Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Action/Adventure: 2161 Films to Rent
Assignment, The (1998)
- Dir. Christian Duguay
Feat. Aidan Quinn, Donald Sutherland, Ben Kingsley
- International espionage flick that revels in the skillful, old–fashioned flourishes of an elaborate terrorist caper. Tourist Aidan Quinn gets…
Avengers, The (1998)
- Dir. Jeremiah Chechik
Feat. Uma Thurman, Ralph Fiennes, Sean Connery
- Uma Thurman and Ralph Fiennes indulge hip nostalgia in this critically–savaged update on the classic 60s TV series. Replicating the…
Big Hit, The (1998)
- Dir. Kirk Wong
Feat. Mark Wahlberg, Lou Diamond Phillips, Christina Applegate
- Mark Wahlberg headlines this fast–paced comic actioner, playing a super–polite hitman who breakdances his way through some heavy gunplay…
Blackjack (1998)
- Dir. John Woo
Feat. Dolph Lundgren, Kate Vernon
- Action dir. John Woo moonlights with this Canadian telemovie that has beefcake security Dolph Lundgren contracted to protect a supermodel marked for…
Blade (1998)
- Dir. Stephen Norrington
Feat. Wesley Snipes, Stephen Dorff, Udo Kier
- Half–vampire/half–human Wesley Snipes straps on the body–armour and weaponry in this doomsday duel for possession of the Earth,…
Bullet Ballet (1998)
- Dir. Shinya Tsukamoto
Feat. Shinya Tsukamoto, Hisashi Igawa
- After his fiancee commits suicide, a young man tries to obtain a gun so that he can do the same, and in the process becomes embroiled in warfare…
Fallen (1998)
- Dir. Gregory Hoblit
Feat. Denzel Washington, John Goodman, Donald Sutherland
- SEVEN–style thriller has Detective Denzel Washington stalking a seemingly immortal foe, the demon Azazel, in autumnal Philadelphia. Suffers…
Frenchman's Creek (1998)
- Dir. Ferninand Fairfax
Feat. Tara Fitzgerald, Anthony Delon, Tim Dutton
- Rollicking, handsome adaptation that deviates somewhat from Daphne Du Maurier's classic tale of the love affair between an impulsive English lady and…
Hitman (1998)
- Dir. Tung Wai
Feat. Jet Li
- Would–be assassin Jet Li joins in the race to avenge the murder of an evil Japanese businessman for the tune of $100 million, but is encumbered…
Hornblower (TV Series) (1998-2003)
- Feat. Ioan Gruffudd
- Lavish, high–end production of C. S. Forester's legendary Horatio Hornblower, with Ioan Gruffudd staunchly portraying the British Naval…