Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Action/Adventure: 2159 Films to Rent
Premium Rush (2012)
- Dir. David Koepp
Feat. Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Dania Ramirez, Michael Shannon…
- Interminably silly chase movie provides two–wheeled thrills and spills via its gung ho protagonist (Gordon–Levitt), a full–tilt…
Pusher (2012)
- Dir. Luke Prieto
Feat. Richard Coyle, Bronson Webb, Agyness Deyn…
- Slick remake of the Nicolas Winding Refn thriller with Richard Coyle as a street dealer who's life spins out of control after losing a drug shipment.
Red Dawn (2012)
- Dir. Dan Bradley
Feat. Chris Hemsworth, Josh Peck, Josh Hutcherson…
- Jingoistic, on–the–nose remake of the '80s Cold War classic recruits a new band of teen heartthrobs to defend America from imminent…
Red Eagle (2012)
- Dir. Jose Ramon Ayerra Diaz
Feat. David Janer
- Based on a popular Spanish TV show about a dashing teacher, who by night is a sort of Ninja–Zorro, fighting injustice and saving King and…
Resident Evil: Retribution (2012)
- Dir. Paul Anderson
Feat. Milla Jovovich, Michelle Rodriguez, Bingbing Li…
- Further adventures in the undead, with Milla Jovovich continuing to kick zombie ass with all the subtlety of a sledgehammer.
Rurouni Kenshin (2012)
- Dir. Keishi Otomo
Feat. Takeru Sato, Emi Takei, Teruyuki Kagawa…
- A gracefully violent adaptation of the popular manga series, about a brilliant shogun who retreats from society during an era of decline for samurai,…
Safe (2012)
- Dir. Boaz Yakin
Feat. Jason Statham, James Hong
- Jason Statham, the hardest working badass in showbiz, fights to protect a child maths prodigy from the snatches of the New York Triads in this handy…
Safe House (2012)
- Dir. Daniel Espinosa
Feat. Denzel Washington, Ryan Reynolds, Vera Farmiga…
- Efficient thriller with CIA rookie Reynolds in charge of keeping rogue agent Washington alive after their safe house is attacked by mercenaries.…
Shackleton's Captain (2012)
- Dir. Leanne Pooley
Feat. Craig Parker
- The Endurance's ship captain, Frank Worsley, is given the spotlight in this searing reenactment of Ernest Shackleton’s troubled expedition to the…
Skyfall (2012)
- Dir. Sam Mendes
Feat. Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem, Judi Dench…
- Bond’s 50th anniversary outing is his most spectacular and serious yet, with 007 drawn back to London, and eventually his Scottish homeland, in…