Category Archives: Action
Drive Angry
Release 2011
Genre Action, Crime, Fantasy, Thriller
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Director: Patrick Lussier
Writers: Todd Farmer, Patrick Lussier
Stars: Nicolas Cage, Amber Heard, William Fichtner, Billy Burke, David Morse
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1502404/
A vengeful father escapes from hell and chases after the men who killed his daughter and kidnapped his granddaughter.
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Release 2011
Genre Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: Rupert Wyatt
Writers: Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver, Pierre Boulle
Stars: Andy Serkis, Karin Konoval, Terry Notary, Richard Ridings, Christopher Gordon
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1318514/
A substance, designed to help the brain repair itself, gives rise to a super-intelligent chimp who leads an ape uprising.
X-Men: First Class
Release 2011
Genre Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
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Director: Matthew Vaughn
Writers: Ashley Miller, Zack Stentz, Jane Goldman, Matthew Vaughn, Sheldon Turner, Bryan Singer
Stars: James McAvoy, Laurence Belcher, Michael Fassbender, Bill Milner, Kevin Bacon
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1270798/
In 1962, the United States government enlists the help of Mutants with superhuman abilities to stop a malicious dictator who is determined to start world war III.
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Release 2009
Genre Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: Gavin Hood
Writers: David Benioff, Skip Woods
Stars: Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Danny Huston, Will.i.am, Lynn Collins
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0458525/
A look at Wolverine's early life, in particular his time with the government squad Team X and the impact it will have on his later years.
X-Men 3: The Last Stand
Release 2006
Genre Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: Brett Ratner
Writers: Simon Kinberg, Zak Penn
Stars: Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart, Famke Janssen
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0376994/
When a cure is found to treat mutations, lines are drawn amongst the X-Men, led by Professor Charles Xavier, and the Brotherhood, a band of powerful mutants organized under Xavier's former ally, Magneto.
X2 - Wolverine's Revenge
Release 2003
Genre Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
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Director: Brigitte Burdine
Writers: Larry Hama
Stars: Mark Hamill, Patrick Stewart, Fred Tatasciore, Jennifer Hale, Don Morrow
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0354226/
Logan goes in search of clues to his past and involvement with the Weapon X program in Canada with the...
X-Men
Release 2000
Genre Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
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Director: Bryan Singer
Writers: Tom DeSanto, Bryan Singer, David Hayter
Stars: Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Famke Janssen, James Marsden
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120903/
Two mutants come to a private academy for their kind whose resident superhero team must oppose a terrorist organization with similar powers.
Hanna
Release 2011
Genre Action, Adventure, Thriller
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Director: Joe Wright
Writers: Seth Lochhead, David Farr
Stars: Saoirse Ronan, Eric Bana, Vicky Krieps, Cate Blanchett, Paris Arrowsmith
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0993842/
A sixteen-year-old girl who was raised by her father to be the perfect assassin is dispatched on a mission across Europe, tracked by a ruthless intelligence agent and her operatives.
In Time
Release 2011
Genre Action, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: Andrew Niccol
Stars: Justin Timberlake, Olivia Wilde, Shyloh Oostwald, Johnny Galecki, Colin McGurk
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1637688/
In a future where people stop aging at 25, but are engineered to live only one more year, having the means to buy your way out of the situation is a shot at immortal youth. Here, Will Salas finds himself accused of murder and on the run with a hostage - a connection that becomes an important part of the way against the system.
Immortals
Release 2011
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Director: Tarsem Singh
Writers: Charley Parlapanides, Vlas Parlapanides
Stars: Henry Cavill, Mickey Rourke, Stephen Dorff, Freida Pinto, Luke Evans
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1253864/
Theseus is a mortal man chosen by Zeus to lead the fight against the ruthless King Hyperion, who is on a rampage across Greece to obtain a weapon that can destroy humanity.