Category Archives: Action
Men in Black II
Release 2002
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Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Writers: Lowell Cunningham, Robert Gordon, Barry Fanaro
Stars: Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Rip Torn, Lara Flynn Boyle, Johnny Knoxville
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120912/
Agent J needs help so he is sent to find Agent K and restore his memory.
The Matrix Reloaded
Release 2003
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Director: Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski
Stars: Ray Anthony, Christine Anu, Andy Arness, Alima Ashton-Sheibu, Helmut Bakaitis
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0234215/
Neo and the rebel leaders estimate that they have 72 hours until 250,000 probes discover Zion and destroy it and its inhabitants. During this, Neo must decide how he can save Trinity from a dark fate in his dreams.
Transporter 2
Release 2005
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Director: Louis Leterrier
Writers: Luc Besson, Robert Mark Kamen
Stars: Jason Statham, Alessandro Gassman, Amber Valletta, Kate Nauta, Matthew Modine
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0388482/
Mercenary Frank Martin, who specializes moving goods of all kinds, surfaces again this time in Miami, Florida when he's implicated in the kidnapping of the young son of a powerful USA official.
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Release 2001
Genre Action, Adventure, Fantasy
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Director: Peter Jackson
Writers: J.R.R. Tolkien, Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson
Stars: Alan Howard, Elijah Wood, Noel Appleby, Sean Astin, Sala Baker
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120737/
A meek hobbit of the Shire and eight companions set out on a journey to Mount Doom to destroy the One Ring and the dark lord Sauron.
Transporter 3
Release 2008
Genre Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
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Director: Olivier Megaton
Writers: Luc Besson, Robert Mark Kamen
Stars: Jason Statham, Natalya Rudakova, François Berléand, Robert Knepper, Jeroen Krabbé
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1129442/
Frank Martin puts the driving gloves on to deliver Valentina, the kidnapped daughter of a Ukranian government official, from Marseilles to Odessa on the Black Sea. En route, he has to contend with thugs who want to intercept Valentina's safe delivery and not let his personal feelings get in the way of his dangerous objective.
Pain & Gain
Release 2013
Genre Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
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Director: Michael Bay
Writers: Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely, Pete Collins
Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson, Anthony Mackie, Tony Shalhoub, Ed Harris
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1980209/
A trio of bodybuilders in Florida get caught up in an extortion ring and a kidnapping scheme that goes terribly wrong.
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
Release 2013
Genre Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
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Director: Harald Zwart
Writers: Jessica Postigo, Cassandra Clare
Stars: Lily Collins, Jamie Campbell Bower, Kevin Zegers, Jemima West, Robert Sheehan
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1538403/
When her mother disappears, Clary Fray learns that she descends from a line of warriors who protect our world from demons. She joins forces with others like her and heads into a dangerous alternate New York called Downworld.
Dredd
Release 2012
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Director: Pete Travis
Writers: John Wagner, Carlos Ezquerra, Alex Garland
Stars: Karl Urban, Rachel Wood, Andile Mngadi, Porteus Xandau, Jason Cope
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1343727/
In a violent, futuristic city where the police have the authority to act as judge, jury and executioner, a cop teams with a trainee to take down a gang that deals the reality-altering drug, SLO-MO.
Jack Reacher
Release 2012
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Director: Christopher McQuarrie
Writers: Christopher McQuarrie, Lee Child
Stars: Tom Cruise, Rosamund Pike, Richard Jenkins, David Oyelowo, Werner Herzog
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0790724/
A homicide investigator digs deeper into a case involving a trained military sniper who shot five random victims.
Looper
Release 2012
Genre Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: Rian Johnson
Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt, Paul Dano, Noah Segan
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1276104/
In 2074, when the mob wants to get rid of someone, the target is sent into the past, where a hired gun awaits - someone like Joe - who one day learns the mob wants to 'close the loop' by sending back Joe's future self for assassination.