jarf's - Rented List

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Although the plot of 'The Twelve Chairs' is wild enough to have been created by Mel Brooks, it's actually based on a Russian story written by two Soviet journalists, Ilya Ilf and Yevgenni Petrov, in the 1920s.

Set in Russia in 1927, this much-loved, hilarious Mel Brooks comedy classic is the tale of a former aristocrat who is now a Russian clerk under the new Soviet regime. When he learns that his dying mother-in-law sewed a fortune of family jewels into one of the twelve dining room chairs, he sets off across Russia to find it - with an opportunist, a priest and his former servant all in equal pursuit

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Strange rumours start to spread around a Catholic high school for girls after one of the students tragically commits suicide. The girl's younger sister, who also attends the same school, begins to doubt the cause of her sibling's death.

After persistent investigation, she discovers that on the night of the incident, her sister and three friends had made a suicide pact - tied together by a gruesome blood pledge. With the remaining three still alive, the desire, jealousy and lies behind the pledge of death between the quartet is slowly revealed, along with the hidden truth behind that first fateful act.

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Life is what you'd expect for young teenagers in this seemingly normal private all-girls school, until a past alumni returns as a teacher. She strikes up a new friendship with two very different students and a horrific course of events ensues.

A teacher is found dead, apparently having committed suicide, and circumstances that inextricably link both the past and the present are unveiled. As the body count rises, the memories of the deaths unleash the echoes of ghosts down the corridors.

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When Min-Ah discovers a shared diary, she is soon fascinated to discover that two girls she assumed were little more than close friends, were engaged in a much closer, forbidden relationship.

As she reads on, she is unable to tear her eyes away from the high drama of her classmates' lives as the allure of the secret diary begins to take over. When one of the diary's writers is found dead from an apparent suicide, rumours spread and Min-Ah begins to feel a strange presence. The once-tranquil school is transformed into a place of morbid terror, as the words written in the journal, "memento mori" (remember the dead), come to life...

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The sins of the past are not forgotten. When the first body was discovered, it seemed a coincidence. But now homicide detective Jack Verdon (Ray Liotta) has cause to worry: the victims of a series of brutal sex murders are all his former girlfriends.

Suspected by the FBI agent who's taken over the case (Christian Slater) and suspended by his captain (Ving Rhames), Jack must work outside the law if he's to find the killer, save his future and protect what's left of his past.

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The legend that had it coming, 'Robin Hood: Men in Tights' wipes away the mystery - and the dignity of England's most infamous stocking-filler as Robin of Loxley (Cary Elwes) and his merry men bring a dose of sheer mayhem to Sherwood Forest! Throwing away their titles and their trousers, Robin and

his nylon-clad crew battle to bring down evil Prince John (Richard Lewis) and hideous side-kick the Sheriff of Rottingham (Roger Rees) to procure the key to Maid Marian's (Amy Yasbeck) heart...and her chastity belt!

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World-famous for their action and derring-do, old friends Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung teamed up for one more film that shows there's much more to them than brawling.

Jackie plays a good-hearted cop looking after his learning-disabled brother Danny, played by Sammo, but doesn't always succeed in keeping him out of trouble. When Danny is taken hostage, his brother will risk everything - his career and even his life - to rescue him, throwing it down as only Jackie Chan can! Made the same year as 'Police Story', 'Heart of Dragon' was a change of pace for the great action artists, giving them a chance to highlight their acting chops more than their stunt skills - even if they don't ignore the latter!

To save his master, Pak Cheung Tien (Yuen Siu Tien) from certain death at the hands of dreaded eagle claw master Shang Kwan Yi Mun, played with gusto by kicking maestro Hwang Jang Lee, Chien Fu (Jackie) must combine the lethal art of snake fist with cat's claw (his own invention) and undergo some of the most tortuous training ever devised.

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Lester, director of the blockbuster movie Commando, delivers a brand new high-velocity thriller packed with explosive action and amazing stunts! Number one with a bullet, top Hollywood bad guy (Eric Roberts) stars as Tony Lazorka, the mob's deadliest hitman, who becomes their main target when he decides to double-cross his employers, the ruthless Catania crime family. Lazorka is given the chance to start again in the FBI Witness Protection programme, but his past catches up with him with a vengeance when his enemies get their hands on a computer disc revealing his new identity. Not with the aid of a teenage computer genius (Esteban Powell), he must outsmart his pursuers and take on the awesome power of both the Mob and the CIA if he wants to save his family and his life! From the metal-crunching pre-credits car chase to its palm-sweating race-against-the-clock finale, Hitman's Run delivers non-stop action and suspense. Prepare to be blown away!

Accidentally discovering the operations of the Blood Ninja gangsters, a mischievous young man masters the skills of the Drunk Fist and proceeds to fight against them. But the gangsters join forces, vowing to kill him before the young master destroys them all.

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When his friend is paralysed in a gang attack Vietnam veteran John Eastland (Robert Ginty) decides to wreak revenge upon anyone who crosses his path.

He becomes a hero to the public with his no-nonsense approach to law enforcement, but the police believe him to be an unstable psychopath, capable of untold murder and mayhem.

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1929. China is in unrest as the Republic falls prey to Warlords like Kahn Xin, who holds an entire province hostage to the opium trade-and destroys all who oppose him. Only the revered Wudang monks dare stand in Kahn's way in order to protect the very soul of China.

Among them is the Westerner, White Crane (David Carradine), a spiritual master of the martial arts and protector of the innocent. Infiltrating the decadent Shanghai underworld. Crane comes upon Jane Marshall (Daryl Hannah), a waylaid lounge singer from Brooklyn looking for her lost brother, Peter. Now torn between the spiritual Wudang teaching and the cold-blooded life of an assassin. Crane is about the cross the fine line between justice and revenge. From the awesome majesty of the Shaolin temples to the torrid neon nights of Shanghai's underground, 'Kung Fu Assassin' delivers a thrilling and action packed thrill ride!

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John Eastland (Robert Ginty) is back and he's cleaning up the urban jungle again but this time, he's going to do it right. When his brother is fried alive by The Exterminator during a hold-up attempt, the satanic X (Mario Van Peebles) and his gang decides to get even and eliminate The Exterminator.

The marauders unleash a campaign of violence and barbarism and, as they terrify the populace, it appears they may be invincible. But they make a terrible mistake - they cripple The Exterminators girlfriend and its a mistake they quickly regret. Donning an Army jacket and metal mast and arming himself with his flamethrower, The Exterminator takes to the wheel of his garbage truck and sets to clear out the city of its malignant human refuse. In a confrontation of all-consuming fury, the warlords meet their match...

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When a terrifying new enemy threatens the innocent, Hercules and his fearless team of warriors must lead their army in a battle against overwhelming odds.

It will take the strength of a god for Hercules to overcome his past and conquer his foes in the epic adventure that critics are calling "a terrific blockbuster!"

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A group of mercenaries are sent into the so-called 'Golden Triangle' to capture a drug baron, but nabbing him is the easy bit. He's not going to go quietly: with both gangsters and the army on the tail, this wild bunch is going to need all the help it can get...

No one has ever filmed gun-play as well as Woo and this was the first film that showed what he could do with a semi-automatic.