Movies that need to be seen. (24 titles)
55% from 2 members
Crank
Pure genius. Filmed brilliantly, perfect music track, ticks all the right boxes. Statham was perfect for this role. Every time I watch this I enjoy this more. It has become my favourate film of all time.
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Crank
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Jason Statham, Efren Ramirez, Amy Smart
Director: Mark Neveldine
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A hit man (Statham) learns that a poison injected into his body will kill him if his heart rate drops slows a certain point. Now he must exact his revenge on the people who injected him before he takes his last breath.
61%
from 40,616 members
Infernal Affairs
A superb story. Gripping.
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Infernal Affairs
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Tony Leung, Andy Lau, Anthony Wong
Director: Siu Fai Mak, Wai-keung Lau
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Directed by Andrew Lau and Alan Mak, INFERNAL AFFAIRS is a tense thriller featuring Hong Kong superstars Andy Lau and Tony Leung. The film follows the parallel lives of Ming (Lau), a cop who secretly reports to ruthless Triad crime boss Sam (Eric Tsang); and Yan (Leung), an undercover police ..read more »
71%
from 14,745 members
Braindead
The best crap movie ever made. A total GOREFEST from the man that brought you 'Lord Of The Rings' and 'King Kong'
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Braindead
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: Elizabeth Moody, Timothy Balme, Diana Penalver
Director: Peter Jackson
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Peter Jackson, master of subversive comedy, presents the story of a hapless young man whose overbearing mother gets him into a heap of trouble when she catches a bizarre zombie virus and starts turning innocent passersby into walking corpses. This grandiose splatterfest features loads of ..read more »
69%
from 7,169 members
Warrior King
Quite possibly THE greatest martial arts film ever made.
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Warrior King
on DVD
Starring: Tony Jaa, Petchtai Wongkamlao, Bongkoj Khongmalai
Director: Prachya Pinkaew
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When a mafia syndicate based in Australia steal Kham's (Tony Jaa, ONG-BAK) beloved elephants from him in Thailand, he travels to Australia to get them back, taking out anyone in his path. The elephants were being prepared to be presented by Kham's family to his Majesty the King of Thailand as a ..read more »
70%
from 6,526 members
Flash Point
Donnie Yen = HARD AS NAILS
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Flash Point
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Donnie Yen, Louis Koo, Collin Chou
Director: Wilson Yip, Yip Wai Shun
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Maverick Detective Jun Ma (Donnie Yen - Dragon Tiger Gate, Hero, Seven Swords) is a man under serious pressure. His city has been taken over by three Triad brothers led by a vicious smuggler (Collin Chou - Matrix Reloaded and Revolutions, Jet Li's Fearless), he's been demoted as punishment for ..read more »
64%
from 681 members
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Brilliant story, brilliant cast, amusing and witty.
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Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Robert Downey Jr, Michelle Monaghan, Val Kilmer
Director: Shane Black
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Screenwriter Shane Black of Lethal Weapon fame makes his directorial debut with this film noir. Robert Downey, Jr., stars as Harry Lockhart, a petty thief in New York City who quite literally stumbles into acting and soon finds himself in Los Angeles to test for a film role as a private detective. ..read more »
65%
from 43,083 members
Battle Royale
What 'I'm a celebrity...' should be like.
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Battle Royale
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Fujiwara Tatsuya, Maeda Aki, Yamamoto Taro
Director: Kinji Fukasaku
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Japan at the start of the new millennium. The country is in a state of chaos, violence by rebellious teenagers in schools is completely out of control. The government hits back with a new law: every year a school class picked at random will be cast away on a desert island to fight it out among ..read more »
72%
from 21,701 members
OldBoy
Brilliant and bizarre movie. Features the best 'non flashy martial arts' fight scene in any film you will ever see.
- The corridor fight scene, you know what I'm talking about.
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OldBoy
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Kang Hye-jeong
Director: Chan-wook Park, Park Chan-Wook
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A man is inexplicably kidnapped and imprisoned for 15 years and his wife is brutally murdered. On his release, he is given a wallet full of money and a mobile phone. A stranger calls and asks him to try and figure out why he was imprisoned. A girl appears and promises to help him solve the enigma ..read more »
72%
from 41,445 members
Unleashed
Danny The Dog - by far Jet Li's best western movie.
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Unleashed
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Jet Li, Morgan Freeman, Bob Hoskins
Director: Louis Leterrier
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Danny has been raised as a slave by a gangster in order to become a violent fighting machine and to in turn compete at illegal gladiator-style fight clubs. But when Danny meets a blind piano tune, he experiences kindness for the first time in his life and his world is thrown into disarray...
62%
from 25,295 members
District 13
Some excellent stunts, best chase scene by far.
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District 13
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Cyril Raffaelli, David Belle, Tony D'Amario
Director: Pierre Morel
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Both of the leads in the French action flick DISTRICT 13 practice parkour, a kind of urban gymnastics that looks a little like skateboarding without the skateboard, and the pleasure of this short frenetic film is watching the two lithe heroes leap through windows, run up walls, and jump off ..read more »
67%
from 11,010 members
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