Subgenre Sampler
Suspense/Crime: 3176 Films to Buy & Rent
A Man Apart (2002)
- Dir. F. Gary Gray
Feat. Vin Diesel, Larenz Tate, Timothy Olyphant
- When his wife is killed by drug–dealer types, DEA agent Vin Diesel goes into full–blown 'Charles Bronson' mode.
Despite his appealing…
A Snake of June (2002)
- Dir. Shinya Tsukamoto
Feat. Asuka Kurosawa, Yuji Kohtari, Shinya Tsukamoto…
- Intriguing neo–noir psychodrama from uncompromising Japanese director Shinya Tsukamoto (yes, he of the notorious TETSUO films), about a suicide…
And Now Ladies and Gentlemen (2002)
- Dir. Claude Lelouch
Feat. Jeremy Irons, Patricia Kaas, Thierry Lhermitte…
- A smooth exercise in self–satire from dir. Lelouch, with Jeremy Irons playing a shifty jewel–thief who hooks up with lounge–singer…
Angela (2002)
- Dir. Roberta Torre
Feat. Donatella Finocchiaro
- A solid, if oblique drama depicting the doings of the 1980s Sicilian Mafia as seen through the eyes of mob–wife Finocchiaro.
Although…
Assassination Tango (2002)
- Dir. Robert Duvall
Feat. Robert Duvall, Kathy Baker, Ruben Blades
- Unassuming, yet engrossing crime drama, which follows aging hitman Robert Duvall on a job in Argentina, while casually digressing into a search for…
Bad Company (2002)
- Dir. Joel Schumacher
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Chris Rock
- CIA–spook Anthony Hopkins recruits the street–smart twin (Chris Rock) of his recently–dead partner to help on a mission to track…
Below (2002)
- Dir. David Twohy
Feat. Matthew Davis, Bruce Greenwood
- A ghost–story set aboard a US submarine in 1943, that combines a spooky use of sound, darkness and psychology to keep it above the prowling…
Better Luck Tomorrow (2002)
- Dir. Justin Lin
Feat. Perry Shen, Jason J. Tobin, Sung Kang…
- Spinning a novel twist on a few cliches, this parable concerns a group of bored Asian–American high schoolers in Orange County, California who…
Blade 2 (2002)
- Dir. Guillermo Del Toro
Feat. Wesley Snipes, Kris Kristofferson, Ron Perlman…
- Surpassing the original in both imagination and thrills, thanks primarily to dir. Del Toro (CRONOS), we again ride with…
Blood Work (2002)
- Dir. Clint Eastwood
Feat. Clint Eastwood, Anjelica Huston, Jeff Daniels
- FBI–profiler Clint Eastwood is coaxed out of retirement when he learns of the background of the heart transplant he has just undergone after a…