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Subgenre Sampler

 
Time and TideTime and Tide (2000)
Dir. Tsui Hark
Feat. Nicholas Tse, Wu Bai
Healthy measures of hard–boiled alienation and gyroscopic fire–fights ignite this Hong Kong kick–butt–fest that somersaults…
Boondock Saints, TheBoondock Saints, The (1999)
Dir. Troy Duffy
Feat. Sean Patrick Flannery, Norman Reedus, Willem Dafoe
Irish–Bostonian brothers Sean Patrick Flannery and Norman Reedus become vigilante saints after knocking off some Russkie wise guys, becoming…
BustedBusted (Everybody Loves Sunshine) (1999)
Dir. Andrew Goth
Feat. Goldie , David Bowie
North London mobster glory awaits Goldie (the drum–n–bass star) who must reclaim his criminal empire from a…
Running Out of TimeRunning 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…
PaybackPayback (1998) Recommended
Dir. Brian Helgeland
Feat. Mel Gibson, Deborah Kara Unger
Mel Gibson gets to behave badly as an indestructible armed robber who gets carried away on a sadistic get–even mission against a crime…
Sleepless TownSleepless 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…
Young Thugs - Innocent BloodYoung Thugs - Innocent Blood (1997)
Dir. Takashi Miike
Feat. Naoto Takenaka
Gangster shenanigans with cult dir. Takashi, this time taking a more measured approach to the story of four young friends who drift together and…
FledFled (1996)
Dir. Kevin Hooks
Feat. Stephen Baldwin, Laurence Fishburne
Violent comedy handcuffs together movie–obsessed computer whizz Stephen Baldwin with no–nonsense criminal Laurence Fishburne. Breaking a…
Glimmer Man, TheGlimmer Man, The (1996)
Dir. John Gray
Feat. Steven Seagal, Damon Wayans
Buddhist detective Steven Seagal partners up with a wisecracking Damon Wayans in this LA variation on 48 HRS. Hunting a serial killer linked to the…

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