Shaolin Soccer / Siu lam juk kau (2001)
Action | Comedy | Sport
A young Shaolin follower reunites with his discouraged brothers to form a soccer team using their martial art skills to their advantage.
Starring: Stephen Chow, Wei Zhao, Man Tat Ng, Yin Tse, Yat-fei Wong, Kai Man Tin, Chi Chung Lam, Kwok-Kwan Chan, Mei Lin Mo, Kin-Yan Lee
Director: Stephen Chow
Warriors of Heaven and Earth / Tian di ying xiong (2003)
Action | Adventure | Drama
In the tradition of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Hero, Warriors of Heaven and Earth weaves a thread of battle, comradeship and honor. Set in the ferocious Gobi Desert, the story follows Lieutenant Li (Jiang Wen) and Japanese emissary Lai Xi (Nakai Kiichi), both first-class warriors and master swordsmen. After decades of service to the Chinese Emperor, Lai Xi longs to return to Japan, but is instead sent to the west to chase wanted criminals. His only passport back to Japan is to capture and execute Lieutenant Li, a renegade soldier wanted for leading a violent mutiny when he refused orders to kill female and child prisoners. Li and Lai Xi battle, but finally agree to delay their final personal fight until the caravan carrying a Buddhist monk is brought to safety. The monk, however, is carrying a sacred and powerful pagoda that attracts the attention of the region's ruthless overlord, Master An (Wang Xueqi). Lai Xi and Lt. Li, accompanied by Li's former posse of soldiers, who have forsaken their peaceful new lives to return to his side, must face the cruelty of the desert, the region's barbaric bandits and the brutality of the overlord's men before they can finally faceone another.
Starring: Kiichi Nakai, Wei Zhao, Bagen Hasi, Wen Jiang, Xueqi Wang
Director: Ping He
As the Light Goes Out / Jiu huo ying xiong (2014)
Action | Drama
The firefighters of Hong Kong's Pillar Point division who are expecting a quiet night to see off their retiring chief find their faith in each other stretched to the limits when a small fire at a liquor warehouse threatens to plunge the whole of Hong kong into darkness if it spreads to a nearby power plant supplying natural gas.
Starring: Nicholas Tse, Shawn Yue, Simon Yam, Jun Hu, Andy On, William Chan
Director: Chi-kin Kwok
Original Gangster / Full English Breakfast (2014)
Action | Crime | Mystery | Thriller
Through flashbacks, Full English Breakfast follows the violent career of Dave Bishop (Dave Courtney) a small-time London villain who kills his way to the top of Britain's drugs empire. Now happily 'retired' on the Kent coast Dave becomes embroiled in a bloody battle of wits with Al Qaeda terrorists who want to take over his criminal empire. Adding to the old mobster's woes is his younger trophy wife (Lucy Drive) wanting to play away with his new driver (Jamie Bannerman).
Starring: Dave Courtney, Lucy Drive, Jerry Anderson, Sukhraj Singh, Jamie Bannerman, Nigel St Lewis
Director: Manish Patel
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Tapped Out / Tapped (2014)
Action | Drama | Sport
One-time martial arts prodigy Michael Shaw is sentenced to community service at a rundown karate school, where he gets back into the discipline of the sport. During a local MMA fight he encounters the man who killed his family a decade ago, and his decision to get revenge involves going behind his karate master's back to train and compete in the upcoming MMA tournament. When he finally goes toe to toe in the ring with his parents' killer he won't stop until the last punch knocks his opponent to the ground, leaving him TAPPED OUT.
Starring: Michael Biehn, Martin Kove, Nick Bateman, Krzysztof Soszynski, Cody Hackman, Anderson Silva, Lyoto Machida
Director: Allan Ungar
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JLA Adventures: Trapped in Time / Justice League Adventures: Trapped in Time (2014)
Action | Animation | Sci-Fi
Get ready for a battle of the ages when the Justice League faces off against its archenemies, the Legion of Doom, in an all-new movie from DC Comics. A mysterious being known as the Time Trapper arises, and a sinister plan led by Lex Luthor sends the Legion of Doom back in time to eliminate Superman, Wonder Woman and Batman before they become super heroes. For Aquaman, Flash and Cyborg, along with teen super heroes Karate Kid and Dawnstar, the stakes have never been higher, the rescue mission never deadlier. So join the fight for the future as the Justice League confronts its ultimate challenge… the threat of having never existed!
Starring: Diedrich Bader, Laura Bailey, Dante Basco, Corey Burton, Grey DeLisle, Jack DeSena
Director: Giancarlo Volpe
Tarzan / Tarzan 3D (2013)
Action | Adventure | Animation | Drama | Family | Mystery | Romance
Tarzan and Jane Porter face a mercenary army dispatched by the evil CEO of Greystoke Energies, a man who took over the company from Tarzan's parents, after they died in a plane crash.
Starring: Kellan Lutz, Jo Osmond, Robert Capron, Jaime Ray Newman, Brian Bloom, Spencer Locke, Mark Deklin
Director: Reinhard Klooss
The Last Samurai (2003)
Action | Adventure | Drama | History | War
Set in Japan during the 1870s, The Last Samurai tells the story of Capt. Nathan Algren (Tom Cruise), a respected American military officer hired by the Emperor of Japan to train the country's first army in the art of modern warfare. As the Emperor attempts to eradicate the ancient Imperial Samurai warriors in preparation for more Westernized and trade-friendly government policies, Algren finds himself unexpectedly impressed and influenced by his encounters with the Samurai, which places him at the center of a struggle between two eras and two worlds, with only his own sense of honor to guide him.
Starring: Tom Cruise, Timothy Spall, Ken Watanabe, Billy Connolly, Tony Goldwyn, Hiroyuki Sanada
Director: Edward Zwick
Tiger Cage 2 / Tiger Cage II / Sai hak chin (1990)
Action | Crime
A tough ex-cop and a woman are accused of murder, team up with a unscrupulous lawyer as they intend to solve the case of laundering dirty money.
Starring: Donnie Yen, Rosamund Kwan, David Wu, Robin Shou, Lieh Lo, Cynthia Khan
Director: Woo-ping Yuen
Run Lola Run / Lola rennt (1998)
Action | Crime | Thriller
Set against the gritty urban scenescape of Berlin and a pounding techno soundtrack, Run Lola Run is a frenetic, inventive existential thriller that explores the life-altering impact of seemingly inconsequential actions. Beautiful, hip, and young, poor Lola has but 20 minutes to locate a missing bag containing 100,000 Deutsche marks or come up with the money some other way – if she can't, gangsters are going to kill her boyfriend. A pulse-raising race against time, the film employs a startling array of innovative techniques to present three separate scenarios, all departing from a single split-second decision Lola makes.
Starring: Franka Potente, Moritz Bleibtreu, Herbert Knaup, Armin Rohde, Joachim Król, Nina Petri
Director: Tom Tykwer
Independence Daysaster / The Fourth (2013)
Action | Sci-Fi
When Earth is attacked by a hostile alien force, a small town firefighter and a rogue SETI scientist team up to activate the only technology capable of defeating the invaders.
Starring: Iain Belcher, Andrea Brooks, Ryan Merriman
Director: W.D. Hogan
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The Suspect / Yong-eui-ja (2013)
Action | Thriller
Dong Chul was the best special field agent in North Korea, but he is abandoned by his government during a mission. While on the run, he looks for his wife and child, who were sold as slaves to China.
Starring: Yoo Gong, Hee-soon Park, Da-in Yoo, Seong-ha Jo, Jae-yun Jo, Seong-gyoon Kim
Director: Shin-yeon Won
Tmavomodrý svet / Dark Blue World (2001)
Action | Drama | Romance | War
The friendship of two men is tested by war, political upheaval, and romantic rivalry. Lt. Franta Slama and a young pilot named Karel Vojtisek flee to England when Nazi Germany invades Czechoslovakia. There they join other Czech exiles in the RAF. Franta narrates retrospectively, from a Czech prison in 1950 where he is being held by Soviet authorities who question his patriotism.
Starring: Tara Fitzgerald, Charles Dance, Ondrej Vetchý, Krystof Hádek, Oldrich Kaiser, David Novotný, Linda Rybová
Director: Jan Sverák
NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service (TV Series 2003- )
Action | Comedy | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
From Donald P. Bellisario, an acclaimed producer, comes "NCIS," a hit spin-off of "JAG," that brings us the inner workings of the government agency that investigates all crimes involving Navy and Marine Corps personnel, regardless of rank or position. Leading this team that operates outside of the military chain of command is NCIS Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs (Mark Harmon), a skilled investigator and interrogator who is smart, tough and willing to bend the rules to get the job done. Working under Gibbs is Agent Anthony Dinozzo (Michael Weatherly), a former homicide detective who joined NCIS just a few years ago, but who has instincts that can come only from working on the streets. Joining them is Agent Abby Sciuto (Pauley Perrette), a gifted forensic scientist whose dark wit matches her goth-style hair and clothes, and Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard (David McCallum), a medical examiner.
Starring: Mark Harmon, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette, David McCallum, Sean Murray, Cote de Pablo, Brian Dietzen, Rocky Carroll
Creator: Donald P. Bellisario, Don McGill
Savaged / Avenged (2013)
Action | Drama | Horror | Thriller
A deaf girl is brutalized by a murderous gang who are then hunted by her when the bloodthirsty spirit of an Apache warrior inhabits her lifeless body.
Starring: Amanda Adrienne, Tom Ardavany, Ronnie Gene Blevins, Ernie Charles, Brionne Davis, Bobby Field
Director: Michael S. Ojeda
Cowboys vs Zombies / Devil's Crossing (2011)
Action | Horror | Western
Civilization has been ravaged by a nuclear war and the undead have risen to attack what is left of humanity. Shadrach, one of the survivors, watched his life burn to the ground after a devastating attack left him mortally wounded. In his dying breath he sold his soul, becoming eternally enslaved to the forces of Hell. Tormented for centuries, he now has a chance to regain his soul, but to do so he must save an entire town from the living dead while battling his own demons at the same time.
Starring: Michael Sharpe, Patrick G. Keenan, Kevin L. Johnson, Jenny Gulley, Chris Walters, Tim Holt
Director: James Ryan Gary
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Hawaii Five-0 (TV Series 2010- )
Action | Crime | Drama
HAWAII FIVE-0 is a contemporary take on the classic series about a new elite federalized task force whose mission is to wipe out the crime that washes up on the Islands' sun-drenched beaches. Detective Steve McGarrett (Alex O'Loughlin), a decorated Naval officer turned cop, returns to Oahu to investigate his father's murder and stays after Hawaii's governor persuades him to head up the new team: his rules, her backing, no red tape and full blanket immunity to hunt down the biggest "game" in town. Joining McGarrett is Detective Danny "Danno" Williams (Scott Caan), a newly relocated ex-New Jersey cop who prefers skyscrapers to the coastline but is committed to keeping the Islands safe for his 8-year-old daughter; and Chin Ho Kelly (Daniel Dae Kim), an ex-Honolulu Police Detective wrongly accused of corruption and relegated to a federal security patrol, who is also a former protégé of McGarrett's father. Chin's cousin, Kona (Grace Park), is a beautiful and fearless native, fresh out of the academy and eager to establish herself among the department's elite. McGarrett vows to bring closure to his father's case while the state's brash new FIVE-0 unit, who may spar and jest among themselves, is determined to eliminate the seedy elements from the 50th state.
Starring: Alex O'Loughlin, Scott Caan, Daniel Dae Kim, Grace Park, Masi Oka, Taylor Wily, Michelle Borth
Creator: Alex Kurtzman, Peter M. Lenkov, Roberto Orci
Memphis Belle (1990)
Action | Drama | War
The "Memphis Belle" is a World War II bomber, piloted by a young crew on dangerous bombing raids into Europe. The crew only have to make one more bombing raid before they have finished their duty and can go home. In the briefing before their last flight, the crew discover that the target for the day is Bremen, a heavily-defended town that invariably causes many Allied casualties.
Starring: Matthew Modine, Eric Stoltz, Tate Donovan, D.B. Sweeney, Billy Zane, Sean Astin, Harry Connick Jr.
Director: Michael Caton-Jones
RoboCop (2014)
Action | Crime | Sci-Fi | Thriller
In a crime-ridden city, a fatally wounded cop returns to the force as a powerful cyborg with submerged memories haunting him.
Starring: Joel Kinnaman, Abbie Cornish, Samuel L. Jackson, Gary Oldman, Jackie Earle Haley, Jay Baruchel
Director: José Padilha
Android Cop / Hammond (2014)
Action | Sci-Fi
In this futuristic, action-packed thriller, a cop and his robotic partner enter the Zone, a forbidden section of the city inhabited by a diseased stricken populace. Together, they discover the real reason everyone is sick, and attempt to stop the illness – with the help of the machine's powerful technology and weaponry.
Starring: Michael Jai White, Morgan Benoit, Charles S. Dutton, Jay Gillespie, Kadeem Hardison
Director: Mark Atkins
