List of CRITICAL CONDITION’s choices of Good Direct To Video Genre Films
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1. A Murder of Crows (1998)
R | 102 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A disbarred lawyer takes credit for a late friend's book, which becomes a smash hit but the tables turn on him sooner than he suspected.
Director: Rowdy Herrington | Stars: Cuba Gooding Jr., Tom Berenger, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Eric Stoltz
Votes: 9,041
2. Oxygen (1999)
R | 92 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Two guys kidnap the wife of a rich man and bury her in a box with 24 hours of oxygen. Tough NYPD Detective Maddy and others get the case. Will they get to her in time?
Director: Richard Shepard | Stars: Maura Tierney, Adrien Brody, James Naughton, Laila Robins
Votes: 4,706
3. Safe House (1998)
TV-14 | 112 min | Drama, Thriller
A retired US black ops agent gets Alzheimer's, while other ex agents are being killed. He has incriminating data on a presidential candidate.
Director: Eric Steven Stahl | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Hector Elizondo, Joy Kilpatrick
Votes: 2,659
4. Mercenary II: Thick & Thin (1998 TV Movie)
R | 100 min | Action
Mercenary Captain "Hawk" is in Acion again to save a hostage. But he and his team are betrayed. Nothing is as it seems...
Director: Philippe Mora | Stars: Robert Townsend, Olivier Gruner, Nicholas Turturro, Claudia Christian
Votes: 222
5. Restraining Order (1999)
R | 95 min | Action, Thriller
Robert Woodfield is a criminal defense attorney, and he has defended a lot of criminals, many of whom are guilty, but has maintained that everyone deserves a competent defense, which he ... See full summary »
Director: Lee H. Katzin | Stars: Eric Roberts, Hannes Jaenicke, Tatjana Patitz, Dean Stockwell
Votes: 326
6. Hide and Seek (2000 Video)
R | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A desperate, childless couple kidnap a pregnant woman and lead her husband to believe that she is dead.
Director: Sidney J. Furie | Stars: Daryl Hannah, Jennifer Tilly, Bruce Greenwood, Vincent Gallo
Votes: 2,384
7. Let the Devil Wear Black (1999)
R | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
In this updated version of Shakespeare's Hamlet, a young man comes face-to-face with personal treachery after suspecting that his father may have been murdered.
Director: Stacy Title | Stars: Jonathan Penner, Randall Batinkoff, Norman Reedus, Jamey Sheridan
Votes: 736
8. Raw Nerve (1999)
R | 105 min | Crime, Thriller
A cop lures his girlfriend and his former partner into the dangers of arson, robbery, and murder.
Director: Avi Nesher | Stars: Mario Van Peebles, Nicollette Sheridan, Zach Galligan, Monica Trombetta
Votes: 386
9. Clean and Narrow (2000)
R | 82 min | Crime, Drama
An ex-convict tries to make an honest living and take care of his girlfriend and her mentally slow brother.
Director: William Katt | Stars: Jack Noseworthy, Laura Leighton, Jackie Belvin, Wings Hauser
Votes: 178
10. The Vivero Letter (1999)
R | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
A man in Central America finds his brother's murdered body. It turns out that his brother has been murdered because he knows the whereabouts of a lost city in the jungle. The man teams up ... See full summary »
Director: H. Gordon Boos | Stars: Robert Patrick, Chiara Caselli, Fred Ward, John Verea
Votes: 299
11. Eye See You (2002)
R | 96 min | Crime, Thriller
A lead detective being stalked by a serial killer is asked to check into a clinic treating law enforcement officials who can't face their jobs.
Director: Jim Gillespie | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Charles S. Dutton, Polly Walker, Kris Kristofferson
Votes: 29,509 | Gross: $0.08M
12. From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter (1999 Video)
R | 94 min | Horror, Thriller, Western
Set 100 years ago in Mexico, this horror/western is the story of the birth of the vampire princess Santanico Pandemonium.
Director: P.J. Pesce | Stars: Marco Leonardi, Michael Parks, Ara Celi, Jordana Spiro
Votes: 12,601
13. The Last Patrol (2000)
PG-13 | 95 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
After a massive earthquake destroys Los Angeles, a new order is formed. But disagreement among the ranks leads to more war and disruption, and The Last Patrol must bring order if there's to be any hope for the future.
Director: Sheldon Lettich | Stars: Dolph Lundgren, Sherri Alexander, Joe Michael Burke, Rebecca Cross
Votes: 1,666
14. The Operative (2000)
R | 97 min | Action
A CIA agent who, while on assignment in Russia shortly before the fall of the Soviet Union, is captured by KGB forces and placed in a mental hospital. Eleven years later, Carville is given a chance to earn his freedom.
Director: Robert Lee | Stars: Brian Bosworth, John Tench, Rachel Hayward, Jerry Wasserman
Votes: 351
15. Xchange (2001)
R | 110 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller
In the future, where it's faster to travel by exchanging bodies with someone at the destination, a man's body is hijacked by a ruthless terrorist.
Director: Allan Moyle | Stars: Stephen Baldwin, Pascale Bussières, Kim Coates, Kyle MacLachlan
Votes: 2,705
16. A Better Way to Die (2000)
R | 101 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A Chicago cop quits the force and finds himself threatened by the Mafia.
Director: Scott Wiper | Stars: Scott Wiper, Jack Conley, Carmen Argenziano, Richard Haje
Votes: 1,757
17. Chasing Sleep (2000)
R | 104 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A college professor wakes up to find his wife has not returned home, then struggles to understand her disappearance.
Director: Michael Walker | Stars: Jeff Daniels, Molly Price, Ben Shenkman, Gil Bellows
Votes: 3,648
18. The Specials (2000)
R | 82 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy
The sixth or seventh best superhero team in the world pursue their rightful place in the harshly competitive world of toy tie-ins and fighting evil.
Director: Craig Mazin | Stars: Rob Lowe, Thomas Haden Church, Paget Brewster, Jordan Ladd
Votes: 2,529 | Gross: $0.01M
19. The Chaos Factor (2000)
R | 95 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
An American army intelligence officer discovers corruption and murder by American soldiers in Vietnam.
Director: Terry Cunningham | Stars: Antonio Sabato Jr., Fred Ward, Kelly Rutherford, Susie Park
Votes: 449
20. Guilty as Charged (2000 TV Movie)
R | 97 min | Action, Adventure
The Pentagon sends their top soldier to uncover the mystery behind the disappearance of two dozen soldiers.
Director: Mark L. Lester | Stars: Antonio Sabato Jr., James Remar, Duane Davis, Yuji Okumoto
Votes: 455
21. Luck of the Draw (2000)
R | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Jack Sweeny is a young man just trying to get a job. Turned down at another bank due to his criminal record he meets a girl, Rebecca, but also witnesses a 3 way shootout between 2 groups of... See full summary »
Director: Luca Bercovici | Stars: James Marshall, Dennis Hopper, Michael Madsen, Eric Roberts
Votes: 690
22. Camouflage (2001)
R | 98 min | Action, Comedy
An actor discovers the dark side of private investigating when he takes on an assignment in rural Oregon with a crusty P.I.
Director: James Keach | Stars: Leslie Nielsen, Lochlyn Munro, Vanessa Angel, William Forsythe
Votes: 2,103
23. Stiletto Dance (2001 TV Movie)
R | 97 min | Drama, Action, Crime
Two undercover police officers must try to prevent a multi-million dollar nuclear arms deal among several mob factions.
Director: Mario Azzopardi | Stars: Eric Roberts, Romano Orzari, Shawn Doyle, Brett Porter
Votes: 450
24. The Alternate (2000)
R | 95 min | Action, Drama
A staged kidnapping of the President of the United States becomes very real, forcing a lone hero to save the day.
Director: Sam Firstenberg | Stars: Eric Roberts, Bryan Genesse, Ice-T, Michael Madsen
Votes: 905
25. Firetrap (2001)
R | 97 min | Action, Crime
Master burglar Max Hopper is released early after three years and soon gets an exceptional job: stealing an advanced computer-chip from the IQ Industries headquarters. His first attempt ... See full summary »
Director: Harris Done | Stars: Dean Cain, Richard Tyson, Mel Harris, Lori Petty
Votes: 823
26. Fangs (2002)
PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
It's the attack of the genetically-altered killer bats.
Director: Kelly Sandefur | Stars: Corbin Bernsen, Tracy Nelson, Whip Hubley, Katie Stuart
Votes: 794
27. Dead Awake (2001)
R | 100 min | Action, Thriller
Desmond Caine suffers from insomnia and spends his nights walking the streets. One night, he witnesses a murder, generating a strange chain of events in his life.
Director: Marc S. Grenier | Stars: Stephen Baldwin, Macha Grenon, Michael Ironside, Edward Yankie
Votes: 798
28. American Psycho II: All American Girl (2002 Video)
R | 88 min | Horror, Thriller
A girl named Rachael Newman has developed a taste for murder and will stop at nothing to become a college professor's assistant.
Director: Morgan J. Freeman | Stars: Mila Kunis, William Shatner, Geraint Wyn Davies, Robin Dunne
Votes: 17,857
29. Epoch (2001 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 96 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller
Disaster strikes as a specialised team of investigators struggle to find out the truth about a strange monolith which sends out an intercontinental signal.
Director: Matt Codd | Stars: David Keith, Stephanie Niznik, Ryan O'Neal, Brian Thompson
Votes: 2,576
30. The Breed (2001)
R | 91 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
When a rogue vampire kills his partner, an NSA special agent reluctantly teams with another officer who is a "good" vampire in an attempt to track down the evil vampire killer.
Director: Michael Oblowitz | Stars: Adrian Paul, Bokeem Woodbine, Bai Ling, Péter Halász
Votes: 2,952
31. Scenes of the Crime (2001)
R | 91 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A young man about to get married earns extra cash by driving a local mobster, but things go awry when the mobster is killed by a rival crime boss.
Director: Dominique Forma | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Jon Abrahams, R. Lee Ermey, Mädchen Amick
Votes: 2,050
32. Spiders II: Breeding Ground (2001)
R | 96 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
After the events of Spiders (2000), a scientist conducts genetic tests, and a couple becomes the perfect host. Now, the hunt is on, as an army of arachnids is after the succulent human flesh. Who can stop the spiders' feeding frenzy?
Director: Sam Firstenberg | Stars: Stephanie Niznik, Greg Cromer, Daniel Quinn, Richard Moll
Votes: 1,742
33. The Order (2001)
R | 89 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A playboy criminal contacts his dad after stealing a Faberge egg. Later it seems his dad has gone missing in Israel so he heads there. His disappearance is linked to the religious sect: The Order. Lots of fight and chase scenes.
Director: Sheldon Lettich | Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Sofia Milos, Charlton Heston, Brian Thompson
Votes: 9,354
34. Series 7: The Contenders (2001)
R | 86 min | Comedy, Thriller
A TV program selects people at random to kill one another for fame and their freedom.
Director: Daniel Minahan | Stars: Brooke Smith, Marylouise Burke, Mark Woodbury, Michael Kaycheck
Votes: 6,686 | Gross: $0.17M
35. The Point Men (2001)
R | 100 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Some time after their botched operation to capture a known Palestinian terrorist, a team of Israeli agents starts to get killed off one by one. Their leader must get to the bottom of things before the killer(s) plan is complete.
Director: John Glen | Stars: Christopher Lambert, Kerry Fox, Vincent Regan, Cal MacAninch
Votes: 1,249
36. Wishcraft (2002)
R | 102 min | Horror
Bret, a smart but unsociable high school kid, receives a strange box in the mail. A note tells him it will give him three wishes, but just as his new life is beginning, someone is murdering the popular kids in strange, inventive ways.
Directors: Danny Graves, Richard Wenk | Stars: Michael Weston, Alexandra Holden, Huntley Ritter, Austin Pendleton
Votes: 2,060
37. Lone Hero (2002)
R | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
An actor in a Wild West show must become a mythical Western Hero when a biker gang descends upon a small Montana town.
Director: Ken Sanzel | Stars: Lou Diamond Phillips, Sean Patrick Flanery, Robert Forster, Tanya Allen
Votes: 771
38. Blood Crime (2002 TV Movie)
R | 88 min | Drama, Thriller
For burned-out Seattle cop Daniel Pruitt, a camping trip turns hellish, when his wife, Jessica, is savagely attacked in the forest. En route to the hospital, the Pruitts collide with a semi... See full summary »
Director: William A. Graham | Stars: James Caan, Johnathon Schaech, Elizabeth Lackey, David Field
Votes: 678
39. The Wisher (2002)
R | 87 min | Horror, Thriller
A high school girl gets nightmares and sleepwalks from watching horror movies. Her dad bans them but she's addicted and sneaks out to watch The Wisher. The horror becomes real.
Director: Gavin Wilding | Stars: Ron Silver, Liane Balaban, Drew Lachey, Siri Baruc
Votes: 1,797
40. Dog Soldiers (2002)
R | 105 min | Action, Horror, Thriller
A routine military exercise turns into a nightmare in the Scottish wilderness.
Director: Neil Marshall | Stars: Sean Pertwee, Kevin McKidd, Emma Cleasby, Liam Cunningham
Votes: 65,644
41. Crazy as Hell (2002)
R | 113 min | Drama, Thriller
Psychiatrist Ty Adams doesn't believe in using drugs, but the head of Sedah State Hospital does, then 'Satan' arrives ~ walk-in patient extraordinaire... From there it's a full-on freaky ride.
Director: Eriq La Salle | Stars: Michael Beach, Ronny Cox, Sinbad, Jane Carr
Votes: 1,110
42. Snake Island (2002)
R | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Tourists become endangered species while stranded on an island.
Director: Wayne Crawford | Stars: William Katt, Wayne Crawford, Kate Connor, Russel Savadier
Votes: 912
43. Pavement (2002 TV Movie)
R | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A detective and a wilderness expert track a serial killer in San Francisco.
Director: Darrell Roodt | Stars: Robert Patrick, Lauren Holly, Barry Shabaka Henley, Chris Hoffman
Votes: 1,039
44. Emmett's Mark (2002)
R | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
In order to avoid the debilitating effects of a terminal illness, a young detective orders a hit on himself.
Director: Keith Snyder | Stars: Scott Wolf, Tim Roth, Gabriel Byrne, Greg Wood
Votes: 2,012
45. Steal (2002)
R | 83 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A gang of extreme sportsmen raises the stakes in their criminal activities.
Director: Gérard Pirès | Stars: Natasha Henstridge, Stephen Dorff, Bruce Payne, Steven Berkoff
Votes: 6,090
46. Terminal Invasion (2002 TV Movie)
R | 84 min | Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Aliens in human disguise commandeer a rural airport during a snowstorm. To survive, the people trapped inside must determine which of their own is not of this Earth.
Director: Sean S. Cunningham | Stars: Bruce Campbell, Chase Masterson, C. David Johnson, Kedar Brown
Votes: 2,333
47. One Way Out (2002 Video)
R | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Harry Woltz is a homicide cop with a gambling problem; a problem that leaves him owing a great deal of money to the Russell brothers. To clear the debt they ask him to train John Farrow to ... See full summary »
Director: Allan A. Goldstein | Stars: Jim Belushi, Jason Bateman, Angela Featherstone, Guylaine St-Onge
Votes: 691
48. Point of Origin (2002 TV Movie)
R | 86 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Fact-based drama about an arson investigator (Ray Liotta) searching for the perpetrator of a string of deadly fires in 1980s California.
Director: Newton Thomas Sigel | Stars: Ray Liotta, John Leguizamo, Colm Feore, Cliff Curtis
Votes: 1,508
49. Federal Protection (2002 TV Movie)
R | 94 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Frank Carbone, a lifetime gangster until the Mob put out a contract on him, survives an assassination attempt and agrees to testify. He enters the Witness Protection program, but even with a new look, ID and home, he can't hide forever.
Director: Anthony Hickox | Stars: Armand Assante, Angela Featherstone, Dina Meyer, David Lipper
Votes: 899
50. Cruel and Unusual (2001)
R | 100 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
A brother and sister move to a sleepy Oregon town and are befriended by a stranger with a magnetic personality on a summer sabbatical.
Director: George Mihalka | Stars: Tom Berenger, Rachel Hayward, Tygh Runyan, Elizabeth Carol Savenkoff
Votes: 825
51. Deathwatch (2002)
R | 94 min | Drama, Horror, War
In the middle of World War I, nine British soldiers caught behind enemy lines seek refuge in a complex network of German trenches. What they soon discover is that they aren't alone - and it isn't a German soldier that's hunting them down.
Director: M.J. Bassett | Stars: Jamie Bell, Rúaidhrí Conroy, Mike Downey, Laurence Fox
Votes: 13,261
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