Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Action/Adventure: 2163 Films to Rent
For the Term of His Natural Life (TV Mini-series) (1982)
- Dir. Rob Stewart
Feat. Colin Friels, Anthony Perkins, Patrick Macnee…
- Solid dramatisation of the Marcus Clarke novel concerning an Englishman unjustly transported to the harsh penal colony of Tasmania in the 1830s. Good…
Fort Apache: The Bronx (1982)
- Dir. Daniel Petrie
Feat. Paul Newman, Danny Aiello
- Taut urban policier finds Bronx cop Paul Newman in a moral quandary over fellow officer Danny Aiello (who's just thrown a Puerto Rican teenager off a…
Ginger Meggs (1982)
- Dir. Jonathan Dawson
Feat. Garry McDonald
- Colourful movie adaptation of the iconic Australian comic strip, following the antics of a red–haired prepubescent mischief–maker who…
Impossible Kid, The (1982)
- Dir. Eddie Nicart
Feat. Weng Weng, Romy Diaz, Nina Sara
- Chop–socky sequel with world's smallest spy again coming up another baddie intent to destroy the world. Comical dialogue, and more ball busting…
Junkman - Gone in 60 Seconds 2 (1982)
- Dir. H.B. Halicki
Feat. H.B. Halicki, Susan Shaw
- Further automotive shenanigans from ace petrolhead Halicki, setting a new record for the sheer number of cars and planes destroyed in one…
Legend of a Fighter (Huo Yuan-Jia) (1982)
- Dir. Yuen Woo Ping
Feat. Kar-yan Leung
- A 'wireless' kung–fu masterclass from one of Hong Kong's most feted martial arts exponent, dir. Ping (choreographer for THE MATRIX), here…
Legendary Weapons of China (1982)
- Dir. Liu Chia Liang
Feat. Liu Chia Liang
- Forthright Shaw Brothers classic with the invincible Gordon Liu as a dogged kung fu master pursued relentlessly by hired assassins. And intriguing…
Marco Polo (1982)
- Dir. Giuliano Montaldo
Feat. Kenneth Marshall, Denholm Elliott, F. Murray Abraham
- TV miniseries about the 13th–century Venetian merchant and explorer who sought to link Asia and Europe through trade.
Ninja Wars (Iga ninpûchô) (1982)
- Dir. Mitsumasa Saito
Feat. Hiroyuki Sanada, Sonny Chiba
- Period fantasy action involving magicians, love potions and endangered royalty in ancient Japan, a story resolved with a fair amount of…
One Down Two To Go (1982)
- Dir. Fred Williamson
Feat. Jim Brown, Fred Williamson, Jim Kelly…
- Straight–to–video blaxploitation, about a trio of kung fu fighters (Kelly, Brown and Williamson) who go after crooked event promoters.…