Subgenre Sampler
Action/Adventure: 2192 Films to Buy & Rent
Deadwood - Season 1 (TV Series) (2004)
- Feat. Timothy Olyphant, Ian McShane, Molly Parker…
- An acclaimed new revision of the Western genre, recounting the complex and troubling establishment of the Arizona town of Deadwood in the 1880s,…
Flight of the Phoenix (2004)
- Dir. Jason Moore
Feat. Dennis Quaid, Giovanni Ribisi, Miranda Otto…
- Workmanlike remake of the 1965 Aldrich near–classic, in which a plainload of oilworkers crashland in the desert (here the Gobi), leaving them…
Hellboy (2004)
- Dir. Guillermo Del Toro
Feat. Ron Perlman, David Hyde Pierce, John Hurt…
- Surefire comicbook yarn – fusing Nazi occultism, demonic otherworlds and FBI intrigues with nice touches of style, humour and…
House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu) (2004)
- Dir. Zhang Yimou
Feat. Zhang Ziyi, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau
- The dir. of HERO follows up with an equally watchable oriental spectacle, inserting the same cartwheeling martial arts action, complete with torrents…
I, Robot (2004)
- Dir. Alex Proyas
Feat. Will Smith, Bridget Moynahan, Bruce Greenwood…
- Standard model adaptation of Isaac Asimov's 1950s sci–fi speculations about the dystopian possibilities of a robot–riddled…
Ike: Countdown to D-Day (2004)
- Dir. Robert Harmon
Feat. Tom Selleck, James Remar, Timothy Bottoms…
- Historical war dramatization of the three months leading up to Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Normandy, and how General Dwight Eisenhower…
Incident At Loch Ness (2004)
- Dir. Zak Penn
Feat. Werner Herzog
- Droll and rather odd filmbiz comedy follows the efforts of German auteur Werner Herzog (GRIZZLY MAN) and an inept Hollywood producer, Zak Penn, to…
Kill Bill - Vol. 2 (2004)
- Dir. Quentin Tarantino
Feat. Uma Thurman, David Carradine, Daryl Hannah…
- The second half of Quentin Tarantino’s revenge saga is an uneven but redeeming affair that brings closure to his magnum opus with more character…
King Arthur (2004)
- Dir. Antoine Fuqua
Feat. Keira Knightley, Clive Owen, Joel Edgerton…
- An interesting, serious–minded revision of the Camelot legend, recasting Arthur (Owen) as a half–Roman mercenary who, with his comrades,…
King Solomon's Mines (TV Mini-series) (2004)
- Feat. Patrick Swayze, Alison Doody, Roy Marsden…
- Two–part miniseries based on H. Rider Haggard's timeless tale of Allan Quartermain's quest to find the fabled mines of King Solomon, and the…