Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Action/Adventure: 2161 Films to Rent
Romeo Must Die (2000)
- Dir. Andrzej Bartkowiak
Feat. Jet Li
- Scion of a Chinese family at war with a black clan in San Francisco, maestro Jet Li must dish out the chop–socky in a martial–arts bash…
Rules of Engagement (2000)
- Dir. William Friedkin
Feat. Samuel L. Jackson, Tommy Lee Jones, Guy Pearce…
- Colonel Samuel L. Jackson interprets the 'rules' when the US Embassy in Yemen is attacked by terrorists.
But after the smoke has cleared 83…
Shaft (2000)
- Dir. John Singleton
Feat. Samuel L. Jackson, Richard Roundtree, Toni Collette…
- Despite the excellent pedigree of those involved – Samuel L Jackson, Richard Roundtree, dir. John Singleton, Toni Collette – this revival…
Shanghai Noon (2000)
- Dir. Tom Dey
Feat. Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson, Lucy Liu
- Jackie Chan pilots for this lightweight, crowd–pleasing throwback to the Wild West that adds his brand of naïve Eastern exotism to the ol'…
Sixth Day, The (2000)
- Dir. Roger Spottiswoode
Feat. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tony Goldwyn, Robert Duvall
- Topical, intriguing premise about cloning is levelled out into being just another vehicle for the ailing star of Arnold Schwarzenegger.
As an…
Snatch (2000)
- Dir. Guy Ritchie
Feat. Dennis Farina, Brad Pitt, Benicio Del Toro…
- A LOCK STOCK knock–off by 'im–who–knows–best: the director himself, Guy Ritchie. Like its predecessor, this cockney…
Space Cowboys (2000)
- Dir. Clint Eastwood
Feat. Clint Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland…
- Director Clint Eastwood plays a specially trained astronaut who takes three of his retirement–age buddies into space on a mission to repair a…
Tears of the Black Tiger (Fah Talai Jone) (2000)
- Dir. Wisit Sasanatieng
- A blast of wild inspiration from the New Thai Cinema, this restages a Hollywood Western within a luridly kitschy setting using back–projection,…
Time and Tide (2000)
- Dir. Tsui Hark
Feat. Nicholas Tse, Wu Bai
- Healthy measures of hard–boiled alienation and gyroscopic fire–fights ignite this Hong Kong kick–butt–fest that somersaults…
U-571 (2000)
- Dir. Jonathan Mostow
Feat. Matthew McConaughey, Harvey Keitel, Bill Paxton…
- World War 2: Matthew McConaughey and his submarine crew snatch a vital German spy machine, then find themselves trapped on a U–boat where all…