Crime Thriller

• Damascus Cover | DVD | (03/09/2018) from £5.85   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Israeli spy, Ari Ben-Zion, haunted by the death of his son, is recalled to Jerusalem after a failed attempt to bring a mole back to Israel alive. Unsure how many of its operatives have been exposed, the Mossad assigns Ari to smuggle a chemical weapons scientist out of Syria. While in Damascus, Ari's loneliness is relieved by Kim, a young American photographer. Within days of his arrival his mission goes wrong and to survive Ari reaches out to a deep cover agent code named, The Angel. He soon discovers that he is a pawn in a much bigger plan that will change him forever.

• L.A. Confidential | DVD | (02/10/2017) from £5.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In a time when it seems that every other movie makes some claim to being a film noir, LA Confidential is the real thing--a gritty, sordid tale of sex, scandal, betrayal and corruption of all sorts (police, political, press--and, of course, very personal) in 1940s Hollywood. The Oscar-winning screenplay is actually based on several titles in James Ellroy's series of chronological thriller novels (including the title volume, The Big Nowhere and White Jazz)--a compelling blend of LA history and pulp fiction that has earned it comparisons to the greatest of all Technicolour noir films, Chinatown. Kim Basinger richly deserved her Supporting Actress Oscar for her portrayal of a conflicted femme fatale; unfortunately, her male costars are so uniformly fine that they may have canceled each other out with the Academy voters: Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, Kevin Spacey and James Cromwell play LAPD officers of varying stripes. Pearce's character is a particularly intriguing study in Hollywood amorality and ambition, a strait-laced "hero" (and son of a departmental legend) whose career goals outweigh all other moral, ethical and legal considerations. If he's a good guy, it's only because he sees it as the quickest route to a promotion. --Jim Emerson

• Blood Simple: Director's Cut | DVD | (15/04/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Breaking up is hard. Deep in the heart of Texas a jealous bar owner hires a private eye to kill his wife and her lover. The sleazy hitman double-crosses the husband killing him instead and pocketing the cash. The perfect crime or so it seems but disposing of the corpse is not so simple.... Blood Simple uncoils its film noir plot with audacious style dense atmosphere and blood-curdling twists. The razor-sharp debut of Oscar-nominated Joel and Ethan Coen will have you on the very edge of your seat!

• Eden Lake Uncut Uhd Mediabook | Blu Ray | (04/08/2023) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Inspector Lynley Series 5 | DVD | (05/10/2009) from £8.29   |  Saving you £11.70 (58.50%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Based on the best-selling novels of Elizabeth George The Inspector Lynley Mysteries find Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley (also known as the 8th Earl of Asherton) and Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers solving cases of murder that would challenge the savviest of detectives. Divided by class barriers both real and imagined but united in their efforts to uncover the truth Lynley and Havers form an unlikely yet successful sleuthing duo. Episodes Comprise: 1. Natural Causes: After being suspended from duty because of accusations of threatening a witness Inspector Lynley must take a step back in a murder case. DS Havers works with DI Knight to try and solve the death of a woman found dead in a car at the bottom of a lake but Lynley can't help but get involved. 2. One Guilty Deed: A case Lynley has been forming against a local mob boss is in danger of falling apart with the death of a potentially important informant. 3. Chinese Walls: After the sad murder of a young girl living out her dream of being a lawyer in London Lynley must investigate whether the barrister she had been working with had dangerous motives. 4. In the Blink of an Eye: When a war photographer turned paparazzo is found murdered it leads to questions of whether the tabloid paper he was working for has deeper connections to him.

• Come Play | DVD | (19/08/2021) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Devil in a Blue Dress | DVD | (05/09/2005) from £10.46   |  Saving you £-4.47 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  It's 1948 and Los Angeles is booming but Easy Rawlins (Denzel Washington) has seen better days. He has just been fired and his house payments are due so when DeWitt Albright (Tom Sizemore) offers him a seemingly harmless job he jumps at the chance. All he has to do is track down the elusive Daphne Monet (Jennifer Beals) a mysterious beauty known to keep company on the wrong side of town. Soon he finds himself implicated in two murders and is forced to call upon an old friend Mouse (Don Cheadle) who is all too familiar with the violent world Easy has landed himself in. Slowly drawn deeper and deeper into a web of blackmail dirty cops and even dirtier politicians the ways out for Easy become harder and harder to find.

• Filth | Blu Ray | (10/02/2014) from £20.98   |  Saving you £6.00 (31.60%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Bruce Robertson (James McAvoy), a corrupt policeman, is in line for a promotion and will stop at nothing to get what he wants. Enlisted to solve a brutal murder and threatened by the aspirations of his colleagues, he sets about ensuring their ruin.

• The Evil That Men Do | DVD | (19/03/2007) from £5.96   |  Saving you £7.03 (54.10%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Most criminals answer to the law. The world's most savage executioner must answer to Bronson! Holland (Charles Bronson) a professional killer is persuaded to come out of retirement when his friend a Latin American journalist is tortured to death by his country's dictator - the sadistic Dr. Clement Moloch. The journalist's widow Rhiana (Theresa Saldana) and her daughter Sarah provide cover for Holland by posing as his family. As Holland gets closer to Moloch and his coterie he begins to fear more for 'his' family's safety and insists they leave so he can get on with his deadly mission but the idealistic Rhiana is determined to witness the death of her husband's killer.

• Magnum P.I: Season 2 | DVD | (31/07/2022) from £27.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• No Way Out | DVD | (10/02/2014) from £9.43   |  Saving you £0.56 (5.94%)   |  RRP £9.99

  This implausible, but effective 1987 film stars Kevin Costner (Bull Durham, Wyatt Earp) as a naval officer and CIA agent who may not be what he seems. This sexy thriller is an espionage mystery and an enigmatic character study of two men trying to be faithful to the loyalties they hold. Costner begins a torrid love affair with the mistress (Sean Young) of the Secretary of Defense, but when she turns up dead, Costner is implicated in a web of intrigue that threatens national security and exposes personal secrets at the highest levels. The Secretary and his men try to cover up the affair while simultaneously searching for a Soviet mole in their ranks. Featuring an exciting chase sequence through the Washington, D.C., subways, No Way Out is a standard issue thriller that nonetheless keeps the action coming. --Robert Lane

• Beau Is Afraid | DVD | (25/08/2023) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The Wolf of Wall Street - Limited Edition Steelbook | Blu Ray | (19/05/2014) from £29.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Revered filmmaker Martin Scorsese directs the true story of New York stockbroker Jordan Belfort (Leonardo DiCaprio). From the American dream to corporate greed Belfort goes from penny stocks and righteousness to IPOs and a life of corruption in the late 80s. Excess success and affluence in his early twenties as founder of the brokerage firm Stratton Oakmont warranted Belfort the title - 'The Wolf of Wall Street.' Money. Power. Women. Drugs. Temptations were for the taking and the threat of authority was irrelevant. For Jordan and his wolf pack modesty was quickly deemed overrated and more was never enough. Special Featurers: The Wolf Pack: This is a Behind-the-Scenes / Making of Piece Running Wild: The Process of Getting the Film Made; Subject Matter The Wolf of Wall Street Round Table: Marty Leo Jonas Terrence Discussing the Film in NY  

• Last Looks | DVD | (13/06/2022) from £10.36   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Last Looks is a pacy and star-studded homicide mystery set in the heart of Hollywood. Alistair Pinch (Mel Gibson), is an eccentric but successful actor who spends his days drunk living the high-life in Hollywood. When his wife is found dead he becomes the prime suspect in her murder.As Pinch attempts to clear his name he is introduced to Charlie Waldo (Charlie Hunnam) an ex-LAPD big-shot who's left the force. Waldo is convinced to come out of retirement to investigate the case, and finds himself grappling with Hollywood executives, gangsters and nursery teachers, all in pursuit of clearing his name... or confirming his guilt.

• The Lazarus Project | DVD | (21/09/2009) from £8.08   |  Saving you £11.91 (59.60%)   |  RRP £19.99

  With parole almost behind him Ben (Paul Walker) can't believe how much he has to be thankful for: a beautiful wife an adorable little girl and a steady paycheck. Life is good. But when he unexpectedly loses his job Ben foolishly turns back to crime joining his ex-con brother (Shawn Hatosy) in a robbery with deadly consequences. Suddenly facing a lethal injection Ben must say goodbye to his family and prepare himself for the worst. But his death sentence isn't quite what it seems as Ben regains consciousness near an eerie psychiatric ward where he's told he's been hired as the groundskeeper. With the state of his soul in question and the love for his wife and daughter all the more real and powerful Ben must figure out if he's truly cheated death or if he's become part of something far more sinister.

• Hitchcock: Master Of Suspense Signature Collection | DVD | (09/09/2011) from £14.49   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Four classic films: Dial M for Murder; The Wrong Man; North by Northwest and Strangers on a Train, in a two disc box set.

• The Zodiac Killer (American Genre Film Archive) | Blu Ray | (14/03/2022) from £16.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In the days leading up to the invasion of Normandy, a soldier is captured. Two US soldiers are sent to infiltrate an abandoned complex in order to rescue their ally before details of the operation are divulged. The mission could well be a suicide one.

• Cadfael - The Complete Series 1 | DVD | (15/03/2004) from £10.99   |  Saving you £4.00 (36.40%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Brother Cadfael, the medieval mystery-solving monk, is a fascinating detective, at once a man of God, of science, and even of action. Derek Jacobi stars as the former "soldier, sailor, sinner, and Crusader" who has his faith tested by crimes of royal intrigue and baffling murders that seem to plague 12th-century Shrewsbury. You'll find few Benedictine monks so skilled at using a quarterstaff, but beware never to tell him your theory of how a crime "must" have been committed. "We must always be wary of 'must'," he states. "Nothing is certain." And so attest these divine mysteries based on the books by Ellis Peters. Each feature-length episode is self-contained but plays against the backdrop of England's civil war between forces loyal to King Stephen and those to Empress Maud. Eoin McCarthy costars as local Under-Sheriff Hugh Beringar, who relies on Cadfael when murder subverts his efforts to keep the peace. --Donald Liebenson

• The Lesson | Blu Ray | (26/02/2024) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Liam, an aspiring young writer, eagerly accepts a tutoring position at the family estate of his idol, renowned author J.M. Sinclair. But soon, Liam realizes he is ensnared in a web of family secrets and resentment. Sinclair and his family all guard a dark past, one that threatens Liam's future and their own. Class, ambition and betrayal become a dangerous combination in this taut noir thriller.

• Everybody Wins | DVD | (13/04/2009) from £8.69   |  Saving you £7.30 (84.00%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Things certainly aren't easy for a jaded private detective on the weird streets of Connecticut just ask down and out private eye Tom 'O Toole. Hired by a mysterious woman convinced that a local juvenile teen banged up on a murder charge is innocent detective Tom 'O Toole is suddenly sucked into twisted world of split personalities oddball locals reformed drug runners religious fanatics demented biker gangs corrupt politicians and a deadly secret that goes all the way to the top of the mountain. But who can be trusted? Is it all a big cover up? Is it all lies? Is detective Tom O Toole being duped? Or is it all the demented fantasies of an unstable woman's deluded mind? Everybody Wins is an enthralling paranoid and surreal thriller written by legendary playwright Arthur Miller (Death Of A Salesman The Crucible The Misfits) directed by cult filmmaker Karel Reisz (Dog Soldiers Morgan: A Suitable Case For Treatment Saturday Night And Sunday Morning) and starring Nick Nolte (Tropic Thunder The Thin Red Line) and Debra Winger (The Sheltering Sky Shadowlands).