Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Action/Adventure: 2159 Films to Rent
Snow White and the Huntsman (2012)
- Dir. Rupert Sanders
Feat. Kristen Stewart, Chris Hemsworth, Charlize Theron…
- Dark re–imagining of the classic fairy tale with the Huntsman ordered to take Snow White into the woods to be killed becoming her protector and…
Sweeney, The (2012)
- Dir. Nick Love
Feat. Ray Winstone, Ben Drew, Hayley Atwell…
- Ray Winstone phones it in as the 'ard as nails Flying Squad detective determined to bring down an old adversary planning a major bank heist. Maximum…
Taken 2 (2012)
- Dir. Olivier Megaton
Feat. Liam Neeson, Famke Janssen, Maggie Grace…
- Middle–aged badass Liam Neeson returns in this enjoyable, if perfunctory sequel to the bloody–minded kidnapping hit, in which his family…
Thieves, The (2012)
- Dir. Dong-hun Choi
Feat. Gianna Jun, Hye-su Kim, Yun-seok Kim…
- This slickly engineered Korean blockbuster (the second highest earning in the country's box office history) plays all the right cards in its…
This Means War (2012)
- Dir. McG
Feat. Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine, Tom Hardy…
- Bombastic action romance pits two CIA two operatives (lugheads Chris Pine and Tom Hardy) against each other in a war to win the hand of Reese…
Total Recall (2012)
- Dir. Len Wiseman
Feat. Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale, Jessica Biel…
- A ramped up version of Philip K. Dick's classic sci–fi short, with Colin Farrell replacing Arnie as the unlucky recipient of a 'virtual…
Underworld: Awakening (2012)
- Dir. Måns Mårlind, Björn Stein
Feat. Kate Beckinsale, Stephen Rea, Charles Dance
- When the human race wages war on both the Vampire and Lycan species, leather–clad warrioress Kate Beckinsale goes to battle in this routine…
Viral Factor, The (2012)
- Dir. Dante Lam
Feat. Jay Chou, Nicholas Tse
- Dante Lam brings the fire once more in this out–and–out grunt fest of special forces action. As to be expected, the corny dramatic…
Wu Dang (2012)
- Dir. Patrick Leung
Feat. Vincent Zhao
- A rambunctious, action–packed throwback to '80s martial arts flicks and strapping Indiana Jones–style adventure, centred on a famed…
5 Days Of War (2011)
- Dir. Renny Harlin
Feat. Rupert Friend, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Richard Coyle…
- Mediocre propaganda piece in which an American journalist, his cameraman, and a Georgian native get caught in the crossfire in the war between Russia…