Subgenre Sampler
Action/Adventure: 2192 Films to Buy & Rent
Aeon Flux (2005)
- Dir. Karyn Kusama
Feat. Charlize Theron, Marton Csokas, Jonny Lee Miller…
- Sci–fi action fantasy based on the mid–1990s animation by Peter Chung, in which a spandex–clad superheroine (Theron) flits around…
Assault on Precinct 13 (2005)
- Dir. Jean-François Richet
Feat. Ethan Hawke, Laurence Fishburne, Drea De Matteo…
- Effective update of John Carpenter's 1970s classic in which high–impact action and a fairly convincing raw tenseness carry the wellworn tale of…
Azumi 2 (2005)
- Dir. Shusuke Kaneko
Feat. Aya Ueto, Shun Oguri, Ai Maeda…
- Samurai girl–power sweeps feudal Japan once more in this competent, but lesser installment (minus the original director) in the Azumi…
Batman Begins (2005)
- Dir. Christopher Nolan
Feat. Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman…
- Angular and grim prequel explores the origins of brooding superhero Batman, here played by Christian Bale, from the childhood trauma of millionaire…
Beowulf and Grendel (2005)
- Dir. Sturla Gunnarsson
Feat. Gerard Butler, Stellan Skarsgard, Sarah Polley
- A rousing medieval adaptation of the Anglo–Saxon epic poem in sweeping fantasy tones. Filled with constant action in a strange, otherworldly…
Bittersweet Life, A (2005)
- Dir. Ji-woon Kim
Feat. Byung-hun Lee
- A suave mob enforcer's mercy for one of his intended victims results in the full wrath of the Korean organised crime world in this slick, ultra…
Cinderella Man (2005)
- Dir. Ron Howard
Feat. Russell Crowe, Renee Zellweger, Paul Giamatti…
- Premium Hollywood biopic has Russell Crowe sluggin' it out as real–life prizefighter Jim Braddock, who during the Great Depression rose from…
Constantine (2005)
- Dir. Francis Lawrence
Feat. Keanu Reeves, Rachel Weisz, Tilda Swinton…
- A stylish, but rather misfiring adaptation of the DC comicbook 'Hellblazer', with Keanu Reeves playing a wry, hard–boiled detective with…
Deadwood - Season 2 (TV Series) (2005)
- Feat. Timothy Olyphant, Ian McShane, Molly Parker…
- Further tales from the troubled Arizona town of Deadwood. Season Two: 12 episodes across four discs.
Disc 1: A Lie Agreed Upon – Part 1, A…
Death Trance (2005)
- Dir. Yuji Shimomura
Feat. Tak Sakaguchi
- Another insane, neo–samurai fantasy from the VERSUS camp involving the battle over a mysterious coffin that, if opened, could destroy the…