Subgenre Sampler
Action/Adventure: 2195 Films to Buy & Rent
Beverly Hills Cop 2 (1987)
- Dir. Tony Scott
Feat. Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, Brigitte Nielsen…
- Slick, though belated sequel to the action–comedy smash which launched Eddie Murphy to superstardom.
Bloodsport (1987)
- Dir. Newt Arnold
Feat. Jean-Claude Van Damme
- Powerful debut from Jean Claude Van Damme with some superbly choreographed violence, though fans of kick–boxing need only apply.
Bullseye (1987)
- Dir. Carl Schultz
Feat. Bruce Spence, John Wood, John Meillon…
- Rollicking outback adventure with two rougish best mates absconding with 1000 head of cattle from their ruthless owner, who naturally enough wants…
Captain James Cook (TV Mini Series) (1987)
- Dir. Lawrence Gordon Clark
Feat. Keith Michell, Fernando Rey, Carol Drinkwater
- Lavishly–produced series about the epochal sea voyages of Captain James Cook, who set out from Britain in 1768 to observe the transit of Venus…
Chinese Ghost Story, A (1987)
- Dir. Ching Siu Tung
Feat. Leslie Cheung
- The first of a marvellous trilogy of outrageous fantasies set in Ming Dynasty–era China, in which student Leslie Cheung falls in love with an…
City On Fire (1987)
- Dir. Ringo Lam
Feat. Chow Yun-Fat, Danny Lee
- Undercover cop Chow Yun Fat is wounded in the aftermath of a bloody heist gone horribly wrong, and trapped in the thieves' hideout as they determine…
Cop (1987)
- Dir. James B. Harris
Feat. James Woods, Brian Dennehy
- James Woods gives another intense performance enduring the occupational hazards of crime–fighting. Based on the James Ellroy novel 'Blood On…
Death Wish 4 (Death Wish 4: The Crackdown) (1987)
- Dir. J. Lee Thompson
Feat. Charles Bronson, Kay Lenz, John P. Ryan…
- After his girlfriend's daughter dies from a drug overdose, Paul Kersey (Charles Bronson) once again returns to vigilantism to take down major figures…
Escape From Sobibor (1987)
- Dir. Jack Gold
Feat. Rutger Hauer, Alan Arkin, Joanna Pacula
- An unsettling and chilling account of an attempt by Jews to escape the Sobibor concentration camp in Eastern Poland in 1944.
Originally made for…
Extreme Prejudice (1987)
- Dir. Walter Hill
Feat. Nick Nolte, Powers Boothe, Maria Conchita Alonso…
- Former childhood friends Boothe and Nolte find themselves on opposite sides of the law, and in love with the same woman in this gritty modern…