A stunning visual account of man's struggle for survival in the 21st Century, a time when replicant life forms are beginning to surpass humans not just in intelligence but emotions, raising questions about our concepts of self. A post-modern sci-fi classic, THE great Hollywood movie of the '80s, the last great pre-computer film done with smoke-and-mirrors SFX and the definitive cult arthouse Sci-Fi film. This is the second version re-edited by Ridley Scott; all the good bits remain, with the onl
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BLADE RUNNER (ORIGINAL) (1982)
Certification15 Our Rating
A stunning visual account of man's struggle for survival in the 21st Century, a time when replicant life forms are beginning to surpass humans not just in intelligence but emotions, raising questions about our concepts of self. A post-modern sci-fi classic, THE great Hollywood movie of the '80s, the last great pre-computer film done with smoke-and-mirrors SFX and the definitive cult arthouse Sci-Fi film. This is the originally released version with no unicorns in a dream, a voiceover to keep y
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CYPHER (2002)
Certification15 Our Rating
Morgan's profession is accountancy but his job, along with his life in general, is going nowhere. In an effort to spice up his drab existence Morgan becomes a corporate spy, a role he at first relishes, but when a beautiful stranger enters his world and implies that all is not as it seems Morgan finds himself drawn into an alternate environment where the consequences for your actions, whether you're aware of them or not, could be lethal.
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DARK CITY (1998)
Certification15 Our Rating
Dark and brooding sci-fi treat from the director of "The Crow". In a city controlled by "The Strangers" - a colony of spooky bald aliens - everything stops at midnight. The citizens' memories are reprogrammed, and their surroundings altered, with everyone waking up in a state of dazed confusion. Everyone that is, except John Murdoch, (Rufus Sewell) who is somehow immune to the induced collective trance, and who knows that the murder rap he is suddenly, supposedly, facing is a nonsense. Sinister
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EDWARD SCISSORHANDS (1991)
CertificationPG Our Rating
A young man is found in an abandoned, gothic mansion, with only scissors for hands. He is promptly whisked off to an even stranger world - the one where normal people live. Tim Burton laces a story that is tragic, fantastic and funny with his stunning visual style, complete with pastel bungalows, surreal shrubbery and grotesque outfits.
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OPEN YOUR EYES (1997)
Certification15 Our Rating
Life has been more than generous to Cesar, handsome, wealthy and truly in love for the first time. Nuria is infatuated with Cesar and as she sees him slipping away from her she becomes maddened with rage, crashing the car that both are in, killing herself and leaving Cesar horrifically disfigured. Open Your Eyes is a dark tale, a deliberately confusing but compulsive blend of reality, fantasy and memory as Cesar attempts to understand what has happened and why he sits accused of murder and insan
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SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE (1972)
Certification18 Our Rating
The film version of Kurt Vonnegut Jr's famous anti-war sci-fi novel. Slipping back and forth along his own life line a suburban optometrist experiences the fire bombing of Dresden and captivity on the planet Trafalmardore. A powerful and seemingly unfilmable book that turned out to be a great movie.
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STRANGE DAYS (1995)
Certification18 Our Rating
In a sleazy underworld in the near future (actually 1999) ex-cop Lenny deals in clips of real life experiences taped directly from the cerebral cortex to be lived by other people. When he receives a 'snuff' disc recording the feelings of someone murdering somebody he happened to know he is drawn deeper into a corrupted power hungry world where life is cheap. A frightening vision of an all too possible future set against the backdrop of an LA descending into racial conflict. Original and challeng
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THE FIFTH ELEMENT (1997)
CertificationPG Our Rating
Luc Besson goes big budget in this hi-tech sci-fi with Bruce Willis as an amiably tongue-in-cheek taxi-driver, Milla Jovovich as the bizarrely bandaged damsel in distress and Gary Oldham as the bad guy with the odd hairdo - and there's even a cameo from Tricky. A movie that delights in firepower, explosions and loudly destructive mayhem but the real stars are Dan Weil's production design, Jean-Paul Gaultier's outlandish costumes and Digital Domain's special effects.
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