Subgenre Sampler
Sales > Foreign Cinema > Action/Adventure: 36 films to Buy
- OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies (2006)
- Dusting off a little–known French spy spoof from the 1960's, this remake upgrades rather than updates the franchise, combining the Bond school…
- DVD $19.95
- Myth, The (San Wa) (2005)
- Alternating between past and present, Jackie Chan plays a warrior general during the Qing Dynasty and a modern day archaeologist respectively in this…
- DVD $29.95
- Shadowless Sword (Muyeong geom) (2005)
- Spiffy Korean wuxia extravaganza grafting comedy, romance and action aplenty onto the skin of an ambitious historical epic.
Scaling the efforts of…
- DVD $29.95
- Arahan (2004)
- Urban martial arts injected with supernatural pep, this effects–laden action comedy has an ultimately limited box of tricks, but provides more…
- DVD $29.95
- Ong-Bak (Muay Thai Warrior) (2003)
- A martial arts juggernaut from Thailand, in which a benign village kickboxer travels to big bad Bangkok in search of a sacred statue stolen from his…
- DVD $19.95
- Amores Perros (Love's a Bitch) (2000)
- Bursting forth with passion, cinematic mettle and pungent local flavours, this debut feature, a triptych of stories set in polyglot Mexico City, is…
- DVD $29.95
- Bang Rajan (2000)
- Truly ferocious action spectacular based on the true tale of how a small Siamese village tried to withstand the efforts of 100 000 invading Burmese…
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- Bichunmoo (2000)
- Boasting the biggest budget of any Korean film, this period epic, a kind–of "Once Upon a Time in Korea", blends the usual ingredients with…
- DVD $29.95
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
- A fantasy–fuelled, Chinese feudal melodrama laced with jaw–dropping combat sequences (arguably the best ever staged), this represents a…
- DVD
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- JSA: Joint Security Area (2000)
- A Korean military thriller of high repute that opens with a double–killing on the bitterly–tense border between North and South and…
- DVD $29.95