Anna and the King 1999  PG-13, 145 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Andy Tennant
Cast: Jodie Foster, Chow Yun-Fat, Bai Ling, Tom Felton, Syed Alwi, Randall Duk Kim, Lim Kay Siu, Melissa Campbell, Keith Chin, Mano Maniam, Shanthini Venugopal, Deanna Yusoff
In this classic story of Empire vs. Colonial cultures, Anna Leonowens (Jodie Foster) is a prim, widowed British schoolteacher who has been hired as a tutor for the King (Chow Yun-Fat) of Siam's oldest child. She travels miles from home and arrives in Siam with her young son Louis (Tom Felton). Now, Anna learns that the King has 26 wives and 53 children. She and the King begin with prejudices against the others' cultures, but both realize the importance of educating the children and begin to recognize the good qualities in each other.
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Dragonball Evolution 2009  PG, 85 min.
Genre: Action / Fantasy / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: James Wong
Cast: Justin Chatwin, Yun-Fat Chow, Emmy Rossum, Jamie Chung, James Marsters, Joon Park, Eriko Tamura, Randall Duk Kim, Earnie Hudson, Texas Battle, Megumi Seki, Ian Whyte, Richard Blake, Jon Valera, Rafael Valdez
While young Goku (Justin Chatwin) trains in martial arts, his dying grandfather Gohan (Randall Duk Kim) gives him a magic Dragonball and tells him to find Master Roshi who will provide him with the missing six Dragonballs that will give their owner unlimited power. The evil, 2,000-year-old Lord Piccolo (James Marsters) is also seeking the Dragonballs in his quest to take over the world. Now, Goku and his friends–Master Roshi (Yun-Fat Chow), Bulma (Emmy Rossum), and Chi Chi (Jamie Chung)–set out to find the Dragonballs before Lord Piccolo gets his hands on them.
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Kung Fu Panda 2008  PG, 88 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Action / Comedy
Director: Mark Osborne, John Stevenson
Cast: Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie, Ian McShane, Jackie Chan, Seth Rogen, Lucy Liu, David Cross, Randall Duk Kim, Dan Folger, James Hong, Michael Clarke Duncan, JR Reed, Kyle Gass, Wayne Knight
Obese panda Po (voice of Jack Black) is a martial arts fan working in his family's noodle shop. When turtle master Oogway (voice of Randall Duk Kim) has a vision that the evil Tai Lung (voice of Ian McShane) is returning to Peaceful Valley to wreak havoc, he selects Po to fulfill an ancient prophecy as the Dragon Warrior who will save the day. The selection upsets martial arts instructor Shifu (voice of Dustin Hoffman) and his prize students–Tigress, Monkey, Viper, Mantis, and Crane (voices of Angelina Jolie, Jackie Chan, Lucy Liu, Seth Rogen, and David Cross)–who expected to be selected, and Shifu refuses to train Po. Now, Tai Lung escapes from prison, and the prize students head out to intercept him, leaving Shifu with no choice other than to train the flabby Po to fulfill the prophesy and save Peaceful Valley from Tai Lung's wrath. The film was nominated for a Best Animated Feature Oscar.
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 The Matrix Reloaded 2003 R, 138 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, Jada Pinkett Smith, Monica Belucci, Lambert Wilson, Randall Duk Kim, Harry Lennix, Nona Gaye, Anthony Zerbe, Harold Perrineau, Neil&Adrian Rayment, Gloria Foster, Helmut Bakaitis
In this "Matrix" sequel, Neo (Keanu Reeves) and Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss) have been called to join Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne) on a trip to Zion. Neo finds The Oracle (Gloria Foster) who tells him that unless he can fend off the robots drilling into Zion (the last free human colony hidden under Earth's surface), the survivors living in Zion have only 72 hours left to live. Now, Neo deals with Persephone (Monica Belucci) to get her husband Merovingian (Lambert Wilson) to release The Key Maker (Randall Duk Kim) in order to unlock "The Source" and save the citizens of Zion. The Key Maker is released, but now Merovingian sends his henchmen–the albino twins (Neil Rayment and Adrian Rayment)–out to track down Neo, Trinity, and Morpheus.
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 The Replacement Killers 1998  R, 92 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Antoine Fuqua
Cast: Chow Yun-Fat, Mira Sorvino, Michael Rooker, Jurgen Prochnow, Kenneth Tsang, Carlos Gomez, Til Schweiger, Danny Trejo, Clifton Collins Jr., Frank Medrano, Leo Lee, Patrick Kilpatrick, Randall Duk Kim, Andrew J. Marton, Sydney Coberly
Hit-man John Lee (Chow Yun-Fat) turns down an assignment because his target is a seven-year-old boy. Because of his refusal to kill the boy, his bosses send in hit men to get Lee, and the chase is on with Meg Coburn (Mira Sorvino) soon joining in the fray as John Lee and Meg try to escape from "The Replacement Killers."
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| 1. Anna and the King (1999)
2. Dragonball Evolution (2009)
3. Kung Fu Panda (2008)
4. The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
5. The Replacement Killers (1998)
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