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THE DEBT (15)
A remake of the 2007 Israeli thriller 'Ha-Hov', directed by Matthew Vaughn. Helen Mirren stars as Rachel Singer, one of three Mossad agents who, in 1965, tracked down and killed an infamous Nazi war criminal. Now 30 years on, a man in the Ukraine is claiming to be that same Nazi. Rachel is requested to go back on the case to discover the truth. Ciaran Hinds and Tom Wilkinson co-star as former Mossad agents. (113 mins)

ABDUCTION (12A)
Taylor Lautner stars in this action thriller about a young man who sets out to uncover his true identity. Nathan is an ordinary teenager whose life is blown apart when a classmate spots his baby picture on a missing persons website. Nathan begins to suspect that his parents are in fact secret agents and must fight tooth and nail to get to the bottom of the sinister plot behind his so-called reality. Maria Bello, Alfred Molina and Sigourney Weaver co-star. (106 mins)

TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY (15)
Cold war thriller, based on the best-selling novel by John Le Carre, in which a semi-retired intelligence officer is assigned the task of uncovering a high-ranking Soviet agent within MI6. A British agent discovers that there may be a Russian agent operating at a high level in MI6 & George Smiley (Gary Oldman), an old hand in intelligence circles, and his associate are assigned the task of tracking down the agent. This critically acclaimed cold war thriller boasts immaculate production values & a superlative cast, including Colin Firth, John Hurt, Toby Jones, Benedict Cumberbatch, Mark Strong & Tom Hardy. (127 mins)

DRIVE (18)
Los Angeles set chase thriller from Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn. Ryan Gosling stars as Driver, a Hollywood stunt performer who also works as a getaway driver for jewellery heists and bank robberies. But when a job involving the ex-con, soon-to-be-ex-husband (Oscar Isaac) of his pretty young neighbour Irene (Carey Mulligan) goes horribly wrong, Driver ends up on the run with a bag of loot in the boot of his car and a pair of gangsters (Ron Perlman and Albert Brooks) hot on his tail. (100 mins)

HANNA (12A)
Joe Wright directs this adventure thriller starring Saoirse Ronan, Cate Blanchett and Eric Bana. Raised deep in the Finnish wilderness by her ex-CIA agent father Erik, teenager Hanna has been carefully trained throughout her childhood to become the perfect assassin. Finally judged by her father to be ready, she sets out across Europe to carry out her deadly assignment. On her trail is Marissa, a ruthless intelligence agent with a few dark secrets of her own. A fascinating & gripping thriller with excellent performances. (111 mins)

LIMITLESS (15)
Based on Alan Glynns novel The Dark Fields, starring Bradley Cooper and Robert De Niro. A failed writer discovers a designer drug that makes him the sharpest thinker on the planet which he uses to propel himself into the world of high finance. Unfortunately the side-effects start to affect his mind & he finds himself on the run from dangerous factions in this fast paced, exhilarating techno thriller. (105 mins)

SOURCE CODE (12)
The director of the acclaimed Moon (Duncan Jones), helms this sci-fi action thriller starring Jake Gyllenhaal. An experiment, known as the Source Code, enables its subjects to take on a persons identity for the last eight minutes of their lives. A soldier has been programmed to relive the bombing of a Chicago commuter train over and over again, piecing together clues until he can figure out who the suspect is and prevent another large-scale terrorist attack. (93 mins)

FAIR GAME (12)
Absorbing political thriller based on real events, starring Sean Penn & Naomi Watts. While CIA Agent Valerie Plame is leading a covert investigation into the presence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, her diplomat husband publishes a controversial article accusing the administration of manipulating intelligence. When Plames identity is revealed, her overseas contacts are placed in mortal danger, and Plames career & family life are brought to ruin. (108 mins)

THE LINCOLN LAWYER (15)
Intricately plotted legal thriller based on the bestselling novel. Matthew McConaughey plays criminal defence lawyer Mickey Haller, who works out of the back of his Lincoln car. When Haller takes on rich young real estate broker Louis Roulet as a client, the case seems pretty cut-and-dried.  But as events progress, Haller starts to doubt Roulets veracity & echoes from past cases come back to haunt him. Marisa Tomei, John Leguizamo & William H. Macy co-star. (118 mins)

THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU (12)
Matt Damon and Emily Blunt star in this sci-fi romance thriller based on a short story by Philip K. Dick. Determined young politician David Norris meets and falls in love with ballet dancer Elise. However, David soon realises that a future with Elise is not meant to be as the shadowy agents of destiny, who work for The Adjustment Bureau, intend to sabotage his relationship with her to keep fate running along its pre-ordained tracks. Can David defy destiny? (106 mins)

THE MECHANIC (15)
Jason Statham, Ben Foster and Donald Sutherland star in this remake of Michael Winners 1972 action thriller. When his best friend and mentor Harry is murdered, professional hitman Arthur Bishop sets out to wreak his revenge on those responsible. When Harry's son Steve asks if Arthur will take him on as an apprentice, the two look set to become the deadliest duo in town, but complications arise as the young student starts to outstrip his master. (92 mins)

BRIGHTON ROCK (15)
Rowan Joffe writes and directs this adaptation of Graham Greenes celebrated novel. Updating the story from its original 1930s setting to the 1960s world of mods and rockers, the film stars Sam Riley as Pinkie Brown, a teenage gangster who seduces and marries young waitress Rose after she stumbles upon evidence of a revenge killing carried out by him and his gang. Helen Mirren, John Hurt and Pete Postlethwaite co-star. (89 mins)

UNKNOWN (12)
Liam Neeson and Diane Kruger star in this mystery thriller based on the novel Out of My Head by Didier van Cauwelaert. Dr Martin Harris wakes up from a coma in Berlin, only to discover that another man has assumed his identity in his absence and that no one, not even his wife, appears to realise what has happened. As self-doubt and paranoia take hold, Harris is about to discover just how far he is willing to go to prove the truth and reclaim his life. (113 mins)

UNSTOPPABLE (12)
Tony Scott directs this tense action thriller starring Denzel Washington, Chris Pine and Rosario Dawson. Experienced train engineer Frank Barnes (Washington) finds himself teamed up with young conductor Will Colson (Pine) in a frantic race against time when an unmanned, half-mile long runaway train carrying a cargo of lethal toxic chemicals cuts loose and threatens to wipe out an entire city. (98 mins)

THE AMERICAN (15)
Gripping thriller starring George Clooney as Jack, an assassin working in Europe. When a job in Sweden ends messily, Jack flees to the Italian countryside and vows that his next assignment will be his last. But this simple decision becomes complicated by his sinister new client, his ambiguous relationship with a local prostitute & an elderly priest encouraging him to put his past behind him and seek absolution. Which of these new acquaintances can Jack truly trust? (105 mins)

THE TOURIST (12)
Glossy suspense thriller starring Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie. American tourist Frank Taylor has travelled to Venice in the hope of mending a broken heart. Elise is the mysterious woman who deliberately engineers an encounter with him. Frank soon finds himself caught up in whirlwind of danger, intrigue and sexual attraction as he is drawn ever more deeply into the complex and dangerous affairs of this beautiful and captivating stranger. Beautifully filmed with Paul Bettany & Timothy Dalton. (107 mins)

THE NEXT THREE DAYS (12)
Literature professor John Brennan and his wife Lara have a good life & a happy marriage. When Lara is arrested for a murder she insists she did not commit, John struggles to keep his career and family together while trying to prove Laras innocence. When their final appeal is rejected and Lara becomes suicidal, John decides to take the law into his own hands. Tense, unpredictable thriller with Russell Crowe, Elizabeth Banks & Liam Neeson. (133 mins)

RED (12)
A group of former government assassins fights back against the CIA after they're targeted for knowing too much. This adaptation of Warren Ellis acclaimed DC Comics graphic novels is terrific entertainment – an action comedy that is both exciting & character driven. The vintage cast includes Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich, Helen Mirren, Richard Dreyfus & Ernest Borgnine. (111 mins)

SALT (12)
Filmmaker Phillip Noyce directs this thriller starring Angelina Jolie as dedicated CIA officer Evelyn Salt, who is accused by a defector of being a Russian spy. With each attempt Salt makes to prove her innocence, her mentor, Winter, only grows more suspicious of her true motivations. The longer she eludes capture by ambitious CIA agent Peabody, the higher the stakes get. (96 mins)

THE EXPENDABLES (15)
Explosive action thriller directed by Sylvester Stallone, boasting an ensemble cast of action stalwarts including Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren & Mickey Rourke. A group of professional killers join forces to bring down a South American dictator. With cameo appearances from Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bruce Willis. (99 mins)

INCEPTION (12)
In this Blockbusting sci-fi thriller, Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a professional thief with a difference: the spoils he goes after are the thoughts & secrets buried in the minds of other people. Offered a chance for redemption by reversing the process and planting an idea rather than stealing it, he and his team of specialists find themselves pitted against a dangerous enemy that can pre-empt their every move. Cillian Murphy, Marion Cotillard &  Michael Caine co-star. (145 mins)

THE GHOST (15)
Roman Polanski directs this tense political thriller based on the novel by Robert Harris. A ghost-writer, hired to work on the memoirs of a former British Prime Minister becomes embroiled in a major international scandal involving the mercurial minister, his wife & aids. Unsure who to trust, the Ghost sets out on an increasingly dangerous quest for the truth that leads to a startling discovery with far-reaching implications. But he may not live to write the final chapter. Stunning thriller with Pierce Brosnan, Ewan McGregor, Olivia Williams & Kim Catrall(120 mins)

EDGE OF DARKNESS (15)
Political thriller based on the award-winning BBC series. Thomas Craven (Mel Gibson) is a detective for the Boston Police Department and a single father. When his only child is murdered on the steps of his home, it is assumed that he was the target. But Craven has reasons to suspect otherwise & embarks on a mission to find out about his daughters secret life as a political activist, which takes him into the dark and dangerous territory of government collusion and corporate cover-ups. Ray Winstone and Danny Huston co-star. (125 mins)

SHUTTER ISLAND (15)
Film adaptation of the psychological crime novel by Dennis Lehane, directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo and Ben Kingsley. Federal Marshals are sent to a psychiatric hospital for the criminally insane to investigate the disappearance of multiple murderer. It soon becomes apparent, however, that no one on the sinister island is telling the truth & nothing is what it seem. (145 mins)

THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO (18)
Swedish thriller based on the bestseller by Stieg Larsson. In 1966, teenager Harriet Vanger disappeared from a family gathering on the island owned by her powerful family. 40 years later, a disgraced magazine journalist is contacted by Harriets uncle, asking him to write the history of the Vanger family and find out what happened to Harriet. A history, more sinister and violent than could ever be imagined is unearthed. (145 mins)

SHERLOCK HOLMES (12A)
The great detective returns in this highly entertaining thriller directed by Guy Ritchie and starring Robert Downey Jr, Jude Law & Rachel McAdams. Holmes and Watson engage in a battle of wits and brawn with a nemesis who threatens all of England. Downey Jrs Holmes is a modern, bohemian man of action and intellect, while Law's Watson is no longer the bumbling fool of old, but a much sharper character with an eye for the ladies and a taste for gambling. (125 mins)

HARRY BROWN (18)
Critically acclaimed, gritty British thriller. Harry Brown (Michael Caine) is a widowed ex-serviceman living on a London housing estate. When his only friend is brutally murdered by a gang of thugs, Harry becomes intent on avenging his death, and resorts to his own brand of vigilante-style justice. However, his attempts to clean up the estate inevitably bring him into conflict with the police. (99 mins)

MOON (15)
Critically acclaimed space drama starring Sam Rockwell. After a 3 year solo contract mission on the moon, Sam Bell reflects on the lessons he has learned during his prolonged isolation and looks forward to his reunion with his wife and daughter. But a fortnight before his departure he starts seeing and hearing strange things that lead him to suspect that his employers intend to replace him in a far more sinister way than he imagined. (97 mins)

SURROGATES (12)
Science fiction thriller set in a future where humans live in the safe solitude of their own homes, communicating through duplicate robots acting as surrogates. Bruce Willis stars as FBI Agent Greer who assigns his own surrogate to help him inspect the murder of a college student with links to the creator of the surrogates. As the complex case intensifies, Greer attempts to track down the killer himself and uncover the intrigue surrounding the surrogate facade. (88 mins)

THE TAKING OF PELHAM 123 (15)
Tony Scott directs this remake of the 1974 crime thriller. Denzel Washington is Lieutenant Garber, a dispatcher for the New York City Transit Police who finds himself in a face-off with criminal mastermind Ryder (John Travolta) after an armed gang hijacks a subway train and takes its passengers hostage, threatening to start executing them one by one if they are not paid a hefty ransom within one hour. (106 mins)

DISTRICT 9 (15)
Sci-fi thriller about the tense relationship that exists between a group of aliens who have been living on earth for 30 years and the humans who have been trying to keep them under their control. The aliens live in a place called District 9 in South Africa in squalid conditions under the supervision of a company who are solely interested in exploiting their superior technology to make money. However, for the advanced technology to work, alien DNA is needed (112 mins)


PUBLIC ENEMIES (15)
Johnny Depp stars as charismatic 1930s bank robber John Dillinger, whose exploits thrilled the American public unsympathetic to the banks during the Depression. Despite his folk hero status, Dillinger was declared Public Enemy Number One and became the prime target of a fledgling FBI, headed by Melvin Purvis (Christian Bale). This engrossing & stunningly acted film contrasts Dillingers criminal career & romance with girlfriend Billie (Marion
Cotillard). (139 mins)

ANGELS AND DEMONS (12A)

Mystery thriller based on the best selling novel by Dan Brown. Tom Hanks reprises his role from The Da Vinci Code as religious expert Robert Langdon, who works alongside the beautiful daughter of a murdered Italian physicist, to unravel the clues behind her fathers murder and prevent a terrorist act against the Vatican by resurgents of an ancient secret brotherhood known as the Illuminati, the most powerful underground organisation in history. (140 mins)


12 ROUNDS (12A)

Action thriller starring wrestler John Cena as Detective Danny Baxter, who discovers that his girlfriend Molly has been kidnapped by his old adversary, ex-con Miles Jackson. In order to secure Molly's safe release, Baxter must now battle against the clock to complete 12 rounds of dangerous challenges carefully plotted by Jackson through the streets of New Orleans. (107 mins)


STATE OF PLAY (12A)

Political thriller based on the acclaimed BBC series. With the action transposed from Westminster to Washington, journalist Cal McAffrey (Russell Crowe) as he probes into the suspicious death of the mistress and former research assistant of ambitious Congressman and potential presidential candidate Stephen Collins (Ben Affleck). As he works alongside the police on the case, McAffrey becomes romantically involved with the Congressman's estranged wife. (127 mins)


THE INTERNATIONAL (15)

Clive Owen and Naomi Watts star in this action thriller set in the world of high finance. When obsessive Interpol agent Louis Salinger (Owen) joins forces with Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Eleanor Whitman (Watts) to target corruption and international arms dealing within one of the world's most powerful banking institutions, the pair soon find themselves caught in a deadly cat-and-mouse chase across the globe. (118 mins)


KNOWING (15)
Action thriller starring Nicolas Cage as John Koestler, a teacher who opens a time capsule that has been unearthed in the grounds of his son's school. The capsule contains some chilling predictions, some of which have already occurred, and other still worse prophecies that have yet to happen. With the reluctant help of the daughter and granddaughter of the now-deceased writer of the predictions, Koestler sets out on a race against time to solve the riddles and do what he can to avert destruction on a global scale. (117 mins)


HUSH (15)
In this British thriller, writer Zakes is driving home along the rain-drenched M1 motorway with his girlfriend Beth asleep in the passenger seat. When a near-accident causes him to catch a fleeting glimpse into the back of a white lorry just in front of him, he sees to his horror that it contains a woman tied up and covered in blood. After stopping at the next service station, Zakes returns to his car & is horrified to discover that Beth has gone missing. Could she be the next victim of the owner of the white lorry? (91 mins)

PUSH (12A)
Sci-fi action thriller starring Chris Evans and Dakota Fanning. A group of people with telekinetic and clairvoyant powers are being hunted down by a secret government agency known as The Division, which conducts inhumane experiments on them for their own dubious purposes. Nick Gant, a second-generation telekinetic who has been in hiding in Hong Kong since The Division murdered his father, is forced out of hiding to find a telekinetic who may hold the key to ending The Divisions evil programme. (107 mins)

VALKYRIE (12A)
Director Bryan Singer’s account of the real life plot to assassinate Hitler is essentially a very exciting thriller set in war time rather than an outright war picture. Colonel Stauffenberg (Tom Cruise) returns from the North African campaign disillusioned with Nazi leadership. Together with other like -minded conspirators, an elaborate assassination scheme is hatched. Fascinating and tense with a vintage cast including Terence Stamp, Kenneth Branagh, Tom Wilkinson & Bill Nighy. (120 mins)

THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL (12)
A contemporary re-invention of the 1951 classic in which Keanu Reeves portrays Klaatu, an alien whose arrival on our planet triggers a global upheaval. As governments and scientists race to unravel the mystery behind the visitors appearance, a woman and her young stepson get caught up in his mission – and come to understand the ramifications of his being a self-described “friend to the Earth”. (99 mins)

QUANTUM OF SOLACE
(12)
Agent 007 (Daniel Craig) and M's (Judi Dench) interrogation of Mr White proves no one can be trusted in James Bond's newest action adventure. Fuelled by the betrayal of Vesper, the woman he loved, Bond's determined to track down the mastermind behind White's sinister organisation. He finds an unlikely ally in Camille (Olga Kurylenko), a beautiful but feisty stranger. The trail quickly leads to Dominic Greene (Mathieu Amalric) but with the British Government and the CIA working against him, Bond must kill or be killed on his mission to uncover the truth. (106 mins)

BLINDNESS (18)
A doctor's wife becomes the only person with the ability to see in a town where everyone is struck with a mysterious case of sudden blindness. She feigns illness in order to take care of her husband as her surrounding community breaks down into chaos and disorder. Julianne Moore & Mark Ruffalo star in this bleak drama based on Jose Saramagos Nobel Prize-winning novel of the same name. (121 mins)

MAX PAYNE (15)
Mark Wahlberg delivers an explosive performance in this action-packed thriller based on the legendary, hard-hitting video game. Max Payne is a maverick cop with little regard for rules and nothing left to lose. Hell-bent on revenge, he's determined to track down those responsible for the brutal murder of his family, but his obsessive investigation takes him on a nightmarish journey where dark fantasy collides with stark reality. (100 mins)

FLAWLESS (12)
Set in swinging 1960s London, Demi Moore plays Laura, an ambitious executive at the London Diamond Corporation - frustrated at being passed over for promotion over her male colleagues. Michael Caine is the janitor nursing his own resentments. He convinces Laura to help him execute an ingenious plan to steal a hefty sum in diamonds & together they set in motion a thrilling heist of dizzying proportions, the likes of which London has never seen. (108 mins)

TRANSPORTER 3 (15)
Jason Statham returns as former Special Forces mercenary Frank Martin who has relocated to Paris to continue his business of delivering packages without questions. Only this time someone else is making up the rules as Frank faces a race against time to safely deliver his latest consignment. Can Frank beat the clock to save his life, outwit an ex-Delta Force criminal mastermind, and prevent a global catastrophe? From the Riviera to the Baltic Sea, via Stuttgart and Budapest, its action all the way. (104 mins)

RIGHTEOUS KILL (15)
Two veteran New York City detectives work to identify the possible connection between a recent murder and a case they believe they solved years ago. Is there a serial killer on the loose, and did they perhaps put the wrong person behind bars. Veteran actors Robert De Niro and Al Pacino are reunited for this tense crime thriller. (97 mins)

CHANGELING (15)
Director
Clint Eastwoods critically acclaimed period thriller recounts an incredible true- life event. Angelina Jolie stars as Christine – a single mother whose son disappears in 1928 Los Angeles. When he is seemingly found by the police months later, she protests that he is not her child. However, the corrupt Los Angeles police department, desperate to salvage it’s tattered reputation, conspires to discredit Christine by any means necessary. A harrowing & engrossing drama with top- notch performances. (135 mins)

TAKEN (15)
A former CIA spy has to rely on his old hand to hand combat skills to rescue his estranged daughter, who has been kidnapped in France. Liam Neeson stars in this explosive and nail-biting action thriller. (93 mins)

88 MINUTES (15)
Dr. Jack (Al Pacino) is a shrewed womanizing Forensic Psychologist and professor working with the FBI in Seattle. A tortured past makes him great at what he does. Jack's past is returning to pull him on another roller-coaster as a killer that he helped to put on death row approaches the last minutes of his life in this edge of the seat thriller. (108 mins)

EDEN LAKE (18)
Refusing to let anything spoil their romantic weekend break at an idyllic lake setting, a young couple are terrorized by a gang of loutish youths and fight back with terrifyingly brutal consequences. (91 mins)

THE STRANGERS (15)
After returning from a wedding reception, a couple staying in an isolated house receive a knock on the door in the mid-hours of the night. What ensues is a violent invasion by three strangers, their faces hidden behind masks. The couple find themselves in a violent struggle, in which they go beyond what either of them thought capable in order to survive in this heart pounding thriller (85 mins)

GONE BABY GONE (15)
A little girl is missing in a tough Boston neighborhood, and two private investigators (Casey Affleck and Michelle Monaghan) are asked by the family to assist in the case. But this is no easy case, with twists and turns all the way. Ben Affleck's directorial debut, adapted from the Dennis Lehane novel, is both a tense thriller and an engrossing character study, superbly acted by a terrific cast. With Ed Harris, Morgan Freeman and Amy Ryan. (114 mins)

DONKEY PUNCH (18)
After meeting at a night club in a Mediterranean resort, seven young adults decide to continue partying aboard a luxury yacht in the middle of the ocean. But when one of them dies in a freak accident the others argue about what to do, leading to a ruthless fight for survival. Gruesome and frighteningly tense British horror thriller from debut director Olly Blackburn (99 mins)


WANTED (18)
A frustrated office worker learns that he is the son of a professional assassin, and that he shares his father's superhuman killing abilities. Breakneck, fantasy action thriller with Angelina Jolie, James McAvoy & Morgan Freeman (108 mins)

BOTCHED (15)
Ritchie Donovan is a professional thief whose luck has just run out. The only survivor from a heist that goes terribly wrong, Ritchie is forced to take the rap and is sent to Russia to steal a priceless antique cross, locked in a safe on the penthouse floor of a Moscow skyscraper. Things go rapidly downhill as Ritchie and his Russian accomplices end up trapped by the police on the unused 13th floor in this darkly comic, gory thriller (91 mins)

AWAKE (15)
A psychological thriller that tells the story of a man undergoing heart surgery while experiencing a phenomenon called "anaesthetic awareness," which leaves him awake but paralyzed throughout the operation. As various obstacles present themselves, his wife must make life-altering decisions while wrestling with her own personal drama. Starring Hayden Christensen & Jessica Alba (84 mins)

IN BRUGES (18)
Hit men Ray (Colin Farrell) & Ken (Brendan Gleeson) are ordered by their London boss Harry (Ray Fiennes) to decamp to Flemish city Bruges for a couple of weeks, where they find themselves in weird encounters with locals, tourists, Dutch prostitutes, and a potential romance for Ray in the form of Chloe, who may have some dark secrets of her own. Waiting for Harrys call, their exile eventually becomes a life-and-death struggle of darkly comic proportions and surprisingly emotional consequences. (103 mins)

P2 (15)
It's Christmas Eve, and young New York executive Angela is dismayed to find that her car won't start. The seemingly helpful garage attendant checks out the car for her. The next thing she knows, Angela wakes up, chained to a chair, with a Christmas dinner laid out before her. Angela will have to fight with everything she has to make it through to Christmas morning in this tense thriller (94 mins)


VANTAGE POINT (12)

During an historic counter-terrorism summit in Spain, the US President is struck down by an assassin's bullet. Eight strangers have a perfect view of the kill, but what did they really see? As the minutes leading up to the fatal shot are replayed through the eyes of each eyewitness, the reality of the assassination takes shape. Mind-bending political action-thriller starring Dennis Quaid, Forest Whitaker & Sigourney Weaver. (90 mins)


THE BANK JOB (15)

Thieves organize a foolproof bank hit on Londons Baker street in this exciting heist film starring Jason Statham, the mystery doesn't revolve around the robbery itself.  Instead, when the thieves steal the contents of safe deposit boxes at a London bank, they uncover evidence of deceit and crime that reach all the way to the crown. (110 mins)

DECEPTION (15)

Accountant Jonathan (Ewan McGregor) is living a boring and lonely life before he meets a lawyer named Wyatt (Hugh Jackman) who introduces him to a mysterious club. But Wyatt's exciting existence is far darker than Jonathan could have imagined, and he is soon in over his head. Oscar nominee Michelle Williams co-stars in this dramatic thriller. (108 mins)


NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (15)

Texas, 1980.  Family man Moss (Josh Brolin) stumbles upon the gory aftermath of a drug deal and decides to make off with the 2 million dollars cash. He is hunted across country by local sheriff (Tommy Lee Jones) and remorseless assassin Chigurh (Javier Bardem). Adapted from the novel by Cormac McCarthy, the Coen brothers multiple Oscar winning drama is a searingly tense thriller. The outstanding cinematography of the beautiful Texas landscape is complemented by an outstanding cast, including Kelly McDonald & Woody Harrelson (120 mins)


BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU'RE DEAD (15)

Riveting suspense thriller from acclaimed director Sidney Lumet. The story concerns a dysfunctional New York family. Eldest son, Andy (Philip Seymour Hoffman), is a frustrated, drug-abusing stockbroker. Youngest son, Hank (Ethan Hawke), is passive and struggles to make alimony payments. Their parents (Albert Finney and Rosemary Harris) operate a small jewellery store. Their lives begin to unravel when Andy approaches Hank about pulling off a heist that will seemingly solve all of their monetary problems. (112 mins)


WE OWN THE NIGHT (15)

Set in 1988 New York, this tense crime drama stars Joaquin Phoenix as a Russian nightclub owner who experiences a crisis of conscience when forced to take a side in the drug wars going on all around him. With Mark Whalberg, Eva Mendes & Robert Duvall (113 mins)


MR BROOKS (18)

Mr Brooks (Kevin Costner) receives a "Man of the Year" award but he is a serial killer haunted by the voice of his other self inside his head. Divided between a cold and racional Brooks and an emotional and intuitive alter-ego Marshall (William Hurt), he decides to satisfy Marshall by killing his last victims and then "retiring" to a simple family life. But something goes wrong and he cant leave his life of crime. Gripping psychological thriller (120 mins)


EASTERN PROMISES (18)

In London, Nilolai (Viggo Mortensen) is a chauffeur for the Russian Mafia. He works for powerful Mafia kingpin Semyon and his out-of-control son Kirill. Midwife Anna (Naomi Watts) enters Nikolai's life after discovering the diary of a young Russian woman who dies while giving birth, and her dealings with Semyon. Anna soon finds herself floundering in an alien world full of brutal and bloody violence, and it's not long before her own life hangs perilously in the balance in director David Cronenbergs tense thriller  (97 mins)

THE COTTAGE (18)

Two brothers hatch an ingenious plan to get rich by kidnapping the daughter of a local mob boss. Arriving at a deserted country cottage, everything seems to be in place but Tracey (Jennifer Ellison), their newfound hostage, is determined to put up a fight and some of Arnie's hardened henchmen are on their trail...Highly entertaining, gory, British comedy horror with Andy Serkis (88 mins)


MICHAEL CLAYTON (15)

In this absorbing thriller, Michael Clayton (George Clooney) is an in-house fixer at one of the largest corporate law firms in New York. Though burned out and hardly content with his job as a fixer, his divorce, a failed business venture, and mounting debt have left Clayton inextricably tied to the firm. But when the firms brilliant and guilt-ridden attorney Arthur Edens (Tom Wilkinson) sabotages an important case, Clayton faces the biggest challenge of his career and his life (115 mins)


THE BRAVE ONE (18)

Oscar winners Jodie Foster and director Neil Jordan team up for this tense thriller about a woman who takes the law into her own hands. After her fiancee is killed and she is left for dead, Erica Bain stalks the criminals who changed her life forever. (118 mins)


DEATH SENTENCE (18)

Nick Hume (Kevin Bacon) is a good natured executive with a perfect life, until one horrific night his son falls victim to a vicious attack perpetrated as a gang intiation ritual. The courts system fails Hume and he vows to track down the killers, setting off a police investigation and a cycle of violence that draws in his whole family. (105 mins)

THE INVASION (15)
A mysterious, behaviour -altering epidemic is sweeping the world, but it takes one Washington DC psychiatrist to discover that the disease is extra-terrestrial in origin. When her son becomes infected, she and a colleague must work together to find a cure, before the entire world is lost...Nicole Kidman & Daniel Craig star in this tense update of Jack Finney’s story The Bodysnatchers (99 mins)


DEATH PROOF (18)

Director Quentin Tarantino pays homage to his favourite B-movies. Stuntman Mike (Kurt Russell) stalks beautiful women with his deadly vintage car, but when he picks a trio of tough girls, he learns they arent such easy prey. As with any Tarantino film, there are plenty of nods to pop culture. Most of the scenes are deliberately short on plot development, the dialogue comes thick and fast throughout, and the film stock is often cleverly manipulated to perfectly replicate the B-movie aesthetic. (113 mins)


THE GOOD GERMAN (15)

Director Steven Soderbergh adapts Joseph Carons political thriller with a fascinating old style Hollywood look. In postwar Berlin, George Clooney is the US military correspondent who becomes entangled in a political conspiracy and murder investigation involving his former lover (Cate Blanchett). A perfectly executed thriller. (105 mins)


VACANCY (15)

A couple break down in the middle of nowhere. Checking into a remote motel for the night, they turn on the TV and are horrified to find themselves watching a snuff movie actually filmed in their room. Discovering they are trapped in the room with hidden cameras filming them, the couple face a heart-stopping night of terror as they fight for their very survival in this terrifying 2007 shocker starring Kate Beckinsale & Owen Wilson (117 mins)


ZODIAC (12)

Director David Fincher expertly adapts the Robert Graysmith book about the real life serial killer known as Zodiac who terrorized San Fransisco with a series of seemingly random murders during the 1960s and 1970s. The film examines the lives of the detectives and newsmen who became obsessed with bringing the killer to justice in the light of his taunting letters and cryptic messages. A well scripted and superbly executed 2007 crime thriller. Jake Gyllenhaal leads a first class cast that includes Mark Ruffalo & Robert Downey Jr  (158 mins)

THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM (12)
In this 2007 chapter of the spectacular espionage series, Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) hunts down his past in order to find a future. He must travel from Moscow, Paris, Madrid and London to Tangier and New York City as he continues his quest to find the real Jason Bourne, while trying to outmaneuver the scores of cops, federal officers and Interpol agents determined to stop him. Breakneck action thriller (115 mins)


PERFECT STRANGER (15)

Tense 2007 thriller about a journalist (Halle Berry) determined to discover the killer of her best friend. Suspecting her friends married lover (Bruce Willis) of the crime, she goes undercover & poses as two alluring women in an effort to snare him. However all is not what it seems & a deadly game of cat & mouse ensues (108 mins)


FRACTURE (15)

Ted Crawford (Anthony Hopkins), a structural engineer with a skill for meticulous attention to detail, discovers his wife Jennifer is having an affair with a police detective. Crawford shoots and murders his wife, and confesses the crime to the authorities. However, at his arraignment he asserts his rights to represent himself and asks the court to move to trial, quickly retracting his confession as his first puzzling action. Crawford engages in a battle of wits with a district attorney  (Ryan Gosling), who quickly discovers that his case is falling apart as Crawford outwits him at every turn in this twisting 2007 thriller (112 mins

DEAD MANS CARDS (18)

An ex boxer on the ropes becomes a bouncer at a run down Liverpool nightclub, striking up relationships with the head doorman and a world weary barmaid. However tension soon escalates and loyalties are questioned as rival club owners start piling on the pressure. Strong performances accompany a gripping story of loyalty and professionalism like a latter day  western. Meanwhile, brutal bursts of savage violence add a menacing edge to the low-life Liverpudlian locales. Paul Barber, James McMartin & Tom Bell head an impressive cast in this gritty, critically acclaimed 2006 gangster thriller (90 mins)

DIE HARD 4.0 (15)
Bruce Willis returns to his most famous role as detective John McClane, now living in Brooklyn & separated from his wife. When a criminal mastermind plots to sabotage the economy of the US through computer terrorism, McClane, with the aid of a young hacker goes into action. Classic 2007 action thriller thats tense & exciting. (130 mins)


THE NIGHT LISTENER (15)

In the midst of his crumbling relationship, a radio show host begins speaking to his biggest fan, a young boy, via the telephone. When questions about the boy's identity come up, the host's life is thrown into chaos as he develops an intense relationship with the teenager. Robin Williams stars in a dark, unsettling Psychological thriller. (82 mins).

APOCALYPTO (18)
Set in the Mayan civilization, when a man's idyllic presence is brutally disrupted by a violent invading force, he is taken on a perilous journey to a world ruled by fear and oppression where a harrowing end awaits him. Through a twist of fate and spurred by the power of his love for his woman and his family he will make a desperate break to return home and to ultimately save his way of life. With impressive sets, breathtaking cinematography and incredible special effects, director Mel Gibson’s 2006 film is an awe-inspiring, violent action spectacle that is both bizzare & moving, set against a historical backdrop that provides a glimpse into a long dead civilisation  (139 mins)

THE PRESTIGE (12A)

BATMAN BEGINS director Christopher Nolan teams up with Christian Bale once again for this tale of feuding magicians in early 20th-century London. Robert (Hugh Jackman) & Alfred (Bale) are rival magicians but their friendly competition evolves into a bitter rivalry with deadly consequences. This 2006 epic, beautifully filmed period tale is both dark & fascinating. With Michael Caine, Scarlett Johansson, David Bowie (130 mins)

THE SENTINEL (12A)

Michael Douglas and Kiefer Sutherland star in this tense 2006 political thriller about a hunt for a traitor within Americas Secret Service and a plot from within to assassinate the President. Gripping thriller (105 mins)


THE BLACK DAHLIA (15)

Inspired by the most notorious unsolved murder in California history, this is an adaptation of James Ellroy's novel about two 1940s L.A. cops who head up the hunt for the killer of starlet Elizabeth Short. Starring Josh Hartnett and Scarlett Johansson. (120 mins)

CHILDREN OF MEN (15)

Based on a P.D. James science-fiction novel, this intense and thought provoking tale is set in a futuristic dystopia where humankind is on the brink of extinction and a sole pregnant woman holds the key to survival. Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, Michael Caine star in this critically acclaimed 2006 film (105 mins)


THE DA VINCI CODE (12A)

Ron Howard directs this thrilling 2006 film version of Dan Browns book, one of the most popular and talked about novels of our time. A murder inside the Louvre and clues in Da Vinci paintings lead to the discovery of a religious mystery protected by a secret society for 2000 years, which could shake the very foundations of Christianity. Lavish production, beautiful sets and locations complement excellent performances from Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Ian McKellen, Paul Bethany  (145 mins)


WHEN A STRANGER CALLS (15)

To Jill, it was the perfect babysitting job. The parents were away. The fridge was stocked and the children were tucked up in bed. Then the phone rings and an ominous voice asks, Have you checked the children?. Locked in with the lights out and the curtains drawn, she phones the police, who trace the calls, only to inform her theyre coming from inside the house. So begins a nerve-shattering nightmare of suspense and terror in this 2006 remake (87 mins)


16 BLOCKS (12A)

Scorching 2006 thriller with Bruce Willis as burnt-out detective Moseley, assigned to transport a fast talking convict from jail to a courthouse 16 blocks away. However, along the way he learns that the man is supposed to testify against Moseleys colleagues and the entire NYPD wants him dead. Forced to choose between loyalty to his colleagues and protecting the witness, never has such a short distance seemed so long (105 mins)


FIREWALL (12A)

2006 thriller with Harrison Ford a security executive for a global bank. With his family held for ransom by vicious criminals, he is commanded to loot his own business for millions to ensure the safety of his wife and children. When the gang leader does not release his family, Jack faces the dilemma of thwarting the kidnappers grand scheme at the cost of seeming guilty of embezzlement. Edge of the seat tension (105 mins)


DERAILED (15)

Tense 2005 thriller starring Clive Owen as Charles- a man worn down by the demands of his hectic home life where he and his wife struggle to cope with the demands of their daughters illness and his job. A chance encounter with Lucinda (Jennifer Aniston) on the way to work leads to an adulterous rendezvous in a hotel. However a thief invades the room, beats Charles and rapes Lucinda. Events take an even more complex and dangerous turn when the thief resorts to blackmail in this dark noir thriller (107 mins)


FLIGHTPLAN (12A)

Edge of the seat Hitchcockian thriller with Jodie Foster as a bereaved mother flying home to America. Waking from a sleep she finds her young daughter has vanished on the plane. To make matters worse she cant find anyone who actually remembers seeing the little girl. Gripping entertainment to keep you guessing to the end. (95 mins)

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