Arrow Video In June Will Be A 'Blistering' A-Lister Month

British Summer Time might be here, the warm (& wet) days and nights of the season still a few months away, Arrow Video promise June will be a ‘blistering’ A-Lister month.

First in June comes one of the defining films of the 1980s: Road House. A neon-lit action extravaganza with riveting fight scenes and possibly the coolest protagonist in American cinema, played by the late great Patrick Swayze. Featuring a star-studded ing cast including Sam Elliott, Kelly Lynch and Ben Gazzara as the nefarious Wesley, Road House remains the undisputed champion of 80s ass-kicking action! Released on Limited Edition 4K UHD and Limited Edition Blu-ray.

There’s more slick blockbusting action in Swordfish, on Limited Edition 4K UHD, from legendary producer Joel Silver (The Matrix) starring John Travolta (Face/Off) and Hugh Jackman (Logan). A nail-biting high-tech thriller from its explosive opening to its thrilling climax, Swordfish features a great ing cast including Halle Berry, Don Cheadle and Vinnie Jones.

Next in the month will be Kiefer Sutherland (The Lost Boys), William Hurt (A History of Violence), Jennifer Connelly (Phenomena) and Richard O’Brien (The Rocky Horror Picture Show), and a script by Proyas, Lem Dobbs (Kafka) and David S. Goyer (Batman Begins), Dark City is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma, filmed through a lens of film noir and German expressionism.

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly on Limited Edition 4K UHD and Limited Edition Blu-ray arrives in June . With the two preceding films in his “Dollars” trilogy having unleashed a boom in Euro Western productions, Sergio Leone knew that his concluding chapter would have to top them all. Armed with his largest budget yet, Leone created what is, for many, the final word on the subject – a violent, picaresque epic presented with operatic scope and intensity, with Clint Eastwood donning the iconic hat and poncho one last time. Mythic, cynical and endlessly entertaining, The Good, The Bad and The Ugly brings Leone’s grand sense of dramatic scale to its apotheosis.

June brings Harrison Ford (The Fugitive) and Kelly McGillis (Top Gun) as would-be lovers from two different worlds in Witness, director Peter Weir’s (Picnic at Hanging Rock) Academy Award®-winning neo-noir thriller which pits modernity against tradition. Noted for its sensitive portrayal of the Amish community, Witness features a career-best performance from Ford – earning him an Academy Award® nomination for Best Actor – a beautiful, memorable score by Maurice Jarre, and some stunning sequences, not least the building of the barn, and the High Noon-ish finale. Now fully restored in 4K, Witness proves as timeless as it is masterful.

Also in June, The Invisible Swordsman on Limited Edition Blu-ray. Mysterious sprites, eerie supernatural goings on and heroic sword-fighting action abound in this mystical tale of vengeance and adventure from the makers of the Zatoichi, Daimajin and Yokai Monsters films. Directed by Yoshiyuki Kuroda (Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare, Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell) and beautifully shot by Hiroshi Imai (Zatoichi and the Doomed Man, The Haunted Palace). Boasting sumptuous attention to its historical setting, costume design, fight choreography and period details that Daiei Kyoto were renowned for, all with an added dose of rip-roaring fantasy and adventure, unseen gem in a brand new high-definition transfer for the very first time for the home video market outside of Japan.

Finally the month ends with the edge-of-your-seat thrill ride that wrote the rulebook on high-stakes heist movies – The Taking of Pelham One Two Three. Joseph Sargent’s 1974 masterclass in relentless suspense, releasing on Limited Edition 4K UHD and Limited Edition Blu-ray. One of the seminal New York crime films of the seventies, shot on location and oozing period detail and authenticity, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three boasts pitch-perfect performances from the likes of Walter Matthau and Robert Shaw, pitch-black humour, an unrelenting pace and an unforgettable score by David Shire. Oft-imitated, never bettered, this rugged gem of Hollywood heist cinema remains a perennial classic of the genre – and one hell of a ride. Gesundheit!

Swordfish Limited Edition 4K UHD 9th June

Former master hacker Stanley Jobson (Hugh Jackman) is on parole after getting caught infiltrating an FBI program. Even so much as glancing at a computer could send him straight back to prison, but Stanley’s new offline life is interrupted when he’s approached by the mysterious Gabriel Shear (John Travolta), who offers him 10 million dollars for one last hacking job. Unable to resist the lure of the computer screen, Stanley accepts and finds himself caught in the middle of a complex web of intrigue involving several covert agencies and a nine billion-dollar government slush fund

Roadhouse Limited Edition 4K UHD 2nd June

In Jasper, Missouri, the Double Deuce might be the roughest bar around, where fights break out every night, drugs are dealt under tables and the staff skim off the top. But there’s a new sheriff in town: professional cooler and martial artist James Dalton has just been recruited as head of security and begins to class up the t by roundhouse kicking ruffians and firing bartenders with sticky fingers. Soon the Double Deuce is turned around into the hottest club in Jasper – but Dalton’s exploits provoke the ire of Brad Wesley, the local crime-lord who maintains a vice-like grip on the town.

Also available: Limited Edition Blu-Ray

Dark City Limited Edition 4K UHD 23rd June

John Murdoch (Rufus Sewell) wakes in a hotel bathtub with no memory of who he is or how he got there, but there’s a body on the floor with bloody spirals carved into the flesh and a voice on the phone that tells him to flee. Soon Murdoch is on the run, wanted by the police, a woman who claims to be his wife and a group of mysterious pale men who seem to control everyone and everything in the city… except him.

Also available: Limited Edition Blu-Ray

The Good, The Bad and the Ugly Limited Edition 4K UHD 23rd June

A partnership between two scoundrels, Blondie (Clint Eastwood) and Tuco (Eli Wallach) goes awry, only for fate to intervene in the form of information about a cache of stolen Confederate gold buried in a graveyard. Each possessing a different clue to its location, the pair are forced into a distrustful partnership. However, the gold is also sought by Angel Eyes (Lee Van Cleef), a ruthless mercenary with his own twisted code of honour. Thus begins a desperate pursuit amidst the mass destruction and absurdity of the American Civil War, culminating in an iconic three-way standoff inside the graveyard.

Also available: Limited Edition Blu-Ray

Witness Limited Edition Blu-ray 16th June

When a young Amish boy inadvertently witnesses a brutal murder while en route to Philadelphia with his recently widowed mother, Rachel (Kelly McGillis), Detective John Book (Harrison Ford) is assigned to the case. With the perpetrators desperate to silence the sole witness, Book and his two wards are forced to hide out in the heart of the Amish community. As ions between Book and Rachel ignite, the killers close in, culminating in a dramatic, life-and-death clash of cultures that will change the lives of those involved forever.

Also available: Limited Edition Blu-Ray

The Invisible Swordsman Limited Edition Blu-ray 23rd June

In Edo-era Japan, Sanshiro diligently hones his sword-fighting technique at the kendo dojo, but no amount of practice can hide the fact that he is both clumsy and cowardly. When his samurai father falls prey to a gang of murderous phantom thieves while on night watch duties, Sanshiro is drawn to the banks of the Sanzu River that separates the worlds of the living and the dead. Here he encounters a strange being that introduces itself as a Shokera. The otherworldly apparition offers advice on how Sanshiro can avenge his father with the aid of a mysterious potion with the power to turn him invisible. But first Sanshiro must gather the ingredients, and his father’s killers might be closer to home than he thinks.

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three Limited Edition 4K UHD 9th June

Beneath the streets of Manhattan, on an afternoon like any other, four armed men hijack a subway carriage, demanding a $1 million ransom within an hour – or they’ll start executing their hostages. Upstairs, in the New York Transit Authority’s control room, world-weary transit cop Lt Garber (Walter Matthau) is forced into a deadly game of cat and mouse with the cool, calculating “Mr Blue” (Robert Shaw), parrying the demands of both the hijackers and the city’s authorities as the clock counts down to the fateful deadline.