After a long, ruthless and successful career in the French mafia, Charly Matteï has decided, very wisely, to hang up his murderous geezer coat and settle down to a quiet, loving, above board life with his family. One frosty morning Mattei is sprayed with bullets, miraculously survives and, to the bloody detriment of all he feels may have played a part in the attempted murder, devotes himself to a brutal revenge. find out more...

An ex-mercenary known for finding missing children is hired by a mixed martial arts fighter whose daughter has been kidnapped.
Something of a return to form for post-'JCVD' Van Damme. If you're missing the muscles from Brussels doing what he does best (no, not drug-induced breakdowns...) then get on this.

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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...

Coining the new term 'action noir' in Korea, director Kim Ji-woon follows up his extraordinary features A Quiet Family and A Tale Of Two Sisters with this blackly comic thriller. Lee Byeong-heon stars as sartorially elegant Sun-woo, a unique character with a curious lifestyle - he's not only the proprietor of a hotel bar but also the right-hand man to the powerful gang leader, Mr Kang. When Kang suspects that his beautiful young mistress Hee-soo might be messing around with another man, he enlis find out more...

When carrying out a hit, assassin Joe always makes use of the knowledge of the local population. On arriving in Bangkok he meets street-kid Kong, who becomes his primary aide. But when Kong is nearly killed, the young lad asks the killer to train him up in the deadly arts, and so, for the first time, Joe finds himself as mentor rather than murderer - an uncharacteristic act of compassion that may well cost him his life. A Hollywood remake of the superior Thai actioner, this is yet another film t find out more...

This DVD features both of Rodriguez's take on the bandito movie. El Mariachi is a tremendously entertaining debut from Rodriguez. A young musician arrives in town looking for work. He is mistaken for a similarly dressed hitman, who has a beef with the local gang boss. The ensuing confusion is beatifully and stylishly filmed, despite the low budget. A must! Rodriguez's remake of his cult hit "El Mariachi" strikes the perfect balance between arthouse and mainstream entertainment. On a one-man mis find out more...

Four adopted brothers set out to avenge their mother's death, but they soon realise that what seemed, at first, to be a random grocery store robbery was no accident. For those who are expecting a film with the incite and acutely observed characters of Singleton's groundbreaking Boyz N the Hood, Four Brothers, a film rooted firmly in the 'let's kick some serious butt' and 'take no prisoners' territory, may disappoint. If you are looking for a solid, high adrenalin, action movie then Four Brothers find out more...

A hard-boiled private dick is hired to retrieve a suitcase, but the pick-up turns nasty and a lot of gangsters get killed. He is then left with little option but violence as he is pursued by a bunch of gun-wielding crims. A pop-pop you're dead who's next violent actioner. find out more...

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Hard-bitten, down at her heels, heavy drinking Julia has little going for her in her life, that is until a barely known widowed Latina neighbour entices her into kidnapping her only son from his rich gringo grandparent and taking him home to Mexico. The amatuerish attempt is somewhat bungled and Julia soon finds herself on the Mexican side of the border with the boy re-kidnapped by seriously nasty dudes. Now she must stop drinking, get her act together and play all sides against each other in a find out more...