Category Archives: Action
The Program
Release 2015
Genre Action, Biography, Drama, Sport
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Director: Stephen Frears
Writers: John Hodge, David Walsh
Stars: Lee Pace, Jesse Plemons, Dustin Hoffman, Ben Foster, Chris O'Dowd
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3083008/
An Irish sports journalist becomes convinced that Lance Armstrong's performances during the Tour de France victories are fueled by banned substances. With this conviction, he starts hunting for evidence that will expose Armstrong.
The Last Witch Hunter
Release 2015
Genre Action, Adventure, Fantasy
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Director: Breck Eisner
Writers: Cory Goodman, Matt Sazama, Burk Sharpless
Stars: Vin Diesel, Rose Leslie, Elijah Wood, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Rena Owen
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1618442/
The last witch hunter is all that stands between humanity and the combined forces of the most horrifying witches in history.
Diablo
Release 2015
Genre Action, Adventure, Thriller
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Director: Lawrence Roeck
Writers: Carlos De Los Rios, Lawrence Roeck
Stars: Scott Eastwood, Walton Goggins, Camilla Belle, Samuel Marty, Danny Glover
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4076760/
A young civil war veteran is forced on a desperate journey to save his kidnapped wife.
The Throwaways
Release 2015
Genre Action, Fantasy, Thriller
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Director: Tony Bui
Writers: Michael Ross, Don Handfield
Stars: Peter Brooke, James Caan, Noel Clarke, Kevin Dillon, Darrell D'Silva
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4076980/
Notorious hacker Drew Reynolds is captured by the CIA and given a proposition - work for them or spend the rest of his life in prison...
Mercury Plains
Release 2016
Genre Action, Adventure, Drama
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Director: Charles Burmeister
Stars: Scott Eastwood, Angela Sarafyan, Nick Chinlund, Jorge A. Jimenez, Katherine Willis
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1753786/
A troubled man runs away to Mexico and is recruited to join a paramilitary group of teens fighting the drug cartels. He proves himself to the group, but questions their motive.
Riot
Release 2015
Genre Action
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Director: John Lyde
Writers: John Lyde, Spanky Dustin Ward
Stars: Matthew Reese, Dolph Lundgren, Danielle Chuchran, Chuck Liddell, Wren Barnes
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4642044/
Copper Jack Stone purposefully orchestrates a bank robbery in order to be thrown into prison with the notorious Russian kingpin Balam...
Spectre
Release 2015
Genre Action, Adventure, Thriller
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Director: Sam Mendes
Writers: John Logan, Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, Jez Butterworth, Ian Fleming
Stars: Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz, Léa Seydoux, Ralph Fiennes, Monica Bellucci
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2379713/
A cryptic message from Bond's past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organization. While M battles political forces to keep the secret service alive, Bond peels back the layers of deceit to reveal the terrible truth behind SPECTRE.
In the Heart of the Sea
Release 2015
Genre Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, Thriller
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Director: Ron Howard
Writers: Charles Leavitt, Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver, Nathaniel Philbrick
Stars: Chris Hemsworth, Benjamin Walker, Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson, Ben Whishaw
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1390411/
A recounting of a whaling ship's sinking by a giant whale in 1820 that would inspire the great novel, Moby Dick.
The Hateful Eight
Release 2015
Genre Action
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Director: Quentin Tarantino
Stars: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Channing Tatum, Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Walton Goggins
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3460252/
In post-Civil War Wyoming, bounty hunters try to find shelter during a blizzard but get involved in a plot of betrayal and deception. Will they survive?
Sicario
Release 2015
Genre Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Director: Denis Villeneuve
Writers: Taylor Sheridan
Stars: Emily Blunt, Benicio Del Toro, Josh Brolin, Victor Garber, Jon Bernthal
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3397884/
An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by an elected government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico.