DVD REVIEWS

Road Train

Nice photography is marred by muddled plot and dislikeable characters in this Australian-shot horror

Basement

Danny Dyer, Emily Beecham and Lois Winstone star in woeful Brit Horror

Tokyo Gore School

High school bullies find themselves targets in deadly underground social network game

The Killing Machine

Dolph Lundgren directs and stars in effective dtv thriller

The Last Seven

Effective, slick British horror about seven strangers who find themselves in a deserted London

Donnie Yen on top form as a deadly soldier betrayed by his own men

Largo Winch

An excellent adaptation of the French comic-book hero

Jackie Chan and the Kung Fu Kid

A young boy runs away from home to try and find his idol, Jackie Chan

Animals

Naveen Andrews and Marc Blucas co-star in werewolf splatterpunk tale

Perrier's Bounty

Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson and Jim Broadbent in dark comedy/crime caper

Invisible Target

One of the best Summer Blockbusters you'll see this year.

Hierro

Spanish psycho thriller in which a young mother searches for her missing son

Sons of the Wind: Bangkok Ninja

French Parkour meets Thai action, with mixed results

The Perfect Sleep

Very stylish and action-packed film noir, marred by too much narration

Chanbara Striptease

quaint and charming low budget samurai sexploitation!

Bulletface

stylish girls'n'guns thriller from Albert Pyun!

Bubba Ho Tep

Bruce Campbell is Elvis - the cult classic hits blu ray!

Kaiji - Ultimate Gambler

Death Note's Tatsuya Fujiwara stars in another manga adaptation

Storm Warriors

The Pang brother's big budget, dull, boring extravaganza

Baseline

London gangster pic set in and around an East End nightclub

Cargo

Small sci-fi story, excellent special fx

A Force of Five

Four kids take on terrorists in a hospital to rescue a heart transplant!

Hidden Fortress: The Last Princess

A "reworking" of Kurosawa's classic samurai tale, borrowing a lot from Star Wars!

After Dusk They Come

Effective Survival Horror starring Jewel Staite and Kellan Lutz

Cult Spaghetti Western Boxset

Remastered prints of Django, Keoma and Bullet for the Genral, all in one box!

Martin

George A Romero's classic "modern Vampire" movie, gets the A-List treatment from Arrow and Cult Labs.

Mulan

Epic retelling of the myth of Hua Mulan, co-starring Jaycee Chan

Twelve

Chee Keong Cheung's innovative martial arts tournament movie given a wider release

Love Goddess of the Cannibals

Sirpa Lane and "Melissa" co-star in Joe D'Amato's sleazy Caribbean postcard

The Dam Busters

Classic WW2 movie, newly remastered

A Prophet

A searing prison-set crime thriller

Scott Adkins and Marko Zaror face off in near-perfect tournament movie

Eagles Over London

Enzo Castellari's spirited WW2 adventure

Robo Geisha

More cyber-gore craziness from the makers of Machine Girl

Night Driver

More Low-budget martial arts mayhem from Ara Paiaya

20th Century Boys - Complete Saga

a truly epic sci-fi tale

Martial Arts Masterpiece.

Lizard in a Woman's Skin

Trippy and Lurid Murder mystery from Lucio Fulci

City of the Living Dead

Arrow films do justice to another one of Fulci's classics

Bodyguards and Assassins

Benny Chan directs Donnie Yen, Nicholas Tse and Leon Lai in an action-packed epic

Sky Crawlers

Mamoru Oshi delivers what his fans expect: philosophical issues wrapped in sumptuous animation

The Graves

Oh Dear - Wayfarer wasn't impressed with this low-budget horror...

Astro Boy

Freddie Highmore and Nicolas Cage lead an all-star voice cast in a surprisingly mature animated film