Subgenre Sampler
Action/Adventure: 2192 Films to Buy & Rent
Let the Bullets Fly (2010)
- Dir. Wen Jiang
Feat. Chow Yun-Fat, Ge You, Wen Jiang…
- Cocksure 'noodle' western – best described as a Chinese variation on Kurosawa's YOJIMBO – pits a notorious bandit against the mob boss of…
Little Big Soldier (2010)
- Dir. Sheng Ding
Feat. Jackie Chan, Lee-Hom Wang
- Charismatic anti–war comedy stars Jackie Chan as a lowly foot soldier who strikes it lucky when he captures a wanted enemy General (Wang).…
Losers, The (2010)
- Dir. Sylvain White
Feat. Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Zoe Saldana, Chris Evans…
- Bombastic, boof–headed action based on the Vertigo comic about double–crossed mercenaries out for revenge will satisfy those in search of…
MacGruber (2010)
- Dir. Jorma Taccone
Feat. Will Forte, Kristen Wiig, Ryan Phillippe…
- From the SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE comedy stable comes this spiffy parody of '80s TV legend MACGYVER, with Will Forte rockin' the mullet as he battles…
Machete (2010)
- Dir. Robert Rodriguez
Feat. Danny Trejo, Michelle Rodriguez, Robert De Niro…
- Hyper–violent 'Mexploitation' actioner from director Robert Rodriguez that fleshes out his popular mock–trailer from he and Tarantino's…
Man From Nowhere, The (Ajeossi) (2010)
- Dir. Jeong-beom Lee
Feat. Won Bin, Sae-ron Kim
- Korean action movie following a former special agent who is living a quiet life as a pawnshop owner after his wife dies in a tragic accident, when a…
Moby Dick (2010)
- Dir. Mike Barker
Feat. Ethan Hawke, William Hurt, Charlie Cox…
- Herman Melville's classic adventure gets another worthy adaptation this with William Hurt as the self–destructive Captain Ahab. Solid made for…
Mutant Girls Squad (2010)
- Dir. Noboru Iguchi, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Tak Sakaguchi
Feat. Yumi Sugimoto, Tak Sakaguchi
- Japan's outlandish splatter–comedy phase reaches its logical end point with this three–chapter collaboration between the most notorious…
Nikita (TV Series) (2010)
- Feat. Maggie Q, Shane West, Lyndsy Fonseca…
- Luc Besson's original female assassin lives on in this slick, aggressive TV spin–off fronted by leggy Canto star Maggie Q as a deadly escapee…
Once a Gangster (2010)
- Dir. Felix Chong
Feat. Ekin Cheng, Jordan Chan, Alex Fong
- Nimble action–comedy with two jaded gangsters urged by their elders to fight for the position of Dragon Head of the Hong Kong Underworld.…