A mysterious Hollywood stuntman, mechanic and getaway driver lands himself in trouble when he helps out his neighbour.
Well, this film looks set to become one of the best of 2011. The cast gets where director Refn is coming, adjusting their performances to pitch-perfect minimalism, where even a twitched muscle can stand out. Gosling has never used his physicality better (he's not given a lot else to work with) and this movie is testament to the power of his screen presence. Even more re find out more...

Martin McGartland was an unemployed Republican fence, a petty crime that led to the IRA kneecapping of his partner. Picked up by the police he soon found himself operating as both an informer for his Special Branch handler, Fergus, with whom he developed a close relationship, and at tremendous risk, infiltrating and moving up within the ranks of the Provos while routinely betraying their activities; the title coming from the 50 murders that it is believed Martin directly prevented. 'Fifty Dead M find out more...

A preppie young Paris based American diplomat is assigned as buddy to gun-toting psycho fellow CIA man Charlie. Charlie has been sent to clear 'les roi' of scum; drug dealers and terrorists normally of Arab or Asiatic origin. Put your PC glasses away and you may enjoy this high octane killing spree with its balletic action scenes. find out more...

Lucky grows up in a South African township in the post-apartheid era and is caught between the desire to go university and the lure of easy money from violent crime.
A decade on an we see him as a struggling taxi-driver before his transformation into a businessman who uses violence to reclaim inner-city Joburg tenement blocks from the drug-dealers and hookers who inhabit them and from the rich white slum landlords who own them. Thus the ambitious gangster realises an aim of the revolution find out more...

A team of maverick young Hong-Kong cops, formed to track down a new breed of funky young gangster, uncover a feud between Japanese criminals and a plot to blow up the HK Convention Centre. Cue lots of stylised mayhem, plenty of special effects and a healthy dollop of arse kickin' in this big budget action-comedy. find out more...

Rennie Cray (Jim Caviezel) has suffered the loss of his wife in a hit-and-run accident. The man responsible is a psychopathic, disabled madman called Fargo, who has turned his car into an intimidating extension of his own body. Rennie has taken it upon himself to track down his wife's killer (reminiscent of the husband's plight in the excellent ‘The Vanishing') and has been driving the American roads for 5 years looking for him. He teams up with a lady who had a near-miss with Fargo in a road tu find out more...

Eight months after a disastrous job in Kiev left him physically and mentally scarred, ex-soldier turned contract killer, Jay, is pressured by his partner, Gal, into taking a new assignment. As they descend into the dark and disturbing world of the contract, Jay begins to unravel once again, his fear and paranoia sending him deep into the heart of darkness. An find out more...

Superbly stylish thriller played out amongst the seedy Paris underworld. A pimp is forced to turn informer when the flics put the hard word on the hooker he adores. Car chases and bar room brawls abound, but it's the painfully real emotions which make this tale of love and betrayal truly outstanding. find out more...

The last of the V8 interceptors takes to the road for the first time. Urban society is in terminal decay and the roads have become an arena for a strange death game between nomadic bikers and young cops in souped up pursuit cars. Less futuristic than the sequels but disturbingly bleak and violent. find out more...

Easily the best of the Mad Max trio. In an apocolyptic post-nuclear war future, where violent scavengers dominate society, our hardened existential hero finds himself forced to side with the remnants of civilization in their desperate battle for survival. find out more...