Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Action/Adventure: 2161 Films to Rent
Armour of God (1986)
- Dir. Jackie Chan
Feat. Jackie Chan
- Jackie Chan blows a bigger budget than usual for this crazy quest for some relics of a Crusader's armour in Eastern Europe. Drab stretches are…
Better Tomorrow, A (1986)
- Dir. John Woo
Feat. Chow Yun-Fat
- Chow Yun–Fat stars in the high–octane gangster flick that literally changed the face of the genre. A cop becomes ostracized by the force…
Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
- Dir. John Carpenter
Feat. Kurt Russell
- High–tech, tongue–in–cheek adventure in which Kurt Russell kicks butt in Chinatown.
Black Moon Rising (1986)
- Dir. Harley Cokeliss
Feat. Tommy Lee Jones, Linda Hamilton, Robert Vaughn
- Tommy Lee Jones is hired by the government to steal a data tape from a criminal organisation, which he hides inside a futuristic prototype car, which…
Cobra (1986)
- Dir. George P. Cosmatos
Feat. Sylvester Stallone
- Gruesome post–RAMBO vehicle for Sly Stallone as a tough city cop.
Delta Force, The (1986)
- Dir. Menahem Golan
Feat. Chuck Norris, Lee Marvin, Martin Balsam…
- Typically explosive Cannon Films production that marked the last box office hit for the martial–artist–turned–film–star Chuck…
Eastern Condors (Dung fong tuk ying) (1986)
- Dir. Sammo Hung
Feat. Sammo Hung, Biao Yuen
- A Hong Kong riff on THE DIRTY DOZEN, in which 12 Chinese convicts accept a mission into Vietnam to destroy an abandoned American weapons…
Frog Dreaming (The Quest, The Go-Kids) (1986)
- Dir. Brian Trenchard-Smith
Feat. Tony Barry, Rachel Friend
- E.T. star Henry Thomas heads to the land down under in this unsettling children's film, directed by the distinguished Ozploitationist Brian…
Golden Child, The (1986)
- Dir. Michael Ritchie
Feat. Eddie Murphy, Charles Dance
- Hot off BEVERLY HILLS COP, Eddie Murphy plays a private detective specializing in missing children who is charged with finding a special child whom…
Great Bookie Robbery, The (TV Mini Series) (1986)
- Dir. Mark Joffe
Feat. John Bach, Bruno Lawrence, Andy Anderson…
- Classic heist drama based on a multi–million dollar robbery in 1976 Melbourne, and re–enacted by the cream of New Zealand's acting…