A morally ambivalent tale of two policemen involved in various battles; for the top job, to put an end to a violent gang, to protect their snitches and, we are led to believe, in the past over a woman. Both policemen bend the laws beyond the limits of decency to achieve their ends in this dark and gun-slinging thriller set against the backdrop of a neon-lit Paris underworld. find out more...

John Woo's first film has all the hallmarks of his later brand of violent, choreographed gunplay. A revenge actioner with Chow Yun Fat as Mark, who teams up with his imprisoned friend's brother, a cop, to defeat his previous bosses, the notorious yakuza crimelords. Action packed. find out more...

The morally vacuous tale of an architect who goes on a gun-happy vigilante mission after his wife is murdered and his daughter assaulted to the point of catatonia (by a very sleazy looking Jeff Goldblum in his first screen role). Stalking the dark and dingy streets of a New York, where every shadowy corner hides a low-life punk willing to kill you for your loose change, Bronson dispenses his own inimitable brand of justice. Despite its age 'Death Wish' still has the power to pack a punch and its find out more...

Clint Eastwood plays an over-the-top fascist cop prepared to break all the rules in order to nail the "bad guys". Excellent entertainment, oft quoted by US politicians, and a warning to us liberals - keep the buggers under control. find out more...

 

Revered Lieutenant-Colonel Roberto Nascimento and his second in command Aspirante Matias are facing tough times within the corrupt political system of Rio de Janeiro. Following the bloody aftermath of a disastrously handled prison riot, Nascimento gets caught in a lethal political dispute that involves not only government officials, but also the find out more...

When San Francisco's criminal underworld starts getting wiped out you'd think Dirty Harry would be raising his glass in drunken (soon to be unemployed) admiration, but no... Harry's outraged... ‘cause these boys are breaking the law and if there's one thing the monosyllabic Harry can't abide it's law breakers. Lean, hard, brutal and still a PC vacuum "Magnum Force" is either an iconic action thriller or a liberal abomination…. depending upon which side of the fence you're peering over. find out more...

Max Payne is an NYPD police detective who has been unable to focus on a case or connect with another human being since the brutal murder of his wife and child. When Max's police ID is found next to a beautiful corpse he suddenly finds himself directly involved in the dark underworld that is somehow linked to the murder of his family. His only clues are a winged tattoo and a new and highly addictive street drug which causes terrifying and nightmarish hallucinations. The deeper Max digs, the more find out more...

After the murder of eleven Israeli athletes at the 1972 German Olympics the Israeli secret service, Mossad, were sent to wreak terrible vengeance on those it was believed were responsible. Avner is the young man chosen to head up the unit, but as Mossad's assassination team effectively wipes out suspect after suspect he begins to doubt the wisdom of their mission and his ideological faith gives way to guilt and confusion. Munich is an unblemished technical exercise from Spielberg, the action find out more...

Joey Gazelle is a caring family guy, he's also a mobster flunky, then one fateful day he decides to hang on to a gun used in a mob killing and his two worlds collide, because, unfortunately for Joey, his young son's best mate uses the gun to shoot his abusive father, a man linked to the Russian mafia, and our dubious hero has very little time to the find the weapon and the child. No attempt has been made to create this non-stop movie for the under 18 market, so, if you like fast, brutal, violent find out more...

Buddy ‘Aces' Isreal is a Las Vegas showman and an insecure narcissistic waste of space, but, when he turns evidence to the feds on the mob fraternity that he's tried so hard to impress, the fee for his demise is a cool million and there isn't a killer out there who doesn't want the job. 'Smokin' Aces' is a slick, bloody, brutal gun fest, not as sharp as it would like to think but still an entertaining sub-Tarantino flick. find out more...