Category Archives: Action
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.
Green Lantern
Release 2011
Genre Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: Martin Campbell
Writers: Greg Berlanti, Michael Green, Marc Guggenheim, Michael Goldenberg
Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Peter Sarsgaard, Mark Strong, Tim Robbins
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1133985/
A test pilot is granted an alien ring that bestows him with otherworldly powers that inducts him into an intergalactic police force.
Sucker Punch
Release 2011
Genre Action, Fantasy, Thriller
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Director: Zack Snyder
Writers: Zack Snyder, Steve Shibuya
Stars: Emily Browning, Abbie Cornish, Jena Malone, Vanessa Hudgens, Jamie Chung
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0978764/
A young girl is institutionalized by her abusive stepfather. Retreating to an alternative reality as a coping strategy, she envisions a plan which will help her escape from the mental facility.
Thor
Release 2011
Genre Action, Adventure, Fantasy
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Director: Kenneth Branagh, Joss Whedon
Writers: Ashley Miller, Zack Stentz, Don Payne, J. Michael Straczynski, Mark Protosevich, Stan Lee, Larry Lieber, Jack Kirby
Stars: Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Anthony Hopkins, Stellan Skarsgård
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0800369/
The powerful but arrogant god Thor is cast out of Asgard to live amongst humans in Midgard (Earth), where he soon becomes one of their finest defenders.
Captain America: The First Avenger
Release 2011
Genre Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
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Director: Joe Johnston
Writers: Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely, Joe Simon, Jack Kirby
Stars: Chris Evans, Hayley Atwell, Sebastian Stan, Tommy Lee Jones, Hugo Weaving
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0458339/
After being deemed unfit for military service, Steve Rogers volunteers for a top secret research project that turns him into Captain America, a superhero dedicated to defending USA ideals.