Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Action/Adventure: 2161 Films to Rent
Quick and the Dead, The (1995)
- Dir. Sam Raimi
Feat. Sharon Stone, Gene Hackman, Russell Crowe…
- A showdown at a gunfighting competition that plays like a cross between a 'Milky Bar' ad and a WWF pro–wrestling rumble. Director Raimi (EVIL…
Rob Roy (1995)
- Dir. Michael Caton-Jones
Feat. Tim Roth, Liam Neeson, Jessica Lange
- The other kilt and bagpipes period epic is set in the 17th Century highlands, and maintains its own dignity under capable direction. Roth has a riot…
Score (1995)
- Dir. Atsushi Muroga
Feat. Shu Ehara, Hiroshi Miyasaka, Ryuushi Mizukami
- A kinetic, if largely derivative actioner, which comes over as a Japanese RESERVOIR DOGS set around an unstable band of Yakuza henchmen attempting to…
Screamers (1995)
- Dir. Christian Duguay
Feat. Peter Weller
- Devastating economic bloc–wars have led to out–of–control self–mutating weaponry – a complex story held together by…
Species (1995)
- Dir. Roger Donaldson
Feat. Ben Kingsley, Michael Madsen, Forest Whitaker…
- Ben Kingsley rounds up 'experts' (Michael Madsen, Forest Whitaker, Alfred Molina, Marg Helgenberger), a kind of A–Team of strange phenomena to…
Tuskegee Airmen, The (1995)
- Dir. Robert Markowitz
Feat. Laurence Fishburne, Cuba Jr. Gooding
- Fishburne and Gooding Jnr. are among those called up for this fact–based story of black US Airforcemen whose contribution to the war effort…
Under Siege 2 (1995)
- Dir. Geoff Murphy
Feat. Steven Seagal, Eric Bogosian, Katherine Heigl…
- Ex–Aro Valleyite Geoff Murphy polishes this potential turd and produces an invigorating romp on a fast–moving train. Granted, Seagal…
White Squall (1995)
- Dir. Ridley Scott
Feat. Jeff Bridges
- Salty skipper Jeff Bridges recruits wayward lads for some discipline and adventure aboard a brigantine ship. After much jostling of testosterone,…
Wild Bill (1995)
- Dir. Walter Hill
Feat. Jeff Bridges, Ellen Barkin, John Hurt…
- Evocatively intercuts the remorseful twilight of gunfighter Wild Bill Hicock's life, with a series of tangy, sepia–toned flashbacks.
Xena - Warrior Princess (TV Series) (1995-1996)
- Dir. Charles Siebert, Anson Williams, Gary Jones
Feat. Lucy Lawless
- Spinoff to the iconic 1990s 'Hercules' series, that became a cult in its own right.
Mixing slapstick action and snappy one–liners into a…