Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Action/Adventure: 124 Films to Rent on VHS
- Victory (1996)
- Dir. Mark Peploe
Feat. Willem Dafoe, Irene Jacob, Sam Neill…
- Adventure film set in 1913 and based on the novel of the same name by Joseph Conrad. After attempting to rape a woman, a man living in Dutch occupied…
- Congo (1995)
- Dir. Frank Marshall
Feat. Dylan Walsh, Ernie Hudson, Tim Curry
- This Jurassic turkey from the usually–golden pen of Michael Crichton follows a mis–matched motley crew into the African jungle to…
- D'Artagnan's Daughter (Revenge of the Musketeers) (1995)
- Dir. Bertrand Tavernier
Feat. Sophie Marceau, Philippe Noiret
- This gleefully French swashbuckler checks in as a loose sequel to the Three Muskeeters. The magnetic Sophie Marceau stars as the feisty titular…
- High Risk (1995)
- Dir. Wong Jing
Feat. Jet Li, Jacky Cheung
- A Hong Kong actioner worth singling out from the glut, Jet Li is charisma–on–legs as an unflappable stunt double/bodyguard who is forced…
- Money Train (1995)
- Dir. Joseph Ruben
Feat. Woody Harrelson, Wesley Snipes
- Woody Harrelson and Wesley Snipes attempt to reprise the chemistry from WHITE MEN CAN'T JUMP as two cop brothers(!) who chase serial killers, babes…
- New Jersey Drive (1995)
- Dir. Nick Gomez
Feat. Sharron Corely, Gabriel Caseus
- The director of indie fave LAWS OF GRAVITY scores a big budget for his sophomore effort, and though he retains a naturalistic style, this has little…
- North Star (1995)
- Dir. Nils Gaup
Feat. Christopher Lambert, James Caan
- Inuit indian Christopher Lambert tussles with tough prospector–baron James Caan in 19th century Alaska, over a rich lode of gold running…
- Panther (1995)
- Dir. Mario Van Peebles
Feat. Kadeem Hardison, Bokeem Woodbine, Joe Don Baker…
- Released to some controversy, this relates the saga of the 60s community group–turned–'urban guerillas', the Black Panthers. A violent,…
- Peace Hotel (1995)
- Dir. Wai Ka-Fai
Feat. Chow Yun-Fat
- Chow Yun–Fat stars in his last Hong Kong opus before taking the Hollywood leap. A 1920s Chinatown Western, he runs the 'Peace Hotel', a refuge…
- Beyond Rangoon (1994)
- Dir. John Boorman
Feat. Patricia Arquette
- The tragedies mount for a young doctor taking a recuperating holiday in late eighties Burma, on the eve of a violent crackdown by the ruling…