Subgenre Sampler
      Rental > Action/Adventure: 2164 Films to Rent
	  		 
	        
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…
 
Mulan (2009) 
- Dir. Jingle Ma, Wei Dong
Feat. Zhao Wei, Jaycee Chan 
- The legend of Mulan (previously tackled by Disney) is given the big screen treatment in this sweeping historical costume epic, a current specialty of…
 
Ninja Assassin (2009) 
- Dir. James McTeigue
Feat. Rain , Naomie Harris, Ben Miles… 
- Severed limbs dominate this off the wall chopsocky fight fest with a rogue ninja taking on the a clan of ninjas in that sneaky way that ninjas…
 
Ong-Bak 3 (2009) 
- Dir. Tony Jaa, Panna Rittikrai
Feat. Tony Jaa 
- Cliffhanger ending to the ONG–BAK legend sees Thai martial arts phenom Tony Jaa return to battle his arch nemesis (from Part II’s prequel…
 
OSS 117: Lost in Rio (2009)
 
- Dir. Michel Hazanavicius
Feat. Jean Dujardin 
- Bumbling intelligence officer and shameless chauvinist, Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath, returns for Brazilian adventures in this bright and breezy spy…
 
Perrier's Bounty (2009) 
- Dir. Ian Fitzgibbon
Feat. Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson, Gabriel Byrne… 
- Jovial Irish caper in the vein of Sexy Beast, with Murphy as a petty crim in hock to a local gangster. A talented cast clearly enjoying themselves…
 
Pope Joan (2009) 
- Dir. Sonke Wortmann
Feat. Johanna  Wokalek, David Wenham, John Goodman… 
- Rousing, fable–like account of the life of a ninth century female pope who rose gradually through the Roman Catholic Church hierarchy while…
 
Public Enemies (2009) 
- Dir. Michael Mann
Feat. Johnny Depp, Marion Cotillard, Christian Bale… 
- Michael Mann transposes the cops–and–robbers psychology of HEAT to depression–era America in this ambitious, if at times inadequate…
 
Raging Phoenix (2009) 
- Dir. Rashane Limtrakul
Feat. JeeJa Yanin 
- The female star of CHOCOLATE returns with break dancing moves to complement her sick martial arts skills, in this over–the–top kickboxing…