Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Three Musketeers, The (1993)- Dir. Stephen Herek
Feat. Kiefer Sutherland, Charlie Sheen, Chris O'Donnell… - Very glossy and yet very average version of the classic Alexandre Dumas novel. Tim Curry's eccentric villain is perhaps the highlight.
Far and Away (1992)- Dir. Ron Howard
Feat. Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman - Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman sport Irish accents for this sweeping saga that follows their quest to claim a piece of America they can call their own.
Last of the Mohicans, The (1992)- Dir. Michael Mann
Feat. Daniel Day-Lewis, Madeleine Stowe, Wes Studi… - Update of James Fenimore Cooper's oft–filmed novel with Daniel Day–Lewis sporting the hero's loin–cloth. Authentically recreates…
Fire Ice and Dynamite (1990)- Dir. Willy Bogner
Feat. Roger Moore, Shari Belafonte - Preposterous action vehicle featuring Roger Moore as an eccentric tycoon who puts his fortune up for grabs in a winter sporting contest, with the…
Mountains of the Moon (1990)- Dir. Bob Rafelson
Feat. Patrick Bergin, Iain Glen, Richard E. Grant… - Ambitious saga details the quest of Sir Richard Burton to discover the source of the Nile river. Compelling personal story remains focused amid the…
Farewell to the King (1989)- Dir. John Milius
Feat. Nick Nolte, Nigel Havers, Frank McRae… - Half–successful attempt to fashion a mythic tale from the Japanese invasion of Borneo in WW2, with a US Army deserter (Nolte) and a British…
Walker (1988)- Dir. Alex Cox
Feat. Ed Harris, Rene Auberjonois, Peter Boyle… - Harris is William Walker in an unwieldy, idiosyncratic account of the American adventurer's takeover of Nicaragua in 1855.
Allan Quartermain and the Lost City of Gold (1987)- Dir. Gary Nelson
Feat. Richard Chamberlain, Sharon Stone, James Earl Jones… - Proficient, if dated adventure yarn in which explorer Chamberlain and archaeologist Stone set off to Africa in search of a missing brother. Mixes…
Big Trouble in Little China (1986)- Dir. John Carpenter
Feat. Kurt Russell - High–tech, tongue–in–cheek adventure in which Kurt Russell kicks butt in Chinatown.
Leading Edge, The (1986)- Dir. Michael Firth
Feat. Billy T. James - Adventure docu–drama that's little more than an excuse to show off some wonderful South Island scenery and awesome ski theatrics. Billy T.…
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