Subgenre Sampler
Action/Adventure: 2196 Films to Buy & Rent
Downtime (1997)
- Dir. Bharat Nalluri
Feat. Paul McGann
- A good crack from the Brits at the action–thriller genre, starring Paul McGann as a troubled ex–copper who helps a solo–mum escape…
Edge, The (1997)
- Dir. Lee Tamahori
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Alec Baldwin, Elle MacPherson
- Cool–headed millionaire Anthony Hopkins, playboy hot–head Alec Baldwin, and their pilot get trapped in the Alaskan wilderness, where they…
Face Off (1997)
- Dir. John Woo
Feat. John Travolta, Nicolas Cage, Joan Allen…
- Dir. John Woo melds modern action technology with old–fashioned Mission Impossible–style intrigue.
Good guy John Travolta and bad guy…
Fire Down Below (1997)
- Dir. Felix Enrique Alcala
Feat. Steven Seagal, Randy Travis, Levon Helm
- The vicious yet eco–friendly Steven Seagal points his hose toward a rank case of enviromental damage in the coal–belt of Kentucky, where…
GI Jane (1997)
- Dir. Ridley Scott
Feat. Demi Moore, Viggo Mortensen, Anne Bancroft
- A staunch, suede–headed Demi Moore is enlisted in a US Army commando squad in a call for equal–opportunity by stylist dir. Ridley Scott. …
Hard Rain (1997)
- Dir. Mikael Salomon
Feat. Morgan Freeman, Christian Slater
- Bank–robber Morgan Freeman targets a Mid–Western town and doggedly continues his heist as rising floodwaters turn the streets into…
Hot City (Original Gangstas) (1997)
- Dir. Larry Cohen
Feat. Pam Grier, Jim Brown, Fred Williamson…
- Rising crime in the old 'hood reunites 70s blaxploitation superstars Pam Grier, Jim Brown, Fred Williamson and Richard Roundtree to exploit…
I Went Down (1997)
- Dir. Paddy Breathnach
Feat. Peter McDonald, Antoine Byrne, David Wilmot…
- Irish filmmakers lift a few steps from the TRAINSPOTTING lads and the Coen Bros for this deadpan skid into misadventure, amongst a crew of criminal…
Into Thin Air: Death On Everest (1997)
- Dir. Robert Markowitz
Feat. Peter Horton, Christopher McDonald, Nathaniel Parker…
- Dramatic recreation of the disastrous 1996 Everest expedition that counted NZer Rob Hall among its many casualties. Based on the first–hand…
Kull the Conqueror (1997)
- Dir. John Nicolella
Feat. Kevin Sorbo, Tia Carrere
- OTT high action follow–up to CONAN THE BARBARIAN sees Kevin Sorbo play Kull, a barbarian who becomes king but must fight an undead witch and…