jarf's - Rented List

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As far as Norse mythological marauders go, Erik the Viking (Tim Robbins) would seem to be doing well for himself, with just one problem - he doesn't have much of an appetite for looting and pillaging.

Determined to find a greater purpose, he and his fellow Vikings set out on a fantastic journey to Asgard to end the age of Ragnarok and restore light to his kingdom. Encountering dragons and utopian islands along the way, Erik and his band reach Valhalla, only to find that the gods are not what they imagined.

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Four men of iron face their destinies within the harsh walls of a Taiwanese prison. Steve (Jackie Chan) is a gambler seeking to atone for his sins. Andy (Tony Leung) is an undercover cop solving a crime. Lee (Andy Lau) is a gangster looking for vengeance.

John (Sammo Hung) is a lifer seeking to reunite with his son.

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It's New Year's Eve and a bunch of college co-eds have planned a masquerade bash aboard a chartered train.

What they didn't plan for was that a knife-wielding psycho would crash the party and begin slaughtering the guests one-by-one! Who is this mysterious costumed killer? Could it be the magician (David Copperfield) with a talent for swordplay...a former frat pledge with an axe to grind or any number of other guests both invited and uninvited?

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Slipstream is set in a world where nature has gone mad and flying, fuelled by the wind, is the principal means of travel. A runaway fugitive, being taken to prison by two law officers, is kidnapped by a young adventurer intent on collecting a reward.

They head off down the Slipstream - a river of wind - in a small solar-powered craft with the law officers in pursuit. The changing relationship of these four characters is played out within a series of strange and threatening adventures, leading to an exciting climax in the turbulent winds of the Slipstream.

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To celebrate the dramatic close of a backbreaking case, Sherlock Holmes (Christopher Lee) and Dr. Watson (Patrick Macnee) go on holiday to Africa's breathtaking Victoria Falls.

They indulge in a luxurious train ride on board the 'Orient Express', hobnobbing with the most glamorous personalities of the day. But there is to be no rest for the great Holmes, for someone is killed and one of the passengers is the murderer...Soon everyone is a suspect, the beautiful temptress Lily Langtry (Jenny Seagrove), the great Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi (Steven Gurney) and even former president Teddy Roosevelt (Claude Akins).

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Laura Garrety (Cameron Diaz) wants the wedding other dreams and Kyle Fisher (Jon Favreau) wants to marry the woman he loves. But before that, his buddies (Christian Slater, Daniel Stern, Jeremy Piven and Leland Orser) decide to throw him an unforgettable bachelor party in Las Vegas.

Kyle s last night of freedom involves booze, gambling, drugs and even a visit from a young stripper. When the stripper accidentally gets hilled, the boys get led by Boyd into disposing of the '105 pound problem' in the desert instead of calling the police. Thus begins a darkly comic homicidal trail, dropped like lethal breadcrumb by writer-director Peter Berg in this audacious, sure handed motion picture debut.

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When a night at the opera turns to murder, master sleuth Sherlock Holmes (Christopher Lee) and the illustrious Dr. Watson (Patrick Macnee) once again find themselves embroiled in a spell-binding mystery in Sherlock Holmes and The Leading Lady.

In 1910 Vienna, a horrible explosive device has just been invented...and stolen. The possessor of such a weapon could bring the world to it's knees. The great Sherlock Holmes is summoned by the British Prime Minister to go to Austria to solve the case. But Holmes never suspects the mystery will reunite him with the one love of his life, Irene Adler (Morgan Fairchild). At last Holmes meets his match and succumbs to romance! The beautiful opera singer joins Holmes and Dr. Watson on a harrowing race across Europe to stop an intricate spy network from carrying out their deadly plans. From the foggy London streets to breathtaking Vienna and the alluring opera world. From a grand costumed ball and romantic sleigh rides in the Australian countryside to the dens of decadence in the exotic land of Algiers. Each step of the trail leads the trio closer to the solution...and to a brutal murder. Soon no one can be trusted not even the world renowned Sigmund Freud (John Bennett) and George Bernard Shaw. Even the one lady of Holmes's life becomes a suspect. Ultimately Holmes and Watson enter a desperate race against the clock when they discover the deadly weapon will be put to it's first test on the opening night of the opera, a test that will alter the course of history forever!

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From Manga, creators of high-octane animation, comes their first live-action feature that will leave fans of butt-kicking karate, scintillating swordplay and nitro-injected action encounters of the hyper-realistic kind, gasping for more.

A lethal samurai assassin for a secret Chinese organisation, who sheds tears of regret each time he kills, is seen swiftly and mercilessly executing three Yakuza gangsters by a beautiful artist. She is captivated by the grace of his kill and later falls in love with him. An intense power struggle for the leadership of the Yakuza Clans ensues as they seek vengeance for the death if their leader. They soon realise the fatal mistake of underestimating the deadly skills of the Crying Freeman.

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When special agent Toby Wong (Mark Dacascos) is fitted with an advanced bio device giving him superhuman powers he fears that he and the new technology will be exploited for ill gain when the Chinese government takes back control of Hong Kong.

Fleeing to San Francisco he plans to sell the device to a company in Los Angeles but when he teams up with down on his luck singer Malik (Kadeem Hardison) he finds himself being pursued by ruthless assassin Madison and his band of mercenaries.

John Cassavetes veteran Seymour Cassel stars as George Manning, a family man whose perfect life is turned into a nightmare of sex and torture when he allows himself to be seduced by two nubile young strangers (Sondra Locke and Colleen Camp) who show up at his door on a rainy night.

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Get ready for a rough-and-tumble comedy that knows how to kick some serious puck! When a ragtag youth team is on the verge of losing it, their only hope lies with the most outrageous players to ever hit the ice - The Hanson Brothers! Featuring comedy legend Leslie Nielsen and hockey greats Mark

Messier and Doug Gilmour, 'Slap Shot 3' adds an all-new, hilarious chapter to the hardest-hitting, most irreverent sports comedy franchise!

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Two dogs, Snitter and Rowf, escape from a research institute and go on the run after being deliberately infected with a deadly virus.

As they pose a threat to the human population, the two dogs are hunted down whilst searching for their original owner and a place where they no longer have to suffer human cruelty.

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Get set for more hard-charging action and laughs than you can shake a stick at - in the uproarious, star-powered sequel to Slap Shot, the original classic hailed as "one of the top ten sports movies ever!".

Sean Linden (Stephen Baldwin) is the long-suffering captain and coach of Charlestown Chiefs. The Chiefs are a team whose glory days are a distant memory. However the team's new millionaire owner (Academy Award Nominee Gary Bussey) has a new game plan: to turn the Chiefs into the bumbling, underdog losers in a bogus made-for-TV hockey league! And to add insult to injury, their new coach... is a woman! Now, it's going to take a stone-cold miracle - and some high-sticking action from Sean and the team - to show the world they've got what it takes to win back their passion for the game!

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Set in the 1930's this intricate comedy caper deals with an ambitious small time crook (Robert Redford) and a veteran con man (Paul Newman) who seeks revenge on the vicious crime lord (Robert Shaw) who murdered one of their gang.

How this group of charlatans puts "the sting" on their enemy makes for the greatest double-crosses in movie history, complete with an amazing surprise finish.

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Out of nowhere, a gaunt man in a dark suit and a red baseball cap appears tn the burning heat of the desert between the US and Mexico. Travis (Harry Dean Stanton).

He drinks the last sip from his water bottle, then he moves on, doggedly, into the inhospitable area that the locals call "The Devil's Playground". Travis might seem to be mute and amnesiac, but he's driven by the desire to reconnect with his family.