Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play The thrill of the hunt It&s the ultimate drug & the more intense the rush the higher the price International superstar Jean-Claude Van Damme teams up with world-famous action director John Woo for this electrifying thriller Van Damme is the target of an evil mercenary (Lance Henriksen) who recruits homeless combat veterans for the "amusement" of his clients
- bored tycoons who will pay a half a million dollars to stalk & kill the most challenging prey of them all Man Laced with dark humour & slam-packed with electrifying action Hard Target is a must see for action fans Actors Chuck Pfarrer Graeme Revell James Jacks Jean-Claude Van Damme John Woo Lance Henriksen Moshe Diamant Robert Tapert Russell Carpenter Sam Raimi Sean Daniel Wilford Brimley & Yancy Butler Director John Woo Certificate 18 years & over Year 1993 Screen Widescreen 1851 Languages English
- DTS-HD Master Audio (51) Additional Languages French ; Italian ; German ; Spanish ; Latin American Spanish Subtitles English for the hearing impaired Closed Captions Yes Duration 1 hour & 39 minutes (approx)

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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play The thrill of the hunt It&s the ultimate drug & the more intense the rush the higher the price International superstar Jean-Claude Van Damme teams up with world-famous action director John Woo for this electrifying thriller that WGN Radio hails as & Easily one of the year&s best films!& Van Damme is the target of an evil mercenary (Lance Henriksen) who recruits homeless combat veterans for the &amusement& of his clients
- bored tycoons who will pay a half a million dollars to stalk & kill the most challenging prey of them all Man Laced with dark humour & slam-packed with electrifying action Hard Target is a must see for action fans Actors Chuck Pfarrer Graeme Revell James Jacks Jean-Claude Van Damme John Woo Lance Henriksen Moshe Diamant Robert Tapert Russell Carpenter Sam Raimi Sean Daniel Wilford Brimley & Yancy Butler Director John Woo Certificate 18 years & over Screen Widescreen 1851 Languages English
- Dolby Digital (51) Additional Languages Italian ; German ; Spanish ; Czech Subtitles English ; French ; German ; Dutch ; Swedish ; Norwegian ; Danish ; Finnish ; Portuguese ; Polish Duration 1 hour 35 minutes (approx)

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A high-school shooting costs four students their lives & 15-year-old Ethan Chiles his future Now he's got 50 years of hard time to look forward to Something powerful has been growing within Ethan & on the day of his sentencing it escapes at last It will change a life that has already been completely changed It will follow him into the savage environment of a maximum security prison where each day is a struggle for survival Will it be a source of massive power a chance at redemption or the cruelest of curses? In this second Hard Time collection Ethan leaves solitary confinement & rejoins the prison's general population But can his strange power keep him & his few friends alive? ...

Harper Collins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved essential classics ‘ It was a town of red brick or of brick that would have been red if the smoke & ashes had allowed it; but as matters stood it was a town of unnatural red & black like the painted face of a savage’ Set in fictitious Coketown England during the Industrial Revolution of the 1850s Dickens wished to expose the enormous gulf between the rich & poor through his writing In Hard Times the social & moral purpose of his work is at its most evident Openly ironic & satirical in its tone Dickens suggests a mechanization of society where the wealthy are ruthless & uncharitable towards those less fortunate than themselves Siblings Louisa & Tom Gradgrind are raised by their father a harsh & pragmatic educator & his influence means that they go on to lead lives that are lacking in all areas Louisa marries the arrogant & greedy Josiah Bounderby ending in an unhappy pairing & the unfeeling & villainous Tom robs his own brother-in-law’s bank As their father watches their plight he realises that his own principles may have led to their downfall ...

A damning indictment of Utlilitarianism & the dehumanising influence of the Industrial Revolution Charles Dickens&s Hard Times is edited with an introduction & notes by Kate Flint in Penguin Classics In Hard Times the Northern mill-town of Coketown is dominated by the figure of Mr Thomas Gradgrind school headmaster & model of Utilitarian success Feeding both his pupils & family with facts he bans fancy & wonder from any young minds As a consequence his obedient daughter Louisa marries the loveless businessman & &bully of humanity& Mr Bounderby & his son Tom rebels to become embroiled in gambling & robbery & as their fortunes cross with those of free-spirited circus girl Sissy Jupe & victimized weaver Stephen Blackpool Gradgrind is eventually forced to recognize the value of the human heart in an age of materialism & machinery This edition of Hard Times is based on the text of the first volume publication of 1854 Kate Flint&s introduction sheds light on the frequently overlooked character interplay in Dickens&s great critique of Victorian industrial society Charles Dickens is one of the best-loved novelists in the English language whose 200th anniversary was celebrated in 2012 His most famous books including Oliver Twist Great Expectations A Tale of Two Cities David Copperfield & The Pickwick Papers have been adapted for stage & screen & read by millions If you enjoyed Hard Times you might like Dickens&s Bleak House also available in Penguin Classics &A masterpiece a completely serious work of art&FR Leavis ...

Introduction & Notes by Dinny Thorold University of Westminster Illustrated by F Walker & Maurice Greiffenhagen Unusually for Dickens Hard Times is set not in London but in the imaginary mid-Victorian Northern industrial town of Coketown with its blackened factories downtrodden workers & polluted environment This is the soulless domain of the strict utilitarian Thomas Gradgrind & the heartless factory owner Josiah Bounderby However human joy is not excluded thanks to & Mr Sleary&s Horse-Riding& circus a gin-soaked & hilarious troupe of open-hearted & affectionate people who act as an antidote to all the drudgery & misery endured by the ordinary citizens of Coketown Macaulay attacked Hard Times for its ‘sullen socialism’ but 20th-century critics such as George Bernard Shaw & FR Leavis have praised this book in the highest terms while readers the world over have found inspiration & enjoyment from what is both Dickens’ shortest completed novel & also one of his important statements on Victorian society ...

The Penguin English Library Edition of Hard Times by Charles Dickens& Now what I want is Facts Teach these boys & girls nothing but Facts Facts alone are wanted in life Plant nothing else & root out everything else& Coketown is dominated by the figure of Mr Thomas Gradgrind school owner & model of Utilitarian success Feeding both his pupils & his family with facts he bans fancy & wonder from young minds As a consequence his obedient daughter Louisa marries the loveless businessman & &bully of humility& Mr Bounderby & his son Tom rebels to become embroiled in gambling & robbery & as their fortunes cross with those of free-spirited circus girl Sissy Jupe & victimised weaver Stephen Blackpool Gradgrind is eventually forced to recognise the value of the human heart in an age of materialism & machinery The Penguin English Library
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A TV adaptation of the Dickens novel set in the heart of northern industrial England which tells of an abandoned circus girl in Victorian England who goes to work for businessman & politician Mr Gradgrind ...

Collector&s Edition Contains Game DLCT-Shirt Art bookand Badge Welcome to the Wild West as you&ve never seen before Follow Warren on his descent into the darkest recesses of the human soul & try to survive in a world full of hard choices & even harder consequences Because in this world death is a constant presence & the black pacts which you make with forces beyond human comprehension will forever haunt all those around you Journey deeper into the world of hard West & meet a colorful cast of playable characters whose fates are intimately intertwined with yours Together you will need to make divisive choices to uncover the ultimate plans of the ancient powers at play as you Unravel a deep narrative storyline featuring multiple endings depending on the choices you make during the game ...

Description below is for brand new sealed products & may not represent the item fully Images are for illustration only Contents & item condition may vary All items are sold in working condition Instruction manuals guides downloadable or online accessible content listed on the product are not guaranteed to be included Collector&s Edition Contains Game DLCT-Shirt Art bookand Badge Welcome to the Wild West as you&ve never seen before Follow Warren on his descent into the darkest recesses of the human soul & try to survive in a world full of hard choices & even harder consequences Because in this world death is a constant presence & the black pacts which you make with forces beyond human comprehension will forever haunt all those around you Journey deeper into the world of hard West & meet a colorful cast of playable characters whose fates are intimately intertwined with yours Together you will need to make divisive choices to uncover the ultimate plans of the ancient powers at play as you Unravel a deep narrative storyline featuring multiple endings depending on the choices you make during the game ...