Actionfilme - Rakuten TV

Rakuten TV's Actionfilme channel is a peculiar beast, a linear feed in a world that's mostly on-demand, and it leans heavily into the kind of action cinema that German TV rarely commissions. Programming runs the gamut from '90s Hollywood blockbusters to obscure European B-movies, with a distinct preference for dubbed versions over subtitles. The late-night block is where the channel shows its true colors: low-budget martial arts flicks, forgotten Van Damme vehicles, and the occasional German-language actioner that never made it past the home-video market. Picture quality is solid but not pristine, think of it as a digital upgrade of a late-night RTL II broadcast. The scheduling is erratic: some nights you get a double feature of Schwarzenegger classics; other nights it's two hours of direct-to-DVD nonsense. If you're looking for curation, this isn't it. But if you want to watch Actionfilme - Rakuten TV live and stumble into a Jean-Claude Van Damme marathon you didn't know you needed, there's a charm to the chaos. The channel doesn't pretend to be highbrow, it's pure, unapologetic pulp. To watch Actionfilme - Rakuten TV online is to embrace the trash, and that's exactly why it works for Germany's action-movie faithful. A solid addition to any Movies tv Germany fan's lineup.