Subgenre Sampler
Action/Adventure: 2192 Films to Buy & Rent
Ruins, The (2008)
- Dir. Carter Smith
Feat. Jena Malone, Jonathan Tucker, Joe Anderson
- Gory cautionary tale, adapted from Scott Smith’s popular pulp novel, in which a group of college pals on an eye–opening Mexican vacation…
Sky Kids (The Flyboys) (2008)
- Dir. Rocco de Villiers
Feat. Stephen Baldwin, Tom Sizemore, Jesse James…
- Big hearted adventure follows the exploits of a bullied loner and protective best friend who inadvertently cross paths with a scheming mobster (a…
Speed Racer (2008)
- Dir. Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski
Feat. Emile Hirsch, Christina Ricci, John Goodman…
- The Wachowskis(THE MATRIX) take the wheel in this hyperactive version of 60s animation series SPEED RACER, with the eponymous hero (Hirsch) battling…
Spirit, The (2008)
- Dir. Frank Miller
Feat. Jaime King, Gabriel Macht, Eva Mendes…
- Hollow directorial debut from comic book artist Miller centered around a rookie cop who comes back from the dead to fight crime as the stylish…
Stone of Destiny (2008)
- Dir. Charles Martin Smith
Feat. Charlie Cox, Kate Mara, Robert Carlyle…
- Crowd–pleasing heist movie following a group of young Glaswegian students as they attempt to steal the Stone of Scone, a beloved symbol of…
Street Kings (2008)
- Dir. David Ayer
Feat. Keanu Reeves, Hugh Laurie, Forest Whitaker…
- LA CONFIDENTIAL author James Ellroy and the writer of TRAINING DAY team up for this ultra–macho, ultra–violent LAPD–centric…
Sword Of The Stranger (Sutorenjia: Mukô Hadan) (2008)
- Dir. Masahiro Andô
- Ferocious feature–length anime sees a young boy and his dog accompany a nameless samurai as they try to escape relentless Ming warriors.
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Taken (2008)
- Dir. Pierre Morel
Feat. Liam Neeson, Famke Janssen, Xander Berkeley…
- Retired CIA operative Liam Neeson goes COMMANDO all over Paris on a ruthless mission to save his kidnapped daughter from an Albanian prostitution…
Terminator - The Sarah Connor Chronicles (TV Series) (2008)
- Feat. Lena Headey, Thomas Dekker, Busy Phillips
- Flashy sci–fi series set two years after TERMINATOR 2: JUDGEMENT DAY and centred on Sarah Connor and her son preparing for battle against the…
Three Kingdoms (Resurrection of the Dragon) (2008)
- Dir. Daniel Lee
Feat. Andy Lau, Sammo Hung, Maggie Q…
- Rousing take on a Chinese literary classic rehashes the legendary Han Dynasty power struggle between three warring kingdoms (recently given the royal…