schmidt655's - Rented List

Show moreShow less

From laughter to slaughter only takes the letter of the law. Bicycling bobby Baz Vartis (Kevin Bishop) sees guilty people. He's the London policeman with a murderous difference, a vigilante cop who simply says "Stop!".

For when Baz is hit on the head in a scuffle with looters during the London riots, he turns into a psychopath on the cycle path. With a helmet-cam for company, he pedals forth in search of criminal scumbags who, in their last moments, filmed and posted on social media, agree to die for their sins. Many believe he's a hoaxer. Others think he's a hero. Whatever, his fame as a 'dread' judge with a death wish grows. Until Baz meets his nemesis - and retribution finally comes with hilarious and devastating consequences.

Show moreShow less

Under police guard in hospital, Lisbeth Salander (Noomi Rapace) is charged with murder and awaits the trial that has the country gripped.

Cut off from all communication with the outside world, she must rely on journalist and former lover, Mikael Blomkvist (Michael Nyqvist) to prove her innocence and expose the political cover up that threatens to destroy her freedom. In his way stands a mysterious group who will go to any lengths to keep the shocking truth of their actions a secret.

Show moreShow less

Back at Millennium's helm, Blomkvist is intent on exposing a billion dollar sex trafficking ring but when two of his researchers are murdered, he realises there's more to this story than he first thought when Salander is framed for the crimes.

Unconvinced that she is involved, he attempts to clear her name and uncover the real killers. But secretive hacker Salander goes on the run and soon stumbles upon secrets of her own past. Secrets that people would kill to keep hidden.

Wesley (Danny Murphy), a young deaf boy, discovers an injured fugitive (Aaron Paul) and secretly helps him recover. Wesley's bond with the man grows that ultimately tests his understanding of right and wrong as the police inch closer and closer.

Show moreShow less

On his first day on the job as a narcotics officer, rookie LA cop, Jake Hoyt (Ethan Hawke) is sent out on the streets with veteran detective Alonzo Harris (Denzel Washington) for a day that will make or break him. Pass the test he becomes a detective. Fail, it's back to traffic duty.

As Alonzo pushes his young charge to cross lines and break rules, Jake's misgivings about his superior grow as he begins to suspect that Alonzo does not simply push the boundaries... he has become a rogue cop.

Show moreShow less

Who is the man who hides his scarred face behind a mask? Hero or madman? Liberator or oppressor? Who is V - and who will join him in his daring plot to destroy the totalitarian regime that dominated his nation? Natalie Portman stars as Evey, a working-class girl who must determine if her hero has

become the very menace she's fighting against. Hugo Waving plays V - a bold, charismatic freedom fighter driven to exact revenge on those who disfigured him. And Stephen Rea portrays the detective leading a desperate quest to capture V before he ignites a revolution. The Stakes rise. The tension electrifies. The action explodes.

Show moreShow less

Filmed across three continents with stunning cinematography. 'Imperial Blue' drags the "white man in Africa" narrative kicking and screaming into the 21st century.

American smuggler, Hugo Winter (Nicolas Fagerberg), travels to Uganda to find the source of Bulu, a mysterious shamanic drug with prophetic powers. After being robbed and beaten up in a downtown brothel. Hugo is rescued by two sisters who offer to help him, but they are both competing for his money. As they journey together deep into the forest, their uneasy alliance comes apart with horrifying consequences.

Show moreShow less

In 1970, the Miss World competition took place in London, hosted by US comedy legend, Bob Hope (Greg Kinnear). At the time, Miss World was the most-watched TV show on the planet with over 100 million viewers.

Claiming that beauty competitions demeaned women, the newly formed Women's Liberation Movement achieved overnight fame by invading the stage and disrupting the live broadcast of the competition. Not only that, when the show resumed, the result caused uproar: the winner was not the Swedish favourite but Miss Grenada, the first black woman to be crowned Miss World. In a matter of hours, a global audience had witnessed the patriarchy driven from the stage and the Western ideal of beauty turned on its head.

Show moreShow less

It's New Years Eve at Mon Signor hotel and a hapless bellboy named Ted (Tim Roth) is in for the wildest night of his life.

While delivering room service, Ted meets up with a series of outlandish eccentric guests - from a pair of pint-sized pranksters bent on destruction to a determined movie-star who makes Ted an outrageous offer he can't believe .. or refuse.

Show moreShow less

Pixie (Olivia Cooke) wants to avenge her mother's death by masterminding a heist, but her plans go awry and she finds herself on the run with two young men (Hardy, McCormack) who are way out of their depth being chased across the Wild Irish countryside by gangsters.

She has to pit her wits against everyone, taking on the patriarchy to claim the right to shape her own life.

Show moreShow less

One night in 1990's rural England, a retired couple finds their isolated house besieged by a gang of young criminals. The thieves think it will be easy to make them give up the secret of their safe.

But they have no idea what nightmare they've gotten themselves into as they fight to escape the house alive.

Show moreShow less

On a cold night in a remote cabin, Professor John Oldman gathers his most trusted colleagues for an extraordinary announcement: He is an immortal who has migrated through 140 centuries of evolution and must now move on.

Is Oldman truly Cro-Magnon or simply insane? Now one man will force these scientists and scholars to confront their own notions of history, religion and humanity, all leading to a final revelation that may shatter their world forever.

Show moreShow less

Major Ronan Jackson (Devon Sawa), an accomplished fighter pilot for the Israel Defense Forces and son of a U.S. Senator (Robert Patrick), is shot down while flying through Syrian airspace. After miraculously surviving the crash, Jackson is taken captive by a group of Hezbollah militiamen.

A gripping and powerful story packed with hard-hitting action, 'Jarhead: Law of Return' follows a squad of elite soldiers, led by Gunnery Sergeant Dave Torres (Amaury Nolasco), as they risk their own lives in the hopes of saving an ally they've never met.

Show moreShow less

Max Fist (Joe Manganiello) claims to be a hero from another dimension who fell through time and space to Earth, where he has no powers. No one believes his stories except for a local teen named Hamster (Skylan Brooks).

Together, they take to the streets to wipe out the local drug syndicate and its vicious crime boss known as The Manager (Glenn Howerton).

Show moreShow less

Two drunk parents attempt to hide their ever increasing financial difficulties from their daughter and social circle through elaborate neighbourhood schemes.

One terrible drunken decision however dominoes into another and soon their lives plunge into absolute chaos and they find themselves kidnapped, homeless and locked in a prison cell.