DVD - September 07

Korean Horror 'To Sir With Love' now on English subtitled DVD

Director Im Dae Woong brings a refreshing new lift to the horror genre with this entertaining teen slasher flick. StarringYeo Hyun Soo, Lee Dong Kyu, and Park Hyo Joon. 'To Sir With Love' also marks the big screen return of Lee Ji Hyun (Boss X File). The impressive ensemble cast might not bring much "love", but they deliver plenty of gory scares.

A group of elementary school classmates get together to visit their former teacher Ms. Park (Oh Mi Hee - All For Love), who moved to the countryside after retirement. Sixteen years have passed, but the schooltime memories are still vivid for all involved because of the terrible things she did to her students.

Some of them are left with psychological trauma and even physical impediments from her harsh treatment. Ms. Park, of course, remembers things a little differently. With the students determined for revenge, this school reunion is anything but typical, and the teacher-student relationship gains a new and very striking meaning.

To Sir with Love website

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'Flight of the Living Dead' now on R1 DVD

Never let it be said that we here at 24fps are afraid to dip a toe into the murky waters of American B-Horror, when the occasion warrants it. Just such an event is news of the release of Scott Thomas’s Zombie fest ‘Flight of the Living Dead,’ on DVD. With a high end look that belies its humble budget, ‘Flight’ is by no means a genre buster, but great fun none the less.

Plot summary: "On a flight from Los Angeles to Paris, a mad scientist on the run from the CIA is transporting a sealed coffin containing the body of a colleague infected with a genetically modified virus. While the 747 crosses a violent thunderstorm, the instability of the aircraft allows the corpse to get out of its container. The flesh-eating zombie quickly starts to spread the virus, infecting many of the passengers which now will have to fight for their lives stranded in the air with no way out..."

Flight of the Living Dead Website

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'Straightheads' aka 'Closure' on R1 & R2 DVD

Gillian Andersons revenge thriller ‘Straightheads’ (renamed ‘Closure’ for its American release) hits R1 & R2 DVD this month. Good news for U.S. fans of the film, as they haven't had a chance to see this great thriller before now, mainly due to Sony Pictures woeful failure to give it even a limited theatrical release.

Synopsis:" When Adam (Danny Dyer) is invited by Alice (Gillian Anderson), a woman he has just met, to accompany her to a lavish party in the country he knows he is going to have the best night of his life. Following mind-blowing sex, the pair speed away from the party down a wooded and desolate road in Alice's car. Minutes later, a moment of distraction causes a fateful collision occurs leading to a vicious and brutal attack that results in a consequent vendetta where Adam and Alice must fight violence with violence. A dark and disturbing sexual thriller, Straightheads is a brutal and uncompromising tale of lust, violence and self-preservation." Straightheads trailer

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'Severance' finally on R1 DVD!

Christopher Smith's ('Creep') darkly humorous and at times extremely bloody horror 'Severance,' finally gets released on R1 DVD next week. Starring Danny Dyer and Laura Harris in the story of international arms dealers Palisade Defense who reward its six-member sales division with a weekend team-building retreat in the mountains of Eastern Europe. However, the agenda for their trip quickly changes when the group finds themselves set upon by a renegade band of war-crazed soldiers seeking revenge. Forced to defend themselves, the group of corporate execs finds that while 'there's no I in team', there are a couple in 'kill or be killed.'

Severance Website

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Donnie Yen's 'Flashpoint' on English subtitled DVD

The Donnie Yen-Wilson Yip team return with the blistering actioner Flash Point. The actor-director combo previously made waves with SPL and Dragon Tiger Gate. Flash Point is a return to SPL territory - at least character-wise.

This prequel to SPL finds Yen's Inspector Ma involved in a difficult case versus a trio of deadly Vietnamese gangsters. Inspector Ma's partner Wilson poses as a member of the gang to keep tabs on the trio, leading to the arrest of Archer. However, Archer's cohorts Tony and Tiger are still at large, and will stop at nothing to prevent Wilson and other witnesses from testifying. When they kidnap Wilson's girlfriend to blackmail him, only Inspector Ma is willing to come to his partner's aid - and whoever stands in his way had better watch out!

Cue Donnie for some martial arts mayhem. 'Flash Point' is due out September 28th. Flash Point website

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Russian horror fantasy 'Day Watch' up for pre-order on R1 DVD

Director Timur Bekmambetov's 'Day Watch,' the second installment of the innovative film trilogy (the follow-up to last year's critically-acclaimed Night Watch) is now up to pre order on R1 DVD.

Based on the best-selling horror/sci-fi novels by Sergei Luyanenko, Day Watch revolves around the conflict and balance maintained between the forces of light and darkness -- the result of a medieval truce between the opposing sides. Each side has gained a powerful Great Other, who are headed for a clash, and Anton Gorodetsky is once again caught up in the midst of this conflict.

On one side is Anton's son, Egor, who has joined the ranks of the Dark Others, while Anton's love interest Svetlana is the hope of the Light. But that's just the beginning of his troubles: Anton is on the run after having been accused of murder. Things are getting worse, and only the ancient Chalk of Fate can save the day. The problem is the Chalk was lost 100s of years ago... Disc hits the shelves on Oct 30, 2007.

Day Watch website

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'Invisible Target' now on DVD

Director Benny Chan’s fantastic Cop action pic ‘Invisible Target,’ is about to be released on DVD with English subtitles. The movie stars Nicholas Tse, Jaycee Chan, Shawn Yue, Andy On & Wu Jing.

Synopsis: “Loose cannon cop Chan Chun is perpetually on the edge, having lost his fiancée when she was killed during an armored car heist. Six months later, Chan finally gets a lead on the perps, a gang of vicious Mainland thieves. The thieves are looking for the mysterious person (or the "invisible target") who masterminded the original heist, and then took the money and betrayed their gang - and they're willing to take down as many cops as they need to gain their revenge.

Chan wants them caught, but he's not the only one out for justice; the tough and smartly-dressed Inspector Fong Yik Wei (Shawn Yue) also wants a piece of the action, and rookie cop Wai King Ho (Jaycee Chan) suspects that the thieves may have something to do with his brother, a missing undercover cop. Individually, the three cops can't stop these guys, but through teamwork, righteous determination, and plenty of head-busting, flying-fists action, they just might stand a chance.”

Invisible Target (Official Site)

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