A priest struggles to practise what he preaches in Antonio Lam’s moral drama.
Category: Crime
Face Off
A man really struggles to sell a diamond in Ly Hai’s first of countless Face Off films.
Deal at the Border
No good deed goes unpunished in Dastan Zhapar Ryskeldi’s thriller.
Demon City
Revenge is a dish best served a decade too late in Seiji Tanaka’s so-so thriller.
Hard Days
Michihito Fujii’s remake is stressful, while eschewing much that might make it engaging.
Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In
Soi Cheang balances grandiose action with strong characters in his surprisingly entertaining action adaptation.
The Chaser
The chase is on, more or less, in Na Hong-jin’s thriller.
The Night Comes For Us
Indonesia does what it does best, but this time ratchets up the gore to 11.
The Blind Detective
Love and justice are both blind in Johnnie To’s tonally off mystery.
The Roundup: No Way Out
Detective Ma and his crew return to bust the heads of a drug ring, the yakuza and everyone else who gets in their way.
Hopeless
A young man struggles to break free from his wretched life in Kim Chang-hoon’s directorial debut.
The Lost Lotteries
In Prueksa Amaruji’s goofy heist film, luck only gets you so far
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