Subgenre Sampler
Action/Adventure: 2193 Films to Buy & Rent
Patriot Games (1992)
- Dir. Phillip Noyce
Feat. Harrison Ford, Anne Archer, Patrick Bergin…
- Ford is maverick FBI agent Jack Ryan (James Bond sans sense of humour) who blows away an IRA terrorist, and finds himself the target of a zealous…
Police Story 3 (Supercop) (1992)
- Dir. Stanley Tong
Feat. Jackie Chan, Michelle Yeoh
- Jackie Chan returns as death–defying maverick cop Ka Kui, while Michelle Yeoh offers some savvy sidekick. From the director of Jackie's first…
Rapid Fire (1992)
- Dir. Dwight H. Little
Feat. Brandon Lee
- A college student is forced to stretch his martial–arts skills to stay alive after witnessing a gangland murder. A kick above the average…
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
- Dir. Quentin Tarantino
Feat. Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Steve Buscemi…
- Partners–in–crime Keitel, Roth, Buscemi, Madsen and others reel from a botched jewel heist in an abandoned warehouse. Tarantino's…
Saviour of the Soul (1992)
- Dir. David Lai
Feat. Andy Lau, Aaron Kwok
- Breathtaking camerawork and special effects combine with hallucinatory plotting as two city–dwelling mercenaries do battle with the silver fox,…
Sniper (1992)
- Dir. Luis Llosa
Feat. Tom Berenger, Billy Zane
- Cold assassin Berenger and rookie Zane turn against each other in the gruelling Panama jungle. A dense actioner, with liberal use of the…
South Central (1992)
- Dir. Steve Anderson
Feat. Glenn Plummer
- Compelling ghetto fable about a gang–member whose violent background impedes his attempt to start a fresh with his neglected wife and child.
Stalingrad (1992)
- Dir. Joseph Vilsmaier
Feat. Dominique Horwitz, Thomas Kretschmann, Jochen Nickel
- Superlative evocation of WW2 tragedy from a German perspective. A unit of soldiers are posted to the front line in the merciless Russian winter to…
Trespass (1992)
- Dir. Walter Hill
Feat. Ice-T, Ice-Cube, Bill Paxton…
- Two firemen set off to claim a 50–year buried stolen fortune, but their dreams turn sour when they encounter an unhospitable street gang headed…
Under Siege (1992)
- Dir. Andrew Davis
Feat. Steven Seagal, Tommy Lee Jones
- Block–buster breakthrough for Seagal – he plays the ship's cook who turns into a human Swiss army–knife when Tommy Lee Jones attempts…