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...

US Army Sergeant Will James, Sergeant JT Sanborn and Specialist Owen Eldridge comprise the Bravo Company's bomb disposal unit and it is their 38 days together in the chaotic and bloody period following the US/UK led occupation of Iraq that we closely follow. Sanborn plays it by the rules, Eldridge is insecure about his soldiering role and James is seen by his colleagues as a dangerously committed loose cannon and a threat to their survival chances. Hurt Locker is a slick, well directed, performe find out more...

If you thought The Raid was a kinetic trip, you'll be super impressed by the mad-cap onslaught that opens this beaut of an action-thriller. Sook-hee has a ridiculous back story of woe that lead her to kill an entire building full of bad dudes. Surviving, only to be caught by some mysterious authorities, Sook-hee undergoes new, intensive training to work as an assassin for the state - or is she working for the bad guy? There's a stolen diamond, broken hearts and styli find out more...