Subgenre Sampler
Action/Adventure: 2199 Films to Buy & Rent
Dante's Peak (1997)
- Dir. Roger Donaldson
Feat. Pierce Brosnan, Linda Hamilton
- Ex–pat Kiwi Donaldson ushers the lava in this pretty engaging, big budget update of the '70s disaster movie. Pierce Brosnan and Linda Hamilton…
Dobermann (1997)
- Dir. Jan Kounen
Feat. Tcheky Karyo, Vincent Cassel, Monica Bellucci…
- Frenetic French crime thriller filled with over the top gun play and colourful yet grimy characters.
Vincent Cassel plays a bank robber known as…
Double Team (1997)
- Dir. Tsui Hark
Feat. Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dennis Rodman, Mickey Rourke
- Jean Claude Van Damme and basketball superfreak Dennis Rodman muscle up against the reliable terrorism of the ultimate whacko, Mickey Rourke. …
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…