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Patrick (Ron Livingston), an American card shark and dealer of stolen artifacts, has been 'comfortably numb' in Cambodia for years, when he encounters Holly (Thuy Nguyen), a 12-year-old Vietnamese girl, in the K11 red light village.

The girl has been sold by her impoverished family and smuggled across the border to work as a prostitute. Holly's virginity makes her a lucrative prize, and when she is sold to a child trafficker, Patrick embarks on a frantic search through both the beautiful and sordid faces of the country in an attempt to bring her to safety.

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From BAFTA-winning writer Lynda La Plante comes one of the most innovative and long-running crime series on television. Chief Superintendent Mike Walker (David Hayman) is an old-school detective with a dubious past, working with the career-driven DCI Roisin Connor (Victoria Smurfit).

Together they take you on an incredible, often shocking journey from crime scene to courtroom and beyond.

Tracks
When the body of a teenage girl is discovered in a rain-soaked chalk pit, the signs point to local hardman Ray Harper. Ray's son Andy and his friend Darren claim they never saw the dead girl. But the secret they insist on keeping will only lead to death and despair.
Siren
When an ambulance is run off the road and its passenger shot multiple times, it looks like a hit. But an already complex murder becomes more complicated when it revolves around a beautiful rich girl with something to hide, and the dark, deadly world of the cocaine dealer.
Ghost Train
When a girl falls to her death from a Ferris Wheel it could be a tragic accident. A fortune teller, who is also Satchell's aunt, thinks not, and when another murder follows she appears to be right. Shady business dealings lead in one direction - but the closed-world secrets of the fairground lead another.
Shooter
A jewellery shop robbery ends in murder, leading police to the notorious Bilkin Family. But the case goes off-track and suddenly witnesses are murdered and Satchell's wife and child threatened. Now it's personal - and with a paid informant giving the Bilkin's what they need, it could all go dangerously wrong.

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Double bill of true stories...

Shattered Trust (1993)

Melissa Gilbert plays Shari Karney, a promising young attorney with a bright career ahead. But, one day in court, while questioning a man accused of child abuse, she loses all control and attacks him. This frightening act nearly jeopardises her career and puts her sanity in question. Ordered by Judge Norton to seek professional help, Shari approaches therapist Dr. Joan Delvecchio (Ellen Burstyn), who begins to carve away at Shari's façade of happiness. Working together, they begin to illuminate the secret that Shari has long held suppressed: that, as a child, she was sexually abused by her father. Despite the terrible repercussions of making this accusation public, Shari teams up with fellow lawyer Stephanie Chadford (Kate Nelligan) to force through a change in the law for the benefit of others who have uncovered memories of long-suppressed abuse and wish to seek justice against their attackers.
The Other Side of Love (1991)
Single mother Annie (Cheryl Ladd) is a woman with a double-headed struggle on her hands: for her own freedom - and for a mother's right to love her children. Living in poverty, she wants to make a good life for herself and her family. Then a drug deal goes badly wrong for her boyfriend - and he sets up Annie to take the fall for his crime. Naively refusing to plea-bargain, Annie is found guilty and sentenced to 15 years. Conditions in prison are brutal and humiliating, but Annie finds a common ground with many other inmates: they, too, have kids on the 'outside'. Discovering hidden reserves of strength, Annie begins to fight, not only for justice for herself, but for all those who are struggling to keep love alive on both sides of the steel bars.

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USA, the 1930s. Walter Osgood is the only black man left in the town of High Lonesome. He's lost almost everything dear to him, including his wife and son. But no one in High Lonesome will speak out to defend Walter's rights when the town unites to drive him away from the community.

Except for one person - a young boy named Charlie.
Not only does Walter's extraordinary friendship with Charlie teach the boy the true meaning of love and courage, but it is also a dramatic flashpoint which forces the townspeople to confront their own cruel prejudices.

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"One of Our Aircraft Is Missing" is a dramatic and suspenseful story based on the actual methods by which the Dutch smuggled "crashed" British airmen back to England.

Six such airmen parachute from their crippled plane into a wood and are discovered by children who take them to a farm where the Dutch question them at length before offering to help. They endure many narrow escapes from the Nazis before they reach a sea port. Their attempted journey across the Channel is fraught with many dangers and an unexpected turn of events.

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From BAFTA-winning writer Lynda La Plante comes one of the most innovative and long-running crime series on television. Chief Superintendent Mike Walker (David Hayman) is an old-school detective with a dubious past, working with the career-driven DCI Roisin Connor (Victoria Smurfit).

Together they take you on an incredible, often shocking journey from crime scene to courtroom and beyond.

Rules of the Game
Heathrow Airport, a steaming hot summer's day, a suitcase abandoned in the middle of the long stay car park. But it's not the usual sort of suspect package - inside is the naked body of dead girl. The involvement of an influential Ukrainian millionaire doesn't make the case any easier.

Kill the King
When a friend of DCS Mike Walker, paediatric surgeon Professor Jonathan Carlisle, is found dead, DCI Roisin Connor uncovers conflicts stirred by a recent operation that resulted in the death of a young girl. There's more than one suspect and the question is, what tips the balance from anger to murder?

Conviction
On an East London estate, Terry Dyer returns from prison to uncover the truth behind a murder he claims he didn't commit. Buried secrets of terrible events are unearthed as DCI Roisin Connor heads up the team in this explosive tale of injustice, revenge and how the best intentions can go tragically wrong.

The Box
DCS Walker returns home to Glasgow as he investigates the case of a missing woman married to Kevin Reid, a man with dark ties to his brother Ronnie. When the woman is discovered dead, the police are convinced the brothers must be involved. Can the truth be uncovered before it is taken to the grave?

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Under police guard in hospital, Lisbeth Salander (Noomi Rapace) is charged with murder and awaits the trial that has the country gripped.

Cut off from all communication with the outside world, she must rely on journalist and former lover, Mikael Blomkvist (Michael Nyqvist) to prove her innocence and expose the political cover up that threatens to destroy her freedom. In his way stands a mysterious group who will go to any lengths to keep the shocking truth of their actions a secret.

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Chief Superintendent Mike Walker (David Hayman) is an old-school detective with a dubious past, working with the career-driven DCI Roisin Connor (Victoria Smurfit).

Packed with gripping plots and riveting characters, Trial & Retribution takes you on the incredible, often shocking journey from crime scene to courtroom and beyond.

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Back at Millennium's helm, Blomkvist is intent on exposing a billion dollar sex trafficking ring but when two of his researchers are murdered, he realises there's more to this story than he first thought when Salander is framed for the crimes.

Unconvinced that she is involved, he attempts to clear her name and uncover the real killers. But secretive hacker Salander goes on the run and soon stumbles upon secrets of her own past. Secrets that people would kill to keep hidden.

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Enigmatic computer hacker Lisbeth Salander and disgraced journalist Mikael Blomkvist unite to solve the case of a missing girl. The unlikely due form a fragile alliance as they dig into the past of a secretive and dysfunctional family.

As they unravel a dark and appalling family history, Blomkvist and Salander are about to discover how close they can get to the truth before they too become a target.

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From BAFTA-winning writer Lynda La Plante comes one of the most innovative and long-running crime series on television. Chief Superintendent Mike Walker (David Hayman) is an old-school detective with a dubious past, working with the career-driven DCI Roisin Connor (Victoria Smurfit).

Packed with gripping plots and riveting characters, 'Trial and Retribution' takes you on the incredible, often shocking journey from crime scene to courtroom and beyond.

The Lovers
A young couple is on their honeymoon in London when the husband mysteriously disappears. The police consider it a missing person's case until the bride's father takes his case to the Commander and Walker is called in. When the bride also vanishes in search of her husband, the evidence of CCTV cameras become crucial in a heart-stopping race against time and terror.
Sins of the Father
Young Emily Harrogate the clever daughter of an apparently happily married couple is found dead in the family home, the morning after a night out clubbing. But appearances are deceptive as the police investigation uncovers a house full of secrets and lies. Any one of them could lead to the true killer - and does - but will justice be done?
Closure
A teenage schoolgirl has been raped and murdered and two months on, DCI Connor still has no witness, suspect, or leads. When Chief Superintendent Walker orders a trawl through unsolved cases, the team discovers three more schoolgirls murdered in similar circumstances over the last ten years. Connor calls in a criminal profiler to help track down what looks like a serial killer - but can he do it?

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Please note The handwritten look on the disc of this movie is legitimate and is intended to look like a burned DVD.

Disgraced journalist Mikael Blomkvist (Daniel Craig) accepts an invitation to surreptitiously investigate a forty year old unsolved murder on behalf of the victim's uncle, Swedish industrialist Henrik Vanger (Christopher Plummer). Meanwhile, tattooed hacker Lisbeth Salander (Rooney Mara), hired to investigate Blomkvist, discovers the truth behind the conspiracy that led to his fall from grace. Thrown together by fate, the unlikely duo uncovers a secret history of murder and sexual abuse festering beneath the veneer of Sweden's industrial past, all the while drawing closer.

Racing to unlock the secret of his own identity, amnesiac operative Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) discovers the deadly truth: he's the government's number one target, a $30 million weapon it no longer trusts.

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Volume 5

When a decayed skeleton is found buried under the patio of a derelict North London house, Walker is incensed at having to deal with such a mundane case. But when two more skeletons are found - one with a distinctive belt around the neck - it seems a serial killer's work has been uncovered. Faced with a media scrum and the chance to resurrect his fading career, the pressure is on for Walker. But with little forensic evidence and no clear indication of when the crimes were committed, Walker knows that his time may soon also be up.
Volume 6
When a young mother is abducted from a local wood, a trail of evidence leading back to a wealthy local businessman makes North think she has got her man. But when his brother - a known sex offender -claims responsibility, she is faced with deciphering a string of complex motivations for murder, without even a body for evidence. Meanwhile, as Walker prepares to be interviewed for his dream job as Commander, his ex wife is savagely beaten by her new boyfriend, leading Walker into a violent standoff with a shocking and explosive climax
Volume 7
The discovery of a severed female hand in the Thames is the start of a gruesome murder hunt. DCI Roisin O'Connor (Victoria Smurfit) is the investigating officer, leading to a hostile reunion with the newly demoted Walker, whom she is deeply dubious of following his recent misdemeanours. Tackling an apparently perfect murder for which there isn't even a body, the pair lock horns in what becomes a high stakes battle of pride and wits.
Volume 8
When a beautiful young prostitute plunges to her death from the balcony of a smart apartment block, Walker and O'Connor are thrust into the shadowy and hard-edged realm of the wealthy elite. And when she is discovered to be the daughter of a 1970's TV star who was also murdered some ten years before, an investigation begins that spans thirty years and probes a murky underbelly of murder, secrets and paid for sex. It soon becomes clear that mother and daughter shared more than just good looks and a taste for high living.

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Alain Moreau's (Jean-Claude Van Damme) investigation into the death of his identical twin brother leads him from the south of France to the mean streets of New York City... and into the arms of his brother's beautiful girlfriend (Natasha Henstridge).

Pursued by ruthless Russian mobsters and renegade FBI agents, the duo race against time to solve his brother's murder and expose an international conspiracy. There's only one problem: all traces of his brothers' life are rapidly disappearing, and the one person who knew him best may not be telling all she knows...