Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Action/Adventure > Martial Arts: 292 Films to Rent
- Azumi (2003)
- Dir. Ryuhei Kitamura
Feat. Aya Ueto, Shun Oguri, Kenji Kohashi
- The dir. of VERSUS advances to a studio–scale budget for this historical action yarn, set around a skilled swords–woman in ancient feudal…
- Bulletproof Monk (2003)
- Dir. Paul Hunter
Feat. Chow Yun-Fat, Seann William Scott
- Chow Yun–Fat further dabbles in Hollywood waters as the mystical tutor of a brawling street tough, in a mostly silly action outing based on an…
- Cradle 2 the Grave (2003)
- Dir. Andrzej Bartkowiak
Feat. Jet Li, DMX, Tom Arnold…
- High–impact fusion of martial arts and hiphop wisecrackery, concerned with a tale of dueling street gangs and stolen diamonds.
Hilariously,…
- Fearless (Jet Li's Fearless; Huo Yuan Jia) (2003)
- Dir. Ronnie Yu
Feat. Jet Li
- Lively martial–arts epic which is reportedly Jet Li's final offering of screen 'wushu' (traditional Chinese fighting) , retells the story of…
- Kill Bill - Vol. 1 (2003)
- Dir. Quentin Tarantino
Feat. Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu, Vivica A. Fox…
- A blunt revenge picture souped up as an over–the–top homage to 70s ‘grindhouse’ flicks, this “fourth film by Quentin Tarantino”…
- Last Samurai, The (2003)
- Dir. Edward Zwick
Feat. Tom Cruise, Ken Watanabe, William Atherton…
- Swathed in the scenery of New Zealand, this enactment of the Japanese civil wars of the late 19th century is an ambitious, though…
- Ninja Scroll (TV Series) (Jube Ninpucho) (2003)
- Dir. Tatsuo Sato
- Anime series based on the movie NINJA SCROLL (1993), set in Feudal Japan and following the adventures of a mercenary ninja. 13 Episodes.
- Ong-Bak (Muay Thai Warrior) (2003)
- Dir. Prachya Pinkaew
Feat. Tony Jaa, Petchtai Wongkamlao
- A martial arts juggernaut from Thailand, in which a benign village kickboxer travels to big bad Bangkok in search of a sacred statue stolen from his…
- Warrior, The (2003)
- Dir. Asif Kapadia
Feat. Irfan Khan, Puru Chibber
- Award–winning debut for British born dir. Kapadia follows the quest of a lone swordsman to escape his brutal paymaster in ancient feudal…
- Warriors of Heaven and Earth (Tian di ying xiong) (2003)
- Dir. He Ping
Feat. Wen Jiang, Xueqi Wang, Vicki Zhao
- A lavish post–CROUCHING TIGER epic derived from a Chinese folktale about an Imperial assassin who is sent forth to the Gobi desert to eliminate…