Releases of the week (Week 41)

The Losers - An elite Special forces unit is sent to the bolivian jungle on a search-and-destroy mission. But the team soon find that they have become the target of a deadly double cross instigated by a powerful enemy known only as Max. Making good use of the fact that they're now presumed dead, the group goes deep undercover in a dangerous plot to clear their names and even the score with Max.




Carlito's Way - Al Pacino cuts a noble figure in this very enjoyable drama by director Brian De Palma (Scarface), based on a pair of books by Edwin Torres. Pacino plays a Puerto Rican ex-con trying hard to go straight, but his loyalty to his lowlife attorney (a virtually unrecognisable Sean Penn) and enemies on the street make that choice difficult. Penelope Ann Miller plays, somewhat unlikely, a stripper who has a romance with Pacino's character. The film finds De Palma tempering his more outlandish moves (think of Body Double or Snake Eyes) just as he did with the popular Untouchables and Mission: Impossible. But while Carlito's Way was not as commercially successful as those two movies, it is a genuinely compelling work graced with a fine performance by Pacino and a surprising one from Penn

Other releases this week:
Patton 360 - The Complete Season One
Universe, The - Season 1-4 (Collector's Box Set)
MacGruber
The Jane Austen Collection
Ladies and Gentlemen... The Rolling Stones
Ben 10: Alien Swarm
Grand Canyon Adventures-River At Risk 3D
Space 1999: The Complete First Series
Ong Bak 3
The Take
Riverdance: Live in Beijing

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