Category Archives: Action
Armageddon
Release 1998
Genre Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: Michael Bay
Writers: Jonathan Hensleigh, J.J. Abrams, Tony Gilroy, Shane Salerno, Robert Roy Pool
Stars: Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler, Will Patton
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120591/
After discovering that an asteroid the size of Texas is going to impact Earth in less than a month, N.A.S.A. recruits a misfit team of deep core drillers to save the planet.
Twister
Release 1996
Genre Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
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Director: Jan de Bont
Writers: Michael Crichton, Anne-Marie Martin
Stars: Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, Cary Elwes, Jami Gertz, Philip Seymour Hoffman
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117998/
Bill and Jo Harding, advanced storm chasers on the brink of divorce, must join together to create an advanced weather alert system by putting themselves in the cross-hairs of extremely violent tornadoes.
The Day After Tomorrow
Release 2004
Genre Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: Roland Emmerich
Writers: Roland Emmerich, Jeffrey Nachmanoff
Stars: Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, Emmy Rossum, Dash Mihok, Jay O. Sanders
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0319262/
Jack Hall, paleoclimatologist, must make a daring trek across America to reach his son, trapped in the cross-hairs of a sudden international storm which plunges the planet into a new Ice Age.
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Release 2005
Genre Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance
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Director: Doug Liman
Writers: Simon Kinberg
Stars: Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Vince Vaughn, Adam Brody, Kerry Washington
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0356910/
A bored married couple is surprised to learn that they are both assassins hired by competing agencies to kill each other.
Wanted
Release 2008
Genre Action, Crime, Fantasy, Thriller
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Director: Timur Bekmambetov
Writers: Michael Brandt, Derek Haas, Chris Morgan, Mark Millar, J.G. Jones
Stars: James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman, Angelina Jolie, Terence Stamp, Thomas Kretschmann
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0493464/
A frustrated office worker learns that he is the son of a professional assassin, and that he shares his father's superhuman killing abilities.
The Tourist
Release 2010
Genre Action, Romance, Thriller
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Director: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Writers: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, Christopher McQuarrie, Julian Fellowes, Jérôme Salle
Stars: Johnny Depp, Angelina Jolie, Paul Bettany, Timothy Dalton, Steven Berkoff
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1243957/
Revolves around Frank, an American tourist visiting Italy to mend a broken heart. Elise is an extraordinary woman who deliberately crosses his path.
Shooter
Release 2007
Genre Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Director: Antoine Fuqua
Writers: Jonathan Lemkin, Stephen Hunter
Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Michael Peña, Danny Glover, Kate Mara, Elias Koteas
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0822854/
A marksman living in exile is coaxed back into action after learning of a plot to kill the President. Ultimately double-crossed and framed for the attempt, he goes on the run to find the real killer and the reason he was set up.
Act of Valor
Release 2012
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Director: Mike McCoy, Scott Waugh
Writers: Kurt Johnstad
Stars: Rorke Denver, Dave, Sonny, Weimy, Ray
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1591479/
An elite team of Navy SEALs embark on a covert mission to recover a kidnapped CIA agent.
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Release 2004
Genre Action, Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: Kerry Conran
Stars: Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Giovanni Ribisi, Michael Gambon, Bai Ling
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0346156/
After New York City receives a series of attacks from giant flying robots, a reporter teams up with a pilot in search of their origin, as well as the reason for the disappearances of famous scientists around the world.
Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses
Release 2014
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Director: Craig Moss
Stars: Danny Trejo, Danny Glover, Andrew Divoff, Jacqueline Obradors, Elizabeth Barondes
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2996648/
Frank Vega teams up with grumpy old agoraphobic Bernie Pope to kick ass and clean up the streets of L.A.