Category Archives: Action
Destroyer
Release 2018
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Director: Karyn Kusama
Writers: Phil Hay, Matt Manfredi
Stars: Nicole Kidman, Toby Kebbell, Tatiana Maslany
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7137380/
A police detective reconnects with people from an undercover assignment in her distant past in order to make peace.
Overlord
Release 2018
Genre Action, Adventure, Horror
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Director: Julius Avery
Writers: Billy Ray, Mark L. Smith
Stars: Jovan Adepo, Wyatt Russell, Mathilde Ollivier
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4530422/
A small group of American soldiers find horror behind enemy lines on the eve of D-Day.
Aquaman
Release 2018
Genre Action, Adventure, Fantasy
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Director: James Wan
Writers: David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick, Will Beall, Geoff Johns, James Wan, Mort Weisinger, Paul Norris
Stars: Jason Momoa, Amber Heard, Willem Dafoe
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1477834/
Arthur Curry, the human-born heir to the underwater kingdom of Atlantis, goes on a quest to prevent a war between the worlds of ocean and land.
Mortal Engines
Release 2018
Genre Action, Adventure, Fantasy
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Director: Christian Rivers
Writers: Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, Philip Reeve
Stars: Hera Hilmar, Robert Sheehan, Hugo Weaving
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1571234/
In a post-apocalyptic world where cities ride on wheels and consume each other to survive, two people meet in London and try to stop a conspiracy.
Robin Hood
Release 2018
Genre Action, Adventure, Thriller
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Director: Otto Bathurst
Writers: Ben Chandler, David James Kelly
Stars: Taron Egerton, Jamie Foxx, Ben Mendelsohn
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4532826/
A war-hardened Crusader and his Moorish commander mount an audacious revolt against the corrupt English crown in a thrilling action-adventure packed with gritty battlefield exploits, mind-blowing fight choreography, and a timeless romance.
Polar
Release 2019
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Director: Jonas Åkerlund
Writers: Jayson Rothwell, Víctor Santos
Stars: Katheryn Winnick, Mads Mikkelsen, Vanessa Hudgens
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4139588/
The world's top assassin, Duncan Vizla, is settling into retirement when his former employer marks him as a liability to the firm. Against his will, he finds himself back in the game going head to head with an army of younger killers.
Bumblebee
Release 2018
Genre Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
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Director: Travis Knight
Writers: Christina Hodson
Stars: Hailee Steinfeld, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., John Cena
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4701182/
On the run in the year of 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small Californian beach town. Charlie, on the cusp of turning 18 and trying to find her place in the world, discovers Bumblebee, battle-scarred and broken.
Close
Release 2019
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Director: Vicky Jewson
Writers: Vicky Jewson, Rupert Whitaker
Stars: Noomi Rapace, Indira Varma, Sophie Nélisse
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5316540/
A bodyguard and counter-terrorism expert Sam takes a job protecting Zoe a rich young heiress. Neither party is keen on the arrangement until a violent kidnap forces them to go on the run.
The Girl in the Spider's Web
Release 2018
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Director: Fede Alvarez
Writers: David Lagercrantz, Stieg Larsson, Jay Basu, Fede Alvarez, Steven Knight
Stars: Claire Foy, Beau Gadsdon, Sverrir Gudnason
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5177088/
Young computer hacker Lisbeth Salander and journalist Mikael Blomkvist find themselves caught in a web of spies, cybercriminals and corrupt government officials.
Lukas
Release 2018
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Director: Julien Leclercq
Writers: Jérémie Guez
Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Sveva Alviti, Sami Bouajila
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7816392/
A nightclub bouncer in his fifties who's taken punches, literally and figuratively, and struggles to raise his 8-year-old daughter.