May 2013 VODs

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Released Thursday, May 2nd

55%

3.5 / 5

(6)

Syrup

An ambitious 20-something slacker teams up with a lesbian executive working at the Coca-Cola company in order to sell his new soda product to the cola giant.

Toby Hemingway, Barrie M. Osborne, Amber Heard, Cameron Lamb, Josh Pais, Aram Rappaport, Max Barry, Shiloh Fernandez

R Comedy Adaptation

55% WILL SEE

3.5 / 5

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Adam (Richard E. Grant) is a rich industrialist and frustrated opera singer aspiring to a more cultured world. Spurred on by playful jibes that he’s just a City suit living a capitalist dream he decides to stage an opera in his lavish country retreat. He feels sure the shallow taunting will end once his friends see him in full voice. In fact his singing might even help him win the hand of Celia (Sarah Brightman), the female conductor he’s been pursuing, especially since she is the first to be recruited for his showpiece.

For the rest of the cast and the production, Adam brings in the experts and enlists the aid of a troupe of promising young singers – led by beauty Nicoletta (Mia Maestro) and upstart Tom (Julian Ovenden) – with enough collective sexual tension to light up the stage. His choice of opera? Mozart’s Cosi Fan Tutte, the master composer’s fabled romp through the bittersweet territory of sexual infidelity. As this motley group flexes their melodic and melodramatic muscles during rehearsals leading up to the opening night performance, it won’t be long before life imitates art as relationships flourish and flounder.

Julian Ovenden, Sarah Brightman, Christopher Menaul, Jeremy Sams, Richard E. Grant, Mia Maestro, Oliver Dimsdale, Susannah Fielding

Comedy 1 hr, 45 mins

75% WILL SEE

2 / 5

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Released Friday, May 10th

76%

4.2 / 5

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Assault on Wall Street

A security guard for an armored truck, Jim (Dominic Purcell) is a blue-collar New Yorker who works hard to earn a living. His wages support himself and his wife Rosie (Erin Karpluk), who is on the upswing recovering from a near-fatal illness. Yet things start to fall apart after Rosie's health insurance stops covering her treatment and Jim's life savings are lost via a disastrous investment his stockbroker had advised him to make. As a row of professional and personal dominoes falls, Jim is confronted by the realization that, after being abused and exploited by financial institutions for far too long, he has only one choice: to strike back.

Dominic Purcell, Erin Karpluk, Edward Furlong, John Heard, Keith David, Michael Paré, Lochlyn Munro

R Drama Thriller

76% WILL SEE

4.2 / 5

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Released Tuesday, May 14th

85%

1.8 / 5

(5)

The Guillotines

During the Manchurian-ruled Qing Dynasty, Emperor Yong Zheng established a secret assassination squad known as the Guillotines to eliminate all who opposed him. Once heavily favored by the Emperor, the Guillotines are deemed expendable once Emperor Qian Long ascends to the throne and adopts Western ideas and technology. To consolidate his power under a new regime, the Emperor continues to use the Guillotines to persecute the conquered Han Chinese in a reign of terror and oppression.

Led by master fighter Leng, the top ranked guillotine squad consists of five young warriors: Mu, San, Tai, Hutu, Buka. Serving the Qing Court unquestioningly, they have never failed in 348 missions to eliminate their targets. But their success has made them arrogant and complacent. Their next mission is to eliminate Wolf and his Shepherd gang. During the operation, the squad manages to trap Wolf. Just as they are about to execute him, the squad commander orders that he be captured alive. He secretly plans to use Wolf as a pawn in his bid for power. Wolf’s gang of rebels ambushes the Guillotines in their moment of hesitation. Wolf escapes, taking Mu hostage.

With reports that Wolf has fled to the outer frontiers, the squad tracks him to a remote village outpost. On the other hand, the Emperor has sent his most trusted agent Du for the same mission and most importantly, to end the era of the Guillotines by replacing cold weapons with firearms. If only they make one false move, they will become the hunted. Facing annihilation, Leng and his Guillotines must outfight and outwit enemies from both sides.

Andrew Lau

R Action Adventure 1 hr, 52 mins

85% WILL SEE

1.8 / 5

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Released Thursday, May 30th

81%

3.5 / 5

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Hammer of the Gods

A young Viking warrior, Steinar (Bewley), is sent by his father the King (Cosmo) on a quest to find his estranged brother, who was banished from the kingdom many years before. Steinar’s epic journey across hostile territory gradually sees him emerge as the man his father wants him to be -- the ruthless and unforgiving successor to his throne

Farren Blackburn, Rupert Preston, Matthew Read, Charlie Bewley, James Cosmo, Clive Standen, Elliot Cowan, Ivan Kaye

R Action

81% WILL SEE