Subgenre Sampler
Action/Adventure: 2192 Films to Buy & Rent
Perrier's Bounty (2009)
- Dir. Ian Fitzgibbon
Feat. Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson, Gabriel Byrne…
- Jovial Irish caper in the vein of Sexy Beast, with Murphy as a petty crim in hock to a local gangster. A talented cast clearly enjoying themselves…
Pope Joan (2009)
- Dir. Sonke Wortmann
Feat. Johanna Wokalek, David Wenham, John Goodman…
- Rousing, fable–like account of the life of a ninth century female pope who rose gradually through the Roman Catholic Church hierarchy while…
Public Enemies (2009)
- Dir. Michael Mann
Feat. Johnny Depp, Marion Cotillard, Christian Bale…
- Michael Mann transposes the cops–and–robbers psychology of HEAT to depression–era America in this ambitious, if at times inadequate…
Raging Phoenix (2009)
- Dir. Rashane Limtrakul
Feat. JeeJa Yanin
- The female star of CHOCOLATE returns with break dancing moves to complement her sick martial arts skills, in this over–the–top kickboxing…
Robogeisha (2009)
- Dir. Noboru Iguchi
Feat. Aya Kiguchi
- Two sisters, recruited as assassins in a robotic geisha army, fight from the inside to take down the head of an evil corporation. More cartoonish,…
Sea Wolf, The (2009)
- Dir. Mike Barker
Feat. Sebastian Koch, Stephen Campbell Moore, Neve Campbell…
- Thrilling maritime–yarn based on the grim Jack London book, chronicling the exploits of the vindictive Captain Wolf Larson (Koch) and the…
Sengoku Basara (TV Series) (Samurai Kings) (2009)
- In the bloody Warring States Period, of feudal Japan, many generals fought in an endless struggle for power, but one man proved to be too big of a…
Sherlock Holmes (2009)
- Dir. Guy Ritchie
Feat. Robert Downey Jnr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams…
- Blockbuster makeover of the famous sleuth has Holmes re–imagined as a brawny, off–beat super–hero type, battling a fiendish villain…
Sniper, The (Sun cheung sau) (2009)
- Dir. Dante Lam
Feat. Edison Chen, Richie Ren, Xiaoming Huang…
- Macho, ADD shoot ‘em up follows an elite sniper unit from Hong Kong who, with the aid of a brash young rookie, must take down an…
Solomon Kane (2009)
- Dir. Michael J. Bassett
Feat. James Purefoy, Max von Sydow, Pete Postlethwaite…
- Conan creator Robert E. Howard's pulpy fantasy gets a suitably bloody adaptation with James Purefoy donning the boots to star as the hell–bound…