Category Archives: Action
Extortion
Release 2017
Genre Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Director: Phil Volken
Stars: Eion Bailey, Bethany Joy Lenz, Barkhad Abdi, Danny Glover, Tim Griffin
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2957760/
When a Caribbean family vacation takes a disastrous turn, a father finds himself at the mercy of a cold-blooded fisherman, and a desperate race against the clock to save his wife and son.
Hunter's Prayer
Release 2017
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Director: Jonathan Mostow
Writers: Paul Leyden, Kevin Wignall
Stars: Sam Worthington, Martin Compston, Odeya Rush, Verónica Echegui, Allen Leech
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2674358/
An assassin helps a young woman avenge the death of her family.
Ghost in the Shell
Release 2017
Genre Action, Animation, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: Rupert Sanders
Writers: Shirow Masamune, Jamie Moss, William Wheeler, Ehren Kruger
Stars: Scarlett Johansson, Pilou Asbæk, Takeshi Kitano, Juliette Binoche, Michael Pitt
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1219827/
In the near future, Major is the first of her kind: A human saved from a terrible crash, who is cyber-enhanced to be a perfect soldier devoted to stopping the world's most dangerous criminals.
The Shadow Effect
Release 2017
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Director: Obin Olson, Amariah Olson
Writers: Chad Law, Evan Law, George Abbott Clark, Tony Feole
Stars: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Michael Biehn, Cam Gigandet, Brit Shaw, Michael Aaron Milligan
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5044656/
A young man's life is turned upside down when his violent dreams begin to blend with reality.
Monolith(HC)
Release 2016
Genre Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: Ivan Silvestrini
Writers: Elena Bucaccio, Roberto Recchioni, Stefano Sardo, Ivan Silvestrini, Mauro Uzzeo
Stars: Katrina Bowden, Jay Hayden, Damon Dayoub, Brandon W. Jones, Katherine Kelly Lang
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4711924/
A mother and her son plan a surprise visit to Los Angeles to see her husband/his father. Halfway there they get into a terrible accident in the middle of nowhere and now must fight to survive.
Colossal
Release 2016
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Director: Nacho Vigalondo
Stars: Anne Hathaway, Jason Sudeikis, Austin Stowell, Tim Blake Nelson, Dan Stevens
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4680182/
Gloria is an out-of-work party girl forced to leave her life in NY and move back home. When reports surface that a giant creature is destroying Seoul, she gradually comes to the realization that she is somehow connected to this phenomenon.
The Legend of Ben Hall
Release 2016
Genre Action, Biography, Drama
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Director: Matthew Holmes
Stars: Jack Martin, Jamie Coffa, William Lee, Joanne Dobbin, Adam Willson
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3844876/
Ben Hall is drawn back into bushranging by the reappearance of his old friend John Gilbert. Reforming the gang, they soon become the most wanted men in Australian history.
Instant Death
Release 2017
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Director: Ara Paiaya
Writers: Adam Davidson, Ara Paiaya
Stars: Lou Ferrigno, Jerry Anderson, Tania Staite, Jade Fearon, Levi James
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4447090/
A vicious gang war for drug dominance draws in a disturbed Special Forces veteran John Bradley. Trying to adjust to normal life and haunted by inner demons of a violent past, the underworld's retribution on his last connection to humanity, a daughter and grandchild leads to a descent of fury and violence that not even the brutality of gangland is prepared for.
Savage Dog
Release 2017
Genre Action
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Director: Jesse V. Johnson
Stars: Scott Adkins, Marko Zaror, Juju Chan, Cung Le, Vladimir Kulich
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5851014/
A story set in Indochina in 1959, a land beyond rule and a time without mercy, and the birth of a legend.
Logan
Release 2017
Genre Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller, War
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Director: James Mangold
Writers: James Mangold, Scott Frank, Michael Green, Craig Kyle, John Romita Sr., Roy Thomas, Herb Trimpe, Len Wein, Christopher Yost
Stars: Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Dafne Keen, Boyd Holbrook, Stephen Merchant
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3315342/
In the near future, a weary Logan cares for an ailing Professor X somewhere on the Mexican border. However, Logan's attempts to hide from the world and his legacy are upended when a young mutant arrives, pursued by dark forces.