War as Performance

Hard hitting, shocking and incredibly powerful. Kim Ki-duk's take on the effects of the Korean War on its victims is a very good work, marred in part by the hilariously bad performance by Mitch Mahlum as the American soldier. Accused of being Anti-American, it at least has a balanced view of the consequences of war, unlike jingoistic commercial pap such as We Were Soldiers.

'A band of stubborn pioneers rose from the embers of Britain's cities after World War Two and created the finest automobiles the world had ever seen … High Performance tells the exhilarating tale of their journey down the fast lane.' Ben Collins, bestselling author of The Man In The White Suit and How To Drive