Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Action/Adventure: 2159 Films to Rent
Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame (2010)
- Dir. Tsui Hark
Feat. Andy Lau, Tony Leung (Kar-fai), Carina Lau…
- Historical–whodunit, breathlessly paced, with Andy Lau as the dissident detective racing to hunt down a team of mysterious assassins attempting…
El Narco (2010)
- Dir. Luis Estrada
Feat. Damian Alcazar, Joaquin Cosio, Ernesto Gomez Cruz…
- Intense crime drama that offers a hellish version of Mexico and the drug war seen through the eyes of a man returning to his home country after…
Elite Squad: The Enemy Within (Elite Squad 2) (2010)
- Dir. José Padilha
Feat. Wagner Moura, Andre Ramiro
- This riveting sequel to dir. Padilha's blockbuster policier features a more politically engaged storyline, with plenty of new angles on the…
Expendables, The (2010)
- Dir. Sylvester Stallone
Feat. Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li…
- Sylvester Stallone directs and leads a cast of old school action heroes for a mission impropable to assassinate a Latin American dictator.…
Faster (2010)
- Dir. George Tillman Jr.
Feat. Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, Billy Bob Thornton, Carla Gugino…
- Pedal–to–the–metal revenge thriller rarely lets up in its high paced offering, pitting The Rock against a number of grimy…
Fire Of Conscience (For Lung) (2010)
- Dir. Dante Lam
Feat. Leon Lai, Richie Ren, Baoqiang Wang
- It’s all guns blazing in this bang bang throwback to the glory days of Hong Kong cinema, about a violent detective and a sly inspector’s efforts…
From Paris With Love (2010)
- Dir. Pierre Morel
Feat. John Travolta, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Kasia Smutniak
- John Travolta lets it all out as a CIA agent with a wild streak who joins up with an ambitious low–level spy (Meyers) to thwart a terrorist…
Gallants (2010)
- Dir. Chi-kin Kwok, Clement Sze-Kit Cheng
Feat. Siu-Lung Leung, Kuan Tai Chen
- An exuberant homage to the Shaw Brothers films of yesteryear, this kung–fu comedy delights as an old–school actioner, replete with…
Green Zone (2010)
- Dir. Paul Greengrass
Feat. Matt Damon, Amy Ryan, Brendan Gleeson…
- Action ace Paul Greengrass deploys Bourne leading man Matt Damon in this frenetic, politically pointed thriller focused on the hunt for Weapons of…
Haunters (2010)
- Dir. Min-suk Kim
- Two brooding pretty boys with unexplained superpowers battle it out in what is a familiar, if distinctly Korean spin on the anarchic superhero…