Subgenre Sampler
Adventure: 483 Films to Buy & Rent
Mummy Returns, The (2001)
- Dir. Stephen Sommers
Feat. Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah…
- And Brendan Fraser is once again on hand to battle the bandaged corpse of the Egyptian Imhotep on behalf of all civilization. Also stars WWF’s The…
Spy Kids (2001)
- Dir. Robert Rodriguez
Feat. Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, Cheech Marin…
- Smashing kidult adventure, in which action dir. Rodriguez lends his action talents to a James Bond–type tale with a twist: Antonio Banderas and…
All the Pretty Horses (2000)
- Dir. Billy Bob Thornton
Feat. Penelope Cruz, Matt Damon, Henry Thomas…
- Serious–minded adaptation of Cormac McCarthey’s neo–western novel, the epic journey of 1950s cowboy Matt Damon across the Texan border…
Amazon (Amazone) (2000)
- Dir. Phillipe De Broca
Feat. Jean-Paul Belmondo, Arielle Dombasle
- Convoluted sci–fi adventure has jewel thief Belmondo stumbling upon an alien visitor in the guise of a twelve year old girl.
Almost…
Cast Away (2000)
- Dir. Robert Zemeckis
Feat. Tom Hanks
- Tom Hanks commits to his craft once again, here as a cocky, time–obsessed Fed–Ex courier who suffers the irony of having to subsist…
Claim, The (2000)
- Dir. Michael Winterbottom
Feat. Peter Mullan, Nastassja Kinski, Sarah Polley…
- On the mountainous frontier of the 1860s California goldrush, dir. Winterbottom (JUDE, WONDERLAND) reimagines Thomas Hardy’s ‘The Mayor of…
Dogwatch (2000)
- Dir. Laurie McInnes
Feat. Steven Vidler, John Brumpton
- A tale of lost souls set on a drifting merchant–ship in the Triad–infested South China Sea during the 1960s, this floats over some clunky…
Gladiator (2000)
- Dir. Ridley Scott
Feat. Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Richard Harris…
- As good a Roman Sandal epic as ever there was, with a stoic and be–sandalled Russell Crowe refusing to carry over his loyalty to the new…
Les Miserables (TV Mini-series) (2000)
- Dir. Josee Dayan
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Christian Clavier, John Malkovich…
- Well mounted and faithful adaptation of Victor Hugo's tale of persecution and revenge set in early 19th century France, with Gerard Depardieu playing…
Perfect Storm, The (2000)
- Dir. Wolfgang Petersen
Feat. George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Diane Lane…
- Fishing boat captain George Clooney gets his crew back to sea, just in time for the biggest storm in recorded history.
Dividing into two distinct…