Archive for the ‘Action’ Category
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008
All Genres:
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: France
Runtime: 93 min
Languages: English | French | Albanian | Arabic
Director:
Tagline: They took his daughter. He'll take their lives.
Cast: Liam Neeson … Bryan Mills
Maggie Grace … Kim
Leland Orser … Sam
Jon Gries … Casey
David Warshofsky … Bernie
Holly Valance … Sheerah
Katie Cassidy … Amanda
Xander Berkeley … Stuart
Olivier Rabourdin … Jean-Claude
Gérard Watkins … St-Clair
Famke Janssen … Lenore
Marc Amyot … Pharmacist
Arben Bajraktaraj … Marko
Radivoje Bukvic … Anton (as Rasha Bukvic)
Mathieu Busson … Undercover agent
Plot: A former spy relies on his old skills to save his estranged daughter, who has been forced into the slave trade.
Awards: 1 win & 1 nomination
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Wednesday, February 13th, 2008
All Genres:
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 90 min
Languages: English | Spanish
Director:
Tagline: 8 Strangers. 8 Points of View. 1 Truth.
Cast: Dennis Quaid … Thomas Barnes
Matthew Fox … Kent Taylor
Forest Whitaker … Howard Lewis
Bruce McGill … Phil McCullough
Édgar Ramírez … Javier (as Edgar Ramirez)
Saïd Taghmaoui … Suarez
Ayelet Zurer … Veronica
Zoe Saldana … Angie Jones (as Zoë Saldana)
Sigourney Weaver … Rex Brooks
William Hurt … President Ashton
James LeGros … Ted Heinkin (as James Le Gros)
Eduardo Noriega … Enrique
Richard T. Jones … Holden
Holt McCallany … Ron Matthews
Leonardo Nam … Kevin Cross
Plot: The attempted assassination of the American President is told and re-told from several different perspectives.
Awards: 1 win & 1 nomination
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Wednesday, February 6th, 2008
All Genres:
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 88 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: anywhere is possible.
Cast: Hayden Christensen … David Rice
Jamie Bell … Griffin
Rachel Bilson … Millie
Diane Lane … Mary Rice
Samuel L. Jackson … Roland
Michael Rooker … William Rice
AnnaSophia Robb … Young Millie (as Annasophia Robb)
Max Thieriot … Young David
Jesse James … Young Mark
Tom Hulce … Mr. Bowker
Kristen Stewart … Sophie
Teddy Dunn … Mark Kobold
Barbara Garrick … Ellen
Michael Winther … Day Bank Manager
Massimiliano Pazzaglia … Italian Desk Cop
Plot: A genetic anomaly allows a young man to teleport himself anywhere. He discovers this gift has existed for centuries and finds himself in a war that has been raging for thousands of years between “Jumpers” and those who have sworn to kill them.
Awards: 1 win & 4 nominations
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Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008
All Genres:
Action, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA | Germany
Runtime: 92 min
Languages: English | Burmese | Thai
Director:
Tagline: Heroes never die…. They just reload.
Cast: Sylvester Stallone … John Rambo
Julie Benz … Sarah
Matthew Marsden … School Boy
Graham McTavish … Lewis
Reynaldo Gallegos … Diaz (as Rey Gallegos)
Jake La Botz … Reese
Tim Kang … En-Joo
Maung Maung Khin … Tint
Paul Schulze … Michael Burnett
Cameron Pearson … Missionary #4 (Jeff)
Thomas Peterson … Missionary #2 (Dentist)
Tony Skarberg … Missionary #3 (Videographer)
James With … Missionary #5 (Preacher) (as James Wearing Smith)
Kasikorn Niyompattana … Snake Hunter #2
Shaliew 'Lek' Bamrungbun … Snake Hunter #1
Plot: In Thailand, John Rambo joins a group of mercenaries to venture into war-torn Burma, and rescue a group of Christian aid workers who were kidnapped by the ruthless local infantry unit. add synopsis
Awards: 1 win
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Tuesday, December 25th, 2007
All Genres:
Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Release Year: 2007
Country: USA
Runtime: 94 min | USA:102 min (unrated version)
Languages: English
Director: Colin Strause
Greg Strause
Tagline: This Christmas there will be no peace on Earth.
Cast: Steven Pasquale … Dallas
Reiko Aylesworth … Kelly
John Ortiz … Morales
Johnny Lewis … Ricky
Ariel Gade … Molly
Kristen Hager … Jesse
Sam Trammell … Tim
Robert Joy … Col. Stevens
David Paetkau … Dale
Tom Woodruff Jr. … Alien
Ian Whyte … Predator
Chelah Horsdal … Darcy
Meshach Peters … Curtis
Matt Ward … Mark
Michal Suchánek … Nick (as Michal Suchanek)
Plot: Warring alien and predator races descend on a small town, where unsuspecting residents must band together for any chance of survival.
Awards: 3 nominations
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Wednesday, December 12th, 2007
All Genres:
Action, Drama, History, War See »
Release Year: 2007
Country: China | Hong Kong
Runtime: 126 min | 110 min (international version)
Languages: Mandarin
Director: Peter Chan
Wai Man Yip (co-director)
Tagline:
Writers: Tin Nam Chun (screenplay) Junli Guo (screenplay) See »
Cast: Jet Li … General Pang Qingyun (as Lianjie Li)
Andy Lau … Zhao Er-Hu (as Dehua Liu)
Takeshi Kaneshiro … Zhang Wen-Xiang (as Wu Jincheng)
Jinglei Xu … Lian rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Bao-ming Gu
Xiaodong Guo
Zhaoqi Shi … He Kui
Dong Dong Wang … Zhang Shan
Kuirong Wang … Jiang Da Ren
Yachao Wang … Young soldier
Zongwan Wei … Cheng Da Ren
Bo Zhou
Plot: It’s a heroic tale of three blood brothers and their struggle in the midst of war and political upheaval… See » Full synopsis »
Awards: 15 wins & 10 nominations See »
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Wednesday, November 21st, 2007
All Genres:
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Release Year: 2007
Country: France | USA
Runtime: 89 min | 90 min (unrated version)
Languages: English | Russian | Serbo-Croatian
Director:
Tagline:
Cast: Timothy Olyphant … Agent 47
Dougray Scott … Mike Whittier
Olga Kurylenko … Nika Boronina
Robert Knepper … Yuri Marklov
Ulrich Thomsen … Mikhail Belicoff
Henry Ian Cusick … Udre Belicoff
Michael Offei … Jenkins
Christian Erickson … General Kormarov
Eriq Ebouaney … Bwana Ovie
Joe Sheridan … Captain Gudnayev
James Faulkner … Smith Jamison
Jean-Marc Bellu … Hitman #2
Nicky Naude … Hitman #3
Abdou Sagna … Hitman #4
Ilya Nikitenko … Hitman #5
Plot: A gun-for-hire known only as Agent 47 hired by a group known only as ‘The Organization’ is ensnared in a political conspiracy, which finds him pursued by both Interpol and the Russian military as he treks across Russia and Eastern Europe.
Awards: 1 win
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Monday, November 5th, 2007
All Genres:
Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Release Year: 2007
Country: USA
Runtime: 115 min
Languages: English | Old English
Director:
Tagline: Pride is the curse.
Cast: Robin Wright Penn … Wealthow (as Robin Wright-Penn)
Anthony Hopkins … Hrothgar
Paul Baker … Musician #1
John Bilezikjian … Musician #2
Rod D. Harbour … Musician #3
Brice Martin … Musician #4 (as Brice H. Martin)
Sonje Fortag … Gitte (as Sonja Fortag)
Sharisse Baker-Bernard … Hild
Charlotte Salt … Estrith
Julene Renee … Cille
Greg Ellis … Garmund
Rik Young … Eofor
Sebastian Roché … Wulfgar (as Sebastian Roche)
Leslie Zemeckis … Yrsa
John Malkovich … Unferth
Plot: The warrior Beowulf must fight and defeat the monster Grendel who is terrorizing towns, and later, Grendel’s mother, who begins killing out of revenge.
Awards: 12 nominations
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Thursday, September 20th, 2007
All Genres:
Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Release Year: 2007
Country: Spain
Runtime: 92 min
Languages: Spanish
Director:
Tagline:
Cast: Karra Elejalde … Héctor
Candela Fernández … Clara
Bárbara Goenaga … La Chica en el Bosque
Nacho Vigalondo … El Joven
Juan Inciarte … Héctor Ocasional (as Ion Inciarte)
Miguel Ángel Poo … Locución Radiofónica (voice) rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Libby Brien … Clara (voice)
Philip Hersh … Radio Announcer (voice)
Plot: A man accidentally gets into a time machine and travels back in time nearly an hour. Finding himself will be the first of a series of disasters of unforeseeable consequences.
Awards: 7 wins & 4 nominations
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Saturday, September 8th, 2007
All Genres:
Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Release Year: 2007
Country: USA
Runtime: USA:85 min | Canada:85 min (Toronto International Film Festival)
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: They are coming
Writers: Evan Spiliotopoulos (screenplay) Aristomenis Tsirbas (story)
Cast: Chad Allen … Terrian Scientist (voice)
Rosanna Arquette … Professor Lina (voice)
Bill Birch … Terrian 2 (voice)
Brooke Bloom … Technician Quinn (voice)
Tom Connolly … Technician Williams (voice)
Brian Cox … General Hemmer (voice)
David Cross … Giddy (voice)
Beverly D'Angelo … Interrogator Wright (voice)
Jim Devoti … Colonel Wheeler (voice)
Chris Evans … Stewart Stanton (voice)
James Garner … Doron (voice)
Danny Glover … President Chen (voice)
Mark Hamill … Elder Orin (voice)
Alec Holden … Tulo (voice)
Masam Holden … Tumi (voice)
Plot: A peaceful alien planet faces annihilation, as the homeless remainder of the human race sets its eyes on Terra. Mala, a rebellious Terrian teenager, will do everything she can to stop it.
Awards: 3 wins
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Friday, August 31st, 2007
All Genres:
Action, Western
Release Year: 2007
Country: Japan
Runtime: 121 min | (None):98 min (international cut version)
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: An epic tale of blood, lust and greed.
Writers: Takashi Miike (written by) & Masa Nakamura (written by)
Cast: Hideaki Ito … Gunman
Masanobu Ando … Yoichi
Kôichi Satô … Taira no Kiyomori
Kaori Momoi … Ruriko
Yusuke Iseya … Minamoto no Yoshitsune
Renji Ishibashi … Benkei
Yoshino Kimura … Shizuka
Quentin Tarantino … Piringo rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Takaaki Ishibashi
Teruyuki Kagawa … Sheriff
Taigi Kobayashi
Toshiyuki Nishida
Shun Oguri … Akira
Masato Sakai … Taira no Shigemori
Hideaki Sato
Christian Storms
Yôji Tanaka
Plot: A revolver-wielding stranger crosses paths with two warring clans who are both on the hunt for a hidden treasure in a remote western town. Knowing his services are valuable to either side, he offers himself to the clan who will offer up the largest share of the wealth. add synopsis
Awards: 5 wins & 3 nominations
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Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007
All Genres:
Action, Drama, Thriller
Release Year: 2007
Country: USA | Germany
Runtime: 110 min
Languages: English | Arabic
Director:
Tagline: Trust No One
Cast: Jamie Foxx … Ronald Fleury
Chris Cooper … Grant Sykes
Jennifer Garner … Janet Mayes
Jason Bateman … Adam Leavitt
Ashraf Barhom … Colonel Faris Al Ghazi
Ali Suliman … Sergeant Haytham
Jeremy Piven … Damon Schmidt
Richard Jenkins … Robert Grace
Tim McGraw … Aaron Jackson
Kyle Chandler … Francis Manner
Frances Fisher … Elaine Flowers
Danny Huston … Gideon Young
Kelly AuCoin … Ellis Leach
Anna Deavere Smith … Maricella Canavesio
Minka Kelly … Miss Ross
Plot: A team of U.S. government agents is sent to investigate the bombing of an American facility in the Middle East.
Awards: 2 nominations
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Tuesday, August 21st, 2007
All Genres:
Action, Crime, Drama, Western
Release Year: 2007
Country: USA
Runtime: 122 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: Time waits for one man
Cast: Russell Crowe … Ben Wade
Christian Bale … Dan Evans
Logan Lerman … William Evans
Dallas Roberts … Grayson Butterfield
Ben Foster … Charlie Prince
Peter Fonda … Byron McElroy
Vinessa Shaw … Emma Nelson
Alan Tudyk … Doc Potter
Luce Rains … Marshal Weathers
Gretchen Mol … Alice Evans
Lennie Loftin … Glen Hollander
Rio Alexander … Campos
Johnny Whitworth … Darden
Shawn Howell … Jackson (as Shawn D. Howell)
Pat Ricotti … Jorgensen
Plot: A small-time rancher agrees to hold a captured outlaw who’s awaiting a train to go to court in Yuma. A battle of wills ensues as the outlaw tries to psych out the rancher.
Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 2 wins & 15 nominations
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Wednesday, July 25th, 2007
All Genres:
Action, Adventure, Mystery, Thriller
Release Year: 2007
Country: USA | Germany
Runtime: 115 min
Languages: English | French | Arabic | Russian | Spanish
Director:
Tagline: This Summer Jason Bourne Comes Home
Cast: Matt Damon … Jason Bourne (also archive footage)
Julia Stiles … Nicky Parsons
David Strathairn … Noah Vosen
Scott Glenn … Ezra Kramer
Paddy Considine … Simon Ross
Édgar Ramírez … Paz
Albert Finney … Dr. Albert Hirsch
Joan Allen … Pam Landy
Tom Gallop … Tom Cronin
Corey Johnson … Wills
Daniel Brühl … Martin Kreutz
Joey Ansah … Desh
Colin Stinton … Neal Daniels
Dan Fredenburgh … Jimmy
Lucy Liemann … Lucy
Plot: Jason Bourne dodges a ruthless CIA official and his agents from a new assassination program while searching for the origins of his life as a trained killer.
Awards: Won 3 Oscars. Another 15 wins & 25 nominations
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Saturday, July 21st, 2007
All Genres:
Action, Comedy, Thriller
Release Year: 2007
Country: USA | Canada | Germany
Runtime: 100 min | Germany:114 min (Director's Cut DVD) | 127 min (long version) | 107 min (original cut) | 102 min (unrated DVD version)
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: Some comedies go too far… others start there.
Writers: Uwe Boll (written by) and Bryan C. Knight (written by)
Cast: Zack Ward … Dude
Dave Foley … Uncle Dave
Chris Coppola … Richard
Jackie Tohn … Faith
J.K. Simmons … Candidate Welles
Ralf Moeller … Officer John
Verne Troyer … Himself
Chris Spencer … Officer Greg
Larry Thomas … Osama Bin Laden
Michael Paré … Panhandler
Erick Avari … Habib
Lindsay Hollister … Recorder
Brent Mendenhall … George W. Bush
Rick Hoffman … Mr. Blither
Michael Benyaer … Mohammed
Plot: In the ironically named city of Paradise, a recently laid-off loser teams up with his cult-leading uncle to steal a peculiar bounty of riches from their local amusement park; somehow, the recently arrived Taliban have a similar focus, but a far sinister intent.
Awards: 1 win & 2 nominations
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Monday, April 16th, 2007
All Genres:
Action, Thriller
Release Year: 2007
Country: USA
Runtime: 139 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: Next summer, the greatest battle lies… within.
Cast: Tobey Maguire … Spider-Man / Peter Parker
Kirsten Dunst … Mary Jane Watson
James Franco … New Goblin / Harry Osborn
Thomas Haden Church … Sandman / Flint Marko
Topher Grace … Venom / Eddie Brock
Bryce Dallas Howard … Gwen Stacy
Rosemary Harris … May Parker
J.K. Simmons … J. Jonah Jameson
James Cromwell … Captain Stacy
Theresa Russell … Emma Marko
Dylan Baker … Dr. Curt Connors
Bill Nunn … Joseph 'Robbie' Robertson
Bruce Campbell … Maître d’
Elizabeth Banks … Miss Brant
Ted Raimi … Hoffman
Plot: A strange black entity from another world bonds with Peter Parker and causes inner turmoil as he contends with new villains, temptations, and revenge.
Awards: Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 1 win & 26 nominations
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Friday, November 3rd, 2006
All Genres:
Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Release Year: 2006
Country: Germany | Canada | USA
Runtime: 127 min | Germany:156 min (Director's Cut DVD)
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: Rise and fight
Cast: Jason Statham … Farmer
Leelee Sobieski … Muriella
John Rhys-Davies … Merick
Ron Perlman … Norick
Claire Forlani … Solana
Kristanna Loken … Elora
Matthew Lillard … Duke Fallow
Brian J. White … Commander Tarish (as Brian White)
Mike Dopud … General Backler
Will Sanderson … Bastian
Tania Saulnier … Talwyn
Ray Liotta … Gallian
Burt Reynolds … King Konreid
Gabrielle Rose … Delinda
Terence Kelly … Trumaine
Plot: A man named Farmer sets out to rescue his kidnapped wife and avenge the death of his son — two acts committed by the Krugs, a race of animal-warriors who are controlled by the evil Gallian.
Awards: 4 wins & 5 nominations
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Thursday, September 28th, 2006
All Genres:
Action, Adventure, Drama
Release Year: 2006
Country: USA
Runtime: 139 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: When lives are on the line, sacrifice everything.
Cast: Kevin Costner … Ben Randall
Ashton Kutcher … Jake Fischer
Sela Ward … Helen Randall
Melissa Sagemiller … Emily Thomas
Clancy Brown … Capt. William Hadley
Omari Hardwick … Carl Billings
Alex Daniels … Wild Bill
Daniel J. Molthen … Co-Pilot Wakefield (as Lcdr. Daniel J. Molthen USCG)
Andrew Schanno … Pilot Mitchell (as Lt. Andrew Schanno USCG)
Adam Pena … Benjamin Reyes
Joe Arquette … Co-Pilot Antunez
Gary Billburg … Julian Zankich (as PO1 Gary Billburg USCG)
Joshua Mitcheltree … Mitcheltree (as PO2 Joshua Mitcheltree USCG)
Rusty Tennant … Mover #1
James Barnes … Doctor #1
Plot: A high school swim champion with a troubled past enrolls in the U.S. Coast Guard’s “A” School, where legendary rescue swimmer Ben Randall teaches him some hard lessons about loss, love, and self-sacrifice.
Awards: 1 win & 4 nominations
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Wednesday, April 19th, 2006
All Genres:
Action, Crime, Thriller
Release Year: 2006
Country: USA
Runtime: 108 min | Philippines:107 min (cut)
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: Let's do this
Cast: Michael Douglas … Pete Garrison
Kiefer Sutherland … David Breckinridge
Eva Longoria Parker … Jill Marin (as Eva Longoria)
Martin Donovan … William Montrose
Ritchie Coster … The Handler
Kim Basinger … 1st Lady Sarah Ballentine
Blair Brown … National Security Advisor
David Rasche … President Ballentine
Kristin Lehman … Cindy Breckinridge
Raynor Scheine … Walter Xavier
Chuck Shamata … Director Overbrook
Paul Calderon … Deputy Director Cortes
Clark Johnson … Charlie Merriweather (as Clarque Johnson)
Raoul Bhaneja … Aziz Hassad
Yanna McIntosh … Teddy Vargas
Plot: A secret service agent is framed as the mole in an assassination attempt on the president. He must clear his name and foil another assassination attempt while on the run from a relentless FBI agent.
Awards: 2 nominations
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Monday, August 22nd, 2005
All Genres:
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Release Year: 2005
Country: USA
Runtime: 119 min
Languages: English | Mandarin
Director:
Tagline: Can't stop the signal.
Cast: Nathan Fillion … Mal
Gina Torres … Zoë
Alan Tudyk … Wash
Morena Baccarin … Inara
Adam Baldwin … Jayne
Jewel Staite … Kaylee
Sean Maher … Simon
Summer Glau … River
Ron Glass … Shepherd Book
Chiwetel Ejiofor … The Operative
David Krumholtz … Mr. Universe
Michael Hitchcock … Dr. Mathias
Sarah Paulson … Dr. Caron
Yan Feldman … Mingo
Rafael Feldman … Fanty
Plot: The crew of the ship Serenity tries to evade an assassin sent to recapture one of their number who is telepathic.
Awards: 4 wins & 5 nominations
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