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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THE TERMINATOR (1984)
Certification15 Our Rating
Our Austrian hero with the long name is superbly menacing in this brilliant, violent thriller as a man and a robot killing machine come back from the future to decide the future of the planet, us or them?
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TOTAL RECALL (1990)
Certification18 Our Rating
Rekall Inc implant the memory of a perfect holiday into your mind. Arnie is a nobody who dreams of living on Mars and what quicker, cheaper, safer way of making his dreams come true than purchasing memory implants; a two-week trip to Mars, first class, with a personal ego-trip as an optional extra. But something goes wrong (or does it?), Quaid has already been to Mars (or has he?), and his memories have been erased (hence those dreams?). Now they want him dead, but has Arnie really been persuade
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VIRTUOSITY (1996)
Certification15 Our Rating
Russell Crowe plays Sid (Sadistic, Intelligent, Dangerous), an abominable amalgamation of some 200 notorious killers created in virtual reality to test L.A's finest. Denzel is the disgraced ex-cop whose only chance of redemption is to stop the unstoppable cyber-psycho. Full-on action thriller.
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WESTWORLD (1973)
Certification12 Our Rating
A futuristic entertainment park has been split into three zones, WesternWorld, MedievalWorld and RomanWorld, each full of human looking robots, and guests are allowed to indulge in their fantasies, including murder and sex. However a series of technical hitches lead to some androids misbehaving and ends with the sinister Yul Brynner stalking the mockup saloons slaughtering unsuspecting tourists.
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WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR? (2006)
CertificationPG Our Rating
General Motors EV-1 electric car was a revelation, a non-fossil fuel form of transport that offered a genuine alternative to the gasoline guzzlers that choke America's roads. So why were they all sent to the knackers' yard? 'Who Killed The Electric Car?' is a fascinating, sad and scarily predictable tale of the oil industry's determination to keep profits up regardless of the short and long term global consequences.
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