Posts Tagged ‘combat’

King Arthur (2004)

Sunday, November 16th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Drama | History | War
Countries: Ireland | USA
Actors: Owen, Clive | Gruffudd, Ioan | Mikkelsen, Mads | Edgerton, Joel | Dancy, Hugh | Winstone, Ray | Stevenson, Ray | Knightley, Keira | Dillane, Stephen | Skarsgård, Stellan | Schweiger, Til | Gilder, Sean | Kinevane, Pat | Marescotti, Ivano | Stott, Ken
Directors: Fuqua, Antoine
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The Roman Empire is stretched across many nations, including Britain. In their conquest for more land, the Romans went into Sarmatia where they fought the very brave Sarmatian cavalery. The Romans, impressed by the Sarmatian’s weaponery and fighting skills, included them into their army as knights. After 15 years of serving and fighting for the Roman Empire the Sarmatian Knights, lead by Arthur/Artorious Castus, are about to receive their freedom as the Romans are leaving Britain. But the Knights must carry out one final order before they are free. A Roman priest and his family, especially his son Alecto, must be rescued from the invading Saxons. But there is another danger lurking on the road to freedom - the Woads, British rebels who hate the Romans.

Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, The (2005)

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Drama | Family | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Henley, Georgie | Keynes, Skandar | Moseley, William | Popplewell, Anna | Swinton, Tilda | McAvoy, James | Broadbent, Jim | Shah, Kiran | Cosmo, James | McIntosh, Judy | Hawthorne, Elizabeth | Kake, Patrick | Rangi, Shane | Cook, Brandon | Cook, Cassie
Directors: Adamson, Andrew
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Based on the classic novel by ‘CS Lewis’ (qv). Four London children are sent to a professor’s country home in order for protection during World War II. There they find a magic wardrobe which leads to a mystical land called Narnia, which is being ruled by an evil witch. To defeat the witch, they must join forces with Aslan, the lion God of Narnia.

Saving Private Ryan (1998)

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
Genres: Action | Drama | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Hanks, Tom | Sizemore, Tom | Burns, Edward | Pepper, Barry | Goldberg, Adam | Diesel, Vin | Ribisi, Giovanni | Davies, Jeremy | Damon, Matt | Danson, Ted | Giamatti, Paul | Farina, Dennis | Stadler, Joerg | Martini, Steven | Bruno, Dylan
Directors: Spielberg, Steven
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Opening with the Allied invasion of Normandy on 6 June 1944, members of the 2nd Ranger Battalion under Cpt. Miller fight ashore to secure a beachhead. Amidst the fighting, two brothers are killed in action. Earlier in New Guinea, a third brother is KIA. Their mother, Mrs. Ryan, is to receive all three of the grave telegrams on the same day. The United States Army Chief of Staff, George C. Marshall, is given an opportunity to alleviate some of her grief when he learns of a fourth brother, Private James Ryan, and decides to send out 8 men (Cpt. Miller and select members from 2nd Rangers) to find him and bring him back home to his mother…

Home of the Brave (2006)

Thursday, April 17th, 2008
Genres: Action | Drama | War
Countries: Morocco | USA
Actors: Jackson, Samuel L. | Biel, Jessica | Presley, Brian | Ricci, Christina | 50 Cent | Murray, Chad Michael | Cameron, Joyce M. | Rowell, Victoria | Deitrick, Wes | Nordling, Jeffrey | Goodwin, Jhon | Ruginis, Vyto | Jones III, Sam | Imoru, Nike | MacDonald, James
Directors: Winkler, Irwin
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The day after they get the word they’ll go home in two weeks, a group of soldiers from Spokane are ambushed in an Iraqi city. Back stateside we follow four of them - a surgeon who saw too much, a teacher who’s a single mom and who lost a hand in the ambush, an infantry man whose best friend died that day, and a soldier who keeps reliving the moment he killed a civilian woman. Each of the four has come home changed, each feels dislocation. Group therapy, V.A. services, halting gestures from family and colleagues, and regular flashbacks keep the war front and center in their minds. They’re angry, touchy, and explosive: can a warrior find peace back home?

Beowulf (2007)

Thursday, February 14th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Drama | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Winstone, Ray | Wright Penn, Robin | Hopkins, Anthony | Bilezikjian, John | Martin, Brice | Fortag, Sonje | Baker-Bernard, Sharisse | Salt, Charlotte | Renee, Julene | Ellis, Greg | Young, Rik | Roché, Sebastian | Harter Zemeckis, Leslie | Malkovich, John | Schultz, Woody
Directors: Zemeckis, Robert
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The warrior Beowulf must fight and defeat the monster Grendel who is terrorizing towns, and later, Grendel’s mother, who begins killing out of revenge.

Great Raid, The (2005)

Sunday, October 21st, 2007
Genres: Action | Drama | War
Countries: Australia | USA
Actors: Bratt, Benjamin | Franco, James | Mammone, Robert | Martini, Max | Carpinello, James | Consuelos, Mark | McLachlan, Craig | Farnsworth, Freddie Joe | Macintosh, Laird | Callaghan, Jeremy | McLean, Scott | Montalban, Paolo | Crawford, Clayne | Worthington, Sam | Innes, Royston
Directors: Dahl, John
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Set in the Philippines in 1945 towards the end of WWII, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Henry Mucci and Captain Robert Prince, the 6th Ranger Battalion undertake a daring rescue mission against all odds. Traveling thirty miles behind enemy lines, they intend to liberate over 500 American Soldiers from the notorious Cabanatuan Japanese POW camp in the most audacious rescue ever.

Platoon (1986)

Tuesday, May 8th, 2007
Genres: Action | Drama | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Berenger, Tom | Dafoe, Willem | Sheen, Charlie | Whitaker, Forest | Quinn, Francesco | McGinley, John C. | Edson, Richard | Dillon, Kevin | Johnson, Reggie | David, Keith | Depp, Johnny | Neidorf, David | Moses, Mark | Pedersen, Chris | Todd, Tony
Directors: Stone, Oliver
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Chris Taylor (Charlie Sheen) is a young, naive American who gives up college and volunteers for combat in Vietnam. Upon arrival, he quickly discovers that his presence is quite nonessential, and is considered insignificant to the other soldiers, as he has not fought for as long as the rest of them and felt the effects of combat. Chris has two commanding officers, the ill-tempered and indestructible Staff Sergeant Robert Barnes (Tom Berenger) and the more pleasant and cooperative Sergeant Elias Grodin (Willem Dafoe). A line is drawn between the two officers and a number of men in the platoon when an illegal killing occurs during a village raid. As the war continues, Chris himself draws towards psychological meltdown. And as he struggles for survival, he soon realizes he is fighting two battles, the conflict with the enemy and the conflict between the men within his platoon.

Alexander (2004)

Saturday, May 5th, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Biography | Drama | War
Countries: France | Germany | Netherlands | UK | USA
Actors: Leto, Jared | Hopkins, Anthony | Farrell, Colin | Bedella, David | Kamm, Jessie | Jolie, Angelina | Kilmer, Val | O'Shaughnessy, Fiona | Paolo, Connor | Carroll, Patrick | Blessed, Brian | Williamson, Peter | Ferris, Morgan Christopher | Earley, Robert | Gordon, Aleczander | Plummer, Christopher | Stretch, Gary
Directors: Stone, Oliver
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Alexander (Farrell), the King of Macedonia, leads his legions against the giant Persian Empire. After defeating the Persians he leads his Army across the then known world venturing further than any Westerner had ever gone all the way to India.

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)

Saturday, May 5th, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Drama | History | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Crowe, Russell | Bettany, Paul | D'Arcy, James | Woodall, Edward | Larkin, Chris | Pirkis, Max | Randall, Jack | Benitz, Max | Ingleby, Lee | Pates, Richard | Pugh, Robert | McCabe, Richard | Mercer, Ian | Dolan, Tony | Threlfall, David
Directors: Weir, Peter
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During the Napoleonic Wars, a British frigate, HMS Surprise, and a much larger French warship, the Acheron, with greater fire power, stalk each other off of the coast of South America. Russell Crowe brings great intensity to the role of Captain Jack Aubrey. Lucky Jack, as he is referred to by his crew, is well regarded by his men, who trust him implicitly, even after the first devastating battle and an apparent personal vendetta against the French captain. While the naval battle sequences are quite fantastic, the film is successful because director Weir chose to build the story to get to know the men who are locked aboard the tight quarters of a small ship and how they interact everyday. The officers and the mates are well-known by the time the final battle comes. Paul Bettany offers a strong performance as the surgeon and naturalist who balances the violence of his chosen life with the quiet demeanor of the scientist. He is the captain’s friend and confidant, the two frequently playing violin and cello duets together. The horrors of the injuries from the war are frequently implied, but vividly depicted in the reactions of the characters.

Aliens (1986)

Monday, April 2nd, 2007
Genres: Action | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Weaver, Sigourney | Henn, Carrie | Biehn, Michael | Henriksen, Lance | Reiser, Paul | Paxton, Bill | Hope, William | Goldstein, Jenette | Matthews, Al | Rolston, Mark | Ross, Ricco | Hiller, Colette | Kash, Daniel | Scott, Cynthia Dale | Tipping, Tip
Directors: Cameron, James
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More than a half-century after the events of ‘Alien’, Warrant Officer Ripley - the sole survivor of the Nostromo - is discovered adrift in the shuttle she used to escape. By now, the Company - Ripley’s employer - has colonized the planet where the alien was found. Intent on covering up its illegal actions of years before, the Company strips Ripley of her flight officer’s license. But when transmissions from the colony stop without warning, she is called into action again - this time with a group of Space Marines. Now the alien menace is hundreds of times larger, more insidious, and all but invincible. The sole survivor of the Nostromo re-enters a world of sudden, unspeakable horror - one that attacks without warning again and again and again.