Category Archives: Action
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.
Terminator Salvation
Release 2009
Genre Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: McG
Writers: John D. Brancato, Michael Ferris
Stars: Christian Bale, Sam Worthington, Moon Bloodgood, Helena Bonham Carter, Anton Yelchin
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0438488/
After Skynet has destroyed much of humanity in a nuclear holocaust, a group of survivors led by John Connor struggles to keep the machines from finishing the job.
A Good Day to Die Hard
Release 2013
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Director: John Moore
Writers: Skip Woods, Roderick Thorp
Stars: Bruce Willis, Jai Courtney, Sebastian Koch, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Yuliya Snigir
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1606378/
John McClane travels to Russia to help out his seemingly wayward son, Jack, only to discover that Jack is a CIA operative working undercover, causing the father and son to team up against underworld forces.
Avatar
Release 2009
Genre Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
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Director: James Cameron
Stars: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Michelle Rodriguez
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0499549/
A paraplegic Marine dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission becomes torn between following his orders and protecting the world he feels is his home.
Pompeii
Release 2014
Genre Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance
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Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
Writers: Janet Scott Batchler, Lee Batchler, Michael Robert Johnson
Stars: Kit Harington, Carrie-Anne Moss, Emily Browning, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Jessica Lucas
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1921064/
A slave-turned-gladiator finds himself in a race against time to save his true love, who has been betrothed to a corrupt Roman Senator. As Mount Vesuvius erupts, he must fight to save his beloved as Pompeii crumbles around him.
District 9
Release 2009
Genre Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: Neill Blomkamp
Writers: Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell
Stars: Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope, Nathalie Boltt, Sylvaine Strike, Elizabeth Mkandawie
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1136608/
An extraterrestrial race forced to live in slum-like conditions on Earth suddenly finds a kindred spirit in a government agent who is exposed to their biotechnology.
Pandorum
Release 2009
Genre Action, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: Christian Alvart
Writers: Travis Milloy, Christian Alvart
Stars: Dennis Quaid, Ben Foster, Cam Gigandet, Antje Traue, Cung Le
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1188729/
A pair of crew members aboard a spaceship wake up with no knowledge of their mission or their identities.