Crime Thriller

• El Nino | DVD | (22/12/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Straits of Gibraltar the southern border of Europe; just sixteen kilometres separate Africa from the Old Continent. Risk adrenaline and money are available to anyone able to cross that distance in a boat loaded with hashish flying over the waves and with the police on your tail. El Niño and El Compi want to enter the world of drug trafficking which for them is almost a game. Jesús and Eva police officers have spent years trying to prove that the hashish trail is now one of the main cocaine entry routes in Europe. Their target is El Inglés the man who pulls the strings from Gibraltar his base of operations. The growing violence of the warnings they receive indicates to them that they are on the right track... The fates of these characters on both sides of the law eventually cross over to reveal that the confrontation of their respective worlds was more dangerous complex and morally ambiguous than they would have imagined.

• Cutting Moments | DVD | (12/04/2005) from £9.63   |  Saving you £-3.64 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  An anthology of short but deeply disturbing horror films... Film titles: Crack Dog Don't Nag Me Bowl of Oatmeal Principles of Karma Cutting Moments.

• The Last Job | DVD | (30/08/2021) from £4.91   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Starring Academy Award winners Richard Dreyfuss (The Goodbye Girl) and Mira Sorvino (Mighty Aphrodite). When ex-mob boss Ben Myers (Dreyfuss) is targeted in a home robbery, he goes on a deadly rampage of vengeance. But with his family caught in the crosshairs, Myers must finally face the consequences of his dark past in this action-packed crime thriller.

• Doomwatch: Winter Angel | DVD | (28/02/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Neil Tannahill, a University lecturer, receives an enigmatic note from legendary atomic scientist and one-time head of “Doomwatch” Dr. Spencer Quist. The note draws Neil into a sinister conspiracy involving secretly stored Soviet nuclear waste at a remote British nuclear facility.

• Split Second | DVD | (29/07/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  'Stop tryin' to be a hero! I hate heroes!' Meet Sam Hurley: Public Enemy Number One. The violent killer has just busted out of jail but his buddy Bart was wounded in the escape and needs a doctor fast. Sam takes four hostages to blackmail a doctor to help, taking them to a ghost town in the desert to wait for the sawbones. But that ghost town is a dangerous place to be. The US military are testing an atom bomb at 06.00. Sam and his prisoners are sitting right at ground zero... Directed by noir icon Dick Powell (Farewell, My Lovely), Split Second in a masterful ticking-clock thriller that builds to a literally explosive climax!

• Clockers | Blu Ray | (04/11/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Stirke (Mekhi Phifer) is a clocker a hard-working 24 hour drug dealer. When the local drug kingpin (Delroy Lindo) tips Strike about a chance for promotion a rival dealer ends up dead. Detective Mazilli (John Turturro) wants an easy bust. His partner Rocco (Harvey Keitel) wants something much harder to find - the truth.

• Along Came A Spider / Kiss The Girls | DVD | (04/11/2002) from £18.25   |  Saving you £1.74 (9.53%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Along Came A Spider:A congressman's daughter under Secret Service protection is kidnapped from a private school by an insider who calls Det. Alex Cross (Morgan Freeman) drawing him into the case even though he's recovering from the loss of his partner... Kiss The Girls:North Carolina police detective Dr. Alex Cross (Morgan Freeman) tracks an elusive psychopath whose modus operandi is not necessarily killing the young women he abducts but ""collecting"" them as trophies

• A Better Way to Die | DVD | (09/10/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  'A Better Way To Die' is an action-packed manhunt movie that launches from the seedy streets of Chicago across the highways of America's heartland. Weary from the violent chaos of South Chicago Boomer (Scott Wiper) quits his job in the police force and heads off to the picturesque village of Ceder Falls where he plans to rekindle a romance with his one-time girlfriend (Natasha Henstridge) An encounter with an eccentric one-armed private detective (Joe Pantoliano) sets off a bizarre series of events causing Boomer to be mistaken for a mysterious government operative turning him into a prime target for the Chicago Mafia. What starts as a peaceful road trip in search of a better future erupts into a fierce quest for 'A Better Way To Die...'

• Murder Rooms - The White Knight Stratagem | DVD | (11/03/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The suicide of a mysterious young woman and the murder of two men appear to be inextricably linked. When Dr. Joseph Bell is asked to assist the police it soom becomes clear that this is more than just a routine case. Dr Bell's relationship with the Chief of investigation is put in the spot light as old resentments come to the surface jeopardising a quick conclusion to the murders. Bell calls in Arthur Conan Doyle for support but when Doyle seems to side with the Chief rather than

• Lockdown | DVD | (18/08/2008) from £6.73   |  Saving you £3.26 (32.60%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Avery had it all: his beautiful girlfriend Krista a young son and a full scholarship ahead of him. But in the blink of an eye it was all taken away. What started as a night out with his buddies ended with the shooting of a cop and Avery behind bars. He's innocent but that doesn't matter in a place that has its own set of rules. As Krista works to prove his innocence Avery struggles to survive the day-to-day hardships of prison life.

• Secret Window | Blu Ray | (14/05/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Some windows should never be opened! Following a bitter separation from his wife (Bello) famed mystery writer Mort Rainey (Depp) is unexpectedly confronted at his remote lake house by a dangerous stranger named John Shooter (Turturro). Claiming Rainey has plagiarised his short story the psychotic Shooter demands justice. When Shooter's fearful demands turn to threats - and then murder - Rainey turns to a private detective for help. But when nothing stops the horror from spiralling out of control Rainey soon discovers he can't trust anyone or anything...

• The I Inside | DVD | (28/03/2005) from £4.90   |  Saving you £11.09 (226.33%)   |  RRP £15.99

  When you don't have a memory how can you remember who to trust? When Simon (Ryan Phillippe) awakens in the hospital with amnesia unable to remember the last two years of his life. However he discovers that he can travel back in time to change his future and possibly solve the mystery of his brother's murder...

• Bonded By Blood | DVD | (16/12/2013) from £7.09   |  Saving you £0.90 (12.69%)   |  RRP £7.99

• The Suicide Manual Intermediate Level | DVD | (27/11/2006) from £21.58   |  Saving you £-5.59 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Chilling horror based on Watari Tsurumi's non-fiction book ""Kanzen Jisatsu Manyual"" (The Complete Manual Of Suicide). There has been a surge in the number of people killing themselves; a mysterious DVD is found on the bodies of the victims. Nozomi falls under the spell of a deadly cult. Yousuke the policeman she is seeing soon realizes that the cult has something to do with the DVD. Then one day all trace of the group disappear - along with Nozomi.

• You're Not Alone | DVD | (22/03/2021) from £3.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Taggart - Knife Edge | DVD | (30/04/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

• Taggart Number 6 | DVD | (27/02/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

• Wicked | DVD | (26/11/2001) from £12.98   |  Saving you £0.01 (0.08%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A teen-themed entry in the long-established Psycho-Bitch-from-Hell sub-genre of Hollywood thriller, Wicked affords current high school princess Julia Stiles an opportunity to stop smiling and play a manipulative, disturbed, alienated girl who is also the number one suspect in the “did she or didn't she batter Mum to death with a heavy tragedy mask” mystery.Set in one of those hideous American "gated communities", a pastel suburban enclave with round-the-clock security and enough adulteries to keep a soap going for a year, the film is subtler than stablemates like The Crush and Teacher's Pet, with a more convoluted plot and enough suspects to put the outcome in doubt. However it's still a by-the-numbers mix of soap and suspense. Stiles crosses her eyes and pouts a lot, making tastefully incestuous moves on her weakling father (an aptly hollow William R Moses), but she's not really well cast in a role Christina Ricci could have played in her sleep a few years ago. The best supporting performance comes from Michael Parks as a drawling cop brought into the community by the killing of the strident mother (Chelsea Field), who lingers to watch the fall-out as Stiles replaces Mum as the homemaker only to be sidelined in favour of the au pair who needs a green-card marriage. When the battering and stabbing starts, the film is surprisingly explicit, splattering several distinct types of stage blood around the designer living caricature home.On the DVD: the picture is an anamorphic 1.85:1 print, with Dolby Digital surround-sound. The minimal extras include trailers, filmographies for very few of the principals, and a neat menu. --Kim Newman

• Knight Moves | DVD | (17/02/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Yet another serial killer drama, Knight Moves is perhaps a little too in love with its own ingenuity. Chess Grand Master Peter Sanderson (Christopher Lambert) finds himself, in the middle of a crucial tournament, challenged to a game whose rules he does not know, by a killer who will murder women until Sanderson stops him. The local police, headed by Sedman (Tom Skerrit), suspect this is actually a game Sanderson is playing with them; while Kathy, a woman profiler brought in on the case, finds herself falling in love with Sanderson but still suspecting him. None of the performances are more than competent and Lambert's aloof neurotic is perhaps less likable than was intended. Director Carl Schenkel is too fond of odd camera angles and garish lighting, but the end result is a moderately successful detective story for those who are fond of puzzles. On the DVD: Knight Moves is ungenerous with special features, providing a bare minimum of filmographies, photo gallery and trailer. It has a visual aspect ratio of 2.35:1 and Dolby Digital sound. --Roz Kaveney

• The Long Good Friday | Blu Ray | (05/10/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  In the savage and deadly world of the gangland king the man at the top is ruler but only as long as he controls everything in his territory. For that man the rewards can be infinate but so are the dangers. Harold Shand (Bob Hoskins) is enjoying the height of his powers and he is on the verge of something which would make his current 'arrangements' small fry. But stronger forces than even he can control have moved in and taken over. Climaxing in one long bloody day of terror an Easter Good Friday he is to see his empire begin to crack and crumble.