farang

A fateful chain of violence forces Sam to flee abroad. Five years later, he has made a good life for himself in Thailand with his wife Mia and daughter Dara, supplementing his income by staging Thai boxing matches. But his brutal past won't let him go. The local gangster boss Narong has heard of him and is demanding an extortionate tribute. Soon Sam sees no other way out but to embark on a death-defying, powerful campaign. Against Narong, against his dozens of henchmen, against everyone - the day of vengeance has come and no one can stop him!

Former MMA fighter Nassim Lyes embodies the character of the blindly raging hero with unparalleled power, and Xavier Gens' spectacularly filmed and choreographed close-combat action film of shattered bones and battered bodies is a match for the likes of THE RAID and TAKEN.

conann

When the world was dark and ancient tales were still believed, a girl was born who would become the mightiest warrior of all time: Barbarians slaughter her mother and enslave young Conann, but her liberation sets in motion a cycle of rebirth that takes the fearsome warrior and her faithful canine companion, Rainer, from the icy forests of their childhood to neon-lit metropolises of bizarre violence. And again and again, Conann encounters her nemesis Sanja - and a fight to the death ensues...

CONANN is a challenge to the senses. The third film by the eccentric director Bertrand Mandico, his rigorous reinterpretation of the classic barbarian myth sends his protagonist, embodied by half a dozen actresses, on a stylistically grotesque blood orgy. A uniquely sublime pièce de résistance.

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mad cats

The attempt of the good-for-nothing Taka to save his brother from a half-cat, half-woman cult fails. Only after an amazon with great fighting skills joins in, does he have a real chance. Can they stop the mutants' plan for world dominance in time? Embark on a crazy trip of fast cars, sharp claws, and tasty cat food in this first feature film by Reiki Tsuno, undoubtedly reminiscent of Japanese punk cinema.

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the animal kingdom

A mysterious disease gradually transforms people into animals. The creatures hide in the forest, including Émile's mother. In search of her, Émile penetrates deeper and deeper into the kingdom of the animals. In French director Thomas Cailley's atmospheric coming-of-age body horror, the forest is a place of longing for some, a threat for others. Romain Duris and Adèle Exarchopoulos star alongside young leading actor Paul Kircher with a penetrating gaze.

sympathy for the devil

On his way to the hospital to see his pregnant wife, James is stopped by a stranger with a gun who gets into his car. Not knowing where they are headed to, James drives frantically through the deserted, in neon-light drenched streets of Las Vegas by night. Nicolas Cage unleashes all his fury in this crazy, bloody trip directed by Yuval Adler, in which he faces a no less assertive Joel Kinnaman.

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nightman

After moving to the small Irish village and hometown of her husband, Damian, Alex feels alienated. The gunshots from the nearby forest scare her. On top of it, Damien starts sleepwalking. In NIGHTMAN, FrenchBelgian filmmaker Mélanie Delloye evokes in her second film and tense folk horror thriller a sinister atmosphere with an unerring intuition and using perfidious deceptive tactics. An unsettling, paranoid indie find!

the roundup: no way out

In his third case, in order to stop a brutal drug war in Seoul, Ma Seok-do, a not-so-squeamish cop, must face the Yakuza and a corrupt colleague. South Korean actor Ma Dong-seok, a somehow legit heir of fist swinger Bud Spencer, one of the stars of the zombie feast TRAIN TO BUSAN, is determined to reestablish order. THE ROUNDUP: NO WAY OUT is an even more brutal action spectacle than THE OUTLAWS and THE ROUNDUP.

god is a bullet

Nick Cassavetes directs an opera of blood and destruction in which Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Maika Monroe form a ferocious combo of revenge. Their mission against the members of a murderous sect who killed the ex-cop's wife and kidnapped his daughter, drags them deep into it, so they must determine how far they are willing to go to achieve their goal. GOD IS A BULLET stands true to its name, mercilessly hitting its target.

frontiers

Since a tragic accident that took her father's life, Diane has panic attacks – she thinks a ghost is on her heels. In this mystery thriller with western elements full of dark omens, no one can easily get past the women in the story – especially not a man. The loaded guns are always ready, the mood is correspondingly tense. In FRONTIERS, paranoia creeps up on you from all sides and stays in your bones for a long time.

mad fate

Can we stand up to fate? A mediocre fortune-teller makes it his mission to keep a young man with a bloodthirsty yearning from becoming a killer. LIMBO director Soi Cheang delves into the depths of the human soul with his trademark hard-boiled verve. Like all of this works, MAD FATE, again produced by Hong Kong cinema legend Johnnie To, is filled with dark humor, incredibly intense acting and an outstanding direction.