Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Action/Adventure: 2161 Films to Rent
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009)
- Dir. Stephen Sommers
Feat. Channing Tatum, Marlon Wayans, Rachel Nichols…
- SFX heavy live–adaptation of the popular toy franchise sees the G.I. Joe super–soldiers take on a corrupt arms dealer and the mysterious…
Gamer (2009)
- Dir. Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor
Feat. Gerard Butler, Amber Valletta, Michael C. Hall…
- Gerard Butler fights the system in this action orgasm, caught in a world where gamers control humans in mass–scale, multi–player online…
Give 'Em Hell Malone (2009)
- Dir. Russell Mulcahy
Feat. Thomas Jane, Ving Rhames, French Stewart…
- A tough as nails private investigator squares off with gangsters and their thugs to protect a valuable secret. Malone goes through hell to protect…
Goemon (2009)
- Dir. Kazuaki Kiriya
Feat. Yosuke Eguchi, Takao Osawa
- The dir. of CASSHERN helms this visionary medieval spectacle, based on a 16th century bandit whose Robin hood–style exploits are steeped in…
Green Lantern: First Flight (2009)
- Dir. Lauren Montgomery
Feat. Christopher Meloni, Victor Garber, Tricia Helfer…
- A solid animated outing for one of the lesser–known superheros of the DC Universe, The Green Lantern, who gains his powers through a magical…
Horde, The (La Horde) (2009)
- Dir. Yannick Dahan, Benjamin Rocher
Feat. Aurelien Recoing, Eric Ebouaney, Doudou Masta
- Fist–pumping zombie flick pits cops and criminals in a fight for their life against the walking dead amidst the slums of Paris. Bloody and…
Inglourious Basterds (Inglorious Bastards) (2009)
- Dir. Quentin Tarantino
Feat. Brad Pitt, Mélanie Laurent, Eli Roth…
- A cocky, revisionist war epic channeling spaghetti westerns and the Dirty Dozen, Quentin Tarantino’s long–time pet project is perhaps his…
Kamui (2009)
- Dir. Yoichi Sai
Feat. Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Koyuki
- High adventure and spectacular fight sequences energize this otherwise inadequate period piece about fugitive ninjas in Japan.
Last Rites of Ransom Pride, The (2009)
- Dir. Tiller Russell
Feat. Lizzy Caplan, Scott Speedman, Cote de Pablo…
- Pulpy, stylized western with Caplan carrying the body of her dead lover home across treacherous lands in order to give him a proper burial.
Merantau (2009)
- Dir. Gareth Evans
Feat. Iko Uwais
- Indonesia's riposte to ONG–BAK stars newcomer Iko Uwais as a young man from a Jakarta tribe whose rite of passage via the big city exposes him…