Subgenre Sampler
Action/Adventure: 2192 Films to Buy & Rent
Foreigner, The (2017)
- Dir. Martin Campbell
Feat. Jackie Chan, Pierce Brosnan
- Jackie Chan plays a businessman with a mysterious past who seeks to avenge the murder of his daughter by an Irish paramilitary group. An…
Free Fire (2017)
- Dir. Ben Wheatley
Feat. Brie Larson, Cillian Murphy, Jack Reynor…
- Gleeful and hilariously nihilistic parody of the insanity of gun violence by acclaimed director Ben Wheatley (HIGH RISE). Set in 1970's Boston, an…
Geostorm (2017)
- Dir. Dean Devlin
Feat. Gerard Butler, Jim Sturgess, Ed Harris…
- A designer of malfunctioning climate–control satellites tries to save the world from impending ecological disaster. The predictable plot and…
Gifted, The (TV Series) (Marvel's The Gifted) (2017)
- Feat. Stephen Moyer, Amy Acker
- TV series set in the X–Men universe, but in a timeline in which the X–Men have all but disappeared, as mutants are treated with derision…
Hitman's Bodyguard, The (2017)
- Dir. Patrick Hughes
Feat. Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson, Gary Oldman…
- Smart–ass action shennanigans with Ryan Reynolds hired as a bodyguard to protect hitman Samuel L. Jackson who has to testify at the…
Hostiles (2017)
- Dir. Scott Cooper
Feat. Christian Bale, Rosamund Pike, Wes Studi…
- Slow–burning western set in 1892, when a legendary Army Captain reluctantly agrees to escort a Cheyenne chief and his family through dangerous…
Iron Fist (TV Series) (2017)
- Feat. Finn Jones
- TV series set in the Marvel Universe and featuring the comics character of the same name – a martial arts practitioner who wields the mystical…
Jawbone (2017)
- Dir. Thomas Q. Napper
Feat. Johnny Harris, Ray Winstone, Ian McShane…
- A former youth boxing champion who is facing homelessness and alcohol abuse returns to his childhood boxing club, risking his life to regain his…
John Wick: Chapter 2 (John Wick 2) (2017)
- Dir. Chad Stahelski
Feat. Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Ian McShane…
- Legendary ex–hitman John Wick is forced to go on the run after a bounty is placed on his head, in this excellently choreographed neo–noir…
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable (2017)
- Dir. Takashi Miike
Feat. Ryunosuke Kamiki, Kento Yamazaki
- Frenetic and boundlessly wacky live–action adaptation of the manga, with a head spinning plot involving psychic avatars who plot to bring down…