Category Archives: Action
Jarhead 2: Field of Fire
Release 2014
Genre Action
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Director: Don Michael Paul
Writers: Berkeley Anderson, Ellis Black
Stars: Jason Wong, Stephen Lang, Cole Hauser, Esai Morales, Bokeem Woodbine
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3699508/
Battle-scarred and disillusioned by the war, Corporal Chris Merrimette is put in charge of a unit whose next mission is to resupply a remote outpost on the edge of Taliban-controlled territory. While driving through the hostile Helmand province, a Navy SEAL flags down their convoy and enlists the unit on an operation of international importance: they must help an Afghan woman famous for her defiance of the Taliban escape the country. Without tanks or air support, Merrimette and his team will need all the courage and firepower they can muster to fight their way across the war-torn country and shepherd the woman to safety.
The Purge: Anarchy
Release 2014
Genre Action, Horror, Thriller
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Director: James DeMonaco
Stars: Frank Grillo, Carmen Ejogo, Zach Gilford, Kiele Sanchez, Zoë Soul
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2975578/
A young couple works to survive on the streets after their car breaks down right as the annual purge commences.
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Release 2003
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Director: Quentin Tarantino
Writers: Quentin Tarantino, Uma Thurman
Stars: Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu, Vivica A. Fox, Daryl Hannah, David Carradine
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0266697/
The Bride wakens from a four-year coma. The child she carried in her womb is gone. Now she must wreak vengeance on the team of assassins who betrayed her - a team she was once part of.
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Release 2014
Genre Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
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Director: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
Writers: Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely, Ed Brubaker, Joe Simon, Jack Kirby
Stars: Chris Evans, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Robert Redford, Sebastian Stan
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1843866/
Steve Rogers struggles to embrace his role in the modern world and battles a new threat from old history: the Soviet agent known as the Winter Soldier.
Batman: Assault on Arkham
Release 2014
Genre Action, Animation, Crime, Thriller
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Director: Jay Oliva, Ethan Spaulding
Writers: Heath Corson, Bill Finger, Bob Kane
Stars: Matthew Gray Gubler, Giancarlo Esposito, Neal McDonough, John DiMaggio, Troy Baker
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3139086/
Based on the hit video game series, Batman must find a bomb planted by the Joker while dealing with a mysterious team of villains called, The Suicide Squad.
Godzilla
Release 2014
Genre Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
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Director: Gareth Edwards
Writers: Max Borenstein, Dave Callaham
Stars: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, CJ Adams, Ken Watanabe, Bryan Cranston, Elizabeth Olsen
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0831387/
The world's most famous monster is pitted against malevolent creatures who, bolstered by humanity's scientific arrogance, threaten our very existence.
Ninja Assassin
Release 2009
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Director: James McTeigue
Writers: Matthew Sand, J. Michael Straczynski
Stars: Rain, Joon Lee, Jonathan Chan-Pensley, Ill-Young Kim, Yuki Iwamoto
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1186367/
A young ninja turns his back on the orphanage that raised him, leading to a confrontation with a fellow ninja from the clan.
Ninja Apocalypse
Release 2014
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Director: Lloyd Lee Barnett
Writers: Ashley Scott Meyers
Stars: Christian Oliver, Les Brandt, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Ernie Reyes Jr., Isaac C. Singleton Jr.
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3085500/
Framed for assassinating the Grandmaster, the Lost Ninja Clan must battle their way up an underground...
The Expendables 3
Release 2014
Genre Action, Adventure, Thriller
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Director: Patrick Hughes
Writers: Sylvester Stallone, Creighton Rothenberger, Katrin Benedikt, Dave Callaham
Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Antonio Banderas, Wesley Snipes
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2333784/
Barney and his team, known as "The Expendables", come into conflict with ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks, the Expendables' co-founder, who is determined to destroy the team.
Machete Kills
Release 2013
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Director: Robert Rodriguez
Writers: Kyle Ward, Robert Rodriguez, Marcel Rodriguez
Stars: Danny Trejo, Mel Gibson, Demian Bichir, Amber Heard, Michelle Rodriguez
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2002718/
The U.S. government recruits Machete to battle his way through Mexico in order to take down an arms dealer who looks to launch a weapon into space.