Subgenre Sampler
Action/Adventure: 2192 Films to Buy & Rent
Transporter 3, The (2008)
- Dir. Olivier Megaton
Feat. Jason Statham, Natalya Rudakova, Francois Berleand
- The third in the mind–numbing action series sees Statham reprise his role as mercenary transporter whose package is now a Ukrainian beauty he…
Tropic Thunder (2008)
- Dir. Ben Stiller
Feat. Ben Stiller, Robert Downey Jnr., Jack Black…
- Ferociously funny action comedy from actor–director Ben Stiller, following a group of pretentious actors on a mission to create the biggest…
Tunnel Rats (2008)
- Dir. Uwe Boll
Feat. Wilson Bethel, Michael Pare, Mitch Eakins
- Inept Vietnam War pic with U.S Special Forces sent into an elaborate underground maze to kill the Vietcong.
By consensus this is Boll's "best"…
Underdog Knight, The (Ying Han) (2008)
- Dir. Sheng Ding
Feat. Ye Liu, Yong You, Anthony Wong
- An offbeat, anti–heroic character study out of mainland China, in which a self–styled martial arts pretender lands a job as bodyguard for…
Vantage Point (2008)
- Dir. Peter Travis
Feat. Matthew Fox, Forest Whitaker, Dennis Quaid…
- Tipsy, time–swapping political thriller cribs liberally from RASHOMON and TV–terrorist heart–stopper 24 in congealing multiple…
Wanted (2008)
- Dir. Timur Bekmambetov
Feat. James McAvoy, Angelina Jolie, Morgan Freeman
- A relentless rollercoaster ride on amphetamines, this breakneck graphic novel adaptation from the Russian director of NIGHT WATCH tracks the…
24 - Season 6 (TV Series) (2007)
- 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…
3:10 To Yuma (2007)
- Dir. James Mangold
Feat. Russell Crowe, Christian Bale, Ben Foster…
- Rugged and authentic remake of the '57 western, about a desperate, cash–strapped rancher escorting a notorious outlaw to Yuma via locomotive…
Afro Samurai (2007)
- Feat. Samuel L. Jackson, Ron Perlman
- The perpetually cool Samuel L. Jackson reeks of attitude as the voice of an Afro–American samurai hellbent on revenge.
In the spirit of KILL…
American Gangster (2007)
- Dir. Ridley Scott
Feat. Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Chiwetel Ejiofor…
- Hefty gangster flick in the tradition of SCARFACE, SERPICO, et. al., but based on an amazing true story: Washington plays Frank Lucas, the driver to…