There’s been enough time between the 2000s and now to consider the decade as kind of old school. It might be hard to admit such a thing, but media from the 2000s is now as old as media from the 1980s was during the 2000s. Time is ruthless in its forward march, but hey, sometimes it’s fun to get nostalgic about things, and 2000s movies are continually becoming fair targets for such a thing.
2006’s Curse of the Golden Flower is similarly striking in the visual sense, and will likely appeal to anyone who liked those other two films, though it’s not quite as well-known for whatever reason. It builds up a complex conflict within the family of a powerful emperor, with everything building until an inevitably satisfying and explosive climax.
2 Fast 2 Furious hints at where the series would end up going; essentially, away from street racing and increasingly towards wild action and over-the-top drama that’s admirable for its cheesiness. It’s a time capsule of the early 2000s in every way, and honestly, it’s much better directed than some of the other early movies in the series. John Singleton was probably over-qualified, but he did a great job behind the camera on this one.
6 'JCVD' Director: Mabrouk El Mechri Jean-Claude Van Damme has had a fascinating career as an action movie star, starting out in low-grade but charming 1980s movies and then becoming more of a star by the 1990s. He never went out of style entirely, and was arguably the best part of the best Expendables movie, but his career has fluctuated to some extent, with 2008’s JCVD acknowledging this by having the star play a fictionalized version of himself.
4 'Versus' Director: Ryûhei Kitamura Close What’s this? Another Ryûhei Kitamura film? Absolutely, because the guy was on fire throughout the early 2000s, and Versus was the film that laid the groundwork for later efforts like Azumi and Godzilla: Final Wars. Those movies were pretty extreme in the number of genres they attempted to belong to simultaneously, but in that regard, are nonetheless eclipsed by Versus.
Fearless Huo Yuan Jia became the most famous martial arts fighter in all of China at the turn of the 20th Century. Huo faced personal tragedy but ultimately fought his way out of darkness, defining the true spirit of martial arts and also inspiring his nation. The son of a great fighter who didn’t wish for his child to follow in his footsteps, Huo resolves to teach himself how to fight - and win.
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