A worldwide zombie outbreak sends UN investigator Gerry Lane (Brad Pitt) on the trail of the mysterious infection. As Gerry makes his way to a military outpost in South Korea, then to a country (Israel) which appears to have forseen the disaster and made preparations to protect itself, each destination is ultimately overrun by the dead. Escaping from Israel by … Read the rest
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Flag In The Mist (Yoji Yamada, Japan, 1965)
A poor and desperate young woman named Kiriko (Chieko Baisho) makes a long journey to request help from Otsuko (Osamu Takizawa), a rich, successful lawyer, to defend her brother on a murder charge. But Otsuko brushes her off because she can’t meet his fees and the brother dies in prison. After befriending Otsuko’s mistress Kiriko has her framed on a … Read the rest
Saving My Hubby (Hyeon Nam-seob, South Korea, 2002)
A former volleyball star Geum-sun (Bae Doona) whose dreams have taken a knock after a shoulder injury ended her career is now a married housewife with a baby daughter and a nervous husband named Ju-tae (Kim Tae-Woo) about to start his first day in a new job. But later that evening Geum-sun gets an unexpected call from the owner of … Read the rest
My Dear Desperado (Kim Kwang-shik, South Korea, 2010)
An innocent country girl Sae-jin (Jeong Yu-mi), travels to Seoul to begin her first job. When the company she’s joined quickly goes bust she finds herself reduced to a crappy basement flat in a shabby neigbourhood with a lowly gangster, Dong-chul (Park Joong Hoon) for a neighbour. Before long the pair strike up an unlikely friendship and as Dong-chul’s bulldog … Read the rest
The Booth (Yoshihiro Nakamura, Japan, 2005)
An obnoxious phone in DJ named Shinjo (Ryuta Sato) broadcasts his late-night chat show – in which listeners are invited to reveal on air the meanest thing that’s ever been said to them – from a supposedly haunted studio. But what should be a night of easy listening ends up persistently undermined by an unknown voice on the line accusing … Read the rest
Stray Bullet (Yoo Hyun-Mok, South Korea, 1961)
A powerhouse drama built about human suffering that never succumbs to nihilism and built around a philosophical conundrum. Namely, is it possible to live a life of conscience trapped inside a cage? Our characters here are a group of wounded ex-army men seeking work and the cage their truly dire circumstances. Unremittingly bleak – including a horrendous moment in which … Read the rest
Beyond Hypothermia (Patrick Leung, Hong Kong, 1996)
In South Korea assassin Shu (Chien-lien-lu) makes a successful hit on a gangland boss but leaves the dead man’s bodyguard Yichin (Han Sang-woo) vowing vengeance. Back in Hong Kong Shu takes a shine to neighborhood noodle vendor Long (Lau Ching-wan) but her bloody past means she has no idea how to express herself emotionally. Ignoring the warnings of her employer … Read the rest
A Chinese Ghost Story (Ching Siu-Tung, China, 1987)
A struggling tax collector (Leslie Cheung) spends the night in a haunted temple only to be seduced and almost killed by a beautiful woman (Joey Wang) whose change of heart toward her victim is only possible because she’s a good spirit under the spell of an evil tree demon. So, teaming up with a martial arts warrior (Wu Ma) to … Read the rest
Big Bullet (Benny Chan, Hong Kong, 1996)
Courageous but hot-tempered officer Bill Chu (Lau Ching-wan) finds himself demoted after assaulting a superior officer responsible for a raid gone disastrously wrong. After being reassigned as a patrol officer with the Emergency Unit Bill’s old boss is killed in a restaurant shootout and Bill’s determination to catch the men responsible drags his inexperienced EU comrades into a full on … Read the rest
Fox Hunter (Wei Tung, Hong Kong, 1995)
Bored of traffic duty eager young policewoman Yeung Ling (Jade Leung) volunteers for a dangerous undercover assignment to capture a cunning and extremely violent criminal named Tung (Ching Fung). But the assignment backfires spectacularly and when Tung attacks Yeung in her apartment he leaves the bruised and bloodied policewoman swearing vengeance. With Tung having fled to mainland China Yeung enlists … Read the rest
