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Category: Thriller

The Prosecutor

The Prosecutor

A jaded cop-turned-lawyer finds the legal system difficult to navigate in Donnie Yen’s sophomore directorial effort.

Posted on 1 Aug 20251 Aug 2025 by siibillamlawPosted in Action, Hong Kong, Legal, ThrillerTagged 2024, Adam Pak, Chu Pak-hong, Donnie Yen, Francis Ng, Julian Cheung, Justin Cheung, Kent Cheung, Lau Kong, Locker Lam, Mandy Wong, Mark Cheng, Mason Fung, MC Cheung Tin-fu, Michael Hui, Ray Lui, Shirley Chan, Sisley Choi, Yu Kang. Leave a comment

Tape

Tape

Accountability. guilt and acceptance are all put under the microscope in Bizhan Tong and Selena Lee's tense adaptation.

Posted on 30 Jul 20259 Sep 2025 by siibillamlawPosted in Hong Kong, ThrillerTagged 2024, Adam Pak, BIzhan Tong, Kenny Kwan, Selena Lee. Leave a comment

Deal at the Border

Deal at the Border

No good deed goes unpunished in Dastan Zhapar Ryskeldi’s thriller.

Posted on 9 Jun 2025 by siibillamlawPosted in Crime, Kyrgyzstan, ThrillerTagged 2024, Abylai Marat, Akylbek Murataliev, Atai Omurbekov, Begayim Asanakunova, BIFF, Jenishbek Smanov, Meerim Atantaeva, Omurbek Izrailov, Review, Zhapar Ryskeldi. Leave a comment

Cloud

Cloud

An ethically dubious reseller has serious buyer’s remorse in Kiyoshi Kurasawa’s thriller.

Posted on 25 Apr 202518 Sep 2025 by siibillamlawPosted in Japan, ThrillerTagged 2024, Amane Okayama, Daiken Okudaira, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Kotone Furukawa, Maho Yamada, Masaaki Akahori, Masaki Suda, Masataka Kubota, Mutsuo Yoshioka, Tetsuya Chiba, Toshihiro Yagi, Yoshiyoshi Arakawa, Yoshiyuki Morishita, Yusei Mikawa, Yutaka Matsushige. Leave a comment

Brief History of a Family

Brief History of a Family

A boy makes a friend, and regrets it almost immediately in Lin Jianjie’s dramatic thriller.

Posted on 11 Mar 2025 by siibillamlawPosted in China, Drama, ThrillerTagged 2025, Guo Keyu, Lin Jianjie, Lin Muran, Sun Xilun, Zu Feng. Leave a comment

Demon City

Demon City

Revenge is a dish best served a decade too late in Seiji Tanaka’s so-so thriller.

Posted on 6 Mar 20256 Mar 2025 by siibillamlawPosted in Action, Crime, Japan, ThrillerTagged 2025, Ami Toma, Masahiro Higashide, Masanobu Takashima, Matsuya Onoe, Miou Tanaka, Naoto Takenaka, Review, Seiji Tanaka, Takuma Otoo, Toma Ikuta. Leave a comment

Hope

Hope

A family suffers when their son goes missing in Yukihiko Tsutsumi’s tense mystery thriller.

Posted on 25 Feb 202525 Feb 2025 by siibillamlawPosted in Japan, Mystery, ThrillerTagged 2020, Ikuma Nagatomo, Kaya Kiyohara, Kenshi Okada, Masaya Kato, Raita Ryu, Review, Shinichi Tsutsumi, Shota Matsuda, Tetsu Hirahara, Yoshie Ichige, Yukihiko Tsutsumi, Yuriko Ishida. Leave a comment

Escape

Escape

A deserter finds that getting out is even harder than expected in Lee Jong-pil’s taut thriller.

Posted on 25 Oct 2024 by siibillamlawPosted in Action, Korea, ThrillerTagged 2024, Bae Cheol-soo, Esom, Hong Xa-bin, Hyun Ji-shin, Jang Young-nam, Jung Joon-won, Koo Kyo-hwan, LEAFF, Lee Ho-jung, Lee Je-hoon, Lee Jong-pil, Lee Sung-wook, Park Yoon-hee, Review, Seo Hyun-Woo, Song Kang. Leave a comment

Hard Days

Hard Days

Michihito Fujii’s remake is stressful, while eschewing much that might make it engaging.

Posted on 24 Aug 2024 by siibillamlawPosted in Crime, Drama, Japan, ThrillerTagged 2023, Akira Emoto, Go Ayano, Hayato Isomura, Junichi Okada, Kurumi Shimizu, Maho Yamada, Mario Kuroba, Review, Ryoko Hirosue, Ryusuke Komakine, Takashi Yamanaka, Taro Suruga, Tetta Sugimoto. Leave a comment

The Chaser

The Chaser

The chase is on, more or less, in Na Hong-jin’s thriller.

Posted on 16 Apr 2024 by siibillamlawPosted in Crime, Korea, ThrillerTagged 2008, Choi Jung-woo, Ha Jung-woo, Jung In-Gi, Kim Sun-young, Kim Yoo-jung, Kim Yoon-seok, Koo Bon-woong, Min Kyung-jin, Na Hong-jin, Oh Yeon-ah, Park Hyo-joo, Review, Seo Young-hee. Leave a comment

Phantom

Phantom

Everyone's a cat and everyone's a mouse in Lee Hae-young's action spy semi-thriller.

Posted on 8 Nov 202317 Nov 2023 by siibillamlawPosted in Action, Korea, Period, ThrillerTagged 2023, Bibi, Esom, Kim Dong-hee, Kim Jong-soo, Kim Joong-hee, Lee Ha-nee, Lee Hae-young, Lee Joo-young, LKFF, Park Hae-soo, Park So-dam, Review, Seo Hyun-Woo, Sol Kyung-gu. Leave a comment

Photocopier

Photocopier

A young woman suffers a hangover from hell in Wregas Bhanuteja’s mystery thriller.

Posted on 24 Aug 202324 Aug 2023 by siibillamlawPosted in Indonesia, Mystery, ThrillerTagged 2021, Chicco Kurniawan, Dea Panendra, Giulio Parengkuan, Jerome Kurnia, Landung Simatupang, Lukman Sardi, Lutesha, Mian Tiara, Review, Rukman Rosadi, Ruth Marini, Shenina Cinnamon, Wregas Bhanuteja, Yayan Ruhian. Leave a comment

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