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Subgenre Sampler
Red Cliff (The Battle of Red Cliff) (2008)
- Dir. John Woo
Feat. Tony Leung (Chiu-wai), Takeshi Kaneshiro, Fengyi Zhang… - A gargantuan Han Dynasty epic from Hong Kong's action movie grandmaster, John Woo, in which two kingdoms must form an unlikely alliance to stave off…
Three Kingdoms (Resurrection of the Dragon) (2008)- Dir. Daniel Lee
Feat. Andy Lau, Sammo Hung Kam-Bo, Maggie Q… - Rousing take on a Chinese literary classic rehashes the legendary Han Dynasty power struggle between three warring kingdoms (recently given the royal…
Afro Samurai (2007)- Feat. Samuel L. Jackson, Ron Perlman
- The perpetually cool Samuel L. Jackson reeks of attitude as the voice of an Afro–American samurai hellbent on revenge. In the spirit of KILL…
Black Belt (Kuro-obi) (2007)- Dir. Shunichi Nagasaki
Feat. Akihito Yagi, Tatsuya Naka - Defence meets attack in this measured martial arts drama set in 1930s Japan, in which two karate experts (played by real–life karate pros) take…
Drummer, The (Zhan. gu) (2007)- Dir. Kenneth Bi
Feat. Tony Leung (Kar-fai), Kenneth Tsang, Jaycee Chan - Visually enticing martial arts drama of a self–indulgent son sent into the Taiwanese mountains to escape gangland city retribution, who ends up…
Fighting Beat (2007)- Dir. Piti Jaturaphat
- Agile martial arts action flick based in a Thai street fighting bar renowned for its local competitors, who find themselves in a deadly fight for…
Kung Fu Dunk (Gong fu guan lan) (2007)- Dir. Yen-ping Chu
Feat. Charlene Choi, Jay Chou, Eric Tsang… - Inane sporting comedy about a skilled martial artist recruited to play basketball at the local university in return for help in finding his birth…
Rogue Assassin (War) (2007)- Dir. Philip G Atwell
Feat. Jet Li, Jason Statham - Mildly entertaining actioner pits Statham as an FBI detective hell–bent on revenge after Li kills his partner; titular character Li, meanwhile,…
Siyama: Village of Warriors (2007)- Dir. Preecha Songsakul
- Three teenagers travel back to the 18th century in their Toyota to lend a helping hand to villagers engaged in an epic battle with a callous Burmese…
Sword Of Alexander (Taitei no ken) (2007)- Dir. Yukihiko Tsutsumi
Feat. Hiroshi Abe, Riki Takeuchi - Camp sword and sorcery pastiche mines the Japanese tradition for bizarre humour, genre–mincing, and spectacular overacting, with…
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