20th Century Flicks, Bristol

Ning Tsai-Shen, a humble travelling tax collector, arrives in a small town, but, the inns all being full, he ends up spending the night in the haunted Lan Ro temple. There he meets Taoist swordsman Yen Che-Hsia, who warns him to stay out of trouble, and the beautiful Nieh Hsiao-Tsing, with whom he falls in love. Unfortunately, Hsiao-Tsing is a ghost, bound for all eternity by a hideous tree spirit with an incredibly long tongue that wraps itself round its victims and sucks out their life essence find out more...

A TOUCH OF ZEN (1969)

Certification15 Our Rating

One night, while investigating strange noises, artist, Ku, meets the beautiful Yang, who is living in a reputedly haunted abandoned fort. She is being pursued by the Imperial police and Ku finds himself caught up in many fights in her struggle to survive. This historical epic, set in the Ming Dynasty is action adventure with a lyrical feel, a kung fu film with a strong spiritual element, a combination of both Chinese and Japanese legend that mixes fantasy with political intrigue - Zen Buddhism i find out more...

AEON FLUX (2005)

Certification15 Our Rating

Aeon is a super cool, super lethal assassin plying her much-in-demand trade in a post apocalyptic future. But when she's hired to off an (apparently) totalitarian leader, for the first time in her rigidly controlled existence, she has doubts. Taken from MTV's hugely popular animated series, this big budget movie is perhaps unsurprisingly a soulless affair and, while shortness on plot and script should not necessarily dissuade you from what is basically an action flick, the visuals themselves are find out more...

ASHES OF TIME 'REDUX' (1994)

Certification15 Our Rating

In ancient China, on the edge of a vast desert and living the life of a vagabond, swordsman Ouyang Feng controls a network of deadly assassins. Pitiless and cynical, his heart has long been wounded by a love he neglected then lost. But as seasons, friends and enemies come and go, he begins to reflect back upon the origin of his embittered solitude. 'Ashes of Time �Redux'' is a timely re-working of Wong Kar Wai's early martial arts epic and in a style of movie making that most of us westerners ar find out more...

AZUMI (2003)

Certification18 Our Rating

'Azumi' is a frantic CGI-assisted Japanese period drama from cult director Ryuhei Kitamura starring pop siren Aya Ueto as a teenage assassin who begins the film as the only girl among 10 warriors who have been trained from childhood by Jiji, a grey-bearded samurai. One day, Jiji tells them they must pass a final test before they embark on the mission they have prepared for all these years. He pairs them up and the five that survive, led by Jiji, descend from the mountain that is the only world t find out more...

AZUMI 2 (2005)

Certification18 Our Rating

Picking up shortly after the events in the first film the young ninja assassin once again finds herself fighting to prevent Japan from descending in to civil war. A high octane action sequel starring J pop sensation Aya Ueto and taken from the Manga by Yuu Koyama. find out more...

BEAUTIFUL BOXER (2003)

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...