Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Action/Adventure: 124 Films to Rent on VHS
- Blackjack (1998)
- Dir. John Woo
Feat. Dolph Lundgren, Kate Vernon
- Action dir. John Woo moonlights with this Canadian telemovie that has beefcake security Dolph Lundgren contracted to protect a supermodel marked for…
- Hitman (1998)
- Dir. Tung Wai
Feat. Jet Li
- Would–be assassin Jet Li joins in the race to avenge the murder of an evil Japanese businessman for the tune of $100 million, but is encumbered…
- Mercury Rising (1998)
- Dir. Harold Becker
Feat. Bruce Willis, Alec Baldwin
- Bruce Willis as, you guessed it, a maverick FBI–man, follows this case with a frowning seriousness, cutting the wisecrackery of the DIE HARD…
- Passion in the Desert, A (1998)
- Dir. Lavinia Currier
Feat. Ben Daniels, Michel Piccoli, Paul Meston
- An intense, almost supernatural relationship develops between a leopard and its prey, a French soldier from Napoleon's Army lost in the Egyptian…
- Who Am I? (1998)
- Dir. Jackie Chan, Bennie Chan
Feat. Jackie Chan
- A standard opening soon flowers into one of Jackie Chan's crazier flights of action–ballet, playing an amnesiac commando who can't work out why…
- Curdled (1997)
- Dir. Reb Braddock
Feat. Angela Jones, William Baldwin
- Confident black comedy with an uncurdled premise – an innocent yet morbidly–fascinated senorita joins a Miami cleaning agency…
- Dangerous Ground (1997)
- Dir. Darrell James Roodt
Feat. Ice-Cube, Elizabeth Hurley, Ving Rhames
- Lowbrow blaxploitation pic masquerading as politically impassioned drama sees Ice–Cube returning to less–than–stable South African…
- Double Team (1997)
- Dir. Tsui Hark
Feat. Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dennis Rodman, Mickey Rourke
- Jean Claude Van Damme and basketball superfreak Dennis Rodman muscle up against the reliable terrorism of the ultimate whacko, Mickey Rourke. …
- Downtime (1997)
- Dir. Bharat Nalluri
Feat. Paul McGann
- A good crack from the Brits at the action–thriller genre, starring Paul McGann as a troubled ex–copper who helps a solo–mum escape…
- Fire Down Below (1997)
- Dir. Felix Enrique Alcala
Feat. Steven Seagal, Randy Travis, Levon Helm
- The vicious yet eco–friendly Steven Seagal points his hose toward a rank case of enviromental damage in the coal–belt of Kentucky, where…