Subgenre Sampler
Action/Adventure > Girl-centric: 70 Films to Buy & Rent
- Charlie's Angels - Full Throttle (2003)
- Dir. McG
Feat. Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu…
- Charlie's most recent 'Angels' return for a second comic–action romp with all the bright colours, sexy costumes, hi–tech clowning and…
- Kill Bill - Vol. 1 (2003)
- Dir. Quentin Tarantino
Feat. Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu, Vivica A. Fox…
- A blunt revenge picture souped up as an over–the–top homage to 70s ‘grindhouse’ flicks, this “fourth film by Quentin Tarantino”…
- Naked Weapon (Chek Law Dak Gung) (2002)
- Dir. Ching Siu Tung
Feat. Maggie Q
- A quasi–homage to NAKED KILLER, this sleazily–violent actioner portrays the development of a three–women hit squad by the…
- So Close (Chik yeung tin sai) (2002)
- Dir. Corey Yuen
Feat. Shu Qi, Karen Mok, Vicki Zhao
- Presenting... a heroic trio of femmes for a new generation – a kind of high–octane "Asian Charlie's Angels".
This super–flash…
- Alias (TV Series) (2001)
- Feat. Jennifer Garner, Ron Rifkin, Michael Vartan…
- Depicts the adventures of a college student (Garner) who moonlights as a special agent – fulfilling dangerous covert operations for the CIA and…
- Lara Croft - Tomb Raider (2001)
- Dir. Simon West
Feat. Angelina Jolie, Jon Voight, Noah Taylor
- Hugely silly fantasy–action is never a bore, despite all the odds, with an oiled Angelina Jolie filling the kit of the pneumatic…
- Princess Blade (Shurayuki-Hime) (2001)
- Dir. Shinsuke Sato
- Post–apocalyptic Japanese samurai action adapted from a graphic novel, employs a stark visual style to convey its tale of a disturbed young…
- Charlie's Angels (2000)
- Dir. McG
Feat. Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu…
- TV's favourite female crimefighters get the big screen makeover. Not quite the phenomenon that were Farrah and co., contemporary imposters Drew…
- Joan of Arc (The Messenger) (1999)
- Dir. Luc Besson
Feat. Milla Jovovich, Dustin Hoffman, John Malkovich…
- The French heroine gets the big–budget splurge with a religiously inspired Milla Jovovich leading the French peasantry against the Brits, only…
- 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…