Category Archives: Action
Snowpiercer
Release 2013
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Director: Joon-ho Bong
Writers: Joon-ho Bong, Kelly Masterson, Jacques Lob, Benjamin Legrand, Jean-Marc Rochette
Stars: Chris Evans, Jamie Bell, Tilda Swinton, Ed Harris, John Hurt
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1706620/
In a future where a failed global-warming experiment kills off all life on the planet except for a lucky few that boarded the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe, where a class system evolves.
The Heat
Release 2013
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Director: Paul Feig
Writers: Katie Dippold
Stars: Sandra Bullock, Melissa McCarthy, Demian Bichir, Marlon Wayans, Michael Rapaport
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2404463/
An uptight FBI Special Agent is paired with a foul-mouthed Boston cop to take down a ruthless drug lord.
Iron Man 3
Release 2013
Genre Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
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Director: Shane Black
Writers: Drew Pearce, Shane Black, Stan Lee, Don Heck, Larry Lieber, Jack Kirby, Warren Ellis, Adi Granov
Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce, Rebecca Hall
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1300854/
When Tony Stark's world is torn apart by a formidable terrorist called the Mandarin, he starts an odyssey of rebuilding and retribution.
Iron Man 2
Release 2010
Genre Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
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Director: Jon Favreau, Kenneth Branagh
Writers: Justin Theroux, Stan Lee, Don Heck, Larry Lieber, Jack Kirby
Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Scarlett Johansson, Sam Rockwell
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1228705/
With the world now aware of his identity as Iron Man, Tony Stark must contend with both his declining health and a vengeful mad man with ties to his father's legacy.
Iron Man
Release 2008
Genre Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
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Director: Jon Favreau
Writers: Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby, Art Marcum, Matt Holloway, Stan Lee, Don Heck, Larry Lieber, Jack Kirby
Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Terrence Howard, Jeff Bridges, Gwyneth Paltrow, Leslie Bibb
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0371746/
When wealthy industrialist Tony Stark is forced to build an armored suit after a life-threatening incident, he ultimately decides to use its technology to fight against evil.
Pacific Rim
Release 2013
Genre Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
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Director: Guillermo del Toro
Writers: Travis Beacham, Guillermo del Toro
Stars: Charlie Hunnam, Diego Klattenhoff, Idris Elba, Rinko Kikuchi, Charlie Day
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1663662/
As a war between humankind and monstrous sea creatures wages on, a former pilot and a trainee are paired up to drive a seemingly obsolete special weapon in a desperate effort to save the world from the apocalypse.
World War Z
Release 2013
Genre Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: Marc Forster
Writers: Matthew Michael Carnahan, Drew Goddard, Damon Lindelof, J. Michael Straczynski, Max Brooks
Stars: Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, Daniella Kertesz, James Badge Dale, Ludi Boeken
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0816711/
United Nations employee Gerry Lane traverses the world in a race against time to stop the Zombie pandemic that is toppling armies and governments, and threatening to destroy humanity itself.
Man of Steel
Release 2013
Genre Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
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Director: Zack Snyder
Writers: David S. Goyer, Christopher Nolan, Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster
Stars: Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon, Diane Lane, Russell Crowe
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0770828/
A young itinerant worker is forced to confront his secret extrastellar origin when Earth is invaded by members of his own race.
The Last Stand
Release 2013
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Director: Kim Jee-woon
Writers: Andrew Knauer
Stars: Arron Shiver, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Forest Whitaker, Titos Menchaca, Richard Dillard
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1549920/
The leader of a drug cartel busts out of a courthouse and speeds to the Mexican border, where the only thing in his path is a sheriff and his inexperienced staff.
Oblivion
Release 2013
Genre Action, Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi
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Director: Joseph Kosinski
Writers: Karl Gajdusek, Michael Arndt, Joseph Kosinski
Stars: Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman, Olga Kurylenko, Andrea Riseborough, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1483013/
A veteran assigned to extract Earth's remaining resources begins to question what he knows about his mission and himself.