10/02/2020) from £8.95   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Xiaoshuai Wang directs this Chinese drama following two families over the course of three decades. Devastated by the accidental death of their young son, Yaojun and Liyun (Jingchun Wang and Mei Yong) move to a town in the Fujian province where they adopt an orphaned boy called Xing Liu (Roy Wang). Meanwhile, the couple's friends and former co-workers Yingming and Haiyan (Cheng Xu and Liya Ai) prosper as a result of China's economic growth.

• The Sacrifice | Blu Ray | (28/02/2022) from £18.89   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A