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Certification18 Our Rating

Three years after the government sanctioned the abduction and self-inflicted slaughter of a bus load of Japanese school kids the powers that be are at it again. The two survivors of the original 'Battle Royale' have set up a terrorist group known as the Wild Seven, devoted to the collapse of a brutal law and order. Collars around their necks a new group of unwary teenagers find themselves faced with a harsh ultimatum, wipe out the Wild Seven… or lose your head. 'Battle Royale II' is an entertain find out more...

Certification15 Our Rating

Nong Toom has become one of the very best at his particular discipline, the ancient martial art of Muay Thai, but unlike many of his fellow combatants, Nong is in search of more than just fame and fortune. In the perfection of his art Nong hopes to find the financial means by which he can redefine his very sexuality. Based on a true story, Beautiful Boxer is a bone crunching display of its art, though, perhaps, some of the emotional subtleties have been lost in between the stunningly choreograph find out more...

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Lin Yuezhen is in love with swimming star and school heartthrob Zhang Shihao. She's far too shy to approach him and instead asks her best friend Meng Kerou to act as a go-between. Kerou reluctantly agrees but whenever Shihao appears Yuezhen flees. Shihao can only conclude that Kerou is using an imaginary character to court him but she has her sights set elsewhere. An insightful and original coming of age drama. find out more...

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Two brothers, in itself a metaphor, get drafted into the Korean Civil War. The more macho elder one is determined to become a hero in order to win his bookish brother a ticket back to mum and this leads both to him turning into a monster and a serious split between the two. Against the bitter backdrop of a violent war many loyalties are called into question, to brother, family, friend, nation, ideology, nationality and to fellow soldiers, and many are betrayed. This is an awesome, if emotionally find out more...
CHAOS (2005)

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With Chaos, Hideo Nakata proves that as well as scaring the heebie-jeebies out of his audiences with horror classics like 'Ring' and 'Dark Water' he can also carry his own with the best psychological thrillers. A woman hires a local handyman to kidnap her and leave her tied up in a friend's apartment. When he returns from collecting the ransom the woman is dead and a sinister phone call tells him to dump the body or risk capture by the police. Hitchcockian in both tone and content, Chaos twists find out more...

Certification12 Our Rating

Sang-hwan's rebellious criminal behaviour finally lands him in juvenile prison. There, at what seems to be the lowest moment in his young life, a guard turns him towards boxing in the hope of safely channelling his rage at the world. find out more...

Certification18 Our Rating

Yoshimi is in the middle of an ugly divorce and a battle to retain custody of her infant daughter. Forced to find a new place to live, they move into a dank and decrepit block of flats where Yoshimi finds her efforts to start afresh and prove herself a healthy, fit and stable parent tested by the increasingly damp conditions, and repeated but well timed apparitions of a ghostly child in a yellow raincoat. Dark Waters uses the gloomy grey corridors and dampness of the surroundings to create an at find out more...

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The third of the 'Dead or Alive' trilogy is set in a post-apocalyptic Yokohama where the population is kept under rigid control by a lunatic gay mayor. Android Show Aikawa is a mellowed out drifter who has hooked up with a gang of rebels who kidnap hardboiled cop Takeuchi's son, setting the wheels in motion for a blood drenched rumble. Lots of nods to Bladerunner, THX-1138, The Matrix, The Terminator and other sci-fi classics in this blisteringly paced and brutal thriller from the always enterta find out more...

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Saved from a group of drifters by Kim Byung-moon uncouth and self-taught painter Jang Seung-up offers a drawing as a means of thanks. Examining the picture, Kim realises Jang's extraordinary potential and becomes his mentor, encouraging him to pursue the life of an artist. find out more...

Certification18 Our Rating

Mrs Li, a rich neglected wife, is looking for youth and longs to rejuvenate her relationship with her husband. Mei is a doctor who, for her age, looks very young, and her secret? Home-made dumplings from a special recipe! And for Mrs Li it works! But what are the ingredients of the dumplings? Watch the movie and find out! find out more...