Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Action/Adventure > Gangsters: 84 Films to Rent
- Time and Tide (2000)
- Dir. Tsui Hark
Feat. Nicholas Tse, Wu Bai
- Healthy measures of hard–boiled alienation and gyroscopic fire–fights ignite this Hong Kong kick–butt–fest that somersaults…
- Boondock Saints, The (1999)
- Dir. Troy Duffy
Feat. Sean Patrick Flannery, Norman Reedus, Willem Dafoe…
- Irish–Bostonian brothers Sean Patrick Flannery and Norman Reedus become vigilante saints after knocking off some Russkie wise guys, becoming…
- Busted (Everybody Loves Sunshine) (1999)
- Dir. Andrew Goth
Feat. Goldie , David Bowie
- North London mobster glory awaits Goldie (the drum–n–bass star) who must reclaim his criminal empire from a…
- Running Out of Time (1999)
- Dir. Johnnie To
Feat. Andy Lau, Lau Ching-wan
- A crackingly–paced, plot–bending Yin–Yang heist drama, with terminally–ill master jewel thief Andy Lau playing against the…
- 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…
- Payback (1998)
- Dir. Brian Helgeland
Feat. Mel Gibson, Deborah Kara Unger
- Mel Gibson gets to behave badly as an indestructible armed robber who gets carried away on a sadistic get–even mission against a crime…
- Sleepless Town (Fuyajo) (1998)
- Dir. Chi-Ngai Lee
Feat. Takeshi Kaneshiro, Sihung Lung, Kathy Chow
- Hybridistic pan–Asian thriller set in the 'sleepless' red–light district of Tokyo, where petty crim Kaneshiro must revisit his gangster…
- Young Thugs - Innocent Blood (1997)
- Dir. Takashi Miike
Feat. Naoto Takenaka
- Gangster shenanigans with cult dir. Takashi, this time taking a more measured approach to the story of four young friends who drift together and…
- Fled (1996)
- Dir. Kevin Hooks
Feat. Stephen Baldwin, Laurence Fishburne
- Violent comedy handcuffs together movie–obsessed computer whizz Stephen Baldwin with no–nonsense criminal Laurence Fishburne. Breaking a…
- Glimmer Man, The (1996)
- Dir. John Gray
Feat. Steven Seagal, Damon Wayans
- Buddhist detective Steven Seagal partners up with a wisecracking Damon Wayans in this LA variation on 48 HRS. Hunting a serial killer linked to the…