Category: Action
Posted on January 29, 2014 |
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The White Storm / Sou Duk / Saodu (2013)
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
An operation against the notorious druglord in Thailand changed the destiny of a HK narcotic team- the workaholic captain lost his men and bright career; the loyal officer was abandoned and went missing; the undercover cop who was salvaged chose to walk away from the past. Several years later, a drug dealing-related crime brought them together for a final face-off.
Starring: Ching Wan Lau, Louis Koo, Nick Cheung, Hoi-Pang Lo, Quan Yuan, Treechada Petcharat
Director: Benny Chan
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Posted on January 28, 2014 |
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Tropa de Elite / Elite Squad (2007)
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
1997, Captain Nascimento has to find a substitute for his occupation while trying to take down drug dealers and criminals before the Pope comes to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Starring: Wagner Moura, André Ramiro, Caio Junqueira
Director: José Padilha
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Posted on January 28, 2014 |
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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
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Tags: Abigail Breslin, Asa Butterfield, Ben Kingsley, Gavin Hood, Hailee Steinfeld, Harrison Ford, Viola Davis
Posted on January 28, 2014 |
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Kick Ass Girls / Bao 3 Qiao Jiao Wa (2013)
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Three beautiful young women are united by a strong friendship and a passion for unarmed combat. Boo and TT open a boxing gym but unfortunately their friendship is damaged and their partnership ruined when a boyfriend comes between them. Boo attempts to start a new business, this time with Miu and the plan is to use their beauty to attract male customers. TT still has not forgiven Boo and tries to make trouble for their new business. Soon after a mysterious business woman Lady Zhuge employs the three girls to be her bodyguards on a trip to Malaysia and promises them very generous payments in return. Once in Malaysia, the three girls are sold into slavery and forced to fight in deadly underground mixed martial arts games.
Starring: Chrissie Chow, Dada Lo, Hidy Yu
Director: Goo-Bi GC
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Posted on January 28, 2014 |
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The Constable / Chong Feng Zhan Jing (2013)
Action | Crime
Dennis Law (The Shopaholics) tackles fatherly love and righteousness in his latest police movie The Constable led by Simon Yam. A long-time vehicle commander in the police force, Lam Kwok Kuen (Simon Yam) raises a mentally challenged son by himself and is near his retirement days. Despite his age, he shows even more speed and guts than the frontliners he works with in each mission, putting his life on the line in various cases just for the sake of upholding the law. Johnnie To regulars Lam Suet, Eddie Cheung, Lo Hoi Pang and Maggie Sui also appear in the film.
Starring: Simon Yam, Sam Lee, Maggie Shiu, Siu-Fai Cheung, Suet Lam
Director: Dennis Law
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Tags: Dennis Law, Maggie Shiu, Sam Lee, Simon Yam, Siu-Fai Cheung, Suet Lam
Posted on January 27, 2014 |
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Les tontons flingueurs / Crooks in Clover (1963)
Action | Comedy | Crime
Lino Ventura, Bernard Blier, and Francis Blanche star in this quirky French comedy. To keep a promise to a dying friend, ex-criminal Fernand (Ventura) must return to the life he left behind as he takes over his friend's empire.
Starring: Lino Ventura, Bernard Blier, Francis Blanche
Director: Georges Lautner
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Posted on January 26, 2014 |
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Escape Plan (2013)
Action | Mystery | Thriller
Ray Breslin, the world's foremost authority on structural security, agrees to take on one last job: breaking out of an ultra-secret, high-tech facility called "The Tomb." But when he is wrongly imprisoned, he must recruit fellow inmate Emil Rottmayer to help devise a daring, nearly impossible plan to escape from the most protected and fortified prison ever built.
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Jim Caviezel, Vincent D'Onofrio, Vinnie Jones, Sam Neill
Director: Mikael Håfström
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Posted on January 26, 2014 |
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Rigor Mortis / Jiang shi (2013)
Action | Drama | Horror
In this eerie and chilling, contemporary, action/special effects laden homage to the classic Chinese vampire movies of the 1980's, writer-director-producer, Juno Mak makes his feature directorial debut. Co-produced by J-Horror icon Takashi Shimizu, and reuniting some of the original cast members of the classic Mr. Vampire series, RIGOR MORTIS is set in a creepy and moody Hong Kong public housing tower whose occupants we soon discover, run the gamut from the living to the dead, to the undead, along with ghosts, vampires and zombies.
Starring: Anthony Chan, Siu-hou Chin, Kara Hui, Hoi-Pang Lo, Richard Ng, Hee Ching Paw
Director: Juno Mak
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Posted on January 26, 2014 |
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Krrish 3 (2013)
Action | Sci-Fi
Krrish and his scientist father have to save the world and their own family from an evil man named Kaal and his team of human-animal mutants led by the ruthless Kaya. Will they succeed? How?
Starring: Hrithik Roshan, Priyanka Chopra, Amitabh Bachchan, Naseeruddin Shah, Kangana Ranaut, Rajpal Yadav, Vivek Oberoi
Director: Rakesh Roshan
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Tags: Amitabh Bachchan, Hrithik Roshan, Kangana Ranaut, Naseeruddin Shah, Priyanka Chopra, Rajpal Yadav, Rakesh Roshan, Vivek Oberoi
Posted on January 26, 2014 |
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Cloud 9 (2014)
Action | Drama | Romance | Sport
Follows Kayla, a prima donna snowboarder who was just unceremoniously dropped from her team and forced to train with Will, a former snowboarding champion who's struggling after a career-ending wipe-out. A video capturing it went viral, branding him an "epic fail" on the Internet. Now, as Kayla trains with Will to redeem her stature, Will creates a training regimen that tests whether she's really committed to rise to the challenge of professional competition. Meanwhile, Kayla must somehow maneuver to inspire Will to overcome his biggest obstacle – self-doubt.
Starring: Kiersey Clemons, Mike C. Manning, Dillon Lane, Carlon Jeffery, Andrew Caldwell
Director: Paul Hoen
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Posted on January 25, 2014 |
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Piedone d'Egitto / Flatfoot in Egypt (1980)
Action | Comedy | Crime | Drama
Police Commissioner Rizzo, Bigfoot (Piedone by nickname) and Marshal Caputo go to Egypt and look for Professor Cerullo, who is missing. The professor has discovered an insect that can smell where oil is and lots of criminals are interested in it.
Starring: Bud Spencer, Angelo Infanti, Robert Loggia, Venantino Venantini
Director: Steno
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Posted on January 24, 2014 |
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Gold / The Great Gold Conspiracy (1974)
Action | Adventure | Drama | Thriller
Rod Slater (Roger Moore) becomes involved in a web of intrigue following a rock fall at a South African gold mine owned by Harry Hirschfeld (Ray Milland), in which general manager and veteran miner Frank Lemmer is killed. Hirschfield's managing director, Manfred Steyner, is plotting with financier Farrell (John Gielgud) to flood the Big Dyke, thus destroying the mine and raising the value of gold worldwide, and tricks Slater into excavating the seam of gold beyond the river. Meanwhile, Slater becomes passionately involved with Steyner's wife (Susannah York), unaware that the scheme hatched by her husband will result in his death.
Starring: Roger Moore, Susannah York, Ray Milland, Bradford Dillman, John Gielgud, Tony Beckley
Director: Peter R. Hunt
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Posted on January 23, 2014 |
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Codename: Jackal / Jackal Is Coming / Jakali onda (2012)
Action | Comedy | Drama
A not so smart female killer (Song Ji-Hyo) is hired to kill a popular singer (Youngwoong Jaejoong). The killer then kidnaps the popular singer and tries to kill him in a bold manner which the customer requested, but the police arrive and all plans goes wrong!
Starring: Jae-Joong Kim, Ji-hyo Song, Dal-su Oh, Sang-jin Han, Seong-ryeong Kim
Director: Hyeong-jun Bae
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Posted on January 22, 2014 |
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The Hunger Games: Catching Fire / The Hunger Games 2 (2013)
Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller
In a not-too-distant future, North America has collapsed, weakened by drought, fire, famine, and war to be replaced by Panem, a country divided into the Capitol and 12 districts. Each year two young representatives from each district are selected by lottery to participate in The Hunger Games. Part entertainment, part brutal intimidation of the subjugated districts, the televised games are broadcast throughout Panem. The 24 participants are forced to eliminate their competitors, literally, with all citizens required to watch. When 16-year-old Katniss' young sister, Prim, is selected as the mining district's female representative, Katniss volunteers to take her place. She and her male counterpart Peeta, will be pitted against bigger, stronger representatives who have trained for this their whole lives.
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth, Josh Hutcherson, Elizabeth Banks, Stanley Tucci, Wes Bentley
Director: Gary Ross
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Posted on January 22, 2014 |
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Wonder Woman (2009)
Action | Adventure | Animation | Fantasy | Sci-Fi
On the mystical island of Themyscira, a proud and fierce warrior race of Amazons have raised a daughter of untold beauty, grace and strength Princess Diana. When an Army fighter pilot, Steve Trevor, crash-lands on the island, the rebellious and headstrong Diana defies Amazonian law by accompanying Trevor back to civilization. Meanwhile, Ares (the god of War) has escaped his imprisonment at the hands of the Amazonians and has decided to exact his revenge – intending to start a world war that will not only last for centuries but will wipe out every living being on the planet, starting with the Amazons! It is up to Princess Diana to save her people and the world by using her gifts and becoming the ultimate Wonder Woman!
Starring: Keri Russell, Nathan Fillion, Alfred Molina, Rosario Dawson, Marg Helgenberger, Oliver Platt, Virginia Madsen
Director: Lauren Montgomery
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Posted on January 21, 2014 |
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Escape Plan (2013)
Action | Mystery | Thriller
Ray Breslin, the world's foremost authority on structural security, agrees to take on one last job: breaking out of an ultra-secret, high-tech facility called "The Tomb." But when he is wrongly imprisoned, he must recruit fellow inmate Emil Rottmayer to help devise a daring, nearly impossible plan to escape from the most protected and fortified prison ever built.
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Jim Caviezel, Vincent D'Onofrio, Vinnie Jones, Sam Neill
Director: Mikael Håfström
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Tags: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jim Caviezel, Mikael Håfström, Sam Neill, Sylvester Stallone, Vincent D'Onofrio, Vinnie Jones
Posted on January 21, 2014 |
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Richard: The Lionheart (2013)
Action | Adventure
The aging King Henry II has chosen his son Richard to lead England in the coming war against France. To test Richard's loyalty, honor and skill, Henry sends him to a hellish prison in which the captives must fight a never-ending stream of enemies in order to survive. As Richard overcomes each new challenger, his strength, ingenuity and character are proven, and the legend of Richard the Lionheart is born.
Starring: Malcolm McDowell, Stewart Arnold, Gregory Chandler, Burton Perez
Director: Stefano Milla
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Posted on January 21, 2014 |
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Concrete Blondes (2012)
Action | Comedy | Crime
A wild, party-night out leads three twenty-something women to stumble on a suitcase with 3 million dollars in cash. After a gruesome, gang-land shootout where everybody dies, the girls step in and walk away with all the money. In a frantic attempt to keep it all, the girls hatch a plan to smuggle it out of the country. But things get more complicated when one of the women mentions their plan to her boyfriend who owes money to a violent, underworld crime boss. Now, everybody is after the girls' cash and one misstep will affect all their lives forever. Greed, jealousy, and betrayal threaten to break the friends apart, but in an intense final showdown, they face off against the criminals and each other…and nobody can predict who will walk away.
Starring: Carly Pope, Samaire Armstrong, Diora Baird, John Rhys-Davies, Brian Smith, Jerry Rector
Director: Nicholas Kalikow
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Tags: Brian Smith, Carly Pope, Diora Baird, Jerry Rector, John Rhys-Davies, Nicholas Kalikow, Samaire Armstrong
Posted on January 21, 2014 |
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Tequila Sunrise (1988)
Action | Crime | Romance | Thriller
Mac McKussic is an L.A. drug dealer who wants to go straight. His oldest friend, Nick Frescia, is now the head of narcotics for L.A. County, and the DEA wants Frescia to help them bring Mac to justice. They believe that his center of operations is an elegant restaurant presided over by a beautiful hostess, Jo Ann Vallenari.
Starring: Mel Gibson, Michelle Pfeiffer, Kurt Russell, Raul Julia, J.T. Walsh, Gabriel Damon
Director: Robert Towne
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Posted on January 21, 2014 |
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Blood-C: The Last Dark (2012)
Action | Animation | Fantasy | Horror | Mystery
Saya is part human, part monster, and has one thing on her mind: revenge. Visions of twisted experiments and creatures slaughtering everyone she loved fuel her thirst for vengeance. With blade in hand and rage boiling in her veins, she tracks her tormentor to Tokyo, where flesh-hungry beasts have begun to feed. There, she joins a group of young hackers hunting for the same man. As Saya slices her way through lies, traps, flesh, and bone, how much blood will she shed to cut down the mastermind behind her madness?
Starring: Nana Mizuki, Kenji Nojima
Director: Naoyoshi Shiotani
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