Subgenre Sampler
Action/Adventure: 2193 Films to Buy & Rent
Comanche Moon (TV Mini-series) (2008)
- Feat. Adam Beach, Linda Cardellini, Rachel Griffiths…
- Clunky prequel to the Lonesome Dove franchise, with Steve Zahn and Karl Urban filling the younger shoes of Robert Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones…
Day the Earth Stood Still, The (2008)
- Dir. Scott Derrickson
Feat. Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, Jaden Smith…
- Rather vague, king–sized remake of the 1951 sci–fi classic, in which an alien visitor brings to earth a warning of imminent…
Death Race (2008)
- Dir. Paul Anderson
Feat. Jason Statham, Joan Allen, Ian McShane…
- Give ‘em what they want actioner starring the genre’s go–to guy Jason Statham as a former racing champ turned wrongfully imprisoned convict…
Defiance (2008)
- Dir. Edward Zwick
Feat. Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber, Jamie Bell…
- Edward Zwick (GLORY) delivers big, earnest moments in this true story of four brothers who launch an all–Jewish resistance against the Nazis…
Doomsday (2008)
- Dir. Neil Marshall
Feat. Rhona Mitra, Bob Hoskins, Alexander Siddig…
- Cult director Neil Marshall (THE DESCENT) returns with this gleefully anarchic, ultra–violent sci–fi actioner in which a taskforce from…
Dragonlance: Dragons of the Autumn Twilight (2008)
- Dir. Will Meugniot
Feat. Kiefer Sutherland, Lucy Lawless, Michelle Trachtenberg
- Basic Fantasy adventure animation based on the novel and role–playing game of the same name about a group of heroes defending their land…
Eagle Eye (2008)
- Dir. D. J. Caruso
Feat. Shia LaBeouf, Michelle Monaghan, Rosario Dawson…
- Derivative but entertaining cyber–thriller in which a young man and single mother get framed as terrorists and find themselves unexpectedly…
Felon (2008)
- Dir. Ric Roman Waugh
Feat. Stephen Dorff, Val Kilmer, Anne Archer…
- Hard–nosed prison drama follows the fate of a caring father (Dorff) who finds himself incarcerated inside a maximum security prison after…
Female Agents (Les femmes de l'ombre) (2008)
- Dir. Jean-Paul Salome
Feat. Sophie Marceau, Julie Depardieu, Marie Gillain…
- Substantial, exciting WWII espionage thriller following an all–female commando unit of the French Resistance recruited to rescue a British…
Flashpoint (TV Series) (2008)
- Feat. Hugh Dillon, Enrico Colantoni, Sergio Di Zio
- High–octane cop show from Canada following the 'Strategic Response Unit', a team of elite police who take on the riskier jobs the rest won't…