Archive for the ‘Action’ Category
Thursday, August 7th, 2008
All Genres:
Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 111 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: The darkest age is yet to come. Have faith.
Cast: Thomas Jane … Maj. 'Mitch' Hunter
Ron Perlman … Brother Samuel
Devon Aoki … Cpl. Valerie Duval
Sean Pertwee … Capt. Nathan Rooker
Benno Fürmann … Lt. Maximillian von Steiner
John Malkovich … Constantine
Anna Walton … Severian
Tom Wu … Cpl. Juba Kim Wu
Steve Toussaint … Capt. John McGuire
Luis Echegaray … Cpl. Jesus 'El Jesus' de Barrera
Pras … Captain Michaels (as Pras Michel)
Shauna Macdonald … Adelaide
Roger Ashton-Griffiths … Science Monk
Christopher Adamson … Hodge
Nicholas Ball … Plutocrat
Plot: 28th century soldier Mitch Hunter leads a fight against an army of underworld Mutants.
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Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
All Genres:
Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 111 min | USA:117 min (unrated version)
Languages: English | Cantonese | Korean
Director:
Tagline: Put this in your pipe and smoke it.
Cast: Seth Rogen … Dale Denton
James Franco … Saul Silver
Danny McBride … Red
Kevin Corrigan … Budlofsky
Craig Robinson … Matheson
Gary Cole … Ted Jones
Rosie Perez … Carol / Female Cop
Ed Begley Jr. … Robert
Nora Dunn … Shannon
Amber Heard … Angie Anderson
Joe Lo Truglio … Mr. Edwards
Arthur Napiontek … Clark
Cleo King … Police Liaison Officer
Bill Hader … Private Miller
James Remar … General Bratt
Plot: A stoner and his dealer are forced to go on the run from the police after the pothead witnesses a cop commit a murder.
Awards: Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 2 wins & 5 nominations
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Thursday, July 24th, 2008
All Genres:
Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: Germany | USA
Runtime: 112 min
Languages: English | Mandarin
Director:
Tagline: A New Evil Awakens.
Cast: Brendan Fraser … Richard 'Rick' O'Connell
Jet Li … Emperor Han
Maria Bello … Evelyn O'Connell
John Hannah … Jonathan Carnahan
Michelle Yeoh … Zi Juan
Luke Ford … Alex O'Connell
Isabella Leong … Lin
Anthony Wong Chau-Sang … General Yang (as Chau Sang Anthony Wong)
Russell Wong … General Ming Guo
Liam Cunningham … Mad Dog Maguire
David Calder … Prof. Roger Wilson
Jessey Meng … Choi
Tian Liang … Li Zhou
Albert Kwan … Chu Wah
Jacky Wu … Assassin #1 (as Wu Jing)
Plot: In the Far East, Alex O’Connell, the son of famed mummy fighters Rick and Evy O’Connell, unearths the mummy of the first Emperor of Qin — a shape-shifting entity cursed by a witch centuries ago.
Awards: 1 win & 6 nominations
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Monday, June 30th, 2008
All Genres:
Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Release Year: 2008
Country: China
Runtime: Singapore:150 min (PG version) | China:146 min | South Korea:134 min | UK:148 min
Languages: Mandarin
Director:
Tagline: The future will be decided.
Writers: John Woo (screenplay) & Khan Chan (screenplay) …
Cast: Tony Leung Chiu Wai … Zhou Yu (as Tony Leung)
Takeshi Kaneshiro … Zhuge Liang
Fengyi Zhang … Cao Cao
Chen Chang … Sun Quan
Wei Zhao … Sun Shangxiang
Jun Hu … Zhao Yun
Shido Nakamura … Gan Xing (as Shidou Nakamura)
Chiling Lin … Xiao Qiao (as Chi-Ling Lin)
Yong You … Liu Bei
Yong Hou … Lu Su
Dawei Tong … Sun Shucai
Jia Song … Li Ji
Ba Sen Zha Bu … Guan Yu
Jinsheng Zang … Zhang Fei
Shan Zhang … Huang Gai
Plot: The first chapter of a two-part story centered on a battle fought in China’s Three Kingdoms period (220-280 A.D.).
Awards: 11 wins & 17 nominations
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Saturday, June 28th, 2008
All Genres:
Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA | Germany
Runtime: 120 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: Saving the world is a hell of a job
Cast: Ron Perlman … Hellboy
Selma Blair … Liz
Doug Jones … Abe Sapien / Chamberlain / Angel of Death
John Alexander … Johann Krauss / Bethmoora Goblin
James Dodd … Johann Krauss
Seth MacFarlane … Johann Krauss (voice)
Luke Goss … Prince Nuada
Anna Walton … Princess Nuala
Jeffrey Tambor … Tom Manning
John Hurt … Professor Broom
Brian Steele … Wink / Cronie / Spice Shop Troll / Cathedral Head / Fragglewump
Andrew Hefler … Agent Flint
Iván Kamarás … Agent Steel
Mike Kelly … Agent Marble
Jeremy Zimmerman … Auctioneer
Plot: The mythical world starts a rebellion against humanity in order to rule the Earth, so Hellboy and his team must save the world from the rebellious creatures.
Awards: Nominated for Oscar. Another 7 wins & 12 nominations
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Thursday, June 19th, 2008
All Genres:
Action, Adventure, Comedy
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 110 min
Languages: English | Russian
Director:
Tagline: Saving The World. And Loving It.
Cast: Steve Carell … Maxwell Smart / Agent 86
Anne Hathaway … Agent 99
Dwayne Johnson … Agent 23
Alan Arkin … The Chief
Terence Stamp … Siegfried
Terry Crews … Agent 91
David Koechner … Larabee
James Caan … The President
Bill Murray … Agent 13
Patrick Warburton … Hymie
Masi Oka … Bruce
Nate Torrence … Lloyd
Ken Davitian … Shtarker
David S. Lee … Krstic
Dalip Singh … Dalip
Plot: Maxwell Smart, Agent 86 for CONTROL, battles the forces of KAOS with the-competent Agent 99 at his side.
Awards: 2 wins & 6 nominations
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Monday, June 16th, 2008
All Genres:
Action, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 92 min | USA:102 min (unrated version)
Languages: English | Japanese
Director:
Tagline: There are heroes. There are superheroes. And then there's…
Cast: Will Smith … John Hancock
Charlize Theron … Mary Embrey
Jason Bateman … Ray Embrey
Jae Head … Aaron Embrey
Eddie Marsan … Kenneth 'Red' Parker Jr.
David Mattey … Man Mountain
Maetrix Fitten … Matrix
Thomas Lennon … Mike
Johnny Galecki … Jeremy
Hayley Marie Norman … Hottie
Dorothy Cecchi … Woman in Dive Bar
Martin Klebba … Convict #12
Akiva Goldsman … Executive #1
Michael Mann … Executive #2
Brad Leland … Executive #3
Plot: A hard-living superhero who has fallen out of favor with the public enters into a questionable relationship with the wife of the public relations professional who’s trying to repair his image.
Awards: 2 wins & 7 nominations
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Thursday, June 12th, 2008
All Genres:
Action, Crime, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA | Germany
Runtime: 110 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: Choose your destiny.
Cast: James McAvoy … Wesley Gibson
Morgan Freeman … Sloan
Angelina Jolie … Fox
Terence Stamp … Pekwarsky
Thomas Kretschmann … Cross
Common … Gunsmith
Kristen Hager … Cathy
Marc Warren … The Repairman
David O'Hara … Mr. X (as David Patrick O'Hara)
Konstantin Khabenskiy … The Exterminator (as Konstantin Khabensky)
Dato Bakhtadze … The Butcher
Chris Pratt … Barry
Lorna Scott … Janice
Sophiya Haque … Puja
Brian Caspe … The Pharmacist
Plot: A frustrated office worker learns that he is the son of a professional assassin, and that he shares his father’s superhuman killing abilities.
Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 2 wins & 11 nominations
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Friday, June 6th, 2008
All Genres:
Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 112 min
Languages: English | Portuguese | Spanish
Director:
Tagline: On June 13, get ready to unleash the beast.
Cast: Edward Norton … Bruce Banner
Liv Tyler … Betty Ross
Tim Roth … Emil Blonsky
William Hurt … Gen. 'Thunderbolt' Ross
Tim Blake Nelson … Samuel Sterns
Ty Burrell … Leonard
Christina Cabot … Major Kathleen Sparr
Peter Mensah … General Joe Greller
Lou Ferrigno … The Incredible Hulk / Security Guard (voice)
Paul Soles … Stanley
Débora Nascimento … Martina
Greg Bryk … Commando #1
Chris Owens … Commando #2
Al Vrkljan … Commando #3
Adrian Hein … Commando #4
Plot: Dr. Bruce Banner, thanks to a gamma ray experiment gone wrong, transforms into a giant green-skinned hulk whenever his pulse rate gets too high. Meanwhile, a soldier uses the same technology to become an evil version of the original.
Awards: 4 nominations
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Friday, June 6th, 2008
All Genres:
Action, Comedy, Drama
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 113 min
Languages: English | Hebrew
Director:
Tagline: Lather. Rinse. Save the world.
Cast: Adam Sandler … Zohan Dvir
John Turturro … The Phantom / Fatoush
Emmanuelle Chriqui … Dahlia
Nick Swardson … Michael
Lainie Kazan … Gail
Ido Mosseri … Oori
Rob Schneider … Salim
Dave Matthews … James
Michael Buffer … Walbridge
Charlotte Rae … Mrs. Greenhouse
Keana Texeira … Rock-throwing Girl
Sayed Badreya … Hamdi
Daoud Heidami … Nasi
Kevin Nealon … Kevin
Robert Smigel … Yosi
Plot: An Israeli Special Forces Soldier fakes his death so he can re-emerge in New York City as a hair stylist. add synopsis
Awards: 1 win & 1 nomination
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Sunday, May 18th, 2008
All Genres:
Action, Adventure, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 122 min
Languages: English | German | Russian
Director:
Tagline: In May, the adventure continues.
Cast: Harrison Ford … Indiana Jones
Cate Blanchett … Irina Spalko
Karen Allen … Marion Ravenwood
Shia LaBeouf … Mutt Williams
Ray Winstone … 'Mac' George Michale
John Hurt … Professor Oxley
Jim Broadbent … Dean Charles Stanforth
Igor Jijikine … Dovchenko
Dimitri Diatchenko … Russian Suit
Ilia Volok … Russian Suit
Emmanuel Todorov … Russian Soldier
Pasha D. Lychnikoff … Russian Soldier
Andrew Divoff … Russian Soldier
Venya Manzyuk … Russian Soldier (as Veniamin Manzyuk)
Alan Dale … General Ross
Plot: Famed archaeologist/adventurer Dr. Henry “Indiana” Jones is called back into action when he becomes entangled in a Soviet plot to uncover the secret behind mysterious artifacts known as the Crystal Skulls.
Awards: Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 5 wins & 24 nominations
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Friday, May 16th, 2008
All Genres:
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA | Germany
Runtime: 115 min
Languages: English | Norse, Old
Director:
Tagline: It destroyed his world. He won't let it destroy ours.
Cast: James Caviezel … Kainan
Sophia Myles … Freya
Jack Huston … Wulfric
John Hurt … Rothgar
Cliff Saunders … Boromir
Patrick Stevenson … Unferth
Aidan Devine … Einar
Ron Perlman … Gunnar
Bailey Maughan … Erick
John Nelles … Donal (as John E. Nelles)
James Preston Rogers … Bjorn (as James Rogers)
Scott Owen … Aethril
Petra Prazak … Mara
Owen Pattison … Galen, son of Kainen
Matt Cooke … Captain
Plot: During the reign of the Vikings, Kainan, a man from a far-off world, crash lands on Earth, bringing with him an alien predator known as the Moorwen. Though both man and monster are seeking revenge for violence committed against them, Kainan leads the alliance to kill the Moorwen by fusing his advanced technology with the Viking’s Iron Age weaponry.
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
All Genres:
Animation, Action, Comedy, Family
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 92 min
Languages: English
Director: Mark Osborne
John Stevenson
Tagline: Prepare for awesomeness.
Writers: Jonathan Aibel (screenplay) & Glenn Berger (screenplay) …
Cast: Jack Black … Po (voice)
Dustin Hoffman … Shifu (voice)
Angelina Jolie … Tigress (voice)
Ian McShane … Tai Lung (voice)
Jackie Chan … Monkey (voice)
Seth Rogen … Mantis (voice)
Lucy Liu … Viper (voice)
David Cross … Crane (voice)
Randall Duk Kim … Oogway (voice)
James Hong … Mr. Ping (voice)
Dan Fogler … Zeng (voice)
Michael Clarke Duncan … Commander Vachir (voice)
Wayne Knight … Gang Boss (voice)
Kyle Gass … KG Shaw (voice)
JR Reed … JR Shaw (voice)
Plot: In the Valley of Peace, Po the Panda finds himself chosen as the Dragon Warrior despite the fact that he is obese and a complete novice at martial arts.
Awards: Nominated for Oscar. Another 12 wins & 20 nominations
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Monday, April 28th, 2008
All Genres:
Action, Comedy, Thriller, War
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 107 min
Languages: English | Hungarian
Director:
Tagline: When it comes to war…America means business
Cast: John Cusack … Brand Hauser
Hilary Duff … Yonica Babyyeah
Marisa Tomei … Natalie Hegalhuzen
Joan Cusack … Marsha Dillon
Dan Aykroyd … Mr. Vice President
Sergej Trifunovic … Ooq-Mi-Fay Taqnufmini
Ned Bellamy … Ooq-Yu-Fay Taqnufmini / Zubleh
John McLaughlin … Himself
Montel Williams … GuideStar Voice (voice)
Ben Kingsley … Walken / The Viceroy
Lyubomir Neikov … Omar Sharif (as Lubomir Neikov)
Nikolay Stanoev … Bhodi Bhundhang (as Nikolai Stanoev)
George Zlatarev … Director
Bashar Rahal … Video Guy #1
Velislav Pavlov … Video Guy #2 (as Vesilav Pavlov)
Plot: A political satire set in Turaqistan, a country occupied by an American private corporation run by a former US Vice-President…
Awards: 1 nomination
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Monday, April 28th, 2008
All Genres:
Action, Family, Sport
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA | Australia | Germany
Runtime: 135 min
Languages: English
Director: Andy Wachowski
Lana Wachowski
Tagline: Go
Cast: Emile Hirsch … Speed Racer
Nicholas Elia … Young Speed
Susan Sarandon … Mom Racer
Melissa Holroyd … Speed's Teacher
Ariel Winter … Young Trixie
Scott Porter … Rex
Gian Ganziano … Everyman Announcer
Peter Fernandez … Local Announcer
Harvey Friedman … Harold Ledermann Announcer
Sadao Ueda … Japanese Announcer
Valery Tscheplanowa … Russian Announcer
Sami Loris … Italian Announcer
Olivier Marlo … French Announcer
Sean McDonagh … Celtic Announcer
Kick Gurry … Sparky
Plot: The story begins with Speed Racer who is a young man with natural racing instincts whose goal is to win The Crucible…
Awards: 8 nominations
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Monday, April 14th, 2008
All Genres:
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 126 min
Languages: English | Persian | Urdu | Hindi
Director:
Tagline: This Summer: Heroes Aren't Born, They're Built.
Cast: Robert Downey Jr. … Tony Stark
Terrence Howard … Rhodey
Jeff Bridges … Obadiah Stane
Gwyneth Paltrow … Pepper Potts
Leslie Bibb … Christine Everhart
Shaun Toub … Yinsen
Faran Tahir … Raza
Clark Gregg … Agent Phil Coulson
Bill Smitrovich … General Gabriel
Sayed Badreya … Abu Bakaar
Paul Bettany … Jarvis (voice)
Jon Favreau … Hogan
Peter Billingsley … William Ginter Riva
Tim Guinee … Major Allen
Will Lyman … Award Ceremony Narrator (voice)
Plot: 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.
Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 12 wins & 42 nominations
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Monday, April 7th, 2008
All Genres:
Action, Drama, Sport
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 99 min
Languages: English | Portuguese | Japanese
Director:
Tagline: There's always a way out. You just have to find it.
Cast: Max Martini … Joe Collins
Matt Cable … Academy Fighter
Chiwetel Ejiofor … Mike Terry
Alice Braga … Sondra Terry
Jose Pablo Cantillo … Snowflake
Emily Mortimer … Laura Black
Cathy Cahlin Ryan … Gini Collins
Luciana Souza … Singer in Bar
Cyril Takayama … The Magician (as Cyril Takata)
Scott Barry … Billy the Bartender
Ricky Jay … Marty Brown
Randy Couture … Dylan Flynn
John Machado … Ricardo Silva
Rodrigo Santoro … Bruno Silva
Ricardo Wilke … Eduardo
Plot: A fateful event leads to a job in the film business for top mixed-martial arts instructor Mike Terry. Though he refuses to participate in prize bouts, circumstances conspire to force him to consider entering such a competition.
Awards: 1 nomination
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Friday, April 4th, 2008
All Genres:
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA | China | Australia | South Korea
Runtime: 104 min
Languages: English | Mandarin
Director:
Tagline: The path is unsafe. The place is unknown. The journey is unbelievable.
Cast: Jet Li … The Monkey King / The Silent Monk
Michael Angarano … Jason Tripitikas
Jackie Chan … Lu Yan / Old Hop
Yifei Liu … Golden Sparrow / Chinatown Girl
Collin Chou … Jade Warlord
Juana Collignon … Southie Girl
Morgan Benoit … Lupo
Bingbing Li … Ni Chang
Jack Posobiec … Southie
Thomas McDonell … Young Southie
Zhi Ma Gui … Old Woman
Shen Shou He … Farmer
Bin Jiang … Young Village Man
Shaohua Yang … Jade Soldier
Yu Yuan Zeng … Inn Keeper
Plot: A discovery made by a kung fu obsessed American teen sends him on an adventure to China, where he joins up with a band of martial arts warriors in order to free the imprisoned Monkey King.
Awards: 4 nominations
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Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
All Genres:
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 109 min
Languages: English | Turkish
Director:
Tagline: Their City. Their Rules. No Prisoners.
Cast: Keanu Reeves … Detective Tom Ludlow
Forest Whitaker … Captain Jack Wander
Hugh Laurie … Captain James Biggs
Chris Evans … Detective Paul Diskant
Cedric the Entertainer … Scribble (as Cedric 'The Entertainer' Kyles)
Jay Mohr … Sgt. Mike Clady
Terry Crews … Detective Terrence Washington
Naomie Harris … Linda Washington
Common … Coates
Martha Higareda … Grace Garcia
John Corbett … Detective Dante Demille
Amaury Nolasco … Detective Cosmo Santos
Noel Gugliemi … Quicks (as Noel G.)
Michael Monks … Pathologist
Daryl Gates … The Chief (as Daryl F. Gates)
Plot: Tom Ludlow is a veteran LAPD cop who finds life difficult to navigate after the death of his wife. When evidence implicates him in the execution of a fellow officer, he is forced to go up against the cop culture he’s been a part of his entire career, ultimately leading him to question the loyalties of everyone around him.
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Friday, March 14th, 2008
All Genres:
Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: UK | USA | South Africa | Germany
Runtime: USA:105 min | USA:113 min (uncut version) | UK:108 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: The End Is Nigh.
Cast: Caryn Peterson … Vagrant Girl
Adeola Ariyo … Nurse
Emma Cleasby … Katherine Sinclair
Christine Tomlinson … Young Eden Sinclair
Vernon Willemse … David / Gimp
Paul Hyett … Hot Dog Victim
Daniel Read … Sergeant #1
Karl Thaning … Pilot
Stephen Hughes … Soldier #1 / Johnson
Jason Cope … Wall Guard
Ryan Kruger … Soldier
Nathan Wheatley … Patient "X"
Cecil Carter … DDS Assault Trooper
Jeremy Crutchley … Richter
Rhona Mitra … Maj. Eden Sinclair
Plot: A futuristic action thriller where a team of people work to prevent a disaster threatening the future of the human race.
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