Subgenre Sampler
Action/Adventure: 2192 Films to Buy & Rent
Day the Earth Stood Still, The (2008)
- Dir. Scott Derrickson
Feat. Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, Jaden Smith…
- Rather vague, king–sized remake of the 1951 sci–fi classic, in which an alien visitor brings to earth a warning of imminent…
Death Race (2008)
- Dir. Paul Anderson
Feat. Jason Statham, Joan Allen, Ian McShane…
- Give ‘em what they want actioner starring the genre’s go–to guy Jason Statham as a former racing champ turned wrongfully imprisoned convict…
Defiance (2008)
- Dir. Edward Zwick
Feat. Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber, Jamie Bell…
- Edward Zwick (GLORY) delivers big, earnest moments in this true story of four brothers who launch an all–Jewish resistance against the Nazis…
Doomsday (2008)
- Dir. Neil Marshall
Feat. Rhona Mitra, Bob Hoskins, Alexander Siddig…
- Cult director Neil Marshall (THE DESCENT) returns with this gleefully anarchic, ultra–violent sci–fi actioner in which a taskforce from…
Dragonlance: Dragons of the Autumn Twilight (2008)
- Dir. Will Meugniot
Feat. Kiefer Sutherland, Lucy Lawless, Michelle Trachtenberg
- Basic Fantasy adventure animation based on the novel and role–playing game of the same name about a group of heroes defending their land…
Eagle Eye (2008)
- Dir. D. J. Caruso
Feat. Shia LaBeouf, Michelle Monaghan, Rosario Dawson…
- Derivative but entertaining cyber–thriller in which a young man and single mother get framed as terrorists and find themselves unexpectedly…
Felon (2008)
- Dir. Ric Roman Waugh
Feat. Stephen Dorff, Val Kilmer, Anne Archer…
- Hard–nosed prison drama follows the fate of a caring father (Dorff) who finds himself incarcerated inside a maximum security prison after…
Female Agents (Les femmes de l'ombre) (2008)
- Dir. Jean-Paul Salome
Feat. Sophie Marceau, Julie Depardieu, Marie Gillain…
- Substantial, exciting WWII espionage thriller following an all–female commando unit of the French Resistance recruited to rescue a British…
Flashpoint (TV Series) (2008)
- Feat. Hugh Dillon, Enrico Colantoni, Sergio Di Zio
- High–octane cop show from Canada following the 'Strategic Response Unit', a team of elite police who take on the riskier jobs the rest won't…
Fool's Gold (2008)
- Dir. Andy Tennant
Feat. Matthew McConaughey, Kate Hudson, Donald Sutherland…
- Combustable rom–com coupling McConaughey and Hudson reunite for this high seas adventure; he plays a bum treasure hunter obsessed with finding…