Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Action/Adventure: 2159 Films to Rent
Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn (2011)
- Dir. Steven Spielberg
Feat. Jamie Bell, Andy Serkis, Daniel Craig…
- Wellington's Weta Digital work their magic on this rollicking first installment of Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson's 3D animated trilogy of…
Battle: Los Angeles (2011)
- Dir. Jonathan Liebesman
Feat. Aaron Eckhart, Michelle Rodriguez, Bridget Moynahan…
- Noisy, militaristic sci–fi follows a platoon of Marines as they attempt to combat an alien invasion. Film's sole novelty is its marriage of…
Bellflower (2011)
- Dir. Evan Glodell
Feat. Evan Glodell, Tyler Dawson, Jessie Wiseman
- Genuine oddity with two slackers spending their time building flamethrowers and various other weapons in the hope that the apocalypse is imminent.
Blitz (2011)
- Dir. Elliott Lester
Feat. Jason Statham, Paddy Considine, Aidan Gillen…
- Subtlety–free actioner with Statham as a brutish cop given free reign to bring in a serial cop–killer. Almost oppressively violent with a…
Bomber, The (Ballada o bombere (Ballad Of A Bomber)) (2011)
- Dir. Vitaliy Vorobyov
Feat. Nikita Efremov, Ekaterina Astakhova, Aleksandr Davydov
- Hum–drum war film – originally a television series – has a Russian aircraft crashing in Nazi occupied territory and the three…
Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
- Dir. Joe Johnston
Feat. Chris Evans, Hayley Atwell, Tommy Lee Jones…
- Marvel's iconic superhero is reborn in this big, brash blockbuster, about a feeble military reject who is transformed into an ultimate solider by a…
Cat Run (2011)
- Dir. John Stockwell
Feat. Paz Vega, Janet McTeer, Christopher McDonald…
- Unapologetically trashy caper with Paz Vega as a high class call–girl who after witnessing an orgy gone wrong finds herself pursued by…
Chinese Ghost Story, A (2011)
- Dir. Wilson Yip
Feat. Louis Koo, Yifei Liu, Shao-gun Yu…
- A lowly scholar falls in love with a beautiful ghost, but in order to win her freedom must do battle with the supernatural. Kinetic remake of the…
Colombiana (2011)
- Dir. Olivier Megaton
Feat. Zoe Saldana, Jordi Molla, Lennie James…
- Yet another Luc Besson–produced action vehicle centred on a deadly female assassin, in which Zoe Saldana plays a trained killer seeking revenge…
Cowboys and Aliens (2011)
- Dir. Jon Favreau
Feat. Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Olivia Wilde…
- Jon Favreau (IRON MAN) directs this high concept alien invasion western, about a ragtag posse of cowboys who must stand up to an extraterrestrial…