Crime Thriller

• Horror Triple: Hiding/The Victim/Beneath The Dark | DVD | (07/10/2013) from £2.89   |  Saving you £5.10 (176.47%)   |  RRP £7.99

  HidingAfter witnessing a shocking crime that left both of her parents dead New York City teenager Jo (a breakout performance by Ana Villafañe) is put into the Witness Protection Program and sent to live in rural Montana. She is allowed no cell phone email or contact with her family and former friends. Worst of all she's become the new girl in a small cliquish high school. Can Jo now survive being caught between a charismatic athlete (Jeremy Sumpter of 'Friday Night Lights' and Soul Surfer) a sensitive art student (Tyler Blackburn of 'Pretty Little Liars') a jealous group of girls trying to uncover her past and a cold-blooded hit man who may be tracking her location? Candace Marie and Dean Armstrong (SAW 3D) co-star this thriller about false identity real danger and the unexpected dark secrets of Hiding. The VictimExperience the new grindhouse thriller that even mainstream critics are calling 'a rollercoaster ride' (CNN) '90 minutes of total oblivion' (Huffington Post) and 'a masterpiece' (Examiner.com): Michael Biehn of Terminator and Tombstone fame makes his acclaimed debut as writer/director with this shocker about a young stripper (Jennifer Blanc of 'Dark Angel' and The Divide) fleeing a depraved murder by two police detectives. But when she bangs on the cabin door of a backwoods recluse (Biehn) the situation takes even more grisly twists. Here there will be lust violence and vengeance. And in the end who will be the most unexpected victim of all? Ryan Honey Denny Kirkwood and Danielle Harris (Rob Zombie's Halloween Hatchet II) co-star in the stunner that L.A.Splash calls 'good ol' fashioned exploitation at its finest!' Beneath the DarkAfter hours of driving through the lonely Mojave Desert young lovers Paul and Adrienne pull over at Roy's Motel to stay for the night. They soon discover that the roadside rest stop is home to a strange and deranged bunch of characters including front-desk manager Frank and his wanton wife Sandy. The night's stay quickly turns nasty and ultimately a horrifying secret from Paul's past is revealed with deadly consequences for all. As shocking as it is horrifying - you'll never be able to spend a night in a motel againStarring Josh Stewart (The Collector) Jamie-Lynn Sigler (The Sopranos) Chris Browning (The Book of Eli) Afemo Omilami (The Blind Side) in a terrifying thriller where the past returns to haunt the present.

• 4Bia | DVD | (10/05/2010) from £3.59   |  Saving you £9.40 (72.40%)   |  RRP £12.99

  4BIA is a horror anthology in four parts. The first segment Happiness is the story of a lonely girl who is corresponding with a stranger through text messages but soon discovers they have a darkly sinister side. The second Tit For Tat is a tale of black magic and a school kid's vengeance for his bullying. The third In The Middle follows a group of friends on a camping trip but after a kayaking accident they face campside horrors. The final one Last Fright is a psychological thriller about a stewardess flying all alone in a cabin with a dead body.

• Closed Circuit | Blu Ray | (17/02/2014) from £6.00   |  Saving you £18.99 (316.50%)   |  RRP £24.99

  In thie gripping thriller a high-profile terrorism case unexpectedly binds together two ex-lovers on the defense team - testing the limits of their loyalties and placing their lives in jeopardy.Starring Eric Bana Rebecca Hall Jim Broadbent Julia Stiles and Ann-Marie Duff.

• Mean Streets | DVD | (18/05/2015) from £7.55   |  Saving you £2.44 (32.32%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Four Italian-Americans from New York's lower East Side hang around at a local bar. Charlie (Harvey Keitel), the most responsible of the group, tries to protect his girlfriend's cousin Johnny Boy (Robert De Niro) from the local debt collectors, but his young charge seems determined to live fast and die young. Heavily influenced by the French New Wave, 'Mean Streets' provided the first high-profile success for director Martin Scorsese and star Robert De Niro.

• Most Wanted | DVD | (01/10/1999) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Comic actor Keenen Ivory Wayans made a creditable effort to expand his career horizons by writing the script for this action thriller, in which he also stars. Wayans plays US Marine Sgt James Dunn, a military hero who refuses an order to shoot a young shepherd during the Gulf War. His insubordination leads to a lethal struggle with a superior officer and a subsequent murder conviction against Dunn.Plucked from his death sentence by a covert unit of Marines, however, Dunn soon finds himself in a shadowy world of undercover wars under the command of one Lt Col. Grant Casey (Jon Voight). Offered freedom in exchange for aiding a mission against a corrupt industrialist (Robert Culp), Dunn agrees and then discovers he has actually been set up to take the fall for an assassination. Suddenly, he's the most wanted man in the world, with police, the military, the Secret Service and legions of reward seekers chasing him around Los Angeles. Jill Hennessy stars as an eyewitness who happened to catch the killing on videotape and can clear Dunn if she would only cooperate with him--a problem, since he has kidnapped her. Directed by David Glenn Hogan, Most Wanted works just fine as a well-oiled action piece with a capable star and competent action sequences. The story ideas (especially Dunn's Rambo-esque flight through the city and his reliance on esoteric survival skills) feel overly familiar, but that only makes Most Wanted all the more enjoyable as a pot-boiler instead of a serious original. --Tom Keogh

• Open House | DVD | (24/01/2011) from £5.19   |  Saving you £10.80 (208.09%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Newly divorced and eager to make a new start Alice has decided to sell the house she chose with her ex-husband and move on. But her plans for a new life come to an abrupt end with the arrival of David and Lila. Homicidal psychopathic and deadly David and Lila will stop at nothing to create their perfect home. Bound gagged and held captive in her own basement Alice is forced to bear witness to David and Lila's sick and twisted nightmarish world. Sex torture and violent death are all fair game as David and Lila begin a relentless tirade of slaughter throughout Alice's unsuspecting neighbourhood. Featuring the lead stars of hit TV show True Blood Stephen Moyer and Anna Paquin Open house is an incredibly intense motion picture that isn't afraid to push the boundaries of horror cinema. Also starring Brian Geraghty (The Hurt Locker When A Stranger Calls) and Tricia Helfer (Caprica Battlestar Galactica).

• Hard Boiled Sweets | DVD | (30/04/2012) from £4.99   |  Saving you £11.00 (220.44%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Welcome To Southend. The Vegas Of The Third World.Ex-con Johnny (Scot Williams, 'The Crew') is forced into pulling a heist he wants nothing to do with. Mob Boss 'Shrewd' Eddie (Paul Freeman, 'Raiders of the Lost Ark', 'Hot Fuzz') has one million in dirty cash stashed at his home, just waiting to be stolen.But what Johnny doesn't know is that seven other dangerous criminals also have plans to steal the money...Filled with twists, double-crosses and murder, Hard Boiled Sweets is a crime thriller inspired by the International Best-Selling short film, 'A Girl and a Gun'.

• Once Upon a Time in America (Limited Edition Steelbook--Exclusive to Amazon.co.uk) | Blu Ray | (27/10/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Once Upon a Time in America has a chequered history, having been chopped from its original 229-minute director's cut to 139 minutes for its theatrical release. The longer edition presented here benefits from having the complete story (the short version has huge gaps) about turn-of-the-century Jewish immigrants in America finding their way into lives of crime, as told in flashback by an ageing Jewish gangster named Noodles (Robert De Niro). On the other hand, it's almost four hours long, and this sometimes-indulgent Sergio Leone film is no Godfather. Still, it is notable for the contrast between Leone's elegiac take on the gangster film and his occasional explosive action, as well as for the mix of the stoic, inexpressive De Niro and the hyperactive James Woods as his lifelong friend and rival. --Marshall Fine

• Abduction Triple - Vile/Chained/Carjacked | DVD | (07/10/2013) from £7.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  VileFifty years ago Yale University professor Stanley Milgram held a series of social experiments based on Nazi war criminals' psychology. They were devised to answer a simple question: how far are people willing to go when instructed by authority? Nick his girlfriend Tayler and their two best friends are about to find out... Abducted after a camping trip they wake up in an unknown prison with two vials wired into the base of their skulls. They are not alone: another four people are in the same nightmarish predicament. Their task set by a mysterious video figure is to fill the vials with chemicals that the human body only creates when it senses pain. A lot of pain. ChainedFrom the mind of writer/director Jennifer Lynch comes one of the most controversial and uncompromising thrillers of our time.When he was 9 years old Tim and his mother were abducted by taxi-driving serial killer Bob (an intensely disturbing performance by Vincent D'Onofrio). Tim's mother was murdered. Tim was kept as a chained slave forced to bury the bodies of young women Bob drags home and keep scrapbooks of the crimes. Now a teenager Tim (Eamon Farren) and Bob share a depraved father/son/protégé relationship. But who will ultimately sever the bond between 'family' and unimaginable horror? CarjackedTwo-time Golden Globe nominee Maria Bello of 'Prime Suspect' stars as Lorraine a stressed out single mom harassed by an abusive ex-husband struggling to raise her 8-year-old son. Her world changes in an instant when she and her child are carjacked by a fugitive bank robber (Stephen Dorff of Immortals) and taken on a desperate drive to retrieve his loot. But Lorraine refuses to be a victim. She is about to take control and fight back. And tonight what she will do to survive may lead to the most shocking crime of all. Joanna Cassidy (Six Feet Under) and Catherine Dent (The Shield) co-star in this intense action-thriller.

• Haunter | Blu Ray | (14/07/2014) from £10.70   |  Saving you £12.28 (159.27%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Teenager Lisa Johnson (Abigail Breslin - Zombieland) and her family died in 1986 under sinister circumstances but remain trapped in their house. Unable to move on and tormented by their killer they must live out their last living day over and over again. Lisa soon discovers that she is trapped in limbo and must fight to free her family from their prison. Over a period of six 'days' Lisa must reach out from beyond the grave to help her present-day living counterpart Olivia avoid the same fate Lisa and her family have suffered. Also starring Peter McHattie (Watchmen 300) Peter Outerbridge (Saw VI Silent Hill: Revelation 3D) and David Hewlett (Splice) Haunter is a chilling supernatural horror with a twist. Special Features: Making of  

• Absolute Power | Blu Ray | (07/06/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Director Clint Eastwood's 1997 box-office hit stars himself as Luther Whitney, a highly skilled thief who finds himself in the wrong place at the wrong time, witnessing the murder of a woman involved in a secret tryst with the US president (played by Gene Hackman). Determined to clear his name, Whitney cleverly eludes a tenacious detective (Ed Harris) while investigating a corruption of power reaching to the highest level of government. Adapted by veteran screenwriter William Goldman from David Baldacci's novel, this thriller balances expert suspense with well-drawn characters and an intelligent plot that's just a pounding heartbeat away from real White House headlines. Absolute Power features the great Judy Davis in a memorable supporting role as the White House chief of staff who desperately attempts to cover up the crime. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com

• Three | DVD | (10/07/2017) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Thriller starring Billy Zane and Kelly Brook. When wealthy Texas businessman Jack (Zane) takes a trip in his private yacht to the South Seas with his trophy wife Jennifer (Brook), it seems that the couple's happiness is complete. However, when the yacht capsizes Jennifer and hired hand Manuel (Juan Pablo Di Pace) barely make it alive to shore. Upon discovering themselves deserted on the tropical island, the two endeavour to set up camp but it's not long before their animal attractions overwhelm them. When Jack washes up alive on the same beach some time later, the trio must survive not only the elements but each other as tensions turn deadly.

• The Saint In London | DVD | (27/02/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The Robin Hood Of Modern CrimeThat was how The Saint was often promoted to entice readers, and it's a theme that his creator Leslie Charteris returns to a number of times in his books and stories. It was the publication of The Saint In New York in 1935 that made Charteris an international name. The film rights were sold even before publication and - despite some problem with the American censors over its violent content - became a hit picture for RKO in 1938. Charteris wanted Ronald Colman, Cary Grant or Douglas Fairbanks Jr for the role of Simon Templar. Instead, after Louis Hayward premiered the character, the much-respected George Sanders took on the role in four of the films, with Hugh Sinclair taking the lead in The Saint's Vacation and The Saint Meets The Tiger.The Saint In London:The Saint, newly back in London, is tipped by a friend in the Secret Service to a mystery involving one Bruno Lang, seemingly a Society card-sharp, but really involved in a plot to print and pass a million pounds worth of foreign currency.

• Night Moves | Blu Ray | (12/01/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  NIGHT MOVES is the story of three radical environmentalists coming together to execute the most intense protest of their lives: the explosion of a hydroelectric damthe very source and symbol of the energy-sucking, resource-devouring industrial culture they despise. It is a tale of suspense and a meditation on the consequences of political extremism. When do legitimate convictions truly demand illegal behaviours? What happens to a person's political principles when they find their back against the wall?

• Truck (4K Ultra HD) (+ Blu-ray 2D) | Blu Ray | (11/11/2021) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Gags The Clown | DVD | (09/11/2020) from £4.75   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Drive a Crooked Road (Standard Edition) | Blu Ray | (19/09/2022) from £11.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Moving away from the family comedies and musicals that had made him famous, Drive a Crooked Road finds a Mickey Rooney (National Velvet) as a girl-shy mechanic and racing driver. When a beautiful customer flirts with Eddie Shannon, the lonely mechanic can't believe his luck even more so when she appears interested in his hobby of motor racing. She offers him the chance to make enough money to pursue his dream full time as the getaway driver in a bank heist. Directed by Richard Quine (Pushover), and co-scripted by Blake Edwards (Experiment in Terror), this classic film noir also features Dianne Foster (Gideon's Day) and Kevin McCarthy (Buffalo Bill and the Indians). Extras: Indicator Standard Edition Special Features High Definition presentation Original mono audio Audio commentary with film critic Nick Pinkerton (2020) The Guardian Interview with Mickey Rooney (1988, 83 mins): archival audio recording of the much-loved actor in conversation with Tony Sloman at the National Film Theatre, London Introduction by Martin Scorsese (2012, 2 mins) Screen Snapshots: ˜Mickey Rooney, Then and Now' (1953, 10 mins): Columbia Pictures promotional short featuring the famed performer looking back at one of his childhood roles Higher Than a Kite (1943, 18 mins): comedy starring the Three Stooges, in which the trio play mechanics who find themselves in a situation that's way out of their control Original theatrical trailer Image gallery: publicity and promotional material New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

• Top Dog | Blu Ray | (26/05/2014) from £10.89   |  Saving you £8.09 (102.40%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Hooligan boss Billy Evans (Leo Gregory - Cass Wild Bill) has it all - a successful business a beautiful family and respect on the terraces. But when he clashes with gangster Mickey (Ricci Harnett - Rise of the Footsoldier) over a backstreet proetection racket Billy soon finds himself out of his depth as they look to finally settle the question - who is Top Dog? Directed by Martin Kemp and based on Dougie (Green Street) Brimson's best-selling novel Top Dog is a heart-stopping thriller with a top UK cast including Danielle Brent (Cockneys Vs Zombies) Lorraine Stanley (London to Brighton) George Russo (Green Street 3) and Vincent Regan (St George's Day). Special Features: Deleted Scenes (3 min approx.) Behind-the-scenes (30 mins approx.) Stunts / Fights featurette (8 min approx.) Filmmaker commentary (Director Martin Kemp Writer Dougie Brimson and Producer Jonathan Sothcott)

• Dead Water | DVD | (05/10/2020) from £4.50   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Nora Roberts - Tribute | DVD | (15/03/2010) from £10.62   |  Saving you £4.37 (41.15%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Cilla McGowan intends to renovate her film legend grandmother's farm house but someone is trying to drive her away. With the help of her handsome neighbour Ford Sawyer she is determined to find out who is behind the threats and uncover the truth about her grandmother's death.