Europacorp makes among the more entertaining films out there. Lockout looks like a decent actioner... I've always thought Pearce had good action man potential.
Besson is also dabbling in Russian arthouse, like Siberia, Monamour:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcscUgVbdyU
That was one of the grittiest films of last year I've seen.