Sucker Punch (2011)
Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Thriller
A young girl is institutionalized by her wicked stepfather. Retreating to an alternative reality as a coping strategy, she envisions a plan which will help her escape from the facility.
Starring: Emily Browning, Vanessa Hudgens, Abbie Cornish
Director: Zack Snyder
Hobo with a Shotgun (2011)
Action | Comedy | Thriller | Crime
A homeless vigilante delivers justice, one shell at a time and blows away crooked cops, pedophile Santas, and other scumbags with his trusty pump-action shotgun.
Starring: Rutger Hauer, Pasha Ebrahimi, Robb Wells
Director: Jason Eisener
Das Boot / The Boat (1981)
Action | Drama | History | War
This is the story of 42 raw recruits caught up in a war they didn't understand, and the Captain who must lead them in their struggle to survive.
Starring: Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Herbert Grönemeyer, Klaus Wennemann
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Quantum of Solace (2008)
Action | Adventure | Crime | Thriller
Daniel Craig returns as James Bond in this thrilling, action-packed adventure which starts shortly after Casino Royale ends. Betrayed by the woman he loved, 007 fights the urge to make his latest mission personal. On a nonstop quest for justice that crisscrosses the globe, Bond meets the beautiful but feisty Camille (Olga Kurylenko), who leads him to Dominic Greene (Mathieu Amalric), a ruthless businessman and major force within the mysterious "Quantum" organization. When Bond uncovers a conspiracy to take control of one of the world's most important natural resources, he must navigate a minefield of treachery, deception and murder to neutralize "Quantum" before it's too late!!
Starring: Daniel Craig, Olga Kurylenko, Mathieu Amalric, Judi Dench, Giancarlo Giannini, Jeffrey Wright
Director: Marc Forster
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
Action | Fantasy | Sci-Fi
A hunter, a scientist, a vampire, an invisible man, an immortal, a spy, a beast…when a masked madman known as "The Fantom" threatens to launch global Armageddon, legendary adventurer Allan Quatermain (Sean Connery) commands a legion of superheroes, the likes of which mankind has never seen. Now, despite fighting their own personal demons – and each other – they mush join forces to save the world. Sean Connery leads a stellar cast in this breathtaking, "thrill-a-minute" (Jeffrey Lyons, NBC-TV) extravaganza loaded with "eye-popping effects and amazing action!" (Bill Bregoli, Westwood One)
Starring: Sean Connery, Shane West, Stuart Townsend, Richard Roxburgh, Peta Wilson
Director: Steve Norrington
Crimson Tide (1995)
Action | Drama | Thriller
In the midst of a global crisis, the USS Alabama receives an unconfirmed order to launch its nuclear missiles-signaling the start of WWIII. The tension quickly rises as the sub's respected commander and his brilliant executive officer clash over the validity of their orders battling each other for control of the sub!
Starring: Denzel Washington, Gene Hackman, George Dzundza, Viggo Mortensen, James Gandolfini
Director: Tony Scott
Let The Bullets Fly / Rang zidan fei (2010)
Action | Comedy | Western
Set in China during the warring 1920s, notorious bandit chief Zhang descends upon a remote provincial town posing as its new mayor, an identity that he had hijacked from Old Tang, himself a small-time imposter. Hell-bent on making a fast buck, Zhang soon meets his match in the tyrannical local gentry Huang as a deadly battle of wit and brutality ensues.
Starring: Yun-Fat Chow, Wen Jiang, Xiaogang Feng, You Ge, Carina Lau
Director: Wen Jiang
Zathura: A Space Adventure / Zathura / Jumanji 2 (2005)
Action | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Sci-Fi
In this heart-racing sci-fi adventure two squabbling brothers are propelled into deepest, darkest space while playing a mysterious game they discovered in the basement of theirold house. On their fantastic journey, they are joined by a stranded astronaut and must survive meteor showers, hostile lizard-like aliens, a rocket-propelled robot run amok and an intergalactic spaceship battle. Unless they finish the game and reach the planet Zathura, they could be trapped in outer space forever.
Starring: Jonah Bobo, Josh Hutcherson, Dax Shepard, Kristen Stewart, Tim Robbins
Director: Jon Favreau
King of Beggars / Mo jong yuen So Hat-Yi (1992)
Action | Comedy | Drama
Set sometime during the Ching Dynasty, a devil-may-care nobleman experiences a drastic change in fortune after wooing the beautiful daughter of the late king of beggars.
Starring: Stephen Chow, Sharla Cheung, Man Tat Ng
Director: Gordon Chan
The Lost Bladesman / Guan yun chang (2011)
Action | Biography | Drama | History
In the final years of the Han, the court was under the sway of Prime Minister Cao Cao. When his troops defeated those of rival king Liu Bei, they took Liu Bei's two wives, future concubine and other members of his family hostage, as well as Liu Bei's sworn brother, Guan Yunchang. Cao Cao greatly admires Guan and wishes to retain him, but Guan's loyalty is with Liu Bei. When Cao Cao finds out Guan was once in love with Liu Bei's future concubine, Qilan, he sets a trap to lead Guan to temptation and betrayal. Guan escapes with Qilan. But to get to Liu Bei, they must cross five passes. Guan, who is tired of killing, is forced to fight his way through, leaving a trail of corpses. At the final crossing, they fall into a deadly ambush.
Starring: Donnie Yen, Wen Jiang, Li Sun
Director: Felix Chong, Alan Mak
Ancient Warriors (2003)
Action
A military unit teams up with an island's ancient warrior spirits to battle a crime lord.
Starring: Franco Columbu, Daniel Baldwin, Richard Lynch
Director: Walter von Huene
Rango (2011)
Action | Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Family | Western
Rango is an ordinary chameleon who accidentally winds up in the town of Dirt, a lawless outpost in the Wild West in desperate need of a new sheriff.
Starring: Johnny Depp, Isla Fisher, Timothy Olyphant, Abigail Breslin, Ned Beatty
Director: Gore Verbinski
Soul Surfer (2011)
Sport | Drama | Action
Bethany was born to surf. A natural talent who took to the waves at a young age, she was leading an idyllic, sun-drenched, surfer girl's life on the Kauai Coast, competing in national competitions with her best friend Alana, when everything changed in a heartbeat. On Halloween morning, Bethany was on a typical ocean outing when a 14-foot tiger shark came out of nowhere and seemed to shatter all her…
Starring: AnnaSophia Robb, Dennis Quaid, Helen Hunt
Director: Sean McNamara
House of the Rising Sun (2011)
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
An ex-cop gets more than he bargained for when transitioning to a quieter life. Ray, former crooked cop, sets out to reform his ways and takes on a low-key job at a New Orleans strip club called House of the Rising Sun. Unfortunately, trouble quickly finds Ray, when the club is robbed and the owner's son is shot to death on Halloween night. When his past is exposed, Ray looks to clear his own name and assumes his own criminal search before both the police and the mob close in on him.
Starring: Dave Bautista, Amy Smart, Dominic Purcell, Danny Trejo
Director: Brian Miller, Brian A Miller
Flaming Brothers / Jiang hu long hu men (1987)
Action | Crime
A pair of boys work their way up from the streets to become organized crime leaders. When they run afoul of the bigger crime syndicates, the pair are forced to make tough decisions and the double-crossing begins. A tough Hong Kong variation on THE GODFATHER, featuring Chow Yun-fat in one of his earliest starring roles.
Starring: Yun-Fat Chow, Alan Tang, Pat Ha
Director: Tung Cho Cheung
Space Battleship Yamato / Supesu Batorushippu Yamato (2010)
Action | Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi
In 2199, five years after the Gamilons began an invasion of Earth, the planet has been ravaged by the aliens' bombs. The remnants of humanity have fled underground to escape the irradiated surface. One day, former pilot Susumu Kodai discovers a capsule sent from the planet Iscandar that tells of a device that can remove the radiation from the Earth's surface. The Earth Defense Force rebuilds the battleship Yamato with a new type of propulsion system to make the 148,000 light year trip to Iscandar in hopes of saving the Earth. Within one year, the radiation will drive the rest of humanity to extinction.
Starring: Takuya Kimura, Meisa Kuroki, Toshirô Yanagiba
Director: Takashi Yamazaki
The Warring State / Zhan Guo (2011)
Action | Drama | War
Set during China’s Warring States Period (475 BC – 221 BC), "The Warring States" centers on the rivalry between military strategists Sun Bin (Honglei Sun) and Pang Juan (Francis Ng).
Starring: Honglei Sun, Francis Ng, Tian Jing, Hee-seon Kim, Kiichi Nakai, Jiang Wu
Director: Chen Jin
The Princess of Montpensier / La princesse de Montpensier (2010)
Action | Drama | History | Romance
Bertrand Tavernier is in top form with this gripping, superbly mounted drama set against the savage Catholic/Protestant wars that ripped France apart in the 16th century. Based on a novella by the celebrated Madame de Lafayette, the action centers on the love of Marie de Mezières for her dashing cousin Henri de Guise, thwarted when her father's political ambitions force her into marriage with the well-connected Philippe de Montpensier, who she has never met. When Philippe is called away to fight, she is left in the care of Count Chabannes, an aging nobleman with a disdain for warfare, and soon becomes exposed to the sexual and political intrigues of court.
Starring: Mélanie Thierry, Lambert Wilson, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, Gaspard Ulliel, Raphaël Personnaz
Director: Bertrand Tavernier
Dylan Dog: Dead of Night (2010)
Action | Comedy | Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Dylan Dog and his partner Marcus are private investigators who discover that the dead–some good, some bad–live among us. They are drawn into the world of the walking dead especially when Marcus himself becomes a zombie.
Starring: Brandon Routh, James Hebert, Sam Huntington, Anita Briem, Taye Diggs, Peter Stormare
Director: Kevin Munroe
Thunderball (1965)
Action | Adventure | Crime | Thriller
In a bold and deadly scheme, the evil SPECTRE organization hijacks a NATO plane and seizes two atomic warheads, each capable of killing millions of innocent people. As the world is held hostage by the threat of a nuclear nightmare, James Bond (Agent 007) jumps into action, racing against the clock as the trail leads him to tropical Nassau. There he meets Emilio Largo, a high-ranking agent of SPECTRE, and the stunning Domino, with whom Bond shares an irresistible attraction. The confrontation builds to an epic battle on the ocean floor, as Bond and his allies fight to avert a catastrophe of disastrous proportions. His mission leads him from a perilous jet-pack flight to a terrifying clash with Largo's killer sharks.
Starring: Sean Connery, Claudine Auger, Adolfo Celi, Luciana Paluzzi, Rick van Nutter, Bernard Lee
Director: Terence Young
