Tag Archives: wuxia fiction

Once Upon a Time in China II

IMDB Rating: 7.40
2159 votes

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In this sequel, martial arts expert Wong Fei-Hung faces Kung, a mercenary rival with skills to equal his own. In addition, Canton is convulsed by a struggle between the local representatives of the Chinese government and Europeans who want to control China, and Wong ends up in the middle of this fight. He is again assisted by young Chung, and again must protect Aunt Yee, his young, Westernized aunt-by-adoption with whom Wong has fallen in love. He also ends up with school-full of small children to protect!
Actors
Huang FeihongJet Li
LukeDavid Chiang
British ConsulPaul Fonoroff
Also posted in 1992, Action, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (0)

Hero

IMDB Rating: 8.00
45432 votes

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In ancient China, before the reign of the first emperor, warring factions throughout the Six Kingdoms plot to assassinate the most powerful ruler, Qin. When a minor official defeats Qin's three principal enemies, he is summoned to the palace to tell Qin the story of his surprising victory.
Actors
NamelessJet Li
Broken SwordTony Leung Chiu Wai
Flying SnowMaggie Cheung
Also posted in 2002, Action, Adventure, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (5)

Batman Begins

IMDB Rating: 8.30
116254 votes

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In tone with the early "Batman: Year One" style comics. As a boy a young Bruce Wayne watched in horror as his millionaire parents were slain in front of his eyes, a trauma which led him to become obsessed with revenge but his chance is cruelly taken away from him by fate. After disappearing to the East where he seeks counsel with the dangerous but honorable ninja cult leader known as Ra's Al-Ghul, he returns to his now decaying Gotham City overrun by organized crime and dangerous individuals manipulating the system whilst the company he inherited is slowly being pulled out from under him. The discovery of a cave under his mansion, and a prototype armored suit leads him to take on a new persona, one which will strike fear into the hearts of men who do wrong - he becomes, Batman. In the new guise, and with the help of rising cop Jim Gordon, Batman sets out to take down the various nefarious schemes in motion by individuals such as mafia don Falcone, the twisted doctor/drug dealer Jonathan 'The Scarecrow' Crane, and a mysterious third party that is quite familiar with Wayne and waiting to strike when the time is right.
Actors
Bruce Wayne/BatmanChristian Bale
AlfredMichael Caine
Henri DucardLiam Neeson
Also posted in 2005, Action, Adventure, Crime, Fantasy, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

IMDB Rating: 7.90
109442 votes

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A maturing Anakin Skywalker goes to the dark side of The Force and becomes Sith Lord Darth Vader. We experience the transformation in a dark, scary yet thrilling climax. The story here logically sets up the events of Episode IV, the original 1977 Star Wars movie in which Darth Vader goes to war against his own children, Luke and Leia.
Actors
Obi-Wan KenobiEwan McGregor
PadméNatalie Portman
Anakin SkywalkerHayden Christensen
Also posted in 2005, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, High IMDB rating, Sci-Fi | Comments (0)

Kill Bill: Vol. 2

IMDB Rating: 8.10
88281 votes

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The Bride woke up after a long coma. The baby that she carried before the coma was gone. The only thing on her mind was to get revenge on the assassination team that betrayed her - a team she was once part of. With two of the people on her Death List taken care of, she must pursue Budd, Elle Driver and of course Bill himself. But she is in for a surprise...
Actors
The BrideUma Thurman
BillDavid Carradine
O-Ren IshiiLucy Liu
Also posted in 2004, Action, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

Kill Bill: Vol. 1

IMDB Rating: 8.20
117804 votes

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"The Bride" was once part of a group of world class female assassins, until the group leader, "Bill" and the other assassins turn against her. Four years later "The Bride" awakens from the coma the assassins left her in and heads out to seek bloody revenge. Unlike conventional movies, Kill Bill is told in chapter format making the narrative flow more like a book than a film.
Actors
The BrideUma Thurman
O-Ren IshiiLucy Liu
Vernita GreenVivica A. Fox
Also posted in 2003, Action, Adventure, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

IMDB Rating: 6.80
101120 votes

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Ten years after the 'Phantom Menace' threatened the planet Naboo, Padmé Amidala is now a Senator representing her homeworld. A faction of political separatists, led by Count Dooku, attempts to assassinate her. There aren't enough Jedi to defend the Republic against the threat, so Chancellor Palpatine enlists the aid of Jango Fett, who promises that his army of clones will handle the situation. Meanwhile, Obi-Wan Kenobi continues to train the young Jedi Anakin Skywalker, who fears that the Jedi code will forbid his growing romance with Amidala...
Actors
Obi-Wan KenobiEwan McGregor
Sen. Padmé AmidalaNatalie Portman
Anakin SkywalkerHayden Christensen
Also posted in 2002, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, High IMDB rating, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi | Comments (0)

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

IMDB Rating: 6.30
125747 votes

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This First Episode follows the young years of Anakin Skywalker (Darth Vader). The friendship of Obi-wan Kenobi, Yoda and Qui-Gon Jinn are also central aspects. And the beginning of the rise to power of Senator Palpatine to Emperor.
Actors
Qui-Gon JinnLiam Neeson
Obi-Wan KenobiEwan McGregor
Queen Padmé Naberrie AmidalaNatalie Portman
Also posted in 1999, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, High IMDB rating, Sci-Fi | Comments (0)