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Subgenre Sampler

 
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…
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…
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…
ElektraElektra (2005)
Dir. Rob Bowman
Feat. Jennifer Garner, Goran Visnjic, Terence Stamp
Reprising her quasi–superhero role from DAREDEVIL, Garner dons a red supervixen outfit as a contract assassin pitted against a cabal of ninjas…
GisakuGisaku (2005)
Dir. Baltasar Pedrosa
Spanish–anime hybrid concerns an alliance of samurai warriors pitted against a demonic ‘Master of Darkness’ hell–bent on destroying…
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…
Promise, ThePromise, The (Wu ji) (2005)
Dir. Chen Kaige
Feat. Hiroyuki Sanada, Dong-Kun Jang, Cecilia Cheung
Visually exquisite, if utterly frivolous Golden Globe–nominated romantic epic from the director of FAREWELL MY CONCUBINE relays the story of…
Protector, TheProtector, The (Tom yum goong, Warrior King) (2005)
Dir. Prachya Pinkaew
Feat. Tony Jaa, Petchtai Wongkamlao
Muay Thai phenomenon Tony Jaa continues his reinvigoration of the martial arts genre with this hotly anticipated follow–up to ONG–BAK: a…
Samurai 7 (TV Series)Samurai 7 (TV Series) (2005)
Dir. Toshifumi Takizawa
Daring anime update of Kurosawa's SEVEN SAMURAI, set in a post–apocalyptic world where partly–bionic former samurai roam the wilderness…

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