Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Sovereign's Servant, The (2007)- Dir. Oleg Ryaskov
Feat. Dmitriy Miller, Aleksandr Bukharov - Two French aristocrats are sent by Louis XIV to observe the Swedish and Russian armies just before the Battle of Poltava in this sweeping Russian…
Sword Of Alexander (Taitei no ken) (2007)- Dir. Yukihiko Tsutsumi
Feat. Hiroshi Abe, Riki Takeuchi - Camp sword and sorcery pastiche mines the Japanese tradition for bizarre humour, genre–mincing, and spectacular overacting, with…
Vexille (2007)- Dir. Fumisiko Sori
- Brawny sci–fi anime set in the year 2077, in which a special agent is sent to examine the capabilities of Japan’s robot technology, and its…
Warlords, The (Tau ming chong) (2007)- Dir. Peter Chan
Feat. Jet Li, Andy Lau, Takeshi Kaneshiro… - Spectacular, if now commonplace amongst a legion of Chinese historical epics, this tale of feuding warlords relays its angst, betrayal, and gory…
Alatriste (2006)- Dir. Agustin Diaz Yanes
Feat. Viggo Mortensen, Elena Anaya, Javier Camara - Viggo Mortensen plays a Spanish noble warrior in this epic adaptation of Arturo Pérez–Reverte's best–selling books. Lavished with the…
Battle of Wits, A (Muk gong) (2006)- Dir. Jacob Cheung
Feat. Andy Lau, Sung-kee Ahn, Zhiwen Wang… - Broad, engrossing siege epic, in which a lone, resolute hero fights for a village overrun by a 25,000–strong army in 370 B.C. China. Though…
Black Book (Zwartboek) (2006)
- Dir. Paul Verhoeven
Feat. Carice Van Houten, Sebastian Koch, Thom Hoffman - A Jewish singer goes deep undercover for the Dutch resistance in this splashy, larger–than–life WWII yarn set in Nazi–occupied…
City of Violence, The (2006)- Dir. Ryoo Seung-Wan
Feat. Doo-hong Jung, Kil-Kang Ahn - A dazzling, action–fantastic revenger by way of Korea, this draws its considerable bloodletting from the aftermath of a funeral, where two…
Curse of the Golden Flower (2006)- Dir. Zhang Yimou
Feat. Chow Yun-Fat, Gong Li, Jay Chou - Another sumptuous Tang Dynasty epic in martial arts from the dir. of HERO, cast in the mould of a Shakespearian power struggle between an Emperor, an…
Dragon Tiger Gate (2006)- Dir. Wilson Yip
Feat. Nicholas Tse, Shawn Yue, Donnie Yen… - Flamboyant, off–the–hook actioner in which two estranged kung–fu masters must put aside their differences to overcome a marauding…
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