Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Foreign Cinema > Martial Arts: 220 Films to Rent on DVD
- Myth, The (San Wa) (2005)
- Dir. Stanley Tong
Feat. Jackie Chan
- Alternating between past and present, Jackie Chan plays a warrior general during the Qing Dynasty and a modern day archaeologist respectively in this…
- Promise, The (Wu ji) (2005)
- Dir. Chen Kaige
Feat. Hiroyuki Sanada, Dong-Kun Jang, Cecilia Cheung…
- Visually exquisite, if utterly frivolous Golden Globe–nominated romantic epic from the director of FAREWELL MY CONCUBINE relays the story of…
- Protector, The (Tom yum goong, Warrior King) (2005)
- Dir. Prachya Pinkaew
Feat. Tony Jaa, Petchtai Wongkamlao
- Muay Thai phenomenon Tony Jaa continues his reinvigoration of the martial arts genre with this hotly anticipated follow–up to ONG–BAK: a…
- Seven Swords (2005)
- Dir. Tsui Hark
Feat. Donnie Yen, Leon Lai, Charlie Yeung
- Legendary Hong Kong dir. Tsui Hark returns with an action epic set among the brutal 17th Century Ching dynasty, as seven warriors come together to…
- Shadowless Sword (Muyeong geom) (2005)
- Dir. Young-Jun Kim
Feat. Seo-Jin Lee, Yoon So-yi
- Spiffy Korean wuxia extravaganza grafting comedy, romance and action aplenty onto the skin of an ambitious historical epic.
Scaling the efforts of…
- Shinobi (2005)
- Dir. Ten Shimoyama
Feat. Joe Odagiri, Yukie Nakama
- Set in an ancient Japan complete with magical trappings, this action epic posits a forbidden love story between members (Odagiri and Nakama) of two…
- SPL (Sha Po Lang) (2005)
- Dir. Wilson Yip
Feat. Donnie Yen, Sammo Hung, Simon Yam…
- Intense cops–and–hoods thriller which clearly raises the bar for Hong Kong martial–arts by infusing its tale of an idealistic cop…
- 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…
- 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…