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Suspect, TheSuspect, The (Yong-eui-ja) (2013)
Dir. Won Shin-yun
Feat. Gong Yoo, Park Hee-soon
Explosive action film following a betrayed North Korean special agent who defects to the South to seek revenge on his family's killer.
Why Don't You Play in Hell?Why Don't You Play in Hell? (Jigoku de naze warui) (2013)
Dir. Sion Sono
Feat. Kunimura Jun, Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Fumi Nikaido
Described by its creator as "an action film about the love of 35mm", this frenzied fanboy fiction from Shion Sono bears his trademark excess and…
16121612 (2012)
Dir. Vladimir Khotinenko
Feat. Pyotr Kislov
Bloated Russian 'historical' epic renders the 17th century civil war that ravaged the divided country as a Peter Jackson–esque battle fantasy.…
EscapeEscape (2012)
Dir. Roar Uthaug
Feat. Isabel Christine Andreasen, Ingrid Bolsø Berdal
A thrilling medieval chase movie, set in the aftermath of the Black Plague, about a captive teenage girl who escapes a bloodthirsty clan. Pursed…
Hamilton: In the Interests of the NationHamilton: In the Interests of the Nation (2012)
Dir. Kathrine Windfeld
Feat. Mikael Persbrandt, Pernilla August, Jason Flemyng
Scandi–crime goes gung–ho in this Swedish espionage thriller centred on a special agent who infiltrates the Russian mafia to bust a…
Hamilton: Not if it Concerns Your DaughterHamilton: Not if it Concerns Your Daughter (2012)
Dir. Tobias Falk
Feat. Mikael Persbrandt
Scandi super agent Carl Hamilton returns for a second mission of international intrigue and deep espionage. Here, he must go rogue to track down the…
MotorwayMotorway (2012)
Dir. Pou-Soi Cheang
Feat. Anthony Wong, Shawn Yue, Josie Ho
China's answer to DRIVE retains much of the crisp understatement and effortless style of its stateside predecessor, pairing the electric nightlife of…
Red EagleRed Eagle (2012)
Dir. Jose Ramon Ayerra Diaz
Feat. David Janer
Based on a popular Spanish TV show about a dashing teacher, who by night is a sort of Ninja–Zorro, fighting injustice and saving King and…
Rurouni KenshinRurouni Kenshin (2012)
Dir. Keishi Otomo
Feat. Takeru Sato, Emi Takei, Teruyuki Kagawa
A gracefully violent adaptation of the popular manga series, about a brilliant shogun who retreats from society during an era of decline for samurai,…
Thieves, TheThieves, The (2012)
Dir. Dong-hun Choi
Feat. Gianna Jun, Hye-su Kim, Yun-seok Kim
This slickly engineered Korean blockbuster (the second highest earning in the country's box office history) plays all the right cards in its…

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