Subgenre Sampler
Action/Adventure: 2199 Films to Buy & Rent
Man in the Iron Mask, The (1998)
- Dir. Randall Wallace
Feat. Leonardo DiCaprio, Jeremy Irons, Gerard Depardieu
- Modern swashbuckler conducts the sequel to THE THREE MUSKETEERS (also from Alexander Dumas) in measured tones that defeat one's expectations.…
Martial Law (TV Series) (1998-2000)
- Feat. Sammo Hung, Arsenio Hall
- Action–comedy series starring prolific Hong Kong actor/director/producer Sammo Hung (and frequent Jackie Chan collaborator) as a Chinese law…
Mask of Zorro, The (1998)
- Dir. Martin Campbell
Feat. Antonio Banderas, Anthony Hopkins, Catherine Zeta-Jones
- Scabarding much of the swordplay of the Tyrone Power original for mega–budget stuntwork and destruction, this ultimately swaps one brand of…
Mercury Rising (1998)
- Dir. Harold Becker
Feat. Bruce Willis, Alec Baldwin
- Bruce Willis as, you guessed it, a maverick FBI–man, follows this case with a frowning seriousness, cutting the wisecrackery of the DIE HARD…
Moby Dick (1998)
- Dir. Franc Roddam
Feat. Patrick Stewart, Gregory Peck, Henry Thomas…
- Rich re–telling of the ultimate ocean adventure of a fixated captain on a quest to capture a great white whale that took his leg off. A worthy…
Mr Nice Guy (1998)
- Dir. Sammo Hung
Feat. Jackie Chan
- Another comic hodgepodge starring the overworked Jackie Chan, filmed and set in Melbourne, Australia (as a budget consideration?)
An incriminating…
Newton Boys, The (1998)
- Dir. Richard Linklater
Feat. Ethan Hawke, Matthew McConaughey, Skeet Ulrich…
- Former indie–darling, Richard Linklater (SLACKER, DAZED AND CONFUSED), chronicles the 1920s bankrobbing true exploits of the four brothers,…
Passion in the Desert, A (1998)
- Dir. Lavinia Currier
Feat. Ben Daniels, Michel Piccoli, Paul Meston
- An intense, almost supernatural relationship develops between a leopard and its prey, a French soldier from Napoleon's Army lost in the Egyptian…
Payback (1998)
- Dir. Brian Helgeland
Feat. Mel Gibson, Deborah Kara Unger
- Mel Gibson gets to behave badly as an indestructible armed robber who gets carried away on a sadistic get–even mission against a crime…
Perdita Durango (1998)
- Dir. Alex de la Iglesia
Feat. Rosie Perez, Javier Bardem
- Derivative English language debut from the promising director of Spanish cult faves ACCION MUTANTE and DAY OF THE BEAST.
Typical of writer Barry…