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Man of Violence (aka Moon) (Blu-ray) [Region Free]

Sebastian Breaks (Actor), Nicholas Hawtrey (Actor) Rated: Suitable for 18 years and over Format: Blu-ray

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Format	PAL
Contributor	Jack Allen, Pete Walker, Sebastian Breaks, Virginia Wetherell, Roy Stone, Douglas Blackwell, Jane Howard, Derek Aylward, Erika Raffael, Nicholas Hawtrey, Julie Shaw See more
Language	English
Runtime	1 hour and 38 minutes

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British crime drama in which a soldier of fortune becomes involved with some bent cops searching for missing gold bullion. British mercenary Moon (Michael Latimer) finds himself hired by crooked cops Nixon (Derek Aylward) and Burgess (George Belbin) as they try to get their hands on over 30 million pounds worth of stolen Arab gold, stashed away somewhere in Britain. But violence and treachery soon follow as rival gangsters, along with a sadistic murderer, home in on the prize.

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Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 18.03 x 13.76 x 1.48 cm; 83.16 Grams
Manufacturer reference ‏ : ‎ 5035673010273
Director ‏ : ‎ Pete Walker
Media Format ‏ : ‎ PAL
Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 38 minutes
Release date ‏ : ‎ 24 Aug. 2009
Actors ‏ : ‎ Sebastian Breaks, Nicholas Hawtrey, Virginia Wetherell, Jack Allen, Derek Aylward
Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English
Studio ‏ : ‎ BFI DVD
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B002EAKWCK
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

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M. FUSCO

Great time capsule

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 26 July 2010

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Another interesting and, in some ways, rewarding film from BFI Flipside.

It verges on being categorized as that hallmark of late-sixties/early seventies film-making, a sexploitation film. But its production values raise it a bit above that, and there is probably not enough nudity to rank as sexploitation. But there is a very pleasing amount of attractive skin.

Leading the cast is young Michael Latimer, who you may recognize from The Avengers '67. He was a villain in an episode called 'Positive Negative Man' which also required him, as a conductor of a killing amount of electricity, to appear shirtless. Diana Rigg commented that his pecs weren't developed enough, but they are very pleasing, none-the-less. He was the quintessential 70's star: young, attractive, lean and lightly built, self-possessed. He also starred in Prehistoric Women with Martine Beswick and, for several seasons, on the police series Van der Valk, where he played it much straighter.

Latimer plays a victim here. After a one-night stand with a beautiful woman -- and, right off the bat, a good excuse to take his shirt off -- he is persuaded she is dead, and a gang blackmails him into helping them break a kingpin out of prison.

It's fun, and full of 70's fashions and colors. And, of course, the very pretty Michael Latimer.

Thanks to BFI for bringing the fun Flipside films out. They would have been neglected otherwise.

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Paul Barrett

One Take Brit Gangsters

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 11 November 2016

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Damaged by it's tiny budget and sleazy and nasty. But if you like this sordid OTT violent 70s/80s cinema. Then check this out with it's dime store 'magic' of Peter Walker.

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Paul Ess.

"Clean, Unostentatious Human Beings"

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 22 February 2019

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'Man of Violence' - looking all rogue and raw with it's 18 certificate - is an utter chore of a movie. A bored, uninteresting cast plod through a zigzagging, higgledy-piggledy old crime saga.
Dodgy businessmen after gold ?
No-one can tell what's happening . . !

Hedonism is rampant, and Luan Peters - who you may recall getting accidentally pawed by Basil Fawlty's mucky hands - is a dish, but 'Man of Violence' is a dreary, talky burden.
You can see what director Pete Walker was trying to do . . you just wish he hadn't done it!
Tho the screen ratio is impossible to get right on my BR player, the BFI transfer is a credit, but it only serves to cast a veneer over the overt dullness.

There's a very hot lady disco-dancing at the top of 'Big Switch', who gets herself shot straight away and ends any interest.

The stripper everyone seems to be going on about is very fine, very moving, but her routine is dud. At one stage, she lashes herself with what looks like a cobweb-duster to 'Mutiny on the Bounty'-style whip-cracks on the soundtrack, summing up the film's phoniness in a few seconds' red light grotesquerie.

Shot hot girl reappears! A plot 'twist'. O joy!
And wait'll you see 'Gerry' - a Leslie Phillips-type in a PINK!! Winchester shirt - as unthreatening a villain as we've seen, yet who's daywear is pleasing respite from the scratchy story and vapid, un-erotic nudity.
And Brighton settings were better used in 'Carry On At Your Convenience'.

All this, of course, is the 'Alternative Export Cut' (!) of 'Big Switch' (which is what someone should have taken to it!). As well as other bits and boobs, I'd imagine Flagellation Flo and her duster have hit the cutting room floor in the also included - tho God knows why - 'Domestic Version'.

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loidy

great service

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 29 August 2012

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Man of violence and The big switch are two killer movies.If you want a vouyeristic trip into the sixties underworld of crime,then this great package is for you.All directed by the capable hands Mr.Walker along with a swinging cameo from Timebox what more could you ask for?Great delivery service too-everything arrived in perfect condition.

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Now Zoltan

Picture Quality Amazing, Film Not So Much

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 19 May 2011

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I'm all for Flipside dipping into genre films but surely they could have come up with something a bit better than this convoluted, poorly acted Brit gangster caper. (One of Walkers horrors would be far more welcome - House of Whipcord please!) Irritations abound - the fakest looking blood I've ever seen, the wimpiest hardman hero I've ever come across, a plot that is as complex as it is tedious, the same incident (person leaves premises, person is attacked) repeated ad nauseum. The frustrating thing is the picture looks incredible - to think we don't have The Devils, Citizen Kane or Blue Velvet on blu ray, but we've got Man of Violence looking absolutely pristine. This quality at least gives the film watchability - the seedy 70s clubs, pubs and hotel rooms are fascinating to look at. To be honest I gave up on the plot after 40 mins (when the arab business begins) and spent the rest of the film gazing at the decor and waiting for the next bit of fleeting nudity - I really need to get out more. For Flipside completests only.

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B.G.

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 12 June 2016

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...everything perfect---

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Vincent J.F. Klaus

I liked the "Man of Violence" movie

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 6 May 2016

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I liked the "Man of Violence" movie, including "The Big Switch". Sadly enough I could nog play the Blue Ray disc but I hope it's actually the same content as the other standard DVD. I don't see much quality difference with Blue Ray anyway.

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Guy Bispham

Disappointing non-thrill thriller.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 3 April 2017

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I saw this as a B-film which shows howl old it is and I am. I bought it for nostalgia but it really isn't very good by any capacity.

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