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Subgenre Sampler
800 Balas (800 Bullets) (2002)- Dir. Alex de la Iglesia
Feat. Carmen Maura, Sancho Gracia - Spanish director Alex de la Iglesia (DAY OF THE BEAST) brings his wild energy to this story of a stuntman in Almeria whose career is floundering in…
Dust (2002)- Dir. Milcho Manchevski
Feat. Joseph Fiennes, David Wenham - The dir. of BEFORE THE RAIN executes this ‘Balkan western’ with violent, overblown panache despite some miscasting and a dusted–off…
Shanghai Noon (2000)- Dir. Tom Dey
Feat. Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson, Lucy Liu - Jackie Chan pilots for this lightweight, crowd–pleasing throwback to the Wild West that adds his brand of naïve Eastern exotism to the ol'…
Tears of the Black Tiger (Fah Talai Jone) (2000)
- Dir. Wisit Sasanatieng
- A blast of wild inspiration from the New Thai Cinema, this restages a Hollywood Western within a luridly kitschy setting using back–projection,…
Ride with the Devil (1999)- Dir. Ang Lee
Feat. Tobey Maguire, John Caviezel, Skeet Ulrich - One of the best recent attempts at an American Civil War drama, demonstrating the South's point of view with sympathy and only a few wrong moves.…
Wild Wild West (1999)- Dir. Barry Sonnenfeld
Feat. Will Smith, Kevin Kline, Kenneth Branagh… - The star and director of MEN IN BLACK and recoupled for this Sci–fi–Western–spoof, first aired as a popular,…
Newton Boys, The (1998)- Dir. Richard Linklater
Feat. Ethan Hawke, Matthew McConaughey, Skeet Ulrich… - Former indie–darling, Richard Linklater (SLACKER, DAZED AND CONFUSED), chronicles the 1920s bankrobbing true exploits of the four brothers,…
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…
Andersonville (TV Mini-series) (1996)- Dir. John Frankenheimer
Feat. Frederic Forrest, Ted Marcoux, Jarrod Emick - TV western set during the American Civil War, about a group of Union soldiers who are sent to a Confederate prison camp near Andersonville, Georgia…
Last Man Standing (1996)- Dir. Walter Hill
Feat. Bruce Willis, Bruce Dern, Christopher Walken… - Gunslinger Bruce Willis dishes up violent justice for two factions of bootleggers in an actioner that ropes in western, mob movie, film noir and even…
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