Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Action/Adventure: 2166 Films to Rent
Samurai 7 (TV Series) (2005)
- Dir. Toshifumi Takizawa
- Daring anime update of Kurosawa's SEVEN SAMURAI, set in a post–apocalyptic world where partly–bionic former samurai roam the wilderness…
Samurai Commando: Mission 1549 (2005)
- Dir. Masaaki Tezuka
Feat. Yosuke Eguchi, Kyoka Suzuki
- Flashy remake of Sonny Chiba's 'time slip' shogun fantasy G.I SAMURAI, with a unit of advanced Special Forces soldiers inadvertently transported back…
Seoul Raiders (2005)
- Dir. Jingle Ma
Feat. Tony Leung (Chiu-wai), Shu Qi, Richie Ren
- Hokey but fun pseudo–sequel to 'Tokyo Raiders' that finds Hong Kong special agent Lam (Tony Leung) on the hunt for counterfeiters in Seoul,…
Seven Swords (2005)
- Dir. Tsui Hark
Feat. Donnie Yen, Leon Lai, Charlie Yeung
- Legendary Hong Kong dir. Tsui Hark returns with an action epic set among the brutal 17th Century Ching dynasty, as seven warriors come together to…
Shadowless Sword (Muyeong geom) (2005)
- Dir. Young-Jun Kim
Feat. Seo-Jin Lee, Yoon So-yi
- Spiffy Korean wuxia extravaganza grafting comedy, romance and action aplenty onto the skin of an ambitious historical epic.
Scaling the efforts of…
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…