Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Action/Adventure: 2166 Films to Rent
Man vs Wild (TV Series) (2006)
- Feat. Bear Grylls
- Macho malarkey with modern day Macgyver and master masochist Bear Grylls running round extreme terrains tormenting himself for the benefit of couch…
Mission: Impossible 3 (2006)
- Dir. J.J. Abrams
Feat. Tom Cruise, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Keri Russell…
- Propulsive and hyper–violent third outing for Tom Cruise as US superagent Ethan Hunt, here on a globe–jetting mission to foil a vile…
New World, The (2006)
- Dir. Terrence Malick
Feat. Colin Farrell, Q'orianka Kilcher, Christopher Plummer…
- An epic naturalist meditation on the European settlement of America from dir. Terrence Malick (DAYS OF HEAVEN), which reveals a thoughtful and at…
No Mercy For The Rude (2006)
- Dir. Cheol-hie Park
Feat. Ha-kyun Shin
- A mute hitman limits his contract killings to ‘rude’ individuals, saving up for a voice–restoring operation in this unconventional riff on…
OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies (2006)
- Dir. Michel Hazanavicius
Feat. Jean Dujardin
- Dusting off a little–known French spy spoof from the 1960's, this remake upgrades rather than updates the franchise, combining the Bond school…
Other Side, The (2006)
- Dir. Gregg Bishop
Feat. Nathan Mobley, Jaimie Alexander
- Paced like a bat–out–of–hell, this action–packed yet intricate 'undead' thriller follows a murdered student to hell and back…
Outlaw (2006)
- Dir. Nick Love
Feat. Sean Bean, Danny Dyer, Rupert Friend…
- Unpleasant slug–fest with Sean Bean establishing a posse of vigilantes to round up the 'lawless scum' pervading Britain.
Simplistic thriller…
Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
- Dir. Gore Verbinski
Feat. Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley…
- Smash sequel–equal, which replicates the swashbuckling wit, quirkiness and visual excitement of its predecessor, again following the…
Poseidon (2006)
- Dir. Wolfgang Petersen
Feat. Kurt Russell, Josh Lucas, Richard Dreyfuss…
- Pointless, but admittedly lean and racy, this remake of the 1970s disaster epic THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE is set aboard a giant cruise ship which is…
Rebel, The (2006)
- Dir. Truc "Charlie" Nguyen
Feat. Dustin Nguyen
- This vigorous martial arts actioner set in 1920s Vietnam is unusually committed to the finer details of political turmoil and period recreation,…