Category Archives: Action
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.
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
Release 2011
Genre Action, Fantasy, Thriller
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Director: Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor
Writers: Scott M. Gimple, Seth Hoffman, David S. Goyer
Stars: Nicolas Cage, Violante Placido, Ciarán Hinds, Idris Elba, Johnny Whitworth
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1071875/
As Johnny Blaze hides out in Eastern Europe, he is called upon to stop the devil, who is trying to take human form.