Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Action/Adventure: 2161 Films to Rent
Shakugan No Shana (TV Series) (2005)
- Yuji is returning from school when suddenly time stops and monsters appear to devour people. He is not frozen, however. When one of the monsters…
Sin City (2005)
- Dir. Robert Rodriguez, Frank Miller
Feat. Bruce Willis, Mickey Rourke, Clive Owen…
- A sensational slab of stylized and ultra–violent pulp fiction, adapted from Frank Miller's own notorious 'crime noir' comicbooks, and…
SPL (Sha Po Lang) (2005)
- Dir. Wilson Yip
Feat. Donnie Yen, Sammo Hung, Simon Yam…
- Intense cops–and–hoods thriller which clearly raises the bar for Hong Kong martial–arts by infusing its tale of an idealistic cop…
Stealth (2005)
- Dir. Rob Cohen
Feat. Jessica Biel, Josh Lucas, Jamie Foxx
- Paranoid technology thriller has three top navy fighter pilots (Biel, Lucas, Foxx) startled to discover their new wingman is EDI – a highly…
Tiger Blade, The (Seua khaap daap) (2005)
- Dir. Theeratorn Siriphunvaraporn
Feat. Atsadawut Luengsuntorn
- Spiffy addition to the Thai martial arts boom, with action centered around the recovery of a magical ‘tiger blade’, by cops and robbers…
To The Ends of the Earth (TV mini-series) (2005)
- Dir. David Attwood
Feat. Benedict Cumberbatch, Jared Harris, Sam Neill…
- Based on William Golding's epic trilogy, starring Benedict Cumberbatch as a young aristocrat who travels to Australia on a journey of…
Transporter 2 (2005)
- Dir. Louis Leterrier
Feat. Jason Statham, Keith David, Hunter Clary…
- Thinly conceived sequel finds mercenary 'transporter' Statham fingered for the kidnapping of a US drug czar's son and having to find a vital viral…
Underworld: Evolution (2005)
- Dir. Len Wiseman
Feat. Kate Beckinsale, Derek Jacobi, Bill Nighy
- The slinky, rubber–clad Kate Beckinsale continues her Vampiric crusade against 'the Lycans' (Werewolves) in this obligatory sequel to the…
Unleashed (Danny the Dog) (2005)
- Dir. Louis Leterrier
Feat. Jet Li, Morgan Freeman, Bob Hoskins
- Aggressive action drama concerns an animalistic hitman (Li) who has been secretly raised by a Glaswegian mobster (Hoskins) as a dog trained to attack…
V for Vendetta (2005)
- Dir. James McTeigue
Feat. Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving, Stephen Rea…
- Set in the year 2020, this dystopian thriller adapts Alan Moore's graphic novel about a world where deadly viruses have wiped out most of America and…