Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Action/Adventure: 2161 Films to Rent
Gangster No. 1 (2000)
- Dir. Paul McGuigan
Feat. Malcolm McDowell, David Thewlis, Paul Bettany
- Ageing gangster Malcolm McDowell recalls his ascendance in the 70s to London’s underworld throne at the expense of the ‘Butcher of Mayfair’,…
Get Carter (2000)
- Dir. Stephen Kay
Feat. Sylvester Stallone, Rachael Leigh Cook, Mickey Rourke…
- Unnecessary remake of the British hard–boiler transposes the action to the Pacific Northwest where Las Vegas mob enforcer Sylvester Stallone…
Gladiator (2000)
- Dir. Ridley Scott
Feat. Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Richard Harris…
- As good a Roman Sandal epic as ever there was, with a stoic and be–sandalled Russell Crowe refusing to carry over his loyalty to the new…
Gone in 60 Seconds (2000)
- Dir. Dominic Sena
Feat. Nicolas Cage, Angelina Jolie, Robert Duvall
- A Jerry Bruckheimer remake of a cult 1974 film about car–thieves, with Nicolas Cage and Angelina Jolie boosting and revving–up a variety…
JSA: Joint Security Area (2000)
- Dir. Park Chan-Wook
Feat. Kang-ho Song, Young-ae Lee
- A Korean military thriller of high repute that opens with a double–killing on the bitterly–tense border between North and South and…
Kiss of the Dragon (2000)
- Dir. Chris Nahon
Feat. Jet Li, Bridget Fonda
- As the most skilled lawman in China, Jet Li is the perfect man to clean up Paris of its drug–dealing scum, using his acupuncture needles to…
Les Miserables (TV Mini-series) (2000)
- Dir. Josee Dayan
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Christian Clavier, John Malkovich…
- Well mounted and faithful adaptation of Victor Hugo's tale of persecution and revenge set in early 19th century France, with Gerard Depardieu playing…
Mission: Impossible 2 (2000)
- Dir. John Woo
Feat. Tom Cruise, Dougray Scott, Thandiwe Newton…
- Submerging all traces of the original series, Tom Cruise returns as Ethan Hunt, whose mission it is to keep a deadly synthetic virus out of the hands…
Patriot, The (2000)
- Dir. Roland Emmerich
Feat. Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger, Joely Richardson…
- Mel Gibson transplants the patriotic, anti–English fervour of BRAVEHEART into an American Revolutionary setting, playing real–life…
Perfect Storm, The (2000)
- Dir. Wolfgang Petersen
Feat. George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Diane Lane…
- Fishing boat captain George Clooney gets his crew back to sea, just in time for the biggest storm in recorded history.
Dividing into two distinct…