Gialli, Guns and Gore: The Brutal Films Of Darren Ward (Region Free) Blu-ray ***Preorder***2/23
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Product Details
Brand: Treasured Films
Format: Blu-ray
Boxset Surcharge: $4.99
Import: UK
This exhaustive set collects the entire output of the "John Woo of Southampton" Darren Ward, whose high-octane and ultra-violent features deliver no-holds barred gunplay, heaps of gore, and fiercely independent love-letters to Italian genre cinema. Treasured Films are proud to present our debut 3-Disc Blu-ray boxset featuring Ward's three feature films, but also his many shorts with each disc loaded with extras in this much-treasured limited edition!
Limited Edition Contents
Illustrated booklet with interview and career retrospective essay by Tom Lee Rutter and brand new box artwork by Ilan Sheady at Uncle Frank Productions. DISC 1: SUDDEN FURY (1997)
Randall is a small time crime boss with his eye firmly on his rival's cocaine stash and criminal empire. Randall and his right-hand henchman Jimmy hire legendary hit man Walker, to take out his nemesis Harris. With Harris out of the way, Randall plans to take over sole distribution of the cocaine trade for the south coast of England. It soon becomes apparent to Walker that Randall never intended to pay for his work and his plan of domination soon becomes compromised. Randall pulls out the stops to have Walker killed, but Walker doesn't go down easy...
Featuring screen legend David Warbeck (The Last Hunter, The Beyond) in one of his final roles, this SOV bullet ballet lashes on the squibs, bloodshed and pyrotechnics with some insanely impressive action set pieces which would soon become a Ward standard.
This disc not only collects extensive extra features surrounding Sudden Fury, but also showcases Ward's early shorts Paura Il Diavolo (1992), Blue Fear (1993) and the dry-run for Sudden Fury - Bitter Vengeance (1994) - a real treat for fans of golden-era shot-on-video grue!
Special Features
Newly remastered & graded in 720HD and making its Worldwide Blu-ray Debut!
Uncompressed English DTS-HD Master Audio 2:0
Audio Commentary with Darren Ward and Nick Rendell
Sudden Fury: 12 Years On - Retrospective documentary
The Crime Trilogy Part 1: Sudden Fury - Interview with Ward looking back on making the film
Deleted Scenes
Outtakes
Behind-the-scenes Make-up reel
Early Short Film: Bitter Vengeance (1994)
Early Short Film: Blue Fear (1993)
Early Short Film: Paura Il DIavolo (1992)
Image Gallery
Archive Trailer
English Subtitles
DISC 2: A DAY OF VIOLENCE (2010)
Mitchell Parker lies dead on a morgue slab. In life, he served the low ranks of debt collectors, surrounded by the filth and scum that the streets had to offer. On a routine collection he stumbles across £100,000 in cash, hidden in the sofa of one of his clients. A dark and haunting past hangs over the head of Parker, one that will lead him on a journey of redemption and ultimately sacrifice. Hunted by the gang whose money he has stolen, he must evade capture and use the money to rid himself of his demons once and for all.
Featuring infamous Italian horror icon Giovanni Lombardo Radice(Cannibal Ferox, House at the Edge of the Park), A Day of Violence is undoubtedly one of the most uncompromising and gritty crime splatter epics to emerge from the UK!
As well as featuring exhaustive bonus materials surrounding the making of A Day of Violence, the disc also includes Ward's shot-on-film 2004 short Nightmares.
Special Features
Newly graded and making it's UK Blu-ray debut!
'Making-of A Day of Violence' Full Length Feature
Behind the Scenes Featurette
Audio Commentary with Darren Ward and Nick Rendell
The Crime Trilogy Part 2: A Day of Violence - Darren Ward looks back on making the film.
The Crime Trilogy: The In-between Years- Darren Ward on making 'Nightmares'
Deleted Scenes
Outtakes
Hardcore Trailer
Soft Trailer
'Soprano' Trailer
Short Film: Nightmares (2004)
Audio Commentary for 'Nightmares'
Image gallery
English Subtitles
DISC 3: BEYOND FURY (2019)
Ex-Mercenary Michael Walker and his pregnant girlfriend Claudia are brutally attacked. Now with Claudia and the unborn child dead, Walker reverts to his military training to hunt down and serve his own kind of street justice. The concluding part of Ward's 'Crime trilogy' is his most ambitious, action packed and goriest of the three.
Giovanni Lombardo Radice returns at the height of his powers as lead villain Ivan Lenzivitch alongside other screen luminaries including Dan van Husen (Salon Kitty, The Killer Barbys Vs. Dracula), Dani Thompson (The Pocket Film of Superstitions) and The Bill's PC Reg Hollis himself, Jeff Stewart!
Armed to the teeth with behind-the-scenes and retrospective bonus materials, this disc also includes Ward's most recent film; the bloodsoaked giallo-inspired short Passion (2025).
Special Features
Making it's UK Blu-ray Debut
Behind the Scenes Featurette
Audio Commentary with Darren Ward and Nick Rendell
The Crime Trilogy Part 3: Beyond Fury - Darren Ward looks back on making the film.