Bullet (2014)
Action
Cult action hero Danny Trejo is Frank Bullet who takes on a ruthless cartel in a race against time to save his family. The body count just keeps rising in this gritty action film laced with typical Trejo humor. This time they messed with the wrong guy.
Starring: Danny Trejo, Julia Dietze, Torsten Voges, Jonathan Banks, Eve Mauro, Gerald Webb
Director: Nick Lyon
Unforgiven / Yurusarezaru mono (2013)
Action | Crime | Drama | History | Thriller
Set in Hokkaido, Japan in the 1880's. Jubei Kamata (Ken Watanabe), who is on the side of the Edo shogunate government, kills many people. His name is infamous in Kyoto. When the battle at Goryoukaku is about to be finished, Jubei disappears. 10 years later, Jubei lives with his kid in relative peace. He is barely able to make a living. Protecting his dead wife's grave, Jubei has decided to never pick up a sword again, but due to poverty he has no choice but to pick the sword again. Jubei becomes a bounty hunter.
Starring: Ken Watanabe, Kôichi Satô, Akira Emoto, Yûya Yagira, Shiori Kutsuna, Eiko Koike, Jun Kunimura, Yukiyoshi Ozawa, Takahiro Miura, Ken'ichi Takitô, Yoshimasa Kondô
Director: Sang-il Lee
Killers (2010)
Action | Comedy | Romance | Thriller
A vacationing woman meets her ideal man, leading to a swift marriage. Back at home, however, their idyllic life is upset when they discover their neighbors could be assassins who have been contracted to kill the couple.
Starring: Katherine Heigl, Ashton Kutcher, Catherine O'Hara, Tom Selleck, Kevin Sussman, Usher Raymond
Director: Robert Luketic
Mortal Enemies / Pirate Brothers (2011)
Action
Orphans Sunny and Verdy are like brothers, but are separated when a wealthy couple adopts Verdy. Their paths cross again when a crew of pirates kidnaps Verdy, now a successful businessman, and his fiancée while on vacation. With the ransom set, Verdy is reunited with his long lost friend – who, it appears, has joined the pirates. Will they be able to come together to prove that brothers don't always have to share blood?
Starring: Robin Shou, Verdy Bhawanta, Yayu A.W. Unru, Marcio Fernando Da Silva, Andrew Lincoln Suleiman, Karina Nadila
Director: Asun Mawardi
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Return to the 36th Chamber / Shao Lin da peng da shi (1980)
Action | Comedy
The workers of a dye factory have their pay cut by 20% when the factory owner brings in some Manchu thugs to try and increase production. Desperate to reclaim their full wages, the workers hire an actor to impersonate a priest and kung-fu expert from the temple of Shaolin. The factory owner proves the actor a fraud, and punishes all those involved. The young actor feels he has let the workers down, and promises to atone. He sets out for Shaolin, determined to be accepted as a kung-fu pupil at the elite temple.
Starring: Chia-Hui Liu, Lung Wei Wang, Hou Hsiao, Lun Hua, Yeong-mun Kwon, Kara Hui, Szu-Chia Chen, Tsui Ling Yu
Director: Chia-Liang Liu
Oldboy (2013)
Action | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
An advertising executive is kidnapped and held hostage for 20 years in solitary confinement. When he is inexplicably released, he embarks on an obsessive mission to discover who orchestrated his punishment, only to find he is still trapped in a web of conspiracy and torment.
Starring: Elizabeth Olsen, Samuel L. Jackson, Josh Brolin, Sharlto Copley, Michael Imperioli, James Ransone
Director: Spike Lee
Tráiganme la cabeza de la mujer metralleta / Bring Me the Head of the Machine Gun Woman (2012)
Action | Crime
A powerful Chilean gangster uses everything in his power to stop the woman that wants to kill him, a sexy mercenary known as "the machinegun woman". The staggering sum of cash he offers for her head sets in motion an army of hitmen. And also, by accident, bursts in the life of naïve DJ Santiago, a common youth that will have to steel his guts against the underworld, and above all, survive the irresistible – and bloodthirsty – Machinegun Woman.
Starring: Fernanda Urrejola, Matías Oviedo, Jorge Alis
Director: Ernesto Díaz Espinoza
3 Ninjas (1992)
Action | Comedy | Family | Sport
After an organized crime ring proves to be too much for the FBI, it's time for the 3 NINJAS! They're three brothers trained in the ways of the ninja. And the fun kicks off when the action kicks in! Using their martial arts skills, they team up to battle the crime ring and outwit some very persistent kidnappers! Mixing the high-kicking fun of TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES with the humorous pranks of HOME ALONE, 3 NINJAS creates a high-energy, fun-filled treat for everyone!
Starring: Victor Wong, Patrick Labyorteaux, Michael Treanor, Max Elliott Slade, Chad Power, Rand Kingsley
Director: Jon Turteltaub
Seal Patrol / BlackJacks (2014)
Action
After losing contact with a clandestine energy-research facility, a powerful venture capitalist contracts an elite team of operatives to retrieve the physicist who holds the key to an unprecedented alternate energy source. Upon arrival, the operatives are ambushed by an extra-dimensional creature that has mutilated the onsite personnel. The team must develop a new brand of warfare if there is to be any hope of making it out alive.
Starring: Kristina Anapau, James C. Burns, Roark Critchlow, Josh Daugherty, Rich McDonald, Eric Roberts
Director: Nicolas Aaron Mezzanatto
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Justice League: War (2014)
Action | Adventure | Animation | Fantasy | Sci-Fi
The world's finest heroes found the Justice League in order to stop an alien invasion of Earth.
Starring: Jason O'Mara, Alan Tudyk, Justin Kirk, Michelle Monaghan, Shemar Moore, Sean Astin, Christopher Gorham, Rocky Carroll, Steve Blum
Director: Jay Oliva
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988)
Action | Comedy
Jack Spade returns from the army in his old ghetto neighbourhood when his brother, June Bug, dies. Jack declares war on Mr. Big, powerful local crimelord. His army is led by John Slade, his childhood idol who used to fight bad guys in the 70s.
Starring: Keenen Ivory Wayans, Bernie Casey, Antonio Fargas, Steve James, Isaac Hayes, Jim Brown
Director: Keenen Ivory Wayans
Tropa de Elite 2: O Inimigo Agora É Outro / Elite Squad: The Enemy Within (2010)
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
After a bloody invasion of the BOPE in the High-Security Penitentiary Bangu 1 in Rio de Janeiro to control a rebellion of interns, the Lieutenant-Colonel Roberto Nascimento and the second in command Captain André Matias are accused by the Human Right Aids member Diogo Fraga of execution of prisoners. Matias is transferred to the corrupted Military Police and Nascimento is exonerated from the BOPE by the Governor. However, due to the increasing popularity of Nascimento, the Governor invites him to team-up with the intelligence area of the Secretary of Security. Along the years, Fraga, who is married with Nascimento's former wife, is elected State Representative and Nascimento's son Rafael has issues with his biological father.
Starring: Wagner Moura, Irandhir Santos, André Ramiro, Milhem Cortaz, Maria Ribeiro, Seu Jorge
Director: José Padilha
Tank Girl (1995)
Action | Comedy | Sci-Fi
Rebecca, aka Tank Girl, and her friends are the only remaining citizens living in the wasteland that is Earth, where all the remaining water is controlled by Water and Power, the mega corporation/government that runs the territory. While incarcerated at W & P, Tank Girl and her new friend Jet Girl break out and steal… a tank and a jet. After meeting some mutant kangaroo/humans, and rescuing her little girl (adopted by her friends), the kangaroos and the girls kick Water and Powers' butt.
Starring: Lori Petty, Ice-T, Naomi Watts, Malcolm McDowell, Don Harvey, Jeff Kober
Director: Rachel Talalay
Diplomatic Siege (1999)
Action | Thriller
During the Cold War, The United States hid atomic weapons in U.S. Embassies around the world to protect against possible attacks. Now that America's former enemies are allies, the bombs must be disarmed. Enter Steve Parker (Peter Weller), a computer expert sent to Romania to disable the bomb. What he didn't expect to find was Erica Long (Daryl Hannah), an old flame and fellow government agent sent to help him. As old sparks re-ignite, the two find themselves in the middle of a violent takeover of the embassy by terrorists. Thirty seven people are taken hostage, along with Steve's stepson Chris. When the terrorists begin killing hostages, General Buck Swain (Tom Beringer) is called in to spearhead the rescue operation and prevent the bomb from falling into the wrong hands. The fact that he doesn't even know it exists is going to make his job that much harder.
Starring: Peter Weller, Daryl Hannah, Tom Berenger
Director: Gustavo Graef Marino
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Judgment Day (1999)
Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller
A giant meteor is expected to crash into Earth in a matter of days, a crash that would cause global devastation. There is only one chance to prevent impending doom. The government must find Dr. David Corbett (Linden Ashby), the creator of the Thor Project, a type of satellite system, and use his help to annihilate the fragment. But before Corbett can be contacted, he is kidnapped by militant religious cult leader Thomas Payne (Mario Van Peebles), a zealot who believes that judgment day is rightly upon us. The government is forced to enlist the help of Payne's archenemy Matthew Reese (Ice-T), a convicted killer, who is the only man who would know Payne's whereabouts. But will they have time to find Dr. Corbett and save the world? Find out in this fast-paced, action-packed thriller.
Starring: Ice-T, Suzy Amis, Mario Van Peebles, Coolio
Director: John Terlesky
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Piedone lo sbirro / The Knock Out Cop / Flatfoot / A Fistful of Hell (1973)
Action | Comedy | Crime | Drama
The action comedy Piedone Lo Sbirro concerns a police officer who goes to great and unusual lengths to put some nasty drug dealers behind bars.
Starring: Bud Spencer, Adalberto Maria Merli, Raymond Pellegrin, Mario Pilar, Enzo Cannavale
Director: Steno
Ender's Game (2013)
Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi
70 years after a horrific alien war, an unusually gifted child is sent to an advanced military school in space to prepare for a future invasion.
Starring: Asa Butterfield, Harrison Ford, Hailee Steinfeld, Ben Kingsley, Abigail Breslin, Viola Davis
Director: Gavin Hood
Cyanide / Cyanure (2013)
Action | Drama | Family
A young hopeful teenager is waiting for his unknown and fantasized father to come out of prison. His family dream life is seriously undermined by an exhausted mother and a man who, after so many years in jail, has become unable to be a responsible father.
Starring: Alexandre Etzlinger, Roy Dupuis, Sabine Timoteo, Christophe Sermet, Ludivine Geschworner
Director: Séverine Cornamusaz
All Is Lost (2013)
Action | Adventure | Drama
Deep into a solo voyage in the Indian Ocean, an unnamed man wakes to find his 39-foot yacht taking on water after a collision with a shipping container left floating on the high seas. With his navigation equipment and radio disabled, the man sails unknowingly into the path of a violent storm. Despite his success in patching the breached hull, his mariner's intuition and a strength that belies his age, the man barely survives the tempest. Using only a sextant and nautical maps to chart his progress, he is forced to rely on ocean currents to carry him into a shipping lane in hopes of hailing a passing vessel. But with the sun unrelenting, sharks circling and his meager supplies dwindling, the ever-resourceful sailor soon finds himself staring his mortality in the face.
Starring: Robert Redford
Director: J.C. Chandor
How I Live Now (2013)
Action | Drama | Thriller | War
An American girl on holiday in the English countryside with her family finds herself in hiding and fighting for her survival as the third world war breaks out.
Starring: Saoirse Ronan, George MacKay, Tom Holland, Harley Bird, Danny McEvoy
Director: Kevin Macdonald
