Subgenre Sampler
Action/Adventure: 2192 Films to Buy & Rent
Protector 2, The (Tom yum goong 2) (2013)
- Dir. Prachya Pinkaew
Feat. Tony Jaa, Marrese Crump, RZA
- ONG–BAK superstar Tony Jaa punches below his weight in this undercooked sequel to the 2005 Sydney–set action romp about a country boy who…
R.I.P.D (2013)
- Dir. Robert Schwentke
Feat. Jeff Bridges, Ryan Reynolds, Kevin Bacon…
- This big budget flop is a lot of fun on its own terms: a carefree, unpretentious shoot–em–up about deceased detectives who project the…
RED 2 (2013)
- Dir. Dean Parisot
Feat. Bruce Willis, John Malkovich, Mary-Louise Parker…
- It's more of the same from the retired assassins club, who are still fighting for their survival in this entertaining, if entirely disposable…
Shield of Straw (2013)
- Dir. Takashi Miike
Feat. Takao Ohsawa, Nanako Matsushima, Kishitani Goro…
- The prolific Takashi Miike returns with a tale of a team of cops who must protect an accused killer with a billion–yen bounty on his head.
Snowpiercer (2013)
- Dir. Joon-ho Bong
Feat. Chris Evans, Jamie Bell, John Hurt…
- Korean maestro Bong Joon–ho's English language debut is a breakneck sci–fi thriller set on a perpetual motion train carrying the last…
Star Trek - Into Darkness (Star Trek XII) (2013)
- Dir. J.J. Abrams
Feat. Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Benedict Cumberbatch…
- More of the same is a good thing in the case of J.J. Abrams' hit Star Trek reboot, with this fast–moving sequel centred on a formidable foe…
Suspect, The (Yong-eui-ja) (2013)
- Dir. Won Shin-yun
Feat. Gong Yoo, Park Hee-soon
- Explosive action film following a betrayed North Korean special agent who defects to the South to seek revenge on his family's killer.
Welcome to the Punch (2013)
- Dir. Eran Creevy
Feat. James McAvoy, Mark Strong, Andrea Riseborough…
- James McAvoy and Mark Strong square off as obsessive cop and elusive criminal mastermind respectively in this high–performance thriller set in…
White House Down (2013)
- Dir. Roland Emmerich
Feat. Channing Tatum, Jamie Foxx, Maggie Gyllenhaal…
- Conveniently on a tour of the White House, action hero beefcake Channing Tatum scrambles to save the President (Jamie Foxx) from an invading…
Why Don't You Play in Hell? (Jigoku de naze warui) (2013)
- Dir. Sion Sono
Feat. Kunimura Jun, Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Fumi Nikaido
- Described by its creator as "an action film about the love of 35mm", this frenzied fanboy fiction from Shion Sono bears his trademark excess and…