The action movie too? I’ve never seen that happen, and I’m certain I rented a whole bunch of age inappropriate DVD’s (or was it VCR’s?) back in the day. Maybe we were required to be ID’ed and the teenager behind the counter just gave zero fucks?
One time my parents got me in. They had made a deal with the owner that I'd be shielded by a parent from seeing anything in the store on my way to the small corner of "age appropriate" VHSs, so that I could pick out what I wanted and then I'd have to leave the store while my parents went to rent it, coz from the cashier's counter I'd see too much.
Of course today I understand but back then I was just like "WTF!, why not!?"
Funny to think about now. It was a tiny corner I could see and a huuuuuge store I wasn't allowed in.
I still have not watched Johnny Pneumonic.