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Subgenre Sampler

 
Siyama: Village of Warriors Siyama: Village of Warriors (2007)
Dir. Preecha Songsakul
Three teenagers travel back to the 18th century in their Toyota to lend a helping hand to villagers engaged in an epic battle with a callous Burmese…
Sword Of AlexanderSword Of Alexander (Taitei no ken) (2007)
Dir. Yukihiko Tsutsumi
Feat. Hiroshi Abe, Riki Takeuchi
Camp sword and sorcery pastiche mines the Japanese tradition for bizarre humour, genre–mincing, and spectacular overacting, with…
City of Violence, TheCity of Violence, The (2006)
Dir. Ryoo Seung-Wan
Feat. Doo-hong Jung, Kil-Kang Ahn
A dazzling, action–fantastic revenger by way of Korea, this draws its considerable bloodletting from the aftermath of a funeral, where two…
Curse of the Golden FlowerCurse of the Golden Flower (2006)
Dir. Zhang Yimou
Feat. Chow Yun-Fat, Gong Li, Jay Chou
Another sumptuous Tang Dynasty epic in martial arts from the dir. of HERO, cast in the mould of a Shakespearian power struggle between an Emperor, an…
Dragon Tiger GateDragon Tiger Gate (2006)
Dir. Wilson Yip
Feat. Nicholas Tse, Shawn Yue, Donnie Yen
Flamboyant, off–the–hook actioner in which two estranged kung–fu masters must put aside their differences to overcome a marauding…
Dynamite WarriorDynamite Warrior (2006)
Dir. Chalem Wongpim
Feat. Dan Chupong, Leo Putt
As if to accommodate an escalating reputation for martial arts outrageousness, Thailand’s stunt extraordinaires risk life and limb in their most…
Rebel, TheRebel, The (2006)
Dir. Truc "Charlie" Nguyen
Feat. Dustin Nguyen
This vigorous martial arts actioner set in 1920s Vietnam is unusually committed to the finer details of political turmoil and period recreation,…
Robin-B-HoodRobin-B-Hood (Bo bui gai wak) (2006)
Dir. Benny Chan
Feat. Jackie Chan, Louis Koo, Michael Hui
Chan hams it up in this big–budget action caper as a compulsive gambler who inadvertently ends up with a kidnapped baby as a means to pay off…
Azumi 2Azumi 2 (2005)
Dir. Shusuke Kaneko
Feat. Aya Ueto, Shun Oguri, Ai Maeda
Samurai girl–power sweeps feudal Japan once more in this competent, but lesser installment (minus the original director) in the Azumi…
Death TranceDeath Trance (2005)
Dir. Yuji Shimomura
Feat. Tak Sakaguchi
Another insane, neo–samurai fantasy from the VERSUS camp involving the battle over a mysterious coffin that, if opened, could destroy the…

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