Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Martial Arts: 34 Films to Rent on VHS
- Gorgeous (1999)
- Dir. Vincent Kok
Feat. Jackie Chan, Shu Qi, Tony Leung (Chiu-wai)…
- After his Hollywood junket, Jackie Chan returns to post–handover Hong Kong to play a dashing, embattled millionaire who falls…
- Who Am I? (1998)
- Dir. Jackie Chan, Bennie Chan
Feat. Jackie Chan
- A standard opening soon flowers into one of Jackie Chan's crazier flights of action–ballet, playing an amnesiac commando who can't work out why…
- Double Team (1997)
- Dir. Tsui Hark
Feat. Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dennis Rodman, Mickey Rourke
- Jean Claude Van Damme and basketball superfreak Dennis Rodman muscle up against the reliable terrorism of the ultimate whacko, Mickey Rourke. …
- Blade, The (1996)
- Dir. Tsui Hark
Feat. Xin Xin Xiong, Moses Chan, Man Cheuk Chiu
- Honour and retribution are the key themes in this densely–plotted, straight–faced actioner set in a mythic–historical setting.…
- Quest, The (1996)
- Dir. Jean-Claude Van Damme
Feat. Jean-Claude Van Damme
- Jean Claude gets his manhood tested many times in far Asia with an endless series of daunting foes. Plus something about self–discovery for the…
- Sex and Zen Pt. 2 (1996)
- Dir. Chin Man-Kei
Feat. Loletta Lee, Tat-Wah Lok
- A creepy polygamist meets his match in the 'mirage woman' in this twice–as–smutty, half–as–funny sequel to the outlandish…
- Top Fighter (1996)
- Dir. Toby Russell
Feat. Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Jean-Claude Van Damme
- An extensive, action–packed look at martial art stars 'exploring the psychology of the combatant and how each has perfected his craft'.
- Crying Freeman (1995)
- Dir. Christophe Gans
Feat. Mark Dacascos, Julie Condra
- Originally a Manga comic character, potter–turned–lethal martial–artist Freeman here becomes three–dimensional in the form of…
- Bodyguard from Beijing (1994)
- Dir. Yuen Kwai
Feat. Jet Li
- Jet Li is "The Bodyguard" in this delightful parody of the Kevin Costner/Whitney Houston smash. A gourmet chop suey of action, humour and simmering…
- Burning Paradise (1994)
- Dir. Ringo Lam
Feat. John Ching, Willi Chi
- Dir. Ringo Lam hits prime form in this Kung Fu excursion into the distant Chinese past. Previous hero Fong Sai Yuk and friends must quickstep…