Country: Hong Kong
Genre: Action ; Drama ; Thriller
Hong Kong’s answer to Backdraft is a good solid flick that seems to contain most of Johnnie To’s favorite actors and themes. Thankfully he neglects to add montages. Lau Ching-Wan is the risk-taking boss fireman of the “ill-fated jinxes” a notoriously unlucky squad of lifesavers. They’re known for futility and things just going wrong i.e. failing to save lives or saving the wrong...
Country: China
Genre: Action / Adventure
JC Jackie Chan and a team of mercenaries are hired by an auction house to find the 12 bronze heads of Chinese Zodiac animals which were looted from the Summer Palace in Beijing. They soon travel all over the...
Country: South Korea
Genre: Drama ; Romance
The film is told through pansori a traditional Korean form of storytelling that seeks to narrate through song. It is based on Chunhyangga a traditional Korean legend and is set in 18th century Korea. Lee Mongryong a governors son falls in love and marries a beautiful girl Chunhyang Sung the daughter of a courtesan. Their marriage is kept a secret from the governor who would immediately...
Country: China
Genre: Romance, melodrama
Moderna adaptación de cenicienta con un toque de la tradicional... La adolescente Eun Jo va de lugar en lugar siguiendo a su madre Kang Sook que cambia de un hombre a otro. Hasta que un día por un malentendido Hyo Sun una niña consentida de buen corazón cuya madre murió cuando ella tenia 6 años e hija de Dae Sung dueño de una productora de vino se encapricha con Kang Sook...
Country: South Korea
Genre: Action / Comedy / Crime
Choong-dong a traffic officer who aspires to be a homicide detective is recognized for his straight and honest nature and recruited into a case targeting gang leader Gwang-seop. Before long he goes undercover as a member of Gwang-seop’s gang. Meanwhile Joong-dae goes undercover in homicide to protect his boss Gwang-seop because he is the only member of the gang who graduated from...
Country: South Korea
Genre: Mystery ; Period
The story revolves around criminal investigation and forensic procedures in the late Chosun era following the activities of an undercover special task force that was established to counter the increasing number of crimes resulting from political turmoil in the period. Kang Seung Jo and Kim Kang Woo lead the team of elite investigators as they uncover the circumstances behind mysterious deaths...
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