A crackingly realised biog of a man who relentlessly dodged death with a cocky ambivalence that frankly defies credulity. 'Mesrine' is stylishly shot, smoothly directed and perfectly, charmingly, sociopathically performed by Cassell. A tight, pacey thriller considerably enhanced by the fact that it's based in, well…fact. This first film takes us from his brutal initiation as a soldier during the horrors of Algeria's fight for liberation to the end of the 1960s via France and French Canada. find out more...

The last few years of Mesrine's life sees him starting to enjoy the fruits of his thievery but this is now a man tortured by his infamy; increasingly, egotistically consumed by his own invincibility. Mesrine part 2 is an odd film in the sense that it feels like half an hour of story dragged out to a feature length running time; Cassel still makes a crackingly charming psychopath mind find out more...

A superb modern thriller in the ultra-hardboiled Jim Thompson mould, in which a trio of criminals, wanted for a brutally murderous drugs heist, converge on a small, quiet Arkansas township where the local cop, treated with contempt by the LA officers in charge of the case, looks forward to a High Noon-style showdown. The asides on racial and sexual inequality are made subtly and succinctly; the performances and pacing are nigh perfect; the violence is explicit, disturbing but never gratuitous; a find out more...

Prepare to be corrupted! The long awaited, but mercifully uncut release of Tarantino's masterpiece means you can now rewind all the nasty bits in the privacy of your own home. A superbly scripted, stunningly stylish study of loyalty and double-dealings amongst underworld gangsters in sharp suits.

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Hyper-violence abounds in this squib-friendly, low budget Yakuza flick. This time the men in shades and black suits are led by 'Chance', a down-on-his-luck, fresh-out-of-jail mafia underling who is firmly in the Yakuza's pocket, doing jobs for his bosses to order. One big job stands between him and his freedom and he puts together a team up to the task: 'Peking Duck', a long term associate; 'Right', a caustic droog and 'Tequila', a good-lookin' psycho-boy. But Chance is about to assert his role find out more...

A burglar finds himself inside a den of ingeniously hideous snares designed to make you, the viewer, squeam.
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As he plans his next job a long-time thief tries to balance his feelings for a middle-class woman, who is connected to one of his earlier heists, against the perils he faces as the FBI look to bring him and his crew down. Ben Affleck’s second feature (his first being ‘Gone Baby Gone’) is a blue-collar crime caper drama with a soupcon of romance and its conscientious use of location, the Charlestown district of Boston, lifts it above your standard genre flick. At times the acting feels a little s find out more...

Chilling and fast-moving thriller as a secret service agent goes out to avenge the death of his partner at the hands of a ruthless money forger. A very violent and stylish movie which has prompted many inferior immitations. Real edge-of-seat action from the director of "The French Connection". find out more...

Frank Martin's back for a little more very well choreographed argy bargy, in a sequel that slaps the face of plotline, kicks the tender parts of believability and snorts derisively at the very notion of script. I loved the stylish, beautifully set up action pieces of the first film but Transporter 2 has out slicked itself and this time NONE of the characters can act. Does the business…but only just. find out more...