THE SILENCER/CRYING OUT FOR BRITISH ATTENTION

Do DVDs merely allow you to see at home films you could see better in the cinema? In many cases, they are the only to see British films, like this edgy new release.

The Silencer. Is it part of a gun? Or is it the man who wields the gun?

In this new DVD, the title stands for both as hard man Glenn (Left For Dead) Salvage wreaks vengeance on all and sundry.

Whatever is his problem? Why be so nasty?

Well, it seems his day as an honest drug enforcement officer, a tough enough assignment at the best of times, has been considerable spoilt by a few corrupt colleagues who gun him down and, to seal the deal, incriminate him.

Months pass and the only good news for cult action star Salvage is that he is in a coma and has no idea what is going on. But consciousness returns and with it a few fresh setbacks.

Paramount among them – along with having been framed and thrown off the force - is that his wife has left him for his best friend.

Oh, and his injuries have left him unable to speak. Did I forget to mention that? The silencer, indeed.

Why be so nasty? Okay, it does seem that he has a right to be riled. And beware all those who crossed him as he sets out to find the silly chaps who set him up and, as is the way of these things, to pay off a few debts.

Silent guns aside, the film also makes much of martial arts as a bargaining tool.

Directed by Steve Lawson and Simon Wyndham, The Silencer, features Salvages Left For Dead co-star Chris Jones, the stunning Maye Choo and stundman Mike Choo.

The Silencer can be pre-ordered now, for both rental (available from Lovefilm.com from January 14th) and purchase (available fro £9.99 from Play.com from February 11th).

Filed January 7, 2008.