Category Archives: Action
After Earth
Release 2013
Genre Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
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Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Writers: Gary Whitta, M. Night Shyamalan, Will Smith
Stars: Jaden Smith, Will Smith, Sophie Okonedo, Zoë Kravitz, Glenn Morshower
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1815862/
A crash landing leaves Kitai Raige and his father Cypher stranded on Earth, a millennium after events forced humanity's escape. With Cypher injured, Kitai must embark on a perilous journey to signal for help.
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
Release 2013
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Director: Tommy Wirkola
Stars: Jeremy Renner, Gemma Arterton, Famke Janssen, Pihla Viitala, Derek Mears
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1428538/
Hansel & Gretel are bounty hunters who track and kill witches all over the world. As the fabled Blood Moon approaches, the siblings encounter a new form of evil that might hold a secret to their past.
Gangster Squad
Release 2013
Genre Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Director: Ruben Fleischer
Writers: Will Beall, Paul Lieberman
Stars: Sean Penn, Holt McCallany, Wade Williams, James Landry Hébert, Ambyr Childers
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1321870/
Los Angeles, 1949: A secret crew of police officers led by two determined sergeants work together in an effort to take down the ruthless mob king Mickey Cohen who runs the city.
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Release 2012
Genre Action, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
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Director: Timur Bekmambetov
Writers: Seth Grahame-Smith
Stars: Benjamin Walker, Dominic Cooper, Anthony Mackie, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Rufus Sewell
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1611224/
Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, discovers vampires are planning to take over the United States. He makes it his mission to eliminate them.
Wrath of the Titans
Release 2012
Genre Action, Adventure, Fantasy
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Director: Jonathan Liebesman
Writers: Dan Mazeau, David Johnson, Greg Berlanti, Beverley Cross
Stars: Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Édgar Ramírez, Toby Kebbell
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1646987/
Perseus braves the treacherous underworld to rescue his father, Zeus, captured by his son, Ares, and brother Hades who unleash the ancient Titans upon the world.
John Carter
Release 2012
Genre Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
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Director: Andrew Stanton
Writers: Andrew Stanton, Mark Andrews, Michael Chabon, Edgar Rice Burroughs
Stars: Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, Samantha Morton, Willem Dafoe, Thomas Haden Church
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0401729/
Transplanted to Mars, a Civil War vet discovers a lush planet inhabited by 12-foot tall barbarians. Finding himself a prisoner of these creatures, he escapes, only to encounter a princess who is in desperate need of a savior.
Stolen
Release 2012
Genre Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Director: Simon West
Writers: David Guggenheim
Stars: Nicolas Cage, Josh Lucas, Danny Huston, Malin Akerman, Sami Gayle
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1656186/
A former thief frantically searches for his missing daughter, who has been kidnapped and locked in the trunk of a taxi.
Dead Man Down
Release 2013
Genre Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Director: Niels Arden Oplev
Writers: J.H. Wyman
Stars: Colin Farrell, Noomi Rapace, Terrence Howard, Dominic Cooper, Isabelle Huppert
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2101341/
In New York City, a crime lord's right-hand man is seduced by a woman seeking retribution.
This Means War
Release 2012
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Director: McG
Writers: Timothy Dowling, Simon Kinberg, Marcus Gautesen
Stars: Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine, Tom Hardy, Til Schweiger, Chelsea Handler
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1596350/
Two top CIA operatives wage an epic battle against one another after they discover they are dating the same woman.
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Release 2011
Genre Action, Adventure, Fantasy
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Director: Rob Marshall
Writers: Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Stuart Beattie, Jay Wolpert, Tim Powers
Stars: Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz, Geoffrey Rush, Ian McShane, Kevin McNally
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1298650/
Jack Sparrow and Barbossa embark on a quest to find the elusive fountain of youth, only to discover that Blackbeard and his daughter are after it too.