G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Release Date: 11/03/2009
Director Stephen Sommers (The Mummy, Van Helsing) adapts the beloved Hasbro G.I. Joe toy line with this Paramount Pictures production that pits the Global Integrated Joint Operating Entity against the evil forces of the organization known as Cobra. Dennis Quaid and Channing Tatum star as General Hawk and Duke Hauser, respectively, with Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Marlon Wayans leading the rest of the cast, including Sienna Miller, Ray Park, Rachel Nichols, Christopher Eccleston, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje ...
Actor(s): Dennis Quaid, Lee Byung-hun, Channing Tatum
Director(s): Stephen Sommers
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Genres: Action, Feature
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X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Release Date: 09/15/2009
The gruff, adamantium-clawed Marvel superhero Wolverine strikes out on his own in this X-Men spin-off starring series regular Hugh Jackman. The story gets under way as the boy who will become Wolverine makes a shocking discovery about his family bloodline, and gains a brother in the process. Flash forward to find the mutant siblings battling side by side through two world wars and Vietnam -- where they are sentenced to death for killing a commanding officer -- and Logan (Hugh Jackman) and his brother ...
Actor(s): Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Danny Huston
Director(s): Gavin Hood
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Genres: Action, Feature
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Crank High Voltage
Release Date: 09/08/2009
The indestructible hopped-up hitman Chev Chelios, played to the hilt once again by Jason Statham, returns in Crank High Voltage, picking up where the first film left off -- except this time, Chelios is chasing a Chinese gangster who hijacked his heart and substituted it with a mechanical one that needs to be jolted with an electric charge to stay pumping. Back for the fun is Chev's girlfriend Eve ({Amy Smart) and his physician Doc Miles (Dwight Yoakam), who, as luck has it, turns out to be an ex-hear ...
Actor(s): Jason Statham, Amy Smart, Clifton Collins, Jr.
Director(s): Brian Taylor
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: Action, Feature
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G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
Release Date: 09/01/2009
Popular action figure G.I. Joe was reinvented in animation form in this pilot for the daily syndicated cartoon series of the same name. In keeping with the new marketing strategy established by Hasbro Toys, "G.I. Joe" was no longer an individual, but instead a team of specially trained guerilla fighters, led by Clayton M. "Hawk" Abernathy. The villains of the piece were the members of Cobra, led by Cobra Commander and his Darth Vader-like lieutenant (and frequent rival), Destro. In their first advent ...
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Director(s): Sam Weiss
MPAA Rating: NR
Genres: Action, Animated
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The Art of War III: Retribution
Release Date: 08/11/2009
When international diplomacy fails, it's up to one covert agent to prevent North Korean terrorists from obtaining the ultimate weapon of mass destruction. Caught in the crossfire after the deal turns deadly, Shaw (Treach) races to save a beautiful facilitator and winds of getting framed for murder. Pursued by the authorities with only his new partner and mysterious facilitator to aid him, Shaw uses his stealth and his martial arts skills to prevent the terrorists from detonating a nuclear bomb at a U ...
Actor(s): Anthony "Treach" Criss
Director(s): Gerry Lively
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: Action, Feature
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Fast & Furious
Release Date: 08/03/2009
Vin Diesel and Paul Walker return to the film franchise that helped to launch each of their respective careers as the Fast and the Furious series winds to a close under the creative eye of Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift director Justin Lin. Fugitive ex-con Dom Toretto (Diesel) is back in Los Angeles to seek out the truth behind a high-profile crime, but his presence in town doesn't sit well with Agent Brian O'Conner (Walker). These two rivals are forced to unite in the cause of fighting a common e ...
Actor(s): Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Jordana Brewster
Director(s): Justin Lin
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Genres: Action, Feature
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The Butcher
Release Date: 07/14/2009
A mob enforcer is set up to take the fall for a multi-million dollar heist involving a rival gang boss. Merle (Eric Roberts) is a gambler stuck on a twenty-year losing streak, but his luck is about to change. Surviving a trap that was intended to kill him, Merle makes away with a beautiful woman and a piece of the take. Most men in that position would have been content to simply walk away with their lives, but Merle has been loyal for twenty years. Realizing he's been betrayed, something inside snaps ...
Actor(s): Eric Roberts
Director(s): Jesse Johnson
MPAA Rating:
Genres: Action, Feature
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Five Fingers
Release Date: 07/07/2009
Writer-director Lawrence Malkin's thriller Five Fingers casts Ryan Philippe as Martijn, a gifted Dutch jazz pianist who flies to Morocco to set up a food assistance program. On Middle Eastern soil, however, he and his security person, Gavin (portrayed by Colm Meaney) are promptly kidnapped by terrorists, dragged to a warehouse, chained down and blindfolded. The captors promptly kill Gavin and then begin systematic attempts to extract information from the pianist (about where he obtained the money to ...
Actor(s): Laurence Fishburne, Ryan Phillippe, Gina Torres
Director(s): Laurence Malkin
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: Action, Feature
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12 Rounds
Release Date: 06/30/2009
WWE star John Cena headlines his sophomore action picture as a police officer whose wife is kidnapped in New Orleans. Daniel Kunka provides the script, with Deep Blue Sea's Renny Harlin handling the directing duties for the 20-million-dollar Fox Atomic/WWE Films production. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide ...
Actor(s): John Cena, Steve Harris, Ashley Scott
Director(s): Renny Harlin
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Genres: Action, Feature
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Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li
Release Date: 06/30/2009
As the {*Street Fighter saga celebrates its 20th anniversary, fight fans are invited to follow along with fearsome fighter Chun-Li (Smallville's Kristin Kreuk) as she faces off against a series of formidable opponents in this feature adaptation of the popular video-game franchise directed by Exit Wounds' Andrzej Bartkowiak. Previously adapted for the screen in the 1994 Jean-Claude Van Damme film, the series continues to thrive as eager gamers across the globe go toe-to-toe to determine who is the mos ...
Actor(s): Kristin Kreuk, Chris Klein, Neal McDonough
Director(s): Andrzej Bartkowiak
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: Action, Feature
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Direct Contact
Release Date: 06/02/2009
An incarcerated ex-US Special Forces operative in Russia discovers his second shot at freedom was actually an elaborate ruse in this explosive action thriller starring Dolph Lundgren. Mike Riggins was rotting in a Russian prison when he is offered immediate release if he will rescue abducted American Ana. Though Mike makes quick work of his mission, he discovers that the kidnapping story was a lie when the government, the paramilitary, and the mafia all come gunning for him. Now, as his enemies close ...
Actor(s): Dolph Lundgren, Bashar Rahal, Gina May
Director(s): Danny Lerner
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: Action, Feature
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Driven to Kill
Release Date: 05/19/2009
A former Russian mobster named Ruslan (Steven Seagal) sets out to avenge his daughter's death by taking on the entire Eastern underworld. Back in the day, the mere mention of the name Ruslan was enough to make mob bosses tremble with fear. But these days Ruslan has put down his gun and picked up a pen; he's a best-selling author, and he's given up his violent ways. That all changes the day that Ruslan returns home for his daughter's wedding, only to discover that she has been murdered in a violent ho ...
Actor(s): Steven Seagal
Director(s): Jeff F. King
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: Action, Feature
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Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
Release Date: 05/12/2009
The Underworld series gets the prequel treatment with this third outing that fleshes out the story of the ancient war between the vampiric Death Dealers and their wolfman counterparts, the Lycans. F/X technician Patrick Tatopoulos (Godzilla, Independence Day) steps out of the effects lab and into the director's chair with this entry, which sees stars Bill Nighy returning as Viktor, the King of his vampire clan and father to Sonja (Rhona Mitra), a free-minded heir who tests her parent by heading outsi ...
Actor(s): Michael Sheen, Bill Nighy, Rhona Mitra
Director(s): Patrick Tatopoulos
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: Action, Feature
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Rigged
Release Date: 04/14/2009
A man on the run discovers the greatest fighter he's ever seen in this road movie filled with comedy, action and drama Michael (Chad Ortis) is a small time con artist who drifts from one town to another, trying to run his next scan while escaping the fallout from the last. Michael's specialty is setting up illegal underground boxing matches where a pair of bare-knuckled fighters square off and Michael runs off with most of the gate money. While on the road, Michael meets Katherine (Rebecca Neuenswand ...
Actor(s): Rebecca Neuenswander, Chad Ortis, Kurt Hanover
Director(s): Jonathan Dillon
MPAA Rating: NR
Genres: Action, Feature
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Punisher: War Zone
Release Date: 03/17/2009
Marvel Comics' vigilante character The Punisher gets another big-screen outing in this third film incarnation of the character, this time from Green Street Hooligans director Lexi Alexander. Fueled by revenge and aided by his trusted weapons expert, Microchip (Wayne Knight), vigilante Frank Castle (Rome's Ray Stevenson) turns the New York City streets red with blood as he takes down each and every member of the crime syndicate responsible for the death of his wife and two kids. As the law-appointed " ...
Actor(s): Ray Stevenson, Dominic West, Julie Benz
Director(s): Lexi Alexander
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: Action, Feature
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Transporter 3
Release Date: 03/10/2009
Strong-armed into transporting the kidnapped daughter of the head of the Environmental Agency for the Ukraine from Marseilles to Odessa, skilled wheelman Frank Martin (Jason Statham) enlists the aid of Inspector Tarconi (Frantois BerlTand) in accomplishing the treacherous assignment in this action-packed installment of the popular action series produced by Luc Besson (who also co-scripts). Frank isn't exactly thrilled with his latest assignment, but when his employer turns up the pressure, he has lit ...
Actor(s): Jason Statham, Natalya Rudakova, Frantois BerlTand
Director(s): Olivier Megaton
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Genres: Action, Feature
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Exit Speed
Release Date: 03/03/2009
An act of kindness gets a busload of travelers into a world of trouble when they stop to check on an injured biker and incur the wrath of his psychotic fellow gang members. It's Christmas Eve in Texas: ten passengers board a bus in hopes of getting home for the holiday, but find their journey delayed after their bus strikes a biker and the driver pulls over to ensure he's alright. But this isn't your average biker; he's all hopped up on crystal meth and armed to the teeth as well. Upon regaining cons ...
Actor(s): Lea Thompson, Desmond Harrington, Alice Greczyn
Director(s): Scott Ziehl
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: Action, Feature
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Fist of the Warrior
Release Date: 02/10/2009
A retired hit man is drawn back into the fray in this martial arts action thriller starring Ho-Sung Pak (Drunken Master II, Alone in the Dark). Lee Choe (Pak) moved to San Francisco to escape a life of crime and live in peace with his beautiful girlfriend Sarah. Any hope for a happy future is violently shattered, however, when Lee refuses an order from his handler John Lowe to dispense with notorious crime boss Miles, and John has Sarah killed in retaliation. Now, in order to seek vengeance on those ...
Actor(s): Ho Sung Pak, Roger Guenveur Smith, Peter Greene
Director(s): Wayne Kennedy
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: Action, Feature
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The Scratch
Release Date: 02/10/2009
An apprentice investigator finds his plan to rescue a kidnapped hacker turning deadly when a hidden agenda is revealed in this violent tale of betrayal and revenge. A hacker has downloaded something he shouldn't have, and now he's being held captive as his abductors attempt to track down the missing information. Recognizing the opportunity to profit by the downloaded booty if he can just reach it before the kidnappers, the novice detective recruits a crack team to get the job done. But the simple hei ...
Actor(s): Jason Adkins, Brian Forrest, Phil Idrissi
Director(s): Jorge Suarez
MPAA Rating:
Genres: Action, Feature
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Way of War
Release Date: 02/10/2009
A highly trained assassin uncovers evidence of a vast U.S. conspiracy that reaches to the upper ranks of government in this action thriller starring Cuba Gooding, Jr. Paramilitary operative David Wolfe (Gooding, Jr.) is on a mission to kill one of the most notorious terrorists in the Middle East when he discovers that the top members of the administration are deeply corrupt. A target of his own country due to the volatile knowledge he now possesses, Wolfe attempts to stay out of the crosshairs long e ...
Actor(s): Cuba Gooding, Jr., J.K. Simmons, John Terry
Director(s): John Carter
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: Action, Feature
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Max Payne
Release Date: 01/20/2009
Rockstar Games' double-gunned action franchise comes to the big screen thanks to director John Moore (The Omen) and Mark Wahlberg, who embodies the title character of Max Payne, a widowed cop hell-bent on delivering justice no matter what the cost as he investigates a string of killings in his city. Mila Kunis and Chris O'Donnell head up the supporting cast, with Beau Thorne adapting the screenplay for the 20th Century Fox production. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide ...
Actor(s): Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Beau Bridges
Director(s): John Moore
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Genres: Action, Feature
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Killing Down
Release Date: 01/06/2009
Upon coming face to face with the man he believes tortured him seven years prior, a haunted army vet uses what few resources he has to strike back at the man and expose the unspeakable truth. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide ...
Actor(s): Sheree J. Wilson, Matthew S. Tompkins, Natalie Raitano
Director(s): Blake Calhoun
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: Action, Feature
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The Lawless
Release Date: 12/16/2008
When two undercover cops have their identities compromised, they are forced to choose between becoming hired killers, or seeing their families murdered right before their very eyes. Now, as the once-upstanding policemen become cold-blooded killers, their harrowing journey provides irrefutable proof that evil dwells in the heart of even the most decent men. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide ...
Actor(s): Denton Blane Everett, Jason Riley Hoss, Natalie Bell
Director(s): Phillip Guzman
MPAA Rating:
Genres: Action, Feature
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Wanted
Release Date: 12/02/2008
Night Watch director Timur Bekmambetov helms his first English-language feature film with this big-screen adaptation of Mark Millar's action-packed graphic novel. Wesley Gibson (James McAvoy) is a cube-dwelling hypochondriac whose uneventful life has become a mundane blur of terminal boredom. Repeatedly humiliated by his boss and constantly cuckolded by his cheating girlfriend, weakling Wes seems to be living right down to everyone's expectations that he would never amount to anything in life. Howeve ...
Actor(s): James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman, Angelina Jolie
Director(s): Timur Bekmambetov
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: Action, Feature
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Rise of the Footsoldier
Release Date: 12/02/2008
Julian Gilbey's fact-based crime saga Rise of the Footsoldier traces one man's meteoric ascension from a lucrative soccer career, through the ranks of organized crime, to the status of Britain's most omnipotent drug lord. The tale begins in the 1970s, when hooligan Carlton Leach (Ricci Harnett) finds himself implicated in a series of violent skirmishes on the soccer fields of England. Prompted to leave this activity and enter another trade, Leach self-incorporates as a company called ICF - a front fo ...
Actor(s): Ricci Harnett
Director(s): Julian Gilbey
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: Action, Feature
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