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Subgenre Sampler
Versus (2001)- Dir. Ryuhei Kitamura
Feat. Tak Sakaguchi, Kenji Matsuda - The zombie genre is resurrected yet again, here spliced with Asian combat routines and punk–gangster gunplay, and set in the local woods on an…
Bang Rajan (2000)
- Dir. Tanit Jitnukul
- Truly ferocious action spectacular based on the true tale of how a small Siamese village tried to withstand the efforts of 100 000 invading Burmese…
Bichunmoo (2000)- Dir. Young-Jun Kim
- Boasting the biggest budget of any Korean film, this period epic, a kind–of "Once Upon a Time in Korea", blends the usual ingredients with…
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
- Dir. Ang Lee
Feat. Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi… - A fantasy–fuelled, Chinese feudal melodrama laced with jaw–dropping combat sequences (arguably the best ever staged), this represents a…
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…
Gohatto (Taboo) (1999)- Dir. Nagisa Oshima
Feat. Takeshi Kitano - Visually stunning evocation of the tensions in a samurai–training school in 1860s Japan, with Kitano playing a captain who agonises over his…
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…
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…
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…
Once Upon a Time in China and America (1997)- Dir. Sammo Hung
Feat. Jet Li - Jet Li reprises his signature role in the popular saga, this time reinvented as a Kung Fu Western – the perfect setting for…
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