Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Action/Adventure: 2163 Films to Rent
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…
Star Trek (Star Trek XI (Reboot)) (2009)
- Dir. J.J. Abrams
Feat. Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Simon Pegg…
- Enterprising and entirely effective "reboot" of the Sci–Fi franchise, charting the early days of Captain Kirk and the crew of the USS…
Storm Warriors, The (Storm Riders II) (2009)
- Dir. Oxide Pang, Danny Pang
Feat. Aaron Kwok, Ekin Cheng, Simon Yam
- The Pang brothers helm this flamboyant, effects–heavy sequel to the OTT Hong Kong hit, delivering a mixture of wushu and wizardry with…
Surrogates (2009)
- Dir. Jonathan Mostow
Feat. Bruce Willis, Radha Mitchell, Rosamund Pike…
- Bruce Willis is called to action in this glassy, futuristic thriller, set in a world in which humans live their everyday lives through lifelike…
Terminator Salvation (2009)
- Dir. McG
Feat. Christian Bale, Sam Worthington, Moon Bloodgood…
- Po–faced fourth installment in the TERMINATOR franchise sees a grizzly John Connor (Bale) lead the resistance against SKYNET and its army of…
Tracing Shadow (Zhui ying) (2009)
- Dir. Marco Mak, Francis Ng
Feat. Jaycee Chan, Hao Dang, Francis Ng
- This batty Ming Dynasty comedy is a worthy throwback to Hong Kong’s campy martial arts movies of the early 90s, with an extravagant blend of…