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Robin-B-HoodRobin-B-Hood (Bo bui gai wak) (2006)
Dir. Benny Chan
Feat. Jackie Chan, Louis Koo, Michael Hui
Chan hams it up in this big–budget action caper as a compulsive gambler who inadvertently ends up with a kidnapped baby as a means to pay off…
Tiger Brigades, TheTiger Brigades, The (2006)
Dir. Jerome Cornuau
Feat. Clovis Cornillac, Diane Kruger, Edouard Baer
Splashy French adventurism, in the spirit of THE UNTOUCHABLES, pits a high–minded inspector and his hard knocks 'Tiger Brigade' of crimebusters…
Vengeance Vengeance (Phairii phinaat paa mawrana) (2006)
Dir. Preaw Sirisuwan
Fast–paced jungle fantasy horror has a young man and his friends in pursuit of an escaped prisoner inside a fantastical forest populated by…
Azumi 2Azumi 2 (2005)
Dir. Shusuke Kaneko
Feat. Aya Ueto, Shun Oguri, Ai Maeda
Samurai girl–power sweeps feudal Japan once more in this competent, but lesser installment (minus the original director) in the Azumi…
Bittersweet Life, ABittersweet Life, A (2005)
Dir. Ji-woon Kim
Feat. Byung-hun Lee
A suave mob enforcer's mercy for one of his intended victims results in the full wrath of the Korean organised crime world in this slick, ultra…
Death TranceDeath Trance (2005)
Dir. Yuji Shimomura
Feat. Tak Sakaguchi
Another insane, neo–samurai fantasy from the VERSUS camp involving the battle over a mysterious coffin that, if opened, could destroy the…
DuelistDuelist (Hyeongsa) (2005)
Dir. Lee Myung-Se
Feat. Ji-won Ha, Sung-kee Ahn, Dong-won Kang
A restless, meta–revisionist sword epic from the dir. of NOWHERE TO HIDE places two undercover police officers in pursuit of an elusive…
Initial DInitial D (Tau Man Jid) (2005)
Dir. Wai Keung Lau
Feat. Edison Chen, Shawn Yue, Anthony Wong
Sleak and light, this adaptation of the Shuichi Shigeno's famous 'manga' comic by the makers of INFERNAL AFFAIRS, concerns a boy–racer (played…
Mangal PandeyMangal Pandey (2005) Recommended
Dir. Ketan Mehta
Feat. Aamir Khan, Toby Stephens
Accomplished and stirring Hindi epic based on the life and times of Mangal Pandey (Khan), leader of the 1857 'Indian Mutiny' which severely…
Myth, TheMyth, The (San Wa) (2005)
Dir. Stanley Tong
Feat. Jackie Chan
Alternating between past and present, Jackie Chan plays a warrior general during the Qing Dynasty and a modern day archaeologist respectively in this…

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