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Nabwana I.G.G. – Ani Mulalu? The Crazy World AKA Crazy World (2014)

Children are being kidnapped and killed for the magical properties their blood is believed to contain. Two fathers, one of whom has been driven crazy from the loss of both his wife and daughter, and...

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Jean-François Richet – Mesrine Part 2: L’ennemi public n°1 aka Public Enemy...

The story of Jacques Mesrine, France’s public enemy No. 1 during the 1970s. An evocation of the his life, which traces the colorful career of this gangster called “the man with the hundred faces”....

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Jean-François Richet – Mesrine Part 1: L’instinct de mort aka Killer Instinct...

Inspired by Jacques Mesrine’s autobiographical book “L’Instinct de mort” – which he wrote in prison shortly before his magnificent final escape – Jean-François Richet’s fast-paced drama charts...

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Wladyslaw Pasikowski – Psy AKA Pigs (1992)

Quote:Franz (B. Linda), a former officer of the Security Service disbanded in 1990, after verification, joins the police together with his colleagues. Abandoned by his wife, the daughter of a former...

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John Landis – Into the Night (1985)

Grant Nebel wrote:Melancholic Screwball Into the Night resembles a lot of other films of its time: the Los Angeles version of Scorsese’s After Hours or what Miracle Mile would have been if that thing...

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Michael Winner – Death Wish II (1982)

Paul Kersey thought his days as a vigilante were long behind him. But when his daughter and housekeeper are savagely assaulted and murdered, Paul is forced to take the law back into his own hands,...

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Michael Winner – Death Wish 3 (1985)

Despite Lieutenant Frank Ochoa’s order to leave New York permanently in Death Wish (1974), Paul Kersey is back in the city to visit an old friend after taking down Nirvana’s gang of savage thugs in...

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Michael Winner – The Mechanic (1972)

A professional hit man is planning to retire, always a difficult move for one in such a profession. A young apprentice appears to be eager to learn all the skills of the trade – but is that all he...

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Tom Gries – Breakout (1975)

The star-director team of Charles Bronson and Tom Gries (Breakheart Pass) combine their efforts again on Breakout. Bronson plays Nick Colton, a reckless pilot who heads to an unnamed South American...

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Cheh Chang & Hsueh-Li Pao & Wu Ma – Shui hu zhuan AKA The Water Margin (1972)

PLOT:The corruption in the Sung Dynasty of 11th century China is so rampant that it inspires a band of Oriental Robin Hoods – the Honorable 108. Mountain bandits who nevertheless live by a scrupulous...

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J. Lee Thompson – Death Wish 4: The Crackdown (1987)

Paul Kersey, the soft-spoken family man with the knack for wasting street scum, hoped that, after cleaning an entire neighbourhood in Death Wish 3 (1985), he would hang up his guns, and lead a...

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Kon Ichikawa – Kaettekite Kogarashi Monjirô AKA Kogarashi Monjiro Returns (1993)

Synopsis:Although five years have passed since the reported death of roving gambler Kogarashi Monjiro, the rumors of his survival has struck fear into the heart of Gorozo, the biggest boss in the...

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Carl Schenkel – Beyond Betrayal (1994)

Joanne is married to Bradley, who’s a cop and who abuses her. One day she decides to run away. She then meets Sam, who is separated from his wife, who is obsessed with him. Bradley finds Joanne and...

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John Woo – Ying hung boon sik AKA A Better Tomorrow (1986)

Quote:A reforming ex-gangster tries to reconcile with his estranged policeman brother, but the ties to his former gang are difficult to break. A.Better.Tomorrow.1986.576p.BDRip.x264-HANDJOB.mkv...

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Lung Chien – Wu lin long hu dou AKA The Bravest Revenge (1970)

Five good fighters (Polly, Tien Peng, Man Chung San, Sit Hon, and another guy) fight countless sword battles against evil Yee Yuen and his minions....

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Kazuhiko Yamaguchi – Ginchô wataridori AKA Wandering Ginza Butterfly (1972)

Gang leader Nami (Meiko Kaji) kills a member of a yakuza group and goes away to prison. Upon her release three years later, she’s a shamed woman confined to living in the shadowy world of sex clubs...

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Kinji Fukasaku – Bakuto gaijin butai AKA Sympathy for the Underdog (1971)

From Kinji Fukasaku (Battles Without Honor & Humanity) comes this pivotal early crime drama in the celebrated career of the director who changed the face of Japanese action cinema. Stylish and...

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Yôichi Sai – Soo (2007)

Synopsis:A legendary assassin and a renowned problem solver, Soo has been searching for the twin brother he has not seen since their days in an orphanage. But his brother is murdered when he turns...

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Pou-Soi Cheang – Ai Zuo zhan AKA Love Battlefield (2004)

Quote:“Love Battlefield” is one of those movies, along with Johnnie To’s crime thrillers, that you wish Hong Kong would do more of instead of indulging in 500 moronic slapstick comedies a year...

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Takashi Miike – Koroshiya 1 AKA Ichi the Killer (2001)

As sadomasochistic yakuza enforcer Kakihara searches for his missing boss he comes across Ichi, a repressed and psychotic killer who may be able to inflict levels of pain that Kakihara has only...

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