Set in Orange County, California, in an age where America has lost its ‘war on drugs', a reluctant undercover cop is ordered to start spying on his friends, the consequence of which is a paranoid journey into the absurd, where identities and loyalties are impossible to decode and even your own motives become unclear. Scanner Darkly is a cautionary tale of drug use based on the novel by Philip K Dick and born of his own experiences. Like a graphic novel come to life, the film uses live action pho find out more...

By day, Dexter Morgan is a jovial blood spatter expert working for the Miami Metropolitan Police Department's forensic lab, but by night he is a disciplined and murderous psychopath who stalks the city dispensing his own inimitable brand of punishment to those murderers, rapists and all-round-bad-guys who have managed to evade justice. find out more...

By day, Dexter Morgan is a jovial blood spatter expert working for the Miami Metropolitan Police Department's forensic lab, but by night he is a disciplined and murderous psychopath who stalks the city dispensing his own inimitable brand of punishment to those murderers, rapists and all-round-bad-guys who have managed to evade justice. find out more...

By day, Dexter Morgan is a jovial blood spatter expert working for the Miami Metropolitan Police Department's forensic lab, but by night he is a disciplined and murderous psychopath who stalks the city dispensing his own inimitable brand of punishment to those murderers, rapists and all-round-bad-guys who have managed to evade justice. find out more...

By day, Dexter Morgan is a jovial blood spatter expert working for the Miami Metropolitan Police Department's forensic lab, but by night he is a disciplined and murderous psychopath who stalks the city dispensing his own inimitable brand of punishment to those murderers, rapists and all-round-bad-guys who have managed to evade justice. 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...

From Hong Kong's king of action, John Woo, comes a high-tech adventure which has maximum visual thrills and zero credibility, but is none the worse for it. Good guy John Travolta demonstrates his loyalty to the F.B.I in spectacular style by having the face of psycho killer Nicolas Cage transplanted on to his own, in order to save L.A from a huge Special Effect. Cage, meanwhile, in characteristically maniacal mode, has decided to add to the confusion by pilfering Travolta's endearingly twinkly fe find out more...

This film, which sparked off the reactionary Rambo series, is a gem. Stallone plays a skilled jungle fighter, who finds himself a social outcast on his return from Vietnam, and makes war with the authoritarian uniformed forces whom he once represented. Both cool on action and politically PC, a must watch for those who think the Rambo character was purely a demented racist imperialist with a ridiculously accurate gun. find out more...

Brilliantly directed story about a psychotic Hollywood scriptwriter, who is suspected of murder but given a false alibi by his gorgeous neighbour. Bogart's character never lets up and you're never sure if he's guilty or not, and nor is his lovestruck neighbour. As the police close in, it develops into a beautifully tense psychological thriller, did he do it and will the girl stand by her man? Awesome, awesome, awesome!!! find out more...

Tense and engaging account of contemporary Parisian street life. The recriminations against the notorious police for an injured friend are realised by a documentary style of film making with voyeuristic undertones. Violently realistic and bitter drama. Excellent soundtrack. find out more...