Category Archives: Action
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Release 1991
Genre Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: James Cameron
Writers: James Cameron, William Wisher Jr.
Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong, Robert Patrick, Earl Boen
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103064/
A cyborg, identical to the one who failed to kill Sarah Connor, must now protect her teenage son, John, from a more advanced cyborg, made out of liquid metal.
Son of Batman
Release 2014
Genre Action, Adventure, Animation, Crime, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
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Director: Ethan Spaulding
Writers: Bob Kane, Grant Morrison, Andy Kubert, James Robinson, Joe R. Lansdale, Neal Adams, Bob Brown, Bill Finger, Dick Giordano, Denny O'Neil, George Pérez, Frank Robbins, Jerry Robinson, Marv Wolfman
Stars: Jason O'Mara, Stuart Allan, Thomas Gibson, Morena Baccarin, Dee Bradley Baker
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3139072/
Batman learns he has a violent, unruly pre-teen son, secretly raised by the terrorist group the League of Assassins.
Terminator
Release 1984
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Director: James Cameron
Writers: James Cameron, Gale Anne Hurd, William Wisher Jr.
Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Biehn, Linda Hamilton, Paul Winfield, Lance Henriksen
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088247/
A human-looking indestructible cyborg is sent from 2029 to 1984 to assassinate a waitress, whose unborn son will lead humanity in a war against the machines, while a soldier from that war is sent to protect her at all costs.
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Release 2009
Genre Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: Stephen Sommers
Writers: Stuart Beattie, David Elliot, Paul Lovett, Michael Gordon, Stephen Sommers
Stars: Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Christopher Eccleston, Grégory Fitoussi, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Leo Howard
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1046173/
An elite military unit comprised of special operatives known as G.I. Joe, operating out of The Pit, takes on an evil organization led by a notorious arms dealer.
The Raid
Release 2011
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Director: Gareth Evans
Stars: Iko Uwais, Joe Taslim, Donny Alamsyah, Yayan Ruhian, Pierre Gruno
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1899353/
A S.W.A.T. team becomes trapped in a tenement run by a ruthless mobster and his army of killers and thugs.
Ironclad: Battle for Blood
Release 2014
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Director: Jonathan English
Writers: Jonathan English, Stephen McDool
Stars: Michelle Fairley, Roxanne McKee, Danny Webb, Rosie Day, Twinnie Lee Moore
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2404583/
A survivor of the Great Siege of Rochester Castle fights to save his clan from from Celtic raiders. A sequel to the 2011 film, "Ironclad."
Starship Troopers: Invasion
Release 2012
Genre Action, Animation, Sci-Fi
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Director: Shinji Aramaki
Writers: Robert A. Heinlein, Flint Dille
Stars: Luci Christian, David Matranga, Justin Doran, David Wald, Andrew Love
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2085930/
On an asteroid, the Terran Federation's Fort Casey is on top of a bug hive. The Starship Alesia begins...
Starship Troopers 3: Marauder
Release 2008
Genre Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
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Director: Edward Neumeier
Stars: Casper Van Dien, Jolene Blalock, Stephen Hogan, Boris Kodjoe, Amanda Donohoe
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0844760/
Johnny Rico is called back into action to defeat the bugs.
Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation
Release 2004
Genre Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
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Director: Phil Tippett
Writers: Edward Neumeier
Stars: Billy Brown, Richard Burgi, Kelly Carlson, Cy Carter, Sandrine Holt
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367093/
In the sequel to Paul Verhoeven's loved/reviled sci-fi film, a group of troopers taking refuge in an abandoned outpost after fighting alien bugs, failing to realize that more danger lays in wait.
Starship Troopers
Release 1997
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Director: Paul Verhoeven
Writers: Edward Neumeier, Robert A. Heinlein
Stars: Casper Van Dien, Dina Meyer, Denise Richards, Jake Busey, Neil Patrick Harris
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120201/
Humans in a fascistic, militaristic future do battle with giant alien bugs in a fight for survival.