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Deathtrap
Deathtrap (M)  1982
If you were a famed mystery playwright with a devastating string of recent flops, what would you do for a can't-miss thriller script? Beg for it? Pay for it? Pray for it? Kill for it? Get snared in Deathtrap , the fiendishly funny film version of Ira Levin's Broadway hit starring Mic...   more
Mission Impossible (HD DVD)
Mission Impossible (HD DVD) (M)  1996
Tom Cruise stars as Ethan Hunt, a secret agent framed for the deaths of his espionage team. Fleeing from government assassins, breaking into the CIA's most impenetrable vault, clinging to the roof of a speeding bullet train, Hunt races like a burning fuse to stay one step ahead of his pursuers...and...   more
Styx
Styx (M)  2001
After taking part in a botched robbery attempt, Nelson Reedy is content to put the past behind him and live the legitimate life. His pursuit of the idyllic life comes to a screeching halt when his gambaholic brother, Mike, finds himself in serious debt and persuades his brother to take part in anoth...   more
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (M)  2003
ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER is back and he “commands the screen” as THE TERMINATOR in this long-awaited new installment in one of the most exciting movie franchises ever. NICK STAHL, CLAIRE DANES and lethal beauty KRISTANNA LOKEN also star in T3 - the year’s biggest movie event that “completely lives up t...   more
Topkapi
Topkapi (G)  1964
A small-time con-man with passport problems gets mixed up with a gang of world-class jewelry thieves plotting to rob the Topkapi museum in Istanbul. Turkish intelligence, suspecting arms smuggling, gets involved, and under pressure the con-man rises to heights he'd never dreamed of.   more
Pusher
Pusher  (MA15+)  1996
A furious, hyper-realistic window into the very bottom of the Copenhagen underworld, the blockbuster hit Pusher, the debut feature from its 25-year-old director, tells the story of Frank (Kim Bodia), a grunting, down-on-his-luck pusher who defaults on a major deal after his dim-witted friend Tonny (...   more
Repo Jake
Repo Jake (M)  1990
Jake Baxter takes a job as a repoman with hopes of living the quiet life. Plans go sour when he is whipped into supersonic action.   more
Ghost, The
Ghost, The (MA15+)  2000
A provocative action thriller about a mysterious young woman, Jing, who becomes a legendary assassin for the Chinese Tong. She owes her life to the Tong and is fiercly loyal to their criminal family. Strikingly beautiful and skilled in weaponry and martial arts, she is the ultimate killing mach...   more
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (HD DVD)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (HD DVD) (M)  1991
In 'The Terminator', the Machines who rule the future sent an unstoppable machine to assassinate the yet unborn John Connor - the future leader of the resistance. They Failed. In Terminator 2: Judgment Day, The Machines will try again. Sarah Connor and her now teenage son won't face the liquid metal...   more
Casino Royale (Blu-ray)
Casino Royale (Blu-ray) (M)  2006
Casino Royale introduces James Bond before he holds his licence to kill. But Bond is no less dangerous, and with two professional assassinations in quick succession, he is elevated to "00" status. Bond's first 007 mission takes him to Madagascar, where he is to spy on a terrorist, Mollaka (Sebastien...   more
Bullet Down Under
Bullet Down Under (M)  1994
Martin Bullet is a former L.A. cop who moves down under to Sydney, Australia to escape his troubled past. He joins their police force and is paired with a maniacal no-nonsense cop whose partner was recently killed. International intrigue follows, as they are pitted against a viscious crime syndicate...   more
Mission Impossible 3 (Blu-ray)
Mission Impossible 3 (Blu-ray) (M)  2006
Super-spy Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) has retired from active duty to trains new IMF agents. But he is called back into action to confront the toughest villain he's ever faced - Owen Davian (Philip Seymour Hoffman), an international weapons and information provider with no remorse and no conscience. Hun...   more
Venomous
Venomous (M)  2002
At a secret laboratory in the Mojave Desert, a renegade scientific unit of the U.S. military has been working on a top-secret project involving the breeding of rattlesnakes with a highly contagious and lethal virus. However in a botched effort to steal the snakes, terrorists destroy the lab ...   more
Jaws
Jaws (M)  1975
This Special 25th Anniversary Collector's Edition is Digitally Mastered and contains exclusive footage, interviews, and behind-the-scenes material. Steven Spielberg directed this classic film that became one of the most enduring action-suspense films of all time. "JAWS" was an instant blockbuster, a...   more
King Kong (HD DVD)
King Kong (HD DVD) (M)  2005
From director, Peter Jackson - the iconic story of the gigantic ape captured in the wild and brought back to civilisation where he meets his tragic fate. Naomi Watts plays Ann Darrow, an actress from the world of vaudeville who finds herself out of a job in Depression-era New York. Her luck chang...   more

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