Posts Tagged ‘wuxia-fiction’

Hero (2002)

Friday, March 14th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Drama
Countries: China | Hong Kong
Actors: Li, Jet | Leung Chiu Wai, Tony | Cheung, Maggie | Zhang, Ziyi | Chen, Daoming | Yen, Donnie | Yuan, Liu Zhong | Yong, Zheng Tia | Qin, Yan | Xiao Yang, Chang | Ya Kun, Zhang | Hua, Ma Wen | Ming, Jin | Hua, Xu Kuang | Xin, Wang Shou
Directors: Zhang, Yimou
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In ancient China, before the reign of the first emperor, warring factions throughout the Six Kingdoms plot to assassinate the most powerful ruler, Qin. When a minor official defeats Qin’s three principal enemies, he is summoned to the palace to tell Qin the story of his surprising victory.

Once Upon a Time in China II (1992)

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
Genres: Action | Romance
Countries: Hong Kong
Actors: Li, Jet | Chiang, David | Fonoroff, Paul | Ho, Ka-Kui | Mok, Siu Chung | Xiong, Xin Xin | Yen, Donnie | Yen, Shi-Kwan | Kwan, Rosamund
Directors: Tsui, Hark
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In this sequel, martial arts expert Wong Fei-Hung faces Kung, a mercenary rival with skills to equal his own. In addition, Canton is convulsed by a struggle between the local representatives of the Chinese government and Europeans who want to control China, and Wong ends up in the middle of this fight. He is again assisted by young Chung, and again must protect Aunt Yee, his young, Westernized aunt-by-adoption with whom Wong has fallen in love. He also ends up with school-full of small children to protect!

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)

Saturday, May 5th, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: McGregor, Ewan | Portman, Natalie | Christensen, Hayden | McDiarmid, Ian | Jackson, Samuel L. | Smits, Jimmy | Oz, Frank | Daniels, Anthony | Lee, Christopher | Castle-Hughes, Keisha | Carson, Silas | Laga'aia, Jay | Spence, Bruce | Pygram, Wayne | Morrison, Temuera
Directors: Lucas, George
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A maturing Anakin Skywalker goes to the dark side of The Force and becomes Sith Lord Darth Vader. We experience the transformation in a dark, scary yet thrilling climax. The story here logically sets up the events of Episode IV, the original 1977 Star Wars movie in which Darth Vader goes to war against his own children, Luke and Leia.

Batman Begins (2005)

Friday, May 4th, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Crime | Fantasy | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Bale, Christian | Caine, Michael | Neeson, Liam | Holmes, Katie | Oldman, Gary | Murphy, Cillian | Wilkinson, Tom | Hauer, Rutger | Watanabe, Ken | Boone Junior, Mark | Roache, Linus | Freeman, Morgan | Holden, Larry | Murphy, Gerard | McFarlane, Colin
Directors: Nolan, Christopher
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In tone with the early “Batman: Year One” style comics. As a boy a young Bruce Wayne watched in horror as his millionaire parents were slain in front of his eyes, a trauma which led him to become obsessed with revenge but his chance is cruelly taken away from him by fate. After disappearing to the East where he seeks counsel with the dangerous but honorable ninja cult leader known as Ra’s Al-Ghul, he returns to his now decaying Gotham City overrun by organized crime and dangerous individuals manipulating the system whilst the company he inherited is slowly being pulled out from under him. The discovery of a cave under his mansion, and a prototype armored suit leads him to take on a new persona, one which will strike fear into the hearts of men who do wrong - he becomes, Batman. In the new guise, and with the help of rising cop Jim Gordon, Batman sets out to take down the various nefarious schemes in motion by individuals such as mafia don Falcone, the twisted doctor/drug dealer Jonathan ‘The Scarecrow’ Crane, and a mysterious third party that is quite familiar with Wayne and waiting to strike when the time is right.

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)

Friday, May 4th, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: Neeson, Liam | McGregor, Ewan | Portman, Natalie | Lloyd, Jake | August, Pernilla | Oz, Frank | McDiarmid, Ian | Ford Davies, Oliver | Quarshie, Hugh | Best, Ahmed | Daniels, Anthony | Baker, Kenny | Stamp, Terence | Blessed, Brian | Secombe, Andrew
Directors: Lucas, George
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This First Episode follows the young years of Anakin Skywalker (Darth Vader). The friendship of Obi-wan Kenobi, Yoda and Qui-Gon Jinn are also central aspects. And the beginning of the rise to power of Senator Palpatine to Emperor.

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)

Thursday, March 29th, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Mystery | Romance | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: McGregor, Ewan | Portman, Natalie | Christensen, Hayden | Lee, Christopher | Jackson, Samuel L. | Oz, Frank | McDiarmid, Ian | August, Pernilla | Morrison, Temuera | Smits, Jimmy | Logan, Daniel | Thompson, Jack | Walsman, Leeanna | Best, Ahmed | Byrne, Rose
Directors: Lucas, George
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Ten years after the ‘Phantom Menace’ threatened the planet Naboo, Padmé Amidala is now a Senator representing her homeworld. A faction of political separatists, led by Count Dooku, attempts to assassinate her. There aren’t enough Jedi to defend the Republic against the threat, so Chancellor Palpatine enlists the aid of Jango Fett, who promises that his army of clones will handle the situation. Meanwhile, Obi-Wan Kenobi continues to train the young Jedi Anakin Skywalker, who fears that the Jedi code will forbid his growing romance with Amidala…

Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)

Thursday, March 15th, 2007
Genres: Action | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Thurman, Uma | Carradine, David | Liu, Lucy | Fox, Vivica A. | Madsen, Michael | Liu, Chia Hui | Hannah, Daryl | Parks, Michael | Svenson, Bo | Epper, Jeannie | Moore, Stephanie | Stein, Shana | Keats, Caitlin | Nelson, Christopher Allen | Jackson, Samuel L.
Directors: Tarantino, Quentin
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The Bride woke up after a long coma. The baby that she carried before the coma was gone. The only thing on her mind was to get revenge on the assassination team that betrayed her - a team she was once part of. With two of the people on her Death List taken care of, she must pursue Budd, Elle Driver and of course Bill himself. But she is in for a surprise…

Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)

Thursday, March 15th, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Thurman, Uma | Liu, Lucy | Fox, Vivica A. | Hannah, Daryl | Carradine, David | Madsen, Michael | Dreyfus, Julie | Kuriyama, Chiaki | Chiba, Sonny | Liu, Chia Hui | Parks, Michael | Bowen, Michael | Kunimura, Jun | Ohba, Kenji | Kazamatsuri, Yuki
Directors: Tarantino, Quentin
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“The Bride” was once part of a group of world class female assassins, until the group leader, “Bill” and the other assassins turn against her. Four years later “The Bride” awakens from the coma the assassins left her in and heads out to seek bloody revenge. Unlike conventional movies, Kill Bill is told in chapter format making the narrative flow more like a book than a film.