Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Action/Adventure: 124 Films to Rent on VHS
- Sugar Hill (1993)
- Dir. Leon Ichaso
Feat. Wesley Snipes
- Snipes vehicle in which he plays a drug dealer wanting to wade out of the mire and come to terms with his afflicted past.
- Christopher Columbus: The Discovery (1992)
- Dir. John Glen
Feat. Marlon Brando, Tom Selleck, George Corraface
- The other film version of CC's oceanic excursion with George Corraface and Brando in one of his notoriously overpaid cameos.
- Full Contact (1992)
- Dir. Ringo Lam
Feat. Chow Yun-Fat
- Chow Yun–Fat rescues his friend from a loan shark, but the friend leaves him for dead in a botched robbery and takes off with his girlfriend. A…
- Nails (1992)
- Dir. John Flynn
Feat. Dennis Hopper, Anne Archer, Tomas Milan…
- Dennis Hopper kicks butt as Harry Niles, a veteran cop 'as hard as nails'. After his partner is taken out by Cuban assassins, Harry uncovers a…
- Nowhere to Run (1992)
- Dir. Robert Harmon
Feat. Jean-Claude Van Damme, Rosanna Arquette
- Van Damme vehicle marks a minor progression in his ability to master a vocabulary as well as his weight–training. His escaped convict turns…
- Saviour of the Soul (1992)
- Dir. David Lai
Feat. Andy Lau, Aaron Kwok
- Breathtaking camerawork and special effects combine with hallucinatory plotting as two city–dwelling mercenaries do battle with the silver fox,…
- Sniper (1992)
- Dir. Luis Llosa
Feat. Tom Berenger, Billy Zane
- Cold assassin Berenger and rookie Zane turn against each other in the gruelling Panama jungle. A dense actioner, with liberal use of the…
- South Central (1992)
- Dir. Steve Anderson
Feat. Glenn Plummer
- Compelling ghetto fable about a gang–member whose violent background impedes his attempt to start a fresh with his neglected wife and child.
- Trespass (1992)
- Dir. Walter Hill
Feat. Ice-T, Ice-Cube, Bill Paxton…
- Two firemen set off to claim a 50–year buried stolen fortune, but their dreams turn sour when they encounter an unhospitable street gang headed…
- Black Cat (1991)
- Dir. Dickson Poon
Feat. Jade Leung
- The Hong Kong industry could not resist a crack at French action fave Nikita, the foxy misfit trained as an assassin for the secret service. A…