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Subgenre Sampler
Count of Monte Cristo, The (2002)
- Dir. Kevin Reynolds
Feat. Jim Caviezel, Guy Pearce, Michael Wincott… - Replicating the contemporary–yet–traditional witty action–mix of MASK OF ZORRO, this version of Alexander Dumas’ 19th century…
Gada Meilin (2002)- Dir. Feng Xiaoning
- Lauded, but rather obscure action drama set in 1930s Mongolia, where the nomadic tribal leader Gada Meilin tried to prevent the 'desertification' of…
Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers (2002)
- Dir. Peter Jackson
Feat. Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen… - Peter Jackson’s mammoth adaptation of J R R Tolkien’s fantasy classic continues in grand fashion, with increased visual panache and…
Lost World, The (TV Mini-series) (2002)- Dir. Stuart Orme
Feat. Bob Hoskins, Peter Falk, James Fox… - Sterling BBC adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s adventure novel, where an intrepid bunch of Victorians explore the Amazon jungle for dinosaurs…
Shackleton (2002)- Dir. Charles Sturridge
Feat. Kenneth Branagh, Embeth Davidtz - Channel 4’s mini–series version of polar–explorer Ernest Shackleton’s voyage to the South Pole in 1914. A brilliant adventure tale…
Swept Away (2002)- Dir. Guy Ritchie
Feat. Madonna, Adriano Giannini, Bruce Greenwood… - Rich ogress Madonna is marooned with moronic hunk Adriano Giannini in this desert island drama that was washed away by a wave of ridicule on its…
Time Machine, The (2002)- Dir. Simon Wells
Feat. Guy Pearce, Samantha Mumba, Jeremy Irons - Though directed by the great–grandson of H G Wells, this adaptation of the classic sci–fi fable glosses the humbling future vision of a…
Arthur's Dyke (2001)- Dir. Gerry Poulson
Feat. Pauline Quirke, Dennis Waterman - Typically British comedy concerns three student friends who reunite after several decades to complete a long distance walk across the Welsh…
Asoka (2001)- Dir. Santosh Sivan
Feat. Shahrukh Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Danny Denzongpa - Scintillating, hallucinatory epic of ancient India that’s perhaps the first ‘Bollywood’ film to reach international audiences, telling the…
Crooked Earth (2001)- Dir. Sam Pillsbury
Feat. Temuera Morrison, Lawrence Makoare, Nancy Brunning - Vivid action–melodrama uses the dispossession of East Coast Maori to prime its tale of tribal succession, with SAS soldier Temuera Morrison…
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