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Yakuza Deka 1: Secret Police (1970)

Director: Yukio Noda
Starring: Sonny Chiba, Tetsuro Tanpa

Sonny Chiba plays a hard-bitten undercover cop trying to win the confidence of two rival yakuza gangs in order to bust their illegal drugs operations.... Read more

Enter the Phoenix (2004)

5.8/10
Director: Stephen Fung
Starring: Eason Chan, Daniel Wu, Karen Mok, Chapman To, Law Kar Ying, Stephen Fung, Yuen B...

A goofy gangster comedy about Georgie, a young gay man, sent into exile by his embarrassed, homophobic father, and triad boss, Hung (screen legend Yue... Read more

Youth of the Beast (1963)

7.6/10
Director: Seijun Suzuki
Starring: Joe Shishido

Unique Japanese filmmaker Seijun Suzuki helms this audacious wild ride into the world of 1960s Japanese Yakuza. Police detective Jo Shishido winds up... Read more

Welcome (2007)

6.8/10
Director: Anees Bazmee
Starring: Anil Kapoor, Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif, Paresh Rawal, Nana Patekar, Feroz Khan

Writer/director Anees Bazmee says he 'takes comedy seriously' and it shows in this accomplished farce featuring Bollywood's finest. Beautiful Sanjana... Read more

Married to the Mob (1988)

6.1/10
Director: Jonathan Demme
Starring: Alec Baldwin, Dean Stockwell, Matthew Modine, Mercedes Ruehl, Michelle Pfeiffer

There's loads of larcenous laughs in Jonathan Demme's offbeat comedy of Mafia manners. When Michelle Pfeiffer's hit man husband is bumped off, she tri... Read more

Return of the Street Fighter (1974)

6.4/10
Director: Shigehiro Ozawa
Starring: Sonny Chiba

Martial arts sensation Sonny Chiba is back! Having well earned his reputation as a man who gets things done, he is hired by a gang to silence a squeal... Read more

Lois and Clark: Season 2 (1994)

Starring: Dean Cain, Teri Hatcher, Lane Smith, Tracy Scoggins, Michael Landes, John Shea

Action reigns as the Man of Steel unleashes chop-'til-you-drop martial arts moves to battle a mysterious Chi master; pits his mighty powers against th... Read more

Eastern Promises (Blu-ray) (2007)

7.6/10
Director: David Cronenberg
Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Naomi Watts, Vincent Cassel, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Sinead Cusack

Following on from 'A History of Violence', director David Cronenberg again imbues a familiar Hollywood story with his trademark raw style and a searin... Read more

Rumble in Hong Kong (1974)

Director: Hdeng Tsu
Starring: Jackie Chan, John Chang, Charlie Chin, Phoenix Chen

Before "The Bronx" Jackie Chan displayed his prowess as the bodyguard of a Hong Kong gangster who goes against a tough female cop in order to protect... Read more

Golden Boy (1939)

6.9/10
Director: Rouben Mamoulian
Starring: Lee J Cobb, William Holden, Barbara Stanwyck, Adolphe Menjou, Joseph Calleia, Sa...

Clifford Odets' play becomes a moving screen drama, with William Holden (in his film debut) as a would-be violinist who is persuaded by girlfriend Bar... Read more