The first posters for Tony Jaa’s new historical martial arts ass kicker, “Ong Bak 2″, has arrived online

Jaa makes his directorial debut with this one, and no, in case you were wondering, this has nothing to do with the original “Ong Bak”, which was set in modern Thailand. Curiously, Jaa’s character in this one is also named Ting, the name of the first “Ong Baks” lead, also played by Jaa. This one is a historical epic. Well, as historical as you can get without it being, you know, true.

In this one Jaa stars in a period piece as a poor orphan boy raised by a collection of martial arts masters from across Asia and ends up an expert in all, fusing the styles into a comprehensive fighting style.

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The recent Death Note films were such a success in Japan and on the festival circuit that it came as no surprise that a spin-off - L: CHANGE THE WORLD was ordered almost immediately after the original films were released. Their fresh trailer has just been released.

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Machine girl is about a Japanese schoolgirl seeking revenge against the gang that tortured her brother to death and cost her own arm. and… that arm has now been replaced by a high powered machine gun.

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Inspectors Kyung-yoon CHO and Eun-joo PARK have been an inseparable duo ever since their police academy days. One day, the two inspectors take on the case of a young rich sports center owner, violently stabbed to death. The only clue to the case is a piece of body hair with AB blood type found at the scene. The two inspectors identify a swimming instructor as a major suspect to the case, but he later gets brutally murdered in the same way. It is later revealed that the two victims and a third party were once in the same army and committed a disgraceful act together. The police see the murders as a serial murder case in revenge for the victim at the time, ‘Yoon-suh LEE’. But as the murderer’s identity slowly unfolds, inspector Kyung-yoon comes across another shocking mystery….

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Yasmin Ahmad is fast becoming a very important name in the international scene. Her pevious film Mukhsin won two prizes in the Generations section of this year’s Berlin International Film Festival. Now Yasmin back with new film; Muallaf (The Convert).

Muallaf is about two Muslim girls who run away from an abusive father, and later befriend a Catholic schoolteacher. It’s a tale of hope, love and forgiveness as the characters face the ghosts of their past.The film will open in Singapore probably in March next year.

Sex Is Zero is a Korean college sex comedy managed the difficult task of being raunchy, funny, sexy and emotionally sincere all at the same time - a juggling act that many more experienced hands aren’t able to manage. The producers gave the green light to a sequel and the film’s first trailer has just arrived.

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Title: Oldboy
Director: Chan-Wook Park
Synopsis: Based on Japanese manga of the same name by Minegishi Nobuaki and Tsuchiya Garon, this is part of Chan-Wook Park’s “Vengence Trilogy”. A man is inexplicably abducted, and held prisoner for 15 years. Once released (again, without reason), he has 5 days to find out why he was abducted, and by who.
Verdict: An awesome shocker of a movie - this kept me firmly in my seat right the way though, and in doing so, has secured a place in my top 10 movies of all time.

Title: Ring aka Ringu
Director: Hideo Nakata
Synopsis: Within a week of watching a mysterious videotape, a group of teenagers are dead. The bodies are found gruesomely contorted, their eyes frozen as if they had seen something more terrifying than any physical threat. The video then becomes an urban myth.
Verdict: You have most likely heard of The Ring, in one form or another. The Cult classic has seen two successful (although inferior) remakes for the US market. However Hideo Nakata’s original is still much more chilling, as well as the two sequels.

Title: Hard Boiled
Director: John Woo
Synopsis: Inspector Yuen, nicknamed ‘Tequila’, is a courageous cop who shoots from both hips, never reloads and never misses. A tough guy with a soft spot and infinite charm, Tequila is the only man for the job of cleaning up the city, and when his partner is killed in a spectacular shoot-out, he decides to take the investigation into his own lethal hands.
Verdict: Without “Hard Boiled”, we would have no Die Hard - Woo’s Hong Kong gunfight extravaganza is without a doubt an awesome movie, and helped to cement Chow Yun Fat’s career as an action star. With a bodycount this big, you can’t pass up this movie.

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Thai director Paween Purijitpanya’s new horror film ‘Body’ has a full trailer and two posters now. This movie will open in Thailand in October.

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