Mix-and-match from
the AroVideo archives!
Subgenre Sampler
North Face (Nordwand) (2008)
- Dir. Philipp Stölzl
Feat. Benno Fürmann, Florian Lukas - Exceptionally vivid, nerve–wracking mountaineering thriller in which two novice climbers attempt to be the first to scale the treacherous north…
Ong-Bak 2 (Ong-Bak 2: The Beginning) (2008)- Dir. Tony Jaa, Panna Rittikrai
Feat. Tony Jaa, Sorapong Chatree, Sarunyu Wongkrachang - Heavy–handed follow–up to the decade’s best martial arts movie, co–directed by and starring ONG–BAK’s Tony Jaa as a…
Red Baron, The (Der rote Baron) (2008)- Dir. Nikolai Müllerschön
Feat. Maxim Mehmet, Til Schweiger, Joseph Fiennes… - Biographical melodrama focused around Baron Manfred von Richthofen, the celebrated showboating WW1 pilot. Thrilling airborne set–pieces make up…
Red Cliff (The Battle of Red Cliff) (2008)
- Dir. John Woo
Feat. Tony Leung (Chiu-wai), Takeshi Kaneshiro, Fengyi Zhang… - A gargantuan Han Dynasty epic from Hong Kong's action movie grandmaster, John Woo, in which two kingdoms must form an unlikely alliance to stave off…
Sword Of The Stranger (Sutorenjia: Mukô Hadan) (2008)- Dir. Masahiro Andô
- Ferocious feature–length anime sees a young boy and his dog accompany a nameless samurai as they try to escape relentless Ming warriors. A…
Three Kingdoms (Resurrection of the Dragon) (2008)- Dir. Daniel Lee
Feat. Andy Lau, Sammo Hung, Maggie Q… - Rousing take on a Chinese literary classic rehashes the legendary Han Dynasty power struggle between three warring kingdoms (recently given the royal…
Underdog Knight, The (Ying Han) (2008)- Dir. Sheng Ding
Feat. Ye Liu, Yong You, Anthony Wong - An offbeat, anti–heroic character study out of mainland China, in which a self–styled martial arts pretender lands a job as bodyguard for…
Assembly (2007)- Dir. Feng Xiaoning
Feat. Hanyu Zhang - Searing Chinese war drama set during the country's last days of Civil war, in which a courageous army captain fights tooth and nail to stave off a…
Black Belt (Kuro-obi) (2007)- Dir. Shunichi Nagasaki
Feat. Akihito Yagi, Tatsuya Naka - Defence meets attack in this measured martial arts drama set in 1930s Japan, in which two karate experts (played by real–life karate pros) take…
Crows O (Kurôzu zero) (2007)- Dir. Takashi Miike
Feat. Shun Oguri, Kishitani Goro, Yamada Takayuki… - Irresistibly entertaining manga adaptation from the genius director of ICHI THE KILLER, presenting the first in a series of Japanese action films…
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