Subgenre Sampler
Action/Adventure: 2199 Films to Buy & Rent
Next of Kin (1989)
- Dir. John Irvin
Feat. Patrick Swayze, Adam Baldwin, Helen Hunt…
- Patrick Swayze is at his two–fisted best as a tough Chicago cop who teams with his hillbilly kinfolk when a young brother is brutally murdered…
Old Gringo (1989)
- Dir. Luis Puenzo
Feat. Jane Fonda, Gregory Peck, Jimmy Smits
- Western following an American school teacher (Jane Fonda) who is captured by soldiers of Pancho Villa's army while working in Mexico in 1913, and…
Punisher, The (1989)
- Dir. Mark Goldblatt
Feat. Dolph Lundgren, Louis Jr. Gossett
- Based on the Marvel comic hero, a NY cop emerges as a merciless vigilante after his family is murdered in a car bomb.
Rikyu (1989)
- Dir. Hiroshi Teshigahara
Feat. Rentaro Mikuni, Tsutomu Yamazaki
- A unique dramatic meditation on the symbolic qualities of the Japanese tea ceremony, set around a Buddhist priest and the ruling Shogun of Japan in…
Roadhouse (1989)
- Dir. Rowdy Herrington
Feat. Patrick Swayze
- Swayze is hired as a bouncer at a local watering–hole where his fists do a lot of overtime, but his philosophy degree goes to waste. Music by…
Salute of the Jugger (1989)
- Dir. David Peoples
Feat. Rutger Hauer, Joan Chen
- Rutger Hauer leads a band of brutal apocalyptic gladiators in their challenge for The League.
Tango and Cash (1989)
- Dir. Andrei Konchalovsky
Feat. Sylvester Stallone, Kurt Russell
- Enjoyable buddy–cop caper with Stallone and Russell as rugged, competitive partners with a sense of humour.
Tiger On the Beat (1989)
- Dir. Liu Chia Liang
Feat. Chow Yun-Fat, Conan Lee
- Chow Yun Fat buddies up with martial artiste Conan Lee as a pair of mismatched cops in hot pursuit of an international drug syndicate, climaxing in a…
Zatoichi 26 (Darkness Is His Ally) (1989)
- Dir. Shintaro Katsu
Feat. Shintaro Katsu
- An enjoyable, autumnal revival of the 1960s–70s samurai movie franchise, with a much older Katsu reprising his role of the blind swordsman and…
Action Jackson (1988)
- Dir. Craig R. Baxley
Feat. Carl Weathers, Craig T. Nelson, Sharon Stone
- Sports hero turned actor Carl Weathers lends charisma as the titular Detroit cop driven by vengeance to stay on the trail of dastardly auto magnate…