Subgenre Sampler
Action/Adventure: 2192 Films to Buy & Rent
Green Lantern: First Flight (2009)
- Dir. Lauren Montgomery
Feat. Christopher Meloni, Victor Garber, Tricia Helfer…
- A solid animated outing for one of the lesser–known superheros of the DC Universe, The Green Lantern, who gains his powers through a magical…
Horde, The (La Horde) (2009)
- Dir. Yannick Dahan, Benjamin Rocher
Feat. Aurelien Recoing, Eric Ebouaney, Doudou Masta
- Fist–pumping zombie flick pits cops and criminals in a fight for their life against the walking dead amidst the slums of Paris. Bloody and…
Inglourious Basterds (Inglorious Bastards) (2009)
- Dir. Quentin Tarantino
Feat. Brad Pitt, Mélanie Laurent, Eli Roth…
- A cocky, revisionist war epic channeling spaghetti westerns and the Dirty Dozen, Quentin Tarantino’s long–time pet project is perhaps his…
Kamui (2009)
- Dir. Yoichi Sai
Feat. Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Koyuki
- High adventure and spectacular fight sequences energize this otherwise inadequate period piece about fugitive ninjas in Japan.
Last Rites of Ransom Pride, The (2009)
- Dir. Tiller Russell
Feat. Lizzy Caplan, Scott Speedman, Cote de Pablo…
- Pulpy, stylized western with Caplan carrying the body of her dead lover home across treacherous lands in order to give him a proper burial.
Merantau (2009)
- Dir. Gareth Evans
Feat. Iko Uwais
- Indonesia's riposte to ONG–BAK stars newcomer Iko Uwais as a young man from a Jakarta tribe whose rite of passage via the big city exposes him…
Mulan (2009)
- Dir. Jingle Ma, Wei Dong
Feat. Zhao Wei, Jaycee Chan
- The legend of Mulan (previously tackled by Disney) is given the big screen treatment in this sweeping historical costume epic, a current specialty of…
Ninja Assassin (2009)
- Dir. James McTeigue
Feat. Rain , Naomie Harris, Ben Miles…
- Severed limbs dominate this off the wall chopsocky fight fest with a rogue ninja taking on the a clan of ninjas in that sneaky way that ninjas…
Ong-Bak 3 (2009)
- Dir. Tony Jaa, Panna Rittikrai
Feat. Tony Jaa
- Cliffhanger ending to the ONG–BAK legend sees Thai martial arts phenom Tony Jaa return to battle his arch nemesis (from Part II’s prequel…
OSS 117: Lost in Rio (2009)
- Dir. Michel Hazanavicius
Feat. Jean Dujardin
- Bumbling intelligence officer and shameless chauvinist, Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath, returns for Brazilian adventures in this bright and breezy spy…