Archive for the ‘Action’ Category

Ninja Assassin

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

All Genres:
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA | Germany

Runtime: 99 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline:

 

Cast: Sung Kang … Hollywood
Randall Duk Kim … Tattoo Master
Jonathan Chan-Pensley … Yakuza Henchman
Yuki Iwamoto … Yakuza Couch
Ill-Young Kim … Yakuza Mohawk
Ben Miles … Maslow
Naomie Harris … Mika
Rain … Raizo
Stephen Marcus … Kingpin
Linh Dan Pham … Pretty Ninja
Fang Yu … Laundromat Manager
Adriana Altaras … Landlady
Shô Kosugi … Ozunu
Kylie Goldstein … Young Kiriko (as Kylie Liya Goldstein)
Yoon Sungwoong … Young Raizo

 

Plot: A young ninja turns his back on orphanage that raised him, leading to a confrontation with a fellow ninja from the clan.

Zombieland

Friday, September 25th, 2009

All Genres:
Action, Comedy, Horror

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA

Runtime: 88 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: This place is so dead

 

Cast: Woody Harrelson … Tallahassee
Jesse Eisenberg … Columbus
Emma Stone … Wichita
Abigail Breslin … Little Rock
Amber Heard … 406
Bill Murray … Himself
Derek Graf … Clown Zombie rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ann Margaret Swindall … Featured Hero Zombie

 

Plot: The horror comedy Zombieland focuses on two men who have found a way to survive a world overrun by zombies…

 

Awards: 1 win & 1 nomination

Surrogates

Thursday, September 24th, 2009

All Genres:
Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA

Runtime: 89 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: How do you save humanity when the only thing that's real is you?

 

Cast: Bruce Willis … Tom Greer
Radha Mitchell … Peters
Rosamund Pike … Maggie
Boris Kodjoe … Stone
James Francis Ginty … Canter Surrogate
James Cromwell … Older Canter
Ving Rhames … The Prophet
Jack Noseworthy … Strickland
Devin Ratray … Bobby
Michael Cudlitz … Colonel Brendon
Jeffrey De Serrano … Armando
Helena Mattsson … JJ
Michael Phillip … Uniformed Cop
Danny F Smith … Victim (as Danny Smith)
Brian A. Parrish … Hard Hat (as Brian Parrish)

 

Plot: Set in a futuristic world where humans live in isolation and interact through surrogate robots, a cop (Willis) is forced to leave his home for the first time in years in order to investigate the murders of others

The Girl Who Played with Fire

Friday, September 18th, 2009

All Genres:
Action, Mystery, Thriller See  »

Release Year: 2009

Country: Sweden | Denmark | Germany

Runtime: 129 min

Languages: Swedish | Italian | French

Director:

Tagline:

 

Writers: Jonas Frykberg (screenplay) Stieg Larsson (novel)

 

Cast: Noomi Rapace … Lisbeth Salander
Michael Nyqvist … Mikael Blomkvist
Lena Endre … Erika Berger
Sofia Ledarp … Malin Erikson
Peter Andersson … Nils Bjurman
Georgi Staykov … Alexander Zalachenko
Yasmine Garbi … Miriam Wu
Micke Spreitz … Ronald Niedermann (as Mikael Spreitz)
Tehilla Blad … Young Lisbeth
Annika Hallin … Annika Giannini
Michalis Koutsogiannakis … Dragan Armanskij
Paolo Roberto … Paolo Roberto
Tanja Lorentzon … Sonja Modig
Per Oscarsson … Holger Palmgren
Alexandra Hummingson … Journalist (as Alexandra Eisenstein)
Anders Ahlbom … Dr. Peter Teleborian (as Anders Ahlbom Rosendahl)
Jacob Ericksson … Christer Malm
Niklas Hjulström … Richard Ekström – Prosecutor
Magnus Krepper … Hans Faste
Reuben Sallmander … Enrico
Ralph Carlsson … Gunnar Björk
Johan Kylén … Inspector Jan Bublanski
Jörgen Berthage … Police officer
Hans Christian Thulin … Dag Svensson (as Hans-Christian Thulin)
Lisbeth Åkerman … Herself – Tv reporter
Jennie Silfverhjelm … Mia Bergman
Donald Högberg … Jerker Holmberg
Pelle Bolander … Sonny Nieminen
Sunil Munshi … Dr. Sivarnandan
Daniel Gustavsson … Niklas Eriksson
Ola Wahlström … Per-Åke Sandström
Thomas Lindblad … Magge Lundin
Dennis Önder … Refik Alba
David Druid … Tony Scala
Olga Henrikson … Irina Hammujärvi
Lars-Åke Gustavsson … Himself – Radiopratare

 

Plot: As computer hacker Lisbeth and journalist Mikael investigate a sex-trafficking ring, Lisbeth is accused of three murders, causing her to go on the run while Mikael works to clear her name. Full summary » Add synopsis »

Daybreakers

Friday, September 11th, 2009

All Genres:
Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Release Year: 2009

Country: Australia | USA

Runtime: 98 min

Languages: English

Director: Michael Spierig

Peter Spierig

Tagline: In 2019, The Most Precious Natural Resource… Is Us.

 

Writers: Michael Spierig (written by) & Peter Spierig (written by)

 

Cast: Harriet Minto-Day … Lisa Barrett
Jay Laga'aia … Senator Turner
Damien Garvey … Senator Westlake
Sahaj Dumpleton … Homeless Vampire
Allan Todd … Businessman
Gabriella Di Labio … Businesswoman
Ben Siemer … Police Officer
Peter Welman … Police Officer
Ethan Hawke … Edward Dalton
Callum McLean … Vampire School Kid
Jarrad Pon … Vampire School Kid
Victoria Williams … Vampire School Kid
Zoe White … Vampire School Kid
Aolani Roy … Vampire School Kid
Tiffany Lamb … News Reader

 

Plot: In the year 2019, a plague has transformed most every human into vampires. Faced with a dwindling blood supply, the fractured dominant race plots their survival; meanwhile, a researcher works with a covert band of vamps on a way to save humankind. add synopsis

Whiteout

Wednesday, September 9th, 2009

All Genres:
Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA | Canada | France

Runtime: 101 min

Languages: English | Russian

Director:

Tagline: See Your Last Breath.

 

Writers: Jon Hoeber (screenplay) & Erich Hoeber (screenplay) …

 

Cast: Kate Beckinsale … Carrie Stetko
Gabriel Macht … Robert Pryce
Tom Skerritt … Dr. John Fury
Columbus Short … Delfy
Alex O'Loughlin … Russell Haden
Shawn Doyle … Sam Murphy
Joel S. Keller … Jack (as Joel Keller)
Jesse Todd … Rubin
Arthur Holden … McGuire
Erin Hickock … Rhonda (as Erin Hicock)
Bashar Rahal … Russian Pilot
Julian Cain … Russian Co-pilot
Dennis Keiffer … Russian Guard #1
Andrei Runtso … Russian Guard #2
Roman Varshavsky … Russian Guard #3

 

Plot: U.S. Marshal Carrie Stetko tracks a killer in Antarctica, as the sun is about to set for six months.

Valhalla Rising

Friday, September 4th, 2009

All Genres:
Action, Adventure See  »

Release Year: 2009

Country: Denmark | UK

Runtime: 93 min | Canada:90 min (Toronto International Film Festival)

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline:

 

Writers: Roy Jacobsen (writer) Nicolas Winding Refn (writer)

 

Cast: Mads Mikkelsen … One-Eye
Jamie Sives … Gorm
Gary Lewis … Kare
Ewan Stewart … Eirik
Alexander Morton … Barde
Callum Mitchell … Pagan Viking Guard
Andrew Flanagan … Duggal
Maarten Stevenson … Are / The Boy
Douglas Russell … Olaf
Gary McCormack … Hauk
Gordon Brown … Hagen
Mathew Zajac … Malkolm
Robert Harrison … Roger
Stewart Porter … Kenneth
Rony Bridges … Magnus
P.B. McBeath … Man with pike
James Ramsey … Gudmund

 

Plot: 1000 AD, for years, One Eye, a mute warrior of supernatural strength, has been held prisoner by the Norse chieftain Barde… See » Full synopsis »

 

Awards: 2 wins See »

Gamer

Thursday, September 3rd, 2009

All Genres:
Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA

Runtime: 95 min

Languages: English

Director: Mark Neveldine

Brian Taylor

Tagline: In the near future, you don't live to play… you'll play to live.

 

Cast: Gerard Butler … Kable
Amber Valletta … Angie
Michael C. Hall … Ken Castle
Kyra Sedgwick … Gina Parker Smith
Logan Lerman … Simon
Alison Lohman … Trace
Terry Crews … Hackman
Ramsey Moore … Gorge
Ludacris … Humanz Brother (as Chris 'Ludacris' Bridges)
Aaron Yoo … Humanz Dude
Jonathan Chase … Geek Leader
Dan Callahan … Backup Geek
Brighid Fleming … Delia
Johnny Whitworth … Scotch
Keith Jardine … Mean Slayer

 

Plot: Set in a future-world where humans can control other humans in mass-scale, multi-player online gaming environments… add synopsis

 

Awards: 1 win

District 9

Thursday, August 13th, 2009

All Genres:
Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA | New Zealand

Runtime: 112 min

Languages: English | Nyanja | Afrikaans

Director:

Tagline: You are not welcome here.

 

Writers: Neill Blomkamp (screenplay) & Terri Tatchell (screenplay)

 

Cast: Sharlto Copley … Wikus Van De Merwe
Jason Cope … Grey Bradnam – UKNR Chief Correspondent
Nathalie Boltt … Sarah Livingstone – Sociologist
Sylvaine Strike … Dr Katrina McKenzie
Elizabeth Mkandawie … Interviewee
John Sumner … Les Feldman – MIL Engineer
William Allen Young … Dirk Michaels
Greg Melvill-Smith … Interviewer
Nick Blake … Francois Moraneu – CIV Engineer Team
Morena Busa Sesatsa … Interviewee
Themba Nkosi … Interviewee
Mzwandile Nqoba … Interviewee
Barry Strydom … Interviewee
Jed Brophy … James Hope – Police Officer
Louis Minnaar … Piet Smit

 

Plot: An extraterrestrial race forced to live in slum-like conditions on Earth suddenly finds a kindred spirit in a government agent who is exposed to their biotechnology.

 

Awards: Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 8 wins & 27 nominations

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

Wednesday, August 5th, 2009

All Genres:
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA | Czech Republic

Runtime: 118 min

Languages: English | French

Director:

Tagline: When All Else Fails, They Don't

 

Cast: Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje … Heavy Duty
Christopher Eccleston … James McCullen / Destro
Joseph Gordon-Levitt … The Doctor / Rex Lewis
Byung-hun Lee … Storm Shadow
Sienna Miller … Anastasia 'Ana' DeCobray / Baroness
Rachel Nichols … Shana 'Scarlett' O'Hara
Ray Park … Snake Eyes
Jonathan Pryce … U.S. President
Saïd Taghmaoui … Breaker
Channing Tatum … Duke
Arnold Vosloo … Zartan
Marlon Wayans … Ripcord
Dennis Quaid … General Hawk
Grégory Fitoussi … Baron de Cobray
Leo Howard … Young Snake Eyes

 

Plot: An elite military unit comprised of special operatives known as G.I. Joe, operating out of The Pit, takes on an evil organization led by a notorious arms dealer.

 

Awards: 7 nominations

G-Force

Sunday, July 19th, 2009

All Genres:
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA

Runtime: 88 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: Gadgets, Gizmos, Guinea Pigs. In 3-D.

 

Cast: Bill Nighy … Leonard Saber
Sam Rockwell … Darwin (voice)
Will Arnett … Kip Killian
Jon Favreau … Hurley (voice)
Zach Galifianakis … Ben
Nicolas Cage … Speckles (voice)
Kelli Garner … Marcie
Penélope Cruz … Juarez (voice)
Tyler Patrick Jones … Connor
Steve Buscemi … Bucky (voice)
Piper Mackenzie Harris … Penny
Gabriel Casseus … Agent Trigstad
Tracy Morgan … Blaster (voice)
Jack Conley … Agent Carter
Niecy Nash … Rosalita

 

Plot: A specially trained squad of guinea pigs is dispatched to stop a diabolical billionaire from taking over the world.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Monday, July 6th, 2009

All Genres:
Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance

Release Year: 2009

Country: UK | USA

Runtime: 153 min

Languages: English | Croatian

Director:

Tagline: Once again I must ask too much of you, Harry

 

Cast: Daniel Radcliffe … Harry Potter
Michael Gambon … Professor Albus Dumbledore
Dave Legeno … Fenrir Greyback
Elarica Gallacher … Waitress
Jim Broadbent … Professor Horace Slughorn
Geraldine Somerville … Lily Potter
Bonnie Wright … Ginny Weasley
Julie Walters … Molly Weasley
Rupert Grint … Ron Weasley
Emma Watson … Hermione Granger
Helena Bonham Carter … Bellatrix Lestrange
Timothy Spall … Wormtail
Alan Rickman … Professor Severus Snape
Oliver Phelps … George Weasley
James Phelps … Fred Weasley

 

Plot: As Harry Potter begins his 6th year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, he discovers an old book marked mysteriously “This book is the property of the Half-Blood Prince” and begins to learn about Lord Voldemort’s dark past.

 

Awards: Nominated for Oscar. Another 2 wins & 8 nominations

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

All Genres:
Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Romance

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA

Runtime: 94 min

Languages: English

Director: Carlos Saldanha

Mike Thurmeier (co-director)

Tagline: The sub-zero heroes are back, on an incredible adventure… for the ages.

 

Writers: Peter Ackerman (screenplay) Michael Berg (screenplay)

 

Cast: Eunice Cho … Madison (Diatryma Girl) (voice)
Karen Disher … Scratte (voice)
Harrison Fahn … Glypto Boy (voice)
Maile Flanagan … Aardvark Mom (voice)
Jason Fricchione … Adult Molehog Male (voice)
Bill Hader … Gazelle (voice)
Kelly Keaton … Molehog Mom / Shovelmouth Mom (voice)
Joey King … Beaver Girl (voice)
Queen Latifah … Ellie (voice)
Denis Leary … Diego (voice)
Allegra Leguizamo … Aardvark Girl (voice)
John Leguizamo … Sid (voice)
Lucas Leguizamo … Aardvark Boy / Beaver Kid #2 (voice)
Clea Lewis … Start Mom (voice)
Jane Lynch … Diatryma Mom (voice)

 

Plot: When Sid’s attempt to adopt three dinosaur eggs gets him abducted by their real mother to an underground lost world, his friends attempt to rescue him.

 

Awards: 2 nominations

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Friday, June 19th, 2009

All Genres:
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA

Runtime: 150 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: Revenge is coming.

 

Cast: Shia LaBeouf … Sam Witwicky
Megan Fox … Mikaela Banes
Josh Duhamel … Major Lennox
Tyrese Gibson … USAF Master Sergeant Epps
John Turturro … Simmons
Ramon Rodriguez … Leo Spitz
Kevin Dunn … Ron Witwicky
Julie White … Judy Witwicky
Isabel Lucas … Alice
John Benjamin Hickey … Galloway
Matthew Marsden … Captain Graham SAS
Andrew Howard … Special Air Service Forces
Michael Papajohn … Cal
Glenn Morshower … General Morshower
John Eric Bentley … Aide

 

Plot: Decepticon forces return to Earth on a mission to take Sam Witwicky prisoner, after the young hero learns the truth about the ancient origins of the Transformers. Joining the mission to protect humankind is Optimus Prime, who forms an alliance with international armies for a second epic battle.

 

Awards: Nominated for Oscar. Another 2 wins & 14 nominations

The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3

Thursday, June 4th, 2009

All Genres:
Action, Crime, Thriller

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA | UK

Runtime: 106 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline:

 

Cast: Denzel Washington … Walter Garber
John Travolta … Ryder
Luis Guzmán … Phil Ramos
Victor Gojcaj … Bashkim
John Turturro … Camonetti
Michael Rispoli … John Johnson
Ramon Rodriguez … Delgado
James Gandolfini … Mayor
John Benjamin Hickey … Deputy Mayor LaSalle
Alex Kaluzhsky … George
Gbenga Akinnagbe … Wallace
Katherine Sigismund … Mom
Jake Richard Siciliano … 8-Year-Old Boy (as Jake Siciliano)
Jason Butler Harner … Mr. Thomas
Gary Basaraba … Jerry Pollard (Motorman)

 

Plot: Armed men hijack a New York City subway train, holding the passengers hostage in return for a ransom, and turning an ordinary day’s work for dispatcher Walter Garber into a face-off with the mastermind behind the crime.

 

Awards: 4 nominations

Dance Flick

Friday, May 22nd, 2009

All Genres:
Action, Comedy, Music

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA

Runtime: USA:83 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline:

 

Cast: Shoshana Bush … Megan
Damon Wayans Jr. … Thomas
Essence Atkins … Charity
Affion Crockett … A-Con
Luis Dalmasy Jr. … Dancer #9 (as Luis Dalmasy)
Chris Elliott … Ron
Christina Murphy … Nora
David Alan Grier … Sugar Bear
Amy Sedaris … Ms. Cameltoe
Kim Wayans … Ms. Dontwannabebothered
Lauren Bowles … Glynn
Brennan Hillard … Jack
George Gore II … Ray
Chelsea Makela … Tracy Transfat
Ross Thomas … Tyler

 

Plot: Street dancer Thomas Uncles is from the wrong side of the tracks, but his bond with the beautiful Megan White might help the duo realize their dreams as the enter in the mother of all dance battles.

Bitch Slap

Saturday, May 16th, 2009

All Genres:
Action

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA

Runtime:

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline:

 

Writers: Eric Gruendemann (screenplay) Rick Jacobson (screenplay)

 

Cast: Julia Voth … Trixie
Erin Cummings … Hel
America Olivo … Camero
Michael Hurst … Gage
Ron Melendez … Deputy Fuchs
William Gregory Lee … Hot Wire
Minae Noji … Kinki
Scott Hanley … Black Ice
Kevin Sorbo … Mr. Phoenix
Dennis Keiffer … MacDaddy
Lucy Lawless … Mother Superior
Renée O'Connor … Sister Batrill
Mark Lutz … Deiter Von Vondervon
Debbie Lee Carrington … Hot Pocket
Zoe Bell … Rawhide

 

Plot: Three bad girls travel to a remote desert hideaway to steal $200 million in diamonds from a ruthless underworld kingpin. add synopsis

Terminator Salvation

Thursday, May 14th, 2009

All Genres:
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA | Germany | UK | Italy

Runtime: 115 min | 118 min (director's cut)

Languages: English | Italian

Director:

Tagline: The End Begins

 

Cast: Christian Bale … John Connor
Sam Worthington … Marcus Wright
Moon Bloodgood … Blair Williams
Helena Bonham Carter … Dr. Serena Kogan
Anton Yelchin … Kyle Reese
Jadagrace … Star
Bryce Dallas Howard … Kate Connor
Common … Barnes
Jane Alexander … Virginia
Michael Ironside … General Ashdown
Ivan G'Vera … General Losenko (as Ivan Gvera)
Chris Browning … Morrison
Dorian Nkono … David
Beth Bailey … Lisa
Victor J. Ho … Mark (as Victor Ho)

 

Plot: After Skynet has destroyed much of humanity in a nuclear holocaust, a group of survivors led by John Connor struggles to keep the machines from finishing the job.

 

Awards: 6 nominations

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian

Thursday, May 14th, 2009

All Genres:
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA | Canada

Runtime: 105 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: When the lights go off the battle is on.

 

Cast: Ben Stiller … Larry Daley
Amy Adams … Amelia Earhart
Owen Wilson … Jedediah
Hank Azaria … Kahmunrah / The Thinker / Abe Lincoln
Robin Williams … Teddy Roosevelt
Christopher Guest … Ivan The Terrible
Alain Chabat … Napoleon
Steve Coogan … Octavius
Ricky Gervais … Dr. McPhee
Bill Hader … General Custer
Jon Bernthal … Al Capone
Patrick Gallagher … Attila The Hun
Jake Cherry … Nick Daley
Rami Malek … Ahkmenrah
Mizuo Peck … Sacajawea

 

Plot: Security guard Larry Daley infiltrates the Smithsonian Institute in order to rescue Jedediah and Octavius, who have been shipped to the museum by mistake.

 

Awards: 1 win & 3 nominations

Fighting

Friday, April 24th, 2009

All Genres:
Action, Drama, Sport

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA

Runtime: 105 min

Languages: English | Russian

Director:

Tagline: Some dreams are worth the fight.

 

Cast: Channing Tatum … Shawn MacArthur
Terrence Howard … Harvey Boarden
Zulay Henao … Zulay Velez
Michael Rivera … Ajax
Flaco Navaja … Ray Ray
Peter Anthony Tambakis … Z (as Peter Tambakis)
Luis Guzmán … Martinez
Anthony DeSando … Christopher Anthony
Roger Guenveur Smith … Jack Dancing
Brian J. White … Evan Hailey (as Brian White)
Ivan Martin … Stockbroker Jerry
Danny Mastrogiorgio … Trader Jim
Altagracia Guzman … Alba Guzmán
Gabrielle Pelucco … Lila
Angelic Zambrana … Kimo's Girl

 

Plot: In New York City, a young counterfeiter is introduced to the world of underground street fighting by a seasoned scam artist, who becomes his manager on the bare-knuckling brawling circuit.

 

Awards: 1 nomination