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Rurouni Kenshin (2012): Dir. Keishi Otomo
Feat. Takeru Sato, Emi Takei, Teruyuki Kagawa…; A gracefully violent adaptation of the popular manga series, about a brilliant shogun who retreats from society during an era of decline for samurai,…
Wu Dang (2012): Dir. Patrick Leung
Feat. Vincent Zhao; A rambunctious, action–packed throwback to '80s martial arts flicks and strapping Indiana Jones–style adventure, centred on a famed…
Bunohan (Return to Murder) (2011): Dir. Dain Said
Feat. Zahiril Adzim, Faizal Hussein, Wan Hanafisu…; Somber martial–arts flick with three estranged brothers returning to their hometown to care for their ailing father. Interesting hybrid of…
Films of Fury: The Kung Fu Movie Movie (2011): Dir. Ric Meyers; Overview of the history of the martial arts film by genre enthusiast Ric Meyers, who peppers an impressive assemblage of film excerpts with trivia,…
Flying Swords of Dragon Gate (2011): Dir. Tsui Hark
Feat. Jet Li, Xun Zhou; Tsui Hark is in late–career form, directing this sequel–of–sorts to the oft–filmed 'Dragon Gate Inn' legend with gusto and…
Kung Fu Panda 2: The Kaboom of Doom (2011): Dir. Jennifer Yuh Nelson
Feat. Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Jackie Chan…; The portliest martial–arts panda is back in this beautifully rendered – if entirely unnecessary – sequel. This time around Po finds…
Lost Bladesman, The (2011): Dir. Felix Chong, Alan Mak
Feat. Donnie Yen, Wen Jiang; Yet another big screen reinvention of the 'Three Kingdoms' legend, this time from the perspective of talismanic figure Guan Yu, whose exploits on the…
My Kingdom (2011): Dir. Xiaosong Gao
Feat. Chun Wu, Geng Han; A commercial, action–inflected rendering of Peking Opera (a la Tsui Hark's PEKING OPERA BLUES), centred on the rivalry between two…
Raid, The (The Raid: Redemption) (2011): Dir. Gareth Evans
Feat. Iko Uwais; The finest Asian action export since ONG–BAK, pitting an out–of–their–depth SWAT team against a tenement of drug dealers,…
Shaolin (2011): Dir. Benny Chan
Feat. Andy Lau, Nicholas Tse, Jackie Chan…; Feuding warlords threaten to tear China apart and only a group of Shaolin monks stand in the way of annihilation.

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