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Subgenre Sampler
Dead or Alive (Hanzaisha) (1999)
- Dir. Takashi Miike
Feat. Sho Aikawa, Riki Takeuchi, Ren Osugi - A jaw–dropping, wickedly amoral revenge thriller from the dir. of AUDITION, who blows the dust (and the roof) off gangster movie cliches and…
Emperor and the Assassin, The (Jing Ke Ci Qin Wang) (1999)- Dir. Chen Kaige
Feat. Gong Li, Zhang Fenyi - Vast, gilded historical spectacle set in the 3rd Century BC, centred on China's legendary first Qin emperor's struggle to consolidate a unified…
Hero (A Man Called Hero) (1999)- Dir. Wai Keung Lau
Feat. Ekin Cheng, Shu Qi, Kristy Yang - A typically offbeat HK amalgam of historical saga, martial arts action and CGI special effects. Set in the first half of the 20th century, this…
Nowhere to Hide (1999)- Dir. Lee Myung-Se
Feat. Park Joong-Hoon, Ahn Sung-Ki - An irreverent pastiche of seemingly every violent cop flick ever made, this hysterical, hyper–kinetic Korean action movie throws up every…
Running Out of Time (1999)- Dir. Johnnie To
Feat. Andy Lau, Lau Ching-wan - A crackingly–paced, plot–bending Yin–Yang heist drama, with terminally–ill master jewel thief Andy Lau playing against the…
Hitman (1998)- Dir. Tung Wai
Feat. Jet Li - Would–be assassin Jet Li joins in the race to avenge the murder of an evil Japanese businessman for the tune of $100 million, but is encumbered…
Run Lola Run (1998)- Dir. Tom Tykwer
Feat. Franke Potente, Moritz Bleibtreu - Runaway foreign–language hit clocks up mileage from a simple conceit – flame–haired punkette Lola has twenty minutes to go like the…
Sleepless Town (Fuyajo) (1998)- Dir. Chi-Ngai Lee
Feat. Takeshi Kaneshiro, Sihung Lung, Kathy Chow - Hybridistic pan–Asian thriller set in the 'sleepless' red–light district of Tokyo, where petty crim Kaneshiro must revisit his gangster…
Storm Riders, The (1998)- Dir. Wai Keung Lau
Feat. Sonny Chiba, Aaron Kwok - The big Hong Kong hit of '98 – a super–extravagant 'flying swordsman' fantasy that ambitiously distils a popular Manga comic book series…
Taxi (1998)- Dir. Gerard Pirés
Feat. Samy Naceri, Frederic Diefenthal - From writer/producer Luc Besson, this four–wheeled fantasy comedy sets up a speed–freak taxi driver with a cop that can’t drive to…
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