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Rental > Science Fiction: 1540 Films to Rent
Resident Evil: Degeneration (2008)
- Dir. Makoto Kamiya
- Passive animation adventure derived from the original video game series focusing on a couple of ex–special force agents tackling the outbreak…
Sky Crawlers, The (2008)
- Dir. Mamoru Oshii
- Mamoru Oshii’s (GHOST IN THE SHELL) latest head–scratcher conceives an alternate World War II–reality around another conceptually dense…
Sleep Dealer (2008)
- Dir. Alex Rivera
Feat. Leonor Varela, Jacob Vargas, Luis Fernando Peña
- Ideas over special effects characterise this Mexican sci–fi sleeper, where in the not–to–distant future cheap Hispanic labour is…
Speed Racer (2008)
- Dir. Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski
Feat. Emile Hirsch, Christina Ricci, John Goodman…
- The Wachowskis(THE MATRIX) take the wheel in this hyperactive version of 60s animation series SPEED RACER, with the eponymous hero (Hirsch) battling…
Spirit, The (2008)
- Dir. Frank Miller
Feat. Jaime King, Gabriel Macht, Eva Mendes…
- Hollow directorial debut from comic book artist Miller centered around a rookie cop who comes back from the dead to fight crime as the stylish…
Splinter (2008)
- Dir. Toby Wilkins
Feat. Shea Whigham, Paulo Costanzo, Jill Wagner
- Lean sci–fi thriller in which a couple and an escaped convict are trapped in a gas station by a deadly parasite intent on making their bodies…
Star Wars - The Clone Wars (2008)
- Dir. Dave Filoni
- Watered down kids animation from the STAR WARS franchise, focusing on the Jedi Knights battle to retain peace in the galaxy during the…
Stargate - The Ark of Truth (2008)
- Dir. Robert C. Cooper
Feat. Claudia Black, Ben Browder, Beau Bridges…
- Epic movie–length version of the sci–fi series STARGATE set at the end of STARGATE SG–1. We rejoin the SG team as they hunt for a…
Stargate: Continuum (2008)
- Feat. Ben Browder, Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge…
- Second "direct–to–video" sequel to the STARGATE SG–1 series (following The Ark of Truth), sees the team return from years in space…
Survivors (TV Series) (2008)
- Feat. Julie Graham, Max Beesley, Paterson Joseph…
- Sharp remake of the cult seventies show is every bit as downbeat as the original with a virulent flu wiping out 99% of the population leaving a hardy…