Barbarella / Barbarella: Queen of the Galaxy (1968)
Action | Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy | Sci-Fi
Barbarella, a 41st century earthling, is sent on a mission by the president of Earth to find Duran Duran, a scientist who has disappeared with an all-powerful weapon.
Starring: Jane Fonda, David Hemmings, John Phillip Law, Milo O'Shea, Marcel Marceau, Milo O'Shea
Director: Roger Vadim
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Sky Blue / Wonderful Days (2003)
Action | Animation | Fantasy | Sci-Fi
Would you know the colour "sky blue" if you had never seen the sky in your life? This futuristic Korean animation is set in a world where mankind's reckless exploitation of the environment has sparked a planet杦ide catastrophe that has shielded the sun from view. Can two young freedom fighters find a way to clear the clouds and allow the people of Earth to see the blue sky for the first time in their lives?
Starring: Marc Worden, Cathy Cavadini, Andrew Ableson, Joon-ho Chung, David Naughton
Director: Moon-saeng Kim
Rob-B-Hood / Robin-B-Hood/ Bo bui gai wak (2006)
Action | Comedy | Drama
Brought up in an impoverished family, and kicked out of school in his teens, Thongs found himself on the wrong side of the tracks despite being nimble-footed and neat-fingered. Spurned by his family and hounded by debtors, he is goaded by his greedy landlord to collaborate in harebrained heists. Together with the agile and opportunistic Octopus, the trio kidnaps the baby grandson of a tycoon. However, due to some unexpected glitches, they fail to hand him over to the triad as planned.
Starring: Jackie Chan, Michael Hui, Louis Koo, Charlene Choi, Biao Yuen, Yuanyuan Gao, Terence Yin
Director: Benny Chan
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Legendary Assassin / Long nga (2008)
Action | Thriller
An assassin who is fresh from his latest kill becomes stranded in an island, when he inadvertently befriends a female police officer (Celina Jade). As the night progresses, the unspoken truth honored by the two sides of the law is broken. After the remains of a body that belonged to a drug lord and syndicate crime leader are found, chaos ensues and criminals ravage the once peaceful streets in a race against time to find the mysterious murderer that's loose and out for blood.
Starring: Jacky Wu, Celina Jade, Kara Hui, Alex Fong, Zhan-Wen Ke, Ronald Cheng, Baocheng Jiang, Sammy Leung, Mark Cheng, Suet Lam, Kai Man Tin, Noriko Aoyama
Director: Chung Chi Li, Jacky Wu
Ninja Assassin (2009)
Action | Crime | Thriller
Raizo is one of the deadliest assassins in the world. Taken from the streets as a child, he was transformed into a trained killer by the Ozunu Clan, a secret society whose very existence is considered a myth. But haunted by the merciless execution of his friend by the Clan, Raizo breaks free from them…and vanishes. Now he waits, preparing to exact his revenge. In Berlin, Europol agent Mika Coretti has stumbled upon a money trail linking several political murders to an underground network of untraceable assassins from the Far East. Defying the orders of her superior, Ryan Maslow, Mika digs into top secret agency files to learn the truth behind the murders. Her investigation makes her a target, and the Ozunu Clan sends a team of killers, led by the lethal Takeshi, to silence her forever. Raizo saves Mika from her attackers, but he knows that the Clan will not rest until they are both eliminated. Now, entangled in a deadly game of cat and mouse through the streets of Europe, Raizo and Mika must trust one another if they hope to survive and finally bring down the elusive Ozunu Clan!
Starring: Rain, Rick Yune, Naomie Harris, Shô Kosugi
Director: James McTeigue
Judge Dredd (1995)
Action | Crime | Sci-Fi | Thriller
In a time when all-powerful and coldly efficient "Judges" act with the supreme authority of both the police force and legal system, Judge Dredd is the most feared law enforcer of them all. But when a former judge hatches a sinister plot to overthrow the government and eliminate the Judges, Dredd is framed for murder!
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Armand Assante, Rob Schneider, Jürgen Prochnow, Max von Sydow
Director: Danny Cannon
Catwoman (2004)
Action | Fantasy
Patience Philips is a woman who can't seem to stop apologizing for her own existence. She works as a graphic designer for Hedare Beauty, a mammoth cosmetics company on the verge of releasing a revolutionary anti-aging product. When Patience inadvertently happens upon a dark secret her employer is hiding, she finds herself in the middle of a corporate conspiracy. What happens next changes Patience forever. In a mystical twist of fate, she is transformed into a woman with the strength, speed, agility and ultra-keen senses of a cat. With her newfound prowess and feline intuition, Patience becomes Catwoman, a sleek and stealthy creature balancing on the thin line between good and bad. Like any wildcat, she's dangerous, elusive and untamed. Her adventures are complicated by a burgeoning relationship with Tom Lone, a cop who has fallen for Patience but cannot shake his fascination with the mysterious Catwoman, who appears to be responsible for a string of crime sprees plaguing the city.
Starring: Halle Berry, Benjamin Bratt, Sharon Stone, Lambert Wilson, Alex Borstein
Director: Pitof
Solomon Kane (2009)
Action | Adventure | Fantasy
The movie tells the origins of Solomon Kane and is hoped to be the first of a trilogy of movies. When the story opens Kane is a mercenary of Queen Elizabeth I fighting in Africa, but after an encounter with a demon, The Reaper, he realizes he must seek redemption or have his soul damned to Hell. He returns to Engand and lives a life of peace, converting to puritanism, but soon the doings of an evil sorceror upset his plans and he must take up arms again.
Starring: James Purefoy, Max von Sydow, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Mark O'Neal, Robert Orr, Richard Ryan, Frantisek Deak, Christian Dunckley Clark, Ian Whyte
Director: Michael J. Bassett
Aces Go Places IV / Zuijia paidang zhi qianli jiu chaipo (1986)
Action | Comedy
The invention of a prism – a special brain stimulant, gets King Kong and Inspector Albert into a series of dangerous adventures. The lives of Inspector Ho and her son are also threatened by some villains. The villains abducted Inspector Ho as the hostage for the prism after failing to kidnap Inspector Albert. Depressed by the news, Inspector Albert decides leave for New Zealand to exchange for Inspector Ho…..
Starring: Samuel Hui, Karl Maka, Sylvia Chang, Sally Yeh, Tat-wah Cho
Director: Ringo Lam
Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street / Zuijia paidang zhi nuhuang miling (1984)
Action | Comedy
A man claims to be Mr. Bond from the British Secret Service finds King Kong and assigns him a mission to save two precious stones stolen from the Queen of England. After several tries, King Kong carries the mission successfully. However, it is later on recovered that there is a conspiracy…… The conspiracy is discovered, so Inspector Albert, Inspector Ho summons King Kong to catch "Mr. Bond".
Starring: Samuel Hui, Karl Maka, Sylvia Chang, Huguette Funfrock, Sandâ Sugiyama
Director: Hark Tsui
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Aces Go Places / Zuijia Paidang (1983)
Action | Comedy
The Mafia is concluding a secret deal in Hong Kong when the loot to be handed over, a consignment of valuable diamonds, is stolen by someone who left a white glove. Based on this clue, the police thinks that is the work of the infamous international thief "White Glove". Interpol is contacted and an ace detective, Albert is sent from New York to investigate. He is assisted by superintendent Nancy Ho, who is known for her toughness. The two begin a wrong footing initially but grow to be very fond of one another. Later on, Albert discovers that the theft was actually the work of a local thief, King Kong.
Starring: Samuel Hui, Karl Maka, Sylvia Chang, Dean Shek, Hark Tsui, Carroll Gordon
Director: Eric Tsang
Le comte de Monte Cristo / The Count of Monte Cristo (1961)
Action | Adventure | Drama
Edmund Dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune, and is sentenced to spend the rest of his life in the notorious island prison, Chateau d'If. While imprisoned, he meets the Abbe Faria, a fellow prisoner whom everyone believes to be mad. The Abbe tells Edmund of a fantastic treasure hidden away on a tiny island, that only he knows the location of. After many years in prison, the old Abbe dies, and Edmund escapes disguised as the dead body. Now free, Edmund must find the treasure the Abbe told him of, so he can use the new-found wealth to exact revenge on those who have wronged him.
Starring: Louis Jourdan, Yvonne Furneaux, Pierre Mondy, Bernard Dhéran, Franco Silva, Claudine Coster, Jean-Claude Michel
Director: Claude Autant-Lara
Bunohan / Return to Murder (2011)
Action | Drama
Adil, a young Muay Thai kick-boxer, has just fled an honor fight-to-the-death. Ilham, an assassin who is also Adil's stepbrother, is promptly hired by the organizer of the death match to kill the fugitive. Looking for somewhere to hide and recover, Adil and a childhood friend take shelter in the Bunohan boxing club where Adil started his career. Ilham, meanwhile, has never been back to Bunohan since the day he left many years ago. Upon returning, memories of loneliness and abandonment flood his mind, and he experiences waves of resentment and regret. Bakar, the third brother, has also come home from the city; ostensibly a respectful schoolteacher, he is in reality a greedy and ruthless person, and is trying to convince his father to sell a burial ground to a construction company.
Starring: Zahiril Adzim, Faizal Hussein
Director: Dain Said
Velayudham (2011)
Action | Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Thriller
Velu (Joseph Vijay) is a village milkman who raises and dotes on his younger sister Kaveri (Saranya Mohan). When her marriage is fixed, Velu decides to collect his hard-earned savings from the Building Society in Chennai. However, his indirect encounters with the Underworld mafia soon lands him in a dilemma of being mistaken as the Superhero "Velayutham" – a fictional character created by Bharathi (Genelia D'Souza), a journalist committed to eradicating terrorism.
Starring: Vijay, Genelia D'Souza, Hansika Motwani, Saranya Mohan, Santhanam
Director: M. Raja
The Delta Force (1986)
Action | Adventure | Drama | Thriller | War
A 707 aircraft jetliner on its way from Athens to Rome and then to New York City is hijacked by Lebanese terrorists. The terrorists demand that the pilot take them to Beirut. What the terrorists don't realize is that an elite team of commandoes led by Major McCoy and by Colonel Alexander as been called into service to eliminate all terrorists on the jetliner and who's involved in the hijacking and try to retake the plane before the terrorists kill all the hostages.
Starring: Chuck Norris, Lee Marvin, Martin Balsam, Joey Bishop, Robert Forster
Director: Menahem Golan
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The Wesley's Mysterious File / Wai See Lee ji lam huet yan (2002)
Action | Romance | Sci-Fi
The popular pulp hero Wai Si Lei (or "Wesley") is given a modern update in the 2002 Wong Jing sci-fi extravaganza, The Wesley's Mysterious File! Andy Lau is Dr. Wesley, an extraterrestrial investigator for the United Nations, who stumbles onto a mystery with possible otherwordlyimplications. The mysterious "Blue Bloods" may be coming to Earth, and Wesley teams with Sue (Shu Qi) and Pak (Roy Cheung) of Double-X, the United States extraterrestrial agency, to investigate. But the mystery leads them to Wesley's dream woman Fong (Rosamund Kwan), who arrived on Earth 600 years ago along with her brother Tan (Samuel Pang). Are the two Blue Bloods, and what do they have to do with two murderous alien invaders (Almen Wong Pui Ha and Mark Cheng) who've just arrived on Earth and are exponentially adding to their body count? Heady science fiction and Chinese martial arts combine as Wesley strives to unearth the mystery of the Blue Bloods! Featuring updated special effects, and a healthy helping of action and comedy, The Wesley's Mysterious File is intriguing Hong Kong science-fiction told in Wong Jing's inimitable style!
Starring: Andy Lau, Rosamund Kwan, Qi Shu, Beverly Hotsprings, Jing Wong, Mark Cheng, Almen Won, Roy Cheung, Samuel Pang, Kong Lung
Director: Wai-keung Lau
Mr. Gam's Victory / Superstar Gam Sa-Yong (2004)
Action | Drama | Sport
1982. It’s the first year of Korea's Pro-Baseball League. GAM is able to join the team just because the Sammi Superstars don’t have any left-hander pitcher. Unlike its name, Superstars, Sammi is the last place team in the league. GAM never becomes an ace, but throws as a mop-up relief pitcher in losing games. Nobody would expect him to win a game. Obviously the other team cheered with relief when GAM stood on the mound. Then one day, a perfect chance arrives for GAM. It’s a game with the best team in the League, the OB Bears. OB’s ace pitcher PARK Chul-soon is about to win his 20th consecutive game. No other pitcher in Sammi wants to go up against Park’s winning streak. This is the last and the first chance in his life for GAM to be an ace. Just once. Just one freaking game! Would will a dream come true for GAM Sa-yong?
Starring: Beom-su Lee, Jin-seo Yun, Yoo Gong, Hyeok-jae Lee, Seung-su Ryu
Director: Jong-hyeon Kim
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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
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, Sasha Alexander
Creator: Donald P. Bellisario, Don McGill
Hostage (2005)
Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Devastated by an unspeakable tragedy while on the job as a hostage negotiator for the LAPD, Jeff Tally resigns and accepts a low-profile job as the chief of police in the sleepy town of Bristo Camino in Ventura County. On a slow Monday morning Talley's job becomes anything but quiet and sets him on a course that could change not only his professional but personal life forever.
When three delinquent teenagers follow a family home, intending to steal their car, they get more than they bargained for. The trio finds themselves trapped in a multi-million dollar compound on the outskirts of town with no way of escape. Panicked, they take the family hostage, placing Talley in a situation he never wanted to face again.
Starring: Bruce Willis, Kevin Pollak, Ben Foster, Jonathan Tucker, Marshall Allman
Director: Florent Emilio Siri
