20th Century Flicks, Bristol

Two brothers, in itself a metaphor, get drafted into the Korean Civil War. The more macho elder one is determined to become a hero in order to win his bookish brother a ticket back to mum and this leads both to him turning into a monster and a serious split between the two. Against the bitter backdrop of a violent war many loyalties are called into question, to brother, family, friend, nation, ideology, nationality and to fellow soldiers, and many are betrayed. This is an awesome, if emotionally find out more...

BULLET IN THE HEAD (1990)

Certification18 Our Rating

Three young Hong Kong hustlers move to Saigon to try and profit, smuggling penicillin and gold, from the war, but their friendship is tested to the limits through greed, betrayal and lust, amid the horrors of a war-torn Vietnam. Comparable to the 'Deer Hunter', this violent epic is the most ambitiously personal and political of John Woo's films, but still comes packed with guns, explosives and balletic action. find out more...

CONTRABAND (2012)

Certification15 Our Rating

Lucy Fife Donaldson says: "Mark Wahlberg is pulled back into the smuggling business when his brother-in-law falls foul of a no-good gang, run by Giovanni Ribisi (who looks and sounds the meanest he has yet). What follows is a fairly standard, but no less fun for it, caper of heist plans and double (double) crosses that goes to Panama and back. If you can’t fall for the easy charm of Wahlberg, not to mention the wiry charisma of Ribisi and Ben Foster, then this is unlikely to be of much find out more...

DEADLY PURSUIT (1988)

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An FBI agent teams up with a tracker to pursue a murderer after he vanishes into the mountains and infiltrates a hiking group.

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DELIVERANCE (1972)

Certification18 Our Rating

One of the best suspense thrillers ever made - often imitated and rarely bettered. It's of the intrepid city adventurers up against in-bred redneck natives mould and the rednecks have the natural advantage, being both horribly cruel and at home in the woods. For anyone who enjoyed "Southern Comfort". find out more...

DIARY OF THE DEAD (2007)

Certification15 Our Rating

More like a modern remake of his original 'Night of the Living Dead' than a sequel, this movie uses vidcam footage to record events not, as in some films, as an annoying gimic, but as a comment on how the media and we, thru' the media, see things. find out more...

DISTRICT 9 (2009)

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Set in Johannesburg (more than a welcome change to the usual formulaic Hollywood paradigm whereby LA or New York are not only the backdrop for disaster but act too as the centre-point of planet Earth), An ominous mothership hovers above Johannesburg containing an alien race of insectoid refugees. Derogatively referred to as 'Prawns' by humans they are cordoned off in an apartheid-esque fashion and forced to live a desolate and slum-like existence in the titular District 9. While forcibly relocat find out more...

DJANGO (1965)

Certification18 Our Rating

One of the finest Spaghetti's in the west! Banned for 25 years, it has lost nothing of its hard-edged impact. The gringos are bad and the law are worse! The hero, Django, dispenses justice from a smoking Gatling gun, and sounds like a dubbed Clint Eastwood. Absolutely superb! find out more...

DJANGO UNCHAINED (2012)

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Another fine offering from Mr Tarantino, with an array of larger-than-life characters, funky tunes and bloody set pieces. A kindly bounty hunter (Christoph Waltz) befriends runaway slave, Django (Jamie Foxx), and the two of them then embark on a romantic adventure of the most violent kind. find out more...

DOOMSDAY (2008)

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A deadly virus erupts in Scotland, turning those that survive into drooling cannibalistic nutters and so the Scots get barricaded in and left to there own unpromising devices. 27 years later the virus breaks out in London and, in a desperate attempt to find a cure, an elite force of scientists and squaddies are sent to reconnoitre the Highlands and Lowlands of Bonnie Prince Charlie's homeland. "Doomsday" is a curious, if ridiculous, fast paced amalgam of �28 Days Later', �Resident Evil' and �Mad find out more...