Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Foreign Cinema > Martial Arts: 237 Films to Rent
- 14 Blades (2010)
- Dir. Daniel Lee
Feat. Donnie Yen, Chun Wu, Sammo Hung…
- A secret agent of the emperor’s court is betrayed by his colleagues in this spectacular Ming Dynasty–set thriller. Something of a return to…
- Bangkok Knockout (BKO) (2010)
- Dir. Panna Rittikrai
Feat. Chatchapol Kulsiriwoottichai, Sarawoot Kumsorn, Sorapong Chatree
- Ordinary production values and mediocre performances are beside the point in this off–the–wall Thai martial arts, centred on a motley…
- Blades of Blood (2010)
- Dir. Jun-ik Lee
Feat. Seong-hyeon Baek, Seung-Won Cha
- The dir. of THE KING AND THE CLOWN returns to the Chosun era with an energetic tale of working class uprising in the shadow of Japanese invasion. A…
- Blood Fight: Bang Rajan 2 (2010)
- Dir. Tanit Jitnukul
- Though not quite on the scale of the battle–heavy original, this fiery sequel nonetheless charges forth with another succession of brutal,…
- Bruce Lee My Brother (2010)
- Dir. Manfred Wong, Yip Wai-Man
Feat. Tony Leung (Kar-fai), Aarif Rahman, Christy Chung
- A rambunctious, rose–tinted chronicle of Bruce Lee’s child and teenhood before departing for the USA to cement his screen legend.
Doubling…
- Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame (2010)
- Dir. Tsui Hark
Feat. Andy Lau, Tony Leung (Kar-fai), Carina Lau…
- Historical–whodunit, breathlessly paced, with Andy Lau as the dissident detective racing to hunt down a team of mysterious assassins attempting…
- Gallants (2010)
- Dir. Chi-kin Kwok, Clement Sze-Kit Cheng
Feat. Siu-Lung Leung, Kuan Tai Chen
- An exuberant homage to the Shaw Brothers films of yesteryear, this kung–fu comedy delights as an old–school actioner, replete with…
- Ip Man 2 (2010)
- Dir. Wilson Yip
Feat. Donnie Yen, Lynn Hung, Simon Yam…
- The kick–ass legend of Ip Man continues with the wushu grandmaster immigrating to Hong Kong to school other Kung Fu practitioners in the art of…
- Ip Man: The Legend is Born (2010)
- Dir. Herman Yau
Feat. To Yue Hong, Sammo Hung, Donnie Yen…
- Worthy prequel to the popular IP MAN series centres on our hero's early life as he studies the martial art Wing Chun. Unpretentious film–making…
- Legend of the Fist - The Return of Chen Zhen (2010)
- Dir. Andrew Lau
Feat. Donnie Yen, Shu Qi, Anthony Wong…
- Belated sequel to Bruce Lee's FIST OF FURY (remade with Jet Li as FIST OF LEGEND) picks up well after the Dojo–busting triumphs of those films,…