Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Action/Adventure: 221 Films to Rent
- Blood Father (2016)
- Dir. Jean-François Richet
Feat. Mel Gibson, William H. Macy, Erin Moriarty…
- Mel Gibson attempts career rehabilitation in this stolid actioner, playing an ex–con who reunites with his estranged wayward…
- Captain America: Civil War (2016)
- Dir. Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
Feat. Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jnr., Scarlett Johansson…
- Action spectacular as superheroes turn on each other after political interference causes a rift between former allies Captain America and Iron Man.
- Deadpool (2016)
- Dir. Tim Miller
Feat. Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, T.J. Miller
- Super–smug but irresistible super–(anti)hero riff based on the Marvel comic about a wise–cracking former Special Forces operative…
- Deepwater Horizon (2016)
- Dir. Peter Berg
Feat. Mark Wahlberg, Gina Rodriguez, Dylan O‘Brien…
- Action–packed survival tale dramatizing the BP oil rig accident that occurred in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20th, 2010, one of the world's…
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)
- Dir. David Yates
Feat. Eddie Redmayne, Alison Sudol, Dan Fogler…
- This 1920's period fantasy adventure is the first in the HARRY POTTER universe to be adapted for the screen by J. K. Rowling herself. Eddie Redmayne…
- Great Wall, The (2016)
- Dir. Zhang Yimou
Feat. Matt Damon, Pedro Pascal, Jing Tian…
- Inventive mash–up of historical epic and action fantasy places Matt Damon in China during the Song dynasty, as a European mercenary in the…
- Independence Day 2: Resurgence (2016)
- Dir. Roland Emmerich
Feat. Liam Hemsworth, Jeff Goldblum, Jessie Usher…
- Routine effects–heavy sequel is set decades after the first Independence Day invasion, and finds Earth once again faced with an alien threat.
- Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016)
- Dir. Edward Zwick
Feat. Tom Cruise, Cobie Smulders, Patrick Heusinger…
- Formulaic action–thriller sequel with Tom Cruise returning as the eponymous tough guy from Lee Child's series of popular novels, this time on…
- Jason Bourne (2016)
- Dir. Paul Greengrass
Feat. Matt Damon, Tommy Lee Jones, Alicia Vikander…
- Breathless fifth entry in the Bourne franchise has Matt Damon returning as the former operative uncovering more secrets from his past.
- Legend of Tarzan, The (2016)
- Dir. David Yates
Feat. Alexander Skarsgard, Margot Robbie, Samuel L. Jackson…
- Alexander Skarsgard swings into the role of Tarzan who having acclimated to life in London, is called back to his former home in the jungle to…