Action movies

Romper Stomper (1992)

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008
Genres: Action | Drama
Countries: Australia
Actors: Crowe, Russell | Daniel Pollock | McKenzie, Jacqueline | Alex Scott | Wright, Jeffrey
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Nazi skinheads in Melbourne take out their anger on local Vietnamese, who are seen as threatening racial purity. Finally the Vietnamese have had enough and confront the skinheads in an all-out confrontation, sending the skinheads running. A woman who is prone to epileptic seizures joins the skins’ merry band, and helps them on their run from justice, but is her affliction also a sign of impurity?

Dragon Tiger Gate (2006)

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008
Genres: Action | Drama
Countries: Hong Kong
Actors: Yen, Donnie | Nicholas Tse | Yue, Shawn | Dong, Jie | Li, Xiao Ran | Yuen, Wah | Chen, Kuan Tai | Sze, Vincent | Yuen, Tommy | Yu-Sum, Sam Chan | Lam, Alan | Lam, Nick | Tang, Sheren | Kang, Yu | Yin, Sit Lap
Directors: Yip, Wilson
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Three young martial arts masters emerge from the back streets of Hong Kong to help the powerless fight injustice.

Blood, Guts, Bullets and Octane (1998)

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008
Genres: Action | Comedy | Crime | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Leis, Dan | Rudulph, Ken | Harlan, Dan | McChord, Hugh | Johnson, Kurt | Allen, Mark S. | Benedict, Kellee | Maas, Mike | Fenske, Nick | Priolo, Mark | Fowler, Andrew | Gómez, Gloria | Arreola, Josephine | Booth, Dave
Directors: Carnahan, Joe
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Slick-talking Bob and Sid run a bankrupt used-car lot. They used to work for Danny Woo, whose lot next door is the most successful one in Needles. Danny’s still their friend, and what with his sick wife, Bob and Sid agree to cover for him during an IRS investigation into his finances. Meanwhile, a series of murders and an FBI investigation focus on a Pontiac convertible with a mysterious cargo originating in the Andes. Bob and Sid’s shady supplier offers them $250,000 to stash the car on their lot for a couple days; Bob’s reluctant, but Sid sees this as their ticket out. They say yes, then try to run a double cross on the Pontiac’s mysterious and ruthless owner.

China Strike Force (2000)

Monday, June 9th, 2008
Genres: Action
Countries: Hong Kong
Actors: Aaron Kwok | Coolio | Wang, Lee-Hom | Dacascos, Mark | Ken Lo | Chun, Paul | Lau, Siu-Ming | Yuen, Jung | Lai, Benny | Jackson Liu | Tung, Li Hsueh | Cheng, Paul | Wong, Roy
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A young Chinese Security Officer, Darren, is called for Team 808, which fights against the smuggling of drugs and corruption. Noriko, a Japanese Interpol officer, collaborates with Darren for the destruction of a large international drug cartel. At the same time, a senior government officer’s daughter is suspected of corruption.

Raising Arizona (1987)

Monday, June 9th, 2008
Genres: Action | Comedy | Crime
Countries: USA
Actors: Cage, Nicolas | Hunter, Holly | Wilson, Trey | Goodman, John | Forsythe, William | McMurray, Sam | McDormand, Frances | Cobb, Randall 'Tex' | Kuhn, T.J. | Kitei, Lynne Dumin | Benedek, Peter | Smith, Charles 'Lew' | Keith, Warren | Kendrick, Henry | Dawson, Sidney
Directors: Coen, Ethan
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Colourful and unconventional slapstick comedy. Ex-con Hi and ex-cop Ed meet, marry and long for a child in the wilds of Arizona. When Ed discovers she’s barren the God-given solution is presented: to snatch a baby from a set of quins. Thus begins a series of kidnappings, capers and rum goings-on that revolve around the helpless yet universally-loveable child. Hi’s convict friends, his boss, and even the Lone Biker Of The Apocalypse become involved in the ever-twisting plot in the quest to own the baby.

Machine Girl, The (2008)

Monday, June 9th, 2008
Genres: Action | Horror
Countries: Japan | USA
Actors: Ishikawa, Yûya | Kawamura, Ryôsuke | Kishi, Kentaro | Nishihara, Nobuhiro | Okamoto, Ryôji | Shimazu, Kentaro | Suwa, Taro | Tanaka, Demo
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The Machine Girl is about a teenager named Ami who sets out for revenge on a gang of bullies who tortured her little brother to death. She winds up losing an arm along the way, and replaces it with a high-powered gun, à la Rose McGowan in Grindhouse. But she doesn’t stop at one limb; Ami continues to lose body parts and replace them with more weapons.

Rob Roy (1995)

Monday, June 9th, 2008
Genres: Action | Biography | Drama | Romance | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Neeson, Liam | Lange, Jessica | Hurt, John | Roth, Tim | Stoltz, Eric | Keir, Andrew | Cox, Brian | McCardie, Brian | Martin, Gilbert | Masson, Vicki | Gilchrist, Gilly | Flemyng, Jason | Stewart, Ewan | Hayman, David | McArthur, Brian
Directors: Caton-Jones, Michael
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In the highlands of Scotland in the 1700s, Rob Roy tries to lead his small town to a better future, by borrowing money from the local nobility to buy cattle to herd to market. When the money is stolen, Rob is forced into a Robin Hood lifestyle to defend his family and honour.

Species (1995)

Saturday, June 7th, 2008
Genres: Action | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Madsen, Michael | Whitaker, Forest | Henstridge, Natasha | Kingsley, Ben | Molina, Alfred | Helgenberger, Marg | Hubley, Whip | Williams, Michelle
Directors: Donaldson, Roger
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In 1993, the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence Project receives a transmission detailing an alien DNA structure, along with instructions on how to splice it with human DNA. The result is Sil, a sensual but deadly creature who can change from a beautiful woman to an armour-plated killing machine in the blink of an eye. Government agent Xavier Fitch assembles a team of scientists and mercenaries to locate and destroy Sil before she manages to find a mate and breed.

Loaded (2008)

Saturday, June 7th, 2008
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Gosse, Erick | Tamburello, Thomas | Freedman, Lynn A. | Bryant, Joel | Rad, Steve | Briscoe, Tirzah | Williams, Raymond T. | Jeremy, Ron | Hoilett, Solomon | DeCato, Brian | Naughton, Sean | King, Joel | Trimbur, Angela | Beals, Hallock | Beaumon, Sterling
Directors: Parrott, Ryan
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The drama revolves around Tristan Price (Jesse Metcalfe), a young guy who has it all: plenty of money, a loving family, a gorgeous girlfriend, a promising future —and complete boredom! Once at the cub, the thrill-seeking guy meets and forges an unlikely friendship with his former college mate Sebastian Cole (Corey Large), a charismatic but sleazy drug dealer who ensnares him into the sordid underworld of drugs, sex and murder. Tristan soon comes to realize that his newfound friend is really an insidious enemy who seeks to exploit his contacts with Tristan’s upper crust friends and family.

Flash Point (2007)

Thursday, June 5th, 2008
Genres: Action
Countries: Hong Kong
Actors: Yen, Donnie | Koo, Louis | Chou, Collin | Lui, Ray | Cheng, Kent | Xing, Yu | Lam, Ben | Wai, Austin | Ai, Wai | Wong, Chi Wai | Leung, Aaron | Tanigaki, Kenji | Kang, Yu | Green, Damian | Howe, Damon
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Ma Jun, a cop known for dispensing justice during arrests, teams with Hua Sheng, who’s undercover, to try to bring down three merciless Vietnamese brothers running a smuggling ring in the months before the mainland’s takeover of Hong Kong. The eldest, Xian Wei Cha (called Zah), is arrested in an operation that exposes Sheng and almost gets him killed. His girlfriend, Qiu Di, who’s been unaware of Sheng’s profession, wants to see him quit. Jun pursues the gang tirelessly, sometimes ignoring police protocols. Zah’s trial approaches, witnesses are in danger, and a showdown is inevitable.