Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Action/Adventure: 2161 Films to Rent
24 - Season 7 (TV Series) (2008)
- Feat. Kiefer Sutherland
- Further episodes in this high–concept TV thriller, covering 24 hours of real time events (an hour per episode) with Kiefer Sutherland as lead…
An Empress and the Warriors (Kong saan mei yan) (2008)
- Dir. Ching Siu Tung
Feat. Donnie Yen, Xiaodong Guo, Zhenghai Kou…
- Jazzed up historical drama with a young woman thrust into the role of Empress upon her father's death, and fight for her kingdom.
Conventional…
Appaloosa (2008)
- Dir. Ed Harris
Feat. Viggo Mortensen, Ed Harris, Renee Zellweger…
- Enjoyable "old–school" Western directed by Ed Harris, who also stars as an incorrigible marshal who is hired along with deputy Viggo Mortensen…
Australia (2008)
- Dir. Baz Luhrmann
Feat. Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, David Wenham…
- Aussie golden boy Baz Luhrmann's larger–than–life epic sees an English aristocrat and cattle driver attempt to save an inherited outback…
Babylon A.D. (2008)
- Dir. Mathieu Kassovitz
Feat. Vin Diesel, Michelle Yeoh, Gerard Depardieu…
- Mind–numbing, muddled Vin Diesel thriller that sees the furrowed–brow strongman playing a callous mercenary recruited to smuggle a woman…
Bangkok Dangerous (2008)
- Dir. Oxide Pang, Danny Pang
Feat. Nicolas Cage, Shahkrit Yamnarm, Charlie Yeung
- Continuing the dubious trend of Asian filmmakers helming American remakes of their own hit movies, this strictly by–the–numbers thriller…
Batman: Gotham Knight (2008)
- Dir. Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Feat. Kevin Conroy, David McCallum, Parminder Nagra
- From the producers of BATMAN BEGINS and the highly anticipated 'The Dark Knight' comes this stylish anime collection of six sequences tracing…
Batman: The Dark Knight (2008)
- Dir. Christopher Nolan
Feat. Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart…
- Christopher Nolan’s follow–up to BATMAN BEGINS pitches Christian Bale’s Batman against Heath Ledger’s lunatic Joker, propelling this…
Brothers Bloom, The (2008)
- Dir. Rian Johnson
Feat. Rachel Weisz, Adrien Brody, Mark Ruffalo…
- Fanciful tale of two grifting brothers (Brody, Ruffalo) who, in attempting to ensnare an eccentric heiress (Weisz), fall for both her feminine charms…
Chanbara Beauty (2008)
- Dir. Yôhei Fukuda
Feat. Eri Otoguro, Chise Nakamura
- Fan–servicing bikini swashbuckler, with two scantily clad babes slashing their way through zombie hoards. A crummy, if entertaining hodgepodge…