Crime Thriller

• Fallen | DVD | (23/10/1998) from £5.99   |  Saving you £8.00 (133.56%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Although it received mixed reactions from critics and audiences alike when released in 1998, this supernatural thriller benefits from a sustained atmosphere of anticipation and dread, and its combination of detective mystery and demonic mischief is handled with ample style and intelligence. Under the direction of Gregory Hoblit (who fared better with Primal Fear), Denzel Washington plays detective John Hobbes, who witnesses the gas-chamber execution of a serial killer (Elias Koteas). But when another series of murders begins, Hobbes suspects that the killer's evil spirit has survived and is possessing the bodies of others to do its evil bidding. Even Hobbes's trusted partner (John Goodman) thinks the detective is losing his grip on reality, but the dire warnings of a noted linguist (Embeth Davidtz) confirm Hobbes's far-out theory, and his case intensifies toward a fateful showdown. Although its idea is better than its execution, and the story's film noir ambitions are never fully accomplished, this slickly directed thriller has some genuinely effective moments in which evil forces are entwined into the fabric of everyday reality. Among the highlights is a memorable scene in which Detective Hobbes must track the killer as the evil spirit is transferred between many people via physical contact. Even if the film is ultimately less than the sum of its parts, it's an intriguing hybrid that resides in the same cinematic neighbourhood as Seven and The Silence of the Lambs with a cast that also includes Donald Sutherland and James Gandolfini. Included on the DVD is a full-length audio commentary by director Hoblit, screenwriter Nicholas Kazan and producer Charles Roven. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com

• Those Who Wish Me Dead | DVD | (30/08/2021) from £6.59   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Angelina Jolie stars as Hannah, a smoke jumper reeling from the loss of three young lives she failed to save from a fire. When she comes across a bloodied and traumatized 12-year-old boy, they set out together to cross the miles of thick forest with two assassins in pursuit. Braving deadly lightning storms that threaten even Hannah's well-honed survival skills, they are caught between two relentless killers hunting the boy from one direction, and a massive fiery blaze coming straight for them, quickly consuming everything in their path.

• Van Der Valk: Series 1/2/3 | DVD | (06/11/2023) from £29.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  All nine episodes from the first three series of the reimagined crime drama set in Amsterdam, in which Dutch detective Commissaris Piet van der Valk (Marc Warren) must solve all manner of cases involving Amsterdam's darkest vices. Series 1 episodes are: 'Love in Amsterdam', 'Only in Amsterdam' and 'Death in Amsterdam'. Series 2 episodes are: 'Plague On Amsterdam', 'Blood in Amsterdam' and 'Payback in Amsterdam'. Series 3 episodes are: 'Freedom in Amsterdam', 'Redemption in Amsterdam' and 'Magic in Amsterdam'.

• This Is Personal - The Hunt For The Yorkshire Ripper | DVD | (07/01/2013) from £6.46   |  Saving you £6.53 (101.08%)   |  RRP £12.99

  David Richards directs this fact-based drama exploring the case of 'The Yorkshire Ripper'. Throughout the 1970s and early '80s, the serial killer preyed on young women and committed a total of 13 murders in the West Yorkshire area. This film shows a dramatisation of the investigation led by Detective George Oldfield (Alun Armstrong) which took its toll on both his career and personal life but which also led to the conviction of Peter Sutcliffe (Craig Cheetham) in 1981.

• High Crimes | DVD | (21/06/2004) from £5.70   |  Saving you £7.29 (127.89%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Ashley Judd plays a succesful lawyer shocked to find her husband as a secret past as a military operative. When he is committed of a terrible war crime she must defend him in a top secret military courtroom, where none of the rules she knows apply.

• The Invisible Man (Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (29/06/2020) from £7.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Golden Globe & Emmy winner Elisabeth Moss stars in a terrifying modern tale of obsession, inspired by Universal's classic monster character. Available exclusively to the Home Entertainment release, this is the uncut version of the film which was not shown in cinemas or At Home On Demand. Trapped in a violent, controlling relationship with a wealthy and brilliant scientist, Cecilia Kass (Moss) escapes in the dead of night and disappears into hiding, aided by her sister, their childhood friend and his teenage daughter. But when Cecilia's abusive ex commits suicide and leaves her a generous portion of his vast fortune, Cecilia suspects his death was a hoax. As a series of eerie coincidences turns lethal, threatening the lives of those she loves, Cecilia's sanity begins to unravel as she desperately tries to prove that she is being hunted by someone nobody can see. Bonus Features Uncut Feature Commentary with writer/ director Leigh Whannell Deleted Scenes Moss Manifested Director's Journey with Leigh Whannell The Players Timeless Terror

• Flood | DVD | (14/08/2023) from £7.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Beverly Hills Cop II | Blu Ray | (16/05/2022) from £19.89   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  From the director of TOP GUN, this sizzling, smash-hit sequel to the original blockbuster looks better than ever in stunning 4K UHD. Axel Foley (Eddie Murphy) is back where he doesn't belong, this time going deep, deep, deep undercover to stop a gang of international munitions smugglers. Also returning are Judge Reinhold and John Ashton as Murphy's crime-busting sidekicks, ready to unleash blazing gunfire alongside rapid-fire gags.

• Yokohama BJ Blues (Limited Edition) | Blu Ray | (16/12/2024) from £17.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  When his police detective best friend is killed, down-at-heel private eye and part-time blues singer BJ (Yusaku Matsuda, The Game Trilogy) gets the blame. He must start his own investigation to clear his name, but what he uncovers is a tangled web involving crooked cops, drug-dealing gangsters, the city's underground gay and biker scenes, and even his own past. A loose remake of Robert Altman's The Long Goodbye that also draws from Visconti's Death in Venice, this was Matsuda's break with his action hero image. Samurai movie veteran Eiichi Kudo (The Fort of Death) relishes his chance at directing a neo-noir that captures urban Japan at the height of 1980s decadence. LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES High-Definition digital transfer, world premiere on Blu-ray Uncompressed mono PCM audio Interview with star Mari Hemmi Interview with screenwriter Shoichi Maruyama Interview with writer and Yokohama expert Toru Sano on the film and a look at the locations Trailer Newly translated English subtitles Reversible sleeve featuring designs based on original posters Limited edition booklet featuring new writing by Dimitri Ianni on Toei Central Film, a subsidiary of Toei studios famed for releasing Pink Films and independent productions such as Yokohama BJ Blues and an archival review of the film

• Silence Of The Lambs / The Usual Suspects / Fargo | DVD | (04/10/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Fargo: William H. Macy plays Jerry Lundegaard a Minneapolis car salesman who is by all accounts a loser. He is desperately in debt so decides to hires two thugs (who are bigger losers than he is) to kidnap his wife in the hope that his wealthy father-in-law (who bullies him regularly) will pay the ransom. When one of the kidnappers goes off the rails and events career out of control it falls to Marge Gunderson Chief of the Brainerd Police Department to set things right. The Usual Suspects: Held in an L.A. interrogation room Verbal Kint (Spacey) attempts to convince the feds that a mythic crime lord not only exists but was also responsible for drawing him and his four partners into a multi-million dollar heist that ended with an explosion in San Pedro harbor - leaving few survivors. But as Kint lures his interrogators into the incredible story of this crime lord's almost supernatural prowess so too will you be mesmerized by a lore that is completely captivating from beginning to end! Silence Of The Lambs: A psychopath known only as Buffalo Bill is kidnapping and murdering young women across the midwest. Believing it takes one to know one the FBI send in Agent Clarice Starling to interview an insane prisoner who may provide psychological Dr. Hannibal Lecter. Brilliant yet psychotic with a taste for cannibalism Lecter will only help Starling in exchange for details and secrets about her own complicated life. This twisted relationship forces Starling not only to face her own inner demons but leads her face-to-face with a demented killer an incarnation of evil so overwhelming she may not have the courage or strength to stop him. Horrific disturbing spellbinding. This thriller set the standard by which all others are measured.

• Motorpsycho: | Blu Ray | (28/04/2025) from £34.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Just prior to FASTER, PUSSYCAT! KILL! KILL!, producer / director / co-writer and cinematographer Russ Meyer first unleashed his singular vision of full-throttle violence and vengeance with this 1965 shocker.When a trio of psycho bikers launches a sexual assault and murder spree in a desert town, the local veterinarian (Alex Rocco of THE GODFATHER fame in his screen debut) teams with a rage-ravaged vixen (the incredible Haji in her own first film role) to settle the score. Steve Oliver (WEREWOLVES ON WHEELS), Lane Carroll (THE CRAZIES), Timothy Scott (THE FARMER) and Russ himself co-star in this slick, violent and well made (Variety) Meyer milestone, now scanned in 4K from the original negative restored by The Museum of Modern Art with new and archival Special Features curated by Severin Films in association with The Russ Meyer Trust.UHD:Audio Commentary with Film Historian Elizabeth Purchell and Filmmaker Zach ClarkTrailerBLU-RAY:Audio Commentary with Film Historian Elizabeth Purchell and Filmmaker Zach ClarkDesert Rats On Hondas Interviews With Stars Haji and Alex RoccoTrailer

• The Honourable Woman | DVD | (01/09/2014) from £13.05   |  Saving you £11.94 (91.49%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Written and directed by Bafta winner Hugo Blick and starring Maggie Gyllenhaal The Honourable Woman is a fast-paced thriller set against an international backdrop. As a young girl Nessa Stein witnessed the assassination of her father by the armed wing of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation. Now in her late thirties Nessa is at the forefront of the Middle East peace process. Ennobled for her campaigning work the newly made Baroness must fight forces that are conspiring against her as she awards a highly lucrative contract to a Palestinian businessman. When he is subsequently killed Nessa and her brother come under the close scrutiny of Whitehall and the Secret Intelligence Service. Set against the gripping backdrop of government paranoia and espionage The Honourable Woman tells the story of one woman's personal journey to right the wrongs conducted in a past life.

• The Killing - Season 2 | DVD | (19/12/2011) from £17.99   |  Saving you £27.00 (150.08%)   |  RRP £44.99

  The emergency services receive a chilling phone call from a distraught man unable to find his wife. Reports later reveal that a woman was stabbed 21 times in a fatal attack. Sarah Lund is recalled by Lennart Brix. In the gripping return of the BAFTA Award-winning series, Sarah Lund returns to Copenhagen to investigate a savage murder when an ex-soldier who served in Afghanistan is savagely killed. Parallel to Lund, both the Minister of Justice and an escaped convict are also desperately searching for the murderer. They are the protagonists of a twisting tale of top-level cover-ups, betrayals and lies set in a time of fear – that of Islamic terrorism.

• White Mischief | DVD | (26/09/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

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• American Hustle | DVD | (08/01/2014) from £4.98   |  Saving you £17.00 (568.56%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A fictional film set in the seductive world of one of the most stunning scandals to rock the United States American Hustle tells the story of brilliant con man Irving Rosenfeld (Christian Bale) who along with his equally cunning British partner and lover Sydney Prosser (Amy Adams) is forced to work for a wild unhinged FBI agent Richie DiMaso (Bradley Cooper). DiMaso pushes them into a world of Jersey powerbrokers and mafia that's as dangerous as it is enchanting. Jeremy Renner is Carmine Polito the passionate volatile New Jersey political operator caught between the con-artists and Feds. Irving's unpredictable wife Rosalyn (Jennifer Lawrence) could be the one to pull the thread that brings the entire world crashing down. Like David O. Russell's previous films American Hustle defies genre hinging on raw emotion and life and death stakes.

• The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires | Blu Ray | (16/10/2023) from £13.21   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Professor Van Helsing (Peter Cushing) and Count Dracula (John Forbes-Robinson) meet again in this spectacular kung fu horror set in the village of Ping Kuei. After learning about the seven golden vampires of the village, Hsi Ching, Vanessa Buren and Mai Kwei offer to guide Van Helsing and his son to Ping Kwei to free it from the curse of Count Dracula. Throughout their journey, the group encounter several unwanted attackers until they arrive at the golden vampires' derelict temple, inhabited by Dracula. It is here, in this eerie place, where Van Helsing and the Count begin a battle-to-the death where good and evil collide, and only one man is left standing.

• Mayor of Kingstown: Season One | DVD | (17/10/2022) from £16.96   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  From Academy Award® nominee Taylor Sheridan, co-creator of Yellowstone, and Hugh Dillon, Mayor of Kingstown follows the McLusky family - power brokers in Kingstown, Michigan, where the business of incarceration is the only thriving industry. Tackling themes of systemic racism, corruption and inequality, the series provides a stark look at their attempt to bring order and justice to a town that has neither.With an impressive line-up of star power, including two-time Academy Award® nominee Jeremy Renner, Golden Globe®, Emmy® and Academy Award® winner Dianne Wiest, and five-time Emmy® nominee Kyle Chandler, and packed with special features, Mayor Of Kingstown is a must-add to your DVD collection. Product Features Behind the Stories Perdition: Making Mayor of Kingstown Zero Sum Game: The Finale Inside Mayor of Kingstown People of Kingstown Cast Favourite Scenes

• Tarantula | Blu Ray | (24/04/2017) from £14.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Classic 1950s sci-fi. Philanthropic Dr Reemer (Leo G. Carroll) has developed a new radioactive serum that can make animals grow at an enormous rate, and he plans to use it to help solve the world's food shortage. But when an accident in the lab leads to the serum infecting a tarantula, the situation suddenly becomes much more serious. Escaping into the desert, the deadly giant tarantula starts hunting human prey, and it's up to square-jawed doctor Matt Hastings (John Agar) and Reemer's assistant Stephanie (Mara Corday) to track it down and destroy it.

• Kiss Me Deadly | DVD | (04/08/2003) from £17.99   |  Saving you £-5.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A terrific film noir full of skewed camera angles and mysterious whose-shoes-are-those shots, Kiss Me Deadly is about as dark and exciting as noir gets. A young woman (Cloris Leachman) in bare feet and a trench coat throws herself into the traffic to flag down help and the car she stops belongs to detective Mike Hammer. Not even 15 minutes into the film and there's already been a murder, a mysterious letter, an attempt to kill Hammer and, of course, a warning to stay out of it. Hammer, tired of lowlife divorce cases, smells something big and can't let it go. Mike Hammer is a detective so cool he can win a fight with nothing more than a box of popcorn as a weapon; he knows his opera singers as well as his amateur prize-fighters and he makes the ladies swoon--but he's far from a conventional hero. In fact, he's emphatically not a nice guy; Hammer happily whores out his secretary-girlfriend Velma to cinch up those divorce cases and has a penchant for slamming other people's fingers in drawers. Even the bad guys know he's a sleazebag ("What's it worth to you to turn your considerable talents back to the gutter you crawled out of?"). Ralph Meeker plays Hammer's ambivalence brilliantly, swinging easily between sexy and just plain mean. --Ali Davis

• End of Days | Blu Ray | (25/11/2024) from £14.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The hit 90's action thriller arrives in the UK for the first time on Blu-Ray!With the millennium approaching, a series of disturbing signs suggests that Satan has returned to Earth and is walking the streets of New York City. The fate of the Earth is left in the hands of ex-cop turned bodyguard, Jericho (Schwarzenegger), who not only must prevent Armageddon, but must also try and protect a young woman whose death - according to the Church - is the only way to avert disaster.Directed by Peter Hyams (2010, Timecop, Outland), and written by Andrew W. Marlowe (Hollow Man, Air Force One), Arnols Schwarzenegger stars alongside Emmy nominees Gabriel Byrne (The Usual Suspects, Miller's Crossing) and Mark Margolis (Breaking Bad, Pi), and Oscar winner Rod Steiger (In the Heat of the Night, On the Waterfront).