Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Action/Adventure: 2161 Films to Rent
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)
- Dir. Shane Black
Feat. Val Kilmer, Robert Downey Jnr., Corbin Bernsen…
- Reflexively vulgar and enjoyably vicious, this comic–thriller has fumbling thief Downey Jnr. by chance winning an audition for a film part,…
Kokoda (2005)
- Dir. Alister Grierson
Feat. Jack Finsterer, Simon Stone, Travis McMahon…
- Visceral, against–the–odds WWII flick revisits the legendary story of inexperienced Aussie battlers taking on the mighty Japanese army in…
Last Drop, The (2005)
- Dir. Colin Teague
Feat. Billy Zane, Michael Madsen, Sean Pertwee…
- Competent, if not exactly scintillating, suspenser in which a group of allied soldiers are airdropped into Europe to steal gold and other treasures…
Legend Of Zorro, The (2005)
- Dir. Martin Campbell
Feat. Antonio Banderas, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Rufus Sewell…
- Rather belated sequel to THE MASK OF ZORRO finds most of the cast (minus Anthony Hopkins) regrouping for another swashbuckling romp in 1850s…
Lord Of War (2005)
- Dir. Andrew Niccol
Feat. Nicolas Cage, Jared Leto, Bridget Moynahan…
- A thoughtful though heavy–handed thriller about an intelligently amoral Ukrainian–American (Cage), who dedicates himself to the world…
Mangal Pandey (2005)
- Dir. Ketan Mehta
Feat. Aamir Khan, Toby Stephens
- Accomplished and stirring Hindi epic based on the life and times of Mangal Pandey (Khan), leader of the 1857 'Indian Mutiny' which severely…
Mee-Shee (The Water Giant) (2005)
- Dir. John Henderson
Feat. Bruce Greenwood, Rena Owen, Joel Tobeck
- A modest yet engaging family adventure, partly filmed in New Zealand, with special effects by 'Jim Henson's Creature Shop'.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith (2005)
- Dir. Doug Liman
Feat. Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Vince Vaughn
- Propelled by a nicely preposterous premise this action–comedy has bored suburban couple Pitt and Jolie both leading double–lives as…
Myth, The (San Wa) (2005)
- Dir. Stanley Tong
Feat. Jackie Chan
- Alternating between past and present, Jackie Chan plays a warrior general during the Qing Dynasty and a modern day archaeologist respectively in this…
One Last Dance (2005)
- Dir. Max Makowski
Feat. Francis Ng, Harvey Keitel, Ti Lung
- Subdued low–budget Singaporean actioner in which an assassin (Ng) on his final assignment must take out a group of kidnappers who have snatched…