Category Archives: Action
xXx: Return of Xander Cage
Release 2017
Genre Action, Adventure, Thriller
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Director: D.J. Caruso
Writers: Rich Wilkes, F. Scott Frazier
Stars: Vin Diesel, Donnie Yen, Deepika Padukone, Kris Wu, Ruby Rose
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1293847/
Xander Cage is left for dead after an incident, though he secretly returns to action for a new, tough assignment with his handler Augustus Gibbons.
Cut to the Chase
Release 2016
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Director: Blayne Weaver
Stars: Blayne Weaver, Lyndie Greenwood, Erin Cahill, Lance Henriksen, Patrick Day
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4034390/
An ex-con sets out in search of his kidnapped sister through the criminal underbelly of Shreveport, Louisiana.
Fallen
Release 2016
Genre Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
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Director: Scott Hicks
Writers: Michael Arlen Ross, Kathryn Price, Nichole Millard, Lauren Kate
Stars: Hermione Corfield, Joely Richardson, Daisy Head, Lola Kirke, Addison Timlin
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1564777/
A young girl finds herself in a reform school after therapy since she was blamed for the death of a young boy. At the school she finds herself drawn to a fellow student, unaware that he is an angel, and has loved her for thousands of years.
Headshot
Release 2016
Genre Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Director: Kimo Stamboel, Timo Tjahjanto
Writers: Timo Tjahjanto
Stars: Julie Estelle, David Hendrawan, Chelsea Islan, Epy Kusnandar, Zack Lee
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5147214/
Uwais plays a young man who washes ashore, an amnesiac with a serious head injury whose past comes back to haunt him shortly after being nursed back to health by a young doctor. Violence ensues. Sweet, sweet violence.
The Assignment
Release 2016
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Director: Walter Hill
Writers: Denis Hamill, Walter Hill
Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Michelle Rodriguez, Tony Shalhoub, Anthony LaPaglia, Caitlin Gerard
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5034474/
After waking up and discovering that he has undergone gender reassignment surgery, an assassin seeks to find the doctor responsible.
Assassin's Creed
Release 2016
Genre Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
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Director: Justin Kurzel
Writers: Michael Lesslie, Adam Cooper, Bill Collage, Patrick Désilets, Corey May, Jade Raymond
Stars: Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, Jeremy Irons, Brendan Gleeson, Charlotte Rampling
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2094766/
When Callum Lynch explores the memories of his ancestor Aguilar and gains the skills of a Master Assassin, he discovers he is a descendant of the secret Assassins society.
Check Point
Release 2017
Genre Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, War
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Director: Thomas J. Churchill
Writers: Thomas J. Churchill, AJ Perez
Stars: Kenny Johnson, Mindy Robinson, Tyler Mane, William Forsythe, Kane Hodder
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4519400/
Port City North Carolina: During a routine camp out, a local vagrant discovers plans for an invasion in America. When he tries to notify the local Sheriff about his discovery, the Sheriff dismisses his claims and has him locked up for loitering. When the Sheriff notices odd interactions with other towns folk he begins to look into the vagrants' claim of a sleeper cell living amongst the locals within this small town. After evidence of a beheading is exposed, others begin to fear that the insurgents attack on hometown USA. Questions and tempers begin to rise. Why this little beach community with it's Norman Rockwell way of life? A town where everyone knows one another... or so they thought. When the truth is blind and justice seems lost, It will take an army of five unlikely heroes banding together to infiltrate the insurgents and foil their invasion plans. War is Hell and Hell comes home at the Check Point.
Underworld: Blood Wars
Release 2016
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Director: Anna Foerster
Writers: Cory Goodman, Kyle Ward, Kevin Grevioux, Len Wiseman, Danny McBride
Stars: Kate Beckinsale, Theo James, Tobias Menzies, Lara Pulver, Charles Dance
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3717252/
Vampire death dealer, Selene (Kate Beckinsale) fights to end the eternal war between the Lycan clan and the Vampire faction that betrayed her.
The Stakelander
Release 2016
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Director: Dan Berk, Robert Olsen
Writers: Nick Damici
Stars: Connor Paolo, Nick Damici, Laura Abramsen, A.C. Peterson, Steven Williams
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5843670/
When his home of New Eden is destroyed by a revitalized Brotherhood and its new Vamp leader, Martin finds himself alone in the badlands of America with only the distant memory of his mentor and legendary vampire hunter, Mister, to guide him.
Cross Wars
Release 2017
Genre Action
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Director: Patrick Durham
Writers: Patrick Durham, Jonathan Sachar
Stars: Brian Austin Green, Danny Trejo, Vinnie Jones, Patrick Durham, Tom Sizemore
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3592904/
Callan (Brian Austin Green) returns to the scene with his team in order to oppose the return of the evil Gunnar (Vinnie Jones); his path crosses again with Frank Nitti (Tom Sizemore) detective under the city of Los Angeles.