Subgenre Sampler
Action/Adventure: 2195 Films to Buy & Rent
Joan of Arc (The Messenger) (1999)
- Dir. Luc Besson
Feat. Milla Jovovich, Dustin Hoffman, John Malkovich…
- The French heroine gets the big–budget splurge with a religiously inspired Milla Jovovich leading the French peasantry against the Brits, only…
Mummy, The (1999)
- Dir. Stephen Sommers
Feat. Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah…
- The old Universal horror wrapped in Indiana Jones–style adventure with 1920s archeologists and treasure hunters (led by Brendan Fraser)…
Nowhere to Hide (1999)
- Dir. Lee Myung-Se
Feat. Park Joong-Hoon, Ahn Sung-Ki
- An irreverent pastiche of seemingly every violent cop flick ever made, this hysterical, hyper–kinetic Korean action movie throws up every…
Plunkett and Macleane (1999)
- Dir. Jake Scott
Feat. Robert Carlyle, Liv Tyler, Jonny Lee Miller
- A pair of highwaymen (of indeterminate vintage) lighten the purses of the undefended of Merry Old Blighty. Robert Carlyle and Liv Tyler barely stay…
Ride with the Devil (1999)
- Dir. Ang Lee
Feat. Tobey Maguire, John Caviezel, Skeet Ulrich…
- One of the best recent attempts at an American Civil War drama, demonstrating the South's point of view with sympathy and only a few wrong moves.…
Running Out of Time (1999)
- Dir. Johnnie To
Feat. Andy Lau, Lau Ching-wan
- A crackingly–paced, plot–bending Yin–Yang heist drama, with terminally–ill master jewel thief Andy Lau playing against the…
Scarlet Pimpernel, The (Mini Series) (1999)
- Dir. Simon Langton
Feat. Richard E. Grant, Elizabeth McGovern
- A lively television adaptation of the Baroness Orczy's famous novel set around the bloody chaos of post–revolutionary France and one English…
Thirteenth Warrior, The (1999)
- Dir. John McTiernan
Feat. Antonio Banderas
- A smouldering Antonio Banderas is an Arab recruited to make up the numbers by a group of Vikings on a kind of 'Magnificent 13' mission: defending a…
Three Kings (1999)
- Dir. David O. Russell
Feat. George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice-Cube…
- A refreshingly irreverent view of the US Military translated into a box–office hit for this unpredictable black–comedy that puts a…
To Walk with Lions (1999)
- Dir. Carl Shultz
Feat. Richard Harris, Kerry Fox
- Eventual sequel to BORN FREE, which picks–up the true life quest of conservationist/game–keeper George Adamson (Richard Harris) amid…