Category Archives: Action
Black '47
Release 2018
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Director: Lance Daly
Writers: Lance Daly, P.J. Dillon, Eugene O'Brien, Pierce Ryan
Stars: Hugo Weaving, James Frecheville, Stephen Rea
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3208026/
Set in Ireland during the Great Famine, the drama follows an Irish Ranger who has been fighting for the British Army abroad, as he abandons his post to reunite with his family. Despite experiencing the horrors of war, he is shocked by the famine's destruction of his homeland and the brutalization of his people and his family.
Hotel Artemis
Release 2018
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Director: Drew Pearce
Writer: Drew Pearce
Stars: Jodie Foster, Sterling K. Brown, Sofia Boutella
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5834262/
Set in riot-torn, near-future Los Angeles, 'Hotel Artemis' follows the Nurse, who runs a secret, members-only emergency room for criminals.
Outlawed
Release 2018
Genre Action
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Director: Adam Collins, Luke Radford
Writers: Adam Collins, Luke Radford
Stars: Adam Collins, Emmeline Kellie, Andy Calderwood
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2445568/
An action packed story of corruption and murder. Outnumbered, outgunned and against all odds, a Commando fights his way through a siege to save his girl.
The First Purge
Release 2018
Genre Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: Gerard McMurray
Writers: James DeMonaco
Stars: Y'lan Noel, Lex Scott Davis, Joivan Wade
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6133466/
America's third political party, the New Founding Fathers of America, comes to power and conducts an experiment: no laws for 12 hours on Staten Island. No one has to stay on the island, but $5,000 is given anyone who does.
The Meg
Release 2018
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Director: Jon Turteltaub
Writers: Dean Georgaris, Jon Hoeber, Erich Hoeber, Steve Alten
Stars: Jason Statham, Bingbing Li, Rainn Wilson
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4779682/
After escaping an attack by what he claims was a 70-foot shark, Jonas Taylor must confront his fears to save those trapped in a sunken submersible.
Mandy
Release 2018
Genre Action, Horror, Thriller
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Director: Panos Cosmatos
Writers: Panos Cosmatos, Aaron Stewart-Ahn
Stars: Nicolas Cage, Andrea Riseborough, Linus Roache
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6998518/
Mandy is set in the primal wilderness of 1983 where Red Miller, a broken and haunted man hunts an unhinged religious sect who slaughtered the love of his life.
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
Release 2018
Genre Action, Adventure, Thriller
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Director: Christopher McQuarrie
Writers: Christopher McQuarrie, Bruce Geller
Stars: Tom Cruise, Henry Cavill, Ving Rhames
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4912910/
Ethan Hunt and his IMF team, along with some familiar allies, race against time after a mission gone wrong.
Final Score
Release 2018
Genre Action
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Director: Scott Mann
Writers: Jonathan Frank, David T. Lynch, Keith Lynch
Stars: Dave Bautista, Pierce Brosnan, Martyn Ford
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5254610/
After deadly terrorists abduct his niece at a soccer match, an ex-soldier with lethal fighting skills wages a one-man war to save her and prevent mass destruction.
Bad Cat
Release 2016
Genre Action, Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
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Director: Mehmet Kurtulus, Ayse Ünal
Writers: Levent Kazak, Bülent Üstün
Stars: Ugur Yücel, Demet Evgar, Okan Yalabik
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4695548/
In a sleazy downtown area of Istanbul, Rifki the Seagull and Riza the Rat are preparing for the mother of all parties hosted by Shero, a hot-blooded, sex-crazed alley-cat. Their night of booze, babes and BBQ is thrown into chaos, however, following the unexpected arrival of Shero's illegitimate, but ever-so-loveable son Taco, along with the accidental death of a sweet, innocent housebound feline who was the object of Shero's affection. With the dead cat's owner hell-bent on avenging her death, Shero must face being a father, defeat the crazed lunatic and still leave time to fall in love before his nine lives become none.
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Release 2018
Genre Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
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Director: Ron Howard
Writers: Jonathan Kasdan, Lawrence Kasdan, George Lucas
Stars: Alden Ehrenreich, Joonas Suotamo, Woody Harrelson
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3778644/
During an adventure into the criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his future co-pilot Chewbacca and encounters Lando Calrissian years before joining the Rebellion.