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  • Aragami (2003)
    Review preview for Aragami

    Aragami is always intense, often funny, and never cliched.

    Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5
    A samurai fights the god of battle on a dark and stormy night. Out to own on DVD as part of the Duel Project.
  • Downrange (2017)
    Review preview for Downrange

    Despite the limited options available to the young travellers, Kitamura doesn't let the tension slack.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    A group of young people become targets after they are stranded by a tyre blowout.
  • The Midnight Meat Train (2008)
    Review preview for The Midnight Meat Train

    If The Midnight Meat Train starts with what sounds like a bog-standard serial killer premise, it quickly deviates into more uncharted terrains.

    Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5
    A photographer stalks a serial killer who picks off his victims on the LA underground.
  • No One Lives (2012)
    Review preview for No One Lives

    Sealing the deal is a bravura turn from Evans, always charismatic but here downright deadly, acing his American accent and conveying ice-cold menace throughout.

    David Graham · 4 out of 5
    Robbers on the run carjack a killer with a hostage on board.
  • Versus (2000)
    Review preview for Versus

    It all hinges on the spectacular fight choreography of Yuji Shimomura.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    Zombies and samurai battle it out for eternal life.

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