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Subgenre Sampler
Ip Man (2008)
- Dir. Wilson Yip
Feat. Donnie Yen, Simon Yam, Siu-Wong Fan… - Kung fu stalwart Donnie Yen assumes the legend of Ip Man, celebrated master of the rare and deadly form of martial arts, Wing Chun (later adopted by…
L Change the World (2008)- Dir. Hideo Nakata
Feat. Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Youki Kudoh - Sugar–rushing spinoff of the Japanese sci–fi DEATH NOTE films, from the director of THE RING, picking up with detective 'L' attempting to…
M.W. (2008)- Dir. Hitoshi Iwamoto
Feat. Hiroshi Tamaki, Yamada Takayuki - Osamu Tezuka’s manga about plot to unleash nerve gas on Japan receives a big–budget makeover. Simple–minded action vehicle is all about…
Max Manus: Man of War (2008)- Dir. Joachim Roenning, Espen Sandberg
Feat. Aksel Hennie, Agnes Kittelsen, Nicolai Cleve Broch… - Rousing wartime actioner chronicles the exploits of irrepressible Norwegian resistance hero Max Manus, whose sabotaging of the Nazi’s stampede…
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…
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