Firefox (1982)
Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Mitchell Gant, a U.S. pilot, is smuggled into the Soviet Union to steal a new Russian supersonic fighting plane.
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Freddie Jones, David Huffman, Warren Clarke, Ronald Lacey
Director: Clint Eastwood
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Point Blank / À bout portant (2010)
Action | Crime | Thriller
A couple's lives are turned upside down when the woman is kidnapped and her boyfriend must negotiate her realease.
Starring: Gilles Lellouche, Roschdy Zem, Gérard Lanvin, Elena Anaya, Mireille Perrier
Director: Fred Fred Cavayé
Big Jake (1971)
Action | Crime | Drama | Western
When his grandson is kidnapped by the scurrilous John Fain, Big Jake sets out to deliver the $1 million ransom. On the off-chance that there'll be gunplay, Jake brings along his sons James and Michael.
Starring: John Wayne, Richard Boone, Maureen O'Hara, Patrick Wayne, Christopher Mitchum, Bruce Cabot
Director: George Sherman
My Kingdom / Da wu sheng (2011)
Action | Drama | Romance
Wu Chun and Han Geng clash in the spectacular tale of love, revenge, and betrayal set in the world of Peking Opera! Seeking breakthroughs in their artistic pursuits, the super-idols of Asian pop signed onto My Kingdom to play "wushengs" – actors dedicated to martial arts in the traditional Chinese performing art form – in Mainland musician and writer-director Gao Xiaosong's stylish take on the wuxia film genre.
Starring: Chun Wu, Geng Han, Barbie Hsus, Louis Liu, Biao Yuen, Rongguang Yu, Annie Shizuka Inoh
Director: Xiaosong Gao
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Gone in Sixty Seconds / Gone in 60 Seconds (2000)
Action | Crime | Thriller
A legendary car booster (Nicolas Cage) thinks he left the fast lane behind him until he's forced out of retirement to save his kid brother from the wrath of an evil mobster. It is nothing less than a fullthrottle race to pull off the ultimate car heist: 50 exotic beauties in 24 hours — and the cops are already onto them!
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Angelina Jolie, Giovanni Ribisi, Delroy Lindo, Will Patton
Director: Dominic Sena
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Face/Off (1997)
Action | Crime | Drama | Romance | Sci-Fi | Thriller
In this plot-twisting, high-tech thriller, relentless FBI agent Sean Archer must go dangerously undercover to investigate the location of a lethal biological weapon planted by his arch rival, the sadistic terrorist-for-hire Castor Troy. After undergoing a radical surgical procedure, Archer literally "borrows" Troy's face and identity to carry out his mission. But things go awry when Troy, emerging from a coma, transforms into Archer and wrecks havoc upon his life, both at work and at home. As the bomb continues to tick and the tension mounts, it becomes a high stakes game of cat and mouse as both Archer and Troy, ironically trapped in their enemy's body, try to save face – their own.
Starring: John Travolta, Nicolas Cage, Joan Allen, Alessandro Nivola, Gina Gershon
Director: John Woo
Con Air (1997)
Action | Crime | Thriller
A prison parolee- on his way to freedom- faces impossible odds when the maximum security transport plane he is on is skyjacked by the most infamous murderer Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom! Buckle up and hang on tight as explosive, high-flying action soars to new heights…and delivers high-caliber motion picture enjoyment!
Starring: Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, John Malkovich, Steve Buscemi, Ving Rhames
Director: Simon West
RoboCop 3 (1993)
Action | Crime | Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller
When the ruthless corporation that runs Motor City begins kicking families out of their homes to clear space for a profitable new real estate project, Robocop (Robert John Burke, Copland) joins forces with a renegade band of freedom fighters to save them. But Robocop must face some deadly foes, including a lethally efficient android and a dangerous gang of thugs. Robocop's latest arsenal of high-tech weaponry only somewhat evens the battlefield, as this lone superhero takes on the entire army of corporate militia in an all-out war to control Detroit!
Starring: Robert John Burke, Rip Torn, Mako, John Castle, CCH Pounder, Nancy Allen
Director: Fred Dekker
RoboCop 2 (1990)
Action | Crime | Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller
When Detroit's decent into chaos is further compounded by a police department strike and a new designer drug called "Nuke," only Robocop can stop the mayhem. But in his way are an evil corporation that profits from Motor City crime and a bigger and tougher cyborg with a deadly directive: Take out Robocop. Containing the latest gadgetry and weaponry as well as the brain of the madman who designed "Nuke," this new cyborg isn't just more sophisticated than his predecessor…he's psychotic and out of control! And it's going to take everything Robocop has – maybe even his life – to save Detroit from complete and utter anarchy.
Starring: Peter Weller, Belinda Bauer, John Glover, Nancy Allen, Dan O'Herlihy, Felton Perry
Director: Irvin Kershner
RoboCop (1987)
Action | Crime | Sci-Fi | Thriller
In the not-to-distant-future, a newly transfered Detroit police officer is remade into an indistructable cybornetic cop after being dismembered by a gang of thungs in an abandoned warehouse. Reborn as Robocop he is programed to serve and protect the citizens of Detroit and eliminate the rampant crime in the city streets so that a massive city-wide reconstruction project can get underway. But once he has completed his task, he sets his sites on the corruption inside Securities Concepts Inc.- the corporation that created him.
Starring: Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Ronny Cox, Kurtwood Smith, Dan O'Herlihy, Miguel Ferrer
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Repo Men (2010)
Action | Crime | Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Remy and Jake are best friends and The Union's most dangerous repossession men, reclaiming top-dollar organs when recipients fall behind on their payments. But after an on-the-job accident forces Remy to be outfitted with a top-of-the-line heart replacement, he finds himself in-debt and on-the-run. Now, the hunter becomes the hunted as Jake will stop at nothing to track him down to finish the job.
Starring: Jude Law, Forest Whitaker, Liev Schreiber, Alice Braga
Director: Miguel Sapochnik
Red Cliff (2008)
Action | Adventure | Drama
The first chapter of a two-part story centered on a battle fought in China's Three Kingdoms period (220-280 A.D.).
Starring: Tony Leung, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Fengyi Zhang, Chen Chang, Wei Zhao, Jun Hu, Chiling Lin, Shidô Nakamura, Yong You, Ba Sen Zha Bu, Yong Hou
Director: John Woo
Red Cliff II (2009)
Action | Adventure | Drama
In this sequel to Red Cliff, first minister Cao Cao convinces Emperor Han to initiate a battle against the two Kingdoms of Xu and Wu, who have become allied forces, against all expectations. Red Cliff will be the site for the gigantic battle.
Starring: Tony Leung, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Fengyi Zhang, Chen Chang, Wei Zhao, Jun Hu, Chiling Lin, Shidô Nakamura, Yong You, Ba Sen Zha Bu, Yong Hou
Director: John Woo
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Action | Drama | History | War
Seen through the eyes of a squad of U.S. soldiers, the story begins with World War II's historic D- Day invasion, then moves beyond the beach as the men embark on a dangerous special mission. Captain John Miller must take his men behind enemy lines to find Private James Ryan, whose three brothers have been killed in combat. Faced with impossible odds, the men question their orders. Why are eight men risking their lives to save just one? Surrounded by the brutal realities of war, each man searches for his own answer – and the strength to triumph over an uncertain future with honor, decency and courage.
Starring: Tom Hanks, Edward Burns, Tom Sizemore, Jeremy Davies, Vin Diesel
Director: Steven Spielberg
Demolition Man (1993)
Action | Crime | Sci-Fi
A cop is brought out of suspended animation in prison to pursue an old ultra-violent enemy who is loose in a nonviolent future society.
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes, Sandra Bullock
Director: Marco Brambilla
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Cowboys & Aliens (2011)
Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller | Western
A spaceship arrives in Arizona, 1873, to take over the Earth, starting with the Wild West region. A posse of cowboys are all that stand in their way.
Starring: Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Olivia Wilde, Clancy Brown, Paul Dano
Director: Jon Favreau
Infestation (2009)
Action | Comedy | Horror | Sci-Fi
Slacker Cooper Flynn awakes to find himself nauseous, weak and wrapped in webbing, cocooned to the wall of his office. After realizing the world's been taken over by giant insects, he wakes a small group of strangers and together they fight for survival.
Starring: Chris Marquette, Brooke Nevin, Kinsey Packard, E. Quincy Sloan, Wesley Thompson, Linda Park, Deborah Geffner
Director: Kyle Rankin
The Duel / Kuet chin chi gam ji din (2000)
Action | Adventure | Comedy
After a long absence, a master swordsman of royal blood, Yeh Cool-son, returns to the emperor's palace to challenge Snow, a reclusive master, to a dual on new year's eve. In the days before the dual, strange things happen in the palace, seen mostly through the eyes of Dragon 9, a leader of the guard who alternates between serious pursuit of duty and joking. His girlfriend, Jade, is a prostitute; Princess Phoenix, the emperor's sister, has been his friend since childhood. There are murders in the palace, and evidence points to Snow, whom Dragon 9 believes is above suspicion. As the princess is attracted to Yeh and as the duel approaches, will Dragon 9 figure out what is going on?
Starring: Andy Lau, Ekin Cheng, Nick Cheung, Wei Zhao, Kristy Yang, Patrick Tam, Tien Hsin, Elvis Tsui
Director: Wai-keung Lau
The Devil's Double (2011)
Action | Biography | Drama
Summoned from the frontline to Saddam Hussein's palace, Iraqi army lieutenant Latif Yahia is thrust into the highest echelons of the "royal family" when he's ordered to become the 'fiday' — or body double — to Saddam's son, the notorious "Black Prince" Uday Hussein, a reckless, sadistic party-boy with a rabid hunger for sex and brutality. With his and his family's lives at stake, Latif must surrender his former self forever as he learns to walk, talk and act like Uday. But nothing could have prepared him for the horror of the Black Prince's psychotic, drug-addled life of fast cars, easy women and impulsive violence.
Starring: Dominic Cooper, Ludivine Sagnier, Raad Rawi
Director: Lee Tamahori
30 Minutes or Less (2011)
Action | Adventure | Comedy | Crime
Two fledgling criminals kidnap a pizza delivery guy, strap a bomb to his chest, and inform him that he has mere hours to rob a bank.
Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Danny McBride, Nick Swardson, Aziz Ansari
Director: Ruben Fleischer
The Showdown / Blood Fight / Hyultu (2011)
Action | Adventure | History | War
Set in 1619 in Manchuria China, three Korean soldiers survive a deadly battle between Chinese and Korean forces. The soldiers were coerced to come to China by the Ming Dynasty. The soldiers carry scars from the battlefield and their own pasts. Between these three men an even deadlier battle is soon to take place as they fight for their lives. Meanwhile, the Korean soldiers are getting closer to the tavern.
Starring: Hee-soon Park, Ku Jin, Chang-Seok Ko, Kap-soo Kim, Hie-jin Jang
Director: Hung-jeong Park
