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Action movies
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Michael Kittredge (Jones), a terrorist, hijacks an oil rig off the coast of California, posing himself as an environmentalist and intends to detonate an electromagnetic bomb over the United States in this explosive action entry from veteran genre specialist Anthony Hickox. But Kittredge's plan goes awry when the plucky ship's captain Lamont Dixon (Eddie Griffin) attempts to wreck his vicious plans. Dixon's only hope is to team with sexy FBI agent Lisa Reed (Vivica A. Fox) to save the lives of both the hostages and thousands of unsuspecting citizens and to coordinate a counterstrike from the shore. |
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Ping-Pong prodigy Randy Daytona (Dan Fogler) gets defeated by East German champion Karl Wolfschtagg (Thomas Lennon) during the 1988 Olympics and makes a decision to abandon the sport. He gets a chance to recapture his former glory when he is recruited by FBI Agent Ernie Rodriguez (George Lopez) to partake in an underground Ping-Pong tournament held under the aegis of a crime figure, Feng (Christopher Walken), his father's killer. |
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This movie presents Jennifer Garner as Elektra, a deadly and gracious female ninja. She is forced to make a responsible decision when she is sent to kill Mark Miller and his 13-year old daughter Abby. She rejects her mission and begins to fight against the hand, a powerful ninja syndicate whose members practice the dark martial art of ninjiutsu. Her fantastic abilities help her to struggle: she has a gift to see the future and her fighting skills also is not a trifle! |
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The story is set in 1890s Siam. Jone Bang Fai (the Fireball Bandit) is a young Muay Thai warrior and rocketry expert who steals back water buffalo taken from poor Isan farmers by unscrupulous cattle raiders. He is also searching for a man with a tattoo who killed his parents.
Meanwhile, a local nobleman, Lord Waeng, wants to create a market for the steam tractors he's selling. So he hires a hulking convict, "The Thief", to kill all the cattle traders and round up all the water buffalo for slaughter, depriving farmers of the draft animals they need to cultivate rice. Lord Waeng's men are eventually pitted against Nai Hoi Sing, a cattle trader with supernatural martial arts powers and a tattoo on his chest. The tattoo gets Jone Bang Fai's attention, and while the Thief is trying to steal Sing's cattle herd, Jone Bang Fai tries to attack Sing, but is repelled.
Lord Waeng then enlists Jone Bang Fai in a scheme to defeat Sing. To do so, they also need the help of the Black Wizard, who was once cursed by Sing so that he cannot withstand sunlight. The Black Wizard says the only way to defeat Sing and reverse his spells is to use the menstrual blood of a virgin – the Black Wizard's daughter, E'Sao. |
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Action superstar Dolph Lundgren (Universal Soldier) delivers big-screen entertainment in the adventure thriller that's loaded with special effects and hard-hitting action...SILENT TRIGGER! Lundgren plays a top political assassin who's teamed with a sexy female counterpart (gorgeous Gina Bellman) to gun down a target. But when emotions begin to cloud his thoughts, it sets off an explosive series of events leading to the ultimate climax of kill or be killed! From the director of Highlander and The Shadow, SILENT TRIGGER is action -packed entertainment that'll blow you away! |
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The turtles find out where the Ooze, the substance which made them mutate, came from. Unfortunately Shredder learns about it too, and uses it to enhance himself. So the turtles have to prove again who's the better ninja fighter. |
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In the 60´s, the Puerto Rican Carlito Brigante, the Afro-American Earl and the Italian Rocco become best friends while in prison. When they are released, Rocco intermediates a heroin business with a family of the Italian Mafia leaded by Artie Bottolota Sr. Carlito negotiates with the lord Leroy "Hollywood Nicky" Barnes the area where the trio could operate in his neighborhood and sooner the three friends become powerful. Later, Carlito dates and has an affair with the beautiful Leticia. When Earl decides to move to Barbados with his girlfriend and leave the heroin business, his stupid younger brother causes a situation with the Italian mobsters, and Carlito and Rocco have to resolve the mess to save their lives. |
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Jack Cole is a soft spoken, mystical, new age New York cop with a checkered past. He is transferred to Los Angeles to help Los Angeles cop Jim Campbell solve a series of brutal murders in which the victims are crucified. The murders that have happened since Jack arrived in Los Angeles just don't sit right with him. When the killer, known as the "Family Man", kills Ellen DunLeavy, who happens to be Jack's ex wife and the mother of his two kids, and Ellen's husband Andrew DunLeavy, it becomes personal - especially when Jack's prints are found on Ellen's body. Jack meets with his military mentor Smith, not knowing that Smith is in cahoots with local crime boss Frank Deverell. |
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Based on the popular cartoon, this action-adventure movie is about the battle between the forces of good and evil. The once-beautiful planet Eternia is reduced to rubble and its ruler, the Sorceress of Greyskull Castle (Christina Pickles), is imprisoned by the diabolical Skeletor (Frank Langella) who is bent on world domination. Heroic warrior He-Man (Dolph Lundgren) and his bold cohorts, dwarf inventor Gwildor (Billy Barty), soldier Man-at-Arms (Jon Cypher) and his daughter Teela (Chelsea Field), are summoned to thwart Skeletor's nefarious designs. But when the puckish Gwildor uses his powerful Cosmic Key that can open portals to any part of the galaxy, they fortuitously find themselves transported to Earth. There, the Cosmic Key falls into hands of two American teenagers, Julie Winston (Courteney Cox) and Kevin (Robert Duncan Mitchell), who unwittingly become entangled in an internecine battle between the mighty He-Man and Skeletor's army of darkness. |
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This brutal, action-packed drama tells the story of John Eastland (Robert Ginty), a war veteran who is determined to take the law into his own hands after his best buddy, Michael Jefferson (Steve James), is attacked and left permanently paralyzed by a gang of street thugs. Jefferson saved John's life while they were serving in Vietnam, so Eastland considers it to be his duty to take revenge for his brother-in-arms. |
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Fortune unexpectedly smiles on a hapless New York City cab driver named Jimmy Tong (Jackie Chan) who gets a good job he has never bargained for. Jimmy is hired to be a personal chauffeur for dandified millionaire Clark Devlin (Jason Isaacs). Jimmy's new prestigious job appears to be quite peaceful until the cabbie discovers that his boss is a spy for the U.S. government. After a terrorists' attempt to kill Devlin sends him into a coma, Jimmy decides to pose as his injured boss and tries on Devlin's new tuxedo which is in fact a high-tech gadget capable of giving its wearer extraordinary powers. Teamed up with a rookie secret agent, Del Blaine (Jennifer Love Hewitt), Jimmy sets out to foil a nefarious plan of a mad scientist, Dr. Simms (Peter Stormare).
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Hawk the Slayer, after seeing both his father and bride die at the hands of his malevolent brother, Voltan, sets out for revenge and the chance to live up to his title. Tooling himself up with the "mind-sword" and recruiting a motley band of warriors: a giant, a dwarf, a one-armed man with a machine-crossbow and an elf with the fastest bow in the land; Hawk leads the battle against Voltan to free the land from the forces of evil and avenge his loved ones. |
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Four voluptuous females, Tina Armstrong (Jaime Pressly), Christie Allen (Holly Valance), Helena Douglas (Sarah Carter) and Kasumi (Devon Aoki), receive an enticing invitation to travel to an exotic island. They are not invited to lie on the sand, basking in the sunshine, drinking cocktails and admiring tanned muscular bodies of naked men. They are to partake in the "Dead or Alive" martial arts tournament. The world’s toughest fighters face each other for a ten-million-dollar top prize. But for many combatants money is not the sole reason for their participation in the contest; it’s also a matter of prestige, honor, and the search for truth.
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Cut off by her wealthy father, a young woman talks her boyfriend into robbing a check cashing spot. Things don't quite work out for the couple, however, who are now being pursued by the cops. |
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Living a secluded life in an abandoned hotel, Jacob Goodnight (Glen Jacobs), a monstrous maniacal killer with corroded steel plate screwed into his skull and razor-sharp fingernails, doesn’t expect any company. Contrary to his expectations eight juvenile delinquents dare disturb him. The unsuspecting boys and girls, who are actually sent to clear up the rotting hotel in exchange for lighter sentences, are escorted by the very same officer who shot a misguided bullet in Goodnight's head four years ago. The intruders arouse violent bloodthirsty instincts in Goodnight, so none of them will be able to escape from the slaughterhouse...
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The action-adventure movie tells the heroic story of the times when Vikings tried to conquer North America by destroying local tribes before Christopher Columbus reached its shores. Wrecked during the storm, a ship became the grave of Vikings and their captives. There was only one survivor, a Viking boy whose unconscious body was washed up on the shore by the powerful waves. Fortunately, the People of the Dawn tribe used various healing remedies to fix the kid up and raised him as their own. Many years later, he grows up into a warrior named Ghost (Karl Urban) and bravely defends his abode against an invasion of ferocious Vikings who, after having plundered great cities of Europe, land on the shores of North America. Despite a mighty legion of his foes, Ghost is unwilling to sheathe the sword and attempts to defeat the usurpers.
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In 1983, Senator Vernon Trent is running a high-profile re-election campaign. Los Angeles cop Mason Storm videotapes a meeting where Trent hires killers to kill his opponent so he won't lose the election. When Mason's cover is blown, he gets away temporarily, but when he calls in this information to his partner Kevin O'Malley, he is overheard by corrupt cops who work for Trent. On his way home, Mason stops at a liquor store to pick up some champagne to celebrate his undercover coup with his wife Felicia and his 5-year-old son Sonny. 5 thugs come into the store with guns and blow away the cashier, and Mason kills the thugs. At home, Mason tucks Sonny in, and Mason and Felicia open the champagne. The corrupt cops who overheard Storm's call to Kevin go to Storm's house and start firing their guns. Felicia is killed, and Sonny is missing and presumed dead. Mason himself, declared dead at the hospital, revives only to remain in a coma. Kevin enlists the help of a doctor to keep Mason's survival a secret until he can recuperate and give information on his assailants. 7 years later, in 1990, Kevin has been forced off the LAPD, with Trent and his men now running the show. Mason is in a coma center under the alias of "John Doe," and he's being cared for by nurse Andrea "Andy" Stewart. Mason wakes up from his 7 year coma, and takes some time to recover. After recovering, Mason is reunited with Sonny, who is now 12-years-old, and Mason plans his revenge on Trent. |
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One fateful day Lance Bishop's (Adam Baldwin) peaceful life turns into a nightmare. While walking down the street, he is attacked by a total stranger who commits suicide saying: 'If only you knew what I know.' After the tragedy the hapless Bishop notices that weird things start happening to him. He becomes tormented by terrifying visions and voices in his head. To his dismay the mysterious voices tell him to kill his beloved wife, Karen (Elizabeth Berkley)... |
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Kevin Sorbo stars in this action-packed sequel to the hit film, Walking Tall: The Payback. After cleaning up his hometown, Nick (Kevin Sorbo) retires as county sheriff and heads to Dallas where he hopes to start a new life with an FBI Agent and her twelve-year old daughter. Just being "the boyfriend" is tough enough for Nick. When a ruthless drug lord targets several key witnesses to a Federal case, Nick finds himself in the middle of a war with nobody to trust. This time Nick is on their turf and he is pitted against a ferocious army of gang bangers. Nick's brand of country justice just doesn't seem to cut it on the rough city streets but he will stop at nothing to protect his own. |
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It is an ill-fated day for Ronnie (Gary Stretch), a professional hitman. Three years ago he vouched for his pal and fellow contract killer, August (Michael Rapapaport). Unfortunately for Ronnie, August has taken out the wrong guy, and now 'Godmother' Madison is determined to get him murdered. Ronnie agrees to render Madison a service in order to save his fellow's life. However, troubles never come singly. While Ronny bends over backwards to keep his fellow alive, August receives orders... to murder Ronny. |
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