Crime Thriller

• The Untouchables | Blu Ray | (13/10/2008) from £8.95   |  Saving you £11.04 (123.35%)   |  RRP £19.99

  As noted critic Pauline Kael wrote, the 1987 box-office hit The Untouchables is "like an attempt to visualise the public's collective dream of Chicago gangsters." In other words, this lavish reworking of the vintage TV series is a rousing potboiler from a bygone era, so beautifully designed and photographed--and so craftily directed by Brian De Palma--that the historical reality of Prohibition-era Chicago could only pale in comparison. From a script by David Mamet, the movie pits four underdog heroes (the maverick lawmen known as the Untouchables) against a singular villain in Al Capone, played by Robert De Niro as a dapper caesar holding court (and a baseball bat) against any and all challengers. Kevin Costner is the naive federal agent Eliot Ness, whose lack of experience is tempered by the streetwise alliance of a seasoned Chicago cop (Sean Connery, in an Oscar-winning performance), a rookie marksman (Andy Garcia), and an accountant (Charles Martin Smith) who holds the key to Capone's potential downfall. The movie approaches greatness on the strength of its set pieces, such as the siege near the Canadian border, the venal ambush at Connery's apartment, and the train-station shootout partially modeled after the "Odessa steps" sequences of the Russian classic Battleship Potemkin. It's thrilling stuff, fueled by Ennio Morricone's dynamic score, but it's also manipulative and obvious. If you're inclined to be critical, the movie gives you reason to complain. If you'd rather sit back and enjoy a first-rate production with an all-star cast, The Untouchables may very well strike you as a classic. --Jeff Shannon

• The Blacklist - Season 09 | DVD | (12/06/2023) from £23.39   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In the two years following the death of Elizabeth Keen, Raymond Reddington (James Spader) and the members of the FBI Task Force have disbanded - their lives now changed in unexpected ways and with Reddington's whereabouts unknown. Finding themselves each at a crossroads, a common purpose compels them to renew their original mission: to take down dangerous, vicious and eccentric Blacklisters. In the process, they begin to uncover lethal adversaries, unimaginable conspiracies and surprising betrayals that will threaten alliances and spur vengeance for the past, led by the most devious criminal of them all: Raymond Reddington.

• Welcome To The Punch | DVD | (29/07/2013) from £6.98   |  Saving you £11.01 (157.74%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Ex-criminal Jacob Sternwood (Mark Strong) is forced to return to London when his son is involved in a heist gone wrong. This gives his nemesis, detective Max Lewinsky (James McAvoy), one last chance to catch the man he's always been after.

• The New York Ripper | Blu Ray | (04/03/1982) from £16.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  NYPD's most jaded cop is taunted by a razor-slashing maniac who carves his way through sexually active young women whilst making deranged Donald Duck voice imitation... Beyond Nasty: NEW YORK RIPPER is so subversive that it was banned outright on its first foray into UK: the print of RIPPER, due for UK censors (BBFC) inspection, was legendaria. If you've recently revisited old video nasties only to be disappointed then this is the ultimate sex n slash fest to test your nerve with; now rebuilt with previously missing scenes.

• Crossfire | DVD | (26/09/2022) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Death On The Nile | Blu Ray | (23/10/2017) from £14.39   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A visually sumptuous and quintessentially British production, Death on the Nile won an Oscar® for Anthony Powell's costume design and introduced Peter Ustinov in his first portrayal as the Belgian detective Poirot. Abroad a luxury Nile steamer a mystery assassin takes the life of an heiress. EXTRAS Making Of Interview with costume designer Anthony Powell Interview with Dame Angela Lansbury Interview with producer Richard Goodwin Behind the scenes stills gallery Costume designs stills gallery

• Ava | Blu Ray | (26/10/2020) from £6.19   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Ava is a deadly assassin who works for a black ops organization, traveling the globe specializing in high profile hits. When a job goes dangerously wrong she is forced to fight for her own survival.

• Black Phone | Blu Ray | (02/12/2024) from £44.97   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Individually Numbered & Exclusive to the UK - Limited to 2,500. Includes previously unseen 40pp Production Notes Booklet, Soft Touch / Spot Gloss Rigid Slipcase, 4K + BD Gloss Steelbook, 5x Artcards, Double-Sided Poster & new 4K Disc Art. On Disc Bonus includes - Feature Commentary with Director Scott Derrickson Deleted Scenes Ethan Hawke's Evil Turn Answering the Call: Behind the Scenes of The Black Phone - Shadowprowler a short film by Scott Derrickson & Much More!NEVER TALK TO STRANGERS Oscar® nominee Ethan Hawke, in the most disturbing role of his career, stars in a psychological thriller from Blumhouse and the director who brought you Sinister and Doctor Strange. Finney, a shy but clever 13-year-old boy, is abducted by a sadistic killer (Hawke) and trapped in a soundproof basement where screaming is of little use. When a disconnected phone on the wall begins to ring, Finney discovers that he can hear the voices of the killer's previous victims. And they are dead set on making sure that what happened to them doesn't happen to Finney.

• Unlawful Entry | Blu Ray | (23/09/2024) from £7.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Released for the first time in the UK on Blu-Ray! When Michael (Kurt Russell) and Karen Carr's (Madeleine Stowe) home is robbed, the couple strike up a friendship with Duty officer, Pete Davis. But suspicions are soon raised regarding Pete's mental stability, and nursing a growing infatuation with Karen, the disturbed cop begins stalking the terrified couple. A psychological thriller with a chilling twist, from the producer of Die Hard 1 & 2

• Taken | DVD | (09/02/2009) from £3.69   |  Saving you £16.30 (441.73%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A former government operative comes out of retirement and uses his extensive training to rescue his estranged daughter from a slave trade operation.

• Prodigal Son S2 | DVD | (04/10/2021) from £13.59   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• My Life is Murder: Series 3 | DVD | (20/11/2023) from £21.26   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Kind Hearts and Coronets (Vintage Classics) | Blu Ray | (22/04/2024) from £23.69   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Hailing from the Golden-Age of Ealing comedies, KIND HEARTS & CORONETS stars DENNIS PRICE as the debonair yet impoverished Louis Mazzini, the would-be Duke of Chalfont whose mother was disinherited by her noble family, for marrying beneath her. When her dying wish to be buried in the family crypt is refused, Louis vows to avenge his mother and work his way up the family tree by engaging in the gentle art of murder. One by one he attempts to kill off the eight successors that stand in the way of his becoming Duke - all played by ALEC GUINESS in an unforgettable tour-de-force performance. Directed by ROBERT HAMER, KIND HEARTS & CORONETS also stars JOAN GREENWOOD as the husky-voiced siren Sibella and VALERIE HOBSON as the refined and virtuous Edith D'Ascoyne, both of whom threaten to distract Louis from his killing quest. A wonderfully entertaining combination of biting class satire, hilarious farce and pitch-black comedy, this story of a suave and elegant serial murderer is as sharp and funny today as ever. NEW Audio commentary with film writer and critic Kat Ellinger Once More with Ealing featurette with critic Peter Bradshaw and filmmakers Whit Stillman, Paul King, Stephen Woolley John Landis Introduction Audio commentary with Peter Bradshaw, Terence Davies & Matthew Guiness Dennis Price: Those British Faces Alternative US Ending BFI's Introducing Ealing Studios Behind the Scenes Stills Gallery Costume Stills Gallery

• Peeping Tom (Vintage Classics) | Blu Ray | (29/01/2024) from £14.39   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A piercing new 4K restoration of Michael Powell's iconic serial killer classic Peeping Tom, restored by The Film Foundation and BFI National Archive. An influential cinematic masterpiece written by Leo Marks (Twisted Nerve) and starring Carl Boehm (Sissi), Anna Massey (Frenzy), Moira Shearer (The Red Shoes) and Maxine Audley (A King in New York). Now regarded as a ground-breaking masterpiece of the British horror movement, on its initial release in 1960, Peeping Tom received a savage reception from critics who were dismayed by its controversial subject matter and the sympathy it seems to engender for its murderous protagonist. The second film from visionary director Michael Powell, following his run of 1940s and 50s classics collaborating with screenwriter Emeric Pressburger, Peeping Tom left Powell's career in tatters and the film was made unavailable for many years. Peeping Tom has since become recognized as a watershed in genre cinema, its themes of voyeurism and psychopathy proving hugely influential on the evolution of the slasher movie. Mark (Carl Boehm), a focus puller at the local film studio, supplements his wages by taking glamour photographs in a seedy studio above a newsagent. By night he is a sadistic killer, stalking his victims with his camera forever in his hand trying to capture the look of genuine, unadulterated fear - an obsession that stems from his disturbing and terrifying childhood at the hands of his scientist father. Mark slowly becomes enamoured with Helen (Anna Massey), who lives with her blind mother (Maxine Audley) in the flat downstairs, but how long before he turns the deadly gaze of his camera towards her?

• Public Enemies | DVD | (02/11/2009) from £4.19   |  Saving you £15.80 (377.09%)   |  RRP £19.99

  From visionary director Michael Mann ("Heat", "Collateral") comes the film inspired by one of America's most captivating and infamous outlaws - John Dillinger.

• Frenchman's Farm | DVD | (27/08/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A woman's car breaks down in the country and when she goes to get help she's whisked back in time to 1944 and witnesses a murder. Returning to her car time reverts to normal but unable to convince anyone of her story she investigates the crime herself...

• A Quiet Place Part I and Part II: 2-movie collection | Blu Ray | (30/08/2021) from £8.95   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Following the deadly events at home, the Abbott family (Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe) must now face the terrors of the outside world as they continue their fight for survival in silence. Forced to venture into the unknown, they quickly realize that the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats that lurk beyond the sand path in this terrifyingly suspenseful thriller written and directed by John Krasinski.

• Operation Mincemeat | Blu Ray | (04/07/2022) from £7.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  It's 1943.¯The Allies are determined to break Hitler's grip on occupied Europe, and plan to launch an all-out assault on Sicily; but they face an impossible challenge - how to protect the invasion force from potential annihilation. It falls to two remarkable intelligence officers, Ewen Montagu (Colin Firth) and Charles Cholmondeley (Matthew Macfadyen) to dream the most inspired and improbable disinformation strategy of the war - centred on the most unlikely of secret agents: a dead man. Operation Mincemeat is the extraordinary and true story of an idea that hoped to turn the tide for the Allies - taking impossibly high risks, defying logic, and testing the nerves of its creators to breaking point.

• Inspector Morse - Series 2 | DVD | (21/02/2005) from £15.95   |  Saving you £9.04 (56.68%)   |  RRP £24.99

  This box set features the entire second series of the classic British Television drama Inspector Morse. Episodes comprise: 1. The Wolvercote Tongue: Morse is called to investigate the suspicious death of a wealthy American tourist Laura Poindexter. She was on a cultural tour of Britain with her husband and their visit to Oxford had a special significance for them. Laura had inherited a precious jewel known as 'The Wolvercote Tongue' and had announced her intention t

• Blue Ruin | Blu Ray | (08/09/2014) from £6.99   |  Saving you £13.00 (185.98%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Dwight Evans is a mysterious outsider whose quiet life on the margins is turned upside down when he returns to his childhood home to carry out an act of vengeance.