Subgenre Sampler
Suspense/Crime: 3176 Films to Buy & Rent
Spun (2002)
- Dir. Jonas Akerlund
Feat. Jason Schwartzman, Brittany Murphy, John Leguizamo…
- A cinematically exhilarating depiction of existence among a group of methamphetamine (P) addicts in Los Angeles, that is sure to divide audiences as…
Stick Up, The (2002)
- Dir. Rowdy Herrington
Feat. James Spader, David Keith, Leslie Stefanson
- James Spader robs a small–town bank wearing a clown mask, in this heist thriller with a few noir pretensions. Another one that has fallen…
Sum of All Fears, The (2002)
- Dir. Phillip Alden Anderson
Feat. Ben Affleck, Morgan Freeman, Philip Baker Hall
- A nightmarish post–9/11 thriller from Tom Clancy, with Ben Affleck taking the place of Harrison Ford as CIA–man Jack Ryan, here hunting…
Swimfan (2002)
- Dir. John Polson
Feat. Jesse Bradford, Erika Christensen, Shiri Appleby
- A teen exploitation version of FATAL ATTRACTION, in which champion swimmer Jesse Bradford is stalked, seduced and menaced by his “number one…
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002)
- Dir. Park Chan-Wook
Feat. Kang-ho Song, Ha-kyun Shin, Doona Bae
- Incredibly bleak suspenser witnesses the disastrous efforts of a deaf–mute man and his girlfriend (who is on the fringes of a terrorist cell)…
Ted Bundy (2002)
- Dir. Matthew Bright
Feat. Michel Reilly Brooke
- For those not wearied of the serial–killer genre, this is a memorable portrait of America’s first acknowledged specimen, Ted Bundy…
Transporter, The (2002)
- Dir. Corey Yuen
Feat. Jason Statham, Shu Qi, Francois Berleand
- Slick, highly kinetic action with Jason Statham playing a mob courier on the French Riviera who stumbles into complications involving…
Truth About Charlie, The (2002)
- Dir. Jonathan Demme
Feat. Mark Wahlberg, Thandiwe Newton, Tim Robbins…
- A remake of the 1963 classic CHARADE, in which a widow realises after her husband's death that he was involved in espionage.
Interesting revival…
Unfaithful (2002)
- Dir. Adrian Lyne
Feat. Diane Lane, Richard Gere, Olivier Martinez
- Another slick sex melodrama from genre specialist, Adrian Lyne, this loose remake of Chabrol’s “La Femme Infidele” is a…
Welcome to Collinwood (2002)
- Dir. Joe Russo, Anthony Russo
Feat. William H. Macy, Isaiah Washington, Sam Rockwell…
- A comic 'heist' satire in which Luis Guzman and his girlfriend land in a snowballing mess when trying to spring him from prison to do a big…