7.8

Akmareul boatda

2010, South Korea

• Actors: Byung-hun Lee, Gook-hwan Jeon, Ho-jin Jeon, San-ha Oh, Yoon-seo Kim, Min-sik Choi
• Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
• Director(s): Ji-woon Kim
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Kyung-chul (Choi Min-sik) is a dangerous psychopath who kills for pleasure. He has committed infernal serial murders in diabolic ways that one cannot even imagine and his victims range from young women to even children. The police have chased him for a long time, but were unable to catch him. One day, Joo-yeon, daughter of a retired police chief becomes his prey and is found dead in a horrific state. Her fiance Soo-hyun (Lee Byung-hun), a top secret agent, decides to track down the murderer himself. He promises himself that he will do everything in his power to take bloody vengeance against the killer, even if it means that he must become a monster himself to get this monstrous and inhumane killer.

  5.2

I Come with the Rain

2009, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Spain, UK

• Actors: Josh Hartnett, Tran Nu Yên-Khê, Byung-hun Lee, Takuya Kimura, Shawn Yue, Elias Koteas, Eusebio Poncela, Simón Andreu, Thea Aquino, Bo-yuan Chan, Tse-ho Chow, Russ Kingston, Jo Kuk, Sam Lee, Alvaro Longoria, Carl Ng, Benito Sagredo, David Tang, Jacob J Ziacan
• Genre: Thriller
• Director(s): Anh Hung Tran
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Ex-Los Angeles cop turned private eye Kline travels to Hong Kong in search of Shitao, the missing son of a powerful pharmaceutical conglomerate boss. Enlisting Meng Zi a friend and a former colleague now working for the Hong Kong Police, Kline follows a faint trail left by the ethereal Shitao. The path leads to local gangster Su Dongpo and his beautiful, drug addicted girlfriend Lili. But Kline is distracted from his search, haunted by memories of the serial killer Hasford whose 'body of work' was the reason Kline quit the police force. Will Kline once again need to lose his mind to find his latest quarry?

  5.7

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

2008, USA, Czech Republic

• Actors: Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Christopher Eccleston, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Byung-hun Lee, Sienna Miller, Rachel Nichols, Ray Park, Jonathan Pryce, Saïd Taghmaoui, Channing Tatum, Arnold Vosloo, Marlon Wayans, Dennis Quaid, Grégory Fitoussi, Leo Howard, Karolina Kurkova, David Murray, Kevin J. O'Connor, Gerald Okamura, Brandon Soo Hoo, Chris Akers, Fabrice Baral, Michael Benyaer, Peter Breitmayer, Michael Broderick, Elena Evangelo, Mark Hames, Jacques Frantz, Wayne Lopez, Kellie Matteson
• Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
• Director(s): Stephen Sommers
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Two soldiers stationed in Kazahkstan (Captain Duke Hauser and his partner "Ripcord") are ordered to transport special warheads created by MARS, an arms' manufacturer controlled by James McCullen. When they are attacked by thieves (led by Anastasia DeCobray, with whom Duke has history), they are saved by a top secret, international special forces unit known as "G.I. Joe". The leader of G.I. Joe, General Abernathy (or Hawk) is on the trail of the thieves: an evil organization called "Cobra". While Duke and Ripcord train to join the Joes, McCullen ("Destro") is secretly working for Cobra and plotting to recapture his metal-eating "Nanomite" warheads. Duke and Ripcord (with help from Heavy Duty, Snake Eyes, and the rest of the Joes) must prove that they are Real American Heroes -- by stopping the launch of these warheads before Cobra uses them to take over the world.

  7.4

Joheunnom nabbeunnom isanghannom

2008, South Korea

• Actors: Kang-ho Song, Byung-hun Lee, Woo-sung Jung, Yoon Jae-Moon, Seung-su Ryu, Young-chang Song, Byung-ho Son, Dal-su Oh, Cheong-a Lee, Kwang-il Kim, Dong-seok Ma, Kyeong-hun Jo, Hang-soo Lee, Hyun Joong Kang, Sung-min Lee, Chang-sook Ryu, Seo-won Oh, Ji-won Uhm
• Genre: Action, Adventure, Western
• Director(s): Ji-woon Kim
• Available languages:
  • Korean Korean.

A guksu western. Three Korean gunslingers are in Manchuria circa World War II: Do-wan, an upright bounty hunter, Chang-yi, a thin-skinned and ruthless killer, and Tae-goo, a train robber with nine lives. Tae-goo finds a map he's convinced leads to buried treasure; Chang-yi wants it as well for less clear reasons. Do-wan tracks the map knowing it will bring him to Chang-yi, Tae-goo, and reward money. Occupying Japanese forces and their Manchurian collaborators also want the map, as does the Ghost Market Gang who hangs out at a thieves' bazaar. These enemies cross paths frequently and dead bodies pile up. Will anyone find the map's destination and survive to tell the tale?

  6.0

Nuguna bimileun itda

2004, South Korea

• Actors: Byung-hun Lee, Sang-mi Choo, Hyo-jin Kim, Ji-Woo Choi, Yongnyeo Seonwoo, Hae-gon Kim, Jae-hyeong Jeon, Jae-hun Tak, Min-a Jang, Bo-seok Jeong, Jun-ha Jeong, Hyeong-jin Kong, Yeon-su Oh, Yi Shin
• Genre: Comedy, Romance
• Director(s): Hyeon-su Jang
• Available languages:
  • Korean Korean.

From writer/director Jang Hyeon-Su (Born to Kill) comes Everybody Has Secrets, a comic tale of sex and secrecy that argues that not all secrets need to be revealed...

  7.1

Sam gang yi

2004, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea

• Actors: Ling Bai, Pauline Lau, Tony Leung Ka Fai, Meme Tian, Miriam Yeung Chin Wah, Sum-Yeung Wong, Kam-Mui Fung, Wai-Man Wu, Chak-Man Ho, Miki Yeung, So-Fun Wong, Kai-Piu Yau, Byung-hun Lee, Won-hie Lim, Hye-jeong Kang, Dae-yeon Lee, Gene Woo Park, Mi Mi Lee, Gyu-sik Kim, Jung-ah Yum, Kyoko Hasegawa, Atsuro Watabe, Mai Suzuki, Yuu Suzuki, Mitsuru Akaboshi, Lee Jun Goo
• Genre: Horror
• Director(s): Fruit Chan
• Available languages:
  • Chinese Chinese.

An Asian cross-cultural trilogy of horror films from accomplished indie directors.