Subgenre Sampler
Action/Adventure > Foreign Cinema: 396 Films to Buy & Rent
- Raging Phoenix (2009)
- Dir. Rashane Limtrakul
Feat. JeeJa Yanin
- The female star of CHOCOLATE returns with break dancing moves to complement her sick martial arts skills, in this over–the–top kickboxing…
- Robogeisha (2009)
- Dir. Noboru Iguchi
Feat. Aya Kiguchi
- Two sisters, recruited as assassins in a robotic geisha army, fight from the inside to take down the head of an evil corporation. More cartoonish,…
- Sniper, The (Sun cheung sau) (2009)
- Dir. Dante Lam
Feat. Edison Chen, Richie Ren, Xiaoming Huang…
- Macho, ADD shoot ‘em up follows an elite sniper unit from Hong Kong who, with the aid of a brash young rookie, must take down an…
- Storm Warriors, The (Storm Riders II) (2009)
- Dir. Oxide Pang, Danny Pang
Feat. Aaron Kwok, Ekin Cheng, Simon Yam
- The Pang brothers helm this flamboyant, effects–heavy sequel to the OTT Hong Kong hit, delivering a mixture of wushu and wizardry with…
- Tracing Shadow (Zhui ying) (2009)
- Dir. Marco Mak, Francis Ng
Feat. Jaycee Chan, Hao Dang, Francis Ng
- This batty Ming Dynasty comedy is a worthy throwback to Hong Kong’s campy martial arts movies of the early 90s, with an extravagant blend of…
- Treasure Hunter, The (2009)
- Dir. Yen-ping Chu
Feat. Jay Chou, Chiling Lin, Eric Tsang…
- Madcap fusion of Indiana Jones and martial arts mayhem, with Mandarin popstar Jay Chou leading the charge as a protector of relics on the hunt for a…
- Turning Point (2009)
- Dir. Herman Yau
Feat. Michael Tse, Anthony Wong, Francis Ng…
- A triad gangster wrestles with conflicting loyalties after being selected by his boss to become a mole within the police force, then being recruited…
- Vengeance (2009)
- Dir. Johnnie To
Feat. Johnny Hallyday, Sylvie Testud, Anthony Wong…
- French tough guy Johnny Hallyday returns to China to exact revenge on his family's killers in another high class shoot 'em up from Hong Kong's action…
- Woochi: Goblin Wizard (Jeon Woochi : The Taoist Wizard) (2009)
- Dir. Dong-hun Choi
Feat. Dong-won Kang, Yun-seok Kim, Su-jeong Lim…
- Mayhem is unleashed in contemporary Seoul when Taoist wizards do battle with time traveling goblins.
- Yatterman (2009)
- Dir. Takashi Miike
Feat. Shô Sakurai, Saki Fukuda, Kyoko Fukada
- Fantastical live–action anime serves kids and kidults alike with its tale of mild–mannered shop keepers who don jaunty costumes to fight…