"Director: Sung su Kim"

• Asura: The City Of Madness | DVD | (05/06/2017) from £8.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Detective Han has for years been secretly doing dirty work for the corrupt mayor Park Sungbae. However, when an investigation is raised against the mayor, Detective Han is pressured by a ruthless prosecutor Kim Cha-in to cooperate. Feeling trapped, Han persuades his young partner Sunmo to take over his work for the mayor, but things start to get tangled in unpredictable ways. As things are getting worse, only the most evil survives in the dark and dangerous world.

• Flu | DVD | (30/06/2014) from £6.19   |  Saving you £13.80 (222.94%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Sung-su Kim directs this Korean action film starring Hyuk Jang and Soo Ae. When a shipping container carrying illegal immigrants is opened in Bungang, South Korea, all of the occupants are found to be dead. All, that is, except one man who quickly flees the scene. One of the traffickers who had been in contact with the escapee admits himself to the hospital with flu-like symptoms. Lockdown is declared on the city as it becomes clear there is a deadly strain of H5N1 bird flu infecting its peop.

• The Warrior | DVD | (27/10/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The images of Asif Kapadia's first feature film, The Warrior, sear themselves in the mind: the warrior practising with his sword in front of a half-alive tree, or a close-up of a scorpion scuttling across the desert as a camel cart goes by. Restrained beauty pervades the film in the choice of locations, costumes and the framing of each shot, but those unaccustomed to art cinema will feel the absence of story in this visual, mystical odyssey which uses few words, as looks and images carry the film. Irfan Khan brings a quiet, powerful presence of haunting intensity to the role an Indian "samurai", seemingly a homage to Kurosawa. The warrior has an epiphany after a bloodthirsty encounter that leads him to abandon his life in the desert and head for the pure snows of the Himalayas. This film (that repays repeat viewing and introduces major new talent) is likely to become a landmark. On the DVD: The Warrior's picture quality on disc does justice to the film and the extras are rewarding. The young director is sincere and reflective, as shown in his scene-by-scene commentary and on the deleted material, the latter lasting over an hour. The making of documentary is absorbing. --Rachel Dwyer