Subgenre Sampler
Action/Adventure: 2192 Films to Buy & Rent
Three Musketeers, The (2011)
- Dir. Paul Anderson
Feat. Logan Lerman, Matthew MacFadyen, Ray Stevenson…
- Spectacular trash from the lesser of the Paul Andersons, this 3–D swashbuckler has little time for history and storytelling, opting instead for…
Tower Heist (2011)
- Dir. Brett Ratner
Feat. Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy, Casey Affleck…
- Ben Stiller and Eddie Murphy lead a group of working class bros on an elaborate take down of a mega–wealthy scamster in this large scale comedy…
Transformers - Dark of the Moon (Transformers 3) (2011)
- Dir. Michael Bay
Feat. Shia LaBeouf, Josh Duhamel, John Turturro…
- The brashest of blockbuster franchises rolls on seemingly eternally, but this one's at least an improvement of the execrable REVENGE OF THE FALLEN.…
Unknown (2011)
- Dir. Jaume Collet-Serra
Feat. Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger, January Jones…
- Sleek thriller with Liam Neeson awakening from a coma with his identity seemingly erased.
Violet and Daisy (2011)
- Dir. Geoffrey Fletcher
Feat. Saoirse Ronan, Alexis Bledel, James Gandolfini…
- Two young female assassins have second thoughts about executing their latest target (an affable James Gandolfini, one of the late actor's last roles)…
War of the Arrows (2011)
- Dir. Han-min Kim
Feat. Hae-il Park, Ryoo Seung-beom
- A fast–paced period epic centred on the resistance of a group of villagers against the Manchurian invasion of Korea. Like THE HUNGER GAMES, an…
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale (2011)
- Dir. Te-Sheng Wei
Feat. Ching-Tai Lin, Umin Boya, Masanobu Ando
- An indigenous clan–based people living in harmony with nature find their way of life threatened when violent interlopers from another culture…
Your Highness (2011)
- Dir. David Gordon Green
Feat. Danny McBride, Natalie Portman, James Franco…
- Deeply irreverent fantasy romp clearly conceived in a cloud of pot smoke has Franco and McBride desperate to rescue Deschanel from an evil wizard…
13 Assassins (2010)
- Dir. Takashi Miike
Feat. Koji Yakusho, Yamada Takayuki, Yusuke Iseya…
- Takashi Miike turns in perhaps his most entertaining and accomplished film yet with this rollicking SEVEN SAMURAI–inspired adventure, centred…
14 Blades (2010)
- Dir. Daniel Lee
Feat. Donnie Yen, Chun Wu, Sammo Hung…
- A secret agent of the emperor’s court is betrayed by his colleagues in this spectacular Ming Dynasty–set thriller. Something of a return to…