Spartan (2004)
Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Respected Secret Service agent Robert Scott (Val Kilmer) is assigned to the kidnapping case of Laura Newton (Kristen Bell), the missing daughter of a high-ranking political figure.
Starring: Val Kilmer, Derek Luke, William H. Macy, Tia Texada, Lionel Mark Smith
Director: David Mamet
Alex Cross (2012)
Action | Crime | Mystery | Thriller
After Washington DC detective Alex Cross is told that a family member has been murdered, he vows to track down the killer. He soon discovers that she was not his first victim and that things are not what they seem.
Starring: Tyler Perry, Matthew Fox, Rachel Nichols, Jean Reno, Giancarlo Esposito, Edward Burns
Director: Rob Cohen
Brave (2012)
Action | Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Family | Fantasy
The impetuous, tangle-haired Merida, though a daughter of royalty, would prefer to make her mark as a great archer. A clash of wills with her mother compels Merida to make a reckless choice, which unleashes unintended peril on her father's kingdom and her mother's life. Merida struggles with the unpredictable forces of nature, magic and a dark, ancient curse to set things right.
Starring: Kelly MacDonald, Julie Walters, Billy Connolly, Emma Thompson, Kevin McKidd, Craig Ferguson
Director: Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman
Nikita (TV Series 2010-2013)
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
When she was a deeply troubled teenager, Nikita was rescued from death row by a secret U.S. agency known only as Division, who faked her execution and told her she was being given a second chance to start a new life and serve her country. What they didn't tell her was that she was being trained as a spy and assassin. Ultimately, Nikita was betrayed and her dreams shattered by the only people she thought she could trust. Now, after three years in hiding, Nikita is seeking retribution and making it clear to her former bosses that she will stop at nothing to expose and destroy their covert operation. For the time being, however, Division continues to recruit and train other young people and turning them into cold and efficient killers. One of these new recruits, Alex, is just beginning to understand what lies ahead for her and why the legendary Nikita made the desperate decision to run.
Starring: Maggie Q, Shane West, Lyndsy Fonseca, Aaron Stanford, Melinda Clarke, Xander Berkeley, Dillon Casey, Lyndie Greenwood, Noah Bean
Creator: Craig Silverstein
Resident Evil: Retribution / Resident Evil 5 (2012)
Action | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Alice (Milla Jovovich), the world's foremost zombie slayer is back in the fifth film of the Resident Evil franchise. When she's captured by the evil Umbrella Corporation, Alice wakes up in the heart of one of their operation facilities and must find a way to escape. As she navigates deeper through the complex, her past is revealed, taking her on an international mission that spans Tokyo, New York and Moscow. However, when she finally uncovers the truth behind the outbreak, Alice must re-think everything that led her to this moment.
Starring: Milla Jovovich, Michelle Rodriguez, Sienna Guillory, Oded Fehr, Bingbing Li, Kevin Durand
Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
Wild Things: Diamonds in the Rough / Wild Things 3 (2005)
Action | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Once again set in the oceanfront Florida city of Blue Bay, "Wild Things 3" tells the tale of snobby rich girl Marie Clifton. Although she lives the life of luxury, Marie's distraught over her stepfather not giving her a pair of diamonds, valued at over $4 million, that are entitled to her in her late mother's will. That is, until one of her classmates, the local bad girl Elena Sandoval, accuses her stepfather of rape. Soon, it's deja Vi all over again as Detective Michael Morrison and probation officer Kristen Richards investigate, but as with the first "Wild Things" everything is not what it seems to be, and everybody has secrets to hide.
Starring: Serah D'Laine, Brad Johnson, Michael Mantell, Sandra McCoy, Claire Coffee, Van Epperson, Ron Melendez
Director: Jay Lowi
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The Courier (2011)
Action | Crime | Thriller
A courier hired to deliver a briefcase to an unlocatable crime boss finds himself pursued by corrupt cops and underworld figures.
Starring: Mickey Rourke, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Til Schweiger, Josie Ho
Director: Hany Abu-Assad
Hamilton 2: Men inte om det gäller din dotter (2012)
Action | Drama | Thriller
Carl Hamilton once had a family. But it was completely wiped out in an act of revenge, and now the abduction of his 7-year-old goddaughter Nathalie brings back intensely painful memories.
When Nathalie's veiled picture shows up on Internet, it becomes clear that the kidnapping is directed at her mother, Ewa Tanguy, head of the Swedish Security Police. Someone intends to convert her daughter to fundamentalist Islam. As the Swedish authorities remain passive, Hamilton is forced to take action. With the aid of his close friend Mouna, he manages to track down the kidnappers
Starring: Mikael Persbrandt, Steven Waddington, John Light, David Rintoul, Frida Hallgren, Sven Ahlström
Director: Tobias Falk
The Twins Effect II / Blade of Kings / Chin Kei Bin 2 – Fa Tou Tai Kam (2004)
Action | Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy
In the mythical land of Huadu, Charcoal Head, a humble boy born to rule an empire, must undertake his journey to claim his throne. It is an epic action adventure combining romance, fantasy, comedy, and cutting-edge, Hong Kong-style martial artistry.
Starring: Edison Chen, Charlene Choi, Gillian Chung, Donnie Yen, Jaycee Chan, Bo-lin Chen, Tony Leung, Jackie Chan
Director: Patrick Leung, Corey Yuen
Forced to Fight (2011)
Action
Once a legend in the brutal world of illicit underground fighting, Shane Slavin (Gary Daniels) decides to turn his life around, promising his wife and young son he’s fought his last battle. But when his younger brother betrays a ruthless crime boss (Peter Weller, RoboCop I & II), Shane is forced back into the arena to pay his brother’s debts and to protect his family. Now Shane must confront a gauntlet of incredibly savage, no-holds-barred fights with no rules, no mercy and just two possible outcomes: win… or die fighting.
Starring: Gary Daniels, Peter Weller, Brian Flaherty, Vladimir Comorovschi, Philip Granger
Director: Jonas Quastel
Double Team (1997)
Action | Comedy | Thriller
Counter-terrorist Jack Quinn misses his target, Stavros, on the eve of his final mission.
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dennis Rodman, Mickey Rourke
Director: Hark Tsui
Charlie's Angels (2000)
Action | Adventure | Comedy | Crime | Thriller
Charlie's Angels are a crime-fighting trio, masters of disguise, espionage and martial arts. When a devious mastermind embroils them in a plot to destroy individual privacy, the Angels are on the spot with their brains, brawn and high-tech toys. Aided by their loyal sidekick Bosley, the girls are about to bring down the bad guys when a terrible secret is revealed that makes the Angels a target of assassination.
Starring: Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu, Bill Murray, Sam Rockwell, Tom Green
Director: McG
Miami Vice (2006)
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Ricardo Tubbs (Jamie Foxx) is urbane and dead smart. He lives with Bronx-born intel analyst Trudy (Naomie Harris) as they work undercover transporting drug loads into South Florida to identify a group responsible for three murders. Sonny Crockett (Colin Farrell), who may seem unorthodox, but is actually procedurally sound, is charismatic and flirtatious until he gets romantically entangled with Isabella (Gong Li), the Chinese-Cuban wife of an arms and drugs trafficker. The intensity of this case pushes Crockett and Tubbs out onto the edge where identity and fabrication become blurred, where cop and player become one–especially for Crockett in his romance with Isabella and for Tubbs in the provocation of an assault on those he loves. Working deeply undercover is dangerous and alluring…especially when Crockett and Tubbs go where their badges don't count…
Starring: Colin Farrell, Jamie Foxx, Li Gong, Naomie Harris, Ciarán Hinds, Tom Towles
Director: Michael Mann
Zorro (1975)
Action | Adventure | Comedy | Western
A newly arrived governor finds his province under the control of the corrupt Colonel Huerta. To avoid assassination by Huerta, he pretends to be weak and indecisive so Huerta will believe he poses no threat. But secretly he masquerades as Zorro, and joins the monk Francisco and the beautiful aristocrat Hortensia in their fight for justice against Huerta and his soldiers.
Starring: Alain Delon, Ottavia Piccolo, Stanley Baker, Enzo Cerusico, Moustache
Director: Duccio Tessari
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle / Charlie's Angels 2 (2003)
Action | Adventure | Comedy | Crime
Sexy Angels (Cameraon Diaz, Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu) are back to go head-to-head with Angel-Gone-Bad (Demi Moore)! Aided by trusty sidekick Bosley (Bernie Mac), these hot and heavenly beauties really kick butt to reclaim rings encrypted with information about every person in the Federal Witness Protection Program! Sizzling with attitude, they put the pedal to the metal to launch a do-or-die thrill ride that never slows down!
Starring: Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu, Cameron Diaz, Bernie Mac, Demi Moore, Shia LaBeouf
Director: McG
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Mr. India (1987)
Action | Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Musical | Sci-Fi
A poor, but bighearted, man takes orphans into his home. After discovering his scientist father's invisibility device; he rises to the occasion and fights to save his children and all of India from the clutches of a megalomaniac.
Starring: Anil Kapoor, Amrish Puri, Sridevi
Director: Shekhar Kapur
Rising Sun (1993)
Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
An L.A. cop and a Japan expert investigate the murder of an American call girl at a Japanese
corporation, and the investigation exposes much more than was expected.
Starring: Sean Connery, Wesley Snipes, Harvey Keitel, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Kevin Anderson, Tia Carrere
Director: Philip Kaufman
Battle Under Orion / Manatsu no Orion (2009)
Action | War
The final days of World War II – the ocean southeast of Okinawa. The Japanese last hope is entrusted on i-77, the last of the deployed submarines to strike at the U.S. Navy's fuel-supply lines. Takayuki Kuramoto (Hiroshi Tamaki), Commander of the i-77 is up against Mike Stewart, the captain of the R.S. destroyer Percival who has the finest record in the U.S. Navy. As the i-77 and U.S. destroyer Percival begin a mutual hunt, the two captains bring all their knowledge and power to bear as, with lessening supplies of torpedoes and depth charges, they battle. Kuramoto, the lives of his young crew members in his charge, is forced by the difficulties of battle into a serious decision. With Midsummer Orion, a piece of music sheet, in his breast pocket, he sets out on a final battle that will mean life or death. August, 1945: The fuse is lit on a final battle to the limits of mind and body.
Starring: Yoshikuni Dôchin, Mitsuru Fukikoshi, Mutsutoshi Furuhata, Yûta Hiraoka, Fumio Itô
Director: Tetsuo Shinohara
Premium Rush (2012)
Action | Thriller
Dodging speeding cars, crazed cabbies, open doors, and eight million cranky pedestrians is all in a day's work for Wilee, the best of New York's agile and aggressive bicycle messengers. It takes a special breed to ride the fixie — super lightweight, single-gear bikes with no brakes and riders who are equal part skilled cyclists and suicidal nutcases who risk becoming a smear on the pavement every time they head into traffic.
Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michael Shannon, Jamie Chung, Dania Ramirez, Aasif Mandvi, Lauren Ashley Carter
Director: David Koepp
My Girlfriend is an Agent / 7th Grade Civil Servant / Mr. & Mrs. Lee / Chilgeup gongmuwon (2009)
Action | Comedy | Romance
Soo-ji (Kim Ha-neul) is secret agent employed by the Korean government. Lee Jae-joon (Kang Ji-hwan) has no knowledge that Soo-ji's work is nothing but lies and secrets. Jae-joon is a secret agent after Russian terrorists with a killer virus. Soo-ji is also tracking the Russians.
Starring: Ha-Neul Kim, Ji-Hwan Kang
Director: Terra Shin
