Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Foreign Cinema > Action/Adventure: 363 Films to Rent on DVD
- Legend of the Fist - The Return of Chen Zhen (2010)
- Dir. Andrew Lau
Feat. Donnie Yen, Shu Qi, Anthony Wong…
- Belated sequel to Bruce Lee's FIST OF FURY (remade with Jet Li as FIST OF LEGEND) picks up well after the Dojo–busting triumphs of those films,…
- Let the Bullets Fly (2010)
- Dir. Wen Jiang
Feat. Chow Yun-Fat, Ge You, Wen Jiang…
- Cocksure 'noodle' western – best described as a Chinese variation on Kurosawa's YOJIMBO – pits a notorious bandit against the mob boss of…
- Little Big Soldier (2010)
- Dir. Sheng Ding
Feat. Jackie Chan, Lee-Hom Wang
- Charismatic anti–war comedy stars Jackie Chan as a lowly foot soldier who strikes it lucky when he captures a wanted enemy General (Wang).…
- Man From Nowhere, The (Ajeossi) (2010)
- Dir. Jeong-beom Lee
Feat. Won Bin, Sae-ron Kim
- Korean action movie following a former special agent who is living a quiet life as a pawnshop owner after his wife dies in a tragic accident, when a…
- Mutant Girls Squad (2010)
- Dir. Noboru Iguchi, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Tak Sakaguchi
Feat. Yumi Sugimoto, Tak Sakaguchi
- Japan's outlandish splatter–comedy phase reaches its logical end point with this three–chapter collaboration between the most notorious…
- Once a Gangster (2010)
- Dir. Felix Chong
Feat. Ekin Cheng, Jordan Chan, Alex Fong
- Nimble action–comedy with two jaded gangsters urged by their elders to fight for the position of Dragon Head of the Hong Kong Underworld.…
- Raavan (2010)
- Dir. Mani Ratnam
Feat. Aishwarya Rai, Abhishek Bachchan
- Bullish, jungle–set spectacular, based on the Indian legend of 'The Ramayan', is both a vanity project for glamour couple Abhishek Bachchan and…
- Reign of Assassins (2010)
- Dir. Chao-Bin Su
Feat. Michelle Yeoh, Woo-sung Jung, Kelly Lin…
- Classy John Woo–produced swordplay, with Kelly Lin as a feared wuxia assassin who, seeking a new life, surgically alters her appearance (to…
- Betrayal (2009)
- Dir. Hakon Gunderson
Feat. Lene Nystrøm, Götz Otto, Kåre Conradi
- Deceit and opportunism are the currencies traded in this passable wartime thriller, recommended for fans of MAX MANUS. Lene Nystrøm (of 90’s pop…
- Bodyguards and Assassins (2009)
- Dir. Teddy Chen
Feat. Donnie Yen, Leon Lai, Tony Leung (Kar-fai)…
- A hefty, star–studded take on turn of the century events in Hong Kong, in which the assassination of famous revolutionary figure Sun Yat Sen…