Browsing Category 'Action/Adventure'

Serbuan maut (The Raid: Redemption) 2011 Indonesia

An elite SWAT team is called to raid an apartment tower in the slums of Jakarta. It’s a tenement filled with criminals and controlled by a notorious crime lord. He controls his tower empire by closed circuit TV. The team stirs up a hornets nest as every tenant becomes a foe and they must fight their way out.

Red Eagle 2010 Thailand

It’s 2016 in Bangkok, the near future is rife with corrupt politicians and the criminal overlords that control the country. Even the Prime Minister is involved as he pushes for an unwanted Nuclear Power plant despite wide spread public opposition. Only one man stands in their way; the vigilante Red Eagle.

Oldboy 2003 Korea

Dae-su has been imprisoned in a room for 15 years. He has no idea why or how he got there. His days drag into each other until the day he’s released unexpectedly without ever seeing his captors or where he was held prisoner. He meets and falls in love with Mi-do but he fears being imprisoned again, together the seek answers and revenge.

Jûsan-nin no shikaku (13 Assassins) 2010 Japan

It’s 1844 in Japan; the age of the samurai is ending. Modern gunpowder weapons and relative peace in the country have thinned the ranks and skills of the warrior class. This story is based on true story about a small group of samurai on a suicide mission to assassinate an evil lord.

Hobo with a Shotgun 2011 Canada

Rutger Hauer plays the new-in-town hobo. When he defends a street walker named Abby from an attack, he brings the wrath of the local depraved crime lord. He gets a shotgun and starts dispensing justice one shell at a time.

Highway 2010 Sweden

Highway takes high powered performance vehicles and races them around Stockholm. The major difference is that they actively taunt and outrun the police. There’s no dialogue, this is a documentary about speed, unfettered and illegal through the highways of Sweden.

The Butcher, the Chef, and the Swordsman 2010 China

Set in ancient China, a hapless butcher is in infatuated with a courtesan named Mei. Standing in his way is the infamous fighter Big Beard; the butcher doesn’t stand a chance. When he happens upon a stranger with a magical cleaver, he suddenly has the means to win.

Chocolate 2008 Thailand

Zen is the daughter of a Yakaza leader and Zin a rival Thai gang member. The daughter is autistic but can learn martial arts by observing it. When her mother needs money for chemotherapy, she tries to collect her mom’s old loan sharking debts.

Dead Hooker in a Trunk 2009 Canada

Twin sisters, Badass and Geek discover the body of a hooker in Badass’ car trunk. Out the night before, Badass and friend Junkie can’t recall anything that happened. Not wanting to take any chances, she chooses to bury the body while the real killer hunts them down.

Merantau 2009 Indonesia

Yuda is from a small farming village and is a master of the Indonesian martial art Silat. Before settling down, he decides to go to Jakarta to teach Silat. Once there, he gets on the wrong side of Human Traffickers while saving a young girl and her brother.

Essential Killing 2010 Poland

A man kills 3 Americans in Afghanistan with a rocket grenade. He’s captured and tortured. While moving him to another facility, he escapes. Totally disoriented, he’s gone from the desert to a land covered in snow, is heavily forested, and mountainous. This is like Vietnam POW escape, except the guards are Americans

Diarios de motocicleta (The Motorcycle Diaries) 2004 Argentina

The film is a dramatization of diaries written by Ernesto “Che” Guevara and Alberton Granado during their 1952 trip across South America. For Che, the trip would shape his world views, foster thoughts of armed rebellion and change nations.