Subgenre Sampler
Action/Adventure: 2195 Films to Buy & Rent
Fourth War, The (1990)
- Dir. John Frankenheimer
Feat. Roy Scheider, Jurgen Prochnow, Harry Dean Stanton
- Cold War thriller set during the early days of detente has Scheider and Prochnow as two border commanders whose friendly rivalry on the…
God of Gamblers (1990)
- Dir. Wong Jing
Feat. Chow Yun-Fat
- Chow Yun–Fat plays a gambling king who is de–throned by amnesia, then embraced by a petty hustler who discovers he can trigger his memory…
Goodfellas (1990)
- Dir. Martin Scorsese
Feat. Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Robert De Niro…
- The double–edged allure of life in the Mafia is richly detailed in Martin Scorsese's riveting saga that follows a young mobster through three…
Hard to Kill (1990)
- Dir. Bruce Malmuth
Feat. Steven Seagal, William Sadler
- Pony–tailed tough guy Seagal spent seven years in a coma after a brutal attack, but now he's ripe to have the last laugh.
Hudson Hawk (1990)
- Dir. Michael Lehmann
Feat. Bruce Willis, Danny Aiello, Sandra Bernhard…
- Good–natured adventure with Bruce Willis as a reformed cat burglar who is blackmailed to steal from the Vatican. A major box–office…
Kid from Tibet, A (1990)
- Dir. Yuen Biao
Feat. Biao Yuen, Michelle Reis, Wah Yuen
- Amiable, energetic actioner stars the director as a young monk who must avenge a friend's death using Tibetan magic, pyrotechnics and a host of…
King of New York (1990)
- Dir. Abel Ferrara
Feat. Christopher Walken, Laurence Fishburne, Wesley Snipes…
- A ruthless drug lord (Walken) is determined to resume his throne as the king of New York's underworld after five years behind bars. A vicious crime…
King of the Kickboxers I & II (1990-1991)
- Dir. Lucas Lowe
Feat. Loren Avedon, Richard Jaeckel, Don Stroud
- Spectacular fight sequences lift this spin–off from the NO RETREAT NO SURRENDER films out of the dreck, with Loren Avedon returning as a cop…
Licence to Kill (License to Kill) (1990)
- Dir. John Glen
Feat. Timothy Dalton, Carey Lowell
- Dalton continues as a tougher and more cynical Bond, as he attempts to avenge the murder by ruthless drug lord Franz Sanchezz, of his best friend.…
Marked for Death (1990)
- Dir. Dwight H. Little
Feat. Steven Seagal, Joanna Pacula, Keith David
- Seagal takes on a hoard of dreadlocked Jamaican drug pushers in this slick, bone–snapping actioner.