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Rental > Action/Adventure: 2161 Films to Rent
800 Balas (800 Bullets) (2002)
- Dir. Alex de la Iglesia
Feat. Carmen Maura, Sancho Gracia
- Spanish director Alex de la Iglesia (DAY OF THE BEAST) brings his wild energy to this story of a stuntman in Almeria whose career is floundering in…
A Man Apart (2002)
- Dir. F. Gary Gray
Feat. Vin Diesel, Larenz Tate, Timothy Olyphant
- When his wife is killed by drug–dealer types, DEA agent Vin Diesel goes into full–blown 'Charles Bronson' mode.
Despite his appealing…
Adventures of Pluto Nash, The (2002)
- Dir. Ron Underwood
Feat. Eddie Murphy, Randy Quaid, Rosario Dawson…
- Sci–fi comedy set in 2080 and following a lunar nightclub owner and ex–convict (Eddie Murphy) who is trying to keep the mafia out of his…
Alive (2002)
- Dir. Ryuhei Kitamura
Feat. Hideo Sakaki, Koyuki, Tak Sakaguchi
- A convicted murderer is sentenced to death, only to escape execution and become the subject of bizarre prison experiments in this inventive marriage…
Below (2002)
- Dir. David Twohy
Feat. Matthew Davis, Bruce Greenwood
- A ghost–story set aboard a US submarine in 1943, that combines a spooky use of sound, darkness and psychology to keep it above the prowling…
Blue Crush (2002)
- Dir. John Stockwell
Feat. Kate Bosworth, Michelle Rodriguez, Matthew Davis
- Turbo charged surf drama in which ‘surfing Cinderella’ Kate Bosworth dreams of “laying pipe” on the big waves of Oahu, Hawaii, but must…
Bourne Identity, The (2002)
- Dir. Doug Liman
Feat. Matt Damon, Franke Potente, Chris Cooper…
- A stylish transcription of the Robert Ludlum thriller, with amnesiac CIA super–agent Matt Damon scrambling to survive as he’s hunted…
Core, The (2002)
- Dir. Jon Amiel
Feat. Aaron Eckhart, Hilary Swank, Delroy Lindo
- Overblown actioner in which scientists discover that the Earth's core will soon stop spinning, unleashing a wave of natural…
Count of Monte Cristo, The (2002)
- Dir. Kevin Reynolds
Feat. Jim Caviezel, Guy Pearce, Michael Wincott…
- Replicating the contemporary–yet–traditional witty action–mix of MASK OF ZORRO, this version of Alexander Dumas’ 19th century…
Dead or Alive 3 (Final) (2002)
- Dir. Takashi Miike
Feat. Sho Aikawa, Riki Takeuchi
- Imaginative, futuristic final entry in a remarkable action trilogy that this time presents its anti–heroic pair toughing it out in a dystopian…