Category Archives: Action

21 Jump Street

Release 2012

Genre Action, Comedy, Crime

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Director: Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
Writers: Michael Bacall, Jonah Hill, Patrick Hasburgh, Stephen J. Cannell
Stars: Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, Brie Larson, Dave Franco, Rob Riggle
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1232829/

A pair of underachieving cops are sent back to a local high school to blend in and bring down a synthetic drug ring.

Tarzan

Release 2013

Genre Action, Adventure, Animation, Drama, Family, Mystery, Romance

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Director: Reinhard Klooss
Writers: Reinhard Klooss, Jessica Postigo, Edgar Rice Burroughs
Stars: Kellan Lutz, Robert Capron, Spencer Locke, Jaime Ray Newman, Brian Huskey
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1705952/

Tarzan and Jane Porter face a mercenary army dispatched by the evil CEO of Greystoke Energies, a man who took over the company from Tarzan's parents, after they died in a plane crash.

The Matrix Revolutions

Release 2003

Genre Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

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Director: Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski
Stars: Mary Alice, Tanveer K. Atwal, Helmut Bakaitis, Kate Beahan, Francine Bell
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0242653/

The human city of Zion defends itself against the massive invasion of the machines as Neo fights to end the war at another front while also opposing the rogue Agent Smith.

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Release 2011

Genre Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

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Director: Michael Bay
Writers: Ehren Kruger
Stars: Shia LaBeouf, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Josh Duhamel, John Turturro, Tyrese Gibson
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1399103/

The Autobots learn of a Cybertronian spacecraft hidden on the moon, and race against the Decepticons to reach it and to learn its secrets.

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Release 2009

Genre Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

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Director: Michael Bay
Writers: Ehren Kruger, Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman
Stars: Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, John Turturro
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1055369/

Sam Witwicky leaves the Autobots behind for a normal life. But when his mind is filled with cryptic symbols, the Decepticons target him and he is dragged back into the Transformers' war.

Hummingbird

Release 2013

Genre Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller

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Director: Steven Knight
Stars: Jason Statham, Agata Buzek, Vicky McClure, Benedict Wong, Ger Ryan
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1893256/

Homeless and on the run from a military court martial, a damaged ex-special forces soldier navigating London's criminal underworld seizes an opportunity to assume another man's identity -- transforming into an avenging angel in the process.

Parker

Release 2013

Genre Action, Crime, Thriller

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Director: Taylor Hackford
Writers: John J. McLaughlin, Donald E. Westlake
Stars: Jason Statham, Jennifer Lopez, Michael Chiklis, Wendell Pierce, Clifton Collins Jr.
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1904996/

A thief with a unique code of professional ethics is double-crossed by his crew and left for dead. Assuming a new disguise and forming an unlikely alliance with a woman on the inside, he looks to hijack the score of the crew's latest heist.

Crank: High Voltage

Release 2009

Genre Action, Crime, Thriller

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Director: Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor
Stars: Jason Statham, Amy Smart, Dwight Yoakam, Efren Ramirez, Julanne Chidi Hill
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1121931/

Chelios faces a Chinese mobster who has stolen his nearly indestructible heart and replaced it with a battery-powered ticker that requires regular jolts of electricity to keep working.

Crank

Release 2006

Genre Action, Crime, Thriller

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Director: Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor
Stars: Jason Statham, Amy Smart, Jose Pablo Cantillo, Efren Ramirez, Dwight Yoakam
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0479884/

Professional assassin Chev Chelios learns his rival has injected him with a poison that will kill him if his heart rate drops.

Killer Elite

Release 2011

Genre Action, Crime, Thriller

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Director: Gary McKendry
Writers: Matt Sherring, Ranulph Fiennes
Stars: Jason Statham, Clive Owen, Robert De Niro, Dominic Purcell, Aden Young
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1448755/

When his mentor is taken captive by a disgraced Arab sheik, a killer-for-hire is forced into action. His mission: kill three members of Britain's elite Special Air Service responsible for the death of his son.