Subgenre Sampler
Action/Adventure: 2193 Films to Buy & Rent
Southern Comfort (1981)
- Dir. Walter Hill
Feat. Keith Carradine, Powers Boothe, Fred Ward…
- A foolish National Guard unit encounter anything but Southern hospitality while on training manoeuvres in the Louisiana bayous. This allegory of the…
Tarzan the Ape Man (1981)
- Dir. John Derek
Feat. Bo Derek, Richard Harris, Miles O'Keefe
- Famously atrocious 1980s retelling of the Tarzan story, with the lone distinction of featuring a semi–clothed Bo Derek. Playing the apeman,…
Victory (Escape to Victory) (1981)
- Dir. John Huston
Feat. Sylvester Stallone, Michael Caine, Max von Sydow
- Implausible yet jolly entertaining WWII story has a soccer team of assorted POWs attempting to escape a Paris stadium during a match against the Nazi…
Warrior, the (Jaka Sembung) (1981)
- Dir. Sisworo Gautama Putra
Feat. Barry Prima
- A shirtless Robin hood figure with magical powers fights off the evil Dutch Imperialists. Jam packed with ambitious stunts and unique special effects…
Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure (1981)
- Dir. Sergio Corbucci
Feat. Bud Spencer, Terence Hill, Sergio Corbucci
- On a small pacific island, Alan and Charlie try to find a war treasure left behind by the Japanese army in World War II.
Battle Creek Brawl (Big Brawl, The) (1980)
- Dir. Robert Clouse
Feat. Jackie Chan, Jose Ferrer
- Jackie Chan goes up against a merciless giant man named Kiss when he finds himself caught up in the middle of a giant small town brawl in Battle…
Big Red One, The (1980)
- Dir. Samuel Fuller
Feat. Lee Marvin
- The best role in years for Lee Marvin, who plays the intrepid squadron leader of director Sam Fuller's WWII memoirs. Distinctive war film is…
Bronco Billy (1980)
- Dir. Clint Eastwood
Feat. Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke
- Amiable drama has Clint play the sharp–shooting proprieter of a travelling 'cowboy' show which is on a losing streak. Eastwood himself…
Chain Reaction, The (1980)
- Dir. Ian Barry
- A holidaying couple are unwittingly exposed to contamination in this watchable nuclear thriller. Plausibility soons gives way to an enjoyable…
Dogs of War, The (1980)
- Dir. John Irvin
Feat. Christopher Walken, Colin Blakely, Tom Berenger
- Frederick Forsyth's best–seller gets reasonably good treatment here, Christopher Walken playing a hard bastard mercenary hired by Big Business…