Thriller & Mystery > 5 GBP to 10 GBP Thriller & Mystery

Advantages: Excellent detective yarns. Beautiful scenery.
Disadvantages: Suffers from mis-casting

...his brilliant collection of Inspector Rebus novels about the paranoid, screwed up, hard drinking Scottish police inspector. ~ ~ Rankin is one of the UK’s top crime writers. Originally from Fife in Scotland, he is now based in the Scottish capital of Edinburgh, where his fictional detective, John Rebus, has his beat. He has won a number of “Golden Dagger” awards for his Rebus novels, and when a new book is published, it invariably shoots to the top ...
...before someone decided to transfer Rebus to the silver screen. Or in this case the TV screen, as Scottish Television originally released the three novels featured on this DVD as a series of stand-alone episodes in conjunction with a production company called Clerkenwell Productions. Quite how I managed to miss the original screening of Rebus on TV is a bit of a mystery, but at least I was able to get my hands on this DVD after reading about its ... Read review

Advantages: It is based on real life notorious Mobster Frankie Fraser
Disadvantages: This film may dont be everyone's cup of tea due to the volience showed

Gangster No.1 was released in 2000 where Lock, Stock and Two smoking Barrels and Snatch where the two highly praised best British Gangster films. With these two gangster films out Gangster had a lot to live up to, and it did just.that. The violent story of the rise and fall of an East End London gangster, starting in swinging 1968 Soho, and spanning 30 years it shows brutal murder, sticking torture coming from the eyes of the victim and also by ...
...at a deluxe London hotel, Gangster now aging sits at the top of the table, (played by Malcolm McDowell) becomes upset when hearing...is due to be released from prison. He leaves and he remembers in flashbacks how his young self (played by Paul Bettany) first joined the vicious mob. The year 1960, the swinging 60s where in London, money and woman where plentifully and gangs fought round every corner for power and the position King of underworld. ... Read review

Advantages: none that stand out
Disadvantages: too many irrelevant characters involved

~ Story Outline ~ Based on the bet-seling novel by Richard Price, this explosive thriller starring Samuel L. Jackson (1994, Best Supporting Actor, Pulp Fiction) and Jullianne Moore (2002, Best Actress, Far From Heaven) and Golden Globe winner Edie Falco ("The Sopranos"). When Brenda Martin (Jullianne Moore) claims her car was stolen with her son in the backseat, the chilling accusation sparks an intense investigation led by Detective Lorenzo Council ...
...into an explosive nightmare of suspicion and accusation, and a search for the truth leads to raial tension, disturbing revelations, and a shocking ending. ~ Special Features ~ 'Writing Freedom Land' Featurette 'Race on the job' Featurette 'The look of Freedom Land' Featurette Deleted Scenes ~ Subtitles ~ English (hard of hearing) - Movie only Dutch English Estonian Hindi Lithuanian Spanish ~ Languages ~ Catalan English Spanish ~ ... Read review

Advantages: Cusack, Setting, Twist!
Disadvantages: only on for 87 minutes, hard-core horror fans will not appreciate it fully

Identity is a thriller from director James Mangold, (the writer/director of Girl Interrupted, Cop Land and Heavy) and producer Cathy Konrad (Scream 1, 2 & 3, Cop Land, Girl Interrupted), featuring an all-star ensemble cast including John Cusack, Ray Liotta, Amanda Peet, Alfred Molina, Jake Busey, Clea DuVall and Rebecca De Mornay. Certificate 15 years and over Year 2003 There is a heavy rainstorm, and ten travellers are forced to seek refuge at ...
...shelter. There is a killer among them and, one by one, they are murdered. The dead begin to outnumber the living and one thing becomes clear- that each of them has something such as a characteristic that has drawn to the motel- not by accident. Special Features (of the Blu-Ray disc): * Director's Commentary * Writer's Commentary * Deleted Scenes with optional commentary * Storyboard Comparisons * On set featurette This film can be bought ... Read review

Advantages: Molly Parker & Callum Rennie
Disadvantages: Don't go if you want to be cheered up.

Suspicious River is a Canadian film which is showing at the London Film Festival. It tells the tale of Leila, a bored young wife who dreams of escaping her life for something new and exciting. In order to achieve this, she begins doing sexual favours for the guests in the motel where she works. When Gary Jensen walks in, she becomes more emotionally involved and the story develops. The film suffers a little from over-use of very obvious symbolism ...
...go and watch this film if you are easily shocked. It is redeemed by the performances of Molly Parker and Callum Rennie in the 2 central roles, but overall I found it slightly slow moving. Having said that it does keep popping into my head several days after seeing it so I guess it must have had the right effect. ... Read review