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Subgenre Sampler

 
Once Upon a Time in China and AmericaOnce Upon a Time in China and America (1997)
Dir. Sammo Hung
Feat. Jet Li
Jet Li reprises his signature role in the popular saga, this time reinvented as a Kung Fu Western – the perfect setting for…
Peacemaker, ThePeacemaker, The (1997)
Dir. Mimi Leder
Feat. George Clooney, Nicole Kidman
Russkie terrorism triggers special forces Colonel George Clooney and nuclear–expert Nicole Kidman into hairs–breadth world–saving…
RoninRonin (1997)
Dir. John Frankenheimer
Feat. Robert De Niro, Jean Reno, Natascha McElhone
Perfunctory caper round the grey streets of Paris stuffs as much car–chasing and other cliches as possible into its baggy plot concerning…
Saint, TheSaint, The (1997)
Dir. Phillip Noyce
Feat. Val Kilmer, Elisabeth Shue, Rade Serbedzija
Val Kilmer's reincarnation of 'The Saint' only vaguely resembles the original character played by Roger Moore and Iain Ogilvy. There is considerable…
Seven Years in TibetSeven Years in Tibet (1997)
Dir. Jean-Jacques Annaud
Feat. Brad Pitt, David Thewlis
On the eve of WWII, Austrian nationalist Heinrich Harrer (Brad Pitt) embarks on a mountain–climbing odyssey in the Himalayas, where he is…
Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997)
Dir. Jan De Bont
Feat. Jason Patric, Sandra Bullock, Temuera Morrison
SPEED–on–water is everything the first one isn't – derivative, soulless, slackly plotted, and unintentionally funny. Also, Keanu…
Tomorrow Never DiesTomorrow Never Dies (1997)
Dir. Roger Spottiswoode
Feat. Pierce Brosnan, Jonathan Pryce, Michelle Yeoh
Pierce Brosnan is back for a second round as 007, this time embroiled in the war–waging activities of an unscrupulous media baron (Jonathan…
Vanishing PointVanishing Point (1997)
Dir. Charles Robert Carner
Feat. Viggo Mortensen, Christine Elise, Steve Railsback
Made–for–TV reprise of the 1971 transcontinental driving classic, with the chiselled Mortensen taking the mad dog role of Kowalski, now a…
VolcanoVolcano (1997)
Dir. Mick Jackson
Feat. Tommy Lee Jones, Anne Heche
A film that presupposes that LA sits on top of a load of steaming bile. A Heston–esque Tommy Lee Jones reigns in the non–stop disasters…
Young Thugs - Innocent BloodYoung Thugs - Innocent Blood (1997)
Dir. Takashi Miike
Feat. Naoto Takenaka
Gangster shenanigans with cult dir. Takashi, this time taking a more measured approach to the story of four young friends who drift together and…

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