Dave Tompkins :: DVD Library :: 2-Genre Table :: Crime :: Sci-Fi

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	Alien Nation (1988) A few years from now, Earth will have the first contact with an alien civilisation. These aliens, known as Newcomers... tt0094631
	Batman: Gotham Knight (2008) A collection of tales of The Dark Knight of Gotham City, as conceived by noted anime talents. tt1117563
	Batman: The Movie (1966) The Dynamic Duo faces four super-villains who plan to hold the world for ransom with the help of a secret invention that instantly dehydrates people. tt0060153
	A Clockwork Orange (1971) In future Britain, charismatic delinquent Alex DeLarge is jailed and later volunteers for an experimental aversion therapy developed by the government in an effort to solve society's crime problem... but not all goes to plan. tt0066921
	Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001) A terrorist explosion releases a deadly virus on the masses, and it's up the bounty-hunting Bebop crew to catch the cold-blooded culprit. tt0275277
	Daredevil (2003) A man blinded by toxic waste which also enhanced his remaining senses fights crime as an acrobatic martial arts superhero. tt0287978+
	Demolition Man (1993) A cop is brought out of suspended animation in prison to pursue an old ultra-violent enemy who is loose in a nonviolent future society. tt0106697
	Despicable Me 2 (2013) Gru is recruited by the Anti-Villain League to help deal with a powerful new super criminal. tt1690953
	District 13 Ultimatum (2009) Damien and Leito return to District 13 on a mission to bring peace to the troubled sector that is controlled by five different gang bosses, before the city's secret services take drastic measures to solve the problem. tt1247640
	Dredd (2012) In a violent, futuristic city where the police have the authority to act as judge, jury and executioner, a cop teams with a trainee to take down a gang that deals the reality-altering drug, SLO-MO. tt1343727
	Face/Off (1997) A revolutionary medical technique allows an undercover agent to take the physical appearance of a major criminal and infiltrate his organization. tt0119094
	The Green Hornet (2011) Following the death of his father, Britt Reid, heir to his father's large company, teams up with his late dad's assistant Kato to become a masked crime fighting team. tt0990407
	The Iron Giant (1999) A boy makes friends with an innocent alien giant robot that a paranoid government agent wants to destroy. tt0129167
	Looper (2012) In 2074, when the mob wants to get rid of someone, the target is sent 30 years into the past, where a hired gun awaits. Someone like Joe, who one day learns the mob wants to 'close the loop' by transporting back Joe's future self. tt1276104
	Moonraker (1979) James Bond investigates the mid-air theft of a space shuttle and discovers a plot to commit global genocide. tt0079574
	R.I.P.D. (2013) A recently slain cop joins a team of undead police officers working for the Rest in Peace Department and tries to find the man who murdered him. tt0790736
	Repeaters (2010) A gritty mind-bending thriller about three twenty-somethings who find themselves in an impossible time labyrinth, where each day they awaken to the same terrifying day as the preceding one. tt1580426
	Repo Man (1984) Young punk Otto becomes a repo man after helping to steal a car, and stumbles into a world of wackiness as a result. tt0087995+
	Repo Men (2010) Set in the near future when artificial organs can be bought on credit, it revolves around a man who struggles to make the payments on a heart he has purchased. He must therefore go on the run before said ticker is repossessed. tt1053424
	Robocop (1987) In a dystopic & crime ridden Detroit, a terminally wounded cop returns to the force as a powerful cyborg with submerged memories haunting him. tt0093870
	Robot and Frank (2012) Set in the near future, an ex-jewel thief receives a gift from his son: a robot butler programmed to look after him. But soon the two companions try their luck as a heist team. tt1990314
	Run Lola Run (1998) A young woman in Germany has twenty minutes to find and bring 100,000 Deutschmarks to her boyfriend before he robs a supermarket. tt0130827
	Strange Days (1995) A former cop turned street-hustler accidentally uncovers a police conspiracy in 1999 Los Angeles. tt0114558
	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990) A quartet of humanoid turtles trained by their mentor in ninjitsu must learn to pull together in order to face the menace of Shredder and the Foot Clan. tt0100758

Dave Tompkins :: DVD Library :: 2-Genre Table :: Crime :: Sci-Fi

A few years from now, Earth will have the first contact with an alien civilisation. These aliens, known as Newcomers...

A collection of tales of The Dark Knight of Gotham City, as conceived by noted anime talents.

The Dynamic Duo faces four super-villains who plan to hold the world for ransom with the help of a secret invention that instantly dehydrates people.

In future Britain, charismatic delinquent Alex DeLarge is jailed and later volunteers for an experimental aversion therapy developed by the government in an effort to solve society's crime problem... but not all goes to plan.

A terrorist explosion releases a deadly virus on the masses, and it's up the bounty-hunting Bebop crew to catch the cold-blooded culprit.

A man blinded by toxic waste which also enhanced his remaining senses fights crime as an acrobatic martial arts superhero.

A cop is brought out of suspended animation in prison to pursue an old ultra-violent enemy who is loose in a nonviolent future society.

Gru is recruited by the Anti-Villain League to help deal with a powerful new super criminal.

Damien and Leito return to District 13 on a mission to bring peace to the troubled sector that is controlled by five different gang bosses, before the city's secret services take drastic measures to solve the problem.

In a violent, futuristic city where the police have the authority to act as judge, jury and executioner, a cop teams with a trainee to take down a gang that deals the reality-altering drug, SLO-MO.

A revolutionary medical technique allows an undercover agent to take the physical appearance of a major criminal and infiltrate his organization.

Following the death of his father, Britt Reid, heir to his father's large company, teams up with his late dad's assistant Kato to become a masked crime fighting team.

A boy makes friends with an innocent alien giant robot that a paranoid government agent wants to destroy.

In 2074, when the mob wants to get rid of someone, the target is sent 30 years into the past, where a hired gun awaits. Someone like Joe, who one day learns the mob wants to 'close the loop' by transporting back Joe's future self.

James Bond investigates the mid-air theft of a space shuttle and discovers a plot to commit global genocide.

A recently slain cop joins a team of undead police officers working for the Rest in Peace Department and tries to find the man who murdered him.

A gritty mind-bending thriller about three twenty-somethings who find themselves in an impossible time labyrinth, where each day they awaken to the same terrifying day as the preceding one.

Young punk Otto becomes a repo man after helping to steal a car, and stumbles into a world of wackiness as a result.

Set in the near future when artificial organs can be bought on credit, it revolves around a man who struggles to make the payments on a heart he has purchased. He must therefore go on the run before said ticker is repossessed.

In a dystopic & crime ridden Detroit, a terminally wounded cop returns to the force as a powerful cyborg with submerged memories haunting him.

Set in the near future, an ex-jewel thief receives a gift from his son: a robot butler programmed to look after him. But soon the two companions try their luck as a heist team.

A young woman in Germany has twenty minutes to find and bring 100,000 Deutschmarks to her boyfriend before he robs a supermarket.

A former cop turned street-hustler accidentally uncovers a police conspiracy in 1999 Los Angeles.

A quartet of humanoid turtles trained by their mentor in ninjitsu must learn to pull together in order to face the menace of Shredder and the Foot Clan.