Category Archives: Action
The Other Guys
Release 2010
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Director: Adam McKay
Writers: Adam McKay, Chris Henchy
Stars: Will Ferrell, Derek Jeter, Mark Wahlberg, Eva Mendes, Michael Keaton
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1386588/
Two mismatched New York City detectives seize an opportunity to step up like the city's top cops whom they idolize -- only things don't quite go as planned.
Clash of the Titans
Release 2010
Genre Action, Adventure, Fantasy
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Director: Louis Leterrier
Writers: Travis Beacham, Phil Hay, Matt Manfredi, Beverley Cross
Stars: Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Jason Flemyng, Gemma Arterton
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0800320/
Perseus, mortal son of Zeus, battles the minions of the underworld to stop them from conquering heaven and earth.
Machete
Release 2010
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Director: Ethan Maniquis, Robert Rodriguez
Writers: Robert Rodriguez, Álvaro Rodríguez
Stars: Danny Trejo, Robert De Niro, Jessica Alba, Steven Seagal, Michelle Rodriguez
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0985694/
After being set-up and betrayed by the man who hired him to assassinate a Texas Senator, an ex-Federale launches a brutal rampage of revenge against his former boss.
Kung Fu Panda 2
Release 2011
Genre Action, Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family
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Director: Jennifer Yuh
Writers: Jonathan Aibel, Glenn Berger
Stars: Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman, Gary Oldman, Jackie Chan
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1302011/
Po and his friends fight to stop a peacock villain from conquering China with a deadly new weapon, but first the Dragon Warrior must come to terms with his past.
Kung Fu Panda
Release 2008
Genre Action, Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family
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Director: Mark Osborne, John Stevenson
Writers: Jonathan Aibel, Glenn Berger, Ethan Reiff, Cyrus Voris
Stars: Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie, Ian McShane, Jackie Chan
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0441773/
In the Valley of Peace, Po the Panda finds himself chosen as the Dragon Warrior despite the fact that he is obese and a complete novice at martial arts.
Season of the Witch
Release 2011
Genre Action, Adventure, Fantasy
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Director: Dominic Sena
Writers: Bragi F. Schut
Stars: Nicolas Cage, Ron Perlman, Stephen Campbell Moore, Stephen Graham, Ulrich Thomsen
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0479997/
14th-century knights transport a suspected witch to a monastery, where monks deduce her powers could be the source of the Black Plague.
Kick-Ass
Release 2010
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Director: Matthew Vaughn
Writers: Jane Goldman, Matthew Vaughn, Mark Millar, John Romita Jr.
Stars: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Garrett M. Brown, Evan Peters, Deborah Twiss, Lyndsy Fonseca
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1250777/
Dave Lizewski is an unnoticed high school student and comic book fan who one day decides to become a super-hero, even though he has no powers, training or meaningful reason to do so.
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Release 2010
Genre Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
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Director: Edgar Wright
Writers: Michael Bacall, Edgar Wright, Bryan Lee O'Malley
Stars: Michael Cera, Alison Pill, Mark Webber, Johnny Simmons, Ellen Wong
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0446029/
Scott Pilgrim must defeat his new girlfriend's seven evil exes in order to win her heart.
Priest
Release 2011
Genre Action, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: Scott Stewart
Writers: Cory Goodman, Min-Woo Hyung
Stars: Paul Bettany, Karl Urban, Cam Gigandet, Maggie Q, Lily Collins
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0822847/
A priest disobeys church law to track down the vampires who kidnapped his niece.
Tower Heist
Release 2011
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Director: Brett Ratner
Writers: Ted Griffin, Jeff Nathanson, Adam Cooper, Bill Collage
Stars: Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy, Casey Affleck, Alan Alda, Matthew Broderick
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0471042/
When a group of hard working guys find out they've fallen victim to a wealthy business man's Ponzi scheme, they conspire to rob his high-rise residence.