Subgenre Sampler
Action/Adventure: 2195 Films to Buy & Rent
I-Spy (2002)
- Dir. Betty Thomas
Feat. Eddie Murphy, Owen Wilson, Famke Janssen
- The 60s TV–series of the same name fashioned as a slick but silly buddy comedy and a shameless star vehicle for two tried–and–true…
Infernal Affairs (2002)
- Dir. Wai Keung Lau, Siu Fai Mak
Feat. Andy Lau, Tony Leung (Chiu-wai), Anthony Wong…
- This dynamic cops ‘n’ robbers spectacle is populist Hong Kong film–making at its most slick and sophisticated.
Infused with more than a…
K19 - Widowmaker (2002)
- Dir. Kathryn Bigelow
Feat. Harrison Ford, Liam Neeson
- Solid actioner revisits the long–censored account of a Russian super–submarine which had a disastrous reactor meltdown…
Legend of Suriyothai, The (2002)
- Dir. Chatrichalerm Yukol
- A lavish historical epic financed by the royal family of Thailand (and directed by a prince) and centred around two powerful women – a princess…
Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers (2002)
- Dir. Peter Jackson
Feat. Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen…
- Peter Jackson’s mammoth adaptation of J R R Tolkien’s fantasy classic continues in grand fashion, with increased visual panache and…
Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers (Extended Edition) (2002)
- Dir. Peter Jackson
Feat. Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen…
- Peter Jackson’s mammoth adaptation of J R R Tolkien’s fantasy classic continues in grand fashion, with increased visual panache and dramatic…
Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers (Limited Edition) (2002)
- Dir. Peter Jackson, Costa Botes
- Special limited edition re–release of Peter Jackson's second installment of the monumental J.R.R. Tolkien novel. Features both the theatrical…
Missing Gun, The (Xun qiang) (2002)
- Dir. Chuan Lu
Feat. Wen Jiang
- Wound–up thriller set in a small and eccentric Chinese village, where a policeman wakes one morning with a hangover to find his…
Musketeer, The (2002)
- Dir. Peter Hyams
Feat. Justin Chambers, Tim Roth, Mena Suvari…
- Concentrating itself on one of Dumas’s “Three Musketeers”, D’Artagnan (Justin Chambers) fights the influence of a villainous Tim Roth in 17th…
Naked Weapon (Chek Law Dak Gung) (2002)
- Dir. Ching Siu Tung
Feat. Maggie Q
- A quasi–homage to NAKED KILLER, this sleazily–violent actioner portrays the development of a three–women hit squad by the…