Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Tiger Blade, The (Seua khaap daap) (2005)- Dir. Theeratorn Siriphunvaraporn
Feat. Atsadawut Luengsuntorn - Spiffy addition to the Thai martial arts boom, with action centered around the recovery of a magical ‘tiger blade’, by cops and robbers…
Unleashed (Danny the Dog) (2005)- Dir. Louis Leterrier
Feat. Jet Li, Morgan Freeman, Bob Hoskins - Aggressive action drama concerns an animalistic hitman (Li) who has been secretly raised by a Glaswegian mobster (Hoskins) as a dog trained to attack…
Arahan (2004)
- Dir. Ryoo Seung-Wan
Feat. Ryoo Seung-beom, Yoon So-yi, Ahn Sung-Ki - Urban martial arts injected with supernatural pep, this effects–laden action comedy has an ultimately limited box of tricks, but provides more…
Born to Fight (Kerd ma lui) (2004)- Dir. Panna Rittikrai
Feat. Chattapong Pantanaunkul - Created by the makers of the stupendous ONG BAK, this lesser action vehicle is contrived around a showdown in the Thai countryside between a…
House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu) (2004)- Dir. Zhang Yimou
Feat. Zhang Ziyi, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau - The dir. of HERO follows up with an equally watchable oriental spectacle, inserting the same cartwheeling martial arts action, complete with torrents…
Kill Bill - Vol. 2 (2004)- Dir. Quentin Tarantino
Feat. Uma Thurman, David Carradine, Daryl Hannah… - The second half of Quentin Tarantino’s revenge saga is an uneven but redeeming affair that brings closure to his magnum opus with more character…
Kung Fu Hustle (2004)
- Dir. Stephen Chow (Chiao)
Feat. Stephen Chow (Chiao), Wah Yuen - Hong Kong superstar Stephen Chow trumps all previous efforts (and that's saying something) with this dynamic, bust–a–gut funny…
New Police Story (2004)- Dir. Benny Chan
Feat. Jackie Chan, Nicholas Tse, Daniel Wu - A groundbreaking fourth (or possibly fifth) entry in Jackie Chan's martial arts series about the life of a reckless Hong Kong policeman, here…
Accidental Spy, The (2003)- Dir. Teddy Chen
Feat. Jackie Chan - One of Jackie Chan's 'Off–Hollywood' productions, an international action adventure filmed on the cheap in Hong Kong. Contains lashings of…
Aragami (2003)- Dir. Ryuhei Kitamura
Feat. Takao Osawa, Masaya Kato, Tak Sakaguchi - Another confidently executed, blood–soaked samurai fantasy from dir. Kitamura (VERSUS), set in a remote medieval temple into which a wounded…
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