Santi Sudaros Movies
A multicultural band of acrobatic do-gooders take on gangsters of three great nations in this action-packed sequel to the French box-office smash Yamakasi. The Yamakasi are a team of crime fighters who can scale buildings and urban towers with the ease of a fly walking up the wall; after leaving their home base in Paris to set up operations in England, the men decide to set up a satellite facility in Thailand to teach their techniques to the local youth in the name of self-defense. But when major crime waves hit both London and Bangkok, the Yamakasi discover they may not be welcome everywhere they go, and when an impromptu exhibition of their skills at a building site angers a consortium of Asian and European criminals, they must face off against the British Mafia, the Japanese yakusa, and the Chinese Triads all at once. Julien Seri, who directed Yamakasi, returned to do the honors once again for this sequel. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
Directed by Giordano Gederlini and produced by the same folks who packaged Francois Ozon's 8 Women, Samourais gives martial arts movies a rarely seen French twist. Beginning in feudal Japan, a pregnant woman manages to escape persecution long enough to have her baby, Kodeni (Santi Sudaros), a human-looking demon whose bald head reveals the shape of a spider peaking up from beneath the skin. Fast forward to present day Japan, where the death of a video-game engineer is traced back to Kodeni's goons. Though Tokyo policeman Fujiwara (Yasuaki Kurata) manages to foil and temporarily kill Kodeni, he is visited by the spirit of an ancient warrior, who warns him that Fujiwara's daughter, Akemi (Mai Anh Le), will give birth to the reincarnation of Kodeni. In order to prevent Kodeni's return, Fujiwara must travel to France, where his daughter has been studying for two years, and kill her demonic unborn child -- the fate of the world depends on it. ~ Tracie Cooper, Rovi
- Starring:
- Cyril Mourali, Mai Anh Le, (more)
