Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Action/Adventure > Martial Arts: 292 Films to Rent
- Shanghai Noon (2000)
- Dir. Tom Dey
Feat. Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson, Lucy Liu
- Jackie Chan pilots for this lightweight, crowd–pleasing throwback to the Wild West that adds his brand of naïve Eastern exotism to the ol'…
- Time and Tide (2000)
- Dir. Tsui Hark
Feat. Nicholas Tse, Wu Bai
- Healthy measures of hard–boiled alienation and gyroscopic fire–fights ignite this Hong Kong kick–butt–fest that somersaults…
- 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…
- Hero (A Man Called Hero) (1999)
- Dir. Wai Keung Lau
Feat. Ekin Cheng, Shu Qi, Kristy Yang
- A typically offbeat HK amalgam of historical saga, martial arts action and CGI special effects.
Set in the first half of the 20th century, this…
- Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)
- Dir. Richard Donner
Feat. Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci…
- Mel and Danny couldn't refuse the pay–cheque for this fourth and biggest–grossing outing yet, which at least has Hong Kong's Jet Li to…
- Martial Law (TV Series) (1998-2000)
- Feat. Sammo Hung, Arsenio Hall
- Action–comedy series starring prolific Hong Kong actor/director/producer Sammo Hung (and frequent Jackie Chan collaborator) as a Chinese law…
- Storm Riders, The (1998)
- Dir. Wai Keung Lau
Feat. Sonny Chiba, Aaron Kwok
- The big Hong Kong hit of '98 – a super–extravagant 'flying swordsman' fantasy that ambitiously distils a popular Manga comic book series…
- 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…
- Black Mask (1997)
- Dir. Daniel Lee
Feat. Jet Li, Lau Ching-wan
- Mild–mannered librarian by day – pain–resistant, cool–garbed crime–fighter by night – Jet Li's engaging…
- 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. …