Gialli, Guns, & Gore: The Darren Ward Crime Trilogy Reloads on Blu-ray!
The greatest crime trilogy ever built in the empire of UK underground flicks is coming as a limited edition Blu-ray set.
Darren Ward is no stranger to the pages of Severed Cinema, having been interviewed years ago twice (see The Violent and Gun Loving World of Darren Ward and The Violent and Gun Loving World of Darren Ward Part II) whilst his movies have all been reviewed by various members of the crimson loving writers.
His trilogy of terror, the ones that specialise in guns, gialli, and gore, are coming out from the tunnels of Treasures Films, and are limited to 2000 Blu-ray editions.
Sudden Fury (see review of Sudden Fury here), A Day of Violence (see review of A Day of Violence here), plus the jaw-dropping epic, Beyond Fury (see review of Beyond Fury here). They all deliver the blood, mutilation, and bullets plus guest stars from the golden era of European made horrors, westerns, and action movies from the ‘70s and ‘80s.
This release is genuinely a must have for all bloodhounds and lovers of low budget indie nastiness. Estimated release date is currently February next year.
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.
– WEBSTORE EXCLUSIVE Set of 3 postcards signed by Director Darren Ward [PRE-ORDER GUARANTEED]
– WEBSTORE EXCLUSIVE Double sided A3 Beyond Fury poster [PRE-ORDER GUARANTEED]
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
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!
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!
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.
- Chainsaw Fun Featurette
- Gasworks Visual Effects reel
- The Crime Trilogy Props tour
- Short Film: Passion (2025)
- Passion Audio Commentary
- Trailers
- Image Gallery
- English Subtitles
Worth mentioning that his extremely classy short film, Passion is featured amongst the extras for Beyond Fury (see Lust, Blood, and Blades: Darren Ward’s ‘Passion’ Delivers Brutal Beauty in a Giallo-Inspired Nightmare) and, as regulars will know, I have a small part in Beyond Fury as the silent killer, Milsom.
Here’s a link to the website. For the price they’re asking, this is seriously an absolute bargain. Gotta ‘ave it!!!! treasuredfilms.co.uk/gialli-guns-and-gore-the-brutal-films-of-darren-ward-blu-ray-boxset
