Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Action/Adventure > Policier: 97 Films to Rent on DVD
- Rush Hour (1998)
- Dir. Brett Ratner
Feat. Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker
- Crackerjack no–brainer puts an East–West spin on the odd–couple–buddy–cop formula with Chinaman Jackie Chan (modest,…
- Cop Land (1997)
- Dir. James Mangold
Feat. Sylvester Stallone, Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel…
- Brooding, shadowy conception of the American Dream gone rotten, pivots on a smouldering role for Sly Stallone, as a shell–shocked cop gone to…
- Bad Boys (1995)
- Dir. Michael Bay
Feat. Will Smith, Martin Lawrence
- Will Smith and Martin Lawrence ride their wave of their current popularity with this buddy cop movie that maximises their likeable personas. A…
- Fair Game (1995)
- Dir. Andrew Sipes
Feat. William Baldwin, Cindy Crawford, Steven Berkoff…
- Producer Joel Silver fashions a vehicle for the marquee name and face of supermodel Cindy Crawford. William Baldwin provides her with brawny…
- Timecop (1994)
- Dir. Peter Hyams
Feat. Jean-Claude Van Damme, Mia Sara, Ron Silver…
- Big–budget sci–fi film disabled by a banal script and a leaden leading man. Jean Claude Van Damme plays a 21st Century cop who tracks…
- Boiling Point (1993)
- Dir. James B. Harris
Feat. Wesley Snipes, Dennis Hopper, Viggo Mortensen
- Cop thriller rises above its familiar plot through the likeable heavyweight cast.
- Crime Story (1993)
- Dir. Kirk Wong
Feat. Jackie Chan
- A serious Jackie Chan movie for which he even nabbed a HK oscar! Based on a true story involving police corruption and a kidnapping ring, the…
- Robocop 3 (1993)
- Dir. Fred Dekker
Feat. Robert Burke, Nancy Allen, Rip Torn…
- Replacing Peter Weller in this final installment is Robert Burke.
- Deep Cover (1992)
- Dir. Bill Duke
Feat. Laurence Fishburne, Jeff Goldblum
- Principled cop Larry Fishburne goes into deep cover to penetrate a dangerous drug cartel and forms a partnership with with drug–dealing…
- Hard-Boiled (1992)
- Dir. John Woo
Feat. Chow Yun-Fat, Tony Leung (Chiu-wai), Anthony Wong
- An action film to end all action films, John Woo's technical command of the genre reaches its peak with this ballistic ballet in which Chow…