Girls with guns - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Girls with guns is a sub-genre of films and animation, especially Hong Kong action films and anime

Anime

is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....

, with a female protagonist

Protagonist

A protagonist is the main character of a literary, theatrical, cinematic, or musical narrative, around whom the events of the narrative's plot revolve and with whom the audience is intended to most identify...

in a strong lead role, set in a modern context. The genre involves gun-play

Gun fu

Gun fu, a portmanteau of gun and kung fu, is the style of sophisticated close-quarters gunplay seen in Hong Kong action cinema and in Western films influenced by it. It often resembles a martial arts battle played out with firearms instead of traditional weapons...

, stunt

Stunt

A stunt is an unusual and difficult physical feat, or any act requiring a special skill, performed for artistic purposes in TV, theatre, or cinema...

s and martial arts action

Martial arts film

Martial arts film is a film genre. A sub-genre of the action film, martial arts films contain numerous fights between characters, usually as the films' primary appeal and entertainment value, and often as a method of storytelling and character expression and development. Martial arts are frequently...

. Some of the best known female fighters to Western audiences are Angela Mao Ying

Angela Mao

Angela Mao is a martial arts film actress best known for the string of kung fu films in which she starred during the 1970s. She is also known as Mao Ying, Angela Mao Ying, and Mao Fu Ying...

, Cheng Pei-pei

Cheng Pei-pei

Cheng Pei-pei is an actress best known for her performance in the seminal 1966 King Hu wuxia film Come Drink with Me. She continued to play expert swordswomen in a number of films throughout the 1960s...

, Moon Lee

Moon Lee

Moon Lee is a former Hong Kong actress who frequently played roles related to the action and martial arts genre in TV serials and films. She was particularly notable in the sub-genre known as girls with guns.-Biography:...

, Maggie Q

Maggie Q

Margaret Denise Quigley , professionally known as Maggie Q, is an American-born actress and former fashion model. She currently stars as the titular character on the action-thriller TV series Nikita.-Early life:...

, Michelle Yeoh

Michelle Yeoh

Michelle Yeoh Choo-Kheng is a Hong Kong-based Malaysian Chinese actress, well known for performing her own stunts in the action films that brought her to fame in the early 1990s....

, Zhang Ziyi

Zhang Ziyi

Zhang Ziyi is a Chinese film actress. Zhang is coined by the media as one of the Four Young Dan actresses in the Film Industry in China, along with Zhao Wei, Xu Jinglei, and Zhou Xun...

and Cynthia Rothrock

Cynthia Rothrock

Cynthia Rothrock is an American martial artist and actress specializing in martial arts films. -Martial arts achievements:Rothrock is five-time World Karate Champion in forms and weapons between 1981 and 1985...

History

The genre started in the 1960s when then-unknown Cheng Pei-pei starred in the 1966 Shaw Brothers Studio

Shaw Brothers Studio

The Shaw Brothers Studio , owned by Shaw Brothers Ltd., was the foremost and the largest movie production company of Hong Kong movies.From their distribution base in Singapore where they founded parent company Shaw Organization in 1924, and as a strategic development of their movie distribution...

film Come Drink with Me

Come Drink with Me

Come Drink with Me is a 1966 Hong Kong wuxia film directed by King Hu. Set during the Ming Dynasty, it stars Cheng Pei-pei and Yueh Hua as warriors with Chan Hung-lit as the villain, and features action choreography by Han Ying-chieh. It is widely considered one of the best Hong Kong films ever made...

, the first film to combine Hong Kong action cinema

Hong Kong action cinema

Hong Kong action cinema is the principal source of the Hong Kong film industry's global fame. It combines elements from the action film, as codified by Hollywood, with Chinese storytelling and aesthetic traditions, to create a culturally distinctive form that nevertheless has a wide transcultural...

with a female as the lead. Cheng followed up her success in this film with Golden Swallow

Golden Swallow (film)

Golden Swallow, also known as The Girl with the Thunderbolt Kick, is a 1968 Hong Kong wuxia film directed by Chang Cheh and produced by the Shaw Brothers Studio, starring Cheng Pei-pei, Jimmy Wang, Lo Lieh and Chao Hsin-yen...

in 1968. Golden Harvest Studios

Golden Harvest

Golden Harvest is a film production, distribution, and exhibition company based in Hong Kong. It played a major role in becoming the first Chinese film company to successfully enter the western market for an extended period of time, especially with the films of Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan...

had their own female fighter, Angela Mao Ying, best known to western audiences for playing the ill-fated sister of Bruce Lee

Bruce Lee

Bruce Lee was a Chinese American, Hong Kong actor, martial arts instructor, philosopher, film director, film producer, screenwriter, and founder of the Jeet Kune Do martial arts movement...

's character in Enter the Dragon

Enter the Dragon

Enter the Dragon is a 1973 Hong Kong martial arts co-production with Golden Harvest and Warner Bros. studios, directed by Robert Clouse; starring Bruce Lee, Jim Kelly and John Saxon. This is Bruce Lee's final film appearance before his death on July 20, 1973...

. She starred in such films as Hapkido

Hapkido (film)

Hapkido aka Lady Kung Fu is a 1972 Hong Kong film directed by Huang Feng, starring Angela Mao, Carter Wong and Sammo Hung. It was released by Golden Harvest.-Plot:...

, When Taekwondo Strikes

When Taekwondo Strikes

When Taekwondo Strikes is a 1973 martial art film directed and written by Feng Huang, produced by Raymond Chow. The exception with this film is the collective martial arts experience of the cast and the high quality fight choreography...

and Lady Whirlwind

Lady Whirlwind

Lady Whirlwind a.k.a. Deep Thrust is a 1972 Hong Kong martial arts film directed by Huang Feng, starring Angela Mao.-Plot:A young man is severely beaten by Japanese mobsters and left for dead on the beach. He is nursed back to health by a pretty young girl, and he vows to take revenge on the...

.

In the early 1980s, there was a change in the Hong Kong film industry: movies had bigger budgets, new stars, and new stories. Two new faces appeared around this time: Michelle Yeoh and martial artist Cynthia Rothrock. They starred in the Corey Yuen

Corey Yuen

Corey Yuen Kwai is a Hong Kong actor, filmmaker and producer. He was a member of the Peking Opera Schools and one of the Seven Little Fortunes.-Life and career:...

directed film Yes Madam, AKA In the Line of Duty 2. The movie was a box office

Box office

A box office is a place where tickets are sold to the public for admission to an event. Patrons may perform the transaction at a countertop, through an unblocked hole through a wall or window, or at a wicket....

hit making Yeoh and Rothrock stars and reviving the "girls with guns" genre. In the mid 1980s many martial arts movies featured a female either as the lead or as the co-star in action.

Actresses Jade Leung

Jade Leung

Jade Leung , born 23 November 1969 in Hong Kong as Leung Yuk-yin is a Hong Kong actress known for starring in kung fu and action films.She received the 1992 Best New Performer Award at the 11th Hong Kong Film Awards for her role in the 1991 film Black Cat.-Filmography:* Black Cat - Erica...

, Yukari Oshima

Yukari Oshima

Yukari Ōshima is a Japanese actress and martial artist. Born Tsumura Yukari in Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, Japan, to a successful Japanese businessman and fashion designer and to a Chinese woman...

, Cynthia Khan

Cynthia Khan

Yang Li-Tsing also known by her stage name Cynthia Khan is Taiwanese actress Martial artist born on December 13, 1968 in Chiayi County, Taiwan and She's also in the sub-genre known as girls with guns.-Early life:...

and Joyce Godenzi would rise to prominence in similar roles.

American popular culture became fixated by girls with guns in the 1990s and they were seen in many media. The genre continued in the 2000s, with movies such as Lara Croft: Tomb Raider

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider is a 2001 adventure thriller film adapted from the Tomb Raider video game series. Directed by Simon West and starring Angelina Jolie as Lara Croft, it was released in U.S. theaters on June 15, 2001. The film was a commercial success...

, So Close

So Close

*So Close* is a 2002 action film directed by Corey Yuen and starring Shu Qi, Karen Mok and Zhao Wei. The English title is derived from The Carpenters' song Close to You, which has a prominent role in the film.-Plot:...

, Naked Weapon

Naked Weapon

Naked Weapon is a 2002 Hong Kong action-thriller film directed by action choreographer Tony Ching and starring Maggie Quigley, Anya Wu and Daniel Wu. Written by prolific film producer Wong Jing, Naked Weapon is similar in theme though unrelated to his earlier work Naked Killer...

, Aeon Flux

Æon Flux (film)

New Zealander Graeme Revell composed the score for Æon Flux; the soundtrack is available via Varèse Sarabande as advertised on the film's official website -Comic book prequel:...

, and UltraViolet

Ultraviolet (film)

Ultraviolet is a 2006 American science fiction action film written and directed by Kurt Wimmer and produced by Screen Gems. It stars Milla Jovovich as Violet Song and Cameron Bright as Six. It was released in North America on March 3, 2006...

Anime and manga

The term "girls-with-guns" is also used in reference to anime

Anime

series such as Bubblegum Crisis

Bubblegum Crisis

is a Japanese cyberpunk direct-to-video animated series. It displays strong influences from Blade Runner, also making occasional references to it.- Setting :...

, Gall Force

Gall Force

is a metaseries of science fiction anime OVA by the studio Artmic, with production by Youmex and AIC. The original character designs were by Kenichi Sonoda, though these were dropped for the Gall Force Revolution remake .-Star Front Gall Force:This was the origin and precursor to the Gall Force...

, Dirty Pair

Dirty Pair

is a series of sci-fi comedy light novels written by Haruka Takachiho and illustrated by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko that was later adapted into anime and manga versions....

, Gunsmith Cats

Gunsmith Cats

is a Japanese seinen manga series written and illustrated by Kenichi Sonoda. It was published in Kodansha's Afternoon from 1991 to 1997 and was followed between 2004 and 2008 by a sequel series Gunsmith Cats Burst which included the same characters and situations.The series describes the adventures...

, Angel Heart, and Gunslinger Girl

Gunslinger Girl

Gunslinger Girl is an ongoing manga by Yu Aida. It first premiered in the November 2002 issue of the monthly shōnen magazine Dengeki Daioh. The chapters are also being published in tankōbon volumes by ASCII Media Works. 13 volumes have been released in Japan as of April 2011...

, as well as Kōichi Mashimo

Koichi Mashimo

is a well-known Japanese anime director and the founder of the animation studio Bee Train. Since the creation of the studio, Mashimo directed or otherwise participated in all its works, for example, as a member of art or sound department...

's trilogy of Noir

Noir (anime)

is a 26-episode Japanese anime television series produced in 2001 by the Bee Train animation studio. Kōichi Mashimo directed Noir, it was written by Ryoe Tsukimura, and the soundtrack was composed by Yuki Kajiura...

, Madlax

MADLAX

is a 26-episode Japanese anime television series produced in 2004 by the Bee Train animation studio. Kōichi Mashimo directed Madlax and the soundtrack was composed by Yuki Kajiura...

, and El Cazador

El Cazador de la Bruja

, is an anime television series directed by Kōichi Mashimo and animated by Bee Train studio. It is a spiritual successor of Noir and Madlax and the final installment of Bee Train's "girls-with-guns" trilogy. The series was aired on TV Tokyo from April to September in 2007...

, and works inspired or influenced by it. Yasuomi Umetsu's works such as Kite , Mezzo Forte, Mezzo DSA

Mezzo DSA

Mezzo DSA is a 13-episode anime series created by Yasuomi Umetsu. It is a follow up to the 1998 OVA Mezzo Forte.-Synopsis:Mikura, Kurokawa, and Harada are the 3 members of the Danger Service Agency . Mikura is the brawn of the group, Harada is the brains, and Kurokawa is just a bitter ex-cop who...

, and Kite: Liberator

Kite Liberator

is a Japanese original video animation series and sequel to Kite. It was also adapted as a manga serialzed in Comic Valkyrie magazine.-Synopsis:...

have all been cited as being within the "girls with guns" subgenre. Rei Hiroe

Rei Hiroe

is a Japanese manga artist who is more recently known for his latest manga, Black Lagoon.-Manga:* Black Lagoon - Story and art* Blade Guns* Gunparade March - Author* Legend of the Jade Ravine* Phantom Bullet* Rayfield 2...

's Black Lagoon

Black Lagoon

is a manga series written and illustrated by Rei Hiroe, and published in Shogakukan's Sunday GX since 2002. An animated television series based on the manga aired in Japan from April 8, 2006, to June 24, 2006, totaling twelve episodes. A second season, subtitled "The Second Barrage", ran for twelve...

tends to supplement the "girl with guns" motif with other anime inspired motifs such as "maids with guns" and "nuns with guns" (the latter being a major theme in anime and manga such as Chrono Crusade

Chrono Crusade

, also known as Chrno Crusade due to a typo in the original logo, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Daisuke Moriyama. It was originally published by Kadokawa Shoten in Dragon Magazine which began serialization in November 1998. A 24-episode anime television series based on the...

and Trinity Blood

Trinity Blood

is a series of Japanese light novels written by Sunao Yoshida with illustrations by Thores Shibamoto and originally serialized in The Sneaker. Set 900 years after an apocalyptic war between humans and vampires, the series focuses on the on-going cold war between the Vatican, the human government,...

Films

Come Drink with Me
Come Drink with Me
Come Drink with Me is a 1966 Hong Kong wuxia film directed by King Hu. Set during the Ming Dynasty, it stars Cheng Pei-pei and Yueh Hua as warriors with Chan Hung-lit as the villain, and features action choreography by Han Ying-chieh. It is widely considered one of the best Hong Kong films ever made...

(1966)
Hapkido
Hapkido (film)
Hapkido aka Lady Kung Fu is a 1972 Hong Kong film directed by Huang Feng, starring Angela Mao, Carter Wong and Sammo Hung. It was released by Golden Harvest.-Plot:...

aka He qi dao (1972)
Ms. 45
Ms. 45
Ms. 45, also known as Angel of Vengeance, is a 1981 American low-budget exploitation film directed by Abel Ferrara and starring Zoë Tamerlis Lund...

(1981)
Yes, Madam
Yes, Madam
Yes, Madam is a 1985 Hong Kong action film directed by Corey Yuen and starring Michelle Yeoh and Cynthia Rothrock. The film is Yeoh's first major action role and Rothrock's first appearance in a feature film....

aka Huang gu shi jie (1985)
Righting Wrongs
Righting Wrongs
Righting Wrongs is a 1986 Hong Kong martial arts action crime film directed by Corey Yuen , starring Yuen Biao and Cynthia Rothrock. This is the one of Yuen Biao's better known films that he made without film industry compatriots Sammo Hung and Jackie Chan.-Title:The film's Hong Kong English...

aka Zhi fa xian feng (1986)
Magnificent Warriors
Magnificent Warriors
Magnificent Warriors is a 1987 Hong Kong action film starring Michelle Yeoh and Richard Ng and directed by David Chung....

aka Zhong hua zhan shi (1987)
Angel
Angel (1987 film)
Angel is a 1987 Hong Kong action film inspired by Charlie's Angels which stars Moon Lee and Yukari Oshima. It is regarded as defining the Girls with Guns sub-genre...

aka Tian shi xing dong (1987)
In the Line of Duty 4: Witness
In the Line of Duty 4: Witness
In the Line of Duty 4: Witness is a 1989 Hong Kong action film directed by Yuen Woo-ping and starring Donnie Yen and Cynthia Khan.The film is nominally part of the loosely connected In the Line of Duty/Yes, Madam! series...

aka Huang jia shi jie zhi IV: Zhi ji zheng ren (1989)
Angel Enforcers
Angel Enforcers
Angel Enforcers is a 1989 Hong Kong action film directed by Godfrey Ho and starring Pan Pan Yeung and Pauline Wong, in which female agents battle a gang of diamond thieves....

(1989)
Nikita (1990)
She Shoots Straight
She Shoots Straight
She Shoots Straight is a 1990 Hong Kong action film directed by Corey Yuen and starring Sammo Hung and Joyce Godenzi.-Cast:*Joyce Godenzi - Inspector Mina Kao *Carina Lau - Huang Chia-Ling*Sammo Hung - Supt. Officer Hung...

aka Huang jia nu jiang (1990)
Dreaming of the Reality aka Dreaming the Reality 梦醒血未停 (1991)
Naked Killer
Naked Killer
Naked Killer is a 1992 Hong Kong film written and produced by Wong Jing, and directed by Clarence Fok Yiu-leung. The film stars Chingmy Yau, Simon Yam and Carrie Ng.The film is regarded as a cult classic. -Plot:...

(1992)
A Serious Shock! Yes Madam! aka "Mo lu kuang hua" (1992)
Fit to Kill
Fit to Kill
Fit to Kill is a 1993 action adventure film starring Dona Speir, Roberta Vasquez, Cynthia Brimhall, Julie Strain, Bruce Penhall, Chu Chu Malave and Geoffrey Moore. It was written and directed by Andy Sidaris....

(1993)
XX: Beautiful Hunter
XX: Beautiful Hunter
is a 1994 Japanese film directed by Masaru Konuma. The film stars Makiko Kuno, Johnny Okura and Kōji Shimizu....

(1994)
Ghost in the Shell
Ghost in the Shell (film)
"See You Everyday" is different from the rest of the soundtrack, being a pop song sung in Cantonese by Fang Ka Wing. It can be faintly heard playing in the marketplace scene, when Batou is hunting the ghost-hacked puppet....

(1995)
Tank Girl
Tank Girl (film)
Tank Girl is a 1995 science fiction action film loosely based on the Tank Girl comic book created by Alan Martin and Jamie Hewlett. It was directed by Rachel Talalay and stars Lori Petty as Rebecca Buck, aka the eponymous Tank Girl, who had originally appeared in the UK comic magazine...

(1995)
XX: Beautiful Beast
XX: Beautiful Beast
is a 1995 Japanese film directed by Toshiharu Ikeda. The film stars Kaori Shimamura, Takanori Kikuchi and Hakuryu.-Cast:* Kaori Shimamura... Ran/"Black Orchid"* Takanori Kikuchi* Hakuryu* Dan Li* Takeshi Yamato...

(1995)
Beyond Hypothermia
Beyond Hypothermia (film)
Beyond Hypothermia is a 1996 Hong Kong action film directed by Patrick Leung, co-produced by Johnnie To, and starring Jacklyn Wu and Sean Lau.-Plot:...

aka "Sip si 32 dou" (1996)
Fudoh: The New Generation
Fudoh: The New Generation
Fudoh: The New Generation is a Japanese movie directed by Takashi Miike. Two sequels followed, neither of which was directed by Miike. The film is based on a manga. Time Magazine listed Fudoh as one of its ten best movies of 1997.-Plot:Riki Fudoh's brother was killed by his father at the request...

(1996)
Mari's Prey
Mari's Prey
is a 1996 Japanese film directed by Keiichirō Yoshida. The film stars Makiko Kuno.-Cast:* Makiko Kuno* Takeshi Yamato* Kenichi Endo* Ren Osugi* Teppei Shibuya* Taisaku Akino* Hitomi Shiraishi* Kanpei Hazama* Kasae Umetsu* Ryuji Katagiri* Shohei Hino...

aka マリ-の獲物 (1996)
Rose: Predator Leopardess (1996)
XX: Beautiful Prey
XX: Beautiful Prey
is a 1996 Japanese film directed by Toshiharu Ikeda. The film stars Kei Marimura, Makiko Watanabe and Ren Ōsugi....

(1996)
Barb Wire
Barb Wire (film)
-Cast:* Pamela Anderson Lee as Barbara "Barb Wire" Kopetski* Temuera Morrison as Axel Hood* Victoria Rowell as Dr. Corrina "Cora D" Devonshire* Jack Noseworthy as Charlie Kopetski* Xander Berkeley as Alexander Willis* Udo Kier as Curly...

(1996)
The Black Angel Vol. 1
Kuro no tenshi Vol. 1
is a 1997 Japanese film directed by Takashi Ishii. The film stars Riona Hazuki and Reiko Takashima....

aka 黒の天使 Kuro no tenshi (1997)
Exception to the Rule
Exception to the Rule
Exception To The Rule is a 1997 Canadian thriller film directed by David Winning and stars Kim Cattrall, Eric McCormack, Sean Young and William Devane.-Plot summary:A married jewel trader is seduced by a beautiful woman while on a business trip...

(1997)
Miami (1997)
Killing Time (1998)
Judas Kiss (1998)
The Black Angel Vol. 2
Kuro no tenshi Vol. 2
is a 1999 Japanese film directed by Takashi Ishii. The film stars Yūki Amami and Reiko Kataoka....

aka 黒の天使 Kuro no tenshi (1999)
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider is a 2001 adventure thriller film adapted from the Tomb Raider video game series. Directed by Simon West and starring Angelina Jolie as Lara Croft, it was released in U.S. theaters on June 15, 2001. The film was a commercial success...

(2001)

Full Disclosure
Full Disclosure (film)
Full Disclosure is a 2001 thriller film starring Fred Ward, Christopher Plummer, Rachel Ticotin and Penelope Ann Miller. It was directed by John Bradshaw.- Background :The film was shot in 1999...

(2001)
Farewell, My Love
Farewell, My Love
Farewell, My Love is a 2001 action film by Randall Fontana starring Gabrielle Fitzpatrick, Phillip Rhys and Robert Culp....

(2001)
Pistol Opera
Pistol Opera
is a 2001 Japanese film directed by Seijun Suzuki and starring Makiko Esumi. As one of Seijun's last fims, it is related to Suzuki's 1967 Branded to Kill, either as a remake or sequel...

(2001)
Swindle
Swindle (film)
Swindle is a 2002 crime thriller film written and directed by K.C. Bascombe and starring Tom Sizemore, Sherilyn Fenn and Dave Foley.-Cast:*Tom Sizemore as Seth George*Sherilyn Fenn as Sophie Zenn*Dave Foley as Michael Barnes*Conrad Pla as Cisco...

(2002)
So Close
So Close
*So Close* is a 2002 action film directed by Corey Yuen and starring Shu Qi, Karen Mok and Zhao Wei. The English title is derived from The Carpenters' song Close to You, which has a prominent role in the film.-Plot:...

(2002)
Naked Weapon
Naked Weapon
Naked Weapon is a 2002 Hong Kong action-thriller film directed by action choreographer Tony Ching and starring Maggie Quigley, Anya Wu and Daniel Wu. Written by prolific film producer Wong Jing, Naked Weapon is similar in theme though unrelated to his earlier work Naked Killer...

(2002)
Resident Evil
Resident Evil (film)
Resident Evil is a British-German 2002 horror film written and directed by Paul W.S. Anderson. The film stars Milla Jovovich, Michelle Rodriguez, Eric Mabius, and James Purefoy...

(2002)
Gun Crazy: A Woman from Nowhere
Gun Crazy: A Woman from Nowhere
is a 2002 Japanese action film, which was directed by Atsushi Muroga. It starred Ryoko Yonekura and Shingo Tsurumi....

(2002)
Gun Crazy 2: Beyond the Law
Gun Crazy 2: Beyond the Law
is a 2002 Japanese action film, starring Rei Kikukawa. A sequel to Gun Crazy: A Woman from Nowhere, it was also directed by Atsushi Muroga.-Cast:*Rei Kikukawa*Toshiya Nagasawa*Kōji Shimizu*Eugene Nomura*Kaori Shimamura*Michihiro Yamanishi...

(2002)
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever is a 2002 American action film starring Antonio Banderas and Lucy Liu. Liu and Banderas play opposing secret agents who are supposedly enemies, but team up during the movie. The film was universally panned by critics, who generally regarded it as having no redeeming...

(2002)
Underworld
Underworld (2003 film)
Underworld is a 2003 action-horror film about the secret history of Vampires and Lycans . It is the first installment in the Underworld series. The main plot revolves around Selene , a vampire who is a Death Dealer hunting Lycans...

(2003)
Gun Crazy 3: The Big Gundown
Gun Crazy 3: The Big Gundown
is a 2003 Japanese action movie, starring Kasumi Nakane. A sequel to Gun Crazy: A Woman from Nowhere, it was also directed by Atsushi Muroga.-Cast:* Kasumi Nakane* Mitsuho Otani* Hiroshi Fuse* Yasukaze Motomiya* Jin Nakayama...

(2003)
Betrayal
Betrayal (2003 film)
Betrayal is a thriller film released in 2003. The film stars Erika Eleniak, Julie du Page, Adam Baldwin, James Remar and Louis Mandylor.-Film synopsis:...

(2003)
Kill Bill
Kill Bill
Kill Bill Volume 1 is a 2003 action thriller film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. It is the first of two volumes that were theatrically released several months apart, the second volume being Kill Bill Volume 2....

(2003/2004)
Aeon Flux
Æon Flux (film)
New Zealander Graeme Revell composed the score for Æon Flux; the soundtrack is available via Varèse Sarabande as advertised on the film's official website -Comic book prequel:...

(2005)
Lethal Angels (2006)
UltraViolet
Ultraviolet (film)
Ultraviolet is a 2006 American science fiction action film written and directed by Kurt Wimmer and produced by Screen Gems. It stars Milla Jovovich as Violet Song and Cameron Bright as Six. It was released in North America on March 3, 2006...

(2006)
Underworld: Evolution
Underworld: Evolution
Underworld: Evolution is the second installment in the Underworld series, following Underworld in 2003...

(2006)
Yo-Yo Girl Cop
Yo-Yo Girl Cop
is a 2006 Japanese live-action feature film, the third to be based on the manga Sukeban Deka, directed by Kenta Fukasaku.The film stars Aya Matsuura in the lead role of Saki Asamiya and Rika Ishikawa as her rival, Reika Akiyama. Yuki Saito, who played the role of Saki in the first live-action...

(2006)
Planet Terror
Planet Terror
Planet Terror is a 2007 American action horror film written and directed by Robert Rodriguez, about a group of people attempting to survive an onslaught of zombie-like creatures as they feud with a military unit, including a go-go dancer searching for a way to use her "useless talents." The film, a...

(2007)
Tokyo Gore Police
Tokyo Gore Police
is a 2008 Japanese gore film co-written, edited, and directed by Yoshihiro Nishimura and stars Eihi Shiina as Ruka, a vengeful police officer.Tokyo Gore Police was released to several film festivals in North America...

(2008)
Wanted (2008)
The Machine Girl
The Machine Girl
is a 2008 Japanese action shock/gore film written and directed by Noboru Iguchi with special effects by Yoshihiro Nishimura . The film stars Minase Yashiro in the lead role as Ami, Asami in the role of Miki, Kentarō Shimazu as the yakuza leader Ryūgi Kimura and Honoka as his wife, Mrs. Kimura...

(2008)
The Gene Generation
The Gene Generation
The Gene Generation is a 2007 Biopunk science fiction film about an assassin who battles DNA hackers. The film was directed by Pearry Teo, and stars Bai Ling, Parry Shen, Faye Dunaway, and Alec Newman.- Synopsis :...

(2008)
Bitch Slap
Bitch Slap
Bitch Slap is a 2009 action and exploitation film directed by Rick Jacobson and stars Julia Voth, Erin Cummings, America Olivo and Michael Hurst, with cameos by Lucy Lawless, Kevin Sorbo, and Renée O'Connor.- Plot :...

(2009)
Map of the Sounds of Tokyo
Map of the Sounds of Tokyo
Map of the Sounds of Tokyo is a 2009 Spanish drama film directed by Isabel Coixet. The film competed in the main competition at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival.-Plot:...

(2009)
Stiletto (2009)
The Tournament (film)
The Tournament (film)
The Tournament is a 2009 British independent action film, marking the directorial debut of local filmmaker Scott Mann. The film was conceived by Jonathan Frank and Nick Rowntree while at the University of Teesside with Mann...

(2009)
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans is a 2009 American film directed by Patrick Tatopoulos. It is the third installment in the Underworld series, focusing primarily on the origins of some characters and the events leading to the Vampire-Lycan war, depicted in the previous films Underworld and...

(2009)
Salt (2010)
Kick-Ass
Kick-Ass (film)
Kick-Ass is a 2010 superhero comedy film based on the comic book of the same name by Mark Millar and John Romita, Jr. The film was directed by Matthew Vaughn, who co-produced the film with actor Brad Pitt, and co-wrote the screenplay with Jane Goldman...

(2010)
Saturday Killer (2010)
Sucker Punch
Sucker Punch (film)
Sucker Punch is a 2011 action-fantasy thriller film, directed by Zack Snyder and co-written by him and Steve Shibuya. It is Snyder's first film based on an original script. The film stars Emily Browning, Abbie Cornish, Jena Malone, Vanessa Hudgens, Jamie Chung, and Oscar Isaac...

(2011)
Colombiana
Colombiana (film)
Colombiana is a 2011 French-American action film co-written and produced by Luc Besson and directed by Olivier Megaton. The film stars Zoë Saldana in the lead role...

(2011)

Television

Playgirl
Playgirl (TV series)
is a late 1960s Japanese television action/drama series conceived in the Spy-Fi genre, recently released to DVD in Japan....

(プレイガール)
The Avengers
The Avengers (TV series)
The Avengers is a spy-fi British television series set in the 1960s Britain. The Avengers initially focused on Dr. David Keel and his assistant John Steed . Hendry left after the first series and Steed became the main character, partnered with a succession of assistants...
Supergirl
Supergirl (TV series)
Supergirl is a Japanese television crime drama. Originally broadcast between April 2, 1979 and March 17, 1980, lasting 51 episodes, the series featured an all-female cast, not unlike the earlier series Playgirl...
Alias
Alias (TV series)
Alias is an American action television series created by J. J. Abrams which was broadcast on ABC for five seasons, from September 30, 2001 to May 22, 2006...
La Femme Nikita
Angel of Death (web series)
Angel of Death (Web Series)
Angel of Death is a web series of eight to ten minute episodes created by Ed Brubaker. The series stars Zoë Bell as Eve, an assassin taking revenge on her former employers, and costars Lucy Lawless. Angel of Death was produced by White Rock Lake Production and distributed by Sony Pictures Television...
Little Girl K (소녀K) - 2011

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