Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Action/Adventure: 2166 Films to Rent
Spartan (2004)
- Dir. David Mamet
Feat. Val Kilmer, Derek Luke, William H. Macy…
- An expert 'special ops' agent (Kilmer) is sucked headfirst into a wild, yet plausible conspiracy involving the kidnapping of the US president's…
Spider-Man 2 (Spiderman 2) (2004)
- Dir. Sam Raimi
Feat. Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Alfred Molina…
- The webbed superhero swings back with a vengeance in this excellent sequel, dir. Raimi winding up the vertiginous action to exhilarating…
Spooked (2004)
- Dir. Geoff Murphy
Feat. Cliff Curtis, John Leigh, Christopher Hobbs…
- An ambitious though uneven thriller based on the true–life NZ case of a computer expert who ended up with disc–fulls of incriminating…
Starship Troopers 2 (Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation) (2004)
- Dir. Phil Tippett
Feat. Richard Burgi, Lawrence Monoson, Colleen Porch
- Sequel to Paul Verhoeven's satirical futuristic sci–fi, which achieves much of the same thing on a fraction of the budget. The plot this time…
Steamboy (2004)
- Dir. Katsuhiro Otomo
- A rapturous adventure set in quasi–futuristic Victorian England, where a young lad is given a "steamball" to take care of and becomes slowly…
Survive Style 5+ (2004)
- Dir. Gen Sekiguchi
Feat. Tadanobu Asano, Hiroshi Abe, Vinnie Jones…
- Hitmen, hypnotists, murdered spouses, and a trio of oddball thieves converge in this delirious, unclassifiable comedy–mystery–drama by…
Taxi (2004)
- Dir. Tim Story
Feat. Queen Latifah, Jimmy Fallon, Gisele Bundchen
- A NYC detective recruits a taxi driver (Latifah) renowned for her driving skills, to catch a gang of leggy super–model bank robbers (all…
Thunderbirds (2004)
- Dir. Jonathan Frakes
Feat. Bill Paxton, Ben Kingsley, Barry Corbet…
- A live–action replay of the classic 60s sci–fi series which bears more relation to generic teen adventure than the spirit of the…
Troy (2004)
- Dir. Wolfgang Petersen
Feat. Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom…
- Homer's epic is cranked up to full fury in this Hollywood CGI–ed adaptation, depicting the seige of Troy by the vengeful Greek army and the…
Van Helsing (2004)
- Dir. Stephen Sommers
Feat. Hugh Jackman, Kate Beckinsale, Richard Roxburgh…
- More entertaining than some critics might have you believe, this big–budget monster–mash sees Hugh Jackman out to save a Transylvanian…