Subgenre Sampler
Action/Adventure: 2193 Films to Buy & Rent
Age of Shadows, The (2016)
- Dir. Ji-woon Kim
Feat. Kang-ho Song, Gong Yoo, Han Ji-min
- Elegantly crafted spy thriller set in Japanese occupied Seoul in the 1920's, in which a Korean–born police captain in the Japanese police force…
Allegiant (2016)
- Dir. Robert Schwentke
Feat. Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Jeff Daniels…
- Third in the Divergent series sees Shailene Woodley's Tris trying frantically to escape with Four beyond the wall that encircles Chicago, to finally…
Assassin's Creed (2016)
- Dir. Justin Kurzel
Feat. Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, Jeremy Irons…
- Movie adaptation of the enormously popular video game where a man unlocks his "genetic memory", allowing him to access the memories, knowledge and…
Bastille Day (2016)
- Dir. James Watkins
Feat. Idris Elba, Richard Madden, Charlotte Le Bon…
- Brawny thriller with Idris Elba as a CIA agent forced to team up with a young con artist to thwart a terrorist attack.
Batman: The Killing Joke (2016)
- Dir. Sam Liu
- The joker escapes from Arkham Asylum and it's up to Batman to stop him from driving police commissioner James Gordon insane. Twenty–sixth film…
Ben-Hur (2016)
- Dir. Timur Bekmambetov
Feat. Jack Huston, Toby Kebbell, Rodrigo Santoro…
- Leaden re–imagining of the classic tale with Jack Huston as young prince sold into slavery, and his quest for redemption.
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.
Collide (2016)
- Dir. Eran Creevy
Feat. Nicholas Hoult, Felicity Jones, Ben Kingsley…
- A kinetic action mash–up with Ben Kingsley hamming it up mercilessly as a German drug kingpin who kidnaps the girlfriend of an American…
Criminal (2016)
- Dir. Ariel Vromen
Feat. Kevin Costner, Ryan Reynolds, Gary Oldman…
- From the Luc Besson school of stylish action tosh comes this violent romp in which a dead CIA operative's memories are implanted into a…