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Charlie's AngelsCharlie's Angels (2000)
Dir. McG
Feat. Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu
TV's favourite female crimefighters get the big screen makeover. Not quite the phenomenon that were Farrah and co., contemporary imposters Drew…
City of Lost SoulsCity of Lost Souls (2000)
Dir. Takashi Miike
Feat. Teah , Michelle Reis, Ren Osugi
Another turbo–charged piece of blood–drenched lunacy from prolific genre stylist Takashi Miike, marked out by its Brazilian protagonist…
Crouching Tiger, Hidden DragonCrouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) Aro Favourite
Dir. Ang Lee
Feat. Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi
A fantasy–fuelled, Chinese feudal melodrama laced with jaw–dropping combat sequences (arguably the best ever staged), this represents a…
Dead or Alive 2Dead or Alive 2 (Tobosha) (2000)
Dir. Takashi Miike
Feat. Sho Aikawa, Riki Takeuchi, Shinya Tsukamoto
Understated yet rewarding sequel to the mind–blowing gangster actioner follows on from the 'end of the world' with an unrelated story, with…
Gangster No. 1Gangster No. 1 (2000)
Dir. Paul McGuigan
Feat. Malcolm McDowell, David Thewlis, Paul Bettany
Ageing gangster Malcolm McDowell recalls his ascendance in the 70s to London’s underworld throne at the expense of the ‘Butcher of Mayfair’,…
Get CarterGet Carter (2000)
Dir. Stephen Kay
Feat. Sylvester Stallone, Rachael Leigh Cook, Mickey Rourke
Unnecessary remake of the British hard–boiler transposes the action to the Pacific Northwest where Las Vegas mob enforcer Sylvester Stallone…
GladiatorGladiator (2000) Recommended
Dir. Ridley Scott
Feat. Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Richard Harris
As good a Roman Sandal epic as ever there was, with a stoic and be–sandalled Russell Crowe refusing to carry over his loyalty to the new…
Gone in 60 SecondsGone in 60 Seconds (2000)
Dir. Dominic Sena
Feat. Nicolas Cage, Angelina Jolie, Robert Duvall
A Jerry Bruckheimer remake of a cult 1974 film about car–thieves, with Nicolas Cage and Angelina Jolie boosting and revving–up a variety…
JSA: Joint Security AreaJSA: Joint Security Area (2000) Recommended
Dir. Park Chan-Wook
Feat. Kang-ho Song, Young-ae Lee
A Korean military thriller of high repute that opens with a double–killing on the bitterly–tense border between North and South and…
Kiss of the DragonKiss of the Dragon (2000)
Dir. Chris Nahon
Feat. Jet Li, Bridget Fonda
As the most skilled lawman in China, Jet Li is the perfect man to clean up Paris of its drug–dealing scum, using his acupuncture needles to…

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