Cabin Fever (15) (2002)

Director: Eli Roth

Starring: Jordan Ladd, Rider Strong,

A sneaky and surprisingly smart horror flick, Cabin Fever sets up all the clich?s of its particular subgenre (what might be called the "sexy young people go into the woods" horror movie, featuring hostile redneck locals, dead animals on hooks, cars that suddenly stop running, and so on) and by the end has played a clever twist on every standard element, often to darkly comic effect. (88Mins)

Roger Dodger (15) (2002)

Director: Dylan Kidd

Starring: Jennifer Beals, Elisabeth Berkley, Jesse Eisenberg

When his naive 16 year-old cousin comes to town, yuppie smoothie Roger decides to train him in the art of seduction. (101Mins)

Infernal Affairs (15) (2002)

Director: Alan Mak / Andrew Lau

Starring: Tony Leung, Andy Lau

A Triad mole and a police stooge unknowingly lead parallel lives. Both want to put their false lives behind them but when their paths cross, both police and Triad gang are looking for the traitor in their midst. A deadly game of cat and mouse ensues. The first film in the internationally-praised trilogy. (100Mins)

Buffalo Soldiers (15) (2003)

Director: Gregor Jordan

Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Scott Glenn, Ed Harris

The black-market blossoms in a US army camp in West Germany just before the fall of the Berlin Wall. Joaquin Phoenix is Hawkeye for the 80s selling everything from firearms to heroin, in this instantly likeable black-comedy. (94Mins)

Bulletproof Monk (12) (2003)

Director: Paul Hunter

Starring: Chow Yun Fat, Seann William Scott

Bulletproof Monk is a cheerful, tightly edited, unpretentious action flick with flashes of humour, good for a mindless evenings entertainment. (99Mins)