The 1990s saw a boom of straight-to-VHS action movies which were also frequently played on television. Not one to overlook a film trend, Francis Amberton II bought five screenplays to be made into movies specifically for the home video market. The first of these was Adrenaline Rush (1995) starring Olivier Gruner, about a thrill-seeker who gets in over his head after witnessing a mob execution on Los Angeles. Amberton was so impressed with the dailies that he considered giving Adrenaline Rush a theatrical release, but ultimately opted to stick to his plan and released it on video to moderate success. Two more of these straight-to-video movies were made, but the last two scripts were shelved when none of the movies was a major hit.
