Category Archives: Action
Fast & Furious
Release 2001
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Director: Rob Cohen
Writers: Ken Li , Gary Scott Thompson
Stars: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Jordana Brewster, Michelle Rodriguez
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0232500/
Los Angeles police officer Brian O'Connor must decide where his loyalties really lie when he becomes enamored with the street racing world he has been sent undercover to destroy.
Star Trek Into Darkness
Release 2013
Genre Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
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Director: J.J. Abrams
Writers: Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, Damon Lindelof, Gene Roddenberry
Stars: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1408101/
After the crew of the Enterprise find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one-man weapon of mass destruction.
Brave
Release 2012
Genre Action, Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
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Director: Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman, Steve Purcell
Writers: Brenda Chapman, Mark Andrews, Steve Purcell, Irene Mecchi, Michael Arndt
Stars: Kelly Macdonald, Billy Connolly, Emma Thompson, Julie Walters, Robbie Coltrane
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1217209/
Determined to make her own path in life, Princess Merida defies a custom that brings chaos to her kingdom. Granted one wish, Merida must rely on her bravery and her archery skills to undo a beastly curse.
Kick-Ass 2
Release 2013
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Director: Jeff Wadlow
Writers: Jeff Wadlow, Mark Millar, John Romita Jr.
Stars: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Chloë Grace Moretz, Morris Chestnut, Claudia Lee, Amy Anzel
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1650554/
The costumed high-school hero Kick-Ass joins with a group of normal citizens who have been inspired to fight crime in costume. Meanwhile, the Red Mist plots an act of revenge that will affect everyone Kick-Ass knows.
Battleship
Release 2012
Genre Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: Peter Berg
Writers: Jon Hoeber, Erich Hoeber
Stars: Taylor Kitsch, Alexander Skarsgård, Rihanna, Brooklyn Decker, Tadanobu Asano
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1440129/
A fleet of ships is forced to do battle with an armada of unknown origins in order to discover and thwart their destructive goals.
Taken 2
Release 2012
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Director: Olivier Megaton
Writers: Luc Besson, Robert Mark Kamen
Stars: Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen, Leland Orser, Jon Gries
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1397280/
In Istanbul, retired CIA operative Bryan Mills and his wife are taken hostage by the father of a kidnapper Mills killed while rescuing his daughter.
Taken
Release 2008
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Director: Pierre Morel
Writers: Luc Besson, Robert Mark Kamen
Stars: Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Jon Gries, David Warshofsky, Holly Valance
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0936501/
A retired CIA agent travels across Europe and relies on his old skills to save his estranged daughter, who has been kidnapped while on a trip to Paris.
Contraband
Release 2012
Genre Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Director: Baltasar Kormákur
Writers: Aaron Guzikowski, Arnaldur Indriðason, Óskar Jónasson
Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Kate Beckinsale, Ben Foster, Giovanni Ribisi, Lukas Haas
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1524137/
To protect his brother-in-law from a drug lord, a former smuggler heads to Panama to score millions of dollars in counterfeit bills.
The Bourne Legacy
Release 2012
Genre Action, Adventure, Mystery, Thriller
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Director: Tony Gilroy
Writers: Tony Gilroy, Dan Gilroy
Stars: Jeremy Renner, Scott Glenn, Stacy Keach, Edward Norton, Donna Murphy
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1194173/
An expansion of the universe from Robert Ludlum's novels, centered on a new hero whose stakes have been triggered by the events of the previous three films.
Men in Black 3
Release 2012
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Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Writers: Etan Cohen, Lowell Cunningham
Stars: Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin, Jemaine Clement, Emma Thompson
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1409024/
Agent J travels in time to M.I.B.'s early days in 1969 to stop an alien from assassinating his friend Agent K and changing history.