 89% (3) Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse 140 min PG [Animation, Action, Adventure] [Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson] [02 Jun 2023]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 86%, Rotten Tomatoes: 95%, Metacritic: 86%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 69 wins & 168 nominations total Actors: Brian Tyree Henry, Hailee Steinfeld, Shameik Moore Writer: Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Dave Callaham External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: United States Plot: Miles Morales returns for the next chapter of the Oscar®-winning Spider-Verse saga, an epic adventure that will transport Brooklyn's full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man across the Multiverse to join forces with Gwen Stacy and a new team of Spider-People to face off with a villain more powerful than anything they have ever encountered. 1 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  86% (3) Top Gun: Maverick 130 min PG-13 [Action, Drama] [Joseph Kosinski] [27 May 2022]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 86%, Rotten Tomatoes: 96%, Metacritic: 78%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: Jennifer Connelly, Miles Teller, Tom Cruise Writer: Jim Cash, Jack Epps Jr., Peter Craig External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: United States, China Plot: After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy's top aviators, Pete Mitchell is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground Rotten Tomatoes: After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Tom Cruise) is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him. When he finds himself training a detachment of Top Gun graduates for a specialized mission the likes of which no living pilot has ever seen, Maverick encounters Lt. Bradley Bradshaw (Miles Teller), call sign: “Rooster,” the son of Maverick’s late friend and Radar Intercept Officer Lt. Nick Bradshaw, aka “Goose”. Facing an uncertain future and confronting the ghosts of his past, Maverick is drawn into a confrontation with his own deepest fears, culminating in a mission that demands the ultimate sacrifice from those who will be chosen to fly it. 2 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 86% (3) Everything Everywhere All at Once 139 min R [Action, Adventure, Comedy] [Dan Kwan, Daniel Scheinert] [25 Mar 2022]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 83%, Rotten Tomatoes: 95%, Metacritic: 81%, External Reviews Awards: 1 win Actors: Ke Huy Quan, Michelle Yeoh, Stephanie Hsu Writer: Dan Kwan, Daniel Scheinert External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, Mandarin, Cantonese Country: United States Plot: An aging Chinese immigrant is swept up in an insane adventure, where she alone can save the world by exploring other universes connecting with the lives she could have led. Rotten Tomatoes: When an interdimensional rupture unravels reality, an unlikely hero must channel her newfound powers to fight bizarre and bewildering dangers from the multiverse as the fate of the world hangs in the balance. 3 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  85% (3) RRR 187 min Not Rated [Action, Adventure, Drama] [S.S. Rajamouli] [25 Mar 2022]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 79%, Rotten Tomatoes: 95%, Metacritic: 83%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 58 wins & 127 nominations total Actors: Ajay Devgn, N.T. Rama Rao Jr., Ram Charan Writer: Vijayendra Prasad, S.S. Rajamouli, Sai Madhav Burra External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: Telugu, English Country: India Plot: During the British era Malli a small tribal girl is taken away by British governor Scott Buxton and his wife Catherine against the wishes of her parents.A Rama Raju an Indian cop who works for the British army for him duty comes first and is very ruthless to revolutionary Indians but he is never credited for his due by British government.The British government find that a tribal Komaram Bheem who considers Malli his sister has started his search for her and could be an obstacle for the British army.The governor and his wife announces a special post for any officer who can bring Bheem to them,Rama Raju decides to take the matters in his hand and promises the government to bring him dead or alive.Bheem by now has reached he city in search of Malli and pretends to be a mechanic Afzal during a train accident on lake he and Rama Raju risk their lives and save a kid and become best of friends.But both man will clash with each other and will be thirsty for each other's blood to complete their missions. Rotten Tomatoes: The story of freedom fighters Komaram Bheem and Alluri Sitarama Raju. 4 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 81% (3) The Northman 137 min R [Action, Adventure, Drama] [Robert Eggers] [22 Apr 2022]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 73%, Rotten Tomatoes: 89%, Metacritic: 82%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: Alexander Skarsgård, Claes Bang, Nicole Kidman Writer: Sjón, Robert Eggers External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, Norse, Old Country: United States Plot: From visionary director Robert Eggers comes The Northman, an action-filled epic that follows a young Viking prince on his quest to avenge his father's murder. Rotten Tomatoes: Prince Amleth is on the verge of becoming a man when his father is brutally murdered by his uncle, who kidnaps the boy's mother. Two decades later, Amleth is now a Viking who's on a mission to save his mother, kill his uncle and avenge his father. 5 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  78% (3) The Batman 176 min PG-13 [Action, Crime, Drama] [Matt Reeves] [04 Mar 2022]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 78%, Rotten Tomatoes: 85%, Metacritic: 72%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 3 Oscars. 35 wins & 171 nominations total Actors: Jeffrey Wright, Robert Pattinson, Zoë Kravitz Writer: Matt Reeves, Peter Craig, Bob Kane External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, Spanish, Latin, Italian Country: United States Plot: When a sadistic serial killer begins murdering key political figures in Gotham, Batman is forced to investigate the city's hidden corruption and question his family's involvement. 6 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 77% (3) The Woman King 135 min PG-13 [Action, Drama, History] [Gina Prince-Bythewood] [16 Sep 2022]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 62%, Rotten Tomatoes: 94%, Metacritic: 77%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: Lashana Lynch, Thuso Mbedu, Viola Davis Writer: Dana Stevens, Maria Bello External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: United States Plot: A historical epic inspired by true events that took place in The Kingdom of Dahomey, one of the most powerful states of Africa in the 18th and 19th centuries. Rotten Tomatoes: The Woman King is the remarkable story of the Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the African Kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s with skills and a fierceness unlike anything the world has ever seen. Inspired by true events, The Woman King follows the emotionally epic journey of General Nanisca (Oscar®-winner Viola Davis) as she trains the next generation of recruits and readies them for battle against an enemy determined to destroy their way of life. Some things are worth fighting for.... 7 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  76% (3) Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero 100 min PG-13 [Animation, Action, Adventure] [Tetsuro Kodama] [18 Aug 2022]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 72%, Rotten Tomatoes: 93%, Metacritic: 65%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: Masako Nozawa, Toshio Furukawa, Yûko Minaguchi Writer: Akira Toriyama External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, Japanese Country: Japan Plot: The Red Ribbon Army from Goku's past has returned with two new androids to challenge him and his friends. Rotten Tomatoes: The Red Ribbon Army was once destroyed by Son Goku. Individuals, who carry on its spirit, have created the ultimate Androids, Gamma 1 and Gamma 2. These two Androids call themselves 'Super Heroes'. They start attacking Piccolo and Gohan... What is the New Red Ribbon Army's objective? In the face of approaching danger, it is time to awaken, Super Hero! 8 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 75% (3) The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent 107 min R [Action, Comedy, Crime] [Tom Gormican] [22 Apr 2022]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 71%, Rotten Tomatoes: 86%, Metacritic: 68%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: Nicolas Cage, Pedro Pascal, Tiffany Haddish Writer: Tom Gormican, Kevin Etten External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: United States Plot: The fictionalized version of Nick Cage must accept a $1 million offer to attend the birthday of a dangerous super fan Javi Gutierrez. Things take a wildly unexpected turn when Nick Cage is recruited by a CIA operative Vivian and forced to live up to his own legend, channeling his most iconic and beloved on-screen characters in order to save himself and his loved ones. Rotten Tomatoes: Nicolas Cage stars as... Nick Cage in the action-comedy The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent. Creatively unfulfilled and facing financial ruin, the fictionalized version of Cage must accept a $1 million offer to attend the birthday of a dangerous superfan (Pedro Pascal). Things take a wildly unexpected turn when Cage is recruited by a CIA operative (Tiffany Haddish) and forced to live up to his own legend, channeling his most iconic and beloved on-screen characters in order to save himself and his loved ones. With a career built for this very moment, the seminal award-winning actor must take on the role of a lifetime: Nick Cage. 9 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  74% (3) Avatar: The Way of Water 192 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Fantasy] [James Cameron] [16 Dec 2022]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 78%, Rotten Tomatoes: 77%, Metacritic: 67%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 4 Oscars. 56 wins & 126 nominations total Actors: Sam Worthington, Sigourney Weaver, Zoe Saldana Writer: James Cameron, Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: United States Plot: Jake Sully lives with his newfound family formed on the extrasolar moon Pandora. Once a familiar threat returns to finish what was previously started, Jake must work with Neytiri and the army of the Na'vi race to protect their home. Rotten Tomatoes: Set more than a decade after the events of the first film, 'Avatar: The Way of Water' begins to tell the story of the Sully family (Jake, Neytiri, and their kids), the trouble that follows them, the lengths they go to keep each other safe, the battles they fight to stay alive, and the tragedies they endure. 10 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 69% (3) Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness 126 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Fantasy] [Sam Raimi] [06 May 2022]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 73%, Rotten Tomatoes: 74%, Metacritic: 60%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: Benedict Cumberbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Elizabeth Olsen Writer: Michael Waldron External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: United States Plot: After the events of Avengers: Endgame, Dr. Stephen Strange continues his research on the Time Stone. But an old friend turned enemy seeks to destroy every sorcerer on Earth, messing with Strange's plan, causing him to unleash an unspeakable evil Rotten Tomatoes: In Marvel Studios' 'Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,' the MCU unlocks the Multiverse and pushes its boundaries further than ever before. Journey into the unknown with Doctor Strange, who, with the help of mystical allies both old and new, traverses the mind-bending and dangerous alternate realities of the Multiverse to confront a mysterious new adversary. 11 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  68% (3) DC League of Super-Pets 2 min PG [Animation, Action, Adventure] [Jared Stern, Sam J. Levine] [29 Jul 2022]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 75%, Rotten Tomatoes: 74%, Metacritic: 56%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: Dwayne Johnson, Kate McKinnon, Kevin Hart Writer: Jared Stern, John Whittington External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, Spanish Country: United States Plot: When the Justice League are captured by Lex Luthor, Superman's dog, Krypto, forms a team of shelter-pets who were given super-powers: A hound named Ace, who becomes super-strong, a pig named PB, who can grow to giant-size, a turtle named Merton, who becomes super-fast, and a squirrel named Chip, who gains electric-powers. Rotten Tomatoes: In 'DC League of Super-Pets,' Krypto the Super-Dog and Superman are inseparable best friends, sharing the same superpowers and fighting crime in Metropolis side by side. When Superman and the rest of the Justice League are kidnapped, Krypto must convince a rag-tag shelter pack--Ace the hound, PB the potbellied pig, Merton the turtle and Chip the squirrel--to master their own newfound powers and help him rescue the superheroes. 12 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 67% (3) The Lost City 112 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Comedy] [Aaron Nee, Adam Nee] [25 Mar 2022]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 62%, Rotten Tomatoes: 79%, Metacritic: 60%, External Reviews Awards: 1 win & 2 nominations Actors: Channing Tatum, Daniel Radcliffe, Sandra Bullock Writer: Oren Uziel, Dana Fox, Adam Nee External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, Spanish, Latin Country: United States Plot: A reclusive romance novelist on a book tour with her cover model gets swept up in a kidnapping attempt that lands them both in a cutthroat jungle adventure. Rotten Tomatoes: Reclusive author Loretta Sage writes about exotic places in her popular adventure novels that feature a handsome cover model named Alan. While on tour promoting her new book with Alan, Loretta gets kidnapped by an eccentric billionaire who hopes she can lead him to an ancient city's lost treasure from her latest story. Determined to prove he can be a hero in real life and not just on the pages of her books, Alan sets off to rescue her. 13 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  85% (3) Spider-Man: No Way Home 148 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Fantasy] [Jon Watts] [17 Dec 2021]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 89%, Rotten Tomatoes: 95%, Metacritic: 71%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom Holland, Zendaya Writer: Chris McKenna, Erik Sommers, Stan Lee External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, Tagalog Country: United States Plot: Peter Parker's secret identity is revealed to the entire world. Desperate for help, Peter turns to Doctor Strange to make the world forget that he is Spider-Man. The spell goes horribly wrong and shatters the multiverse, bringing in monstrous villains that could destroy the world. Rotten Tomatoes: For the first time in the cinematic history of Spider-Man, our friendly neighborhood hero's identity is revealed, bringing his Super Hero responsibilities into conflict with his normal life and putting those he cares about most at risk. When he enlists Doctor Strange's help to restore his secret, the spell tears a hole in their world, releasing the most powerful villains who've ever fought a Spider-Man in any universe. Now, Peter will have to overcome his greatest challenge yet, which will not only forever alter his own future but the future of the Multiverse. 14 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 81% (3) Raya and the Last Dragon 107 min PG [Animation, Action, Adventure] [Don Hall, Carlos López Estrada, Paul Briggs] [05 Mar 2021]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 74%, Rotten Tomatoes: 95%, Metacritic: 75%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: Awkwafina, Gemma Chan, Kelly Marie Tran Writer: Qui Nguyen, Adele Lim, Paul Briggs External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: United States Plot: Long ago, in the fantasy world of Kumandra, humans and dragons lived together in harmony. However, when sinister monsters known as the Druun threatened the land, the dragons sacrificed themselves to save humanity. Now, 500 years later, those same monsters have returned, and it's up to a lone warrior to track down the last dragon and stop the Druun for good. Rotten Tomatoes: Long ago, in the fantasy world of Kumandra, humans and dragons lived together in harmony. But when sinister monsters known as the Druun threatened the land, the dragons sacrificed themselves to save humanity. Now, 500 years later, those same monsters have returned and it's up to a lone warrior, Raya, to track down the last dragon in order to finally stop the Druun for good. However, along her journey, she'll learn that it'll take more than dragon magic to save the world--it's going to take trust as well. 15 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  73% (3) Nobody 92 min R [Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller] [Ilya Naishuller] [26 Mar 2021]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 74%, Rotten Tomatoes: 83%, Metacritic: 63%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: Aleksey Serebryakov, Bob Odenkirk, Christopher Lloyd, Connie Nielsen Writer: Derek Kolstad External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: Spanish, Russian, English Country: USA, Japan Plot: A bystander who intervenes to help a woman being harassed by a group of men becomes the target of a vengeful drug lord. Rotten Tomatoes: Emmy winner Bob Odenkirk (Better Call Saul, The Post, Nebraska) stars as Hutch Mansell, an underestimated and overlooked dad and husband, taking life's indignities on the chin and never pushing back. A nobody. When two thieves break into his suburban home one night, Hutch declines to defend himself or his family, hoping to prevent serious violence. His teenage son, Blake (Gage Munroe, The Shack), is disappointed in him and his wife, Becca (Connie Nielsen, Wonder Woman), seems to pull only further away. The aftermath of the incident strikes a match to Hutch's long-simmering rage, triggering dormant instincts and propelling him on a brutal path that will surface dark secrets and lethal skills. In a barrage of fists, gunfire and squealing tires, Hutch must save his family from a dangerous adversary (famed Russian actor Aleksey Serebryakov, Amazon's McMafia)--and ensure that he will never be underestimated as a nobody again. 16 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 71% (3) Black Widow 134 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi] [Cate Shortland] [09 Jul 2021]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 68%, Rotten Tomatoes: 79%, Metacritic: 67%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: David Harbour, Florence Pugh, Scarlett Johansson Writer: Eric Pearson, Jac Schaeffer, Ned Benson External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, Russian, Norwegian, Hungarian, Macedonian, Finnish Country: United States Plot: In Marvel Studios' action-packed spy thriller 'Black Widow,' Natasha Romanoff aka Black Widow confronts the darker parts of her ledger when a dangerous conspiracy with ties to her past arises. Pursued by a force that will stop at nothing to bring her down, Natasha must deal with her history as a spy and the broken relationships left in her wake long before she became an Avenger. Rotten Tomatoes: Natasha Romanoff, aka Black Widow, confronts the darker parts of her ledger when a dangerous conspiracy with ties to her past arises. Pursued by a force that will stop at nothing to bring her down, Natasha must deal with her history as a spy, and the broken relationships left in her wake long before she became an Avenger. 17 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  70% (3) Shorta 108 min Not Rated [Action, Crime, Drama] [Frederik Louis Hviid, Anders Ølholm] [19 Mar 2021]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 65%, Rotten Tomatoes: 82%, Metacritic: 64%, External Reviews Awards: 9 wins & 25 nominations Actors: Jacob Lohmann, Simon Sears, Tarek Zayat Writer: Anders Ølholm, Frederik Louis Hviid External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: Danish, Arabic Country: Denmark Plot: The exact details of what took place while Talib Ben Hassi (19) was in police custody remain unclear. Police officers, Jens and Mike, are on routine patrol in Svalegården's ghetto when news of Talib's death comes in over the radio, igniting uncontrollable, pent-up rage in the ghetto's youth, who lust for revenge. Suddenly, the two officers find themselves fair game and must fight tooth and claw to find a way out. Rotten Tomatoes: Jens and Mike, two police officers on routine patrol, find themselves trapped in a maze of buildings by a mob of vengeful rioters. 18 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 66% (3) Godzilla vs. Kong 113 min PG-13 [Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller] [Adam Wingard] [31 Mar 2021]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 65%, Rotten Tomatoes: 75%, Metacritic: 59%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: Alexander Skarsgård, Brian Tyree Henry, Millie Bobby Brown, Rebecca Hall Writer: Terry Rossio (story by), Michael Dougherty (story by), Zach Shields (story by), Eric Pearson (screenplay by), Max Borenstein (screenplay by) External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, American Sign Language Country: USA, Australia, Canada, India Plot: The epic next chapter in the cinematic Monsterverse pits two of the greatest icons in motion picture history against one another - the fearsome Godzilla and the mighty Kong - with humanity caught in the balance. Rotten Tomatoes: Legends collide in 'Godzilla vs. Kong' as these mythic adversaries meet in a spectacular battle for the ages, with the fate of the world hanging in the balance. Kong and his protectors undertake a perilous journey to find his true home, and with them is Jia, a young orphaned girl with whom he has formed a unique and powerful bond. But they unexpectedly find themselves in the path of an enraged Godzilla, cutting a swath of destruction across the globe. The epic clash between the two titans--instigated by unseen forces--is only the beginning of the mystery that lies deep within the core of the Earth. 19 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  85% (3) Midnight Family 81 min N/A [Documentary, Action, Crime, Drama] [Luke Lorentzen] [21 Feb 2020]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 76%, Rotten Tomatoes: 98%, Metacritic: 82%, External Reviews Awards: 24 wins & 22 nominations. Actors: Fer Ochoa, Josue Ochoa, Juan Ochoa Writer: Luke Lorentzen External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: Spanish Country: Mexico Plot: In Mexico City's wealthiest neighborhoods, the Ochoa family runs a private ambulance, competing with other for-profit EMTs for patients in need of urgent help. Rotten Tomatoes: In Mexico City's wealthiest neighborhoods, the Ochoa family runs a private ambulance, competing with other for-profit EMTs for patients in need of urgent help. As the Ochoas try to make a living in this cutthroat industry, they struggle to keep their financial needs from compromising the people in their care. 20 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 71% (3) Tenet 150 min PG-13 [Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller] [Christopher Nolan] [03 Sep 2020]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 74%, Rotten Tomatoes: 70%, Metacritic: 69%, External Reviews Awards: Won 1 Oscar. Another 40 wins & 131 nominations. Actors: Andrew Howard, Ivo Uukkivi, Jefferson Hall, Juhan Ulfsak Writer: Christopher Nolan External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, Russian, Ukrainian, Estonian, Norwegian, Hindi Country: UK, USA Plot: Armed with only one word, Tenet, and fighting for the survival of the entire world, a Protagonist journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a mission that will unfold in something beyond real time. Rotten Tomatoes: A secret agent embarks on a dangerous, time-bending mission to prevent the start of World War III. 21 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  68% (3) Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn 109 min R [Action, Adventure, Crime] [Cathy Yan] [07 Feb 2020]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 66%, Rotten Tomatoes: 79%, Metacritic: 60%, External Reviews Awards: 3 nominations. Actors: Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Margot Robbie, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Rosie Perez Writer: Christina Hodson External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, Chinese Country: USA, UK Plot: After splitting with the Joker, Harley Quinn joins superheroes Black Canary, Huntress and Renee Montoya to save a young girl from an evil crime lord. Rotten Tomatoes: You ever hear the one about the cop, the songbird, the psycho and the mafia princess? 'Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)' is a twisted tale told by Harley herself, as only Harley can tell it. When Gotham's most nefariously narcissistic villain, Roman Sionis, and his zealous right-hand, Zsasz, put a target on a young girl named Cass, the city is turned upside down looking for her. Harley, Huntress, Black Canary and Renee Montoya's paths collide, and the unlikely foursome have no choice but to team up to take Roman down. 22 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 67% (3) Bad Boys for Life 124 min R [Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller] [Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah] [17 Jan 2020]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 66%, Rotten Tomatoes: 77%, Metacritic: 59%, External Reviews Awards: 1 nomination. Actors: Alexander Ludwig, Martin Lawrence, Vanessa Hudgens, Will Smith Writer: Peter Craig (story by), Joe Carnahan (story by), Chris Bremner (screenplay by), Peter Craig (screenplay by), Joe Carnahan (screenplay by), George Gallo (based on characters created by) External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, Spanish Country: USA, Mexico Plot: Miami detectives Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett must face off against a mother-and-son pair of drug lords who wreak vengeful havoc on their city. Rotten Tomatoes: The wife and son of a Mexican drug lord embark on a vengeful quest to kill all those involved in his trial and imprisonment -- including Miami Detective Mike Lowrey. When Mike gets wounded, he teams up with partner Marcus Burnett and AMMO -- a special tactical squad -- to bring the culprits to justice. But the old-school, wisecracking cops must soon learn to get along with their new elite counterparts if they are to take down the vicious cartel that threatens their lives. 23 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  85% (3) Avengers: Endgame 181 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi] [Anthony Russo, Joe Russo] [26 Apr 2019]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 85%, Rotten Tomatoes: 94%, Metacritic: 78%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 46 wins & 97 nominations. Actors: Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr. Writer: Christopher Markus (screenplay by), Stephen McFeely (screenplay by), Stan Lee (based on the Marvel comics by), Jack Kirby (based on the Marvel comics by), Joe Simon (Captain America created by), Jack Kirby (Captain America created by), Steve Englehart (Star-Lord created by), Steve Gan (Star-Lord created by), Bill Mantlo (Rocket Raccoon created by), Keith Giffen (Rocket Raccoon created by), Jim Starlin (Thanos, Gamora & Drax created by), Stan Lee (Groot created by), Larry Lieber (Groot created by), Jack Kirby (Groot created by), Steve Englehart (Mantis created by), Don Heck (Mantis created by) External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, Japanese, Xhosa, German Country: USA Plot: After the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War (2018), the universe is in ruins. With the help of remaining allies, the Avengers assemble once more in order to reverse Thanos' actions and restore balance to the universe. Rotten Tomatoes: The grave course of events set in motion by Thanos that wiped out half the universe and fractured the Avengers ranks compels the remaining Avengers to take one final stand in Marvel Studios' grand conclusion to twenty-two films, 'Avengers: Endgame.' 24 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 82% (3) Promare 111 min PG-13 [Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller] [Hiroyuki Imaishi] [24 May 2019]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 73%, Rotten Tomatoes: 96%, Metacritic: 77%, External Reviews Awards: 1 nomination. Actors: John Eric Bentley, Johnny Yong Bosch, Melissa Fahn, Steve Blum Writer: Kazuki Nakashima (original work), Kazuki Nakashima (script writer), Michael Schneider (adr script writer) External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: Japanese Country: Japan Plot: A futuristic firefighting mecha service is created to protect the world. Rotten Tomatoes: The first feature-length film from the acclaimed studio TRIGGER, creators of the hit series KILL la KILL and Little Witch Academia, and director Hiroyuki Imaishi (GURREN LAGANN, KILL la KILL), Promare uses a bold cel-shaded visual style to tell a blistering action-adventure story, and is the spiritual successor to many of director Imaishi's former works. Thirty years have passed since the appearance of the Burnish, a race of flame-wielding mutant beings, who destroyed half of the world with fire. When a new group of aggressive mutants calling themselves Mad Burnish appears, the epic battle between Galo Thymos, a new member of the anti-Burnish rescue team Burning Rescue, and Lio Fotia, the leader of Mad Burnish begins. 25 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  79% (3) John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum 130 min R [Action, Crime, Thriller] [Chad Stahelski] [17 May 2019]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 75%, Rotten Tomatoes: 90%, Metacritic: 73%, External Reviews Awards: 13 wins & 27 nominations. Actors: Halle Berry, Ian McShane, Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne Writer: Derek Kolstad (screenplay by), Shay Hatten (screenplay by), Chris Collins (screenplay by), Marc Abrams (screenplay by), Derek Kolstad (story by), Derek Kolstad (based on characters created by) External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, Russian, Japanese, Indonesian, Mandarin, Italian, Arabic, Latin Country: USA Plot: John Wick is on the run after killing a member of the international assassins' guild, and with a $14 million price tag on his head, he is the target of hit men and women everywhere. Rotten Tomatoes: After gunning down a member of the High Table -- the shadowy international assassin's guild -- legendary hit man John Wick finds himself stripped of the organization's protective services. Now stuck with a $14 million bounty on his head, Wick must fight his way through the streets of New York as he becomes the target of the world's most ruthless killers. 26 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 79% (3) How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World 104 min PG [Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy] [Dean DeBlois] [22 Feb 2019]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 75%, Rotten Tomatoes: 91%, Metacritic: 71%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 4 wins & 58 nominations. Actors: America Ferrera, Cate Blanchett, F. Murray Abraham, Jay Baruchel Writer: Dean DeBlois, Cressida Cowell (based upon the 'How to Train Your Dragon' book series by) External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA, Japan Plot: When Hiccup discovers Toothless isn't the only Night Fury, he must seek 'The Hidden World', a secret Dragon Utopia before a hired tyrant named Grimmel finds it first. Rotten Tomatoes: Now chief and ruler of Berk alongside Astrid, Hiccup has created a gloriously chaotic dragon utopia. When the sudden appearance of female Light Fury coincides with the darkest threat their village has ever faced, Hiccup and Toothless must leave the only home they've known and journey to a hidden world thought only to exist in myth. As their true destines are revealed, dragon and rider will fight together-to the very ends of the Earth-to protect everything they've grown to treasure. 27 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  78% (3) Spider-Man: Far from Home 129 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi] [Jon Watts] [02 Jul 2019]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 76%, Rotten Tomatoes: 91%, Metacritic: 69%, External Reviews Awards: 8 wins & 18 nominations. Actors: Jake Gyllenhaal, Marisa Tomei, Samuel L. Jackson, Tom Holland Writer: Chris McKenna, Erik Sommers, Stan Lee (based on the Marvel comic book by), Steve Ditko (based on the Marvel comic book by) External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, Italian, Czech Country: USA Plot: Following the events of Avengers: Endgame (2019), Spider-Man must step up to take on new threats in a world that has changed forever. Rotten Tomatoes: Peter Parker returns in Spider-Man: Far From Home, the next chapter of the Spider-Man: Homecoming series! Our friendly neighborhood Super Hero decides to join his best friends Ned, MJ, and the rest of the gang on a European vacation. However, Peter's plan to leave super heroics behind for a few weeks are quickly scrapped when he begrudgingly agrees to help Nick Fury uncover the mystery of several elemental creature attacks, creating havoc across the continent! 28 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 78% (3) Shazam! 132 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy] [David F. Sandberg] [05 Apr 2019]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 74%, Rotten Tomatoes: 90%, Metacritic: 70%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: Asher Angel, Jack Dylan Grazer, Mark Strong, Zachary Levi Writer: Henry Gayden (screenplay by), Henry Gayden (story by), Darren Lemke (story by), Bill Parker (Shazam created by), C.C. Beck (Shazam created by) External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA Plot: Young Billy Batson finds himself gifted with the power of the wizard Shazam to fight against the forces of evil. With the wisdom of Solomon, the strength of Hercules, the stamina of Atlas, the power of Zeus, the courage of Achilles and speed of Mercury, he is the holder of the power of S.H.A.Z.A.M; he is Captain Marvel. Rotten Tomatoes: We all have a superhero inside us, it just takes a bit of magic to bring it out. In Billy Batson's (Asher Angel) case, by shouting out one word--SHAZAM!--this streetwise 14-year-old foster kid can turn into the adult Super Hero Shazam (Zachary Levi), courtesy of an ancient wizard. Still a kid at heart--inside a ripped, godlike body--Shazam revels in this adult version of himself by doing what any teen would do with superpowers: have fun with them! Can he fly? Does he have X-ray vision? Can he shoot lightning out of his hands? Can he skip his social studies test? Shazam sets out to test the limits of his abilities with the joyful recklessness of a child. But he'll need to master these powers quickly in order to fight the deadly forces of evil controlled by Dr. Thaddeus Sivana (Strong). 29 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  74% (3) Proxima 107 min N/A [Action, Drama] [Alice Winocour] [27 Nov 2019]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 64%, Rotten Tomatoes: 79%, Metacritic: 79%, External Reviews Awards: 4 wins & 6 nominations. Actors: Aleksey Fateev, Eva Green, Matt Dillon, Zélie Boulant Writer: Alice Winocour (screenplay), Jean-Stéphane Bron (collaboration) External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: French, English, Russian, German Country: France, Germany Plot: An astronaut prepares for a one-year mission aboard the International Space Station. 30 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 72% (3) The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part 107 min PG [Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical] [Mike Mitchell] [08 Feb 2019]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 67%, Rotten Tomatoes: 85%, Metacritic: 65%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Banks, Tiffany Haddish, Will Arnett Writer: Phil Lord (screenplay by), Christopher Miller (screenplay by), Phil Lord (story by), Christopher Miller (story by), Matthew Fogel (story by), Jerry Siegel (created by: Superman), Joe Shuster (created by: Superman), Bob Kane (created by: Batman), Bill Finger (created by: Batman), William Moulton Marston (created by: Wonder Woman) External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: Denmark, Norway, Australia, USA Plot: It's been five years since everything was awesome and the citizens are facing a huge new threat: Lego Duplo invaders from outer space, wrecking everything faster than they can rebuild. Rotten Tomatoes: The much-anticipated sequel to the critically acclaimed, global box office phenomenon that started it all, 'The LEGO (R) Movie 2: The Second Part,' reunites the heroes of Bricksburg in an all new action-packed adventure to save their beloved city. It's been five years since everything was awesome and the citizens are now facing a huge new threat: LEGO DUPLO (R) invaders from outer space, wrecking everything faster than it can be rebuilt. The battle to defeat the invaders and restore harmony to the LEGO universe will take Emmet (Chris Pratt), Lucy (Elizabeth Banks), Batman (Will Arnett) and their friends to faraway, unexplored worlds, including a strange galaxy where everything is a musical. It will test their courage, creativity and Master Building skills, and reveal just how special they really are. 31 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  71% (3) The Kid Who Would Be King 120 min PG [Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy] [Joe Cornish] [25 Jan 2019]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 60%, Rotten Tomatoes: 89%, Metacritic: 66%, External Reviews Awards: 1 win. Actors: Dean Chaumoo, Denise Gough, Louis Ashbourne Serkis, Tom Taylor Writer: Joe Cornish External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: UK, USA Plot: A band of kids embark on an epic quest to thwart a medieval menace. Rotten Tomatoes: Old school magic meets the modern world in the epic adventure THE KID WHO WOULD BE KING. Alex (Ashbourne Serkis) thinks he's just another nobody, until he stumbles upon the mythical Sword in the Stone, Excalibur. Now, he must unite his friends and enemies into a band of knights and, together with the legendary wizard Merlin (Patrick Stewart), take on the wicked enchantress Morgana (Rebecca Ferguson). With the future at stake, Alex must become the great leader he never dreamed he could be. 32 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 70% (3) Captain Marvel 123 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi] [Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck] [08 Mar 2019]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 69%, Rotten Tomatoes: 78%, Metacritic: 64%, External Reviews Awards: 7 wins & 46 nominations. Actors: Ben Mendelsohn, Brie Larson, Jude Law, Samuel L. Jackson Writer: Anna Boden (screenplay by), Ryan Fleck (screenplay by), Geneva Robertson-Dworet (screenplay by), Nicole Perlman (story by), Meg LeFauve (story by), Anna Boden (story by), Ryan Fleck (story by), Geneva Robertson-Dworet (story by) External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA, Australia Plot: Carol Danvers becomes one of the universe's most powerful heroes when Earth is caught in the middle of a galactic war between two alien races. Rotten Tomatoes: The story follows Carol Danvers as she becomes one of the universe's most powerful heroes when Earth is caught in the middle of a galactic war between two alien races. Set in the 1990s, Captain Marvel is an all-new adventure from a previously unseen period in the history of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. 33 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  68% (3) Crawl 87 min R [Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller] [Alexandre Aja] [12 Jul 2019]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 63%, Rotten Tomatoes: 82%, Metacritic: 60%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: Barry Pepper, Kaya Scodelario, Morfydd Clark, Ross Anderson Writer: Michael Rasmussen, Shawn Rasmussen External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA, Serbia, Canada Plot: A young woman, while attempting to save her father during a category 5 hurricane, finds herself trapped in a flooding house and must fight for her life against alligators. Rotten Tomatoes: When a massive hurricane hits her Florida hometown, Haley (Kaya Scodelario) ignores evacuation orders to search for her missing father (Barry Pepper). Finding him gravely injured in the crawl space of their family home, the two become trapped by quickly encroaching floodwaters. As time runs out to escape the strengthening storm, Haley and her father discover that the rising water level is the least of their fears. 34 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 68% (3) Dragged Across Concrete 159 min R [Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller] [S. Craig Zahler] [22 Mar 2019]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 70%, Rotten Tomatoes: 75%, Metacritic: 60%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: Mel Gibson, Michael Jai White, Tory Kittles, Vince Vaughn Writer: S. Craig Zahler External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: Canada, USA Plot: The script centers on two policemen, one an old-timer (Gibson), the other his volatile younger partner (Vaughn), who find themselves suspended when a video of their strong-arm tactics become the media's cause du jour. Low on cash and with no other options, these two embittered soldiers descend into the criminal underworld to gain their just due, but instead find far more than they wanted awaiting them in the shadows. Rotten Tomatoes: DRAGGED ACROSS CONCRETE follows two police detectives who find themselves suspended when a video of their strong-arm tactics is leaked to the media. With little money and no options, the embittered policemen descend into the criminal underworld and find more than they wanted waiting in the shadows. 35 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  67% (3) Harriet 125 min PG-13 [Action, Biography, Drama, History] [Kasi Lemmons] [01 Nov 2019]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 63%, Rotten Tomatoes: 73%, Metacritic: 66%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 18 wins & 32 nominations. Actors: Clarke Peters, Cynthia Erivo, Joe Alwyn, Leslie Odom Jr. Writer: Gregory Allen Howard (screenplay by), Kasi Lemmons (screenplay by), Gregory Allen Howard (story by) External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: The extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman's escape from slavery and transformation into one of America's greatest heroes, whose courage, ingenuity, and tenacity freed hundreds of slaves and changed the course of history. Rotten Tomatoes: Based on the thrilling and inspirational life of an iconic American freedom fighter, HARRIET tells the extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman's escape from slavery and transformation into one of America's greatest heroes. Her courage, ingenuity, and tenacity freed hundreds of slaves and changed the course of history. 36 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 66% (3) The Aeronauts 100 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, Romance] [Tom Harper] [06 Dec 2019]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 66%, Rotten Tomatoes: 72%, Metacritic: 60%, External Reviews Awards: 5 nominations. Actors: Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, Himesh Patel, Lewin Lloyd, Phoebe Fox, Vincent Perez Writer: Tom Harper (story by), Jack Thorne (story by), Jack Thorne External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, French, Latin Country: UK, USA Plot: Balloon pilot Amelia Wren and scientist James Glaisher find themselves in an epic fight for survival while attempting to make discoveries in a gas balloon in the 1860s. Rotten Tomatoes: In 1862, daredevil balloon pilot Amelia Wren (Felicity Jones) teams up with pioneering meteorologist James Glaisher (Eddie Redmayne) to advance human knowledge of the weather and fly higher than anyone in history. While breaking records and advancing scientific discovery, their voyage to the very edge of existence helps the unlikely pair find their place in the world they have left far below them. But they face physical and emotional challenges in the thin air, as the ascent becomes a fight for survival. 37 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  65% (3) Jumanji: The Next Level 123 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy] [Jake Kasdan] [13 Dec 2019]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 67%, Rotten Tomatoes: 72%, Metacritic: 58%, External Reviews Awards: 1 win & 5 nominations. Actors: Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Karen Gillan, Kevin Hart Writer: Jake Kasdan, Jeff Pinkner, Scott Rosenberg, Chris Van Allsburg (based on the book 'Jumanji' by) External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: In Jumanji: The Next Level, the gang is back but the game has changed. As they return to rescue one of their own, the players will have to brave parts unknown from arid deserts to snowy mountains, to escape the world's most dangerous game. Rotten Tomatoes: When Spencer goes back into the fantastical world of Jumanji, pals Martha, Fridge and Bethany re-enter the game to bring him home. But the game is now broken -- and fighting back. Everything the friends know about Jumanji is about to change, as they soon discover there's more obstacles and more danger to overcome. 38 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 65% (3) Zombieland: Double Tap 99 min R [Action, Comedy, Horror] [Ruben Fleischer] [18 Oct 2019]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 72%, Rotten Tomatoes: 67%, Metacritic: 56%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: Abigail Breslin, Emma Stone, Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson Writer: Dave Callaham (screenplay), Rhett Reese (screenplay), Paul Wernick (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: Columbus, Tallahassee, Wichita, and Little Rock move to the American heartland as they face off against evolved zombies, fellow survivors, and the growing pains of the snarky makeshift family. Rotten Tomatoes: A decade after Zombieland became a hit film and a cult classic, the lead cast (Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Abigail Breslin, and Emma Stone) have reunited with director Ruben Fleischer (Venom) and the original writers Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick (Deadpool) for Zombieland: Double Tap. In the sequel, written by Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick and Dave Callaham, through comic mayhem that stretches from the White House and through the heartland, these four slayers must face off against the many new kinds of zombies that have evolved since the first movie, as well as some new human survivors. But most of all, they have to face the growing pains of their own snarky, makeshift family. 39 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  64% (3) Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw 137 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure] [David Leitch] [02 Aug 2019]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 65%, Rotten Tomatoes: 67%, Metacritic: 60%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: Dwayne Johnson, Idris Elba, Jason Statham, Vanessa Kirby Writer: Chris Morgan (screenplay by), Drew Pearce (screenplay by), Chris Morgan (story by), Gary Scott Thompson (based on characters created by) External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, Samoan, Russian Country: USA Plot: Lawman Luke Hobbs and outcast Deckard Shaw form an unlikely alliance when a cyber-genetically enhanced villain threatens the future of humanity. Rotten Tomatoes: Ever since hulking lawman Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson), a loyal agent of America's Diplomatic Security Service, and lawless outcast Shaw (Jason Statham), a former British military elite operative, first faced off in 2015's Furious 7, the duo have swapped smack talk and body blows as they've tried to take each other down. But when cyber-genetically enhanced anarchist Brixton (Idris Elba) gains control of an insidious bio-threat that could alter humanity forever--and bests a brilliant and fearless rogue MI6 agent (The Crown's Vanessa Kirby), who just happens to be Shaw's sister--these two sworn enemies will have to partner up to bring down the only guy who might be badder than themselves. 40 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 63% (3) Terminator: Dark Fate 128 min R [Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi] [Tim Miller] [01 Nov 2019]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 65%, Rotten Tomatoes: 70%, Metacritic: 54%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Mackenzie Davis, Natalia Reyes Writer: James Cameron (story by), Charles H. Eglee (story by), Josh Friedman (story by), David S. Goyer (story by), Justin Rhodes (story by), David S. Goyer (screenplay by), Justin Rhodes (screenplay by), Billy Ray (screenplay by), James Cameron (based on characters created by), Gale Anne Hurd (based on characters created by) External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, Spanish Country: USA, Spain, Hungary Plot: An augmented human and Sarah Connor must stop an advanced liquid Terminator, from hunting down a young girl, who's fate is critical to the human race. Rotten Tomatoes: More than two decades have passed since Sarah Connor prevented Judgment Day, changed the future, and re-wrote the fate of the human race. Dani Ramos (Natalia Reyes) is living a simple life in Mexico City with her brother (Diego Boneta) and father when a highly advanced and deadly new Terminator -- a Rev-9 (Gabriel Luna) -- travels back through time to hunt and kill her. Dani's survival depends on her joining forces with two warriors: Grace (Mackenzie Davis), an enhanced super-soldier from the future, and a battle-hardened Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton). As the Rev-9 ruthlessly destroys everything and everyone in its path on the hunt for Dani, the three are led to a T-800 (Arnold Schwarzenegger) from Sarah's past that may be their last best hope. 41 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  63% (3) The Command 117 min PG-13 [Action, Drama, History, Thriller] [Thomas Vinterberg] [21 Jun 2019]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 66%, Rotten Tomatoes: 69%, Metacritic: 55%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: August Diehl, Léa Seydoux, Matthias Schoenaerts, Peter Simonischek Writer: Robert Rodat, Robert Moore (based on Robert Moore's book 'A Time to Die') External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: Belgium, Luxembourg, France Plot: The film follows the 2000 K-141 Kursk submarine disaster and the governmental negligence that followed. As the sailors fight for survival, their families desperately battle political obstacles and impossible odds to save them. Rotten Tomatoes: Based on the story of the 2000 Kursk submarine disaster, Kursk follows the final hours of an 'unsinkable' Russian nuclear submarine as it sinks to the bottom of the Barents Sea. Some of the crew survives the initial explosion, including officer Mikhail Kalekov (Matthias Schoenaerts), whose pregnant wife (Lea Seydoux) and child are waiting back home. Unfortunately, their rescue is complicated by bureaucracy between Russia, France, Norway and Britain, with British navy chief David Russell (Colin Firth) attempting to convince Russian officials to accept foreign aid. 42 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 63% (3) Alita: Battle Angel 122 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller] [Robert Rodriguez] [14 Feb 2019]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 76%, Rotten Tomatoes: 60%, Metacritic: 54%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: Christoph Waltz, Jennifer Connelly, Mahershala Ali, Rosa Salazar Writer: James Cameron (screenplay by), Laeta Kalogridis (screenplay by), Yukito Kishiro (based on the graphic novel series 'Gunnm' by) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Spanish Country: USA Plot: Alita is a creation from an age of despair. Found by the mysterious Dr. Ido while trolling for cyborg parts, Alita becomes a lethal, dangerous being. She cannot remember who she is, or where she came from. But to Dr. Ido, the truth is all too clear. She is the one being who can break the cycle of death and destruction left behind from Tiphares. But to accomplish her true purpose, she must fight and kill. And that is where Alita's true significance comes to bear. She is an angel from heaven. She is an angel of death. 43 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  89% (3) Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 117 min PG [Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi] [Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman] [14 Dec 2018]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 84%, Rotten Tomatoes: 97%, Metacritic: 87%, External Reviews Awards: Won 1 Oscar. Another 79 wins & 55 nominations. Actors: Hailee Steinfeld, Jake Johnson, Mahershala Ali, Shameik Moore Writer: Phil Lord (screenplay by), Rodney Rothman (screenplay by), Phil Lord (story by) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, Spanish Country: USA Plot: Teen Miles Morales becomes the Spider-Man of his universe, and must join with five spider-powered individuals from other dimensions to stop a threat for all realities. Rotten Tomatoes: Bitten by a radioactive spider in the subway, Brooklyn teenager Miles Morales suddenly develops mysterious powers that transform him into the one and only Spider-Man. When he meets Peter Parker, he soon realizes that there are many others who share his special, high-flying talents. Miles must now use his newfound skills to battle the evil Kingpin, a hulking madman who can open portals to other universes and pull different versions of Spider-Man into our world. 44 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 86% (3) Mission: Impossible - Fallout 147 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Thriller] [Christopher McQuarrie] [27 Jul 2018]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 77%, Rotten Tomatoes: 97%, Metacritic: 86%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 24 wins & 39 nominations. Actors: Henry Cavill, Simon Pegg, Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames Writer: Bruce Geller (based on the television series created by), Christopher McQuarrie External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, French Country: USA, China, France, Norway, UK Plot: Ethan Hunt and his IMF team, along with some familiar allies, race against time after a mission gone wrong. Rotten Tomatoes: Ethan Hunt and the IMF team join forces with CIA assassin August Walker to prevent a disaster of epic proportions. Arms dealer John Lark and a group of terrorists known as the Apostles plan to use three plutonium cores for a simultaneous nuclear attack on the Vatican, Jerusalem and Mecca, Saudi Arabia. When the weapons go missing, Ethan and his crew find themselves in a desperate race against time to prevent them from falling into the wrong hands. 45 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  85% (3) Black Panther 134 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi] [Ryan Coogler] [16 Feb 2018]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 73%, Rotten Tomatoes: 96%, Metacritic: 88%, External Reviews Awards: Won 3 Oscars. Another 109 wins & 265 nominations. Actors: Chadwick Boseman, Danai Gurira, Lupita Nyong'o, Michael B. Jordan Writer: Ryan Coogler, Joe Robert Cole, Stan Lee (based on the Marvel comics by), Jack Kirby (based on the Marvel Comics by) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, Swahili, Nama, Xhosa, Korean Country: USA Plot: After the events of Captain America: Civil War, King T'Challa returns home to the reclusive, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to serve as his country's new leader. However, T'Challa soon finds that he is challenged for the throne from factions within his own country. When two foes conspire to destroy Wakanda, the hero known as Black Panther must team up with C.I.A. agent Everett K. Ross and members of the Dora Milaje, Wakanadan special forces, to prevent Wakanda from being dragged into a world war. Rotten Tomatoes: After the death of his father, T'Challa returns home to the African nation of Wakanda to take his rightful place as king. When a powerful enemy suddenly reappears, T'Challa's mettle as king -- and as Black Panther -- gets tested when he's drawn into a conflict that puts the fate of Wakanda and the entire world at risk. Faced with treachery and danger, the young king must rally his allies and release the full power of Black Panther to defeat his foes and secure the safety of his people. 46 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 83% (3) Incredibles 2 118 min PG [Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi] [Brad Bird] [15 Jun 2018]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 77%, Rotten Tomatoes: 94%, Metacritic: 80%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Huck Milner, Sarah Vowell Writer: Brad Bird External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA Plot: The Incredibles hero family takes on a new mission, which involves a change in family roles: Bob Parr (Mr Incredible) must manage the house while his wife Helen (Elastigirl) goes out to save the world. Rotten Tomatoes: Everyone's favorite family of superheroes is back in 'Incredibles 2'--but this time Helen (voice of Holly Hunter) is in the spotlight, leaving Bob (voice of Craig T. Nelson) at home with Violet (voice of Sarah Vowell) and Dash (voice of Huck Milner) to navigate the day-to-day heroics of 'normal' life. It's a tough transistion for everyone, made tougher by the fact that the family is still unaware of baby Jack-Jack's emerging superpowers. When a new villain hatches a brilliant and dangerous plot, the family and Frozone (voice of Samuel L. Jackson) must find a way to work together again--which is easier said than done, even when they're all Incredible. 47 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  79% (3) Mandy 121 min Not Rated [Action, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller] [Panos Cosmatos] [14 Sep 2018]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 66%, Rotten Tomatoes: 91%, Metacritic: 81%, External Reviews Awards: 12 wins & 40 nominations. Actors: Andrea Riseborough, Linus Roache, Ned Dennehy, Nicolas Cage Writer: Panos Cosmatos, Aaron Stewart-Ahn, Panos Cosmatos (story by), Chris 'Casper' Kelly (Cheddar Goblin ad) External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: UK, Belgium, USA Plot: The enchanted lives of a couple in a secluded forest are brutally shattered by a nightmarish hippie cult and their demon-biker henchmen, propelling a man into a spiraling, surreal rampage of vengeance. Rotten Tomatoes: Pacific Northwest. 1983 AD. Outsiders Red Miller and Mandy Bloom lead a loving and peaceful existence. When their pine-scented haven is savagely destroyed by a cult led by the sadistic Jeremiah Sand, Red is catapulted into a phantasmagoric journey filled with bloody vengeance and laced with fire. 48 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 79% (3) A Prayer Before Dawn 116 min R [Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, Sport] [Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire] [10 Aug 2018]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 69%, Rotten Tomatoes: 92%, Metacritic: 76%, External Reviews Awards: 1 nomination. Actors: Joe Cole, Panya Yimmumphai, Pornchanok Mabklang, Vithaya Pansringarm Writer: Jonathan Hirschbein (screenplay), Nick Saltrese (screenwriter) External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Thai Country: UK, France, China, Cambodia, USA Plot: The true story of an English boxer incarcerated in one of Thailand's most notorious prisons as he fights in Muay Thai tournaments to earn his freedom. Rotten Tomatoes: A Prayer Before Dawn is the remarkable true story of Billy Moore, a young English boxer incarcerated in two of Thailand's most notorious prisons. He is quickly thrown into a terrifying world of drugs and gang violence, but when the prison authorities allow him to take part in the Muay Thai boxing tournaments, he realizes this might be his chance to get out. Billy embarks on a relentless, action-packed journey from one savage fight to the next, stopping at nothing to do whatever he must to preserve his life and regain his freedom. Shot in a an actual Thai prison with a cast of primarily real inmates, A Prayer Before Dawn is a visceral, thrilling journey through an unforgettable hell on earth. 49 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  79% (3) Avengers: Infinity War 149 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi] [Anthony Russo, Joe Russo] [27 Apr 2018]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 85%, Rotten Tomatoes: 85%, Metacritic: 68%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr. Writer: Christopher Markus (screenplay by), Stephen McFeely (screenplay by), Stan Lee (based on the Marvel comics by), Jack Kirby (based on the Marvel comics by), Joe Simon (Captain America created by), Jack Kirby (Captain America created by), Steve Englehart (Star-Lord created by), Steve Gan (Star-Lord created by), Bill Mantlo (Rocket Raccoon created by), Keith Giffen (Rocket Raccoon created by), Jim Starlin (Thanos, Gamora and Drax created by), Stan Lee (Groot created by), Larry Lieber (Groot created by), Jack Kirby (Groot created by), Steve Englehart (Mantis created by), Don Heck (Mantis created by) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA Plot: The Avengers and their allies must be willing to sacrifice all in an attempt to defeat the powerful Thanos before his blitz of devastation and ruin puts an end to the universe. Rotten Tomatoes: An unprecedented cinematic journey ten years in the making and spanning the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel Studios' 'Avengers: Infinity War' brings to the screen the ultimate, deadliest showdown of all time. The Avengers and their Super Hero allies must be willing to sacrifice all in an attempt to defeat the powerful Thanos before his blitz of devastation and ruin puts an end to the universe. 50 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 76% (3) Bumblebee 114 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi] [Travis Knight] [21 Dec 2018]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 69%, Rotten Tomatoes: 93%, Metacritic: 66%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: Hailee Steinfeld, Jason Drucker, John Cena, Jorge Lendeborg Jr. Writer: Christina Hodson External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: China, USA Plot: On the run in the year 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small California beach town. On the cusp of turning 18 and trying to find her place in the world, Charlie Watson discovers Bumblebee, battle-scarred and broken. Rotten Tomatoes: On the run in the year 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small Californian beach town. Charlie (Hailee Steinfeld), on the cusp of turning 18 and trying to find her place in the world, discovers Bumblebee, battle-scarred and broken. When Charlie revives him, she quickly learns this is no ordinary, yellow VW bug. 51 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  76% (3) Teen Titans Go! To the Movies 84 min PG [Animation, Action, Comedy, Family, Musical, Sci-Fi] [Aaron Horvath, Peter Rida Michail] [27 Jul 2018]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 68%, Rotten Tomatoes: 91%, Metacritic: 69%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: Greg Cipes, Khary Payton, Scott Menville, Tara Strong Writer: Michael Jelenic, Aaron Horvath, Jerry Siegel (Superman created by), Joe Shuster (Superman created by), Marv Wolfman (based on characters created by), George Pérez (based on characters created by), Arnold Drake (based on characters created by), Bob Kane (Batman and Robin created by), Bill Finger (Batman and Robin created by), William Moulton Marston (Wonder Woman created by) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA Plot: A villain's maniacal plan for world domination sidetracks five teenage superheroes who dream of Hollywood stardom. Rotten Tomatoes: When the Teen Titans go to the big screen, they go big! 'Teen Titans GO! to the Movies' finds our egocentric, wildly satirical Super Heroes in their first feature film extravaganza - a fresh, gleefully clever, kid-appropriately crass and tongue-in-cheek play on the superhero genre, complete with musical numbers. It seems to the Teens that all the major superheroes out there are starring in their own movies everyone but the Teen Titans, that is! But de facto leader Robin is determined to remedy the situation, and be seen as a star instead of a sidekick. If only they could get the hottest Hollywood film director to notice them. With a few madcap ideas and a song in their heart, the Teen Titans head to Tinsel Town, certain to pull off their dream. But when the group is radically misdirected by a seriously super villain and his maniacal plan to take over the Earth, things really go awry. The team finds their friendship and their fighting spirit failing, putting the very fate of the Teen Titans themselves on the line! 52 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 76% (3) Ant-Man and the Wasp 118 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi] [Peyton Reed] [06 Jul 2018]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 71%, Rotten Tomatoes: 88%, Metacritic: 70%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: Evangeline Lilly, Michael Peña, Paul Rudd, Walton Goggins Writer: Chris McKenna, Erik Sommers, Paul Rudd, Andrew Barrer, Gabriel Ferrari, Stan Lee (based on the Marvel Comics by), Larry Lieber (based on the Marvel Comics by), Jack Kirby (based on the Marvel Comics by) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Spanish Country: USA Plot: In the aftermath of 'Captain America: Civil War,' Scott Lang grapples with the consequences of his choices as both a Super Hero and a father. As he struggles to re-balance his home life with his responsibilities as Ant-Man, he's confronted by Hope van Dyne and Dr. Hank Pym with an urgent new mission. Scott must once again put on the suit and learn to fight alongside The Wasp as the team works together to uncover secrets from their past. Rotten Tomatoes: From the Marvel Cinematic Universe comes a new chapter featuring heroes with the astonishing ability to shrink: 'Ant-Man and The Wasp.' In the aftermath of 'Captain America: Civil War,' Scott Lang (Rudd) grapples with the consequences of his choices as both a Super Hero and a father. As he struggles to rebalance his home life with his responsibilities as Ant-Man, he's confronted by Hope van Dyne (Lilly) and Dr. Hank Pym (Douglas) with an urgent new mission. Scott must once again put on the suit and learn to fight alongside The Wasp as the team works together to uncover secrets from their past. 53 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  76% (3) Upgrade 100 min R [Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller] [Leigh Whannell] [01 Jun 2018]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 76%, Rotten Tomatoes: 87%, Metacritic: 67%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: Abby Craden, Logan Marshall-Green, Melanie Vallejo, Steve Danielsen Writer: Leigh Whannell External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: Australia Plot: Set in the near-future, technology controls nearly all aspects of life. But when Grey, a self-identified technophobe, has his world turned upside down, his only hope for revenge is an experimental computer chip implant called Stem. Rotten Tomatoes: After his wife is killed during a brutal mugging that also leaves him paralyzed, Grey Trace (Logan Marshall Green, SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING, PROMETHEUS) is approached by a billionaire inventor with an experimental cure that will 'upgrade' his body. The cure - an Artificial Intelligence implant called STEM - gives Grey physical abilities beyond anything experienced and the ability to relentlessly claim vengeance against those who murdered his wife and left him for dead. 54 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 75% (3) The Night Comes for Us 121 min N/A [Action, Thriller] [Timo Tjahjanto] [19 Oct 2018]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 70%, Rotten Tomatoes: 88%, Metacritic: 69%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: Iko Uwais, Joe Taslim, Julie Estelle, Zack Lee Writer: Timo Tjahjanto External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: Indonesian, English, Mandarin, French Country: Indonesia, USA Plot: Ito (Joe Taslim), a gangland enforcer, caught amidst a treacherous and violent insurrection within his Triad crime family upon his return home from a stint abroad. Rotten Tomatoes: The Night Comes For Us follows Ito (played by Joe Taslim), a former triad enforcer, and his mission to protect a young girl while trying to escape his former gang after his mysterious disappearance setting off a violent battle on the streets of Jakarta. 55 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  75% (3) Deadpool 2 119 min R [Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi] [David Leitch] [18 May 2018]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 78%, Rotten Tomatoes: 83%, Metacritic: 66%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: Josh Brolin, Julian Dennison, Morena Baccarin, Ryan Reynolds Writer: Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, Ryan Reynolds External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Cantonese, Spanish, Russian Country: USA Plot: Foul-mouthed mutant mercenary Wade Wilson (AKA. Deadpool), brings together a team of fellow mutant rogues to protect a young boy with supernatural abilities from the brutal, time-traveling cyborg, Cable. Rotten Tomatoes: After surviving a near fatal bovine attack, a disfigured cafeteria chef (Wade Wilson) struggles to fulfill his dream of becoming Miami's hottest bartender, while also learning to cope with his lost sense of taste. Searching to regain his spice for life, as well as a flux capacitor, Wade must battle ninjas, the yakuza, and a pack of sexually aggressive canines, as he journeys around the world to discover the importance of family, friendship, and flavor - finding a new taste for adventure and earning the coveted coffee mug title of World's Best Lover. 56 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 73% (3) Game Night 100 min R [Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery] [John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein] [23 Feb 2018]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 70%, Rotten Tomatoes: 84%, Metacritic: 66%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: Jason Bateman, Kyle Chandler, Rachel McAdams, Sharon Horgan Writer: Mark Perez External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA Plot: A group of friends who meet regularly for game nights find themselves entangled in a real-life mystery when the shady brother of one of them is seemingly kidnapped by dangerous gangsters. Rotten Tomatoes: Bateman and McAdams star as Max and Annie, whose weekly couples game night gets kicked up a notch when Max's charismatic brother, Brooks (Chandler), arranges a murder mystery party, complete with fake thugs and faux federal agents. So when Brooks gets kidnapped, it's all part of the game--right? But as the six uber-competitive gamers set out to solve the case and win, they begin to discover that neither this game--nor Brooks--are what they seem to be. Over the course of one chaotic night, the friends find themselves increasingly in over their heads as each twist leads to another unexpected turn. With no rules, no points, and no idea who all the players are, this could turn out to be the most fun they've ever had... or game over. 57 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  71% (3) Ghostbox Cowboy 90 min N/A [Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller] [John Maringouin] [14 Dec 2018]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 46%, Rotten Tomatoes: 91%, Metacritic: 76%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: David Zellner, Robert Longstreet, Specialist, Vincent Xie Writer: John Maringouin (story by), John Maringouin, Specialist (story by), David Zellner (story by) External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: China, USA Plot: A dullard Texas entrepreneur reinvents himself as a cowboy in China's tech wild west, but finds himself at the mercy of corrupt American expats looking to reinvent him once more. Rotten Tomatoes: John Maringouin's brilliant, darkly comedic morality tale examines a wildly ambitious Westerner who tries to get in on China's tech boom and finds that he may not be up to the task. Texan Jimmy Van Horn is a cowboy huckster who arrives in the booming city of Shenzhen with a couple of bitcoins and huge ambitions of parlaying them into economic success. Lucky for Jimmy, he's got a friend holding open the back door to this 'accidental Shangri-La' - Bob Grainger - who's gotten new teeth, a blonde wig and looks twenty years younger. He promises to do the same for Jimmy in 6 weeks. Maringouin develops a startling visual language in this excitingly fresh, complex perspective on China's economic growth - and the gold rush mentality it inspires. 58 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 70% (3) Black '47 100 min R [Action, Drama] [Lance Daly] [28 Sep 2018]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 69%, Rotten Tomatoes: 78%, Metacritic: 65%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: Freddie Fox, Hugo Weaving, James Frecheville, Stephen Rea Writer: Lance Daly, P.J. Dillon (story by), P.J. Dillon, Eugene O'Brien (additional material), Pierce Ryan (story by), Pierce Ryan External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, Irish Country: Ireland, Luxembourg Plot: Set in Ireland during the Great Famine, the drama follows an Irish Ranger who has been fighting for the British Army abroad, as he abandons his post to reunite with his family. Rotten Tomatoes: One man's ruthless pursuit of justice plays out against the darkest chapter of Irish history in this riveting revenge thriller. In 1847, battle-hardened soldier Feeney (James Frecheville) deserts the British army to return home to Ireland, where he finds his country ravaged beyond recognition by the Great Famine. When he discovers that his mother has died of starvation and his brother has been hanged by the British, something snaps, sending Feeney on a relentless quest to get even with the powers-that-be who have wronged both his family and his country. There is only one man who can stop Feeney's bloody crusade: disgraced British army veteran Hannah (Hugo Weaving), whose own loyalties may be more complex than they appear... 59 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  70% (3) Ready Player One 140 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi] [Steven Spielberg] [29 Mar 2018]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 75%, Rotten Tomatoes: 72%, Metacritic: 64%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: Ben Mendelsohn, Lena Waithe, Olivia Cooke, Tye Sheridan Writer: Zak Penn (screenplay by), Ernest Cline (screenplay by), Ernest Cline (based on the novel by) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA, India Plot: Film centers on a young outcast named Wade Watts. In the near future, Watts escapes from his daily drudgery by logging onto an MMO game called 'The Oasis'. When the game's billionaire founder dies, he offers players his fortune as the prize in an easter egg hunt within The Oasis. Watts gets in on the action then after five years finds himself facing off against corporate foes who will go to any lengths to get the money -- in both the real world and in The Oasis. Rotten Tomatoes: In the year 2045, people can escape their harsh reality in the OASIS, an immersive virtual world where you can go anywhere, do anything, be anyone-the only limits are your own imagination. OASIS creator James Halliday left his immense fortune and control of the Oasis to the winner of a contest designed to find a worthy heir. When unlikely hero Wade Watts conquers the first challenge of the reality-bending treasure hunt, he and his friends-known as the High Five-are hurled into a fantastical universe of discovery and danger to save the OASIS and their world. 60 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 69% (3) Overlord 110 min R [Action, Adventure, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, War] [Julius Avery] [09 Nov 2018]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 67%, Rotten Tomatoes: 81%, Metacritic: 60%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: Jovan Adepo, Mathilde Ollivier, Pilou Asbæk, Wyatt Russell Writer: Billy Ray (screenplay by), Mark L. Smith (screenplay by), Billy Ray (story by) External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, Russian, French, German Country: USA, Canada Plot: A small group of American soldiers find horror behind enemy lines on the eve of D-Day. Rotten Tomatoes: With only hours until D-Day, a team of American paratroopers drop into Nazi-occupied France to carry out a mission that's crucial to the invasion's success. Tasked with destroying a radio transmitter atop a fortified church, the desperate soldiers join forces with a young French villager to penetrate the walls and take down the tower. But, in a mysterious Nazi lab beneath the church, the outnumbered G.I.s come face-to-face with enemies unlike any the world has ever seen. From producer J.J. Abrams, Overlord is a thrilling, pulse-pounding action adventure with a twist. 61 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  68% (3) BuyBust 127 min Not Rated [Action, Thriller] [Erik Matti] [10 Aug 2018]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 59%, Rotten Tomatoes: 79%, Metacritic: 68%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: Anne Curtis, Arjo Atayde, Brandon Vera, Victor Neri Writer: Anton C. Santamaria (screenplay), Erik Matti (screenplay), Erik Matti (story) External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: Filipino, Tagalog Country: Philippines Plot: An anti-drug enforcement agency stages a massive drug bust in the slums of Manila. Rotten Tomatoes: After surviving the slaughter of her entire squad in a drug raid compromised by dirty cops, anti-narcotics special operative Nina Manigan (Anne Curtis), is eager to go head-to-head with the drug cartels that hold a bloody grip on Manila. But when her new mission in the city's most dangerous slum goes south, the angry civilians turn on her squad. Trapped between a brutal drug gang and hordes of bloodthirsty citizens, their only option is to fight their way out, turning one claustrophobic street at a time into a symphony of apocalyptic violence. 62 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 67% (3) Solo: A Star Wars Story 135 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi] [Ron Howard] [25 May 2018]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 70%, Rotten Tomatoes: 70%, Metacritic: 62%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: Alden Ehrenreich, Emilia Clarke, Joonas Suotamo, Woody Harrelson Writer: Jonathan Kasdan, Lawrence Kasdan, George Lucas (based on characters created by) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA Plot: During an adventure into the criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his future co-pilot Chewbacca and encounters Lando Calrissian years before joining the Rebellion. Rotten Tomatoes: Board the Millennium Falcon and journey to a galaxy far, far away in Solo: A Star Wars Story, an all-new adventure with the most beloved scoundrel in the galaxy. Through a series of daring escapades deep within a dark and dangerous criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his mighty future copilot Chewbacca and encounters the notorious gambler Lando Calrissian, in a journey that will set the course of one of the Star Wars saga's most unlikely heroes. 63 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  66% (3) Destroyer 121 min R [Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller] [Karyn Kusama] [27 Dec 2018]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 62%, Rotten Tomatoes: 74%, Metacritic: 62%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: Nicole Kidman, Sebastian Stan, Tatiana Maslany, Toby Kebbell Writer: Phil Hay, Matt Manfredi External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: A police detective reconnects with people from an undercover assignment in her distant past in order to make peace. Rotten Tomatoes: Destroyer follows the moral and existential odyssey of LAPD detective Erin Bell who, as a young cop, was placed undercover with a gang in the California desert with tragic results. When the leader of that gang re-emerges many years later, she must work her way back through the remaining members and into her own history with them to finally reckon with the demons that destroyed her past. 64 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 66% (3) Mohawk 91 min N/A [Action, Drama, History, Horror, Romance, Thriller, War, Western] [Ted Geoghegan] [02 Mar 2018]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 45%, Rotten Tomatoes: 83%, Metacritic: 70%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: Eamon Farren, Ezra Buzzington, Justin Rain, Kaniehtiio Horn Writer: Ted Geoghegan, Grady Hendrix External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Mohawk, French Country: USA Plot: Late in the War of 1812, a young Mohawk woman and her two lovers battle a squad of American soldiers hell-bent on revenge. Rotten Tomatoes: After one of her tribe sets an American camp ablaze, a young Mohawk warrior finds herself pursued by a contingent of military renegades set on revenge. Fleeing deep into the woods they call home, Oak and Calvin, along with their British companion Joshua, must now fight back against the bloodthirsty Colonel Holt and his soldiers - using every resource both real and supernatural that the winding forest can offer. 65 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  65% (3) Sicario: Day of the Soldado 122 min R [Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller] [Stefano Sollima] [29 Jun 2018]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 71%, Rotten Tomatoes: 63%, Metacritic: 61%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: Benicio Del Toro, Isabela Moner, Jeffrey Donovan, Josh Brolin Writer: Taylor Sheridan External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, Spanish, American Sign Language, Arabic, Somali Country: USA Plot: The drug war on the U.S.-Mexico border has escalated as the cartels have begun trafficking terrorists across the US border. To fight the war, federal agent Matt Graver re-teams with the mercurial Alejandro. Rotten Tomatoes: In Sicario: Day of the Soldado, the series begins a new chapter. In the drug war, there are no rules--and as the cartels have begun trafficking terrorists across the US border, federal agent Matt Graver (Josh Brolin) calls on the mysterious Alejandro (Benicio Del Toro), whose family was murdered by a cartel kingpin, to escalate the war in nefarious ways. Alejandro kidnaps the kingpin's daughter to inflame the conflict--but when the girl is seen as collateral damage, her fate will come between the two men as they question everything they are fighting for. 66 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 64% (3) Ocean's Eight 110 min PG-13 [Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller] [Gary Ross] [08 Jun 2018]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 62%, Rotten Tomatoes: 69%, Metacritic: 61%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: Anne Hathaway, Cate Blanchett, Daniella Rabbani, Deidre Goodwin, Griffin Dunne, Sandra Bullock Writer: Gary Ross (screenplay by), Olivia Milch (screenplay by), Gary Ross (story by), George Clayton Johnson (based upon characters created by), Jack Golden Russell (based upon characters created by) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Hindi, French, German, Mandarin Country: USA Plot: Danny Ocean's estranged sister Debbie attempts to pull off the heist of the century at New York City's star-studded annual Met Gala. Her first stop is to assemble the perfect crew: Lou, Rose, Daphne Kluger, Nine Ball, Tammy, Amita, and Constance. Rotten Tomatoes: Upon her release from prison, Debbie, the estranged sister of legendary conman Danny Ocean, puts together a team of unstoppable crooks to pull of the heist of the century. Their goal is New York City's annual Met Gala, and a necklace worth in excess of 150 million dollars. 67 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  64% (3) Adrift 96 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, Romance, Thriller] [Baltasar Kormákur] [01 Jun 2018]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 66%, Rotten Tomatoes: 70%, Metacritic: 56%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: Elizabeth Hawthorne, Jeffrey Thomas, Sam Claflin, Shailene Woodley Writer: Aaron Kandell (screenplay by), Jordan Kandell (screenplay by), David Branson Smith (screenplay by), Tami Ashcraft (based on the book by), Susea McGearhart (based on the book with) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, French Country: Hong Kong, Iceland, USA Plot: A true story of survival, as a young couple's chance encounter leads them first to love, and then on the adventure of a lifetime as they face one of the most catastrophic hurricanes in recorded history. Rotten Tomatoes: Starring Shailene Woodley (Fault in Our Stars, Divergent films) and Sam Claflin (Me Before You, The Hunger Games films), ADRIFT is based on the inspiring true story of two sailors who set out to journey across the ocean from Tahiti to San Diego. Tami Oldham (Woodley) and Richard Sharp (Claflin) couldn't anticipate they would be sailing directly into one of the most catastrophic hurricanes in recorded history. In the aftermath of the storm, Tami awakens to find Richard badly injured and their boat in ruins. With no hope for rescue, Tami must find the strength and determination to save herself and the only man she has ever loved. ADRIFT is the unforgettable story about the resilience of the human spirit and the transcendent power of love. 68 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 63% (3) Aquaman 143 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi] [James Wan] [21 Dec 2018]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 70%, Rotten Tomatoes: 65%, Metacritic: 55%, External Reviews Awards: 2 wins & 38 nominations. Actors: Amber Heard, Jason Momoa, Patrick Wilson, Willem Dafoe Writer: David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick (screenplay by), Will Beall (screenplay by), Geoff Johns (story by), James Wan (story by), Will Beall (story by), Paul Norris (Aquaman created by), Mort Weisinger (Aquaman created by) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, Russian, Maori, Italian Country: USA, Australia Plot: Arthur Curry, the human-born heir to the underwater kingdom of Atlantis, goes on a quest to prevent a war between the worlds of ocean and land. Rotten Tomatoes: From Warner Bros. Pictures and director James Wan comes an action-packed adventure that spans the vast, visually breathtaking underwater world of the seven seas, 'Aquaman,' starring Jason Momoa in the title role. The film reveals the origin story of half-human, half-Atlantean Arthur Curry and takes him on the journey of his lifetime--one that will not only force him to face who he really is, but to discover if he is worthy of who he was born to be... a king. 69 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  63% (3) Outlaw King 121 min R [Action, Biography, Drama, History, War] [David Mackenzie] [09 Nov 2018]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 70%, Rotten Tomatoes: 62%, Metacritic: 59%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: Billy Howle, Chris Pine, Rebecca Robin, Stephen Dillane Writer: Bathsheba Doran (screenplay by), David Mackenzie (screenplay by), James MacInnes (screenplay by), David Harrower (additional writing by), Mark Bomback (additional writing by) External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, French, Scottish Gaelic Country: UK, USA Plot: A true David vs. Goliath story of how the 14th century Scottish 'Outlaw King' Robert the Bruce used cunning and bravery to defeat the much larger and better equipped occupying English army. Rotten Tomatoes: OUTLAW KING tells the untold, true story of Robert the Bruce who transforms from defeated nobleman to outlaw hero during the oppressive occupation of medieval Scotland by Edward I of England. Despite grave consequences, Robert seizes the Scottish crown and rallies an impassioned group of men to fight back against the mighty army of the tyrannical King and his volatile son, the Prince of Wales. Filmed in Scotland, OUTLAW KING reunites director David Mackenzie (Hell or High Water) with star Chris Pine alongside Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Florence Pugh and Billy Howle. 70 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 88% (3) Dunkirk 106 min PG-13 [Action, Drama, History, Thriller, War] [Christopher Nolan] [21 Jul 2017]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 79%, Rotten Tomatoes: 93%, Metacritic: 94%, External Reviews Awards: Won 3 Oscars. Another 64 wins & 227 nominations. Actors: Aneurin Barnard, Barry Keoghan, Damien Bonnard, Fionn Whitehead, Lee Armstrong, Mark Rylance Writer: Christopher Nolan External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, French, German Country: UK, Netherlands, France, USA Plot: Evacuation of Allied soldiers from Belgium, the British Empire, and France, who were cut off and surrounded by the German army from the beaches and harbor of Dunkirk, France, between May 26- June 04, 1940, during Battle of France in World War II. Rotten Tomatoes: Acclaimed auteur Christopher Nolan directs this World War II thriller about the evacuation of Allied troops from the French city of Dunkirk before Nazi forces can take hold. Tom Hardy, Kenneth Branagh and Mark Rylance co-star, with longtime Nolan collaborator Hans Zimmer providing the score. 71 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  85% (3) Baby Driver 113 min R [Action, Crime, Drama, Music, Thriller] [Edgar Wright] [28 Jun 2017]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 76%, Rotten Tomatoes: 93%, Metacritic: 86%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 31 wins & 44 nominations. Actors: Ansel Elgort, Eiza González, Jon Bernthal, Jon Hamm Writer: Edgar Wright External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, American Sign Language Country: UK, USA Plot: Baby is a young and partially hearing impaired getaway driver who can make any wild move while in motion with the right track playing. It's a critical talent he needs to survive his indentured servitude to the crime boss, Doc, who values his role in his meticulously planned robberies. However, just when Baby thinks he is finally free and clear to have his own life with his new girlfriend, Deborah, Doc coerces him back for another job. Now saddled with a crew of thugs too violently unstable to keep to Doc's plans, Baby finds himself and everything he cares for in terrible danger. To survive and escape the coming maelstrom, it will take all of Baby's skill, wits and daring, but even on the best track, can he make it when life is forcing him to face the music? Rotten Tomatoes: A talented, young getaway driver (Ansel Elgort) relies on the beat of his personal soundtrack to be the best in the game. But after being coerced into working for a crime boss (Kevin Spacey), he must face the music when a doomed heist threatens his life, love and freedom. 72 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 83% (3) War for the Planet of the Apes 140 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller] [Matt Reeves] [14 Jul 2017]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 75%, Rotten Tomatoes: 93%, Metacritic: 82%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 22 wins & 46 nominations. Actors: Andy Serkis, Karin Konoval, Steve Zahn, Woody Harrelson Writer: Mark Bomback, Matt Reeves, Rick Jaffa (based on characters created by), Amanda Silver (based on characters created by) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, American Sign Language Country: USA, Canada, New Zealand Plot: Caesar and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of humans led by a ruthless Colonel. After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind. As the journey finally brings them face to face, Caesar and the Colonel are pitted against each other in an epic battle that will determine the fate of both their species and the future of the planet. Rotten Tomatoes: In War for the Planet of the Apes, the third chapter of the critically acclaimed blockbuster franchise, Caesar and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of humans led by a ruthless Colonel. After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind. As the journey finally brings them face to face, Caesar and the Colonel are pitted against each other in an epic battle that will determine the fate of both their species and the future of the planet. 73 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  83% (3) Logan 137 min R [Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller] [James Mangold] [03 Mar 2017]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 81%, Rotten Tomatoes: 93%, Metacritic: 77%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 13 wins & 55 nominations. Actors: Boyd Holbrook, Dafne Keen, Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart Writer: James Mangold (story by), Scott Frank (screenplay by), James Mangold (screenplay by), Michael Green (screenplay by) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Spanish Country: USA Plot: In 2029 the mutant population has shrunken significantly and the X-Men have disbanded. Logan, whose power to self-heal is dwindling, has surrendered himself to alcohol and now earns a living as a chauffeur. He takes care of the ailing old Professor X whom he keeps hidden away. One day, a female stranger asks Logan to drive a girl named Laura to the Canadian border. At first he refuses, but the Professor has been waiting for a long time for her to appear. Laura possesses an extraordinary fighting prowess and is in many ways like Wolverine. She is pursued by sinister figures working for a powerful corporation; this is because her DNA contains the secret that connects her to Logan. A relentless pursuit begins - In this third cinematic outing featuring the Marvel comic book character Wolverine we see the superheroes beset by everyday problems. They are aging, ailing and struggling to survive financially. A decrepit Logan is forced to ask himself if he can or even wants to put his remaining powers to good use. It would appear that in the near-future, the times in which they were able put the world to rights with razor sharp claws and telepathic powers are now over. Rotten Tomatoes: It's 2029. Mutants are gone--or very nearly so. An isolated, despondent Logan is drinking his days away in a hideout on a remote stretch of the Mexican border, picking up petty cash as a driver for hire. His companions in exile are the outcast Caliban and an ailing Professor X, whose singular mind is plagued by worsening seizures. But Logan's attempts to hide from the world and his legacy abruptly end when a mysterious woman appears with an urgent request--that Logan shepherd an extraordinary young girl to safety. Soon, the claws come out as Logan must face off against dark forces and a villain from his own past on a live-or-die mission, one that will set the time-worn warrior on a path toward fulfilling his destiny. 74 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 82% (3) Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi 152 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi] [Rian Johnson] [15 Dec 2017]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 71%, Rotten Tomatoes: 91%, Metacritic: 85%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 12 wins & 71 nominations. Actors: Adam Driver, Carrie Fisher, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Mark Hamill Writer: Rian Johnson, George Lucas (based on characters created by) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: Rey develops her newly discovered abilities with the guidance of Luke Skywalker, who is unsettled by the strength of her powers. Meanwhile, the Resistance prepares for battle with the First Order. Rotten Tomatoes: In Lucasfilm's Star Wars: The Last Jedi, the Skywalker saga continues as the heroes of The Force Awakens join the galactic legends in an epic adventure that unlocks age-old mysteries of the Force and shocking revelations of the past. 75 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  82% (3) Blade Runner 2049 164 min R [Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller] [Denis Villeneuve] [06 Oct 2017]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 80%, Rotten Tomatoes: 87%, Metacritic: 81%, External Reviews Awards: Won 2 Oscars. Another 81 wins & 131 nominations. Actors: Ana de Armas, Dave Bautista, Harrison Ford, Mark Arnold, Robin Wright, Ryan Gosling Writer: Hampton Fancher (screenplay by), Michael Green (screenplay by), Hampton Fancher (story by), Philip K. Dick (based on characters from the novel 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?' by) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, Finnish, Japanese, Hungarian, Russian, Somali, Spanish Country: USA, UK, Hungary, Canada, Spain Plot: Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K (Ryan Gosling), unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what's left of society into chaos. K's discovery leads him on a quest to find Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford), a former LAPD blade runner who has been missing for 30 years. Rotten Tomatoes: Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K (Ryan Gosling), unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what's left of society into chaos. K's discovery leads him on a quest to find Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford), a former LAPD blade runner who has been missing for 30 years. 76 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 81% (3) Thor: Ragnarok 130 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi] [Taika Waititi] [03 Nov 2017]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 79%, Rotten Tomatoes: 92%, Metacritic: 74%, External Reviews Awards: 5 wins & 30 nominations. Actors: Cate Blanchett, Chris Hemsworth, Idris Elba, Tom Hiddleston Writer: Eric Pearson, Craig Kyle, Christopher L. Yost, Stan Lee (based on the Marvel comics by), Larry Lieber (based on the Marvel comics by), Jack Kirby (based on the Marvel comics by) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA Plot: Thor is imprisoned on the other side of the universe and finds himself in a race against time to get back to Asgard to stop Ragnarok, the destruction of his homeworld and the end of Asgardian civilization, at the hands of an all-powerful new threat, the ruthless Hela. Rotten Tomatoes: In Marvel Studios' 'Thor: Ragnarok,' Thor is imprisoned on the other side of the universe without his mighty hammer and finds himself in a race against time to get back to Asgard to stop Ragnarok--the destruction of his homeworld and the end of Asgardian civilization--at the hands of an all-powerful new threat, the ruthless Hela. But first he must survive a deadly gladiatorial contest that pits him against his former ally and fellow Avenger--the Incredible Hulk! 77 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  81% (3) A Taxi Driver 137 min Not Rated [Action, Drama, History] [Hun Jang] [11 Aug 2017]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 78%, Rotten Tomatoes: 96%, Metacritic: 69%, External Reviews Awards: 16 wins & 21 nominations. Actors: Hae-jin Yoo, Jun-yeol Ryu, Kang-ho Song, Thomas Kretschmann Writer: Yu-na Eom External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: Korean, German, English, Japanese Country: South Korea Plot: A taxi driver played by Song Kang-Ho helps a German reporter cover the Gwangju Uprising Based on the true story of German reporter Jürgen Hinzpeter and Korean taxi driver Kim Sa-Bok.Jürgen Hinzpeter covered the Gwangju Uprising, which took place from May 18-27, 1980 in Gwangju, South Korea Rotten Tomatoes: In this powerful true story set in 1980, a down-on-his-luck taxi driver from Seoul is hired by a foreign journalist who wants to go to the town of Gwangju for the day. They arrive to find a city under siege by the military government, with the citizens, led by a determined group of college students, rising up to demand freedom. What began as an easy fare becomes a life-or-death struggle in the midst of the Gwangju Uprising, a critical event in modern South Korea. 78 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 81% (3) Wonder Woman 141 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, War] [Patty Jenkins] [02 Jun 2017]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 75%, Rotten Tomatoes: 93%, Metacritic: 76%, External Reviews Awards: 17 wins & 54 nominations. Actors: Chris Pine, Connie Nielsen, Gal Gadot, Robin Wright Writer: Allan Heinberg (screenplay by), Zack Snyder (story by), Allan Heinberg (story by), Jason Fuchs (story by), William Moulton Marston (Wonder Woman created by) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, German, Dutch, French, Spanish, Chinese, Greek, Ancient (to 1453), North American Indian Country: USA, China, Hong Kong Plot: Diana, princess of the Amazons, trained to be an unconquerable warrior. Raised on a sheltered island paradise, when a pilot crashes on their shores and tells of a massive conflict raging in the outside world, Diana leaves her home, convinced she can stop the threat. Fighting alongside man in a war to end all wars, Diana will discover her full powers and her true destiny. Rotten Tomatoes: An Amazon princess (Gal Gadot) finds her idyllic life on an island occupied only by female warriors interrupted when a pilot (Chris Pine) crash-lands nearby. After rescuing him, she learns that World War I is engulfing the planet, and vows to use her superpowers to restore peace. Directed by Patty Jenkins (Monster). 79 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  80% (3) Brawl in Cell Block 99 132 min Not Rated [Action, Crime, Drama] [S. Craig Zahler] [06 Oct 2017]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 71%, Rotten Tomatoes: 91%, Metacritic: 79%, External Reviews Awards: 4 nominations. Actors: Don Johnson, Jennifer Carpenter, Udo Kier, Vince Vaughn Writer: S. Craig Zahler External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: A former boxer-turned-drug runner lands in a prison battleground after a deal gets deadly. Rotten Tomatoes: A former boxer named Bradley loses his job as an auto mechanic, and his troubled marriage is about to expire. At this crossroads in his life, he feels that he has no better option than to work for an old buddy as a drug courier. This improves his situation until the terrible day that he finds himself in a gunfight between a group of police officers and his own ruthless allies. When the smoke clears, Bradley is badly hurt and thrown in prison, where his enemies force him to commit acts of violence that turn the place into a savage battleground. From the director of Bone Tomahawk, Brawl in Cell Block 99 stars Vince Vaughn (Hacksaw Ridge), Jennifer Carpenter ('Dexter'), Udo Kier (Blade) and Don Johnson ('Miami Vice'). 80 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 80% (3) Spider-Man: Homecoming 133 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi] [Jon Watts] [07 Jul 2017]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 75%, Rotten Tomatoes: 92%, Metacritic: 73%, External Reviews Awards: 4 wins & 9 nominations. Actors: Marisa Tomei, Michael Keaton, Robert Downey Jr., Tom Holland Writer: Jonathan Goldstein (screenplay by), John Francis Daley (screenplay by), Jon Watts (screenplay by), Christopher Ford (screenplay by), Chris McKenna (screenplay by), Erik Sommers (screenplay by), Jonathan Goldstein (screen story by), John Francis Daley (screen story by), Stan Lee (based on the Marvel comic book by), Steve Ditko (based on the Marvel comic book by), Joe Simon (Captain America created by), Jack Kirby (Captain America created by) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Spanish Country: USA Plot: Thrilled by his experience with the Avengers, Peter returns home, where he lives with his Aunt May, under the watchful eye of his new mentor Tony Stark, Peter tries to fall back into his normal daily routine - distracted by thoughts of proving himself to be more than just your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man - but when the Vulture emerges as a new villain, everything that Peter holds most important will be threatened. Rotten Tomatoes: A young Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Tom Holland), who made his sensational debut in Captain America: Civil War, begins to navigate his newfound identity as the web-slinging super hero in Spider-Man: Homecoming. Thrilled by his experience with the Avengers, Peter returns home, where he lives with his Aunt May (Marisa Tomei), under the watchful eye of his new mentor Tony Stark (Robert Downey, Jr.). Peter tries to fall back into his normal daily routine--distracted by thoughts of proving himself to be more than just your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man--but when the Vulture (Michael Keaton) emerges as a new villain, everything that Peter holds most important will be threatened. 81 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  79% (3) John Wick: Chapter 2 122 min R [Action, Crime, Thriller] [Chad Stahelski] [10 Feb 2017]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 75%, Rotten Tomatoes: 89%, Metacritic: 75%, External Reviews Awards: 4 wins & 4 nominations. Actors: Ian McShane, Keanu Reeves, Riccardo Scamarcio, Ruby Rose Writer: Derek Kolstad, Derek Kolstad (based on characters created by) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Italian, Russian Country: USA, Hong Kong Plot: After returning to the criminal underworld to repay a debt, John Wick discovers that a large bounty has been put on his life. Rotten Tomatoes: In this next chapter following the 2014 hit, legendary hitman John Wick (Keanu Reeves) is forced back out of retirement by a former associate plotting to seize control of a shadowy international assassins' guild. Bound by a blood oath to help him, John travels to Rome where he squares off against some of the world's deadliest killers. 82 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 79% (3) The Lego Batman Movie 104 min PG [Animation, Action, Comedy, Family] [Chris McKay] [10 Feb 2017]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 73%, Rotten Tomatoes: 90%, Metacritic: 75%, External Reviews Awards: 11 wins & 58 nominations. Actors: Michael Cera, Ralph Fiennes, Rosario Dawson, Will Arnett Writer: Seth Grahame-Smith (screenplay by), Chris McKenna (screenplay by), Erik Sommers (screenplay by), Jared Stern (screenplay by), John Whittington (screenplay by), Seth Grahame-Smith (story by), Bob Kane (Batman created by), Bill Finger (Batman created by), Jerry Siegel (Superman created by), Joe Shuster (Superman created by), William Moulton Marston (Wonder Woman created by), Ole Kirk Christiansen (based on LEGO Construction Toys created by), Godtfred Kirk Christiansen (based on LEGO Construction Toys created by), Jens Nygaard Knudsen (based on LEGO Construction Toys created by) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA, Denmark Plot: There are big changes brewing in Gotham City, and if he wants to save the city from The Joker's hostile takeover, Batman may have to drop the lone vigilante thing, try to work with others and maybe, just maybe, learn to lighten up. Rotten Tomatoes: In the irreverent spirit of fun that made 'The LEGO (R) Movie' a worldwide phenomenon, the self-described leading man of that ensemble - LEGO Batman - stars in his own big-screen adventure: 'The LEGO (R) Batman Movie.' But there are big changes brewing in Gotham, and if he wants to save the city from The Joker's hostile takeover, Batman may have to drop the lone vigilante thing, try to work with others and maybe, just maybe, learn to lighten up. 83 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  78% (3) Only the Brave 134 min PG-13 [Action, Biography, Drama] [Joseph Kosinski] [20 Oct 2017]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 77%, Rotten Tomatoes: 87%, Metacritic: 72%, External Reviews Awards: 3 nominations. Actors: Jeff Bridges, Jennifer Connelly, Josh Brolin, Miles Teller Writer: Sean Flynn (based on the GQ article 'No Exit' by), Ken Nolan, Eric Warren Singer External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA Plot: Based on the true story of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, a group of elite firefighters who risk everything to protect a town from a historic wildfire. Rotten Tomatoes: All men are created equal... then, a few become firefighters. Only the Brave, based on the true story of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, is the heroic story of one unit of local firefighters that through hope, determination, sacrifice, and the drive to protect families, communities, and our country become one of the most elite firefighting teams in the country. As most of us run from danger, they run toward it--they watch over our lives, our homes, everything we hold dear, as they forge a unique brotherhood that comes into focus with one fateful fire. 84 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 78% (3) Okja 120 min TV-MA [Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi] [Joon-ho Bong] [28 Jun 2017]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 73%, Rotten Tomatoes: 86%, Metacritic: 75%, External Reviews Awards: 6 wins & 10 nominations. Actors: Colm Hill, Michael Mitton, Paul Dano, Seo-hyun Ahn, Sheena Kamal, Tilda Swinton Writer: Joon-ho Bong (screenplay by), Jon Ronson (screenplay by), Joon-ho Bong (story by) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Korean, Spanish Country: South Korea, USA Plot: For 10 idyllic years, young Mija (An Seo Hyun) has been caretaker and constant companion to Okja-a massive animal and an even bigger friend-at her home in the mountains of South Korea. But that changes when a family-owned multinational conglomerate Mirando Corporation takes Okja for themselves and transports her to New York, where image obsessed and self-promoting CEO Lucy Mirando (Tilda Swinton) has big plans for Mija's dearest friend. With no particular plan but single-minded in intent, Mija sets out on a rescue mission, but her already daunting journey quickly becomes more complicated when she crosses paths with disparate groups of capitalists, demonstrators and consumers, each battling to control the fate of Okja...while all Mija wants to do is bring her friend home. Deftly blending genres, humor, poignancy and drama, Bong Joon Ho (Snowpiercer, The Host) begins with the gentlest of premises-the bond between man and animal-and ultimately creates a distinct and layered vision of the world that addresses the animal inside us all. Okja is a Plan B Entertainment, Lewis Pictures and Kate Street Picture Company production in association with Netflix. Rotten Tomatoes: For 10 idyllic years, young Mija (An Seo Hyun) has been caretaker and constant companion to Okja--a massive animal and an even bigger friend--at her home in the mountains of South Korea. But that changes when a family-owned multinational conglomerate Mirando Corporation takes Okja for themselves and transports her to New York, where image obsessed and self-promoting CEO Lucy Mirando (Tilda Swinton) has big plans for Mija's dearest friend. With no particular plan but single-minded in intent, Mija sets out on a rescue mission, but her already daunting journey quickly becomes more complicated when she crosses paths with disparate groups of capitalists, demonstrators and consumers, each battling to control the fate of Okja...while all Mija wants to do is bring her friend home. Deftly blending genres, humor, poignancy and drama, Bong Joon Ho (Snowpiercer, The Host) begins with the gentlest of premises--the bond between man and animal--and ultimately creates a distinct and layered vision of the world that addresses the animal inside us all. Okja is a Plan B Entertainment, Lewis Pictures and Kate Street Picture Company production in association with Netflix. 85 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  75% (3) Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 136 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi] [James Gunn] [05 May 2017]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 76%, Rotten Tomatoes: 84%, Metacritic: 67%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 12 wins & 42 nominations. Actors: Chris Pratt, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel, Zoe Saldana Writer: James Gunn, Dan Abnett (based on the Marvel comics by), Andy Lanning (based on the Marvel comics by), Steve Englehart (Star-Lord created by), Steve Gan (Star-Lord created by), Jim Starlin (Gamora and Drax created by), Stan Lee (Groot created by), Larry Lieber (Groot created by), Jack Kirby (Groot created by), Bill Mantlo (Rocket Raccoon created by), Keith Giffen (Rocket Raccoon created by), Steve Gerber (Howard the Duck created by), Val Mayerik (Howard the Duck created by) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA Plot: After saving Xandar from Ronan's wrath, the Guardians are now recognized as heroes. Now the team must help their leader Star Lord (Chris Pratt) uncover the truth behind his true heritage. Along the way, old foes turn to allies and betrayal is blooming. And the Guardians find that they are up against a devastating new menace who is out to rule the galaxy. Rotten Tomatoes: Set to the all-new sonic backdrop of Awesome Mixtape #2, Marvel Studios' 'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2' continues the team's adventures as they traverse the outer reaches of the cosmos. The Guardians must fight to keep their newfound family together as they unravel the mystery of Peter Quill's true parentage. Old foes become new allies and fan-favorite characters from the classic comics will come to our heroes' aid as the Marvel Cinematic Universe continues to expand. 86 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 74% (3) American Made 115 min R [Action, Biography, Comedy, Crime, Thriller] [Doug Liman] [29 Sep 2017]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 72%, Rotten Tomatoes: 86%, Metacritic: 65%, External Reviews Awards: 3 nominations. Actors: Domhnall Gleeson, Jesse Plemons, Sarah Wright, Tom Cruise Writer: Gary Spinelli External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Spanish Country: USA, Japan, Colombia Plot: The story of Barry Seal, an American pilot who became a drug-runner for the CIA in the 1980s in a clandestine operation that would be exposed as the Iran-Contra Affair. Rotten Tomatoes: Barry Seal, a TWA pilot, is recruited by the CIA to provide reconnaissance on the burgeoning communist threat in Central America and soon finds himself in charge of one of the biggest covert CIA operations in the history of the United States that spawned the birth of the Medellin cartel and eventually almost brought down the Reagan White House with the Iran Contra scandal. 87 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  74% (3) Patriots Day 133 min R [Action, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller] [Peter Berg] [13 Jan 2017]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 74%, Rotten Tomatoes: 80%, Metacritic: 69%, External Reviews Awards: 2 wins & 3 nominations. Actors: Dicky Eklund Jr., J.K. Simmons, Mark Wahlberg, Michael Marchand, Michelle Monaghan, Rhet Kidd Writer: Peter Berg (screenplay), Matt Cook (screenplay), Joshua Zetumer (screenplay), Peter Berg (story), Matt Cook (story), Paul Tamasy (story), Eric Johnson (story) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Chinese, Arabic Country: Hong Kong, USA Plot: On April 15, 2013 Boston, Massachusetts, Police Sgt, Tommy Saunders is pulling security duty on the annual Boston Marathon when the Tsarnaev brothers strike with their homemade bombs in an act of terrorism. In the resulting chaos as the wounded are cared for, Saunders and his comrades join forces with the FBI to get to the bottom of this attack. As the investigation continues, the Tsarnaev brothers realize that the authorities are close to identifying them and attempt to flee the city to continue their fanatical mayhem. To stop them, a police manhunt is performed that would have bloody confrontations and a massive dragnet shutting down the City of Boston to make sure there is no escape from the law. Rotten Tomatoes: An account of the Boston Marathon bombing, PATRIOTS DAY is the powerful story of a community's courage in the face of terror. In the aftermath of an unspeakable attack, Police Sergeant Tommy Saunders (Mark Wahlberg) joins courageous survivors, first responders and investigators in a race against the clock to hunt down the bombers before they strike again. Weaving together the stories of Special Agent Richard DesLauriers (Kevin Bacon), Police Commissioner Ed Davis (John Goodman), Sergeant Jeffrey Pugliese (J.K. Simmons) and nurse Carol Saunders (Michelle Monaghan) this visceral and unflinching chronicle captures the suspense of one of the most sophisticated manhunts in law enforcement history and celebrates the strength of the people of Boston. 88 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 73% (3) Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie 89 min PG [Animation, Action, Comedy, Family] [David Soren] [02 Jun 2017]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 62%, Rotten Tomatoes: 88%, Metacritic: 69%, External Reviews Awards: 1 win & 10 nominations. Actors: Ed Helms, Kevin Hart, Nick Kroll, Thomas Middleditch Writer: Nicholas Stoller (screenplay by), Dav Pilkey (based on the epic novels by), David Soren (additional screenplay material by) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA, Canada, France, UK, India Plot: Two overly imaginative pranksters named George and Harold hypnotize their principal into thinking he's a ridiculously enthusiastic, incredibly dimwitted superhero named Captain Underpants. Rotten Tomatoes: Based on the worldwide sensation and bestselling book series, and boasting an A-list cast of comedy superstars headed by Kevin Hart and Ed Helms, DreamWorks Animation brings audiences the long-awaited global movie event, Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie. This raucously subversive comedy for the entire family tells the story of two overly imaginative pranksters named George and Harold, who hypnotize their principal into thinking he's a ridiculously enthusiastic, incredibly dimwitted superhero named Captain Underpants. 89 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  72% (3) Wheelman 82 min TV-MA [Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller] [Jeremy Rush] [20 Oct 2017]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 64%, Rotten Tomatoes: 87%, Metacritic: 66%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: Caitlin Carmichael, Frank Grillo, Garret Dillahunt, Shea Whigham Writer: Jeremy Rush External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA Plot: A getaway driver for a bank robbery realizes he has been double crossed and races to find out who betrayed him. Rotten Tomatoes: Frank Grillo (Kingdom, Captain America: Civil War) stars as the wheelman, a getaway driver thrust into a high stakes race-to-survive after a bank robbery goes terribly wrong. With a car full of money and his family on the line, the clock is ticking to figure out who double-crossed him and the only person he can trust... his thirteen-year-old daughter. All reasons to think fast and drive faster. 90 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 71% (3) The Villainess 129 min Not Rated [Action, Drama] [Byung-gil Jung] [08 Jun 2017]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 67%, Rotten Tomatoes: 83%, Metacritic: 64%, External Reviews Awards: 4 wins & 7 nominations. Actors: Ha-kyun Shin, Jun Sung, Ok-bin Kim, Seo-hyeong Kim Writer: Byeong-sik Jung, Byung-gil Jung External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: Korean Country: South Korea Plot: Sook-hee is a trained assassin who was born to kill. She was just a little girl when the training started in Yanbian, China. After the death of her mentor, when the chance of starting a new life was given to her, she came to South Korea as a government agent. They promised her that she will be free after ten years of service. So she begins her new life as a theatre actress. But soon two men Joong-sang and Hyun-soo appear in her new life. And she started to find deep dark secrets about her past. Eventually she take matters into her own hands. Rotten Tomatoes: Since she was a little girl, Sook-hee was raised to be a deadly assassin. She gladly accepts the chance to start a new life when South Korea's Intelligence Agency recruits her as a sleeper agent, with the promise of complete freedom after ten years of service. But soon after taking on her new identity as Chae Yeon-soo, a 27-year-old theatre actress, she begins to realize that for someone who has lived as a killer her entire life, normal is no easy task. When two men from her past suddenly appear in her new life, it unlocks dark secrets that should've stayed hidden, and the fallout is swift and explosive. 91 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  69% (3) Mayhem 86 min Unrated [Action, Comedy, Horror, Thriller] [Joe Lynch] [10 Nov 2017]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 63%, Rotten Tomatoes: 84%, Metacritic: 62%, External Reviews Awards: 2 wins & 2 nominations. Actors: Caroline Chikezie, Samara Weaving, Steven Brand, Steven Yeun Writer: Matias Caruso External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: Matias Caruso penned the script, which tells the story of a virus that infects a corporate law office on the day attorney Derek Saunders (Yeun) is framed by a co-worker and wrongfully fired. The infection is capable of making people act out their wildest impulses. Trapped in the quarantined building, our hero is forced to savagely fight tooth and nail for not only his job but his life. Info from variety Rotten Tomatoes: Derek Cho (Steven Yeun) is having a really bad day. After being unjustly fired from his job, he discovers that the law firm's building is under quarantine for a mysterious and dangerous virus. Chaos erupts throughout the office as the victims of the disease begin acting out their wildest impulses. Joining forces with a former client (Samara Weaving) who has a grudge of her own, Derek savagely fights tooth and nail to get to the executives on the top floor and settle the score once and for all. 92 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 69% (3) Atomic Blonde 115 min R [Action, Mystery, Thriller] [David Leitch] [28 Jul 2017]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 67%, Rotten Tomatoes: 78%, Metacritic: 63%, External Reviews Awards: 6 wins & 15 nominations. Actors: Charlize Theron, Eddie Marsan, James McAvoy, John Goodman Writer: Kurt Johnstad (screenplay by), Antony Johnston (based on the Oni Press graphic novel series 'The Coldest City' written by), Sam Hart (based on the Oni Press graphic novel series 'The Coldest City' illustrated by) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, German, Russian, Swedish Country: Germany, Sweden, USA, Hungary Plot: The crown jewel of Her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, Agent Lorraine Broughton (Theron) is equal parts spycraft, sensuality and savagery, willing to deploy any of her skills to stay alive on her impossible mission. Sent alone into Berlin to deliver a priceless dossier out of the destabilized city, she partners with embedded station chief David Percival (James McAvoy) to navigate her way through the deadliest game of spies. Rotten Tomatoes: A high-stakes, global action-thriller that takes place in the city of Berlin, on the eve of the Wall's collapse and the shifting of superpower alliances. Charlize Theron ('Mad Max: Fury Road') portrays Lorraine Broughton, a top-level spy for MI6, who is dispatched to Berlin to take down a ruthless espionage ring that has just killed an undercover agent for reasons unknown. She is ordered to cooperate with Berlin station chief David Percival (James McAvoy of 'X-Men'), and the two form an uneasy alliance, unleashing their full arsenal of skills in pursuing a threat that jeopardizes the West's entire intelligence operation. 93 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  68% (3) The Ballad of Lefty Brown 111 min R [Action, Drama, Western] [Jared Moshe] [15 Dec 2017]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 62%, Rotten Tomatoes: 79%, Metacritic: 64%, External Reviews Awards: 1 nomination. Actors: Bill Pullman, Kathy Baker, Peter Fonda, Stephen Alan Seder Writer: Jared Moshe, Jared Moshe External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: A thrilling and action-packed Western, The Ballad of Lefty Brown is a story about loyalty, friendship, and the relentless pursuit of justice. Rotten Tomatoes: When cowboy Lefty Brown (Bill Pullman) witnesses the murder of his longtime partner - the newly-elected Senator Edward Johnson (Peter Fonda) - he strikes out to find the killers and avenge his friend's gruesome death. Tracking the outlaws across the vast and desolate Montana plains, Lefty recruits a young gunslinger, Jeremiah (Diego Josef), and an old friend, a hard-drinking U.S. Marshall (Tommy Flanagan), to help deliver the men to justice. After a gunfight with the outlaws leaves Jeremiah wounded, Lefty returns home with the names of Johnson's killers only to find that he is being accused of his friend's murder. With the tables turned, and with his friend in the governor's mansion (Jim Caviezel) refusing to help, Lefty must evade the law and prove his innocence by exposing the powerful men ultimately responsible for Johnson's death. A thrilling and action-packed Western, The Ballad of Lefty Brown is a story about loyalty, friendship, and the relentless pursuit of justice. 94 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 67% (3) Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle 119 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy] [Jake Kasdan] [20 Dec 2017]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 69%, Rotten Tomatoes: 76%, Metacritic: 58%, External Reviews Awards: 2 wins & 3 nominations. Actors: Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Karen Gillan, Kevin Hart Writer: Chris McKenna (screenplay by), Erik Sommers (screenplay by), Scott Rosenberg (screenplay by), Jeff Pinkner (screenplay by), Chris McKenna (screen story by), Chris Van Allsburg (based on the book 'Jumanji' by), Greg Taylor (based on the film 'Jumanji' screen story by), Chris Van Allsburg (based on the film 'Jumanji' screen story by), Jonathan Hensleigh (based on the film 'Jumanji' screenplay by), Greg Taylor (based on the film 'Jumanji' screenplay by) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA, India, Canada, UK, Australia, Germany Plot: In a brand new Jumanji adventure, four high school kids discover an old video game console and are drawn into the game's jungle setting, literally becoming the adult avatars they chose. What they discover is that you don't just play Jumanji - you must survive it. To beat the game and return to the real world, they'll have to go on the most dangerous adventure of their lives, discover what Alan Parrish left 20 years ago, and change the way they think about themselves - or they'll be stuck in the game forever, to be played by others without break. Rotten Tomatoes: When four high-school kids discover an old video game console with a game they've never heard of--Jumanji--they are immediately drawn into the game's jungle setting, literally becoming the avatars they chose: gamer Spencer becomes a brawny adventurer (Dwayne Johnson); football jock Fridge loses (in his words) 'the top two feet of his body' and becomes an Einstein (Kevin Hart); popular girl Bethany becomes a middle-aged male professor (Jack Black); and wallflower Martha becomes a badass warrior (Karen Gillan). What they discover is that you don't just play Jumanji--you must survive it. To beat the game and return to the real world, they'll have to go on the most dangerous adventure of their lives, discover what Alan Parrish left 20 years ago, and change the way they think about themselves--or they'll be stuck in the game forever... 95 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  67% (3) Kong: Skull Island 118 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi] [Jordan Vogt-Roberts] [10 Mar 2017]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 66%, Rotten Tomatoes: 75%, Metacritic: 62%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 win & 15 nominations. Actors: Brie Larson, John C. Reilly, Samuel L. Jackson, Tom Hiddleston Writer: Dan Gilroy (screenplay by), Max Borenstein (screenplay by), Derek Connolly (screenplay by), John Gatins (story by) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Vietnamese Country: USA, China Plot: A washed up monster chaser convinces the U.S. Government to fund a trip to an unexplored island in the South Pacific. Under the guise of geological research, the team travels to 'Skull Island'. Upon arrival, the group discover that their mission may be complicated by the wildlife which inhabits the island. The beautiful vistas and deadly creatures create a visually stunning experience that is sure to keep your attention. Rotten Tomatoes: Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures' 'Kong: Skull Island' reimagines the origin of the mythic Kong in a compelling, original adventure from director Jordan Vogt-Roberts ('The Kings of Summer'). In the film, a diverse team of explorers is brought together to venture deep into an uncharted island in the Pacific - as beautiful as it is treacherous - unaware that they're crossing into the domain of the mythic Kong. 'Kong: Skull Island' stars Tom Hiddleston ('The Avengers,' 'Thor: The Dark World'), Samuel L. Jackson ('The Hateful Eight,' 'Avengers: Age of Ultron'), Oscar winner Brie Larson ('Room,' 'Trainwreck'), John Goodman ('Transformers: Age of Extinction,' 'Argo') and John C. Reilly ('Guardians of the Galaxy,' 'Step Brothers'). The international ensemble cast also includes Tian Jing ('Police Story: Lockdown'), Corey Hawkins ('Straight Outta Compton'), Jason Mitchell ('Straight Outta Compton'), John Ortiz ('Steve Jobs'), Thomas Mann ('Beautiful Creatures'), Shea Whigham ('The Wolf of Wall Street'), Toby Kebbell ('Dawn of the Planet of the Apes') and Eugene Cordero ('The Kings of Summer'). Vogt-Roberts is directing the film from a screenplay by Max Borenstein, John Gatins, Dan Gilroy and Derek Connolly. 'Kong: Skull Island' is produced by Legendary's Thomas Tull and Jon Jashni with Mary Parent. The executive producers are Eric McLeod and Alex Garcia. The creative behind-the-scenes team includes director of photography Larry Fong ('Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice'), production designer Stefan Dechant (supervising art director 'True Grit,' 'Avatar'), editor Christian Wagner (the 'Fast & Furious' films), and costume designer Mary Vogt (the 'Men in Black' films). The team also includes Oscar-winning makeup supervisor Bill Corso ('Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events,' 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens') and supervising stunt coordinator George Cottle ('Interstellar,' 'The Dark Knight Rises'). The legendary Kong is being brought to life at a whole new scale by Industrial Light & Magic, with two-time Oscar winner Stephen Rosenbaum ('Avatar,' 'Forrest Gump') serving as visual effects supervisor. To fully immerse audiences in the mysterious Skull Island, director Jordan Vogt-Roberts and his cast and filmmaking team are filming across three continents over six months, capturing its primordial landscapes on Oahu, Hawaii - where filming commenced on October 2015 - on Australia's Gold Coast, and finally in Vietnam, where filming will take place across multiple locations, some of which have never before been seen on film. Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures Present a Legendary Pictures Production, 'Kong: Skull Island.' The film will be released worldwide in 2D, 3D in select theatres, and IMAX beginning March 10, 2017, from Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company. 96 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 66% (3) God of War 128 min Not Rated [Action, History] [Gordon Chan] [02 Jun 2017]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 64%, Rotten Tomatoes: 80%, Metacritic: 54%, External Reviews Awards: 3 wins & 2 nominations. Actors: Keisuke Koide, Regina Wan, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Wenzhuo Zhao Writer: Frankie Tam, Maria Wong, MengZhang Wu, Zhaozheng Xiong External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: Mandarin, Japanese Country: China, Hong Kong Plot: During the 16th century, Japanese pirates proliferate along the Chinese coastline. In 1557, the pirates take over Cengang in Zhejiang. After months of futile advances, Commander Yu (Sammo Hung) finally defeats them under the leadership of newly promoted General Qi (Vincent Zhao). The Pirates, however, manage to escape. Rotten Tomatoes: During the 16th century, pirates rule the Chinese coastline, pillaging the small villages and terrorizing the citizens. When maverick leader Commander Yu (martial arts legend Sammo Hung) enlists the help of a sharp young general (Vincent Zhao), they devise a plan to defeat the pirates. A violent clash of wit and weapons will decide who will rule the land in this sweeping historical epic from veteran action director Gordon Chan. 97 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  65% (3) Free Fire 91 min R [Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller] [Ben Wheatley] [21 Apr 2017]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 64%, Rotten Tomatoes: 69%, Metacritic: 63%, External Reviews Awards: 1 win & 6 nominations. Actors: Armie Hammer, Brie Larson, Enzo Cilenti, Michael Smiley, Sam Riley, Sharlto Copley Writer: Amy Jump (screenplay by), Ben Wheatley (screenplay by) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: UK Plot: Set in Boston in 1978, a meeting in a deserted warehouse between two gangs turns into a shoot-out and a game of survival. Rotten Tomatoes: Bold, breathless and wickedly fun, Free Fire is an electrifying action comedy about an arms deal that goes spectacularly and explosively wrong. Acclaimed filmmaker Ben Wheatley (Kill List, High Rise) propels the audience head-on into quite possibly the most epic shootout ever seen on film as he crafts a spectacular parody -- and biting critique -- of the insanity of gun violence. Everyone's got a gun, and absolutely no one is in control. Set in a colorful yet gritty 1970s Boston, Free Fire opens with Justine (Oscar (R) winner Brie Larson), a mysterious American businesswoman, and her wise-cracking associate Ord (Armie Hammer) arranging a black-market weapons deal in a deserted warehouse between IRA arms buyer Chris (Cillian Murphy) and shifty South African gun runner Vernon (Sharlto Copley). What starts as a polite if uneasy exchange soon goes south when tensions escalate and shots are fired, quickly leading to a full-on Battle Royale where it's every man (and woman) for themselves. Packed with witty one-liners, flamboyant characters and remarkable feats of cinematic gunplay, Free Fire is a full-throttle action extravaganza that keeps things fresh and fun with Wheatley's alternately buoyant and savage sense of humor. Swinging from the madcap to the macabre and back again, the film is an exhilarating experience that will leave you quite literally blown away 98 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 63% (3) The Foreigner 113 min R [Action, Thriller] [Martin Campbell] [13 Oct 2017]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 70%, Rotten Tomatoes: 64%, Metacritic: 55%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: Jackie Chan, Katie Leung, Mark Tandy, Rufus Jones Writer: David Marconi (screenplay by), Stephen Leather (based on the novel 'The Chinaman' by) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Mandarin Country: UK, China, USA Plot: The story of humble London businessman Quan (Chan), whose long-buried past erupts in a revenge-fueled vendetta when the only person left for him to love - his teenage daughter - is taken from him in a senseless act of politically-motivated terrorism. In his relentless search for the identity of the terrorists, Quan is forced into a cat- and-mouse conflict with a British government official (Brosnan), whose own past may hold clues to the identities of the elusive killers. Rotten Tomatoes: The Foreigner, starring Jackie Chan and Pierce Brosnan, is a timely action thriller from the director of Casino Royale. The film tells the story of humble London businessman Quan (Chan), whose long-buried past erupts in a revenge-fueled vendetta when the only person left for him to love -- his teenage daughter -- is taken from him in a senseless act of politically-motivated terrorism. In his relentless search for the identity of the terrorists, Quan is forced into a cat-and-mouse conflict with a British government official (Brosnan), whose own past may hold clues to the identities of the elusive killers. 99 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  63% (3) The Fate of the Furious 136 min PG-13 [Action, Crime, Thriller] [F. Gary Gray] [14 Apr 2017]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 67%, Rotten Tomatoes: 68%, Metacritic: 56%, External Reviews Awards: 1 win & 9 nominations. Actors: Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham, Michelle Rodriguez, Vin Diesel Writer: Gary Scott Thompson (based on characters created by), Chris Morgan External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, Russian Country: China, USA, Japan Plot: Now that Dom and Letty are on their honeymoon and Brian and Mia have retired from the game-and the rest of the crew has been exonerated-the globetrotting team has found a semblance of a normal life. But when a mysterious woman seduces Dom into the world of crime he can't seem to escape and a betrayal of those closest to him, they will face trials that will test them as never before. From the shores of Cuba and the streets of New York City to the icy plains off the arctic Barents Sea, the elite force will crisscross the globe to stop an anarchist from unleashing chaos on the world's stage... and to bring home the man who made them a family. Rotten Tomatoes: The latest installment of the Fast and the Furious franchise welcomes two Oscar-winning actresses: Charlize Theron plays Cipher, the latest villain to torment Dominic Toretto and his crew, while Helen Mirren joins the cast after publicly lobbying for a role to sate her real-life love of racing. Fast 8 also stars Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Ludacris, Jordana Brewster, Kurt Russell, Elsa Pataky, Nathalie Emmanuel, Jason Statham, and Scott Eastwood. Directed by F. Gary Gray (Straight Outta Compton). 100 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 87% (3) Hell or High Water 102 min R [Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, Western] [David Mackenzie] [26 Aug 2016]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 76%, Rotten Tomatoes: 97%, Metacritic: 88%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 42 wins & 157 nominations. Actors: Ben Foster, Chris Pine, Dale Dickey, Jeff Bridges, William Sterchi Writer: Taylor Sheridan External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA Plot: In Texas, after the death of his mother, the unemployed oil and gas worker Toby Howard is losing his ranch to the Texas Midlands Bank. Toby is divorced from his wife who lives with their two sons. When his brother Tanner Howard is released from the prison, they team up to rob agencies of the Texas Midlands Bank to raise money to pay the loan so that Toby may leave the real estate to his sons. Meanwhile the Texas Ranger Marcus Hamilton who is near retirement and his Indian descendant partner Alberto Parker try to anticipate the next move of the thieves. Rotten Tomatoes: Texas brothers--Toby (Chris Pine), and Tanner (Ben Foster), come together after years divided to rob branches of the bank threatening to foreclose on their family land. For them, the hold-ups are just part of a last-ditch scheme to take back a future that seemed to have been stolen from under them. Justice seems to be theirs, until they find themselves on the radar of Texas Ranger, Marcus (Jeff Bridges) looking for one last grand pursuit on the eve of his retirement, and his half-Comanche partner, Alberto (Gil Birmingham). As the brothers plot a final bank heist to complete their scheme, and with the Rangers on their heels, a showdown looms at the crossroads where the values of the Old and New West murderously collide. 101 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  86% (3) Kubo and the Two Strings 101 min PG [Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy] [Travis Knight] [19 Aug 2016]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 78%, Rotten Tomatoes: 97%, Metacritic: 84%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 33 wins & 60 nominations. Actors: Art Parkinson, Brenda Vaccaro, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Charlize Theron, Matthew McConaughey Writer: Marc Haimes (screenplay by), Chris Butler (screenplay by), Shannon Tindle (story by), Marc Haimes (story by) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA, Japan Plot: Kubo lives a quiet, normal life in a small shoreside village until a spirit from the past turns his life upside down by re-igniting an age-old vendetta. This causes all sorts of havoc as gods and monsters chase Kubo who, in order to survive, must locate a magical suit of armor once worn by his late father, a legendary Samurai warrior. Rotten Tomatoes: Kubo and the Two Strings is an epic action-adventure set in a fantastical Japan from acclaimed animation studio LAIKA. Clever, kindhearted Kubo (voiced by Art Parkinson of 'Game of Thrones') ekes out a humble living, telling stories to the people of his seaside town including Hosato (George Takei), Akihiro (Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa), and Kameyo (Academy Award nominee Brenda Vaccaro). But his relatively quiet existence is shattered when he accidentally summons a spirit from his past which storms down from the heavens to enforce an age-old vendetta. Now on the run, Kubo joins forces with Monkey (Academy Award winner Charlize Theron) and Beetle (Academy Award winner Matthew McConaughey), and sets out on a thrilling quest to save his family and solve the mystery of his fallen father, the greatest samurai warrior the world has ever known. With the help of his shamisen - a magical musical instrument - Kubo must battle gods and monsters, including the vengeful Moon King (Academy Award nominee Ralph Fiennes) and the evil twin Sisters (Academy Award nominee Rooney Mara), to unlock the secret of his legacy, reunite his family, and fulfill his heroic destiny. 102 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 83% (3) The Age of Shadows 140 min TV-MA [Action, Drama, Thriller] [Jee-woon Kim] [23 Sep 2016]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 71%, Rotten Tomatoes: 100%, Metacritic: 78%, External Reviews Awards: 12 wins & 32 nominations. Actors: Byung-Hun Lee, Kang-ho Song, Richard Epcar, Yoo Gong Writer: Jee-woon Kim, Ji-min Lee, Jong-dae Park, Kathy Pilon (english script) External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: Korean, Japanese, Mandarin, English Country: South Korea Plot: Set in the late 1920s, The Age of Shadows follows the cat-and-mouse game that unfolds between a group of resistance fighters trying to bring in explosives from Shanghai to destroy key Japanese facilities in Seoul, and Japanese agents trying to stop them. A talented Korean-born Japanese police officer, who was previously in the independence movement himself, is thrown into a dilemma between the demands of his reality and the instinct to support a greater cause. Rotten Tomatoes: Lee Jung-chool (SONG Kang-ho), a Korean police captain in the Japanese police force, is given a special mission to infiltrate the armed resistance fighting for Korean independence. He approaches Kim Woo-jin (GONG Yoo), a leader of the resistance. These two men who stand on opposite sides of their historical era, each knowing the identity and intentions of the other, become close without revealing their inner thoughts. Meanwhile intel is being leaked on both sides, and no one knows who the informants are. Members of the resistance meet in Shanghai to obtain explosives that will be used to destroy facilities of the Japanese Headquarters in Seoul, while the Japanese police follow them and gather in Shanghai. The pursued and the pursuers, locked in an operation where each side uses the other and is thrown into a confusion of secret enmity and conciliation. Meanwhile, a train carrying explosives passes the border and heads towards Seoul.... 103 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  81% (3) Captain America: Civil War 147 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi] [Anthony Russo, Joe Russo] [06 May 2016]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 78%, Rotten Tomatoes: 91%, Metacritic: 75%, External Reviews Awards: 16 wins & 65 nominations. Actors: Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan Writer: Christopher Markus (screenplay by), Stephen McFeely (screenplay by), Joe Simon (based on the Marvel comics by), Jack Kirby (based on the Marvel comics by) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, German, Xhosa, Russian, Romanian, Hindi Country: USA Plot: With many people fearing the actions of super heroes, the government decides to push for the Hero Registration Act, a law that limits a hero's actions. This results in a division in The Avengers. Iron Man stands with this Act, claiming that their actions must be kept in check otherwise cities will continue to be destroyed, but Captain America feels that saving the world is daring enough and that they cannot rely on the government to protect the world. This escalates into an all-out war between Team Iron Man (Iron Man, Black Panther, Vision, Black Widow, War Machine, and Spider-Man) and Team Captain America (Captain America, Bucky Barnes, Falcon, Scarlet Witch, Hawkeye, and Ant Man) while a new villain emerges. Rotten Tomatoes: Marvel's 'Captain America: Civil War' finds Steve Rogers leading the newly formed team of Avengers in their continued efforts to safeguard humanity. But after another incident involving the Avengers results in collateral damage, political pressure mounts to install a system of accountability, headed by a governing body to oversee and direct the team. The new status quo fractures the Avengers, resulting in two camps-one led by Steve Rogers and his desire for the Avengers to remain free to defend humanity without government interference, and the other following Tony Stark's surprising decision to support government oversight and accountability. 104 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 80% (3) Train to Busan 118 min Not Rated [Action, Horror, Thriller] [Sang-ho Yeon] [20 Jul 2016]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 75%, Rotten Tomatoes: 95%, Metacritic: 72%, External Reviews Awards: 30 wins & 36 nominations. Actors: Dong-seok Ma, Su-an Kim, Yoo Gong, Yu-mi Jung Writer: Joo-Suk Park, Sang-ho Yeon (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: Korean, Hawaiian Country: South Korea Plot: Sok-woo, a father with not much time for his daughter, Soo-ahn, are boarding the KTX, a fast train that shall bring them from Seoul to Busan. But during their journey, the apocalypse begins, and most of the earth's population become flesh craving zombies. While the KTX is shooting towards Busan, the passenger's fight for their families and lives against the zombies - and each other. Rotten Tomatoes: TRAIN TO BUSAN is a harrowing zombie horror-thriller that follows a group of terrified passengers fighting their way through a countrywide viral outbreak while trapped on a suspicion-filled, blood-drenched bullet train ride to Busan, a southern resort city that has managed to hold off the zombie hordes... or so everyone hopes. 105 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  80% (3) T-Rex 91 min UNRATED [Documentary, Action, Sport] [Zackary Canepari, Drea Cooper] [24 Jun 2016]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 73%, Rotten Tomatoes: 100%, Metacritic: 69%, External Reviews Awards: 4 wins & 1 nomination. Actors: N/A Writer: N/A External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: UK, China, Canada, USA Plot: 17-year-old Claressa 'T-Rex' Shields from Flint, Michigan dreams of being the first woman in history to win the gold medal in Olympic boxing. But in order for her to succeed, she'll need to stand her ground both inside and outside the ring. Rotten Tomatoes: 17-year-old Claressa 'T-Rex' Shields from Flint, Michigan dreams of being the first woman in history to win a gold medal in Olympic boxing. But in order for her to succeed, she'll need to stand her ground both inside and outside the ring. 106 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 79% (3) The Hard Stop 85 min N/A [Documentary, Action, Crime] [George Amponsah, George Amponsah] [15 Jul 2016]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 59%, Rotten Tomatoes: 100%, Metacritic: 80%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 1 win & 3 nominations. Actors: Kurtis Henville, Marcus Knox Hooke Writer: George Amponsah, George Amponsah, Dionne Walker, Dionne Walker External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: UK Plot: A documentary that reflects on the 2011 killing of Mark Duggan, a young, black, British man, at the hands of London's Metropolitan Police. Duggan was pulled over by police early one morning, and minutes later, was shot dead. This event sparked the now-infamous Tottenham riots and made headlines around the globe, but, as so often happens, the issue soon dropped from the news reports. Picking up the story where the media left off, George Amponsah's documentary The Hard Stop brings it back to its roots in Duggan's neighbourhood, following his friends Marcus and Kurtis as they fight for justice and search for meaning, while struggling against ongoing discrimination in their daily lives. Rotten Tomatoes: The Hard Stop is an intimate documentary revealing the story, away from all press coverage, of Mark Duggan's friends and family following his death. He was shot and killed in a 'Hard Stop' police procedure in 2011, sparking the most violent riots in British history. For 28 months, director George Amponsah (The Fighting Spirit) filmed around Broadwater Farm in Tottenham, where Duggan grew up, capturing his family's distress and focusing on two of his best friends, Marcus Knox and Kurtis Henville. We follow the men closely as they attempt to get on with their lives, look for a job, talk about the discrimination they experience on a daily basis and the impact Duggan's death has had on the community. Duggan is present throughout, in peoples' testimonies and news broadcasts. What emerges is a profoundly humane, thought-provoking and topical testament, which gives a voice to people who are rarely heard. 107 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  79% (3) The Nice Guys 116 min R [Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller] [Shane Black] [20 May 2016]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 74%, Rotten Tomatoes: 93%, Metacritic: 70%, External Reviews Awards: 8 wins & 32 nominations. Actors: Angourie Rice, Matt Bomer, Russell Crowe, Ryan Gosling Writer: Shane Black, Anthony Bagarozzi External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, German Country: USA Plot: Set against the backdrop of 1977 Los Angeles, The Nice Guys opens when single father and licensed PI Holland March (Gosling) is hired to investigate the apparent suicide of famous porn star Misty Mountains. As the trail leads him to track down a girl named Amelia (Qualley), he encounters less licensed and less hands-off private eye Jackson Healey (Russell Crowe) and his brass knuckles, both hired by the young hippie. However, the situation takes a turn for the worse when Amelia vanishes and it becomes apparent that March wasn't the only party interested. As both men are forced to team up, they'll have to take on a world filled with eccentric goons, strippers dressed as mermaids and even a possible government conspiracy. Rotten Tomatoes: Shane Black (Iron Man 3) directs this police drama set in Los Angeles during the 1970s, and centering on a pair of detectives who stumble into a sprawling conspiracy while investigating the alleged suicide of a once-prominent female porn star. Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling top-line this Warner Bros. release that reunites Lethal Weapon scribe Black with that film's producer, Joel Silver. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi 108 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 78% (3) Doctor Strange 115 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi] [Scott Derrickson] [04 Nov 2016]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 75%, Rotten Tomatoes: 89%, Metacritic: 72%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 20 wins & 64 nominations. Actors: Benedict Cumberbatch, Benedict Wong, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rachel McAdams Writer: Jon Spaihts, Scott Derrickson, C. Robert Cargill, Stan Lee (based on the Marvel comics by), Steve Ditko (based on the Marvel comics by) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA Plot: Marvel's 'Doctor Strange' follows the story of the talented neurosurgeon Doctor Stephen Strange who, after a tragic car accident, must put ego aside and learn the secrets of a hidden world of mysticism and alternate dimensions. Based in New York City's Greenwich Village, Doctor Strange must act as an intermediary between the real world and what lies beyond, utilising a vast array of metaphysical abilities and artifacts to protect the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Rotten Tomatoes: A disgraced former surgeon named Stephen Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) becomes a powerful sorcerer under the tutelage of a mystic known as the Ancient One (Tilda Swinton). Rachel McAdams, Mads Mikkelsen, and Chiwetel Ejiofor co-star in this entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Directed by Scott Derrickson (Sinister). 109 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  78% (3) The Revenant 156 min R [Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, Western] [Alejandro G. Iñárritu] [08 Jan 2016]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 80%, Rotten Tomatoes: 78%, Metacritic: 76%, External Reviews Awards: Won 3 Oscars. Another 86 wins & 181 nominations. Actors: Domhnall Gleeson, Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Will Poulter Writer: Mark L. Smith (screenplay), Alejandro G. Iñárritu (screenplay), Michael Punke (based in part on the novel by) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Pawnee, French Country: USA, Hong Kong, Taiwan Plot: While exploring the uncharted wilderness in 1823, legendary frontiersman Hugh Glass sustains injuries from a brutal bear attack. When his hunting team leaves him for dead, Glass must utilize his survival skills to find a way back home while avoiding natives on their own hunt. Grief-stricken and fueled by vengeance, Glass treks through the wintry terrain to track down John Fitzgerald, the former confidant who betrayed and abandoned him. Rotten Tomatoes: Inspired by true events, THE REVENANT is an immersive and visceral cinematic experience capturing one man's epic adventure of survival and the extraordinary power of the human spirit. In an expedition of the uncharted American wilderness, legendary explorer Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio) is brutally attacked by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team. In a quest to survive, Glass endures unimaginable grief as well as the betrayal of his confidant John Fitzgerald (Tom Hardy). Guided by sheer will and the love of his family, Glass must navigate a vicious winter in a relentless pursuit to live and find redemption. THE REVENANT is directed and co-written by renowned filmmaker, Academy Award (R) winner Alejandro G. Iñárritu (Birdman, Babel). (C) Fox 110 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 76% (3) Deadpool 108 min R [Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi] [Tim Miller] [12 Feb 2016]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 80%, Rotten Tomatoes: 84%, Metacritic: 65%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 27 wins & 73 nominations. Actors: Ed Skrein, Karan Soni, Michael Benyaer, Morena Baccarin, Ryan Reynolds, T.J. Miller Writer: Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA Plot: This is the origin story of former Special Forces operative turned mercenary Wade Wilson, who after being subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers, adopts the alter ego Deadpool. Armed with his new abilities and a dark, twisted sense of humor, Deadpool hunts down the man who nearly destroyed his life. 111 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  75% (3) Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 133 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi] [Gareth Edwards] [16 Dec 2016]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 78%, Rotten Tomatoes: 84%, Metacritic: 65%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 23 wins & 78 nominations. Actors: Alan Tudyk, Diego Luna, Donnie Yen, Felicity Jones Writer: Chris Weitz (screenplay by), Tony Gilroy (screenplay by), John Knoll (story by), Gary Whitta (story by), George Lucas (based on characters created by) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA Plot: All looks lost for the Rebellion against the Empire as they learn of the existence of a new super weapon, the Death Star. Once a possible weakness in its construction is uncovered, the Rebel Alliance must set out on a desperate mission to steal the plans for the Death Star. The future of the entire galaxy now rests upon its success. Rotten Tomatoes: From Lucasfilm comes the first of the Star Wars standalone films, 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,' an all-new epic adventure. In a time of conflict, a group of unlikely heroes band together on a mission to steal the plans to the Death Star, the Empire's ultimate weapon of destruction. This key event in the Star Wars timeline brings together ordinary people who choose to do extraordinary things, and in doing so, become part of something greater than themselves. 112 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 75% (3) Pete's Dragon 102 min PG [Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy] [David Lowery] [12 Aug 2016]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 67%, Rotten Tomatoes: 88%, Metacritic: 71%, External Reviews Awards: 2 wins & 5 nominations. Actors: Bryce Dallas Howard, Oakes Fegley, Oona Laurence, Robert Redford Writer: David Lowery (screenplay by), Toby Halbrooks (screenplay by), Malcolm Marmorstein (based on a screenplay by), Seton I. Miller (based on a story by), S.S. Field (based on a story by) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA Plot: Pete, a boy is found in a forest. Apparently he's been living there for six years after an accident took his parents. A ranger named Grace decides to take him in and when she asks him how he survived all by himself, he says he had a friend, Elliot, with him. He draws a picture of Elliot and it's a picture of a dragon. Grace takes the picture to her father who claims that years ago, he encountered a dragon in the forest. Grace takes Pete back to the forest and he shows them where he lives and Elliot. A man saw Elliot and when he tells about his experience and is not believed, he sets out to prove it by capturing the dragon. Rotten Tomatoes: A reimagining of Disney's cherished family film, 'Pete's Dragon' is the adventure of an orphaned boy named Pete and his best friend Elliott, who just so happens to be a dragon. 'Pete's Dragon' stars Bryce Dallas Howard ('Jurassic World'), Oakes Fegley ('This is Where I Leave You'), Wes Bentley ('The Hunger Games'), Karl Urban ('Star Trek'), Oona Laurence ('Southpaw') and Oscar (R) winner Robert Redford ('Captain America: The Winter Soldier'). The film, which is directed by David Lowery ('Ain't Them Bodies Saints'), is written by Lowery & Toby Halbrooks based on a story by Seton I. Miller and S.S. Field and produced by Jim Whitaker, p.g.a. ('The Finest Hours,' 'Friday Night Lights'), with Barrie M. Osborne ('The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring,' 'The Great Gatsby') serving as executive producer. For years, old wood carver Mr. Meacham (Robert Redford) has delighted local children with his tales of the fierce dragon that resides deep in the woods of the Pacific Northwest. To his daughter, Grace (Bryce Dallas Howard), who works as a forest ranger, these stories are little more than tall tales...until she meets Pete (Oakes Fegley). Pete is a mysterious 10-year-old with no family and no home who claims to live in the woods with a giant, green dragon named Elliott. And from Pete's descriptions, Elliott seems remarkably similar to the dragon from Mr. Meacham's stories. With the help of Natalie (Oona Laurence), an 11-year-old girl whose father Jack (Wes Bentley) owns the local lumber mill, Grace sets out to determine where Pete came from, where he belongs, and the truth about this dragon. Disney's 'Pete's Dragon' opens in U.S. theaters on August 12, 2016. 113 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  75% (3) Midnight Special 112 min PG-13 [Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller] [Jeff Nichols] [21 Apr 2016]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 66%, Rotten Tomatoes: 83%, Metacritic: 76%, External Reviews Awards: 3 wins & 14 nominations. Actors: Adam Driver, Joel Edgerton, Kirsten Dunst, Michael Shannon Writer: Jeff Nichols External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA, Greece Plot: Alton Meyer is a boy unlike any other in the world with bizarrely powerful abilities and strange weaknesses. In the middle of the night, his father, Roy, spirits him away from the isolated cult that practically worships him and is determined to regain him at all costs. At the same time, Alton's abilities have been noticed by the US government as well and they are equally insistent on getting to the bottom of this mystery with Paul Sevier of the National Security Agency leading the Federal pursuit with his own questions. These rival hunts force father and son into a desperate run towards a looming date with destiny that could change everything. Rotten Tomatoes: Michael Shannon, Joel Edgerton, and Kirsten Dunst star in writer/director Jeff Nichols' drama about a father and his eight-year-old son who go on the lam upon discovering that the boy possesses mysterious powers. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi 114 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 74% (3) Deepwater Horizon 107 min PG-13 [Action, Drama, History, Thriller] [Peter Berg] [30 Sep 2016]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 71%, Rotten Tomatoes: 83%, Metacritic: 68%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 13 nominations. Actors: Douglas M. Griffin, James DuMont, Kurt Russell, Mark Wahlberg Writer: Matthew Michael Carnahan (screenplay by), Matthew Sand (screenplay by), Matthew Sand (screen story), David Barstow (based upon an article by), David Rohde (based upon an article by), Stephanie Saul (based upon an article by) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: Hong Kong, USA Plot: In April 2010, there is no oil exploration operation in the Gulf of Mexico to compare with the Deepwater Horizon oil rig with its size or sheer depth of its drilling. However, the project for the BP oil company is beset with technical difficulties to the point where the general operational supervisor, Jimmy Harrell, and his Chief Electrical Engineer, Mike Williams, are concerned potentially dangerous trouble is brewing. Unfortunately, visiting BP executives, frustrated by the project's long delays, order curtailed site inspections and slanted system tests to make up for lost time even as Harrell, Williams and his team helplessly protest for the sake of proper safety. On April 20, the workers' fears are realized in the worst possible way when the rig's various structural and system flaws spark a catastrophic cascade of failures that would create a massive blowout and explosion that threatens them all, even as it also begins the worst environmental disaster in US history. Rotten Tomatoes: On April 20th, 2010, one of the world's largest man-made disasters occurred on the Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico. Directed by Peter Berg (Lone Survivor), this story honors the brave men and women whose heroism would save many on board, and change everyone's lives forever. 115 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  74% (3) Kung Fu Panda 3 95 min PG [Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy] [Alessandro Carloni, Jennifer Yuh Nelson] [29 Jan 2016]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 71%, Rotten Tomatoes: 86%, Metacritic: 66%, External Reviews Awards: 1 win & 10 nominations. Actors: Angelina Jolie, Bryan Cranston, Dustin Hoffman, Jack Black Writer: Jonathan Aibel, Glenn Berger External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: China, USA Plot: When Po's long-lost panda father suddenly reappears, the reunited duo travels to a secret panda paradise to meet scores of hilarious new panda characters. But when the supernatural villain Kai begins to sweep across China defeating all the kung fu masters, Po must do the impossible-learn to train a village full of his fun-loving, clumsy brethren to become the ultimate band of Kung Fu Pandas. Rotten Tomatoes: In 2016, one of the most successful animated franchises in the world returns with its biggest comedy adventure yet, KUNG FU PANDA 3. When Po's long-lost panda father suddenly reappears, the reunited duo travels to a secret panda paradise to meet scores of hilarious new panda characters. But when the supernatural villain Kai begins to sweep across China defeating all the kung fu masters, Po must do the impossible-learn to train a village full of his fun-loving, clumsy brethren to become the ultimate band of Kung Fu Pandas! (C) Fox 116 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 73% (3) Blood Father 88 min R [Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller] [Jean-François Richet] [26 Aug 2016]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 64%, Rotten Tomatoes: 89%, Metacritic: 66%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: Diego Luna, Erin Moriarty, Mel Gibson, Michael Parks Writer: Peter Craig (screenplay by), Andrea Berloff (screenplay by), Peter Craig (based upon the novel by) External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, Spanish Country: France Plot: An ex-con reunites with his estranged wayward 17-year old daughter to protect her from drug dealers who are trying to kill her. Rotten Tomatoes: BLOOD FATHER stars Mel Gibson as Link, an ex-convict who fights to protect his estranged daughter from the drug cartel that is hunting her down. In this thrilling action film, John must use his connections from his past life and his skills as an ex-criminal to keep him and his daughter alive. BLOOD FATHER also stars Erin Moriarty, Diego Luna, Michael Parks, and William H. Macy. 117 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  73% (3) Shin Godzilla 120 min Not Rated [Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi] [Hideaki Anno, Shinji Higuchi] [29 Jul 2016]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 67%, Rotten Tomatoes: 86%, Metacritic: 67%, External Reviews Awards: 13 wins & 9 nominations. Actors: Hiroki Hasegawa, Ren Osugi, Satomi Ishihara, Yutaka Takenouchi Writer: Hideaki Anno, Sean Whitley (english version) External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: Japanese, Japanese Sign Language, English, German Country: Japan Plot: An unknown accident occurs in Tokyo Bay's Aqua Line, which causes an emergency cabinet to assemble. All of the sudden, a giant creature immediately appears, destroying town after town with its landing reaching the capital. This mysterious giant monster is named 'Godzilla'. Rotten Tomatoes: Make way for the ultimate homage to one of the most enduring legends of the big screen-Godzilla! The King of the Monsters is back in Tokyo for a city-crushing crusade that speaks to the very roots of the world-renowned franchise. It's a peaceful day in Japan when a strange fountain of water erupts in the bay, causing panic to spread among government officials. At first, they suspect only volcanic activity, but one young executive dares to wonder if it may be something different... something alive. His worst nightmare comes to life when a massive, gilled monster emerges from the deep and begins tearing through the city, leaving nothing but destruction in its wake. As the government scrambles to save the citizens, a rag-tag team of volunteers cuts through a web of red tape to uncover the monster's weakness and its mysterious ties to a foreign superpower. But time is not on their side-the greatest catastrophe to ever befall the world is about to evolve right before their very eyes. 118 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 70% (3) Asura: The City of Madness 136 min Not Rated [Action, Crime] [Sung-su Kim] [14 Oct 2016]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 66%, Rotten Tomatoes: 80%, Metacritic: 64%, External Reviews Awards: 5 wins & 16 nominations. Actors: Do-won Kwak, Ji-Hoon Ju, Jung-min Hwang, Woo-sung Jung Writer: Sung-soo Kim External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: Korean Country: South Korea Plot: Detective Han (JUNG Woo-sung), who for years has been secretly doing dirty work for the corrupt mayor Park Sungbae (HWANG Jung-min), is now pressured by a ruthless prosecutor Kim Cha-in (KWAK Do-won) to cooperate in an investigation against the mayor. Feeling trapped, Han persuades his young partner Sunmo (JU Ji-hoon) to take over his work for the mayor, but things start to get tangled in unpredictable ways. As things are getting worse, only the most evil survives in this dog-eat-dog world. Rotten Tomatoes: Detective Han (Jung Woo-sung), who for years has been secretly doing dirty work for the corrupt mayor Park Sungbae (Hwang Jung-min), is now pressured by a ruthless prosecutor Kim Cha-in (Kwak Do-won) to cooperate in an investigation against the mayor. Feeling trapped, Han persuades his young partner Sunmo (Ju Ji-hoon) to take over his work for the mayor, but things start to get tangled in unpredictable ways. As things are getting worse, only the most evil survives in this dog-eat-dog world. 119 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  69% (3) Junction 48 95 min Not Rated [Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, Music, Thriller] [Udi Aloni] [05 May 2016]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 67%, Rotten Tomatoes: 78%, Metacritic: 62%, External Reviews Awards: 5 wins & 4 nominations. Actors: Saeed Dassuki, Salwa Nakkara, Samar Qupty, Tamer Nafar Writer: Oren Moverman (screenplay), Tamer Nafar (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: Arabic, Hebrew Country: Israel, Germany, USA Plot: Junction 48 is the love story of two young Palestinian hip-hop artists who use their music to fight against both the external oppression of Israeli society and the internal repression of their own crime-ridden, conservative community. It depicts a new generation of young Arabs who seek normality through their love and music - and against all odds. Rotten Tomatoes: Kareem leads an aimless life between odd jobs and hanging out with his buddies in a crime-ridden Arab ghetto of the mixed city of Lyd. A family tragedy brings him closer to his singer girlfriend, Manar, and motivates him to do something more with his life. When Kareem and his group finally get a chance to perform in a Tel Aviv hip-hop club, the star potential of the 'first Arab rapper' is quickly noticed. Although he raps 'I'm not political,' Kareem and the group use music to express their tough life as Palestinian youth. But the road to success is never easy. Kareem and his group must face violent nationalistic Jewish rappers, government-imposed gentrification and troubled drug-dealing friends. When Manar's family threatens to harm them if she performs publicly with him, the time comes for Kareem to either surrender to conservative tradition or stand up for the woman he loves, the artist he respects. 120 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 67% (3) Keanu 100 min R [Action, Comedy, Crime] [Peter Atencio] [29 Apr 2016]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 63%, Rotten Tomatoes: 77%, Metacritic: 63%, External Reviews Awards: 5 wins & 5 nominations. Actors: Jordan Peele, Keegan-Michael Key, Method Man, Tiffany Haddish Writer: Jordan Peele, Alex Rubens External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA Plot: Rell's life is changed forever when a cute kitten comes to his door, and he names it Keanu. Unfortunately, one weekend later, Keanu is abducted by persons unknown. Now Rell and his cousin, Clarence, are men on a mission to find Keanu against the odds. Unfortunately, those odds prove to be perilously high as they find Keanu in the care of the ruthless gangster, Cheddar, and he will only part with him for a price. Now for that cute kitten, these two middle class bumblers find themselves neck deep in a dangerous alien world of drugs and gang violence with only their desperate audacity, creativity and sheer dumb luck giving them a chance to survive. Rotten Tomatoes: Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele star in this comedy as two friends posing as drug dealers to get back a stolen cat. Peter Atencio directed. 121 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  66% (3) In a Valley of Violence 104 min R [Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, Western] [Ti West] [21 Oct 2016]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 60%, Rotten Tomatoes: 76%, Metacritic: 64%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: Ethan Hawke, James Ransone, John Travolta, Taissa Farmiga Writer: Ti West External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA Plot: A mysterious stranger and a random act of violence drag a town of misfits and nitwits into the bloody crosshairs of revenge. Rotten Tomatoes: A mysterious drifter named Paul (Ethan Hawke) and his dog Abbie (Jumpy) make their way towards Mexico through the barren desert of the old west. In an attempt to shorten their journey they cut through the center of a large valley - landing themselves in the forgotten town of Denton - a place now dubbed by locals as a 'valley of violence.' The once popular mining town is nearly abandoned, and controlled by a brash group of misfits and nitwits - chief among them, the seemingly untouchable, Gilly (James Ransone) who is the troublemaking son of the town's unforgiving Marshal (John Travolta). As tensions rise between Paul and Gilly, Denton's remaining residents bear witness to an inevitable act of violence that starts a disastrous chain reaction, infecting the petty lives of all involved and quickly drags the whole town into the bloody crosshairs of revenge. Mary-Anne (Taissa Farmiga) and Ellen (Karen Gillan), two bickering sisters who run the town's only hotel, try to find the good in both men, while desperately searching for their own salvation. Only the world-weary Marshal struggles to stop the violent hysteria, but after a gruesome discovery about Paul's past...there is no stopping the escalation. 122 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 66% (3) Lucha Mexico 103 min N/A [Documentary, Action, Drama] [Alex Hammond, Ian Markiewicz] [15 Jul 2016]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 73%, Rotten Tomatoes: 69%, Metacritic: 56%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: Blue Demon Jr., Jon Anderson, Matt Bloom, Perro Aguayo Jr. Writer: Ian Markiewicz, Ian Markiewicz External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Spanish Country: Mexico, USA Plot: The high-flying documentary Lucha Mexico is a journey into the vibrant world of Lucha Libre, where masked warriors fight mythological battles in the squared circle. With access to all the major Lucha promotions, directors Alex Hammond and Ian Markiewicz take you deep inside the Mexican wrestling culture, documenting its rich traditions and passionate style. At the heart of the film is second-generation luchador Shocker, the self-proclaimed '1000% Guapo' superstar who suffers a serious injury and faces the reality of life without wrestling. Featuring a cast of fan favorites such as legendary Blue Demon, Jr. the tragic Hijo Del Perro Aguayo and lovable mascot Kemonito, Lucha Mexico is a hard-hitting spectacle of high spots and low blows, and goes behind the mask into the heart of Mexico. Rotten Tomatoes: The ultimate look behind the mask, this film documents the joyous spectacle of Lucha Libre, which has thrilled fans in Mexico for generations. The film gives the audience the ultimate access to these legendary masked wrestlers, in the ring and beyond the lights of the stadium. 123 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  64% (3) Allied 124 min R [Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller, War] [Robert Zemeckis] [23 Nov 2016]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 71%, Rotten Tomatoes: 61%, Metacritic: 60%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 10 nominations. Actors: Brad Pitt, Jared Harris, Marion Cotillard, Vincent Ebrahim, Xavier de Guillebon Writer: Steven Knight External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, French, German, Arabic Country: UK, USA Plot: In the middle of World War II, in turbulent 1942, a plane flies over Morocco and drops a Royal Canadian Air Force paratrooper who comes in to land on a drop zone, somewhere in the desert dunes outside Casablanca. Just in time before anyone notices him, the fearless Wing Commander Max Vatan gets in a car and heads to the town with orders to meet Parisian Marianne Beauséjour, a skillful member of the French Resistance. On a mission to assassinate the German Ambassador in Casablanca, the two operatives must convince every one of their true feelings as a married couple, while in the background, they need to make the necessary preparations for the critical soirée. Without delay, after the success of this suicide mission, Max and Marianne flee together to England with plans on marrying and making a family, regardless of the war. Instead, heavy clouds of distrust and suspicion threaten their relationship, when Max receives a call from the Secret Service Division to inform him that his beloved wife is actually an impostor. In disbelief, with a terrible task in his hands and crushed under a devastating dilemma, Max must find the courage to seek for answers in the perilous streets of bombarded London, regardless of the outcome. In the end, amid duty and love, who shall live and who shall die? Rotten Tomatoes: The story of intelligence officer Max Vatan, who in 1942 North Africa encounters French Resistance fighter Marianne Beausejour on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. Reunited in London, their relationship is threatened by the extreme pressures of the war. 124 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 63% (3) Nerve 96 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller] [Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman] [27 Jul 2016]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 65%, Rotten Tomatoes: 67%, Metacritic: 58%, External Reviews Awards: 5 nominations. Actors: Dave Franco, Emily Meade, Emma Roberts, Miles Heizer Writer: Jessica Sharzer (screenplay by), Jeanne Ryan (based on the novel by) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA Plot: 'Nerve' is about an online dare game, in which people give participants anonymous dares for money. The participants compete with each other to win the grand prize as the dares get tougher. Things get worse when the tasks get increasingly dangerous and lives are at stake. Rotten Tomatoes: Industrious high school senior, Vee Delmonico, has had it with living life on the sidelines. When pressured by friends to join the popular online game Nerve, Vee decides to sign up for just one dare in what seems like harmless fun. But as she finds herself caught up in the thrill of the adrenaline-fueled competition partnered with a mysterious stranger, the game begins to take a sinister turn with increasingly dangerous acts, leading her into a high stakes finale that will determine her entire future. 125 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  63% (3) The Finest Hours 117 min PG-13 [Action, Drama, History, Thriller] [Craig Gillespie] [29 Jan 2016]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 68%, Rotten Tomatoes: 64%, Metacritic: 58%, External Reviews Awards: 2 wins. Actors: Ben Foster, Casey Affleck, Chris Pine, Eric Bana Writer: Scott Silver (screenplay), Paul Tamasy (screenplay), Eric Johnson (screenplay), Casey Sherman (book), Michael J. Tougias (book) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA Plot: In February of 1952, one of the worst storms to ever hit the East Coast struck New England, damaging an oil tanker off the coast of Cape Cod and literally ripping it in half. On a small lifeboat faced with frigid temperatures and 70-foot high waves, four members of the Coast Guard set out to rescue more than 30 stranded sailors trapped aboard the rapidly-sinking vessel. Rotten Tomatoes: Casey Sherman and Michael J. Tougias' book detailing a daring 1952 Coast Guard rescue off the New England seaboard comes to the screen in this Disney film produced by Jim Whitaker (Take Me Home Tonight, The Odd Life of Timothy Green). James Tamasy and Eric Johnson team to pen the screenplay. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi 126 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 89% (3) Mad Max: Fury Road 120 min R [Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller] [George Miller] [15 May 2015]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 81%, Rotten Tomatoes: 97%, Metacritic: 90%, External Reviews Awards: Won 6 Oscars. Another 232 wins & 219 nominations. Actors: Charlize Theron, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Nicholas Hoult, Tom Hardy Writer: George Miller, Brendan McCarthy, Nick Lathouris External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Russian Country: Australia, USA Plot: An apocalyptic story set in the furthest reaches of our planet, in a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, and almost everyone is crazed fighting for the necessities of life. Within this world exist two rebels on the run who just might be able to restore order. There's Max, a man of action and a man of few words, who seeks peace of mind following the loss of his wife and child in the aftermath of the chaos. And Furiosa, a woman of action and a woman who believes her path to survival may be achieved if she can make it across the desert back to her childhood homeland. Rotten Tomatoes: Filmmaker George Miller gears up for another post-apocalyptic action adventure with Fury Road, the fourth outing in the Mad Max film series. Charlize Theron stars alongside Tom Hardy (Bronson), with Zoe Kravitz, Adelaide Clemens, and Rosie Huntington Whiteley heading up the supporting cast. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, Rovi 127 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  84% (3) Star Wars: The Force Awakens 136 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi] [J.J. Abrams] [18 Dec 2015]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 80%, Rotten Tomatoes: 92%, Metacritic: 81%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 5 Oscars. Another 57 wins & 123 nominations. Actors: Adam Driver, Carrie Fisher, Daisy Ridley, Harrison Ford, John Boyega, Mark Hamill, Oscar Isaac Writer: Lawrence Kasdan, J.J. Abrams, Michael Arndt, George Lucas (based on characters created by) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA Plot: 30 years after the defeat of Darth Vader and the Empire, Rey, a scavenger from the planet Jakku, finds a BB-8 droid that knows the whereabouts of the long lost Luke Skywalker. Rey, as well as a rogue stormtrooper and two smugglers, are thrown into the middle of a battle between the Resistance and the daunting legions of the First Order. Rotten Tomatoes: The Star Wars saga continues with this seventh entry -- the first under the Walt Disney Co. umbrella. The film will act as the start of a new trilogy set after the events of Return of the Jedi. J.J. Abrams directs from a script by Michael Arndt. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, Rovi 128 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 83% (3) Sicario 121 min R [Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller] [Denis Villeneuve] [02 Oct 2015]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 76%, Rotten Tomatoes: 92%, Metacritic: 82%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 15 wins & 150 nominations. Actors: Benicio Del Toro, Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin, Victor Garber Writer: Taylor Sheridan External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Spanish Country: USA, Mexico Plot: When drug violence worsens on the USA Mexico border, the FBI sends an idealistic agent, Kate Macer (Emily Blunt) on a mission to eradicate a drug cartel responsible for a bomb that had killed members of her team. Rotten Tomatoes: In the lawless border area stretching between the U.S. and Mexico, an idealistic FBI agent [Emily Blunt] is enlisted by an elite government task force official [Josh Brolin] to aid in the escalating war against drugs. Led by an enigmatic consultant with a questionable past [Benicio Del Toro], the team sets out on a clandestine journey forcing Kate to question everything that she believes in order to survive. (C) Lionsgate 129 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  81% (3) Meru 90 min R [Documentary, Action, Adventure, Sport] [Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi] [14 Aug 2015]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 77%, Rotten Tomatoes: 89%, Metacritic: 77%, External Reviews Awards: 4 wins & 14 nominations. Actors: Amee Hinkley, Conrad Anker, Grace Chin, Jimmy Chin Writer: N/A External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA, India Plot: Three elite climbers struggle to find their way through obsession and loss as they attempt to climb Mount Meru, one of the most coveted prizes in the high stakes game of Himalayan big wall climbing. Rotten Tomatoes: In the high-stakes pursuit of big-wall climbing, the Shark's Fin on Mount Meru may be the ultimate prize. Sitting 21,000 feet above the sacred Ganges River in Northern India, the mountain's perversely stacked obstacles make it both a nightmare and an irresistible calling for some of the world's toughest climbers. In October 2008, renowned alpinists Conrad Anker, Jimmy Chin and Renan Ozturk arrived in India to tackle Meru. Their planned seven-day trip quickly declined into a 20-day odyssey in sub-zero temperatures with depleting food rations. Despite making it to within 100 meters of the elusive summit, their journey, like everyone before them, was not a successful one. Heartbroken and defeated, the trio returned to their everyday lives, where the siren song of Meru continued to beckon. By September 2011, Anker had convinced his two lifelong friends to undertake the Shark's Fin once more, under even more extraordinary circumstances than their first attempt. MERU is the story of that journey, an expedition through nature's harshest elements and one's complicated inner demons, and ultimately on to impossible new heights. (C) Music Box Films 130 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 80% (3) Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation 131 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Thriller] [Christopher McQuarrie] [31 Jul 2015]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 74%, Rotten Tomatoes: 93%, Metacritic: 75%, External Reviews Awards: 6 wins & 23 nominations. Actors: Jeremy Renner, Rebecca Ferguson, Simon Pegg, Tom Cruise Writer: Christopher McQuarrie (screenplay), Christopher McQuarrie (story), Drew Pearce (story), Bruce Geller (television series) External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Swedish, German Country: USA, China, Hong Kong, Austria Plot: CIA chief Hunley (Baldwin) convinces a Senate committee to disband the IMF (Impossible Mission Force), of which Ethan Hunt (Cruise) is a key member. Hunley argues that the IMF is too reckless. Now on his own, Hunt goes after a shadowy and deadly rogue organization called the Syndicate. Rotten Tomatoes: With the IMF disbanded, and Ethan (Tom Cruise) out in the cold, the team now faces off against a network of highly skilled special agents, the Syndicate. These highly trained operatives are hellbent on creating a new world order through an escalating series of terrorist attacks. Ethan gathers his team and joins forces with disavowed British agent Ilsa Faust (Rebecca Ferguson), who may or may not be a member of this rogue nation, as the group faces their most impossible mission yet. 131 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  79% (3) Spy 119 min R [Action, Comedy, Crime] [Paul Feig] [05 Jun 2015]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 70%, Rotten Tomatoes: 94%, Metacritic: 75%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 6 wins & 27 nominations. Actors: Jessica Chaffin, Jude Law, Melissa McCarthy, Raad Rawi, Rose Byrne Writer: Paul Feig External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, French, Italian, German Country: USA Plot: Susan Cooper is an unassuming, deskbound CIA analyst, and the unsung hero behind the Agency's most dangerous missions. But when her partner falls off the grid and another top agent is compromised, she volunteers to go deep undercover to infiltrate the world of a deadly arms dealer, and prevent a global crisis. Rotten Tomatoes: Susan Cooper (Melissa McCarthy) is an unassuming, deskbound CIA analyst, and the unsung hero behind the Agency's most dangerous missions. But when her partner (Jude Law) falls off the grid and another top agent (Jason Statham) is compromised, she volunteers to go deep undercover to infiltrate the world of a deadly arms dealer, and prevent a global disaster. (C) Fox 132 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 74% (3) The Assassin 105 min Not Rated [Action, Drama, History] [Hsiao-Hsien Hou] [27 Aug 2015]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 63%, Rotten Tomatoes: 81%, Metacritic: 80%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 30 wins & 61 nominations. Actors: Chen Chang, Qi Shu, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Yun Zhou Writer: Cheng Ah (screenplay), T'ien-wen Chu (screenwriter), Hsiao-Hsien Hou (screenplay), Hai-Meng Hsieh (screenplay), Xing Pei (short story) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: Mandarin Country: Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, France Plot: In 8th century China, 10-year-old general's daughter Nie Yinniang is handed over to a nun who initiates her into the martial arts, transforming her into an exceptional assassin charged with eliminating cruel and corrupt local governors. One day, having failed in a task, she is sent back by her mistress to the land of her birth, with orders to kill the man to whom she was betrothed - a cousin who now leads the largest independent military region in North China. After 13 years of exile, the young woman must confront her parents, her memories and her long-repressed feelings. A slave to the orders of her mistress, Nie Yinniang must choose: sacrifice the man she loves or break forever with the sacred way of the righteous assassins. Rotten Tomatoes: A female assassin is ordered to take out a nobleman she was previously engaged to. Directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien. 133 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  73% (3) Ant-Man 117 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi] [Peyton Reed] [17 Jul 2015]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 73%, Rotten Tomatoes: 82%, Metacritic: 64%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 3 wins & 32 nominations. Actors: Corey Stoll, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Douglas, Paul Rudd Writer: Edgar Wright (screenplay by), Joe Cornish (screenplay by), Adam McKay (screenplay by), Paul Rudd (screenplay by), Edgar Wright (story by), Joe Cornish (story by), Stan Lee (based on the Marvel comics by), Larry Lieber (based on the Marvel comics by), Jack Kirby (based on the Marvel comics by) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA Plot: Armed with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, con-man Scott Lang must embrace his inner-hero and help his mentor, Dr. Hank Pym, protect the secret behind his spectacular Ant-Man suit from a new generation of towering threats. Against seemingly insurmountable obstacles, Pym and Lang must plan and pull off a heist that will save the world. Rotten Tomatoes: The next evolution of the Marvel Cinematic Universe brings a founding member of The Avengers to the big screen for the first time with Marvel Studios' 'Ant-Man.' Armed with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, master thief Scott Lang must embrace his inner-hero and help his mentor, Dr. Hank Pym, protect the secret behind his spectacular Ant-Man suit from a new generation of towering threats. Against seemingly insurmountable obstacles, Pym and Lang must plan and pull off a heist that will save the world. -- (C) Marvel 134 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 73% (3) Furious 7 137 min PG-13 [Action, Crime, Thriller] [James Wan] [03 Apr 2015]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 72%, Rotten Tomatoes: 81%, Metacritic: 67%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 28 wins & 31 nominations. Actors: Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham, Michelle Rodriguez, Paul Walker, Vin Diesel Writer: Chris Morgan, Gary Scott Thompson (characters) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Thai, Arabic, Spanish Country: USA, China, Japan, Canada, United Arab Emirates Plot: Dominic and his crew thought they'd left the criminal mercenary life behind. They'd defeated international terrorist Owen Shaw and went their separate ways. But now, Shaw's brother, Deckard Shaw, is out killing the crew one by one for revenge. Worse, a Somalian terrorist called Jakarde and a shady government official called 'Mr. Nobody' are both competing to steal a computer terrorism program called 'God's Eye,' that can turn any technological device into a weapon. Torretto must reconvene with his team to stop Shaw and retrieve the God's Eye program while caught in a power struggle between the terrorist and the United States government. Rotten Tomatoes: Continuing the global exploits in the unstoppable franchise built on speed, Vin Diesel, Paul Walker and Dwayne Johnson lead the returning cast of Fast & Furious 7. James Wan directs this chapter of the hugely successful series that also welcomes back favorites Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, Tyrese Gibson, Chris 'Ludacris' Bridges, Elsa Pataky and Lucas Black. They are joined by international action stars new to the franchise including Jason Statham, Djimon Hounsou, Tony Jaa, Ronda Rousey and Kurt Russell. 135 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  72% (3) American Sniper 133 min R [Action, Biography, Drama, War] [Clint Eastwood] [16 Jan 2015]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 73%, Rotten Tomatoes: 72%, Metacritic: 72%, External Reviews Awards: Won 1 Oscar. Another 23 wins & 42 nominations. Actors: Ben Reed, Bradley Cooper, Cole Konis, Kyle Gallner, Sienna Miller Writer: Jason Hall, Chris Kyle (book), Scott McEwen (book), Jim DeFelice (book) External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Arabic Country: USA Plot: Chris Kyle was nothing more than a Texan man who dreamed of becoming a cowboy, but in his thirties he found out that maybe his life needed something different, something where he could express his real talent, something that could help America in its fight against terrorism. So he joined the SEALs in order to become a sniper. After marrying, Kyle and the other members of the team are called for their first tour of Iraq. Kyle's struggle isn't with his missions, but about his relationship with the reality of the war and, once returned at home, how he manages to handle it with his urban life, his wife and kids. Rotten Tomatoes: From director Clint Eastwood comes 'American Sniper,' starring Bradley Cooper as Chris Kyle, the most lethal sniper in U.S. military history. But there was much more to this true American hero than his skill with a rifle. U.S. Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle is sent to Iraq with only one mission: to protect his brothers-in-arms. His pinpoint accuracy saves countless lives on the battlefield and, as stories of his courageous exploits spread, he earns the nickname 'Legend.' However, his reputation is also growing behind enemy lines, putting a price on his head and making him a prime target of insurgents. Despite the danger, as well as the toll on his family at home, Chris serves through four harrowing tours of duty in Iraq, becoming emblematic of the SEAL creed to 'leave no man behind.' But upon returning home, Chris finds that it is the war he can't leave behind. (C) Warner Bros 136 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 71% (3) The Connection 135 min R [Action, Crime, Thriller] [Cédric Jimenez] [15 May 2015]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 71%, Rotten Tomatoes: 77%, Metacritic: 67%, External Reviews Awards: 2 wins & 5 nominations. Actors: Céline Sallette, Gilles Lellouche, Jean Dujardin, Mélanie Doutey Writer: Audrey Diwan (screenplay), Cédric Jimenez (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: French, Italian, English Country: France, Belgium Plot: A French police magistrate spends years trying to take down one of the country's most powerful drug rings. Rotten Tomatoes: Directed and co-written by Cédric Jimenez, THE CONNECTION was entirely shot on 35 mm and is the European flipside to William Friedkin's The French Connection. A stylish, 70's-period crime thriller inspired by true events, it tells the story of real-life Marseilles magistrate Pierre Michel (Jean Dujardin) and his relentless crusade to dismantle the most notorious drug smuggling operation in history: the French Connection. In his crosshairs is charismatic and wealthy kingpin, Gatean 'Tany' Zampa (Gilles Lellouche), who runs the largest underground heroin trade into the States. Though the fearless and tenacious Michel, aided by a task force of elite cops, will stop at nothing--including boldly orchestrated drug raids, devastating arrests, and exacting interrogations--to ensure the crime ring's demise, Zampa's 'La French' always seems one step ahead. As La French mounts its retaliation, Michel will be forced to make the most difficult decision of his life: to continue waging his war, or ensure his family's safety, before it's too late. (C) Drafthouse 137 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  71% (3) Avengers: Age of Ultron 141 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi] [Joss Whedon] [01 May 2015]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 74%, Rotten Tomatoes: 75%, Metacritic: 66%, External Reviews Awards: 7 wins & 45 nominations. Actors: Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr. Writer: Joss Whedon, Stan Lee (based on the Marvel comics by), Jack Kirby (based on the Marvel comics by), Joe Simon (character created by: Captain America), Jack Kirby (character created by: Captain America), Jim Starlin (character created by: Thanos) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Korean Country: USA Plot: Tony Stark creates the Ultron Program to protect the world, but when the peacekeeping program becomes hostile, The Avengers go into action to try and defeat a virtually impossible enemy together. Earth's mightiest heroes must come together once again to protect the world from global extinction. Rotten Tomatoes: When Tony Stark jumpstarts a dormant peacekeeping program, things go awry and Earth's Mightiest Heroes, including Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, The Incredible Hulk, Black Widow and Hawkeye, are put to the ultimate test as they battle to save the planet from destruction at the hands of the villainous Ultron. 138 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 70% (3) Kingsman: The Secret Service 129 min R [Action, Adventure, Comedy, Thriller] [Matthew Vaughn] [13 Feb 2015]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 77%, Rotten Tomatoes: 74%, Metacritic: 60%, External Reviews Awards: 8 wins & 26 nominations. Actors: Adrian Quinton, Colin Firth, Jonno Davies, Mark Strong, Samuel L. Jackson, Taron Egerton Writer: Jane Goldman (screenplay by), Matthew Vaughn (screenplay by), Mark Millar (based on the comic book 'The Secret Service' by), Dave Gibbons (based on the comic book 'The Secret Service' by) External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Arabic, Swedish Country: UK, USA Plot: A young man named Eggsy whose father died when he was a young boy, is dealing with living with the creep his mother is with now, who mistreats her and him. He goes out and does something to one of the creep's friends. He gets arrested and he calls a number a man gave him around the time his father died, to call if he needs help. A man named Harry approaches him and tells him he's the one who helped him. He tells him that he knew his father. When the man Eggsy slighted wants some payback, Harry takes care of him and his companions single handed. Harry then tells Eggsy that he's part of a secret organization called the Kingsman and his father was also part of it. He died trying to make the world safe. Harry offers Eggsy the opportunity to be a Kingsman and he takes it. He undergoes a grueling training course. Harry is looking into the demise of another Kingsman and the trail leads him to tech billionaire named Valentine aka V who is also curious about the group following him, the Kingsman. Rotten Tomatoes: Based upon the acclaimed comic book and directed by Matthew Vaughn (Kick Ass, X-Men First Class), Kingsman: The Secret Service tells the story of a super-secret spy organization that recruits an unrefined but promising street kid into the agency's ultra-competitive training program just as a global threat emerges from a twisted tech genius. (c) Fox 139 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  69% (3) Heneral Luna 118 min R [Action, Biography, History, War] [Jerrold Tarog] [30 Oct 2015]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 78%, Rotten Tomatoes: 71%, Metacritic: 58%, External Reviews Awards: 17 wins & 19 nominations. Actors: Arron Villaflor, Jeffrey Quizon, John Arcilla, Mon Confiado Writer: Henry Francia, E.A. Rocha, Jerrold Tarog External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: Filipino, Tagalog, English, Spanish Country: Philippines Plot: Set during the Philippine-American war, Heneral Luna follows the life of one of Philippine History's most brilliant soldier, General Antonio Luna, as he tries to lead his countrymen against colonial masters new and old, and to rise above their own raging disputes to fulfill the promise of the Philippine Revolution. Rotten Tomatoes: Set during the Philippine-American war, Heneral Luna follows the life of one of Philippine history's most brilliant military men, General Antonio Luna, as he tries to lead his countrymen against colonial masters new and old, and to rise above their own raging disputes to fulfill the promise of the Philippine Revolution. 140 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 69% (3) Everest 121 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, Thriller] [Baltasar Kormákur] [25 Sep 2015]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 71%, Rotten Tomatoes: 73%, Metacritic: 64%, External Reviews Awards: 7 nominations. Actors: Ang Phula Sherpa, Jason Clarke, Martin Henderson, Thomas M. Wright Writer: William Nicholson (screenplay), Simon Beaufoy (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, Russian Country: UK, USA, Iceland Plot: On the morning of May 10, 1996, climbers from two commercial expeditions start their final ascent toward the summit of Mount Everest, the highest point on Earth. With little warning, a violent storm strikes the mountain, engulfing the adventurers in one of the fiercest blizzards ever encountered by man. Challenged by the harshest conditions imaginable, the teams must endure blistering winds and freezing temperatures in an epic battle to survive against nearly impossible odds. Rotten Tomatoes: 2 Guns helmer Baltasar Kormakur directs Jake Gyllenhaal, Josh Brolin, Jason Clarke, and John Hawkes in this adventure docudrama set in 1996, when a number of simultaneous expeditions up Mount Everest resulted in the deaths of eight climbers. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi 141 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  67% (3) The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 137 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller] [Francis Lawrence] [20 Nov 2015]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 66%, Rotten Tomatoes: 70%, Metacritic: 65%, External Reviews Awards: 17 wins & 34 nominations. Actors: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson Writer: Peter Craig (screenplay), Danny Strong (screenplay), Suzanne Collins (adaptation), Suzanne Collins (novel) External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: Germany, USA Plot: After young Katniss Everdeen agrees to be the symbol of rebellion, the Mockingjay, she tries to return Peeta to his normal state, tries to get to the Capitol, and tries to deal with the battles coming her way...but all for her main goal: assassinating President Snow and returning peace to the Districts of Panem. As her squad starts to get smaller and smaller, will she make it to the Capitol? Will she get revenge on Snow or will her target change? Will she be with her 'Star-Crossed Lover,' Peeta, or her long-time friend, Gale? Deaths, bombs, bow and arrows, a love triangle, hope... What will happen? Rotten Tomatoes: The second half of Suzanne Collins' final Hunger Games book is adapted in this Lionsgate production. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, Rovi 142 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 67% (3) Jurassic World 124 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi] [Colin Trevorrow] [12 Jun 2015]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 70%, Rotten Tomatoes: 72%, Metacritic: 59%, External Reviews Awards: 14 wins & 57 nominations. Actors: Bryce Dallas Howard, Chris Pratt, Irrfan Khan, Ty Simpkins, Vincent D'Onofrio Writer: Rick Jaffa (screenplay by), Amanda Silver (screenplay by), Colin Trevorrow (screenplay by), Derek Connolly (screenplay by), Rick Jaffa (story by), Amanda Silver (story by), Michael Crichton (based on the characters created by) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA Plot: 22 years after the original Jurassic Park failed, the new park (also known as Jurassic World) is open for business. After years of studying genetics the scientists on the park genetically engineer a new breed of dinosaur. When everything goes horribly wrong, will our heroes make it off the island? Rotten Tomatoes: Steven Spielberg returns to executive produce the long-awaited next installment of his groundbreaking Jurassic Park series, Jurassic World. Colin Trevorrow directs the epic action-adventure based on characters created by Michael Crichton. The screenplay is by Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silver and Derek Connolly & Trevorrow, and the story is by Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silver. Frank Marshall and Patrick Crowley join the team as producers. (C) Universal 143 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  67% (3) Kung Fu Jungle 100 min Not Rated [Action, Drama] [Teddy Chan] [24 Apr 2015]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 65%, Rotten Tomatoes: 72%, Metacritic: 66%, External Reviews Awards: 3 wins & 12 nominations. Actors: Baoqiang Wang, Bing Bai, Charlie Yeung, Donnie Yen Writer: Teddy Chan (original story), Ho Leung Lau (original story), Ho Leung Lau (screenplay), Tin Shu Mak (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: Cantonese, Mandarin Country: China, Hong Kong Plot: A vicious killer named Fung goes around Hong Kong killing top martial arts exponents and leaving a secret weapon called the Moonshadow as his calling card. When a convicted killer and kung fu expert named Ha - formerly working as a martial arts instructor before accidentally killing a man and being imprisoned and convicted for the crime he didn't intend to do - hears of this, he offers to help the police catch the killer in return for his freedom. With Ha's help, the police realize from the chronological order of the victims that the killer is targeting his victims, all top masters in their respective martial arts style, and following a martial code of training. After a close encounter with Fung, Ha suddenly disappears and the police begin to suspect the worse: that the two are accomplices and Fung was the bait to help spring Ha from jail. But Ha has actually gone back to his home in Foshan to find out more about the mysterious calling card. While doing so, he discovers the killer's identity and his motivation: the true philosophy behind Fung's martial arts is to kill opponents who are weaker than him. Steadfastly, Ha refuses to be drawn into a fight with Fung - until the killer threatens the woman he loves most. Only then does he realize that he would have to go against the martial code in order to uphold it. Rotten Tomatoes: A vicious killer, Feng, is going round Hong Kong killing top martial arts exponents, leaving a secret weapon called the Moonshadow as his calling card. When convicted killer and kung fu expert, Xia, hears of this, he offers to help the police catch the killer, in return for his freedom. Despite their misgivings, the police release the former police martial arts instructor into their custody. With his help, they realize from the chronological order of the victims that the killer is targeting his victims, all the top masters in their martial arts style, following a martial code of training. When Xia also disappears after a close encounter with Feng, they suspect the worse: that the two are accomplices and Feng was the bait to help spring Xia from jail. But Xia has actually gone back to his home in Foshan to find out more about the mysterious calling card. While doing so, he discovers the killer's identity and his motivation: the true philosophy behind martial arts was to kill opponents who were weaker than him. Steadfastly, Xia refuses to be drawn into a fight with Feng - until the killer threatens the women he loves most. Only then does he realize that he would have to go against the martial code in order to uphold it. 144 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 65% (3) The Man from U.N.C.L.E. 116 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Comedy] [Guy Ritchie] [14 Aug 2015]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 73%, Rotten Tomatoes: 66%, Metacritic: 56%, External Reviews Awards: 7 wins & 5 nominations. Actors: Alicia Vikander, Armie Hammer, Elizabeth Debicki, Henry Cavill Writer: Guy Ritchie (screenplay by), Lionel Wigram (screenplay by), Jeff Kleeman (story by), David C. Wilson (story by), Guy Ritchie (story by), Lionel Wigram (story by), Sam Rolfe (based on the television series created by) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Russian, German, Italian Country: USA, UK Plot: In the 1960s with the Cold War in play, CIA agent Napoleon Solo successfully helps Gaby Teller defect to West Germany despite the intimidating opposition of KGB agent Illya Kuryakin. Later, all three unexpectedly find themselves working together in a joint mission to stop a private criminal organization from using Gaby's father's scientific expertise to construct their own nuclear bomb. Through clenched teeth and stylish poise, all three must find a way to cooperate for the sake of world peace, even as they each pursue their own agendas. Rotten Tomatoes: Henry Cavill ('Man of Steel') stars as Napoleon Solo opposite Armie Hammer ('The Social Network') as Illya Kuryakin in director Guy Ritchie's 'The Man from U.N.C.L.E.,' a fresh take on the hugely popular 1960s television series. Set against the backdrop of the early 1960s, at the height of the Cold War, 'The Man from U.N.C.L.E.' centers on CIA agent Solo and KGB agent Kuryakin. Forced to put aside longstanding hostilities, the two team up on a joint mission to stop a mysterious international criminal organization, which is bent on destabilizing the fragile balance of power through the proliferation of nuclear weapons and technology. The duo's only lead is the daughter of a vanished German scientist, who is the key to infiltrating the criminal organization, and they must race against time to find him and prevent a worldwide catastrophe. 'The Man from U.N.C.L.E' also stars Alicia Vikander ('Anna Karenina'), Elizabeth Debicki ('The Great Gatsby'), with Jared Harris ('Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows'), and Hugh Grant as Waverly. The screenplay was written by Guy Ritchie & Lionel Wigram, who previously collaborated on re-imagining the classic detective Sherlock Holmes in two hit films. The story is by Jeff Kleeman & David Campbell Wilson and Guy Ritchie & Lionel Wigram, based on the television series 'The Man from U.N.C.L.E.' John Davis ('Chronicle'), Steve Clark-Hall ('RocknRolla,' the 'Sherlock Holmes' films), Wigram and Ritchie produced the film, with David Dobkin serving as executive producer. Ritchie's behind-the-scenes creative team included two-time Oscar (R)-nominated director of photography John Mathieson ('The Phantom of the Opera,' 'Gladiator'), production designer Oliver Scholl ('Jumper,' 'Edge of Tomorrow'), editor James Herbert (the 'Sherlock Holmes' films, 'Edge of Tomorrow'), and Oscar (R)-nominated costume designer Joanna Johnston ('Lincoln'). The music is composed by Daniel Pemberton ('The Counselor').(c) Warner Bros 145 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  64% (3) Spectre 148 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Thriller] [Sam Mendes] [06 Nov 2015]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 68%, Rotten Tomatoes: 64%, Metacritic: 60%, External Reviews Awards: Won 1 Oscar. Another 7 wins & 32 nominations. Actors: Christoph Waltz, Daniel Craig, Léa Seydoux, Ralph Fiennes Writer: John Logan (screenplay by), Neal Purvis (screenplay by), Robert Wade (screenplay by), Jez Butterworth (screenplay by), John Logan (story by), Neal Purvis (story by), Robert Wade (story by), Ian Fleming (based on characters created by) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Spanish, Italian, German, French Country: UK, USA Plot: A cryptic message from the past sends James Bond on a rogue mission to Mexico City and eventually Rome, where he meets Lucia, the beautiful and forbidden widow of an infamous criminal. Bond infiltrates a secret meeting and uncovers the existence of the sinister organisation known as SPECTRE. Meanwhile back in London, Max Denbigh, the new head of the Centre of National Security, questions Bond's actions and challenges the relevance of MI6 led by M. Bond covertly enlists Moneypenny and Q to help him seek out Madeleine Swann, the daughter of his old nemesis Mr White, who may hold the clue to untangling the web of SPECTRE. As the daughter of the assassin, she understands Bond in a way most others cannot. As Bond ventures towards the heart of SPECTRE, he learns a chilling connection between himself and the enemy he seeks. Rotten Tomatoes: A cryptic message from Bond's past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organisation. While M battles political forces to keep the secret service alive, Bond peels back the layers of deceit to reveal the terrible truth behind Spectre. 146 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 85% (3) The Lego Movie 100 min PG [Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy] [Phil Lord, Christopher Miller] [07 Feb 2014]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 78%, Rotten Tomatoes: 95%, Metacritic: 83%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 73 wins & 61 nominations. Actors: Alison Brie, Chris Pratt, Craig Berry, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett, Will Ferrell Writer: Phil Lord (screenplay), Christopher Miller (screenplay), Dan Hageman (story), Kevin Hageman (story), Phil Lord (story), Christopher Miller (story), Ole Kirk Christiansen (based on LEGO Construction Toys created by), Godtfred Kirk Christiansen (based on LEGO Construction Toys created by), Jens Nygaard Knudsen (based on LEGO Construction Toys created by), Peter Laird (characters created by: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Kevin Eastman (characters created by: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Turkish Country: USA, Denmark, Australia Plot: The LEGO Movie is a 3D animated film which follows lead character, Emmet a completely ordinary LEGO mini-figure who is identified as the most 'extraordinary person' and the key to saving the Lego universe. Emmet and his friends go on an epic journey to stop the evil tyrant, Lord Business. Rotten Tomatoes: 'The LEGO (R) Movie' is the first-ever, full-length theatrical LEGO (R) adventure. The original 3D computer animated story follows Emmet (Chris Pratt) an ordinary, rules- following, perfectly average LEGO minifigure who is mistakenly identified as the most extraordinary person and the key to saving the world. He is drafted into a fellowship of strangers on an epic quest to stop an evil tyrant, a journey for which Emmet is hopelessly and hilariously underprepared. (c) Warner Bros 147 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  83% (3) '71 99 min R [Action, Drama, Thriller, War] [Yann Demange] [10 Oct 2014]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 72%, Rotten Tomatoes: 95%, Metacritic: 83%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 12 wins & 25 nominations. Actors: Adam Nagaitis, Jack Lowden, Jack O'Connell, Paul Popplewell, Sam Reid, Sean Harris Writer: Gregory Burke External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: UK Plot: A young British soldier is accidentally abandoned by his unit following a terrifying riot on the streets of Belfast in 1971. Unable to tell friend from foe, the raw recruit must survive the night alone and find his way to safety through a disorienting, alien and deadly landscape. Rotten Tomatoes: '71 takes place over a single night in the life of a young British soldier (Jack O'Connell) accidentally abandoned by his unit following a riot on the streets of Belfast in 1971. Unable to tell friend from foe, and increasingly wary of his own comrades, he must survive the night alone and find his way to safety through a disorientating, alien and deadly landscape. (C) Roadside Attractions 148 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 82% (3) Guardians of the Galaxy 121 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi] [James Gunn] [01 Aug 2014]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 81%, Rotten Tomatoes: 91%, Metacritic: 76%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 52 wins & 99 nominations. Actors: Bradley Cooper, Chris Pratt, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel, Zoe Saldana Writer: James Gunn, Nicole Perlman, Dan Abnett (based on the Marvel comics by), Andy Lanning (based on the Marvel comics by), Bill Mantlo (character created by: Rocket Raccoon), Keith Giffen (character created by: Rocket Raccoon), Jim Starlin (characters created by: Drax the Destroyer, Gamora & Thanos), Steve Englehart (character created by: Star-Lord), Steve Gan (character created by: Star-Lord), Steve Gerber (character created by: Howard the Duck), Val Mayerik (character created by: Howard the Duck) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA Plot: After stealing a mysterious orb in the far reaches of outer space, Peter Quill from Earth, is now the main target of a manhunt led by the villain known as Ronan the Accuser. To help fight Ronan and his team and save the galaxy from his power, Quill creates a team of space heroes known as the 'Guardians of the Galaxy' to save the world. Rotten Tomatoes: From Marvel, the studio that brought you the global blockbuster franchises of Iron Man, Thor, Captain America and The Avengers, comes a new team-the Guardians of the Galaxy. An action-packed, epic space adventure, Marvel's 'Guardians of the Galaxy' expands the Marvel Cinematic Universe into the cosmos, where brash adventurer Peter Quill finds himself the object of an unrelenting bounty hunt after stealing a mysterious orb coveted by Ronan, a powerful villain with ambitions that threaten the entire universe. To evade the ever-persistent Ronan, Quill is forced into an uneasy truce with a quartet of disparate misfits-Rocket, a gun-toting raccoon, Groot, a tree-like humanoid, the deadly and enigmatic Gamora and the revenge-driven Drax the Destroyer. But when Quill discovers the true power of the orb and the menace it poses to the cosmos, he must do his best to rally his ragtag rivals for a last, desperate stand-with the galaxy's fate in the balance. (C) Walt Disney 149 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  82% (3) How to Train Your Dragon 2 102 min PG [Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy] [Dean DeBlois] [13 Jun 2014]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 78%, Rotten Tomatoes: 92%, Metacritic: 76%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 14 wins & 60 nominations. Actors: Cate Blanchett, Craig Ferguson, Gerard Butler, Jay Baruchel Writer: Dean DeBlois, Cressida Cowell (based upon the 'How to Train Your Dragon' book series by) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA Plot: It's been five years since Hiccup and Toothless successfully united dragons and vikings on the island of Berk. While Astrid, Snotlout and the rest of the gang are challenging each other to dragon races (the island's new favorite contact sport), the now inseparable pair journey through the skies, charting unmapped territories and exploring new worlds. When one of their adventures leads to the discovery of a secret ice cave that is home to hundreds of new wild dragons and the mysterious Dragon Rider, the two friends find themselves at the center of a battle to protect the peace. Now, Hiccup and Toothless must unite to stand up for what they believe while recognizing that only together do they have the power to change the future of both men and dragons. Rotten Tomatoes: The thrilling second chapter of the epic HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON trilogy returns to the fantastical world of the heroic Viking Hiccup and his faithful dragon Toothless. The inseparable duo must protect the peace - and save the future of men and dragons from the power-hungry Drago. 150 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 81% (3) Dawn of the Planet of the Apes 130 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi] [Matt Reeves] [11 Jul 2014]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 76%, Rotten Tomatoes: 90%, Metacritic: 79%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 16 wins & 47 nominations. Actors: Andy Serkis, Gary Oldman, Jason Clarke, Keri Russell Writer: Mark Bomback, Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver, Rick Jaffa (based on characters created by), Amanda Silver (based on characters created by) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, American Sign Language Country: USA, UK, Canada Plot: A growing nation of genetically evolved apes led by Caesar is threatened by a band of human survivors of the devastating virus unleashed a decade earlier. They reach a fragile peace, but it proves short-lived, as both sides are brought to the brink of a war that will determine who will emerge as Earth's dominant species. Rotten Tomatoes: A growing nation of genetically evolved apes led by Caesar is threatened by a band of human survivors of the devastating virus unleashed a decade earlier. They reach a fragile peace, but it proves short-lived, as both sides are brought to the brink of a war that will determine who will emerge as Earth's dominant species. (c) Fox 151 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  81% (3) X-Men: Days of Future Past 132 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller] [Bryan Singer] [23 May 2014]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 80%, Rotten Tomatoes: 90%, Metacritic: 75%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 15 wins & 47 nominations. Actors: Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellen, James McAvoy, Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Fassbender, Patrick Stewart Writer: Simon Kinberg (screenplay by), Jane Goldman (story by), Simon Kinberg (story by), Matthew Vaughn (story by) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Vietnamese, French Country: USA, UK, Canada Plot: In the future, the mutants and the humans that help them are slaughtered by powerful robots named Sentinels. Professor Xavier, Wolverine, Magneto, Storm, Kitty Pryde and her friends meet at a monastery in China and Xavier explains that the invincible Sentinels were created using the DNA of Mystique that was captured in 1973 when she tried to assassinate their creator Dr. Bolivar Trask. Xavier tells that their only chance is return to 1973 using Pryde's ability to join Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr to convince Mystique to give up of her intention. . However, only Wolverine can withstand the damages of the time travel. Will he succeed in stopping Mystique and the Sentinel Program and save the mutants and their human friends from annihilation? Rotten Tomatoes: The ultimate X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods in X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST. The beloved characters from the original 'X-Men' film trilogy join forces with their younger selves from the past, 'X-Men: First Class,' in order to change a major historical event and fight in an epic battle that could save our future. (c) Fox 152 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 80% (3) Big Hero 6 102 min PG [Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Sci-Fi] [Don Hall, Chris Williams] [07 Nov 2014]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 78%, Rotten Tomatoes: 89%, Metacritic: 74%, External Reviews Awards: Won 1 Oscar. Another 16 wins & 57 nominations. Actors: Daniel Henney, Jamie Chung, Ryan Potter, Scott Adsit, T.J. Miller Writer: Jordan Roberts (screenplay by), Robert L. Baird (screenplay by), Daniel Gerson (screenplay by), Man of Action (Big Hero 6 team and characters created by), Steven T. Seagle (characters), Duncan Rouleau (characters) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA Plot: When a devastating event befalls the city of San Fransokyo and catapults Hiro into the midst of danger, he turns to Baymax and his close friends adrenaline junkie Go Go Tomago, neatnik Wasabi, chemistry whiz Honey Lemon and fanboy Fred. Determined to uncover the mystery, Hiro transforms his friends into a band of high-tech heroes called 'Big Hero 6.' Rotten Tomatoes: With all the heart and humor audiences expect from Walt Disney Animation Studios, 'Big Hero 6' is an action-packed comedy-adventure about robotics prodigy Hiro Hamada, who learns to harness his genius-thanks to his brilliant brother Tadashi and their like-minded friends: adrenaline junkie Go Go Tamago, neatnik Wasabi, chemistry whiz Honey Lemon and fanboy Fred. When a devastating turn of events catapults them into the midst of a dangerous plot unfolding in the streets of San Fransokyo, Hiro turns to his closest companion-a robot named Baymax-and transforms the group into a band of high-tech heroes determined to solve the mystery. (C) Disney 153 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  80% (3) Edge of Tomorrow 113 min PG-13 [Action, Sci-Fi] [Doug Liman] [06 Jun 2014]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 79%, Rotten Tomatoes: 90%, Metacritic: 71%, External Reviews Awards: 11 wins & 37 nominations. Actors: Bill Paxton, Brendan Gleeson, Emily Blunt, Tom Cruise Writer: Christopher McQuarrie (screenplay by), Jez Butterworth (screenplay by), John-Henry Butterworth (screenplay by), Hiroshi Sakurazaka (based on the novel 'All You Need Is Kill' by) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA, Canada Plot: An alien race has hit the Earth in an unrelenting assault, unbeatable by any military unit in the world. Major William Cage (Cruise) is an officer who has never seen a day of combat when he is unceremoniously dropped into what amounts to a suicide mission. Killed within minutes, Cage now finds himself inexplicably thrown into a time loop-forcing him to live out the same brutal combat over and over, fighting and dying again...and again. But with each battle, Cage becomes able to engage the adversaries with increasing skill, alongside Special Forces warrior Rita Vrataski (Blunt). And, as Cage and Vrataski take the fight to the aliens, each repeated encounter gets them one step closer to defeating the enemy! Rotten Tomatoes: The epic action of 'Edge of Tomorrow' unfolds in a near future in which an alien race has hit the Earth in an unrelenting assault, unbeatable by any military unit in the world. Major William Cage (Tom Cruise) is an officer who has never seen a day of combat when he is unceremoniously dropped into what amounts to a suicide mission. Killed within minutes, Cage now finds himself inexplicably thrown into a time loop-forcing him to live out the same brutal combat over and over, fighting and dying again...and again. But with each battle, Cage becomes able to engage the adversaries with increasing skill, alongside Special Forces warrior Rita Vrataski (Emily Blunt). And, as Cage and Rita take the fight to the aliens, each repeated encounter gets them one step closer to defeating the enemy.(C) Warner Bros 154 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 79% (3) Captain America: The Winter Soldier 136 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller] [Anthony Russo, Joe Russo] [04 Apr 2014]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 78%, Rotten Tomatoes: 90%, Metacritic: 70%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 5 wins & 50 nominations. Actors: Chris Evans, Robert Redford, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson Writer: Christopher Markus (screenplay by), Stephen McFeely (screenplay by), Joe Simon (based on the Marvel comics by), Jack Kirby (based on the Marvel comics by) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, French Country: USA Plot: For Steve Rogers, awakening after decades of suspended animation involves more than catching up on pop culture; it also means that this old school idealist must face a world of subtler threats and difficult moral complexities. That becomes clear when Director Nick Fury is killed by the mysterious assassin, the Winter Soldier, but not before warning Rogers that SHIELD has been subverted by its enemies. When Rogers acts on Fury's warning to trust no one there, he is branded as a traitor by the organization. Now a fugitive, Captain America must get to the bottom of this deadly mystery with the help of the Black Widow and his new friend, The Falcon. However, the battle will be costly for the Sentinel of Liberty, with Rogers finding enemies where he least expects them while learning that the Winter Soldier looks disturbingly familiar. Rotten Tomatoes: After being deemed unfit for military service, Steve Rogers volunteers for a top secret research project that turns him into Captain America, a superhero dedicated to defending America's ideals. 155 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  78% (3) The Guest 100 min R [Action, Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller] [Adam Wingard] [05 Sep 2014]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 67%, Rotten Tomatoes: 91%, Metacritic: 76%, External Reviews Awards: 4 wins & 13 nominations. Actors: Brendan Meyer, Dan Stevens, Maika Monroe, Sheila Kelley Writer: Simon Barrett External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA, UK Plot: A soldier introduces himself to the Peterson family, claiming to be a friend of their son who died in action. After the young man is welcomed into their home, a series of accidental deaths seem to be connected to his presence. Rotten Tomatoes: From the director of YOU'RE NEXT and featuring a standout, badass performance from Dan Stevens ('Downton Abbey'), comes THE GUEST: a tense, action-packed and unpredictable film like everything and nothing you've ever seen before. Empire Magazine called it 'a demented action-horror hybrid of sci-fi conspiracy thriller and gore-fest', and Vanity Fair said, 'THE GUEST is big, it's bold, it's badass, full of flavor Hollywood wishes it could pour over its vanilla blockbusters.' (c) Picturehouse 156 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 77% (3) The Raid 2 150 min R [Action, Crime, Thriller] [Gareth Evans] [11 Apr 2014]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 80%, Rotten Tomatoes: 80%, Metacritic: 71%, External Reviews Awards: 4 wins & 9 nominations. Actors: Arifin Putra, Iko Uwais, Oka Antara, Tio Pakusadewo, Yayan Ruhian Writer: Gareth Evans External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: Indonesian, Japanese, English Country: Indonesia, USA Plot: He thought it was over. After fighting his way out of a building filled with gangsters and madmen - a fight that left the bodies of police and gangsters alike piled in the halls - rookie Jakarta cop Rama thought it was done and he could resume a normal life. He couldn't have been more wrong. Formidable though they may have been, Rama's opponents in that fateful building were nothing more than small fish swimming in a pond much larger than he ever dreamed possible. And his triumph over the small fry has attracted the attention of the predators farther up the food chain. His family at risk, Rama has only one choice to protect his infant son and wife: He must go undercover to enter the criminal underworld himself and climb through the hierarchy of competing forces until it leads him to the corrupt politicians and police pulling the strings at the top of the heap. And so Rama begins a new odyssey of violence, a journey that will force him to set aside his own life and history and take on a new identity as the violent offender 'Yuda.' In prison he must gain the confidence of Uco - the son of a prominent gang kingpin - to join the gang himself, laying his own life on the line in a desperate all-or-nothing gambit to bring the whole rotten enterprise to an end. Rotten Tomatoes: He thought it was over. After fighting his way out of a building filled with gangsters and madmen - a fight that left the bodies of police and gangsters alike piled in the halls - rookie Jakarta cop Rama thought it was done and he could resume a normal life. He couldn't have been more wrong. Formidable though they may have been, Rama's opponents in that fateful building were nothing more than small fish swimming in a pond much larger than he ever dreamed possible. And his triumph over the small fry has attracted the attention of the predators farther up the food chain. His family at risk, Rama has only one choice to protect his infant son and wife: He must go undercover to enter the criminal underworld himself and climb through the hierarchy of competing forces until it leads him to the corrupt politicians and police pulling the strings at the top of the heap. And so Rama begins a new odyssey of violence, a journey that will force him to set aside his own life and history and take on a new identity as the violent offender 'Yuda.' In prison he must gain the confidence of Uco - the son of a prominent gang kingpin - to join the gang himself, laying his own life on the line in a desperate all-or-nothing gambit to bring the whole rotten enterprise to an end.(c) Sony Classics 157 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  77% (3) Kraftidioten 116 min R [Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller] [Hans Petter Moland] [21 Feb 2014]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 72%, Rotten Tomatoes: 87%, Metacritic: 74%, External Reviews Awards: 3 wins & 10 nominations. Actors: Bruno Ganz, Jack Sødahl Moland, Pål Sverre Hagen, Stellan Skarsgård Writer: Kim Fupz Aakeson External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, English, Serbian, German Country: Norway, Denmark, Sweden Plot: Nils ploughs snow in the wild winter mountains of Norway, and is recently awarded a Citizen of the Year Award. When his son is murdered for something he did not do, Nils wants revenge. And justice. His actions ignite a war between the vegan gangster 'the Count' and the Serbian mafia boss 'Papa'. Winning a blood feud isn't easy, especially not in a welfare state. But Nils has something going for him: Heavy machinery and beginners luck. Rotten Tomatoes: Introverted and hard-working snow plow driver Nils has just been named Citizen of The Year, when he receives news that his son has died of a heroin overdose. Disbelieving the official report, Nils soon uncovers evidence of the young man's murder--a victim in a turf war between the local crime boss, known as 'The Count', and his Serbian rivals. Armed with heavy machinery and a good dose of beginner's luck, Nils embarks upon a quest for revenge that soon escalates into a full-blown underworld gang war, with the body count spiraling ever higher and higher. 158 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 76% (3) John Wick 101 min R [Action, Crime, Thriller] [Chad Stahelski, David Leitch] [24 Oct 2014]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 73%, Rotten Tomatoes: 87%, Metacritic: 68%, External Reviews Awards: 5 wins & 8 nominations. Actors: Alfie Allen, Keanu Reeves, Michael Nyqvist, Willem Dafoe Writer: Derek Kolstad External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Russian, Hungarian Country: China, USA Plot: An ex-hit-man comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that killed his dog and took everything from him. Rotten Tomatoes: An ex-hitman comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that took everything from him. With New York City as his bullet-riddled playground, JOHN WICK (Keanu Reeves) is a fresh and stylized take on the 'assassin genre'. (C) Lionsgate 159 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  75% (3) 22 Jump Street 112 min R [Action, Comedy, Crime] [Phil Lord, Christopher Miller] [13 Jun 2014]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 70%, Rotten Tomatoes: 84%, Metacritic: 71%, External Reviews Awards: 7 wins & 24 nominations. Actors: Channing Tatum, Ice Cube, Jonah Hill, Peter Stormare, Wyatt Russell Writer: Michael Bacall (screenplay), Oren Uziel (screenplay), Rodney Rothman (screenplay), Michael Bacall (story), Jonah Hill (story), Patrick Hasburgh (television series '21 Jump Street'), Stephen J. Cannell (television series '21 Jump Street') External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA Plot: After making their way through high school (twice), big changes are in store for officers Schmidt (Jonah Hill) and Jenko (Channing Tatum) when they go deep undercover at a local college. But when Jenko meets a kindred spirit on the football team, and Schmidt infiltrates the bohemian art major scene, they begin to question their partnership. Now they don't have to just crack the case - they have to figure out if they can have a mature relationship. If these two overgrown adolescents can grow from freshmen into real men, college might be the best thing that ever happened to them. Rotten Tomatoes: After making their way through high school (twice), big changes are in store for officers Schmidt (Jonah Hill) and Jenko (Channing Tatum) when they go deep undercover at a local college. But when Jenko meets a kindred spirit on the football team, and Schmidt infiltrates the bohemian art major scene, they begin to question their partnership. Now they don't have to just crack the case - they have to figure out if they can have a mature relationship. If these two overgrown adolescents can grow from freshmen into real men, college might be the best thing that ever happened to them. (c) Sony 160 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 72% (3) Fury 134 min R [Action, Drama, War] [David Ayer] [17 Oct 2014]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 76%, Rotten Tomatoes: 77%, Metacritic: 64%, External Reviews Awards: 5 wins & 23 nominations. Actors: Brad Pitt, Logan Lerman, Michael Peña, Shia LaBeouf Writer: David Ayer External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, German Country: USA, China, UK Plot: 1945, in World War II Germany, the tough Sergeant Don 'Wardaddy' Collier commands a tank and survives a German attack with his veteran crew composed of Boyd 'Bible' Swan, Trini 'Gordo' Garcia and Grady 'Coon-Ass' Travis. He receives a rookie soldier Norman Ellison as the substitute for his deceased gunner and he tries to harden the youth along the way. Rotten Tomatoes: April, 1945. As the Allies make their final push in the European Theatre, a battle-hardened army sergeant named Wardaddy (Brad Pitt) commands a Sherman tank and her five-man crew on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. Outnumbered and outgunned, and with a rookie soldier thrust into their platoon, Wardaddy and his men face overwhelming odds in their heroic attempts to strike at the heart of Nazi Germany. (C) Sony 161 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  70% (3) Lone Survivor 121 min R [Action, Biography, Drama, War] [Peter Berg] [10 Jan 2014]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 75%, Rotten Tomatoes: 76%, Metacritic: 60%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 5 wins & 14 nominations. Actors: Ben Foster, Emile Hirsch, Mark Wahlberg, Taylor Kitsch Writer: Peter Berg, Marcus Luttrell (book), Patrick Robinson (book) External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Pushto, Arabic Country: USA Plot: Marcus Luttrell, a Navy Seal, and his team set out on a mission to capture or kill notorious Taliban leader Ahmad Shah, in late June 2005. After running into mountain herders and capturing them, they were left with no choice but to follow their rules of engagement or be imprisoned. Now Marcus and his team are left to fight for their lives in one of the most valiant efforts of modern warfare. Rotten Tomatoes: LONE SURVIVOR, starring Mark Wahlberg, tells the story of four Navy SEALs on an ill-fated covert mission to neutralize a high-level Taliban operative who are ambushed by enemy forces in the Hindu Kush region of Afghanistan. Based on The New York Times bestseller, this story of heroism, courage and survival directed by Peter Berg (Friday Night Lights) also stars Taylor Kitsch, Emile Hirsch, Ben Foster and Eric Bana. LONE SURVIVOR will be released by Universal Pictures in platform engagements on Friday, December 27, 2013, and will go wide on Friday, January 10, 2014. (c) Universal Pictures 162 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 67% (3) Godzilla 123 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller] [Gareth Edwards] [16 May 2014]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 64%, Rotten Tomatoes: 75%, Metacritic: 62%, External Reviews Awards: 6 wins & 31 nominations. Actors: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Bryan Cranston, CJ Adams, Elizabeth Olsen, Ken Watanabe Writer: Max Borenstein (screenplay), Dave Callaham (story), Ishirô Honda (based on the character created by), Takeo Murata (based on the character created by), Shigeru Kayama (based on the character created by) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Japanese Country: USA, Japan Plot: In 1999, the Janjira nuclear plant was mysteriously destroyed with most hands lost including supervisor Joe Brody's colleague and wife, Sandra. Years later, Joe's son, Ford, a US Navy ordnance disposal officer, must go to Japan to help his estranged father who obsessively searches for the truth of the incident. In doing so, father and son discover the disaster's secret cause on the wreck's very grounds. This enables them to witness the reawakening of a terrible threat to all of Humanity, which is made all the worse with a second secret revival elsewhere. Against this cataclysm, the only hope for the world may be Godzilla, but the challenge for the King of the Monsters will be great even as Humanity struggles to understand the destructive ally they have. Rotten Tomatoes: In Summer 2014, the world's most revered monster is reborn as Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures unleash the epic action adventure 'Godzilla.' From visionary new director Gareth Edwards ('Monsters') comes a powerful story of human courage and reconciliation in the face of titanic forces of nature, when the awe-inspiring Godzilla rises to restore balance as humanity stands defenseless. (c) Warner Bros 163 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  67% (3) Noah 138 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Drama] [Darren Aronofsky] [28 Mar 2014]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 58%, Rotten Tomatoes: 76%, Metacritic: 68%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 18 nominations. Actors: Anthony Hopkins, Jennifer Connelly, Ray Winstone, Russell Crowe Writer: Darren Aronofsky, Ari Handel External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA Plot: Noah unquestioningly follows the command of the world's creator to undertake a momentous mission before an apocalyptic flood cleanses the cursed lands of mankind. Rotten Tomatoes: Russell Crowe stars as Noah in the film inspired by the epic story of courage, sacrifice and hope. Directed by visionary filmmaker Darren Aronofsky (c) Paramount 164 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 67% (3) Killers 137 min Not Rated [Action, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller] [Kimo Stamboel, Timo Tjahjanto] [01 Feb 2014]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 65%, Rotten Tomatoes: 86%, Metacritic: 51%, External Reviews Awards: 1 win & 2 nominations. Actors: Kazuki Kitamura, Luna Maya, Oka Antara, Rin Takanashi Writer: Takuji Ushiyama (original story), Takuji Ushiyama, Timo Tjahjanto (story and screenplay), Timo Tjahjanto External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: Japanese, Indonesian, English, French Country: Indonesia, Japan Plot: In Tokyo, a serial killer is murdering women and posting his violent crimes on-line. In Jakarta, a rogue vigilante uploads his murdering spree for the world to see. A psychotic game of cat and mouse ensues as the two men battle for notoriety. Soon it becomes clear that it's only a matter of time until the two killers square off face to face. Rotten Tomatoes: A series of horrific murders have just gone viral, posted anonymously by the handsome and seductive Nomura with a taste for torture. Thousands of miles away, disgraced journalist Bayu can't stop watching - and in a reckless moment discovers he, too, can kill. One man in Tokyo. One in Jakarta. A serial killer and a vigilante. As the posts multiply and the body count rises, a bizarre and psychotic rivalry begins - and the face-to-face showdown that's coming will paint the city in blood. 165 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  66% (3) The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 123 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller] [Francis Lawrence] [21 Nov 2014]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 67%, Rotten Tomatoes: 68%, Metacritic: 64%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 21 wins & 31 nominations. Actors: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson Writer: Peter Craig (screenplay), Danny Strong (screenplay), Suzanne Collins (adaptation), Suzanne Collins (novel) External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA Plot: With the Games destroyed, Katniss Everdeen, along with Gale, Finnick and Beetee, end up in the so thought 'destroyed' District 13. Under the leadership of President Coin and the advice of her friends, Katniss becomes the 'Mockingjay', the symbol of rebellion for the districts of Panem. Rotten Tomatoes: The worldwide phenomenon of The Hunger Games continues to set the world on fire with The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1, which finds Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) in District 13 after she literally shatters the games forever. Under the leadership of President Coin (Julianne Moore) and the advice of her trusted friends, Katniss spreads her wings as she fights to save Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) and a nation moved by her courage. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 is directed by Francis Lawrence from a screenplay by Danny Strong and Peter Craig and produced by Nina Jacobson's Color Force in tandem with producer Jon Kilik. The novel on which the film is based is the third in a trilogy written by Suzanne Collins that has over 65 million copies in print in the U.S. alone. (c) Lionsgate 166 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 64% (3) Lucy 89 min R [Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller] [Luc Besson] [25 Jul 2014]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 64%, Rotten Tomatoes: 67%, Metacritic: 61%, External Reviews Awards: 1 win & 11 nominations. Actors: Amr Waked, Min-sik Choi, Morgan Freeman, Scarlett Johansson Writer: Luc Besson External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Mandarin, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Korean Country: France Plot: It was supposed to be a simple job. All Lucy had to do was deliver a mysterious briefcase to Mr. Jang. But immediately Lucy is caught up in a nightmarish deal where she is captured and turned into a drug mule for a new and powerful synthetic drug. When the bag she is carrying inside of her stomach leaks, Lucy's body undergoes unimaginable changes that begins to unlock her mind's full potential. With her new-found powers, Lucy turns into a merciless warrior intent on getting back at her captors. She receives invaluable help from Professor Norman, the leading authority on the human mind, and French police captain Pierre Del Rio. Rotten Tomatoes: From La Femme Nikita and The Professional to The Fifth Element, writer/director Luc Besson has created some of the toughest, most memorable female action heroes in cinematic history. Now, Besson directs Scarlett Johansson in Lucy, an action-thriller that tracks a woman accidentally caught in a dark deal who turns the tables on her captors and transforms into a merciless warrior evolved beyond human logic. (C) Universal 167 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  64% (3) The Rover 103 min R [Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller] [David Michôd] [20 Jun 2014]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 64%, Rotten Tomatoes: 66%, Metacritic: 64%, External Reviews Awards: 3 wins & 19 nominations. Actors: Chan Kien, Guy Pearce, Robert Pattinson, Scoot McNairy, Tawanda Manyimo, Tek Kong Lim Writer: Joel Edgerton (based on a story by), David Michôd (based on a story by), David Michôd External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Chinese Country: Australia, USA Plot: Ten years after a global economic collapse, a cold-blooded drifter traverses the scorched Australian outback on a mission to track down the men who stole his last remaining possession - his car. When he crosses paths with a badly wounded member of the gang, he takes the vulnerable, naïve young man along as his unwitting accomplice. Rotten Tomatoes: THE ROVER, David Michod's highly anticipated follow-up to ANIMAL KINGDOM, is set in a world 10 years following the collapse of society. The rule of the law has disintegrated and life is cheap. The film follows hardened loner Eric (Pearce) as he travels the desolate towns and roads of the outback. When a gang of thieves steals his car they leave behind a wounded Rey (Pattinson) in their wake. Forcing Rey to help track the gang, Eric will go to any lengths to take back the one thing that still matters to him. Michod also wrote the film based on a story he conceived with Joel Edgerton. (c) A24 168 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 83% (3) All Is Lost 106 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Drama] [J.C. Chandor] [07 Nov 2013]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 69%, Rotten Tomatoes: 94%, Metacritic: 87%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 3 wins & 48 nominations. Actors: Robert Redford Writer: J.C. Chandor External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA Plot: Deep into a solo voyage in the Indian Ocean, an unnamed man (Redford) wakes to find his 39-foot yacht taking on water after a collision with a shipping container left floating on the high seas. With his navigation equipment and radio disabled, the man sails unknowingly into the path of a violent storm. Despite his success in patching the breached hull, his mariner's intuition and a strength that belies his age, the man barely survives the tempest. Using only a sextant and nautical maps to chart his progress, he is forced to rely on ocean currents to carry him into a shipping lane in hopes of hailing a passing vessel. But with the sun unrelenting, sharks circling and his meager supplies dwindling, the ever-resourceful sailor soon finds himself staring his mortality in the face. Rotten Tomatoes: Academy Award-nominated writer/director J.C. Chandor (Margin Call) takes the helm for this tense adventure drama about a man (Robert Redford) who must fight for survival after being lost at sea. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi 169 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  81% (3) Rush 123 min R [Action, Biography, Drama, Sport] [Ron Howard] [27 Sep 2013]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 81%, Rotten Tomatoes: 89%, Metacritic: 75%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 6 wins & 63 nominations. Actors: Alexandra Maria Lara, Chris Hemsworth, Daniel Brühl, Olivia Wilde Writer: Peter Morgan External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, German, Italian, French, Spanish Country: UK, Germany, USA Plot: Set against the sexy, glamorous golden age of Formula 1 racing in the 1970s, the film is based on the true story of a great sporting rivalry between handsome English playboy James Hunt (Hemsworth), and his methodical, brilliant opponent, Austrian driver Niki Lauda (Bruhl). The story follows their distinctly different personal styles on and off the track, their loves and the astonishing 1976 season in which both drivers were willing to risk everything to become world champion in a sport with no margin for error: if you make a mistake, you die. Rotten Tomatoes: Two-time Academy Award (R) winner Ron Howard (A Beautiful Mind, Frost/Nixon) teams once again with two-time Academy Award (R)-nominated writer Peter Morgan (Frost/Nixon, The Queen) on Rush, a spectacular big-screen re-creation of the merciless and legendary 1970s Formula 1 rivalry between gifted English playboy James Hunt (Chris Hemsworth of The Avengers, Thor) and his disciplined Austrian opponent, Niki Lauda (Daniel Brühl of Inglourious Basterds, The Bourne Ultimatum). (c) Official Site 170 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 80% (3) The Hunger Games: Catching Fire 146 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller] [Francis Lawrence] [22 Nov 2013]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 75%, Rotten Tomatoes: 89%, Metacritic: 76%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 22 wins & 66 nominations. Actors: Jack Quaid, Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Taylor St. Clair Writer: Simon Beaufoy (screenplay), Michael Arndt (screenplay), Suzanne Collins (novel) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA Plot: Twelve months after winning the 74th Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen and her partner Peeta Mellark must go on what is known as the Victor's Tour, wherein they visit all the districts, but before leaving, Katniss is visited by President Snow who fears that Katniss defied him a year ago during the games when she chose to die with Peeta. With both Katniss and Peeta declared the winners, it is fueling a possible uprising. He tells Katniss that while on tour she better try to make sure that she puts out the flames or else everyone she cares about will be in danger. Rotten Tomatoes: THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE begins as Katniss Everdeen has returned home safe after winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games along with fellow tribute Peeta Mellark. Winning means that they must turn around and leave their family and close friends, embarking on a 'Victor's Tour' of the districts. Along the way Katniss senses that a rebellion is simmering, but the Capitol is still very much in control as President Snow prepares the 75th Annual Hunger Games (The Quarter Quell) - a competition that could change Panem forever. (c) Lionsgate 171 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  80% (3) The World's End 109 min R [Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi] [Edgar Wright] [23 Aug 2013]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 70%, Rotten Tomatoes: 89%, Metacritic: 81%, External Reviews Awards: 5 wins & 22 nominations. Actors: James Tarpey, Jasper Levine, Martin Freeman, Nick Frost, Simon Pegg, Thomas Law, Zachary Bailess Writer: Simon Pegg, Edgar Wright External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: UK, USA, Japan Plot: 20 years after attempting an epic pub crawl, five childhood friends reunite when one of them becomes hell bent on trying the drinking marathon again. They are convinced to stage an encore by mate Gary King, a 40-year old man trapped at the cigarette end of his teens, who drags his reluctant pals to their home town and once again attempts to reach the fabled pub, The World's End. As they attempt to reconcile the past and present, they realize the real struggle is for the future, not just theirs but humankind's. Reaching The World's End is the least of their worries. Rotten Tomatoes: The third installment of director Edgar Wright's trilogy of comedies starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, following the successes 'Shaun of the Dead' (2004) and 'Hot Fuzz' (2007). In 'The World's End,' 20 years after attempting an epic pub crawl, five childhood friends reunite when one of them becomes hellbent on trying the drinking marathon again. They are convinced to stage an encore by Gary King (Simon Pegg), a 40-year-old man trapped at the cigarette end of his teens, who drags his reluctant pals to their hometown and once again attempts to reach the fabled pub - The World's End. As they attempt to reconcile the past and present, they realize the real struggle is for the future, not just theirs but humankind's. Reaching The World's End is the least of their worries. (c) Focus Features 172 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 78% (3) Star Trek Into Darkness 132 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi] [J.J. Abrams] [16 May 2013]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 77%, Rotten Tomatoes: 85%, Metacritic: 72%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 6 wins & 56 nominations. Actors: Chris Pine, Karl Urban, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana Writer: Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, Damon Lindelof, Gene Roddenberry (television series 'Star Trek') External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Klingon Country: USA Plot: When the USS Enterprise crew is called back home, they find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization has detonated the fleet and everything it stands for, leaving our world in a state of crisis. With a personal score to settle, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one-man weapon of mass destruction. As our space heroes are propelled into an epic chess game of life and death, love will be challenged, friendships will be torn apart, and sacrifices must be made for the only family Kirk has left: his crew. Rotten Tomatoes: In Summer 2013, pioneering director J.J. Abrams will deliver an explosive action thriller that takes 'Star Trek Into Darkness.' When the crew of the Enterprise is called back home, they find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization has detonated the fleet and everything it stands for, leaving our world in a state of crisis. With a personal score to settle, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one man weapon of mass destruction. As our heroes are propelled into an epic chess game of life and death, love will be challenged, friendships will be torn apart, and sacrifices must be made for the only family Kirk has left: his crew. (c) Paramount 173 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  72% (3) The Grandmaster 130 min PG-13 [Action, Biography, Drama, Romance, War] [Kar-Wai Wong] [30 Aug 2013]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 66%, Rotten Tomatoes: 78%, Metacritic: 73%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 53 wins & 51 nominations. Actors: Cung Le, Elvis Tsui, Jin Zhang, Qingxiang Wang, Tony Chiu-Wai Leung, Ziyi Zhang Writer: Kar-Wai Wong (story), Kar-Wai Wong (screenplay), Jingzhi Zou (screenplay), Haofeng Xu (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: Mandarin, Cantonese, Japanese Country: Hong Kong, China Plot: Ip Man's peaceful life in Foshan changes after Gong Yutian seeks an heir for his family in Southern China. Ip Man then meets Gong Er who challenges him for the sake of regaining her family's honor. After the Second Sino-Japanese War, Ip Man moves to Hong Kong and struggles to provide for his family. In the mean time, Gong Er chooses the path of vengeance after her father was killed by Ma San. Rotten Tomatoes: Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Wong Kar Wai, THE GRANDMASTER is an epic action feature inspired by the life and times of the legendary kung fu master, Ip Man. The story spans the tumultuous Republican era that followed the fall of China's last dynasty, a time of chaos, division and war that was also the golden age of Chinese martial arts. Filmed in a range of stunning locations that include the snow-swept landscapes of Northeast China and the subtropical South, THE GRANDMASTER features virtuoso performances by some of the greatest stars of contemporary Asian cinema, including Tony Leung and Ziyi Zhang.(c) Weinstein 174 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 71% (3) Iron Man 3 130 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi] [Shane Black] [03 May 2013]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 72%, Rotten Tomatoes: 80%, Metacritic: 62%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 17 wins & 61 nominations. Actors: Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce, Gwyneth Paltrow, Robert Downey Jr. Writer: Drew Pearce (screenplay by), Shane Black (screenplay by), Stan Lee (based on the Marvel comic book by), Don Heck (based on the Marvel comic book by), Larry Lieber (based on the Marvel comic book by), Jack Kirby (based on the Marvel comic book by), Warren Ellis (based on the 'Extremis' mini-series written by), Adi Granov (based on the 'Extremis' mini-series illustrated by) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA Plot: Marvel's 'Iron Man 3' pits brash-but-brilliant industrialist Tony Stark/Iron Man against an enemy whose reach knows no bounds. When Stark finds his personal world destroyed at his enemy's hands, he embarks on a harrowing quest to find those responsible. This journey, at every turn, will test his mettle. With his back against the wall, Stark is left to survive by his own devices, relying on his ingenuity and instincts to protect those closest to him. As he fights his way back, Stark discovers the answer to the question that has secretly haunted him: does the man make the suit or does the suit make the man? Rotten Tomatoes: Marvel's 'Iron Man 3' pits brash-but-brilliant industrialist Tony Stark/Iron Man against an enemy whose reach knows no bounds. When Stark finds his personal world destroyed at his enemy's hands, he embarks on a harrowing quest to find those responsible. This journey, at every turn, will test his mettle. With his back against the wall, Stark is left to survive by his own devices, relying on his ingenuity and instincts to protect those closest to him. As he fights his way back, Stark discovers the answer to the question that has secretly haunted him: does the man make the suit or does the suit make the man? (c) Disney 175 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  68% (3) Pacific Rim 131 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi] [Guillermo del Toro] [12 Jul 2013]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 69%, Rotten Tomatoes: 72%, Metacritic: 65%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 6 wins & 47 nominations. Actors: Charlie Hunnam, Diego Klattenhoff, Idris Elba, Rinko Kikuchi Writer: Travis Beacham (screenplay), Guillermo del Toro (screenplay), Travis Beacham (story) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Japanese, Cantonese, Mandarin Country: USA Plot: When monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began that would take millions of lives and consume humanity's resources for years on end. To combat the giant Kaiju, a special type of weapon was devised: massive robots, called Jaegers, which are controlled simultaneously by two pilots whose minds are locked in a neural bridge. But even the Jaegers are proving nearly defenseless in the face of the relentless Kaiju. On the verge of defeat, the forces defending mankind have no choice but to turn to two unlikely heroes - a washed up former pilot (Charlie Hunnam) and an untested trainee (Rinko Kikuchi) - who are teamed to drive a legendary but seemingly obsolete Jaeger from the past. Together, they stand as mankind's last hope against the mounting apocalypse. Rotten Tomatoes: When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began that would take millions of lives and consume humanity's resources for years on end. To combat the giant Kaiju, a special type of weapon was devised: massive robots, called Jaegers, which are controlled simultaneously by two pilots whose minds are locked in a neural bridge. But even the Jaegers are proving nearly defenseless in the face of the relentless Kaiju. On the verge of defeat, the forces defending mankind have no choice but to turn to two unlikely heroes-a washed up former pilot (Charlie Hunnam) and an untested trainee (Rinko Kikuchi)-who are teamed to drive a legendary but seemingly obsolete Jaeger from the past. Together, they stand as mankind's last hope against the mounting apocalypse. (c) Warner Bros 176 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 67% (3) Fast & Furious 6 130 min PG-13 [Action, Crime, Thriller] [Justin Lin] [24 May 2013]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 71%, Rotten Tomatoes: 70%, Metacritic: 61%, External Reviews Awards: 9 wins & 21 nominations. Actors: Dwayne Johnson, Jordana Brewster, Paul Walker, Vin Diesel Writer: Chris Morgan, Gary Scott Thompson (characters) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Spanish, Russian, Japanese, Cantonese, Dutch Country: USA, Japan, Spain, UK Plot: Since Dom (Diesel) and Brian's (Walker) Rio heist toppled a kingpin's empire and left their crew with $100 million, our heroes have scattered across the globe. But their inability to return home and living forever on the lam have left their lives incomplete. Meanwhile, Hobbs (Johnson) has been tracking an organization of lethally skilled mercenary drivers across 12 countries, whose mastermind (Evans) is aided by a ruthless second-in-command revealed to be the love Dom thought was dead, Letty (Rodriguez). The only way to stop the criminal outfit is to outmatch them at street level, so Hobbs asks Dom to assemble his elite team in London. Payment? Full pardons for all of them so they can return home and make their families whole again. Rotten Tomatoes: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker and Dwayne Johnson lead the returning cast of all-stars as the global blockbuster franchise built on speed races to its next continent in Fast & Furious 6. Reuniting for their most high-stakes adventure yet, fan favorites Jordana Brewster, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Sung Kang, Gal Gadot, Chris 'Ludacris' Bridges and Elsa Pataky are joined by badass series newcomers Luke Evans and Gina Carano. Since Dom (Diesel) and Brian's (Walker) Rio heist toppled a kingpin's empire and left their crew with $100 million, our heroes have scattered across the globe. But their inability to return home and living forever on the lam have left their lives incomplete. Meanwhile, Hobbs (Johnson) has been tracking an organization of lethally skilled mercenary drivers across 12 countries, whose mastermind (Evans) is aided by a ruthless second-in-command revealed to be the love Dom thought was dead, Letty (Rodriguez). The only way to stop the criminal outfit is to outmatch them at street level, so Hobbs asks Dom to assemble his elite team in London. Payment? Full pardons for all of them so they can return home and make their families whole again. Building on the worldwide blockbuster success of Fast Five and taking the action, stunts and narrative to even greater heights, Fast & Furious 6 sees director Justin Lin back behind the camera for the fourth time. He is supported by longtime producers Neal H. Moritz and Vin Diesel, who welcome producer Clayton Townsend back to the series. (c) Fox 177 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  66% (3) The Wolverine 126 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi] [James Mangold] [26 Jul 2013]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 67%, Rotten Tomatoes: 71%, Metacritic: 61%, External Reviews Awards: 2 wins & 11 nominations. Actors: Hiroyuki Sanada, Hugh Jackman, Rila Fukushima, Tao Okamoto, Will Yun Lee Writer: Mark Bomback (screenplay), Scott Frank (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Japanese Country: USA, UK Plot: In modern day Japan, Wolverine is out of his depth in an unknown world as he faces his ultimate nemesis in a life-or-death battle that will leave him forever changed. Vulnerable for the first time and pushed to his physical and emotional limits, he confronts not only lethal samurai steel but also his inner struggle against his own near-immortality, emerging more powerful than we have ever seen him before. Rotten Tomatoes: Hugh Jackman returns as Wolverine in this sequel to the member of the X-Men's first solo outing. Mark Bomback and The Usual Suspects' Christopher McQuarrie penned the script, which takes its inspiration from the Chris Claremont/Frank Miller Marvel miniseries from the 1980s dealing with the character's adventures in Japan as he fights ninjas in the ceremonial garb of the samurai. Knight and Day's James Mangold directs. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, Rovi 178 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 66% (3) World War Z 116 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller] [Marc Forster] [21 Jun 2013]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 70%, Rotten Tomatoes: 66%, Metacritic: 63%, External Reviews Awards: 3 wins & 24 nominations. Actors: Brad Pitt, Daniella Kertesz, James Badge Dale, Mireille Enos Writer: Matthew Michael Carnahan (screenplay), Drew Goddard (screenplay), Damon Lindelof (screenplay), Matthew Michael Carnahan (screen story), J. Michael Straczynski (screen story), Max Brooks (based on the novel by) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Spanish, Hebrew, Arabic Country: USA, UK, Malta Plot: Life for former United Nations investigator Gerry Lane and his family seems content. Suddenly, the world is plagued by a mysterious infection turning whole human populations into rampaging mindless zombies. After barely escaping the chaos, Lane is persuaded to go on a mission to investigate this disease. What follows is a perilous trek around the world where Lane must brave horrific dangers and long odds to find answers before human civilization falls. Rotten Tomatoes: The story revolves around United Nations employee Gerry Lane (Pitt), who traverses the world in a race against time to stop a pandemic that is toppling armies and governments and threatening to decimate humanity itself. (C) Paramount 179 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  66% (3) The Croods 98 min PG [Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy] [Kirk DeMicco, Chris Sanders] [22 Mar 2013]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 72%, Rotten Tomatoes: 71%, Metacritic: 55%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 5 wins & 44 nominations. Actors: Catherine Keener, Emma Stone, Nicolas Cage, Ryan Reynolds Writer: Chris Sanders (screenplay), Kirk DeMicco (screenplay), John Cleese (story), Kirk DeMicco (story), Chris Sanders (story) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA Plot: 'The Croods' are an eccentric family of cavemen, who survive the harsh terrain by living accordingly to a strict set of rules. But when their home is destroyed in the wake of an impending disaster known as 'The End', they are forced to leave their home of shelter and security, and into the wilderness of the unknown to find a new home. Rotten Tomatoes: The Croods tells the story of the world's first family road trip. When their cave is destroyed, the Crood family must embark on a comedy adventure into strange and spectacular territory in search of a new home. As if patriarch Grug (Cage) didn't already have enough to handle, it goes from bad to worse when they encounter an imaginative nomad named Guy (Reynolds.) With Guy's help the Croods conquer their fear of the outside world and discover that they have exactly what it takes to survive - each other.(c) Paramount 180 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 64% (3) Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 95 min PG [Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi] [Cody Cameron, Kris Pearn] [27 Sep 2013]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 64%, Rotten Tomatoes: 71%, Metacritic: 59%, External Reviews Awards: 16 nominations. Actors: Anna Faris, Bill Hader, James Caan, Will Forte Writer: Erica Rivinoja (screenplay by), John Francis Daley (screenplay), Jonathan Goldstein (screenplay by), Phil Lord (story by), Christopher Miller (story by), Erica Rivinoja (story by), Judi Barrett (inspired by the book 'Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs' written by), Ron Barrett (inspired by the book 'Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs' illustrated by) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA Plot: After the disastrous food storm in the first film, Flint and his friends are forced to leave the town. Flint accepts the invitation from his idol Chester V to join The Live Corp Company, which has been tasked to clean the island, and where the best inventors in the world create technologies for the betterment of mankind. When Flint discovers that his machine still operates and now creates mutant food beasts like living pickles, hungry tacodiles, shrimpanzees and apple pie-thons, he and his friends must return to save the world. Rotten Tomatoes: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 picks up where Sony Pictures Animation's hit comedy left off. Inventor Flint Lockwood's genius is finally being recognized as he's invited by his idol Chester V to join The Live Corp Company, where the best and brightest inventors in the world create technologies for the betterment of mankind. Chester's right-hand-gal - and one of his greatest inventions - is Barb (a highly evolved orangutan with a human brain, who is also devious, manipulative and likes to wear lipstick). It's always been Flint's dream to be recognized as a great inventor, but everything changes when he discovers that his most infamous machine (which turns water into food) is still operating and is now creating food-animal hybrids - 'foodimals!' With the fate of humanity in his hands, Chester sends Flint and his friends on a dangerously delicious mission, battling hungry tacodiles, shrimpanzees, apple pie-thons, double bacon cheespiders and other food creatures to save the world again! 181 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  64% (3) Elysium 109 min R [Action, Drama, Sci-Fi] [Neill Blomkamp] [09 Aug 2013]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 66%, Rotten Tomatoes: 66%, Metacritic: 61%, External Reviews Awards: 1 win & 10 nominations. Actors: Alice Braga, Jodie Foster, Matt Damon, Sharlto Copley Writer: Neill Blomkamp External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Spanish, French, Afrikaans, Ukrainian Country: USA Plot: In the year 2154, two classes of people exist: the very wealthy, who live on a pristine man-made space station called Elysium, and the rest, who live on an overpopulated, ruined Earth. Secretary Delacourt, a government official, will stop at nothing to enforce anti-immigration laws and preserve the luxurious lifestyle of the citizens of Elysium. That doesn't stop the people of Earth from trying to get in by any means they can. When unlucky Max is backed into a corner, he agrees to take on a daunting mission that, if successful, will not only save his life but could bring equality to these polarized worlds. Rotten Tomatoes: In the year 2154, two classes of people exist: the very wealthy, who live on a pristine man-made space station called Elysium, and the rest, who live on an overpopulated, ruined Earth. The people of Earth are desperate to escape the planet's crime and poverty, and they critically need the state-of-the-art medical care available on Elysium - but some in Elysium will stop at nothing to enforce anti-immigration laws and preserve their citizens' luxurious lifestyle. The only man with the chance bring equality to these worlds is Max (Matt Damon), an ordinary guy in desperate need to get to Elysium. With his life hanging in the balance, he reluctantly takes on a dangerous mission - one that pits him against Elysium's Secretary Delacourt (Jodie Foster) and her hard-line forces - but if he succeeds, he could save not only his own life, but millions of people on Earth as well. -- (C) Sony 182 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 83% (3) Skyfall 143 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Thriller] [Sam Mendes] [09 Nov 2012]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 78%, Rotten Tomatoes: 92%, Metacritic: 81%, External Reviews Awards: Won 2 Oscars. Another 65 wins & 119 nominations. Actors: Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem, Judi Dench, Naomie Harris, Ralph Fiennes Writer: Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, John Logan, Ian Fleming (characters) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Turkish, Shanghainese, Portuguese, Japanese Country: UK, USA Plot: When Bond's latest assignment goes gravely wrong and agents around the world are exposed, MI6 is attacked forcing M to relocate the agency. These events cause her authority and position to be challenged by Gareth Mallory (Ralph Fiennes), the new Chairman of the Intelligence and Security Committee. With MI6 now compromised from both inside and out, M is left with one ally she can trust: Bond. 007 takes to the shadows - aided only by field agent, Eve (Naomie Harris) - following a trail to the mysterious Silva (Javier Bardem), whose lethal and hidden motives have yet to reveal themselves. Rotten Tomatoes: In Skyfall, Bond's loyalty to M is tested as her past comes back to haunt her. As MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost. -- (C) Official Site 183 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  83% (3) Looper 113 min R [Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller] [Rian Johnson] [28 Sep 2012]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 74%, Rotten Tomatoes: 93%, Metacritic: 84%, External Reviews Awards: 16 wins & 45 nominations. Actors: Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Paul Dano Writer: Rian Johnson External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, French Country: USA, China Plot: Joe is classified as a 'looper', a job in which his employers use time travel to send men from the future to be killed into the past, where Joe can properly dispose of their bodies. However, to tie up loose ends and erase the evidence of his ever being a looper, Joe knows that one day his future self will be sent back for him to kill. When this day comes, Joe's future self is prepared and escapes, and the two men struggle separately in the past trying to evade capture and attempting to fulfill their own personal agendas. Rotten Tomatoes: In the futuristic action thriller Looper, time travel will be invented - but it will be illegal and only available on the black market. When the mob wants to get rid of someone, they will send their target 30 years into the past, where a 'looper' - a hired gun, like Joe (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) - is waiting to mop up. Joe is getting rich and life is good... until the day the mob decides to 'close the loop,' sending back Joe's future self (Bruce Willis) for assassination. -- (C) Sony 184 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 83% (3) The Dark Knight Rises 164 min PG-13 [Action, Thriller] [Christopher Nolan] [20 Jul 2012]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 84%, Rotten Tomatoes: 87%, Metacritic: 78%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 38 wins & 102 nominations. Actors: Anne Hathaway, Christian Bale, Gary Oldman, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Tom Hardy Writer: Jonathan Nolan (screenplay), Christopher Nolan (screenplay), Christopher Nolan (story), David S. Goyer (story), Bob Kane (characters) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Arabic Country: UK, USA Plot: Despite his tarnished reputation after the events of The Dark Knight, in which he took the rap for Dent's crimes, Batman feels compelled to intervene to assist the city and its police force which is struggling to cope with Bane's plans to destroy the city. Rotten Tomatoes: It has been eight years since Batman vanished into the night, turning, in that instant, from hero to fugitive. Assuming the blame for the death of D.A. Harvey Dent, the Dark Knight sacrificed everything for what he and Commissioner Gordon both hoped was the greater good. For a time the lie worked, as criminal activity in Gotham City was crushed under the weight of the anti-crime Dent Act. But everything will change with the arrival of a cunning cat burglar with a mysterious agenda. Far more dangerous, however, is the emergence of Bane, a masked terrorist whose ruthless plans for Gotham drive Bruce out of his self-imposed exile. But even if he dons the cape and cowl again, Batman may be no match for Bane.. -- (C) Warner Bros. 185 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  80% (3) The Avengers 143 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi] [Joss Whedon] [04 May 2012]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 81%, Rotten Tomatoes: 92%, Metacritic: 69%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 38 wins & 79 nominations. Actors: Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson Writer: Joss Whedon (screenplay), Zak Penn (story), Joss Whedon (story) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Russian, Hindi Country: USA Plot: Nick Fury is the director of S.H.I.E.L.D., an international peace-keeping agency. The agency is a who's who of Marvel Super Heroes, with Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye and Black Widow. When global security is threatened by Loki and his cohorts, Nick Fury and his team will need all their powers to save the world from disaster. Rotten Tomatoes: Marvel Studios presents Marvel's The Avengers-the Super Hero team up of a lifetime, featuring iconic Marvel Super Heroes Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye and Black Widow. When an unexpected enemy emerges that threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, Director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. Spanning the globe, a daring recruitment effort begins. -- (C) Marvel 186 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 78% (3) The Raid: Redemption 101 min R [Action, Thriller] [Gareth Evans] [13 Apr 2012]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 76%, Rotten Tomatoes: 86%, Metacritic: 73%, External Reviews Awards: 6 wins & 12 nominations. Actors: Ananda George, Donny Alamsyah, Iko Uwais, Joe Taslim, Ray Sahetapy, Yayan Ruhian Writer: Gareth Evans External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: Indonesian Country: Indonesia, France, USA Plot: In Jakarta, Indonesia, Lieutenant Wahyu organizes the invasion of an apartment building that is the safe house of the powerful and cruel drug lord Tama and his gang. The SWAT team breaks in the building but one lookout sees and warns the gangsters and the police force is trapped on the seventh floor. They learn that Lt. Wahyu has not informed his superiors about the operation. Now the police officers have to fight with limited ammunition against the armed and dangerous gangsters. Rotten Tomatoes: As a rookie member of an elite special-forces team, Rama (Iko Uwais) is instructed to hang back during a covert mission involving the extraction of a brutal crime lord from a rundown fifteen-story apartment block. But when a spotter blows their cover, boss Tama (Ray Sahetaphy) offers lifelong sanctuary to every every killer, gangster, and thief in the building in exchange fortheir heads. Now Rama must stand in for the team's fallen leader (Joe Taslim) and use every iota of his fighting strength - winding through every floor and every room to complete the mission and escape with his life. -- (C) Sony 187 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  76% (3) End of Watch 109 min R [Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller] [David Ayer] [21 Sep 2012]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 76%, Rotten Tomatoes: 85%, Metacritic: 68%, External Reviews Awards: 3 wins & 10 nominations. Actors: Anna Kendrick, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Peña, Natalie Martinez Writer: David Ayer External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Spanish Country: USA Plot: In South Central Los Angeles, street cops Brian and Mike are partners - balls-out cowboys patrolling the streets as Latino gangs are in a power struggle with Blacks. Brian and Mike get lucky a couple of times, making big drug and human-trafficking busts, so a Mexican cartel orders their deaths. We meet Mike's pregnant wife (whom he married out of high school) and watch Brian's search for a soul mate. There are internal squabbles within the ranks of the LAPD and lots of squad-car conversation. Can the lads escape the cartel's murderous reach? Rotten Tomatoes: From the writer of Training Day, End of Watch is a riveting action thriller that puts audiences at the center of the chase like never before. Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Peña star as young LA police officers who discover a secret that makes them the target of the country's most dangerous drug cartel. -- (C) Open Road 188 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 75% (3) Uprising 85 min N/A [Documentary, Action, History] [Fredrik Stanton] [08 Dec 2012]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 71%, Rotten Tomatoes: 83%, Metacritic: 73%, External Reviews Awards: 8 wins & 1 nomination. Actors: Lisa Anderson, Mohamad El-Gebba, Rasha Abdulla, Shaima El-Elaimy Writer: Fredrik Stanton External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Arabic Country: Egypt, USA Plot: The inside story of the Egyptian revolution from the perspective of its principal leaders and organizers, including four Nobel Peace Prize nominees. Their success in forcing the downfall of a brutal dictatorship has changed the face of the Middle East and provided hope for millions of oppressed people across the world. Above all, it is a story of profound hope, of courage rewarded, of a people who beat back a police state and threw off the shackles of decades of degradation and oppression. Rotten Tomatoes: In January 2011, millions of Egyptians took to the streets in a spontaneous eruption against thirty years of oppression under the regime of Hosni Mubarak. Communicating via Facebook and Twitter, the largely peaceful protesters braved tear gas, beatings, and live bullets in the hope of facing down security forces and overthrowing the government. Over eight hundred lost their lives, and several thousand were arrested and tortured by security forces. UPRISING tells the story of the Egyptian revolution from the perspective of its leadership and key organizers, their struggle for freedom against tremendous odds, their sacrifice, and the courage and ingenuity that allowed them to succeed. Featuring major figures including four Nobel Peace Prize nominees, several Egyptian presidential candidates, the former foreign ministers of Egypt and Jordan, and former US Ambassadors and White House officials, along with never before seen footage, UPRISING provides the authoritative behind-the scenes view of one of the most dramatic events of our generation. (c) Official Site 189 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  75% (3) 21 Jump Street 109 min R [Action, Comedy, Crime] [Phil Lord, Christopher Miller] [16 Mar 2012]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 72%, Rotten Tomatoes: 84%, Metacritic: 69%, External Reviews Awards: 11 wins & 20 nominations. Actors: Brie Larson, Channing Tatum, Dave Franco, Ice Cube, Jonah Hill Writer: Michael Bacall (screenplay), Michael Bacall (story), Jonah Hill (story), Patrick Hasburgh (television series), Stephen J. Cannell (television series) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA Plot: In high school, Schmidt (Jonah Hill) was a dork and Jenko (Channing Tatum) was the popular jock. After graduation, both of them joined the police force and ended up as partners riding bicycles in the city park. Since they are young and look like high school students, they are assigned to an undercover unit to infiltrate a drug ring that is supplying high school students synthetic drugs. Rotten Tomatoes: In the action-comedy 21 Jump Street, Schmidt (Jonah Hill) and Jenko (Channing Tatum) are more than ready to leave their adolescent problems behind. Joining the police force and the secret Jump Street unit, they use their youthful appearances to go undercover in a local high school. As they trade in their guns and badges for backpacks, Schmidt and Jenko risk their lives to investigate a violent and dangerous drug ring. But they find that high school is nothing like they left it just a few years earlier - and neither expects that they will have to confront the terror and anxiety of being a teenager again and all the issues they thought they had left behind. -- (C) Sony Pictures 190 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 74% (3) The Hunger Games 142 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller] [Gary Ross] [23 Mar 2012]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 72%, Rotten Tomatoes: 84%, Metacritic: 68%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 33 wins & 47 nominations. Actors: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Stanley Tucci, Wes Bentley, Willow Shields Writer: Gary Ross (screenplay), Suzanne Collins (screenplay), Billy Ray (screenplay), Suzanne Collins (novel) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA Plot: In a dystopian future, the totalitarian nation of Panem is divided into 12 districts and the Capitol. Each year two young representatives from each district are selected by lottery to participate in The Hunger Games. Part entertainment, rutal retribution for a past rebellion, the televised games are broadcast throughout Panem. The 24 participants are forced to eliminate their competitors while the citizens of Panem are required to watch. When 16-year-old Katniss' young sister, Prim, is selected as District 12's female representative, Katniss volunteers to take her place. She and her male counterpart, Peeta, are pitted against bigger, stronger representatives, some of whom have trained for this their whole lives. Rotten Tomatoes: Every year in the ruins of what was once North America, the evil Capitol of the nation of Panem forces each of its twelve districts to send a teenage boy and girl to compete in the Hunger Games. A twisted punishment for a past uprising and an ongoing government intimidation tactic, The Hunger Games are a nationally televised event in which 'Tributes' must fight with one another until one survivor remains. Pitted against highly-trained Tributes who have prepared for these Games their entire lives, Katniss is forced to rely upon her sharp instincts as well as the mentorship of drunken former victor Haymitch Abernathy. If she's ever to return home to District 12, Katniss must make impossible choices in the arena that weigh survival against humanity and life against love. -- (C) Lionsgate 191 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  70% (3) Get the Gringo 96 min R [Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller] [Adrian Grunberg] [22 Jun 2012]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 70%, Rotten Tomatoes: 82%, Metacritic: 60%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: Daniel Giménez Cacho, Jesús Ochoa, Kevin Balmore, Mel Gibson Writer: Mel Gibson, Stacy Perskie, Adrian Grunberg External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, Spanish Country: USA, Mexico Plot: Heading toward the Mexican border, a getaway driver disguised as a clown and his wounded accomplice try to escape the American Police with a loot of over $2 million hidden in the trunk of the car. In a desperate attempt to break through the thick border fence, the driver crashes the car, the accomplice dies and he inevitably gets apprehended by Mexican Police officers Romero and Vasquez who want the money just for themselves. As the only American inmate in the infamous 'El Pueblito' Mexican prison, which resembles more of a small village of convicts rather than a usual prison, the driver quickly gets the nickname 'The Gringo' and finds out first hand how rough it is to be a stranger in the perilous world of Javi, the ruthless crime lord who runs the prison. Sooner or later, the Gringo will form an alliance with a 10-year-old kid whose peculiar immunity in this mad place will efficiently keep him alive, only to realise that in this pit, everyone knows about the $2 million. In the end, with an order issued for his execution and knowing that his time is short, will the Gringo manage to save himself and the kid's family, get his money and ultimately escape once and for all from the El Pueblito? Rotten Tomatoes: Mel Gibson finds new life in a Mexican jail after getting caught at the border with $4 million dollars of Mobster money in this production from former first assistant director turned helmer, Adrian Grunberg. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, Rovi 192 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 70% (3) The Grey 117 min R [Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller] [Joe Carnahan] [27 Jan 2012]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 68%, Rotten Tomatoes: 79%, Metacritic: 64%, External Reviews Awards: 2 wins & 7 nominations. Actors: Dallas Roberts, Dermot Mulroney, Frank Grillo, Liam Neeson Writer: Joe Carnahan (screenplay), Ian Mackenzie Jeffers (screenplay), Ian Mackenzie Jeffers (short story 'Ghost Walker') External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Spanish Country: USA Plot: In Alaska, a team of oil workers board a flight home; however, they cross a storm and the airplane crashes. Only seven workers survive in the wilderness and John Ottway, who is a huntsman that kills wolves to protect the workers, assumes leadership of the group. Shortly after they learn that they are surrounded by a pack of wolves and Ottway advises that they should seek protection in the woods. But while they walk through the heavy snow, they are chased and attacked by the carnivorous mammals. Rotten Tomatoes: In The Grey, Liam Neeson leads an unruly group of oil-rig roughnecks when their plane crashes into the remote Alaskan wilderness. Battling mortal injuries and merciless weather, the survivors have only a few days to escape the icy elements - and a vicious pack of rogue wolves on the hunt - before their time runs out. -- (C) Open Road Films 193 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  69% (3) Dredd 95 min R [Action, Crime, Sci-Fi] [Pete Travis] [21 Sep 2012]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 71%, Rotten Tomatoes: 78%, Metacritic: 60%, External Reviews Awards: 2 wins & 14 nominations. Actors: Andile Mngadi, Karl Urban, Lena Headey, Olivia Thirlby, Porteus Xandau, Rachel Wood Writer: John Wagner (characters), Carlos Ezquerra (characters), Alex Garland (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: UK, South Africa, USA, India Plot: The future America is an irradiated waste land. On its East Coast, running from Boston to Washington DC, lies Mega City One - a vast, violent metropolis where criminals rule the chaotic streets. The only force of order lies with the urban cops called 'Judges' who possess the combined powers of judge, jury and instant executioner. Known and feared throughout the city, Dredd is the ultimate Judge, challenged with ridding the city of its latest scourge - a dangerous drug epidemic that has users of 'Slo-Mo' experiencing reality at a fraction of its normal speed. During a routine day on the job, Dredd is assigned to train and evaluate Cassandra Anderson, a rookie with powerful psychic abilities thanks to a genetic mutation. A heinous crime calls them to a neighborhood where fellow Judges rarely dare to venture - a 200 storey vertical slum controlled by prostitute turned drug lord Ma-Ma and her ruthless clan. When they capture one of the clan's inner circle, Ma-Ma overtakes the compound's control center and wages a dirty, vicious war against the Judges that proves she will stop at nothing to protect her empire. With the body count climbing and no way out, Dredd and Anderson must confront the odds and engage in the relentless battle for their survival. Rotten Tomatoes: The future America is an irradiated waste land. On its East Coast, running from Boston to Washington DC, lies Mega City One- a vast, violent metropolis where criminals rule the chaotic streets. The only force of order lies with the urban cops called 'Judges' who possess the combined powers of judge, jury and instant executioner. Known and feared throughout the city, Dredd (Karl Urban) is the ultimate Judge, challenged with ridding the city of its latest scourge - a dangerous drug epidemic that has users of 'Slo-Mo' experiencing reality at a fraction of its normal speed. -- (C) Lionsgate 194 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 69% (3) The Amazing Spider-Man 136 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi] [Marc Webb] [03 Jul 2012]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 70%, Rotten Tomatoes: 72%, Metacritic: 66%, External Reviews Awards: 2 wins & 31 nominations. Actors: Andrew Garfield, Denis Leary, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans Writer: James Vanderbilt (screenplay), Alvin Sargent (screenplay), Steve Kloves (screenplay), James Vanderbilt (story), Stan Lee (based on the Marvel comic book by), Steve Ditko (based on the Marvel comic book by) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA Plot: Peter Parker (Garfield) is an outcast high schooler who was abandoned by his parents as a boy, leaving him to be raised by his Uncle Ben (Sheen) and Aunt May (Field). Like most teenagers, Peter is trying to figure out who he is and how he got to be the person he is today. Peter is also finding his way with his first high school crush, Gwen Stacy (Stone), and together, they struggle with love, commitment, and secrets. As Peter discovers a mysterious briefcase that belonged to his father, he begins a quest to understand his parents' disappearance - leading him directly to Oscorp and the lab of Dr. Curt Connors (Ifans), his father's former partner. As Spider-Man is set on a collision course with Connors' alter-ego, The Lizard, Peter will make life-altering choices to use his powers and shape his destiny to become a hero. Rotten Tomatoes: The Amazing Spider-Man is the story of Peter Parker (Garfield), an outcast high schooler who was abandoned by his parents as a boy, leaving him to be raised by his Uncle Ben (Sheen) and Aunt May (Field). Like most teenagers, Peter is trying to figure out who he is and how he got to be the person he is today. As Peter discovers a mysterious briefcase that belonged to his father, he begins a quest to understand his parents' disappearance - leading him directly to Oscorp and the lab of Dr. Curt Connors (Ifans), his father's former partner. As Spider-Man is set on a collision course with Connors' alter-ego, The Lizard, Peter will make life-altering choices to use his powers and shape his destiny to become a hero. -- (C) Sony 195 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  69% (3) Bellflower 106 min R [Action, Drama, Romance] [Evan Glodell] [21 Mar 2012]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 64%, Rotten Tomatoes: 73%, Metacritic: 72%, External Reviews Awards: 5 wins & 8 nominations. Actors: Evan Glodell, Jessie Wiseman, Rebekah Brandes, Tyler Dawson Writer: Evan Glodell External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA Plot: Bellflower follows two friends as they venture out into the world to begin their adult lives. Literally all their free time is spent building flame-throwers and weapons of mass destruction in hopes that a global apocalypse will occur and clear the runway for their imaginary gang 'Mother Medusa'. While waiting for the world to end, their call to excitement comes unexpectedly when one of them meets a charismatic young woman and falls hard in love. Quickly integrated into a new group of friends, they set off on a journey of betrayal, love, hate, infidelity and extreme violence more devastating and fiery than any of their apocalyptic fantasies. Often life's simplest and most obvious truths are the hardest to see, but once you've burned everything to the ground it may be the only thing left standing. Rotten Tomatoes: Bellflower follows two friends as they venture out into the world to begin their adult lives. Literally all their free time is spent building flame-throwers and weapons of mass destruction in hopes that a global apocalypse will occur and clear the runway for their imaginary gang 'Mother Medusa'. While waiting for the world to end, their call to excitement comes unexpectedly when one of them meets a charismatic young woman and falls hard in love. Quickly integrated into a new group of friends, they set off on a journey of betrayal, love, hate, infidelity and extreme violence more devastating and fiery than any of their apocalyptic fantasies. -- (C) Official Site 196 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 69% (3) Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos 110 min Not Rated [Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi] [Kazuya Murata] [20 Jan 2012]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 71%, Rotten Tomatoes: 83%, Metacritic: 54%, External Reviews Awards: 4 wins & 5 nominations. Actors: Alexis Tipton, Matthew Mercer, Maxey Whitehead, Vic Mignogna Writer: Hiromu Arakawa (manga), Yûichi Shinbo (screenplay), John Burgmeier (head writer), Bonny Clinkenbeard (script writer) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: Japanese Country: Japan Plot: In the lost holy land of Milos, the Elrics search for the truth behind an unknown form of alchemy. What secrets are hidden in Milos? Riddles must be solved and dangers faced before the truth can be found. Rotten Tomatoes: Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos, a new feature-length adventure into the world of an international anime sensation. A fugitive alchemist with mysterious abilities leads the Elric brothers to a distant valley of slums inhabited by the Milos, a proud people struggling against bureaucratic exploitation. Ed and Al quickly find themselves in the middle of a rising rebellion, as the exiled Milos lash out against their oppressors. At the heart of the conflict is Julia, a young alchemist befriended by Alphonse. She'll stop at nothing to restore the Milos to their former glory - even if that means harnessing the awful power of the mythical Philosopher's Stone. -- (C) Official Site 197 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  68% (3) Rise of the Guardians 97 min PG [Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy] [Peter Ramsey] [21 Nov 2012]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 73%, Rotten Tomatoes: 74%, Metacritic: 57%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 14 wins & 31 nominations. Actors: Alec Baldwin, Chris Pine, Hugh Jackman, Isla Fisher, Jude Law Writer: David Lindsay-Abaire (screenplay), William Joyce (based on the book series 'Guardians of Childhood' by) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, French Country: USA Plot: When an evil spirit known as Pitch lays down the gauntlet to take over the world, the immortal Guardians must join forces for the first time to protect the hopes, beliefs, and imaginations of children all over the world. Rotten Tomatoes: Rise of the Guardians is an epic adventure that tells the story of a group of heroes - each with extraordinary abilities. When an evil spirit known as Pitch lays down the gauntlet to take over the world, the immortal Guardians must join forces for the first time to protect the hopes, beliefs and imagination of children all over the world. -- (C) Official Site 198 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 68% (3) Premium Rush 91 min PG-13 [Action, Crime, Thriller] [David Koepp] [24 Aug 2012]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 65%, Rotten Tomatoes: 74%, Metacritic: 66%, External Reviews Awards: 1 win & 4 nominations. Actors: Dania Ramirez, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Kym Perfetto, Michael Shannon, Sean Kennedy Writer: David Koepp, John Kamps External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Mandarin, Cantonese Country: USA Plot: Wilee is one of 1,500 bike couriers in Manhattan who rides on the edge by having a bike with no brakes. On this day, Wilee has a delivery that is so valuable that a corrupt NYC Detective, who needs the money, begins to chase Wilee throughout the city to get it before the envelope is delivered. Rotten Tomatoes: Dodging speeding cars, crazed cabbies, open doors, and eight million cranky pedestrians is all in a day's work for Wilee (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), the best of New York's agile and aggressive bicycle messengers. It takes a special breed to ride the fixie - super lightweight, single-gear bikes with no brakes and riders who are equal part skilled cyclists and suicidal nutcases who risk becoming a smear on the pavement every time they head into traffic. But a guy who's used to putting his life on the line is about to get more than even he is used to when a routine delivery turns into a life or death chase through the streets of Manhattan. When Wilee picks up his last envelope of the day on a premium rush run, he discovers this package is different. This time, someone is actually trying to kill him. -- (C) Sony 199 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  68% (3) Haywire 93 min R [Action, Drama, Thriller] [Steven Soderbergh] [20 Jan 2012]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 58%, Rotten Tomatoes: 80%, Metacritic: 67%, External Reviews Awards: 7 nominations. Actors: Channing Tatum, Debby Lynn Ross, Ewan McGregor, Gina Carano, Michael Angarano, Michael Fassbender Writer: Lem Dobbs External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Spanish Country: Ireland, USA Plot: Freelance covert operative Mallory Kane is hired out by her handler to various global entities to perform jobs which governments can't authorize and heads of state would rather not know about. After a mission to rescue a hostage in Barcelona, Mallory is quickly dispatched on another mission to Dublin. When the operation goes awry and Mallory finds she has been double crossed, she needs to use all of her skills, tricks and abilities to escape an international manhunt, make it back to the United States, protect her family, and exact revenge on those that have betrayed her. Rotten Tomatoes: This dynamic action-thriller directed by Steven Soderbergh boasts a talented cast that includes Channing Tatum, Ewan McGregor, Michael Fassbender, Antonio Banderas, Bill Paxton, Michael Douglas, Michael Angarano; and introduces MMA superstar Gina Carano as Mallory Kane, in a demanding lead role that has her performing her own high-adrenaline stunts. Mallory Kane is a highly trained operative who works for a government security contractor in the dirtiest, most dangerous corners of the world. After successfully freeing a Chinese journalist held hostage, she is double crossed and left for dead by someone close to her in her own agency. Suddenly the target of skilled assassins who know her every move, Mallory must find the truth in order to stay alive. -- (C) Relativity Media 200 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 65% (3) Cloud Atlas 172 min R [Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi] [Tom Tykwer, Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski] [26 Oct 2012]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 74%, Rotten Tomatoes: 67%, Metacritic: 55%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 16 wins & 75 nominations. Actors: Halle Berry, Hugh Grant, Hugo Weaving, Jim Broadbent, Tom Hanks Writer: David Mitchell (novel), Lana Wachowski (written for the screen by), Tom Tykwer (written for the screen by), Lilly Wachowski (written for the screen by), Chris Lindsay (additional material) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Spanish, Ukrainian Country: Germany, USA, Hong Kong, Singapore, China Plot: Everything is connected: an 1849 diary of an ocean voyage across the Pacific; letters from a composer to his lover; a thriller about a conspiracy at a nuclear power plant; a farce about a publisher in a nursing home; a rebellious clone in futuristic Korea; and the tale of a tribe living on post-apocalyptic Hawaii far in the future. Rotten Tomatoes: Cloud Atlas explores how the actions and consequences of individual lives impact one another throughout the past, the present and the future. Action, mystery and romance weave dramatically through the story as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero and a single act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution in the distant future. Each member of the ensemble appears in multiple roles as the stories move through time. -- (C) Warner Bros. 201 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  64% (3) Men in Black 3 106 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi] [Barry Sonnenfeld] [25 May 2012]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 68%, Rotten Tomatoes: 68%, Metacritic: 58%, External Reviews Awards: 1 win & 13 nominations. Actors: Jemaine Clement, Josh Brolin, Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith Writer: Etan Cohen, Lowell Cunningham (based on the Malibu comic by) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Ukrainian Country: USA, United Arab Emirates Plot: After breaking out of a moon-based maximum security prison, Boris the Animal decides to go back in time and eliminate the person who arrested him - Agent K. When he does so, Agent J realizes that the time line has been changed and he too travels back to July 15, 1969, the day before Agent K is killed. After overcoming some disbelief, J manages to convince young K and others of just who he is and why he's there. With the help of a being who can see all time lines, they track Boris down. J also learns a secret, something old K had never told him. Rotten Tomatoes: In Men in Black 3, Agents J (Will Smith) and K (Tommy Lee Jones) are back...in time. J has seen some inexplicable things in his 15 years with the Men in Black, but nothing, not even aliens, perplexes him as much as his wry, reticent partner. But when K's life and the fate of the planet are put at stake, Agent J will have to travel back in time to put things right. J discovers that there are secrets to the universe that K never told him -- secrets that will reveal themselves as he teams up with the young Agent K (Josh Brolin) to save his partner, the agency, and the future of humankind. -- (C) Sony 202 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 80% (3) Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol 132 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Thriller] [Brad Bird] [21 Dec 2011]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 74%, Rotten Tomatoes: 93%, Metacritic: 73%, External Reviews Awards: 5 wins & 30 nominations. Actors: Jeremy Renner, Paula Patton, Simon Pegg, Tom Cruise Writer: Bruce Geller (television series 'Mission: Impossible'), Josh Appelbaum, André Nemec External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Russian, French, Arabic, Swedish Country: USA, United Arab Emirates, Czech Republic, Russia, India, Canada Plot: In the fourth installment of the Mission Impossible series, Ethan Hunt and a new team race against time to track down Hendricks, a dangerous terrorist who has gained access to Russian nuclear launch codes and is planning a strike on the United States. An attempt by the team to stop him at the Kremlin ends in a disaster, with an explosion causing severe damage to the Kremlin and the IMF being implicated in the bombing, forcing the President to invoke Ghost Protocol, under which the IMF is disavowed, and will be offered no help or backup in any form. Undaunted, Ethan and his team chase Hendricks to Dubai, and from there to Mumbai, but several spectacular action sequences later, they might still be too late to stop a disaster. Rotten Tomatoes: This is not just another mission. The IMF is shut down when it's implicated in a global terrorist bombing plot. Ghost Protocol is initiated and Ethan Hunt and his rogue new team must go undercover to clear their organization's name. No help, no contact, off the grid. You have never seen a mission grittier and more intense than this. -- (C) Paramount 203 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  80% (3) Source Code 93 min PG-13 [Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller] [Duncan Jones] [01 Apr 2011]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 75%, Rotten Tomatoes: 92%, Metacritic: 74%, External Reviews Awards: 1 win & 8 nominations. Actors: Jake Gyllenhaal, Jeffrey Wright, Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga Writer: Ben Ripley External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA, Canada Plot: Army Captain Colter Stevens finds himself working on a special program where his consciousness can be inserted into another human being. The only catch is can only be there for 8 minutes at any given time. That morning, a bomb exploded on a commuter train just outside Chicago. He occupies the body of teacher going to work on that train and is confused as to what he is doing or why he is there as his last memory is of flying his helicopter on a combat mission in Afghanistan. Those in charge of the program explain to him that there is a bomb on the train, and that he must locate it. More importantly, he must identify the bomber as another bombing is expected later that day. He is also told however that he cannot change the past and can only gather information. As he develops a liking for his traveling companion Christina, he sets out to test that theory. Rotten Tomatoes: When decorated soldier Captain Colter Stevens (Jake Gyllenhaal) wakes up in the body of an unknown man, he discovers he's part of a mission to find the bomber of a Chicago commuter train. In an assignment unlike any he's ever known, he learns he's part of a government experiment called the Source Code, a program that enables him to cross over into another man's identity in the last 8 minutes of his life. With a second, much larger target threatening to kill millions in downtown Chicago, Colter re-lives the incident over and over again, gathering clues each time, until he can solve the mystery of who is behind the bombs and prevent the next attack. -- (C) Summit 204 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 77% (3) Attack the Block 88 min R [Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Thriller] [Joe Cornish] [13 May 2011]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 66%, Rotten Tomatoes: 90%, Metacritic: 75%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 20 wins & 36 nominations. Actors: Alex Esmail, Jodie Whittaker, John Boyega, Leeon Jones Writer: Joe Cornish External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: UK, France Plot: Attack the Block follows an unlucky young woman and and a gang of tough inner-city kids who make an unlikely alliance to try to defend their turf against an invasion of savage alien creatures, turning a South London apartment complex into a war-zone. Rotten Tomatoes: From the producers of Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, Attack the Block follows a gang of tough inner-city kids who try to defend their turf against an invasion of savage alien creatures, turning a South London apartment complex into an extraterrestrial warzone. -- (C) Sony Pictures 205 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  76% (3) Delhi Belly 103 min Not Rated [Action, Comedy, Crime] [Abhinay Deo, Akshat Verma] [01 Jul 2011]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 76%, Rotten Tomatoes: 88%, Metacritic: 66%, External Reviews Awards: 4 wins & 6 nominations. Actors: Imran Khan, Kunaal Roy Kapur, Shenaz Treasury, Vir Das Writer: Mr. Moris (screenplay by), Akshat Verma External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Hindi Country: India Plot: Delhi-based Sonia agrees to deliver a package for Vladimir Dragunsky and asks her rather unkempt and debt-ridden fiancé, Tashi Malhotra, to do it for her. Tashi, in turn, asks one of two of his room-mates, Nitin. But Nitin forgets to do so due to an upset stomach ailment commonly known as 'Delhi Belly' as well as his plan to blackmail their landlord, Manish and asks the third roommate Arup to deliver the package. A gangster, Somayajulu, who was the recipient of this package, starts by brutally questioning Vladimir, and finds out that the package may be in the possession of the trio. While Tashi must deal with his attraction for Journalist Menaka and incur the wrath of her husband, Rajiv, he still has to fully come to terms whether or not he wants to marry Sonia. And the entry of ruthless Somayajulu and his gang seriously jeopardizes any plans Tashi and his friends may have for the future. Rotten Tomatoes: Tashi, Arup and Nitin - flatmates, buddies and partners in crime. Tashi is to get married in a month but still doesn't know if his fiancé is THE ONE! Arup can't make up his mind who he wants to kill first - his girlfriend who has just dumped him or his stupid, annoying boss whose idea of creativity is sketching a smiling banana! And Nitin is about to discover that eating delicious tandoori chicken off a street vendor is going to give him the worst case of Delhi Belly he's ever known! Three regular blokes, living the regular life EXCEPT for one small detail - they are on the hit list of one of the world's deadliest crime syndicates. Will they be able to get away before the 's#!t hits the roof' and it comes crashing down? --(c) UTV 206 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 76% (3) X-Men: First Class 131 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi] [Matthew Vaughn] [03 Jun 2011]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 77%, Rotten Tomatoes: 86%, Metacritic: 65%, External Reviews Awards: 20 wins & 38 nominations. Actors: Bill Milner, James McAvoy, Jennifer Lawrence, Laurence Belcher, Michael Fassbender Writer: Ashley Miller (screenplay by), Zack Stentz (screenplay by), Jane Goldman (screenplay by), Matthew Vaughn (screenplay by), Sheldon Turner (story by), Bryan Singer (story by) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, German, French, Spanish, Russian Country: USA, UK Plot: Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Before they were archenemies, they were closest of friends, working together, with other Mutants (some familiar, some new), to stop the greatest threat the world has ever known. In the process, a rift between them opened, which began the eternal war between Magneto's Brotherhood and Professor X's X-MEN. Rotten Tomatoes: X-Men: First Class unveils the epic beginning of the X-Men saga - and a secret history of the Cold War and our world at the brink of nuclear Armageddon. As the first class discovers, harnesses, and comes to terms with their formidable powers, alliances are formed that will shape the eternal war between the heroes and villains of the X-Men universe. -- (C) Fox 207 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  75% (3) Rise of the Planet of the Apes 105 min PG-13 [Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller] [Rupert Wyatt] [05 Aug 2011]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 76%, Rotten Tomatoes: 82%, Metacritic: 68%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 21 wins & 42 nominations. Actors: Andy Serkis, Freida Pinto, James Franco, Karin Konoval, Richard Ridings, Terry Notary Writer: Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Sign Languages Country: USA, UK, Canada Plot: At the story's heart is Caesar (Andy Serkis), a chimpanzee who gains human-like intelligence and emotions from an experimental drug. Raised like a child by the drug's creator, Will Rodman (James Franco) and a primatologist Caroline Aranha (Freida Pinto), Caesar ultimately finds himself taken from the humans he loves and imprisoned in an ape sanctuary in San Bruno. Seeking justice for his fellow inmates, Caesar gives the fellow apes the same drug that he inherited. He then assembles a simian army and escapes the sanctuary - putting man and ape on a collision course that could change the planet forever. Rotten Tomatoes: A single act of both compassion and arrogance leads to a war unlike any other -- and to the Rise of the Planet of the Apes. The Oscar-winning visual effects team that brought to life the worlds of Avatar and Lord of the Rings is breaking new ground, creating a CGI ape that delivers a dramatic performance of unprecedented emotion and intelligence, and epic battles on which rest the upended destinies of man and primate. -- (C) Official Site 208 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 73% (3) Contagion 106 min PG-13 [Action, Drama, Thriller] [Steven Soderbergh] [09 Sep 2011]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 66%, Rotten Tomatoes: 84%, Metacritic: 70%, External Reviews Awards: 2 wins & 13 nominations. Actors: Daria Strokous, Gwyneth Paltrow, Josie Ho, Jude Law, Kate Winslet, Matt Damon, Tien You Chui Writer: Scott Z. Burns External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Mandarin, Cantonese Country: USA, United Arab Emirates Plot: Soon after her return from a business trip to Hong Kong, Beth Emhoff dies from what is a flu or some other type of infection. Her young son dies later the same day. Her husband Mitch however seems immune. Thus begins the spread of a deadly infection. For doctors and administrators at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, several days pass before anyone realizes the extent or gravity of this new infection. They must first identify the type of virus in question and then find a means of combating it, a process that will likely take several months. As the contagion spreads to millions of people worldwide, societal order begins to break down as people panic. Rotten Tomatoes: Contagion follows the rapid progress of a lethal airborne virus that kills within days. As the fast-moving epidemic grows, the worldwide medical community races to find a cure and control the panic that spreads faster than the virus itself. At the same time, ordinary people struggle to survive in a society coming apart. -- (C) Warner Bros. 209 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  73% (3) Kung Fu Panda 2 90 min PG [Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy] [Jennifer Yuh Nelson] [26 May 2011]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 72%, Rotten Tomatoes: 81%, Metacritic: 67%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 5 wins & 46 nominations. Actors: Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman, Gary Oldman, Jack Black, Jackie Chan Writer: Jonathan Aibel, Glenn Berger External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA Plot: In the Valley of Peace, Po Ping is revelling in his fulfilled dreams as he serves as the fabled Dragon Warrior protecting his home with his heroes now his closest friends. However, Po and company learn that the murderous Lord Shen of Gongman City is threatening the land with a fearsome new weapon that could mean the end of kung fu. They attempt to stop him, but the panda is burdened with crippling memory flashbacks linked to this villain. Now with China in the balance, Po must learn about his past and find true inner peace against all opposition. Rotten Tomatoes: In Kung Fu Panda 2, Po is now living his dream as The Dragon Warrior, protecting the Valley of Peace alongside his friends and fellow kung fu masters, The Furious Five. But Po's new life of awesomeness is threatened by the emergence of a formidable villain, who plans to use a secret, unstoppable weapon to conquer China and destroy kung fu. Po must look to his past and uncover the secrets of his mysterious origins; only then will he be able to unlock the strength he needs to succeed. -- (C) Dreamworks 210 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 72% (3) Puss in Boots 90 min PG [Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy] [Chris Miller] [28 Oct 2011]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 66%, Rotten Tomatoes: 85%, Metacritic: 65%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 9 wins & 42 nominations. Actors: Antonio Banderas, Billy Bob Thornton, Salma Hayek, Zach Galifianakis Writer: Tom Wheeler (screenplay by), Brian Lynch (story by), William Davies (story by), Tom Wheeler (story by), Charles Perrault (story 'Puss in Boots') External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Spanish Country: USA Plot: Years before meeting Shrek and Donkey, the adorable but tricky Puss in Boots must clear his name from all charges making him a wanted fugitive. While trying to steal magic beans from the infamous criminals Jack and Jill, the hero crosses paths with his female match, Kitty Softpaws, who leads Puss to his old friend, but now enemy, Humpty Dumpty. Memories of friendship and betrayal enlarges Puss' doubt, but he eventually agrees to help the egg get the magic beans. Together, the three plan to steal the beans, get to the Giant's castle, nab the golden goose, and clear Puss' name. Rotten Tomatoes: Long before he even met Shrek, the notorious fighter, lover and outlaw Puss in Boots becomes a hero when he sets off on an adventure with the tough and street smart Kitty Softpaws and the mastermind Humpty Dumpty to save his town. This is the true story of The Cat, The Myth, The Legend... The Boots. -- (C) Dreamworks/Paramount 211 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  72% (3) Fast Five 130 min PG-13 [Action, Crime, Thriller] [Justin Lin] [29 Apr 2011]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 73%, Rotten Tomatoes: 77%, Metacritic: 66%, External Reviews Awards: 9 wins & 21 nominations. Actors: Dwayne Johnson, Jordana Brewster, Paul Walker, Tyrese Gibson, Vin Diesel Writer: Chris Morgan, Gary Scott Thompson (characters) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, French Country: USA, Brazil Plot: Former cop Brian O'Conner partners with ex-con Dom Toretto on the opposite side of the law. Since Brian and Mia Toretto broke Dom out of custody, they've blown across many borders to elude authorities. Now backed into a corner in Rio de Janeiro, they must pull one last job in order to gain their freedom. As they assemble their elite team of top racers, the unlikely allies know their only shot of getting out for good means confronting the corrupt businessman who wants them dead. But he's not the only one on their tail. Hard-nosed federal agent Luke Hobbs never misses his target. When he is assigned to track down Dom and Brian, he and his strike team launch an all-out assault to capture them. But as his men tear through Brazil, Hobbs learns he can't separate the good guys from the bad. Now, he must rely on his instincts to corner his prey... before someone else runs them down first. Rotten Tomatoes: Former cop Brian O'Conner (Paul Walker) partners with ex-con Dom Toretto (Vin Diesel) on the opposite side of the law. Dwayne Johnson joins returning favorites Jordana Brewster, Tyrese Gibson, Chris 'Ludacris' Bridges, Matt Schulze, Sung Kang, Gal Gadot, Tego Calderon and Don Omar for this ultimate high-stakes race. Since Brian and Mia Toretto (Brewster) broke Dom out of custody, they've blown across many borders to elude authorities. Now backed into a corner in Rio de Janeiro, they must pull one last job in order to gain their freedom. As they assemble their elite team of top racers, the unlikely allies know their only shot of getting out for good means confronting the corrupt businessman who wants them dead. But he's not the only one on their tail. Hard-nosed federal agent Luke Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson) never misses his target. -- (C) Universal 212 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 71% (3) The Adventures of Tintin 107 min PG [Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Mystery] [Steven Spielberg] [21 Dec 2011]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 73%, Rotten Tomatoes: 73%, Metacritic: 68%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 21 wins & 60 nominations. Actors: Andy Serkis, Daniel Craig, Jamie Bell, Nick Frost Writer: Hergé (based on 'The Adventures of Tintin' by), Steven Moffat (screenplay by), Edgar Wright (screenplay by), Joe Cornish (screenplay by) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA, New Zealand, UK Plot: Having bought a model ship, the Unicorn, for a pound off a market stall Tintin is initially puzzled that the sinister Mr. Sakharine should be so eager to buy it from him, resorting to murder and kidnapping Tintin - accompanied by his marvellous dog Snowy - to join him and his gang as they sail to Morocco on an old cargo ship. Sakharine has bribed the crew to revolt against the ship's master, drunken Captain Haddock, but Tintin, Snowy and Haddock escape, arriving in Morocco at the court of a sheikh, who also has a model of the Unicorn. Haddock tells Tintin that over three hundred years earlier his ancestor Sir Francis Haddock was forced to scuttle the original Unicorn when attacked by a piratical forebear of Sakharine but he managed to save his treasure and provide clues to its location in three separate scrolls, all of which were secreted in models of the Unicorn. Tintin and Sakharine have one each and the villain intends to use the glass-shattering top Cs of operatic soprano the Milanese Nightingale to secure the third. With aid from bumbling Interpol agents the Thompson Twins our boy hero, his dog and the captain must prevent Sakharine from obtaining all three scrolls to fulfil the prophesy that only the last of the Haddocks can discover the treasure's whereabouts. Rotten Tomatoes: Paramount Pictures and Columbia Pictures Present a 3D Motion Capture Film The Adventures of Tintin directed by Steven Spielberg from a screenplay by Steven Moffat and Edgar Wright & Joe Cornish. Starring Jamie Bell as Tintin, the intrepid young reporter whose relentless pursuit of a good story thrusts him into a world of high adventure, and Daniel Craig as the nefarious Red Rackham. -- (C) Official Site 213 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  71% (3) Captain America: The First Avenger 124 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi] [Joe Johnston] [22 Jul 2011]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 69%, Rotten Tomatoes: 80%, Metacritic: 66%, External Reviews Awards: 3 wins & 46 nominations. Actors: Chris Evans, Hayley Atwell, Hugo Weaving, Samuel L. Jackson, Sebastian Stan, Tommy Lee Jones Writer: Christopher Markus (screenplay), Stephen McFeely (screenplay), Joe Simon (comic books), Jack Kirby (comic books) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Norwegian, French Country: USA Plot: It is 1942, America has entered World War II, and sickly but determined Steve Rogers is frustrated at being rejected yet again for military service. Everything changes when Dr. Erskine recruits him for the secret Project Rebirth. Proving his extraordinary courage, wits and conscience, Rogers undergoes the experiment and his weak body is suddenly enhanced into the maximum human potential. When Dr. Erskine is then immediately assassinated by an agent of Nazi Germany's secret HYDRA research department (headed by Johann Schmidt, a.k.a. the Red Skull), Rogers is left as a unique man who is initially misused as a propaganda mascot; however, when his comrades need him, Rogers goes on a successful adventure that truly makes him Captain America, and his war against Schmidt begins. Rotten Tomatoes: Captain America: The First Avenger will focus on the early days of the Marvel Universe when Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) volunteers to participate in an experimental program that turns him into the Super Soldier known as Captain America. As Captain America, Rogers joins forces with Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan) and Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell) to wage war on the evil HYDRA organization, led by the villainous Red Skull (Hugo Weaving.) -- (C) Paramount 214 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 68% (3) The Whistleblower 112 min R [Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller] [Larysa Kondracki] [27 Oct 2011]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 72%, Rotten Tomatoes: 75%, Metacritic: 59%, External Reviews Awards: 8 wins & 11 nominations. Actors: David Strathairn, Monica Bellucci, Rachel Weisz, Vanessa Redgrave Writer: Larysa Kondracki, Eilis Kirwan External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Romanian, Russian, Serbian Country: Canada, Germany Plot: Inspired by true events, Kathy (Rachel Weisz) is an American police officer who takes a job working as a peacekeeper in post-war Bosnia. Her expectations of helping to rebuild a devastated country are dashed when she uncovers a dangerous reality of corruption, cover-up and intrigue amid a world of private contractors and multinational diplomatic doubletalk. Rotten Tomatoes: This ripped-from-the-headlines thriller is inspired by actual events. Kathy Bolkovac (Rachel Weisz) is a Nebraskan police officer who takes a job working as a peacekeeper in post-war Bosnia. Her expectations of helping to rebuild a devastated country are dashed when she uncovers a dangerous reality of corruption, cover-up and intrigue amid a world of private contractors and multinational diplomatic doubletalk. -- (C) Samuel Goldwyn 215 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  68% (3) Thor 115 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi] [Kenneth Branagh] [06 May 2011]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 70%, Rotten Tomatoes: 77%, Metacritic: 57%, External Reviews Awards: 5 wins & 30 nominations. Actors: Anthony Hopkins, Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston Writer: Ashley Miller (screenplay), Zack Stentz (screenplay), Don Payne (screenplay), J. Michael Straczynski (story), Mark Protosevich (story), Stan Lee (comic book), Larry Lieber (comic book), Jack Kirby (comic book) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA Plot: The warrior Thor (Hemsworth) is cast out of the fantastic realm of Asgard by his father Odin (Hopkins) for his arrogance and sent to Earth to live among humans. Falling in love with scientist Jane Foster (Portman) teaches Thor much-needed lessons, and his new-found strength comes into play as a villain from his homeland sends dark forces toward Earth. Rotten Tomatoes: The epic adventure Thor spans the Marvel Universe from present day Earth to the mystical realm of Asgard. At the center of the story is The Mighty Thor, a powerful but arrogant warrior whose reckless actions reignite an ancient war. As a result, Thor is banished to Earth where he is forced to live among humans. When the most dangerous villain of his world sends its darkest forces to invade Earth, Thor learns what it takes to be a true hero.-- (C) Paramount Pictures 216 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 68% (3) Hanna 111 min PG-13 [Action, Drama, Thriller] [Joe Wright] [08 Apr 2011]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 68%, Rotten Tomatoes: 71%, Metacritic: 65%, External Reviews Awards: 8 wins & 25 nominations. Actors: Cate Blanchett, Eric Bana, Saoirse Ronan, Vicky Krieps Writer: Seth Lochhead (screenplay), David Farr (screenplay), Seth Lochhead (story) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, French, German, Italian, Arabic, Spanish Country: USA, UK, Germany Plot: Hanna (Ronan) is a teenage girl. Uniquely, she has the strength, the stamina, and the skills of a soldier; these come from being raised by her father (Bana), an ex-CIA man, in the wilds of Finland. Living a life unlike any other teenager, her upbringing and training have been one and the same, all geared to making her the perfect assassin. The turning point in her adolescence is a sharp one; sent into the world by her father on a mission, Hanna journeys stealthily across Europe while eluding agents dispatched after her by a ruthless intelligence operative with secrets of her own (Blanchett). As she nears her ultimate target, Hanna faces startling revelations about her existence and unexpected questions about her humanity. Rotten Tomatoes: Hanna (Saoirse Ronan) is 16 years old. She is bright, inquisitive, and a devoted daughter. Uniquely, she has the strength, the stamina, and the smarts of a soldier; these come from being raised by her widowed father Erik (Eric Bana), an ex-CIA man, in the wilds of North Finland. Erik has taught Hanna to hunt, put her through extreme self-defense workouts, and home-schooled her with only an encyclopedia and a book of fairy tales. Hanna has been living a life unlike any other teenager; her upbringing and training have been one and the same, all geared to making her the perfect assassin. But out in the world there is unfinished business for Hanna's family, and it is with a combination of pride and apprehension that Erik realizes his daughter can no longer be held back. -- (C) Focus Features 217 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  65% (3) Shaolin 131 min R [Action, Drama] [Benny Chan] [27 Jan 2011]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 69%, Rotten Tomatoes: 74%, Metacritic: 53%, External Reviews Awards: 4 nominations. Actors: Chen Zhiui, Jing Wu, Shaoqun Yu, Xing Yu Writer: Alan Yuen (original screenplay), Chi Kwong Cheung, Quiyu Wang, Kam Cheong Chan, Tan Cheung External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: Mandarin, Cantonese Country: Hong Kong, China Plot: China is plunged into strife as feuding warlords try to expand their power by warring over neighboring lands. Fuelled by his success on the battlefield, young and arrogant Hao Jie sneers at Shaolin's masters after killing a rival warlord on their temple grounds. But the glory comes before a fall. His own family is wiped out in an unexpected turn of events and Hao is forced to take refuge with the monks. As the civil unrest spreads and the people suffer, Hao and the Shaolin masters are forced to take a fiery stand against the evil warlords. They launch a daring plan of rescue and escape. Rotten Tomatoes: As feuding warlords fight to expand their power, the noble monks of the Shaolin Temple clean up the mess left behind, tending to the injured while trying their best to protect the poor and weak. General Hou (Andy Lau) has caused much of this mess with his violent and ruthless tactics that rarely discriminate between soldiers and civilians. When Hou is betrayed by fellow general Cao Man (Nicholas Tse), he is forced into hiding, and takes refuge with the monks (including Jackie Chan) at their hidden mountain temple. As the days pass, he finds himself more and more at ease as he learns the ways of peace, and begins to release his hatred through Martial Zen. But Cao is not far behind, and war soon reaches the temple, where the monks are ready to fight back with their unstoppable Shaolin Kung Fu. -- (C) Reliance 218 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 85% (3) 13 Assassins 141 min R [Action, Adventure, Drama] [Takashi Miike] [25 Sep 2010]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 76%, Rotten Tomatoes: 95%, Metacritic: 84%, External Reviews Awards: 14 wins & 27 nominations. Actors: Ikki Sawamura, Kôji Yakusho, Takayuki Yamada, Yûsuke Iseya Writer: Kaneo Ikegami (based on a screenplay by), Shoichirou Ikemiya (story), Daisuke Tengan (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: Japanese Country: Japan, UK Plot: In 1844, the peace of Feudal Japan is threatened by cruel Lord Naritsugu Matsudaira, who is politically rising and getting closer to his half-brother, the shogun. After the harakiri of the Namiya clan leader, samurai Shinzaemon Shimada is summoned by the shogun's advisor Sir Doi of the Akashi Clan to listen to the tragedy of Makino Uneme, whose son and daughter-in-law have been murdered by Naritsugu. Then Sir Doi shows a woman with arms, legs and tongue severed by Naritsugu and she writes with her forearm a request to Shinza to slaughter Naritsugu and his samurai. Shinza promises to kill Naritsugu and he gathers eleven other samurais and plots a plan to attack Naritsugu in his trip back to the Akashi land. But the cunning samurai Hanbei Kitou that is responsible for the security of his master foresees Shinza's intent. Shinza decides to go with his samurai through the mountain, where they find the hunter Koyata that guides them off the mountain and joins the group. Now the thirteen men prepare an ambush to Naritsugu and his army of two hundred samurai in a suicide mission to stop evil. Rotten Tomatoes: Cult director Takeshi Miike (Ichi the Killer, Audition) delivers a bravado period action film set at the end of Japan's feudal era in which a group of unemployed samurai are enlisted to bring down a sadistic lord and prevent him from ascending to the throne and plunging the country into a wartorn future. --(c) Magnet Pictures 219 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  84% (3) How to Train Your Dragon 98 min PG [Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy] [Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders] [26 Mar 2010]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 81%, Rotten Tomatoes: 99%, Metacritic: 74%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 25 wins & 60 nominations. Actors: America Ferrera, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Craig Ferguson, Gerard Butler, Jay Baruchel Writer: William Davies (screenplay by), Dean DeBlois (screenplay by), Chris Sanders (screenplay by), Cressida Cowell (based on the book by) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA Plot: Long ago up North on the Island of Berk, the young Viking, Hiccup, wants to join his town's fight against the dragons that continually raid their town. However, his macho father and village leader, Stoik the Vast, will not allow his small, clumsy, but inventive son to do so. Regardless, Hiccup ventures out into battle and downs a mysterious Night Fury dragon with his invention, but can't bring himself to kill it. Instead, Hiccup and the dragon, whom he dubs Toothless, begin a friendship that would open up both their worlds as the observant boy learns that his people have misjudged the species. But even as the two each take flight in their own way, they find that they must fight the destructive ignorance plaguing their world. Rotten Tomatoes: The son of a Viking chief must capture a dragon in order to mark his passage into manhood and prove his worthiness to the tribe in directors Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois' adaptation of Cressida Cowell's popular children's book. Gerard Butler, America Ferrera, Jonah Hill, Jay Baruchel, and Christopher Mintz-Plasse provide voices for the DreamWorks Animation production. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi 220 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 82% (3) Inception 148 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller] [Christopher Nolan] [16 Jul 2010]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 88%, Rotten Tomatoes: 86%, Metacritic: 74%, External Reviews Awards: Won 4 Oscars. Another 152 wins & 204 nominations. Actors: Ellen Page, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy Writer: Christopher Nolan External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Japanese, French Country: USA, UK Plot: Dom Cobb is a skilled thief, the absolute best in the dangerous art of extraction, stealing valuable secrets from deep within the subconscious during the dream state, when the mind is at its most vulnerable. Cobb's rare ability has made him a coveted player in this treacherous new world of corporate espionage, but it has also made him an international fugitive and cost him everything he has ever loved. Now Cobb is being offered a chance at redemption. One last job could give him his life back but only if he can accomplish the impossible - inception. Instead of the perfect heist, Cobb and his team of specialists have to pull off the reverse: their task is not to steal an idea but to plant one. If they succeed, it could be the perfect crime. But no amount of careful planning or expertise can prepare the team for the dangerous enemy that seems to predict their every move. An enemy that only Cobb could have seen coming. Rotten Tomatoes: Visionary filmmaker Christopher Nolan (Memento, The Dark Knight) writes and directs this psychological sci-fi action film about a thief who possesses the power to enter into the dreams of others. Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) doesn't steal things, he steals ideas. By projecting himself deep into the subconscious of his targets, he can glean information that even the best computer hackers can't get to. In the world of corporate espionage, Cobb is the ultimate weapon. But even weapons have their weakness, and when Cobb loses everything, he's forced to embark on one final mission in a desperate quest for redemption. This time, Cobb won't be harvesting an idea, but sowing one. Should he and his team of specialists succeed, they will have discovered a new frontier in the art of psychic espionage. They've planned everything to perfection, and they have all the tools to get the job done. Their mission is complicated, however, by the sudden appearance of a malevolent foe that seems to know exactly what they're up to, and precisely how to stop them. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi 221 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  81% (3) Elite Squad: The Enemy Within 115 min Not Rated [Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller] [José Padilha] [08 Oct 2010]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 81%, Rotten Tomatoes: 93%, Metacritic: 71%, External Reviews Awards: 37 wins & 15 nominations. Actors: André Ramiro, Irandhir Santos, Milhem Cortaz, Wagner Moura Writer: Bráulio Mantovani (screenplay), Bráulio Mantovani (story), José Padilha (screenplay), José Padilha (story), Rodrigo Pimentel (story) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: Portuguese Country: Brazil Plot: After a bloody invasion of the BOPE in the High-Security Penitentiary Bangu 1 in Rio de Janeiro to control a rebellion of interns, the Lieutenant-Colonel Roberto Nascimento and the second in command Captain André Matias are accused by the Human Right Aids member Diogo Fraga of execution of prisoners. Matias is transferred to the corrupted Military Police and Nascimento is exonerated from the BOPE by the Governor. However, due to the increasing popularity of Nascimento, the Governor invites him to team-up with the intelligence area of the Secretary of Security. Along the years, Fraga, who is married with Nascimento's former wife, is elected State Representative and Nascimento's son Rafael has issues with his biological father. Meanwhile Nascimento and the BOPE expel the drug dealers from several slums but another enemy arises: the militia led by Major Rocha and supported by the Governor, the Secretary of Security and politicians interested in votes. Nascimento is manipulated to help this group, vanquishing the criminals in the slums and poor communities; then the corrupt group of police officers is free to exploit the poor population. Rotten Tomatoes: The sprawling slum that towers over Rio de Janeiro is one of the most dangerous places on Earth, and as the head of Rio's BOPE (Special Police Operations Battalion), Captain Nascimento (Wagner Moura) has seen his share of intense situations. When a BOPE mission to stop a jail riot ends in violence, Nascimento finds his job on the line--and BOPE accused of a massacre by human rights activists. But a public fed up with the violence and gangs that plague Rio loves it, and Nascimento finds himself embraced as a hero who gets results. With elections around the corner, he's promoted to Sub-Secretary of Intelligence. In his powerful new post, Nascimento strengthens BOPE and brings the drug gangs that run the slum to their knees-- only to come to the sobering realization that by doing so, he's only made things easier for the corrupt cops and dirty politicians who are truly running the game. After years in the trenches, Nascimento now finds that his new enemies are much more dangerous and, even worse, sitting at desks just down the hall. -- (C) Official Site 222 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 75% (3) Scott Pilgrim vs. the World 112 min PG-13 [Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance] [Edgar Wright] [13 Aug 2010]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 75%, Rotten Tomatoes: 81%, Metacritic: 69%, External Reviews Awards: 17 wins & 62 nominations. Actors: Alison Pill, Anna Kendrick, Kieran Culkin, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Michael Cera Writer: Michael Bacall (screenplay), Edgar Wright (screenplay), Bryan Lee O'Malley (Oni Press graphic novels) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA, UK, Canada, Japan Plot: Scott Pilgrim plays in a band which aspires to success. He dates Knives Chau, a high-school girl five years younger, and he hasn't recovered from being dumped by his former girlfriend, now a success with her own band. When Scott falls for Ramona Flowers, he has trouble breaking up with Knives and tries to romance Ramona. As if juggling two women wasn't enough, Ramona comes with baggage: seven ex-lovers, with each of whom Scott must do battle to the death in order to win Ramona. Rotten Tomatoes: Based on Bryan Lee O'Malley's Oni Press comic book of the same name, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World follows the eponymous slacker rocker on his colorful quest to defeat his dream girl's seven evil ex-boyfriends. Twenty-two-year-old Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera) may not have a job, but rocking the bass for his band, Sex Bob-omb, is a tough job unto itself. When Scott locks eyes with Ramona Flowers (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), he knows she's the girl he wants to grow old with. But Ramona has some serious baggage; her supercharged exes rue the thought of her being with another man, and they'll crush any guy who gives her a second glance. Now, in order to win Ramona's heart, Scott will do battle with everyone from vegan-powered rock gods to sinister skateboarders, never losing sight of his gorgeous goal as he pummels his way to victory. Shaun of the Dead's Edgar Wright directs the film from a script he penned with Michael Bacall. Superhero veterans Chris Evans and Brandon Routh co-star in the action comedy as two of the seven ex-boyfriends. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi 223 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  75% (3) Easy Money 124 min R [Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller] [Daniel Espinosa] [15 Jan 2010]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 67%, Rotten Tomatoes: 85%, Metacritic: 75%, External Reviews Awards: 4 wins & 1 nomination. Actors: Dragomir Mrsic, Joel Kinnaman, Lisa Henni, Matias Varela Writer: Daniel Espinosa (collaborating writer), Jens Lapidus (novel), Fredrik Wikström (collaborating writer), Maria Karlsson (screenplay), Hassan Loo Sattarvandi (collaborating writer) External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: Swedish, Serbian, Spanish, English, German Country: Sweden, Germany, Denmark, France Plot: When JW becomes a drug runner in order to maintain his double life, his fate becomes tied to two other men: Jorge, a fugitive on the run from both the Serbian mafia and the police, and mafia enforcer Mrado, who is on the hunt for Jorge. Rotten Tomatoes: Lower-class business student JW (Joel Kinnaman) falls in love with a sexy heiress while living a double life mingling with Stockholm's wealthy elite. To keep up the façade of his lifestyle, he's lured into a world of crime. Jorge is a petty fugitive on the run from both the police and Serbian mafia. He hopes that brokering a massive cocaine deal will allow him to escape for good. Mafia enforcer Mrado is on the hunt for Jorge, but his efforts are complicated when he's unexpectedly saddled with caring for his young daughter. As JW's journey ventures deeper into the dark world of organized crime, the fate of all three men becomes entangled and ends with a dramatic struggle for life and death. -- (C) Weinstein 224 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 74% (3) Unstoppable 98 min PG-13 [Action, Thriller] [Tony Scott] [12 Nov 2010]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 68%, Rotten Tomatoes: 86%, Metacritic: 69%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 win & 13 nominations. Actors: Chris Pine, Denzel Washington, Ethan Suplee, Rosario Dawson Writer: Mark Bomback External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA Plot: A runaway train carrying a cargo of toxic chemicals puts an engineer and his conductor in a race against time. They're chasing the runaway train in a separate locomotive and need to bring it under control before it derails on a curve and causes a toxic spill that will decimate a town. Rotten Tomatoes: In this action thriller from director Tony Scott, rookie train operator Will (Chris Pine) and grizzled veteran engineer Frank (Denzel Washington) learn that a runaway locomotive carrying carloads of dangerous chemicals is headed for Will's small Pennsylvania hometown, where his wife and child live. In order to save the day, they must figure out how to catch up to the rogue engine, and stop it before harm comes to the town. Standing in their way is Galvin (Kevin Dunn), the head of the company who is more interested in saving the stock price than lives. On the plus side, the duo have competent corporate employee Connie (Rosario Dawson) on the radio, talking them through their various attempts to corral and then stop the potentially lethal locomotive. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi 225 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  74% (3) Black Dynamite 84 min R [Action, Comedy] [Scott Sanders] [13 Jan 2010]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 74%, Rotten Tomatoes: 83%, Metacritic: 65%, External Reviews Awards: 1 win & 4 nominations. Actors: Arsenio Hall, Michael Jai White, Obba Babatundé, Phyllis Applegate, Tommy Davidson, Troy Lindsey Brown, William Bassett Writer: Michael Jai White (screenplay), Byron Minns (screenplay), Scott Sanders (screenplay), Michael Jai White (story), Byron Minns (story) External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA Plot: This is the story of 1970s African-American action legend Black Dynamite. The Man killed his brother, pumped heroin into local orphanages, and flooded the ghetto with adulterated malt liquor. Black Dynamite was the one hero willing to fight The Man all the way from the blood-soaked city streets to the hallowed halls of the Honky House.. Rotten Tomatoes: African-American action legend Black Dynamite goes after 'The Man' for killing his brother Jimmy, for pumping heroin into local orphanages and for flooding the ghetto with hopped-up malt liquor. 226 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 72% (3) Kick-Ass 117 min R [Action, Comedy] [Matthew Vaughn] [16 Apr 2010]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 76%, Rotten Tomatoes: 75%, Metacritic: 66%, External Reviews Awards: 19 wins & 61 nominations. Actors: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Chloë Grace Moretz, Deborah Twiss, Evan Peters, Garrett M. Brown, Nicolas Cage Writer: Jane Goldman (screenplay), Matthew Vaughn (screenplay), Mark Millar (comic book), John Romita Jr. (comic book) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: UK, USA Plot: Dave Lizewski is an unnoticed high school student and comic book fan with a few friends and who lives alone with his father. His life is not very difficult and his personal trials not that overwhelming. However, one day he makes the simple decision to become a super-hero even though he has no powers or training. Rotten Tomatoes: Adapted from Mark Millar's hyper-violent comic book of the same name, director Matthew Vaughn's (Layer Cake) vigilante superhero film tells the tale of an average New York teenager who decides to don a costume and fight crime. Comic book geek Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson) may not have good coordination or special powers, but that doesn't mean he isn't a fully capable crime fighter. After purchasing a flashy wet suit on the Internet, Dave starts busting up baddies with nothing but brute force. He calls himself Kick-Ass, and he can take a beating as good as he can dish one out. Before long, Kick-Ass has become a local sensation, and others are following his lead. Big Daddy (Nicolas Cage) and Hit-Girl (Chloe Moretz) are a father-daughter crime-fighting duo who have set their sights on local mob heavy Frank D'Amico (Mark Strong). They're doing a decent job of dismantling Frank's sizable underworld empire when Kick-Ass gets drawn into the fray. But Frank's men play rough, and his son, Chris (Christopher Mintz-Plasse), is about to become Kick-Ass' very first arch nemesis. When Chris assumes the persona of Red Mist, the stage is set for a superhero showdown that could spell the end of Kick-Ass once and for all. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi 227 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  70% (3) Let the Bullets Fly 132 min Not Rated [Action, Comedy, Western] [Wen Jiang] [16 Dec 2010]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 74%, Rotten Tomatoes: 71%, Metacritic: 66%, External Reviews Awards: 18 wins & 34 nominations. Actors: Carina Lau, Wen Jiang, You Ge, Yun-Fat Chow Writer: Junli Guo (screenplay), Wen Jiang (screenplay), Bukong Li (screenplay), Ma Shitu (adapted from ''Ye Tan Shi Ji'' by), Ping Shu (screenplay), Xiao Wei (screenplay), Sujin Zhu (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: Mandarin Country: China, Hong Kong Plot: 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. Rotten Tomatoes: Since its release this year, Let the Bullets Fly has been lauded across the globe for its stunning mix of dark comedy and eye-popping violence. In China, this action-comedy starring Chow Yun-Fat has become the highest-grossing domestic film of all time. Set in 1920s Sichuan, the film tells the tale of the bandit 'Pocky' Zhang Mazi, who poses as a local governor in a dusty town- but finds himself at odds with the local mobster, who is not eager to share his turf with another drifter. A complex and deadly series of mind-games ensues between the two crooks, which are as violent as they are hilarious. The rare foreign-language comedy that translates without a hitch, Let the Bullets Fly will have you falling out of your seat with laughter. -- (C) Variance 228 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 69% (3) Megamind 95 min PG [Animation, Action, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi] [Tom McGrath] [05 Nov 2010]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 73%, Rotten Tomatoes: 72%, Metacritic: 63%, External Reviews Awards: 2 wins & 16 nominations. Actors: Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Tina Fey, Will Ferrell Writer: Alan Schoolcraft, Brent Simons External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA Plot: After super-villain Megamind (Ferrell) kills his good-guy nemesis, Metro Man (Pitt), he becomes bored since there is no one left to fight. He creates a new foe, Tighten (Hill), who, instead of using his powers for good, sets out to destroy the world, positioning Megamind to save the day for the first time in his life. Rotten Tomatoes: Notorious Metro City villian Megamind (voice of Will Ferrell) becomes an unlikely savior to the troubled metropolis after defeating beloved do-gooder Metro Man (voice of Brad Pitt) and creating a new opponent who refuses to play by the rules. Megamind was only an infant when his parents loaded him into an emergency escape pod and jettisoned him into space just as their planet was being sucked into a black hole. His destination: planet Earth. Meanwhile, another slightly more wholesome baby sets out on the same trajectory. But while the latter will ultimately land in the home of a wealthy couple and grow up to become Metro Man, hero of Metro City, poor Megamind finds his fate taking the opposite course when his pod crashes in a prison yard, leaving him to be raised by convicts. Later, in grade school, the kids all flock to Metro Man, leaving a frustrated Megamind to embrace a life of diabolical misdeeds. As the years go by, Metro Man and Megamind develop an intense adversarial relationship that pits them in battle over Metro City time and again. Undeterred by his unbroken losing streak, Megamind hatches an ingenious scheme to finally destroy Metro Man by kidnapping pretty reporter Roxanne Ritchi (voice of Tina Fey), and luring the predictable hero into a deadly trap. Then something unexpected happens -- Megamind's plan actually works. Now, with Metro Man out of the picture, Megamind and his Minion (voice of David Cross) stake their claim on Metro City. But what good is ultimate power when you don't even have to fight for it? Realizing that life is simply out of balance without Metro Man to be the hero, Megamind creates a new foe who will be just as righteous and powerful as his fallen adversary. Unfortunately, Megamind's schemes usually have a way of backfiring, and when Metro City's newest savior proves even more evil than Megamind, the blue-hued antihero prepares to fight back with everything he's got. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi 229 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  69% (3) The Other Guys 107 min PG-13 [Action, Comedy, Crime] [Adam McKay] [06 Aug 2010]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 67%, Rotten Tomatoes: 78%, Metacritic: 64%, External Reviews Awards: 3 wins & 15 nominations. Actors: Derek Jeter, Eva Mendes, Mark Wahlberg, Will Ferrell Writer: Adam McKay, Chris Henchy External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Ukrainian Country: USA Plot: Terry Hoitz's past mistakes in the line of duty and Allen Gamble's reluctance to take risks have landed them the roles of the 'Other Guys', disgraced New York City police detectives relegated to filling out paperwork for cocky hero cops Danson and Highsmith. The mismatched duo must look past their differences when they take on a high-profile investigation of shady capitalist David Ershon and attempt to fill the shoes of the notoriously reckless officers they idolize. Rotten Tomatoes: A desk-jockey detective and his tough-talking partner get their moment to shine in this buddy police comedy starring Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg, and directed by Adam McKay (Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby). New York City detective Allen Gamble (Ferrell) is more comfortable pushing pencils than busting bad guys. A meticulous forensic accountant, his numbers are never off. Detective Terry Hoitz (Wahlberg) is Gamble's reluctant partner. Try as Detective Hoitz might to get back on the streets, an embarrassing encounter with Derek Jeter has left a sizable black mark on his permanent record. Detectives Danson (Dwayne Johnson) and Highsmith (Samuel L. Jackson) are the complete opposites of Gamble and Hoitz: unwaveringly confident, they always get their man, and they do it with style to spare. When the time comes for Gamble and Hoitz to prove their mettle and save the day, their incompetence becomes the stuff of legend. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi 230 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 67% (3) RED 111 min PG-13 [Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller] [Robert Schwentke] [15 Oct 2010]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 71%, Rotten Tomatoes: 71%, Metacritic: 60%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 4 wins & 18 nominations. Actors: Bruce Willis, Heidi von Palleske, Helen Mirren, Jefferson Brown, Mary-Louise Parker, Morgan Freeman Writer: Jon Hoeber (screenplay), Erich Hoeber (screenplay), Warren Ellis (graphic novel), Cully Hamner (graphic novel) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Russian Country: USA Plot: Frank (Bruce Willis) is retired, bored, and lonely living off his government pension in a nondescript suburb in an equally nondescript house. The only joy in Frank's life is his calls to the government pension processing center when he gets to talk to his case worker, Sarah (Mary-Louis Parker). Sarah is as bored and lonely as Frank and marks her conversations with the unknown Frank and her spy novels as the only things fun in her life. When something in Frank's past forces Frank back into his old line of work and puts an unwitting Sarah in the middle of the intrigue, Frank and Sarah begin a journey into Frank's past and the people he used to work with. Like Frank they are all RED ... Retired Extremely Dangerous. Rotten Tomatoes: Frank, Joe, Marvin and Victoria used to be the CIA's top agents, but the secrets they know just made them the Agency's top targets. Now framed for assassination, they must use all of their collective cunning, experience and teamwork to stay one step ahead of their deadly pursuers and stay alive. To stop the operation, the team embarks on an impossible, cross-country mission to break into the top-secret CIA headquarters, where they will uncover one of the biggest conspiracies and cover-ups in government history. 231 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  66% (3) Machete 105 min R [Action, Crime, Thriller] [Ethan Maniquis, Robert Rodriguez] [03 Sep 2010]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 66%, Rotten Tomatoes: 72%, Metacritic: 60%, External Reviews Awards: 2 wins & 6 nominations. Actors: Danny Trejo, Jessica Alba, Michelle Rodriguez, Robert De Niro, Steven Seagal Writer: Robert Rodriguez, Álvaro Rodríguez External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Spanish, Hungarian Country: USA Plot: The highly skilled Federale Machete is hired by some unsavory types to assassinate a senator. But just as he's about to take the shot, he notices someone aiming at him and realizes he's been set up. He barely survives the sniper's bullet, and is soon out for revenge on his former employers, with the reluctant assistance of his brother Cheech Marin, who has become a priest and taken a vow of nonviolence. If you hire him to take out the bad guys, make sure the bad guys aren't you! Rotten Tomatoes: A blade-wielding ex-federale hides out as a day laborer when he is double-crossed by a corrupt senator. 232 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 66% (3) Iron Man 2 124 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi] [Jon Favreau] [07 May 2010]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 70%, Rotten Tomatoes: 73%, Metacritic: 57%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 7 wins & 42 nominations. Actors: Don Cheadle, Gwyneth Paltrow, Mickey Rourke, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson Writer: Justin Theroux (screenplay), Stan Lee (Marvel comic book), Don Heck (Marvel comic book), Larry Lieber (Marvel comic book), Jack Kirby (Marvel comic book) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, French, Russian Country: USA Plot: With the world now aware of his dual life as the armored superhero Iron Man, billionaire inventor Tony Stark faces pressure from the government, the press, and the public to share his technology with the military. Unwilling to let go of his invention, Stark, along with Pepper Potts, and James 'Rhodey' Rhodes at his side, must forge new alliances - and confront powerful enemies. Rotten Tomatoes: In 'Iron Man 2,' the world is aware that billionaire inventor Tony Stark is the armored Super Hero Iron Man. Under pressure from the government, the press and the public to share his technology with the military, Tony is unwilling to divulge the secrets behind the Iron Man armor because he fears the information will slip into the wrong hands. With Pepper Potts and James 'Rhodey' Rhodes at his side, Tony forges new alliances and confronts powerful new forces. 233 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  64% (3) Salt 100 min PG-13 [Action, Mystery, Thriller] [Phillip Noyce] [23 Jul 2010]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 64%, Rotten Tomatoes: 63%, Metacritic: 65%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 4 wins & 15 nominations. Actors: Angelina Jolie, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Daniel Olbrychski, Liev Schreiber Writer: Kurt Wimmer External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Russian, Korean Country: USA Plot: Evelyn Salt is a CIA agent and highly respected by all, including her boss, Ted Winter. Out of the blue, a Russian spy walks into their offices and offers a vital piece of information: the President of Russia will be assassinated during his forthcoming visit to New York City to attend the funeral of the recently deceased U.S. Vice President. The name of the assassin: Evelyn Salt. Concerned about the safety of her husband, who she cannot contact, she goes on the run. Winter refuses to accept that she is a mole or a double agent but her actions begin to raise doubts. Just who is Evelyn Salt and what is she planning? Rotten Tomatoes: As a CIA officer, Evelyn Salt (Jolie) swore an oath to duty, honor and country. Her loyalty will be tested when a defector accuses her of being a Russian spy. Salt goes on the run, using all her skills and years of experience as a covert operative to elude capture. Salt's efforts to prove her innocence only serve to cast doubt on her motives, as the hunt to uncover the truth behind her identity continues and the question remains: 'Who Is Salt?'-- (C) Sony 234 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 85% (3) Star Trek 127 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi] [J.J. Abrams] [08 May 2009]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 80%, Rotten Tomatoes: 94%, Metacritic: 82%, External Reviews Awards: Won 1 Oscar. Another 23 wins & 92 nominations. Actors: Chris Pine, Eric Bana, Leonard Nimoy, Simon Pegg, Zachary Quinto Writer: Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, Gene Roddenberry (television series 'Star Trek') External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA, Germany Plot: On the day of James Kirk's birth, his father dies on his damaged starship in a last stand against a Romulan mining vessel looking for Ambassador Spock, who in this time, has grown on Vulcan disdained by his neighbors for his half-human heritage. 25 years later, James T. Kirk has grown into a young rebellious troublemaker. Challenged by Captain Christopher Pike to realize his potential in Starfleet, he comes to annoy academy instructors like Commander Spock. Suddenly, there is an emergency on Vulcan and the newly-commissioned USS Enterprise is crewed with promising cadets like Nyota Uhura, Hikaru Sulu, Pavel Chekov and even Kirk himself, thanks to Leonard McCoy's medical trickery. Together, this crew will have an adventure in the final frontier where the old legend is altered forever as a new version of the legend begins. Rotten Tomatoes: Mission: Impossible III director and Alias creator J.J. Abrams resurrects the classic science fiction franchise created by Gene Roddenberry with this feature film that embraces the rich history of the influential television and film series while also exploring some uncharted territory. Heroes star Zachary Quinto assumes the role of the Federation Starfleet lieutenant and Vulcan made famous in the original series by Leonard Nimoy (who also appears in an older incarnation of his original role), Spock, with Anton Yelchin stepping into the role of USS Enterprise navigator Pavel Chekov, Zoe Saldana assuming the role of communications officer Uhura, Simon Pegg keeping the ship in top shape as chief engineer Montgomery Scott (aka 'Scotty'), and Eric Bana tormenting the benevolent space explorers as the villainous Nero. Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle co-star John Cho also boards the Enterprise as Hikaru Sulu, with Chris Pine and Karl Urban assuming the legendary roles of Captain Kirk and Leonard 'Bones' McCoy, respectively. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi 235 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  83% (3) District 9 112 min R [Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller] [Neill Blomkamp] [14 Aug 2009]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 79%, Rotten Tomatoes: 90%, Metacritic: 81%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 30 wins & 110 nominations. Actors: David James, Jason Cope, Nathalie Boltt, Sharlto Copley, Sylvaine Strike Writer: Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Nyanja, Afrikaans, Zulu, Xhosa, Southern Sotho Country: South Africa, USA, New Zealand, Canada Plot: In 1982, a massive star ship bearing a bedraggled alien population, nicknamed 'The Prawns,' appeared over Johannesburg, South Africa. Twenty-eight years later, the initial welcome by the human population has faded. The refugee camp where the aliens were located has deteriorated into a militarized ghetto called District 9, where they are confined and exploited in squalor. In 2010, the munitions corporation, Multi-National United, is contracted to forcibly evict the population with operative Wikus van der Merwe in charge. In this operation, Wikus is exposed to a strange alien chemical and must rely on the help of his only two new 'Prawn' friends. Rotten Tomatoes: Director Neill Blomkamp teams with producer Peter Jackson for this tale of extraterrestrial refugees stuck in contemporary South Africa. It's been 28 years since the aliens made first contact, but there was never any attack from the skies, nor any profound technological revelation capable of advancing our society. Instead, the aliens were treated as refugees. They were the last of their kind, and in order to accommodate them, the government of South Africa set up a makeshift home in District 9 as politicians and world leaders debated how to handle the situation. As the humans begin to grow wary of the unwelcome intruders, a private company called Multi-National United (MNU) is assigned the task of controlling the aliens. But MNU is less interested in the aliens' welfare than attempting to understand how their weaponry works. Should they manage to make that breakthrough, they will receive tremendous profits to fund their research. Unfortunately, the highly advanced weaponry requires alien DNA in order to be activated. When MNU field operative Wikus van der Merwe (Sharlto Copley) is exposed to biotechnology that causes his DNA to mutate, the tensions between the aliens and the humans intensifies. Wikus is the key to unlocking the alien's technology, and he quickly becomes the most wanted man on the planet. Ostracized and isolated, Wikus retreats to District 9 in a desperate bid to shake his dogged pursuers. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi 236 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 83% (3) Love Exposure 237 min Unrated [Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance] [Sion Sono] [31 Jan 2009]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 81%, Rotten Tomatoes: 90%, Metacritic: 78%, External Reviews Awards: 17 wins & 2 nominations. Actors: Hikari Mitsushima, Sakura Andô, Takahiro Nishijima, Yutaka Shimizu Writer: Sion Sono (screenplay), Sion Sono (story) External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: Japanese Country: Japan Plot: Three emotionally abused people from the fringes of society get locked in a convoluted love triangle. Yuu, a Catholic boy searching for true love ends up taking erotic photographs of women in public until he discovers Yoko, whom he sees as his Virgin Mary. Yoko, an antifamily, misandristic girl finds that her foster mother will be marrying Yuu's father. Koike, an 'original sinner', coordinates a plan to convert Yuu's family to her cult. Under her careful direction, their lives come crashing together in one fateful street fight. Rotten Tomatoes: Tokyo teen Yu Honda (Takahiro Nishijima) is the traumatized son of a widower-cum-Catholic priest (Atsuro Watabe), who begins a sexual liaison with parishioner Kaori (Makiko Watanabe). When Dad's affair comes to a halt, he begins admonishing his son to confess to so many sins that the 17-year-old takes up new ones to appease his father's increased religious zeal. One 'sin' - surreptitiously taking candid photographs of panties worn by female pedestrians - becomes a vocation. Unfortunately, a deal with a porn company comes undone when Yu turns down starring roles, because he admits he's saving himself for a Virgin Mary-like ideal woman. On cue, the narrative introduces feisty schoolgirl Yoko (Hikari Mitsushima), who loathes men and enjoys beating them up for their moronic attitudes... -- (C) Third Window Films 237 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  81% (3) Avatar 162 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi] [James Cameron] [18 Dec 2009]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 78%, Rotten Tomatoes: 82%, Metacritic: 83%, External Reviews Awards: Won 3 Oscars. Another 85 wins & 128 nominations. Actors: Sam Worthington, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Zoe Saldana Writer: James Cameron External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Spanish Country: UK, USA Plot: When his brother is killed in a robbery, paraplegic Marine Jake Sully decides to take his place in a mission on the distant world of Pandora. There he learns of greedy corporate figurehead Parker Selfridge's intentions of driving off the native humanoid 'Na'vi' in order to mine for the precious material scattered throughout their rich woodland. In exchange for the spinal surgery that will fix his legs, Jake gathers intel for the cooperating military unit spearheaded by gung-ho Colonel Quaritch, while simultaneously attempting to infiltrate the Na'vi people with the use of an 'avatar' identity. While Jake begins to bond with the native tribe and quickly falls in love with the beautiful alien Neytiri, the restless Colonel moves forward with his ruthless extermination tactics, forcing the soldier to take a stand - and fight back in an epic battle for the fate of Pandora. Rotten Tomatoes: 'Avatar' is the story of an ex-Marine who finds himself thrust into hostilities on an alien planet filled with exotic life forms. As an Avatar, a human mind in an alien body, he finds himself torn between two worlds, in a desperate fight for his own survival and that of the indigenous people. 238 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 77% (3) Vengeance 108 min Not Rated [Action, Crime, Thriller] [Johnnie To] [20 May 2009]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 66%, Rotten Tomatoes: 91%, Metacritic: 76%, External Reviews Awards: 4 nominations. Actors: Anthony Chau-Sang Wong, Johnny Hallyday, Simon Yam, Suet Lam Writer: Ka-Fai Wai (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: Cantonese, English, French Country: Hong Kong, France Plot: In Macau, a family is attacked by three killers and only the wife survives severely wounded. Her father, the French chef Francis Costello, travels to Macau to visit his daughter in the hospital and steals the photos of his daughter, her husband and two children from the police department to seek revenge against the killers. Costello stumbles with the independent hit-men Kwai, Chu and Fat Lok that are under contract with the mobster George Fung at his hotel and he hires the trio to hunt down the killer of his daughter's family. They locate the killers in Hong Kong and they travel to kill them. But they have a surprise when they discover who ordered to kill the family. Rotten Tomatoes: A former assassin, now a French chef, comes to Hong Kong to avenge his daughter whose family was murdered. 239 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  74% (3) Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 90 min PG [Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi] [Phil Lord, Christopher Miller] [18 Sep 2009]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 70%, Rotten Tomatoes: 86%, Metacritic: 66%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 13 nominations. Actors: Andy Samberg, Anna Faris, Bill Hader, Bruce Campbell, James Caan Writer: Phil Lord (written for the screen by), Christopher Miller (written for the screen by), Judi Barrett (book), Ron Barrett (book), Rob Greenberg (additional screenplay material) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, French, Russian Country: USA Plot: Flint Lockwood thinks he's a genius. But none of the things he invented are things that make sense or are useful. However, he has the support of his mother but when she dies, he's left alone with his father who thinks he should give it up. When the community that he lives in is in an economic crisis because their primary source of income, a sardine cannery, was shut down, Flint decides to try his latest invention, a machine that can turn water into food. But something goes wrong and the machine ends up in the atmosphere. Later it starts raining food. The shifty mayor tries to use this as a way to help their community, but when Flint senses something wrong with the machine, the mayor convinces him to ignore it. However, as Flint predicts, chaos ensues. Rotten Tomatoes: Inspired by Ron and Judi Barrett's beloved children's book of the same name, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs follows inventor Flint Lockwood (voice of Bill Hader) and a brainy weathergirl (voice of Anna Faris) as they attempt to discover why the rain in their small town has stopped, and food is falling in its place. Meanwhile, lifelong bully Brent (voice of Andy Samberg) relishes in tormenting Flint like he did when they were kids, and Mayor Shelbourne (voice of Bruce Campbell) schemes to use Flint's latest invention -- a device designed to improve everyone's lives -- for his own personal gain. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi 240 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 72% (3) Bronson 92 min R [Action, Biography, Crime, Drama] [Nicolas Winding Refn] [13 Mar 2009]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 71%, Rotten Tomatoes: 76%, Metacritic: 71%, External Reviews Awards: 3 wins & 6 nominations. Actors: Katy Barker, Kelly Adams, Luing Andrews, Tom Hardy Writer: Brock Norman Brock (screenplay), Nicolas Winding Refn (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: UK, Cayman Islands Plot: In 1974, a hot-headed 19 year old named Michael Peterson decided he wanted to make a name for himself and so, with a homemade sawn-off shotgun and a head full of dreams he attempted to rob a post office. Swiftly apprehended and originally sentenced to 7 years in jail, Peterson has subsequently been behind bars for 34 years, 30 of which have been spent in solitary confinement. During that time, Michael Petersen, the boy, faded away and 'Charles Bronson,' his superstar alter ego, took center stage. Inside the mind of Bronson - a scathing indictment of celebrity culture. Rotten Tomatoes: In 1974, a misguided 19 year old named Michael Peterson decided he wanted to make a name for himself and so, with a homemade sawn-off shotgun and a head full of dreams he attempted to rob a post office. Swiftly apprehended and originally sentenced to 7 years in jail, Peterson has subsequently been behind bars for 34 years, 30 of which have been spent in solitary confinement. With an intelligent, provocative and stylized approach, 'Bronson' (based on a true story) follows the metamorphosis of Mickey Peterson into Britain's most dangerous prisoner, Charles Bronson. 241 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  67% (3) Sherlock Holmes 128 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Thriller] [Guy Ritchie] [25 Dec 2009]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 76%, Rotten Tomatoes: 70%, Metacritic: 57%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 10 wins & 27 nominations. Actors: Jude Law, Mark Strong, Rachel McAdams, Robert Downey Jr. Writer: Michael Robert Johnson (screenplay), Anthony Peckham (screenplay), Simon Kinberg (screenplay), Lionel Wigram (screen story), Michael Robert Johnson (screen story), Arthur Conan Doyle (characters: Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, French Country: USA, Germany, UK Plot: After finally catching serial killer and occult 'sorcerer' Lord Blackwood, legendary sleuth Sherlock Holmes and his assistant Dr. Watson can close yet another successful case. But when Blackwood mysteriously returns from the grave and resumes his killing spree, Holmes must take up the hunt once again. Contending with his partner's new fiancée and the dimwitted head of Scotland Yard, the dauntless detective must unravel the clues that will lead him into a twisted web of murder, deceit, and black magic - and the deadly embrace of temptress Irene Adler. Rotten Tomatoes: The mysterious action-adventure, 'Sherlock Holmes' staged by the renowned filmmaker Guy Ritchie for Warner Bros. Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures. Robert Downey Jr., the legendary detective borrows its shape, and Jude Law plays Holmes' reliable Mr Watson, of Sherlock Holmes as a doctor and war veteran actively supported. 242 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 67% (3) District 13: Ultimatum 101 min R [Action, Crime, Thriller] [Patrick Alessandrin] [18 Feb 2009]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 65%, Rotten Tomatoes: 74%, Metacritic: 64%, External Reviews Awards: 1 nomination. Actors: Cyril Raffaelli, Daniel Duval, David Belle, Philippe Torreton Writer: Luc Besson (scenario) External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: French, English Country: France Plot: After a successful mission against drug lords, the efficient Captain Damien Tomaso is framed at home with three kilograms of heroin planted by the police in his kitchen and he is arrested. Meanwhile a group of teenagers film the action of dirty agents led by Roland from the security agency executing policemen in their car and then leaving the car with the corpses in the 13th District to blame the gangs and begin a civil war. Behind these events, the corrupt chief of the security agency Walter Gassman had received a huge amount as kickback from the constructor Harriburton that has interest to construct buildings in the poor area and uses the situation to force the President of France to authorize to nuke five towers in the district. The teenager with the film is hunted by the police but he delivers the memory card to Leito meanwhile Damien calls him from the precinct asking for help. The friends team-up with five dangerous bosses to gather evidences to prove to the president that Gassman has provoked the conflict in their district. Rotten Tomatoes: The loud, intense, and explosive action saga Banlieue 13: Ultimatum is a sequel to the 2004 European blockbuster Banlieue 13. This second installment was directed by Patrick Alessandrin but initially gestated from the vision of writer-producer Luc Besson, also responsible for scripting and producing the first go-round. Ultimatum unfurls three years after the original, in the slightly dystopian realm of suburban Paris, circa 2013. Ultra-violence now riddles that sphere -- to such a degree that cops have imposed a lockdown on the area, to little avail. Significantly, the neighborhood is also formally subdivided into ethnic enclaves, including Arabic, Asian, Caucasian, and African. As the tale opens, a crack team of rogue cops pulls off a police assassination inside of the district, prompting the police chief (Daniel Duval) to try to persuade the president (Philippe Torreton) to bulldoze the area and let the cops cash in on the turf's real estate value. In response, two of the said rogues, Damien (Cyril Raffaelli) and Leito (David Belle), hit the streets, guns blazing, and exude all of the force at their disposal to save the region from complete obliteration. 243 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  65% (3) Watchmen 162 min R [Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi] [Zack Snyder] [06 Mar 2009]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 76%, Rotten Tomatoes: 64%, Metacritic: 56%, External Reviews Awards: 11 wins & 22 nominations. Actors: Billy Crudup, Carla Gugino, Jackie Earle Haley, Malin Akerman, Matthew Goode, Patrick Wilson Writer: David Hayter (screenplay), Alex Tse (screenplay), Dave Gibbons (graphic novel illustrator) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA Plot: In a gritty and alternate 1985 the glory days of costumed vigilantes have been brought to a close by a government crackdown, but after one of the masked veterans is brutally murdered an investigation into the killer is initiated. The reunited heroes set out to prevent their own destruction, but in doing so discover a deeper and far more diabolical plot. Rotten Tomatoes: 300's Zack Snyder brings Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' critically acclaimed comic book Watchmen to the big screen, courtesy of DC Comics and Warner Bros. Pictures. Set in an alternate universe circa 1985, the film's world is a highly unstable one where a nuclear war is imminent between America and Russia. Superheroes have long been made to hang up their tights thanks to the government-sponsored Keene Act, but that all changes with the death of The Comedian (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), a robust ex-hero commando whose mysterious free fall out a window perks the interest of one of the country's last remaining vigilantes, Rorschach (Jackie Earle Haley). His investigation leads him to caution many of his other former costumed colleagues, including Dr. Manhattan, Night Owl (Patrick Wilson), Ozymandias (Matthew Goode), Sally Jupiter (Carla Gugino), and her daughter, The Silk Spectre (Malin Akerman). Heralded for bringing the world of superheroes into the literary world, Watchmen gave the super-powered mythos a real-life grounding that had been missing in mainstream comics to that point. The film adaptation had languished in one form of development hell or another for years after the book's release, with various directors on and off the project, including Terry Gilliam, David Hayter, and Darren Aronofsky, as well as Paul Greengrass, whose eventual dismissal stemmed from budget conflicts with the studio. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, Rovi 244 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 64% (3) Monsters vs. Aliens 94 min PG [Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi] [Rob Letterman, Conrad Vernon] [27 Mar 2009]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 65%, Rotten Tomatoes: 73%, Metacritic: 56%, External Reviews Awards: 3 wins & 9 nominations. Actors: Hugh Laurie, Rainn Wilson, Reese Witherspoon, Seth Rogen, Stephen Colbert, Will Arnett Writer: Maya Forbes (screenplay), Wallace Wolodarsky (screenplay), Rob Letterman (screenplay), Jonathan Aibel (screenplay), Glenn Berger (screenplay), Rob Letterman (story), Conrad Vernon (story) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA Plot: When a meteorite from outer space hits a young California woman named Susan Murphy and turns her into a giant monster, she is taken to a secret government compound where she meets a ragtag group of monsters also rounded up over the years. As a last resort, under the guidance of General W.R. Monger, on a desperate order from The President, the motley crew of Monsters is called into action to combat the aliens and save the world from imminent destruction! Rotten Tomatoes: When California girl Susan Murphy is unwittingly clobbered by a meteor full of outer space gunk on her wedding day, she mysteriously grows to 49-feet-11-inches tall. The military jumps into action and Susan is captured and secreted away to a covert government compound. There, she is renamed Ginormica and placed in confinement with a ragtag group of Monsters: the brilliant but insect-headed Dr. Cockroach, Ph.D.; the macho half-ape, half-fish The Missing Link; the gelatinous and indestructible B.O.B.; and the 350-foot grub called Insectosaurus. Their confinement is cut short, however, when a mysterious alien robot lands on Earth and begins storming the country. In a moment of desperation, the President is persuaded to enlist the motley crew of Monsters to combat the Alien Robot and save the world from imminent destruction. 245 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  89% (3) The Dark Knight 152 min PG-13 [Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller] [Christopher Nolan] [18 Jul 2008]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 90%, Rotten Tomatoes: 94%, Metacritic: 84%, External Reviews Awards: Won 2 Oscars. Another 152 wins & 155 nominations. Actors: Aaron Eckhart, Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Michael Caine Writer: Jonathan Nolan (screenplay), Christopher Nolan (screenplay), Christopher Nolan (story), David S. Goyer (story), Bob Kane (characters) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Mandarin Country: USA, UK Plot: Set within a year after the events of Batman Begins, Batman, Lieutenant James Gordon, and new district attorney Harvey Dent successfully begin to round up the criminals that plague Gotham City until a mysterious and sadistic criminal mastermind known only as the Joker appears in Gotham, creating a new wave of chaos. Batman's struggle against the Joker becomes deeply personal, forcing him to 'confront everything he believes' and improve his technology to stop him. A love triangle develops between Bruce Wayne, Dent and Rachel Dawes. Rotten Tomatoes: Christopher Nolan steps back into the director's chair for this sequel to Batman Begins, which finds the titular superhero coming face to face with his greatest nemesis -- the dreaded Joker. Christian Bale returns to the role of Batman, Maggie Gyllenhaal takes over the role of Rachel Dawes (played by Katie Holmes in Batman Begins), and Brokeback Mountain star Heath Ledger dons the ghoulishly gleeful Joker makeup previously worn by Jack Nicholson and Cesar Romero. Just as it begins to appear as if Batman, Lt. James Gordon (Gary Oldman), and District Attorney Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart) are making headway in their tireless battle against the criminal element, a maniacal, wisecracking fiend plunges the streets of Gotham City into complete chaos. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi 246 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 83% (3) Iron Man 126 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi] [Jon Favreau] [02 May 2008]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 79%, Rotten Tomatoes: 93%, Metacritic: 79%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 20 wins & 65 nominations. Actors: Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeff Bridges, Robert Downey Jr., Terrence Howard Writer: Mark Fergus (screenplay), Hawk Ostby (screenplay), Art Marcum (screenplay), Matt Holloway (screenplay), Stan Lee (characters), Don Heck (characters), Larry Lieber (characters), Jack Kirby (characters) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Persian, Urdu, Arabic, Hungarian Country: USA, Canada Plot: Tony Stark. Genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist. Son of legendary inventor and weapons contractor Howard Stark. When Tony Stark is assigned to give a weapons presentation to an Iraqi unit led by Lt. Col. James Rhodes, he's given a ride on enemy lines. That ride ends badly when Stark's Humvee that he's riding in is attacked by enemy combatants. He survives - barely - with a chest full of shrapnel and a car battery attached to his heart. In order to survive he comes up with a way to miniaturize the battery and figures out that the battery can power something else. Thus Iron Man is born. He uses the primitive device to escape from the cave in Iraq. Once back home, he then begins work on perfecting the Iron Man suit. But the man who was put in charge of Stark Industries has plans of his own to take over Tony's technology for other matters. Rotten Tomatoes: Billionaire industrialist and genius inventor Tony Stark is kidnapped and forced to build a devastating weapon. Instead, using his intelligence and ingenuity, Tony builds a high-tech suit of armor and escapes captivity. When he uncovers a nefarious plot with global implications, he dons his powerful armor and vows to protect the world as Iron Man. 247 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  78% (3) Hellboy II: The Golden Army 120 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi] [Guillermo del Toro] [11 Jul 2008]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 70%, Rotten Tomatoes: 86%, Metacritic: 78%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 5 wins & 28 nominations. Actors: Doug Jones, John Alexander, Ron Perlman, Selma Blair Writer: Guillermo del Toro (screenplay), Guillermo del Toro (story), Mike Mignola (story), Mike Mignola (comic book) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Scottish Gaelic Country: USA, Germany Plot: In this continuation to the adventure of the demon superhero, an evil elf breaks an ancient pact between humans and creatures, as he declares war against humanity. He is on a mission to release The Golden Army, a deadly group of fighting machines that can destroy the human race. As Hell on Earth is ready to erupt, Hellboy and his crew set out to defeat the evil prince before The Golden Army can destroy humanity's existence. Rotten Tomatoes: Ron Perlman returns to the role of the big red BPRD agent in this sequel to 2004's Hellboy, directed once again by Guillermo del Toro and scripted as before in collaboration with original Hellboy creator Mike Mignola. For centuries, an ancient truce has kept the naïve citizens of the human race safe from the horrors of the invisible realm -- but that's all about to change, and fast. A ruthless leader has emerged in the invisible realm, a tyrant just as comfortable walking the surface realm as he is living in the land of fantasy. When this power-mad ruler defies his bloodline to assemble an unstoppable army of fantastical creatures that he will use to wage a supernatural war on humanity, it begins to appear that humankind's days are numbered. But Hellboy (Perlman) isn't about to stand idly by as the planet is purged by a demonic despot, and with a little help from his team at the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense, he may just be able to send our otherworldly overlords packing. Of course, Hellboy's pyrokinetic girlfriend, Liz (Selma Blair), is always willing to conjure up an inferno or two when things get desperate, aquatic Abe (Doug Jones) is prepared to dive headlong into any battle, and protoplasmic mystic Johann (voice of Thomas Kretschmann) proves an invaluable companion in times of inter-dimensional conflict. Now, as the creatures who inhabit the spiritual realm gear up for an all-out attack on the human plane, the only one capable of saving the Earth is a tough-talking hellspawn rejected by both worlds. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi 248 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 78% (3) Kung Fu Panda 92 min PG [Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family] [Mark Osborne, John Stevenson] [06 Jun 2008]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 76%, Rotten Tomatoes: 87%, Metacritic: 73%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 14 wins & 37 nominations. Actors: Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman, Ian McShane, Jack Black Writer: Jonathan Aibel (screenplay), Glenn Berger (screenplay), Ethan Reiff (story), Cyrus Voris (story) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA Plot: It's the story about a lazy, irreverent slacker panda, named Po, who is the biggest fan of Kung Fu around...which doesn't exactly come in handy while working every day in his family's noodle shop. Unexpectedly chosen to fulfill an ancient prophecy, Po's dreams become reality when he joins the world of Kung Fu and studies alongside his idols, the legendary Furious Five -- Tigress, Crane, Mantis, Viper and Monkey -- under the leadership of their guru, Master Shifu. But before they know it, the vengeful and treacherous snow leopard Tai Lung is headed their way, and it's up to Po to defend everyone from the oncoming threat. Can he turn his dreams of becoming a Kung Fu master into reality? Po puts his heart - and his girth - into the task, and the unlikely hero ultimately finds that his greatest weaknesses turn out to be his greatest strengths. Rotten Tomatoes: A clumsy panda bear becomes an unlikely kung fu hero when a treacherous enemy spreads chaos throughout the countryside in this animated martial arts adventure featuring the voices of Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie, and Jackie Chan. On the surface, Po (voice of Black) may look like just another portly panda bear, but beneath his fur he bears the mark of the chosen one. By day, Po works faithfully in his family's noodle shop, but by night he dreams of becoming a true master of the martial arts. Now an ancient prophecy has come to pass, and Po realizes that he is the only one who can save his people from certain destruction. With time running short and malevolent snow leopard Tai Lung (Ian McShane ) closing in, Furious Five legends Tigress (Jolie), Crane (David Cross ), Mantis (Seth Rogen), Viper (Lucy Liu), Monkey (Chan), and their wise sensei, Master Shifu (Hoffman), all draw on their vast knowledge of fighting skills in order to transform a lumbering panda bear into a lethal fighting machine. Now, if the noble Po can master the martial arts and somehow transform his greatest weaknesses into his greatest strengths, he will fulfill his destiny as the hero who saved his people during their darkest hour. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi 249 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  75% (3) Jodhaa Akbar 213 min Not Rated [Action, Drama, History, Romance, War] [Ashutosh Gowariker] [15 Feb 2008]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 76%, Rotten Tomatoes: 80%, Metacritic: 69%, External Reviews Awards: 22 wins & 25 nominations. Actors: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Hrithik Roshan, Poonam Sinha, Sonu Sood Writer: Haidar Ali (story), Haidar Ali (screenplay), Ashutosh Gowariker (screenplay), K.P. Saxena (dialogue), Rajshri Sudhakar (Dialogue Writer: Telugu) External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: Hindi, Urdu Country: India Plot: Jodhaa Akbar is a sixteenth century love story about a marriage of alliance that gave birth to true love between a great Mughal Emperor, Akbar and a Rajput princess, Jodhaa. Politically, success knew no bounds for Emperor Akbar, After having secured the Hindu Kush, he furthered his realm by conquest until his empire extended from Afghanistan to the Bay of Bengal, and from the Himalayas to the Godhavari River. Through a shrewd blend of tolerance, generosity and force, Akbar won the allegiance of the Rajputs, the most belligerent Hindus. But little did Akbar know that when he married Jodhaa, a fiery Rajput princess, in order to further strengthen his relations with the Rajputs, he would in turn be embarking upon a new journey - the journey of true love. The daughter of King Bharmal of Amer, Jodhaa resented being reduced to a mere political pawn in this marriage of alliance, and Akbar's biggest challenge now did not merely lie in winning battles, but in winning the love of Jodhaa - a love hidden deep below resentment and extreme prejudice. Jodhaa Akbar is their untold love story. Rotten Tomatoes: Ashutosh Gowariker's epic historical romance Jodhaa Akbar tells the story of how the Mughal emperor Akbar found his match in the princess he marries for political reasons. In order to convince the Rajputs that he was worthy of their fealty, the shrewd leader Akbar marries their princess, Jodhaa. Soon he develops true feeling for the woman, who feels no need to consider herself inferior in any way to her husband. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi 250 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 74% (3) Ip Man 106 min R [Action, Biography, Drama, Sport] [Wilson Yip] [12 Dec 2008]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 80%, Rotten Tomatoes: 85%, Metacritic: 59%, External Reviews Awards: 12 wins & 16 nominations. Actors: Donnie Yen, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi, Lynn Xiong, Simon Yam, Siu-Wong Fan Writer: Edmond Wong (screenplay), Tai-lee Chan External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: Cantonese, Mandarin, Japanese Country: Hong Kong, China Plot: In 1935 in Foshan, south China, there are martial arts schools on every street corner. Ip Man is the undisputed martial arts champion, yet he has not devoted himself to teaching. Despite this, it seems that all the kung fu masters of the city are eager to fight him to improve their reputation. Rotten Tomatoes: Wing Chun grandmaster Ip has an amazing wife, plenty of money, the most beautiful house in town, and a blossoming martial arts academy. But when the Japanese occupy his hometown of Foshan during the Sino-Japan war (1937), Ip, like the rest of the locals, is forced into hard labor and brutal sparring matches for the enemy's amusement. His incredible skills catch the eye of the Japanese Colonel, Mr. Miura, who wants Ip to teach Wing Chun to his soldiers. When Ip refuses, he faces the most intense challenge to both his training and his honor. 251 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  74% (3) Tropic Thunder 107 min R [Action, Adventure, Comedy, War] [Ben Stiller] [13 Aug 2008]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 70%, Rotten Tomatoes: 81%, Metacritic: 71%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 10 wins & 43 nominations. Actors: Anthony Ruivivar, Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Jeff Kahn, Robert Downey Jr. Writer: Justin Theroux (screenplay), Ben Stiller (screenplay), Etan Cohen (screenplay), Ben Stiller (story), Justin Theroux (story) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Mandarin Country: USA, UK, Germany Plot: Action movie star Tugg Speedman is on the downslide of his professional career. He wants to be considered a serious actor, but his latest serious role as the title character in 'Simple Jack' resulted in negative reviews and ridicule. Comedian Jeff Portnoy is best known for his leading roles in sophomoric comedies, and may be less well known for his rampant drug use. Five time Oscar winner Kirk Lazarus is a serious method actor, who immerses himself in whatever the role. On location in southeast Vietnam, they are the stars of 'Tropic Thunder', based on Vietnam war veteran 'Four Leaf' Tayback's memoirs of his rescue during the war, that rescue which was considered a near suicide mission for the assigned army force and resulted in him losing both hands. For his role, Caucasian Australian Lazarus even went through a controversial surgical skin dying procedure so that he could convincingly play a black man. Production is not going well since rookie director Damien Cockburn is unable to control the prima-donna attitude of his three stars. Cockburn and Tayback decide that the five primary actors - Speedman, Portnoy, Lazarus, rapper Alpa Chino, and newcomer Kevin Sandusky - need to work together as a unit as did their real life characters. The five are placed in the middle of the jungle, and with only a map and their prop machine guns in hand, are asked to work together to battle through the stunt pyrotechnics in their way. What none of the seven of them know is that they have been dropped into a real life drug war led by the Flaming Dragons. It isn't until Speedman is captured by the Flaming Dragons and tortured that they all realize that what they believed was make believe gunfire and land mines was actually real life. As the four actors try to figure out what to do concerning Speedman's situation, all five go through their own journey of self-discovery. Meanwhile, the movie's megalomaniacal profanity spewing producer Les Grossman and Speedman's faithful agent Rick Peck argue about what to do about Speedman's situation. And Tayback inadvertently shows a little of his true self. Rotten Tomatoes: Ben Stiller's satirical look at Hollywood, Tropic Thunder concerns the production of an epic Vietnam War film that quickly derails thanks to the giant egos of everyone involved in the production. Stiller stars as Tugg Speedman, an action hero trying to segue out of that genre. Jack Black plays Jeff Portnoy, a drug-addicted fat comic also attempting to change his image by taking on such a serious film. They star alongside Kirk Lazarus (Robert Downey Jr.), one of the world's most awarded actors, and a man who insists on immersing himself totally in a role. In this case, that means Lazarus has had his skin dyed in order to portray an African-American soldier. After their outrageous behavior lands the film's director, Damien Cockburn (Steve Coogan), in very hot water with producer Les Grossman (Tom Cruise), Cockburn takes the advice of grizzled Vietnam vet Four Leaf Tayback (Nick Nolte); in order to gain control of his performers, Cockburn drops the actors off in the jungle, planning to film the movie guerrilla-style with hidden cameras. When the group stumbles upon a heroin production camp, the actors are unaware that they are in very real danger. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi 252 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 70% (3) Cloverfield 85 min PG-13 [Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller] [Matt Reeves] [18 Jan 2008]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 70%, Rotten Tomatoes: 77%, Metacritic: 64%, External Reviews Awards: 5 wins & 27 nominations. Actors: Jessica Lucas, Lizzy Caplan, Michael Stahl-David, Mike Vogel, T.J. Miller Writer: Drew Goddard External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Russian Country: USA Plot: Cloverfield follows five New Yorkers from the perspective of a hand-held video camera. The movie is exactly the length of a DV Tape and a sub-plot is established by showing bits and pieces of video previously recorded on the tape that is being recorded over. The movie starts as a monster of unknown origin destroys a building. As they go to investigate, parts of the building and the head of the Statue of Liberty come raining down. The movie follows their adventure trying to escape and save a friend, a love interest of the main character. Rotten Tomatoes: Producer J.J. Abrams teams with writer Drew Goddard and director Matt Reeves for this frenetic tale of a powerful destructive force that descends upon New York City, and the four desperate people who put their lives on the line to embark on a perilous rescue mission. Rob Hawkins (Michael Stahl-David) is a young American professional who has recently been offered a coveted new job in Japan. Eager to send his older sibling off in style, Rob's younger brother, Jason (Mike Vogel), and his girlfriend, Lily (Jessica Lucas), organize a surprise going-away party to take place the night before Rob boards his Eastern-bound flight. As the party gets underway, Rob's longtime friend and current love interest, Beth (Odette Yustman), shows up with another man as the dejected guest of honor's best-pal Hud (T.J. Miller) encourages partygoer Marlena (Lizzy Caplan) to wish him an on-camera farewell despite the fact that they barely know one another. Moments after Beth storms out following a bitter skirmish with Rob, the entire New York City skyline goes dark. Power is quickly restored, prompting partygoers to turn their attention toward the news, where they learn that a freight tanker has been overturned in New York Harbor. Racing to the rooftop in hopes of getting a better look at the situation, the group is terrified to witness a massive explosion that rains debris across midtown Manhattan, causing mass chaos and unparalleled destruction. But the worst is yet to come, because it soon becomes apparent that this is not the work of a terrorist or an act of war, but a massive creature beyond human comprehension. Now, as the military moves in and the streets of New York City become a virtual war zone, Rob, Lily, Marlena, and Hud race to rescue Beth and get out of the city before the powers that be unleash the ultimate weapon of mass destruction on one of the most populated cities on the planet. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi 253 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  69% (3) Son of Rambow 96 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family] [Garth Jennings] [23 May 2008]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 70%, Rotten Tomatoes: 73%, Metacritic: 66%, External Reviews Awards: 3 wins & 9 nominations. Actors: Anna Wing, Bill Milner, Jessica Hynes, Neil Dudgeon, Will Poulter Writer: Garth Jennings External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, French Country: UK, France, Germany, USA Plot: SON OF RAMBOW is the name of the home movie made by two little boys with a big video camera and even bigger ambitions. Set on a long English summer in the early '80s, SON OF RAMBOW is a comedy about friendship, faith and the tough business of growing up. We see the story through the eyes of Will, the eldest son of a fatherless Plymouth Brethren family. The Brethren regard themselves as God's 'chosen ones' and their strict moral code means that Will has never been allowed to mix with the other 'worldlies,' listen to music or watch TV, until he finds himself caught up in the extraordinary world of Lee Carter, the school terror and maker of bizarre home movies. Carter exposes Will to a pirate copy of Rambo: First Blood and from that moment Will's mind is blown wide open and he's easily convinced to be the stuntman in Lee Carters' diabolical home movie. Will's imaginative little brain is not only given chance to flourish in the world of film making, but is also very handy when it comes to dreaming up elaborate schemes to keep his partnership with Lee Carter a secret from the Brethren community. Will and Carter's complete disregard for consequences and innocent ambition means that the process of making their film is a glorious roller-coaster that eventually leads to true friendship. They start to make a name for themselves at school as movie makers but when popularity descends on them in the form of the Pied Piper-esque French exchange student, Didier Revol, their unique friendship and their precious film are pushed, quite literally, to breaking point. Rotten Tomatoes: It all begins in 1980s Britain, when young Will Proudfoot, raised in isolation among The Brethren, a puritanical religious sect in which music and TV are strictly forbidden, encounters something beyond his wildest fantasies: a pirated copy of 'Rambo: First Blood.' His virgin viewing of the iconic thriller blows his mind--and rapidly expanding imagination--wide open. Now, Will sets out to join forces with the seemingly diabolical school bully, Lee Carter, to make their own action epic, devising wildly creative, on-the-fly stunts, not to mention equally elaborate schemes for creating a movie of total commitment and non-stop thrills while hiding out from The Brethren. But when school popularity finally descends on Will and Lee in the form of the super-cool French exchange student, Didier Revol, their remarkable new friendship and precious film are pushed, quite literally, to the breaking point. 254 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 69% (3) The Spiderwick Chronicles 96 min PG [Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy] [Mark Waters] [14 Feb 2008]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 66%, Rotten Tomatoes: 80%, Metacritic: 62%, External Reviews Awards: 2 wins & 8 nominations. Actors: David Strathairn, Freddie Highmore, Mary-Louise Parker, Nick Nolte, Sarah Bolger Writer: Karey Kirkpatrick (screenplay), David Berenbaum (screenplay), John Sayles (screenplay), Tony DiTerlizzi (books), Holly Black (books) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA Plot: Once upon a time, upon moving into the run-down Spiderwick Estate with their mother, twin brothers Jared and Simon Grace, along with their sister Mallory, find themselves pulled into an alternate world full of faeries and other creatures. Unable to explain the strange disappearances and accidents that seem to be happening on a daily basis, the family blames it all on Jared. When he, Simon and Mallory investigate what's really going on, they uncover the fantastic truth of the Spiderwick estate and of the creatures that inhabit it. Rotten Tomatoes: Peculiar things start to happen the moment the Grace family (Jared, his twin brother Simon, sister Mallory and their mom) leave New York and move into the secluded old house owned by their great, great uncle Arthur Spiderwick. Unable to explain the strange disappearances and accidents that seem to be happening on a daily basis, the family blames Jared. When he, Simon and Mallory investigate what's really going on, they uncover the fantastic truth of the Spiderwick estate and the creatures that inhabit it. 255 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  68% (3) Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 122 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure] [Steven Spielberg] [22 May 2008]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 62%, Rotten Tomatoes: 78%, Metacritic: 65%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 10 wins & 35 nominations. Actors: Cate Blanchett, Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Shia LaBeouf Writer: David Koepp (screenplay), George Lucas (story), Jeff Nathanson (story), George Lucas (characters), Philip Kaufman (characters) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, German, Russian Country: USA Plot: During the Cold War, Soviet agents watch Professor Henry Jones when a young man brings him a coded message from an aged, demented colleague, Harold Oxley. Led by the brilliant Irina Spalko, the Soviets tail Jones and the young man, Mutt, to Peru. With Oxley's code, they find a legendary skull made of a single piece of quartz. If Jones can deliver the skull to its rightful place, all may be well; but if Irina takes it to its origin, she'll gain powers that could endanger the West. Aging professor and young buck join forces with a woman from Jones' past to face the dangers of the jungle, Russia, and the supernatural. Rotten Tomatoes: After being forced to leave Marshall College under dubious circumstances, Indy joins forces with rebellious, young Mutt, who believes he knows the whereabouts of one of the most spectacular archeological finds in history--the Crystal Skull of Akator, a legendary object of fascination, superstition and fear. But, as Indy and Mutt set out for the most remote corners of Peru--a land of ancient tombs, forgotten explorers and a rumored city of gold--they quickly realize they are not alone in their search. Soviet agents are also hot on the trail of the Crystal Skull. Chief among them is icy cold, devastatingly beautiful Irina Spalko, whose elite military unit is scouring the globe for the eerie Crystal Skull, which they believe can help the Soviets dominate the world--if they can unlock its secrets. Indy and Mutt must find a way to evade the ruthless Soviets, follow an impenetrable trail of mystery, grapple with enemies and friends of questionable motives, and, above all, stop the powerful Crystal Skull from falling into the deadliest of hands. 256 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 67% (3) Wanted 110 min R [Action, Crime, Fantasy, Thriller] [Timur Bekmambetov] [27 Jun 2008]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 67%, Rotten Tomatoes: 71%, Metacritic: 64%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 4 wins & 20 nominations. Actors: Angelina Jolie, James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman, Terence Stamp Writer: Michael Brandt (screenplay), Derek Haas (screenplay), Chris Morgan (screenplay), Michael Brandt (story), Derek Haas (story), Mark Millar (comic book series), J.G. Jones (comic book series) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA, Germany Plot: A young man finds out his long lost father is an assassin. When his father is murdered, the son is recruited into his father's old organization and trained by a man named Sloan to follow in his dad's footsteps. Rotten Tomatoes: Wesley's (James McAvoy) life is over - his pathetic old one, anyway... Fortunately, it is all because of a girl. Enter sizzling-hot Fox (Angelina Jolie), who crashes into his life and introduces him to the Fraternity, a secret society of assassins, led by the enigmatic Sloan (Morgan Freeman). Seems Wes's long-lost father was killed while working for the Fraternity and Wes has been selected to target the rogue member who murdered him. But before he can complete his assignment, Wes must first uncover the dark secrets behind the Fraternity in order to determine his own destiny. -- (C) Universal 257 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  65% (3) Traitor 114 min PG-13 [Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller] [Jeffrey Nachmanoff] [27 Aug 2008]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 70%, Rotten Tomatoes: 65%, Metacritic: 60%, External Reviews Awards: 5 nominations. Actors: Archie Panjabi, Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce, Neal McDonough, Saïd Taghmaoui Writer: Jeffrey Nachmanoff (screenplay), Steve Martin (story), Jeffrey Nachmanoff (story) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Arabic Country: USA Plot: Samir Horn is a former soldier, a devout Muslim, and U.S. citizen in the Middle East selling bomb detonators to Islamic radicals. He joins their cause as both the FBI and a rogue CIA agent track him. Horn escapes a Yemeni prison, goes underground in France where he proves his abilities, and is sent to the United States to choreograph a simultaneous and multiple terror attack. Will the intelligence agencies talk to each other, and can Horn be stopped? Rotten Tomatoes: When straight arrow FBI agent Roy Clayton heads up the investigation into a dangerous international conspiracy, all clues seem to lead back to former U.S. Special Operations Officer, Samir Horn. A mysterious figure with a web of connections to suspect organizations, Horn has a knack for emerging on the scene just as a major operation goes down. The inter-agency task force looking into the case meets with Carter, a veteran CIA contractor who seemingly has his own agenda and Max Archer, a fellow FBI agent. The task force links Horn to a bombing in Nice and a raid in London, but a tangle of contradictory evidence emerges, forcing Clayton to question whether his quarry is a man without loyalties--or something far more complicated. Obsessed with discovering the truth, Clayton tracks Horn across the globe as the elusive ex-soldier burrows deeper and deeper into a world of shadows and intrigue. 258 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 65% (3) The Incredible Hulk 112 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi] [Louis Leterrier] [13 Jun 2008]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 67%, Rotten Tomatoes: 67%, Metacritic: 61%, External Reviews Awards: 1 win & 8 nominations. Actors: Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, Tim Roth, William Hurt Writer: Zak Penn (screenplay), Zak Penn (screen story), Stan Lee (Marvel comic book), Jack Kirby (Marvel comic book) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Portuguese, Spanish Country: USA, Canada Plot: Depicting the events after the Gamma Bomb. 'The Incredible Hulk' tells the story of Dr Bruce Banner, who seeks a cure to his unique condition, which causes him to turn into a giant green monster under emotional stress. Whilst on the run from military which seeks his capture, Banner comes close to a cure. But all is lost when a new creature emerges; The Abomination. Rotten Tomatoes: Mild-mannered scientist Bruce Banner has been traveling the globe in search of the antidote that will allow him to break free from his primal alter ego, but both the warmongers who long to exploit him for their own gain and a horrific creature known as The Abomination are determined to stop him from achieving his noble goal in Transporter 2 director Louis Leterrier's take on the classic Marvel Comics superhero tale. For years, Bruce (Edward Norton) has been living in the shadows, pursued by the military and haunted by the rage within. But traveling the world in secrecy isn't easy, and as hard as he tries Bruce can't get Betty Ross (Liv Tyler) off his mind. The daughter of Bruce's nemesis Gen. Thaddeus 'Thunderbolt' Ross (William Hurt), Betty represents everything that is beautiful in the world to a man who lives his life on the run. Eventually, Bruce returns to civilization and faces the wrath of The Abomination. While the Hulk may be a formidable force of nature, The Abomination is decidedly more powerful, and determined to destroy Bruce Banner. Created when KGB agent Emil Blonsky (Tim Roth) exposed himself to a higher dose of the same radiation that transformed Bruce into The Hulk, The Abomination is unable to change back into human form and holds Bruce accountable for his frightful condition. With time fast running out for both Bruce and The Hulk, New York City is about to become the ultimate urban battle zone as two of the most powerful creatures ever to walk the earth clash in a massive, no-holds-barred fight to the finish. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi 259 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  64% (3) The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian 150 min PG [Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy] [Andrew Adamson] [16 May 2008]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 65%, Rotten Tomatoes: 67%, Metacritic: 62%, External Reviews Awards: 2 wins & 20 nominations. Actors: Ben Barnes, Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, William Moseley Writer: Andrew Adamson (screenplay), Christopher Markus (screenplay), Stephen McFeely (screenplay), C.S. Lewis (novel) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA, Poland, Slovenia, Czech Republic, UK Plot: A year has passed by since the Pevensie children stepped through the wardrobe. In Narnia, centuries have passed since the defeat of the White Witch. Now the foursome are sent back to Narnia to find that everything was destroyed and the Narnia they once knew is gone forever. They come to aid the young Prince Caspian, who is leading a group of Old Narnians to wage war against his malicious uncle Miraz, who rules Narnia with an iron fist. Will they succeed? When will Aslan return? Rotten Tomatoes: The adventure continues as producer/director Andrew Adamson teams with screenwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely to tell the tale of the dashing Prince Caspian (Ben Barnes) -- who sets out to defeat a tyrannical king who has overtaken Narnia and secure his rightful place on the throne. One year has passed since the events of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, and now the kings and queens of that land have returned to make a shocking discovery. Though by their calendars it has been only 12 months since their last voyage into Narnia, the four children are aghast to realize that 1,300 years have passed in the wondrous alternate universe. The Golden Age of Narnia has come to an end, and now the malevolent King Miraz rules over the land without mercy or compassion. Miraz is determined to ensure that the power stays in his bloodline, even if that means killing his nephew Prince Caspian so that Miraz's own son will be next in line for the throne. Fortunately Prince Caspian has the Narnians on his side, and with a little help from the kings, the queens, and some loyal old friends, he may be able to ensure that peace and prosperity are restored on the once-beautiful realm of Narnia. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi 260 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 85% (3) The Bourne Ultimatum 115 min PG-13 [Action, Mystery, Thriller] [Paul Greengrass] [03 Aug 2007]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 80%, Rotten Tomatoes: 92%, Metacritic: 85%, External Reviews Awards: Won 3 Oscars. Another 26 wins & 39 nominations. Actors: David Strathairn, Edgar Ramírez, Joan Allen, Julia Stiles, Matt Damon, Scott Glenn Writer: Tony Gilroy (screenplay), Scott Z. Burns (screenplay), George Nolfi (screenplay), Tony Gilroy (screen story), Robert Ludlum (novel) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, French, Arabic, Russian, Spanish Country: USA, Germany, France, Spain Plot: Bourne is once again brought out of hiding, this time inadvertently by London-based reporter Simon Ross who is trying to unveil Operation Blackbriar--an upgrade to Project Treadstone--in a series of newspaper columns. Bourne sets up a meeting with Ross and realizes instantly they're being scanned. Information from the reporter stirs a new set of memories, and Bourne must finally, ultimately, uncover his dark past whilst dodging The Company's best efforts in trying to eradicate him. Rotten Tomatoes: Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) races to solve the mystery of his past while being hunted by members of the very organization he was hired into as director Paul Greengrass brings author Robert Ludlum's popular character back to the big screen for his third feature outing. David Strathairn, Julia Stiles, Joan Allen, and Paddy Considine co-star. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi 261 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  83% (3) Hot Fuzz 121 min R [Action, Comedy, Mystery] [Edgar Wright] [20 Apr 2007]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 79%, Rotten Tomatoes: 91%, Metacritic: 81%, External Reviews Awards: 2 wins & 9 nominations. Actors: Bill Nighy, Martin Freeman, Nick Frost, Robert Popper, Simon Pegg Writer: Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: UK, France Plot: Top London cop, PC Nicholas Angel is good. Too good. And to stop the rest of his team looking bad, he is reassigned to the quiet town of Sandford. He is paired with Danny Butterman, who endlessly questions him on the action lifestyle. Everything seems quiet for Angel, until two actors are found decapitated. It is called an accident, but Angel isn't going to accept that, especially when more and more people turn up dead. Angel and Danny clash with everyone, whilst trying to uncover the truth behind the mystery of the apparent 'accidents'. Rotten Tomatoes: A top London cop who is so good at his job that he makes his fellow officers look like slackers by comparison is 'promoted' to serve in the sleepy village of Sandford in this contemporary action comedy from the creators of Shaun of the Dead. Police constable Nicholas Angel (Simon Pegg) always gets his man, but these days his impeccable record seems to be more indicative of his fellow officers' shortcomings than his own formidable skills as a keeper of the peace. Loathe to stand idly by as their once respectable track record is steadily soiled by the hyper-competent actions of one lone overachiever, Sergeant Angel's superiors at the Met soon determine to remedy their problem by relocating the decorated constable to the West Country village of Sanford -- where tranquil garden parties and neighborhood watch meetings stand in stark contrast to the violent crime and heated gunplay of the city. As Sergeant Angel does his best to adjust to the relative calm of his new environment, his oafish new partner Danny Butterman (Nick Frost) strives to gain the respect of his fellow constables while sustaining himself on fantasies of his favorite action films and police shows. Later, just as it begins to appear as if Sergeant Angel has been relegated to an uneventful existence in the relative calm of the countryside, a series of horrific 'accidents' lead him to suspect that the tranquil hamlet of Sanford has fallen prey to a sinister plot which reeks of foul play. Jim Broadbent, Timothy Dalton, Steve Coogan, and Martin Freeman co-star in the Edgar Wright film. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi 262 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 82% (3) The Host 120 min R [Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi] [Joon-ho Bong] [30 Mar 2007]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 70%, Rotten Tomatoes: 93%, Metacritic: 85%, External Reviews Awards: 25 wins & 25 nominations. Actors: Doona Bae, Hae-il Park, Hee-Bong Byun, Kang-ho Song Writer: Joon-ho Bong (screenplay), Won-jun Ha (screenplay), Chul-hyun Baek (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: Korean, English Country: South Korea Plot: The film revolves around Park Hee-bong, a man in his late 60s. He runs a small snack bar on the banks of the Han River and lives with his two sons, one daughter, and one granddaughter. The Parks seem to lead a quite ordinary and peaceful life, but maybe they are a bit poorer than the average Seoulite. Hee-bong's elder son Gang-du is an immature and incompetent man in his 40s, whose wife left home long ago. Nam-il is the youngest son, an unemployed grumbler, and daughter Nam-joo is an archery medalist and member of the national team. One day, an unidentified monster suddenly appears from the depths of the Han River and spreads panic and death, and Gang-du's daughter Hyun-seo is carried off by the monster and disappears. All of the family members are in a great agony because they lost someone very dear to them. But when they find out she is still alive, they resolve to save her. Rotten Tomatoes: When a young girl is snatched away from her father by a horrifying giant monster that emerges from the River Han to wreak havoc on Seoul, her entire family sets out to locate the beast and bring their little girl back home to safety in South Korean director Bong Joon-ho's big-budget creature feature. Hee-bong is a man of modest means who runs a snack bar on the banks of the River Han. Along with his slow-witted eldest son, Gang-du; Gang-du's young daughter, Hyun-seo; archery champion daughter Nam-joo; and unemployed, shirker son, Nam-il, Hee-Bong has managed to maintain a close relationship with his family despite the hardships that come with being a single father. When a rampaging fiend erupts from the Han and throws the city of Seoul into a state of emergency, Gang-du is heartbroken to see his precious little girl scooped up by the scaly creature and spirited away to an unknown destination. This is one family that always sticks together, though, and as the rest of the city denizens scramble to take cover, Hee-bong, Gang-du, Nam-joo, and Nam-il set out to prove that they're not letting their little girl go without a fight. 263 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  80% (3) 3:10 to Yuma 122 min R [Action, Crime, Drama, Western] [James Mangold] [07 Sep 2007]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 77%, Rotten Tomatoes: 89%, Metacritic: 76%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 30 nominations. Actors: Ben Foster, Christian Bale, Dallas Roberts, Logan Lerman, Russell Crowe Writer: Halsted Welles (screenplay), Michael Brandt (screenplay), Derek Haas (screenplay), Elmore Leonard (short story) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Chinese Country: USA Plot: Rancher Dan Evans heads into Bisbee to clear up issues concerning the sale of his land when he witnesses the closing events of a stagecoach robbery led by famed outlaw Ben Wade. Shortly thereafter, Wade is captured by the law in Bisbee and Evans finds himself one of the escorts who will take Wade to the 3:10 to Yuma train in Contention for the reward of $200. Evans's effort to take Wade to the station is in part an effort to save his land but also part of an inner battle to determine whether he can be more than just a naive rancher in the eyes of his impetuous and gunslinging son William Evans. The transport to Contention is hazardous and filled with ambushes by Indians, pursuits by Wade's vengeful gang and Wade's own conniving and surreptitious demeanor that makes the ride all the more intense. Rotten Tomatoes: Russell Crowe plays a desperado whose accomplices stage an ambush after he is taken into custody by a determined local sheriff in this remake of the 1957 film starring Glenn Ford and Van Heflin. James Mangold directs a script based on the Elmore Leonard short story and penned by Stuart Beattie, Michael Brandt, and Derek Haas. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi 264 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 80% (3) Rescue Dawn 120 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, War] [Werner Herzog] [27 Jul 2007]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 73%, Rotten Tomatoes: 90%, Metacritic: 77%, External Reviews Awards: 1 win & 6 nominations. Actors: Christian Bale, Jeremy Davies, Marshall Bell, Steve Zahn, Toby Huss, Zach Grenier Writer: Werner Herzog External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Lao, Vietnamese Country: USA, Luxembourg Plot: In 1965, while bombing Laos in a classified mission, the propeller plane of the German-American US Navy pilot Dieter Dengler is hit and crashes in the jungle. Dieter is arrested by the peasants, tortured by the Vietcong and sent to a prisoner camp, where he meets five other mentally deranged prisoners and guards. He becomes close to Duane and organizes an escape plan; however, the unstable Gene opposes to Dieter's plan. When they discover that there is no more food due to the constant American bombings in the area and their guards intend to kill them, Dieter sets his plan in motion. However, an unexpected betrayal splits the group and Dieter and Duane find that the jungle is their actual prison. Rotten Tomatoes: In the annals of history's great escapes there is no other story like that of Dieter Dengler, the only American to ever break out of a POW camp in the impenetrable Laotian jungle. After months plotting his getaway from a harrowing prison and a death-defying journey through some of the world's fiercest wilderness, Dengler appeared at his first press conference looking like a dashing movie star and showing neither sentimentality nor bitterness - simply an indomitable will to survive that allowed him to triumph against impossible odds. 265 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  79% (3) Grindhouse 191 min R [Action, Horror, Thriller] [Robert Rodriguez, Eli Roth, Quentin Tarantino, Edgar Wright, Rob Zombie] [06 Apr 2007]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 76%, Rotten Tomatoes: 84%, Metacritic: 77%, External Reviews Awards: 7 wins & 15 nominations. Actors: Danny Trejo, Kurt Russell, Rosario Dawson, Rose McGowan, Vanessa Ferlito, Zoë Bell Writer: Robert Rodriguez, Rob Zombie, Edgar Wright, Jeff Rendell, Eli Roth, Quentin Tarantino, Rob Cotterill (story), Jason Eisener (story), John Davies (fake trailer segment 'Hobo with a Shotgun') External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Spanish Country: USA, Mexico, Canada, UK Plot: A double-bill of thrillers that recall both filmmakers' favorite exploitation films. 'Grindhouse' (a downtown movie theater in disrepair since its glory days as a movie palace known for 'grinding out' non-stop double-bill programs of B-movies) is presented as one full-length feature comprised of two individual films helmed separately by each director. 'Death Proof,' is a rip-roaring slasher flick where the killer pursues his victims with a car rather than a knife, while 'Planet Terror' shows us a view of the world in the midst of a zombie outbreak. The films are joined together by clever faux trailers that recall the '50s exploitation drive-in classics. Rotten Tomatoes: Kill Bill director Quentin Tarantino and Sin City director Robert Rodriguez join forces to offer a cinematic tribute to the blood-soaked exploitation epics of yesteryear with this hyper-violent coupling of two full-length features punctuated by a collection of outrageous trailers. The first segment, directed by Rodriguez and entitled Planet Terror, details the violent struggle between a ravenous army of zombie-like humanoids who have taken control of the planet and the remaining survivors who refuse to go down without a fight. Freddy Rodriguez, Naveen Andrews, and Rose McGowan headline a cast that also includes Marley Shelton, Michael Biehn, Josh Brolin, Bruce Willis, and Tom Savini. In Death Proof -- director Tarantino's take on such peddle-to-the-metal shockers as White Line Fever -- Kurt Russell stars as an engine-revving psychopath who prefers to take out his beautiful victims at 200 mph. With a list of potential roadkill candidates that includes Rose McGowan, Jordan Ladd, Rosario Dawson, and Vanessa Ferlito, Death Proof takes viewers on an adrenaline-infused drive that's as sexy as it is shocking. Its tantalizing title borrowed from the term frequently used to describe the seedy, 1970s-era inner-city movie theaters that screened excessive, low-budget independent films containing copious amounts of violence and nudity as a means of offering counter-programming to the decidedly more restrained big-budget studio films, Grindhouse takes its love for these unabashedly sleazy efforts one step further by offering a jaw-dropping collection of fake exploitation trailers from such directors as Rob Zombie, Eli Roth, and Edgar Wright. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi 266 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 74% (3) Live Free or Die Hard 128 min PG-13 [Action, Thriller] [Len Wiseman] [27 Jun 2007]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 71%, Rotten Tomatoes: 82%, Metacritic: 69%, External Reviews Awards: 3 wins & 16 nominations. Actors: Bruce Willis, Justin Long, Maggie Q, Timothy Olyphant Writer: Mark Bomback (screenplay), Mark Bomback (story), David Marconi (story), John Carlin (article), Roderick Thorp (certain original characters) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Italian, French Country: USA, UK Plot: When someone hacks into the computers at the FBI's Cyber Crime Division; the Director decides to round up all the hackers who could have done this. When he's told that because it's the 4th of July most of their agents are not around so they might have trouble getting people to get the hackers. So he instructs them to get local PD'S to take care of it. And one of the cops they ask is John McClane who is tasked with bringing a hacker named Farrell to the FBI. But as soon as he gets there someone starts shooting at them. McClane manages to get them out but they're still being pursued. And it's just when McClane arrives in Washington that the whole system breaks down and chaos ensues. Rotten Tomatoes: On the Fourth of July weekend, an attack on the vulnerable United States infrastructure begins to shut down the entire nation. The mysterious figure behind the scheme has figured out every modern angle... but he never figured on McClane--the old-school 'analog' fly in the 'digital' ointment. It's the beginning of the holiday, but New York City Detective McClane isn't celebrating. He's had yet another argument with his college-age daughter Lucy, and received a crushingly routine assignment to bring in a young hacker, Matt Farrell, for questioning by the FBI. But for McClane, the ordinary has a habit of exploding into the extraordinary--abruptly hurtling him into the wrong place at the wrong time. With Farrell's help, McClane slowly begins to understand the increasing chaos surrounding him. An attack is underway on the vulnerable United States infrastructure, shutting down the entire nation. The mysterious figure behind the scheme, Thomas Gabriel, stays several moves ahead of McClane as he implements his incredible plans, known to uber-geeks like Farrell as a 'fire sale' (as in, everything must go!) 267 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  68% (3) Curse of the Golden Flower 114 min R [Action, Drama, Romance] [Yimou Zhang] [12 Jan 2007]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 70%, Rotten Tomatoes: 66%, Metacritic: 70%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 13 wins & 33 nominations. Actors: Jay Chou, Li Gong, Ye Liu, Yun-Fat Chow Writer: Zhihong Bian, Yu Cao (play), Nan Wu, Yimou Zhang External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: Mandarin Country: China, Hong Kong Plot: China, Later Tang Dynasty, 10th Century. On the eve of the Chong Yang Festival, golden flowers fill the Imperial Palace. The Emperor (Chow Yun Fat) returns unexpectedly with his second son, Prince Jai (Jay Chou). His pretext is to celebrate the holiday with his family, but given the chilled relations between the Emperor and the ailing Empress (Gong Li), this seems disingenuous. For many years, the Empress and Crown Prince Wan (Liu Ye), her stepson, have had an illicit liaison. Feeling trapped, Prince Wan dreams of escaping the palace with his secret love Chan (Li Man), the Imperial Doctor's daughter. Meanwhile, Prince Jai, the faithful son, grows worried over the Empress's health and her obsession with golden chrysanthemums. Could she be headed down an ominous path? The Emperor harbors equally clandestine plans; the Imperial Doctor (Ni Dahong) is the only one privy to his machinations. When the Emperor senses a looming threat, he relocates the doctor's family from the Palace to a remote area. While they are en route, mysterious assassins attack them. Chan and her mother, Jiang Shi (Chen Jin) are forced back to the palace. Their return sets off a tumultuous sequence of dark surprises. Amid the glamour and grandeur of the festival, ugly secrets are revealed. As the Imperial Family continues its elaborate charade in a palatial setting, thousands of golden armored warriors charge the palace. Who is behind this brutal rebellion? Where do Prince Jai's loyalties lie? Between love and desire, is there a final winner? Against a moonlit night, thousands of chrysanthemum blossoms are trampled as blood spills across the Imperial Palace. Rotten Tomatoes: A dying love between two powerful people leads to deceit, infidelity, and conspiracy in this epic-scale historical drama from director Zhang Yimou. During the latter days of the Tang dynasty, the Emperor (Chow Yun-Fat) returns home from the war with his son Prince Jai (Jay Chou) in tow. However, the monarch gets a chilly reception from the Empress (Gong Li); though she's eager to see her son, her marriage has become deeply acrimonious, and she's taken a lover, Crown Prince Wan (Liu Ye), her stepson from the Emperor's first marriage. The Emperor, meanwhile, has his own plan for dealing with his failing marriage -- he's ordered the Imperial Doctor (Ni Dahong) to find an exotic drug that will drive the Empress insane and administer it to her without her knowledge. However, the doctor's ethical dilemma is intensified by the fact his daughter Chan (Li Man) has fallen in love with Crown Prince Wan and the two wish to elope. As the Emperor and Empress allow their estrangement to sink into violence and retribution, their youngest son, Prince Yu (Qin Junjie), struggles to keep the peace in the household. Curse of the Golden Flower (aka Man Cheng Jim Dai Huang Jin Jia) received its North American premiere at the 2006 American Film Institute Los Angeles Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi 268 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 64% (3) Beowulf 115 min PG-13 [Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy] [Robert Zemeckis] [16 Nov 2007]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 62%, Rotten Tomatoes: 71%, Metacritic: 59%, External Reviews Awards: 3 wins & 17 nominations. Actors: Angelina Jolie, Anthony Hopkins, Crispin Glover, John Bilezikjian, Paul Baker, Ray Winstone, Robin Wright Writer: Neil Gaiman (screenplay), Roger Avary (screenplay), Anonymous (epic poem 'Beowulf') External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Old English Country: USA Plot: Set against the coming of Christianity, this is the story of the last hero: in 507, a monstrous troll wreaks havoc in the mead hall of the Danish king, Hrothgar. He offers rewards for the death of Grendel, so Beowulf, a great and boastful Geat warrior, arrives with his thanes. Beowulf sets aside his armor and awaits the monster; a fierce battle ensues that leads to Beowolf's entering the watery lair of Grendel's mother, where a devil's bargain awaits. Beowulf returns to Herot, the castle, and becomes king. Jump ahead many years, and the sins of the father are visited upon Beowulf and his kingdom. The hero must face his weakness and be heroic once again. Is the age of demons over? Rotten Tomatoes: In a legendary time of heroes, the mighty warrior Beowulf battles the demon Grendel and incurs the hellish wrath of the beast's ruthlessly seductive mother. Their epic clash forges the timeless legend of Beowulf. 269 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  84% (3) Casino Royale 144 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Thriller] [Martin Campbell] [17 Nov 2006]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 80%, Rotten Tomatoes: 94%, Metacritic: 80%, External Reviews Awards: Won 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 26 wins & 44 nominations. Actors: Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Judi Dench, Mads Mikkelsen Writer: Neal Purvis (screenplay), Robert Wade (screenplay), Paul Haggis (screenplay), Ian Fleming (novel) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, French Country: UK, Czech Republic, USA, Germany, Bahamas Plot: James Bond goes on his first ever mission as a 00. Le Chiffre is a banker to the world's terrorists. He is participating in a poker game at Montenegro, where he must win back his money, in order to stay safe among the terrorist market. The boss of MI6, known simply as M sends Bond, along with Vesper Lynd to attend this game and prevent Le Chiffre from winning. Bond, using help from Felix Leiter, Mathis and having Vesper pose as his partner, enters the most important poker game in his already dangerous career. But if Bond defeats Le Chiffre, will he and Vesper Lynd remain safe? Rotten Tomatoes: James Bond's first 007 mission takes him to Madagascar, where he is to spy on a terrorist Mollaka. Not everything goes as planned and Bond decides to investigate, independently of the MI6 agency, in order to track down the rest of the terrorist cell. Following a lead to the Bahamas, he encounters Dimitrios and his girlfriend, Solange. He learns that Dimitrios is involved with Le Chiffre, banker to the world's terrorist organizations. Secret Service intelligence reveals that Le Chiffre is planning to raise money in a high-stakes poker game in Montenegro at Le Casino Royale. MI6 assigns 007 to play against him, knowing that if Le Chiffre loses, it will destroy his organization. 'M' places Bond under the watchful eye of the beguiling Vesper Lynd. At first skeptical of what value Vesper can provide, Bond's interest in her deepens as they brave danger together--and even torture at the hands of Le Chiffre. In Montenegro, Bond allies himself with Matthis, MI6's local field agent, and Felix Leiter, who is representing the interests of the CIA. The marathon game proceeds with dirty tricks and violence, raising the stakes beyond blood money and reaching a terrifying climax. 270 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 77% (3) Krrish 154 min Not Rated [Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi] [Rakesh Roshan] [23 Jun 2006]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 64%, Rotten Tomatoes: 100%, Metacritic: 68%, External Reviews Awards: 9 wins & 12 nominations. Actors: Hrithik Roshan, Priyanka Chopra, Rekha, Sharat Saxena Writer: Robin Bhatt (screenplay), Sachin Bhowmick (screenplay), Honey Irani (screenplay), Akarsh Khurana (screenplay), Sanjay Masoomm (dialogue), Rakesh Roshan (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: Hindi, English, Cantonese, Tamil Country: India Plot: Singapore-based Dr. Siddhant Arya recruits a superhumanly powerful Indian-born man named Rohit Mehra, who was given special powers by a blue-skinned alien named Jadoo, to build a computer that can forecast the future, which results in an accident that kills Rohit. When this news reaches Rohit's mother, Sonia, in India, she passes this on to Rohit's wife, Nisha, who has just given birth to a son named Krishna. However, Nisha, unable to handle this devastating news, passes away, leaving Krishna to be brought up by Sonia. When Krishna is enrolled in school, she notices that he has the same intellectual and physical powers that his father possessed, so in order to shield him from any harm, she moves to a secluded and remote area in a mountainous region of the country, where he grows up. Years later, Krishna has matured, has acquired the same special powers that his father had, and is also able to communicate with animals. He meets with a camper named Priya and is attracted to her. When she returns home to Singapore, she phones him to visit her so that she can introduce him to her mother so that they can get married. A thrilled Krishna travels to Singapore, despite Sonia's pleas; meets with Priya; and is all set to meet her mother, get married, and return home. What Krishna does not know is that Priya has lured him there so that she can exploit his superhuman powers on her TV network, Star Plus--and not only maintain her job but also get a promotion. It looks like the naïve and overly trusting Krishna may now be propelled straight into the hands of Dr. Arya, who is still alive and on the verge of creating a supercomputer that can forecast the future--and is quite capable of doing anything in his power to achieve this nefarious goal and project himself as the one and only God of the universe. Rotten Tomatoes: Krishna is born with magical powers -- a legacy from his father, Rohit Mehra. Priya comes into his life and becomes his world. When she beckons him to Singapore, he follows. In Singapore, Dr Siddhant Arya, the megalomaniac scientist is on the verge to change the future forever. Only one man stands between Dr Siddharth Arya and his destructive dreams. To block his ruthless ambitions, Krishna must become Krrish. 271 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  75% (3) Brick 110 min R [Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller] [Rian Johnson] [14 Apr 2006]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 74%, Rotten Tomatoes: 79%, Metacritic: 72%, External Reviews Awards: 11 wins & 23 nominations. Actors: Emilie de Ravin, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Lukas Haas, Noah Fleiss, Nora Zehetner Writer: Rian Johnson External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA Plot: The lonely teenager Brendan finds his former girlfriend Emily dead in the entrance of a tunnel of sewage and recalls her phone call two days ago, when she said to him that she was in trouble. Brendan, who still loved Emily, met bad elements of his high-school trying to contact her, and when he succeeded, she told him that she was OK. He hides her body in the tunnel and decides to investigate the meaning and connection of four words, including 'brick' and 'pin', that Emily told him to find who killed her. Using the support of his nerd friend Brain, he successively meets the small time drug dealers Kara, Dode, Brad Bramish, Laura and Tugger, to reach the teenager powerful drug dealer The Pin. Slowly, Brendan unravels the motives why Emily was killed and plots a revenge. Rotten Tomatoes: 'Brick,' while taking its cues and its verbal style from the novels of Dashiell Hammett, also honors the rich cinematic tradition of the hard-boiled noir mystery, here wittily and bracingly immersed in fresh territory - a modern-day Southern California neighborhood and high school. There, student Brendan Frye's piercing intelligence spares no one. Brendan is not afraid to back up his words with actions, and knows all the angles; yet he prefers to stay an outsider, and does - until the day that his ex-girlfriend, Emily reaches out to him unexpectedly and then vanishes. Brendan's feelings for her still run deep; so much so, that he becomes consumed with finding his troubled inamorata. To find her, Brendan enlists the aid of his only true peer, The Brain, while keeping the assistant vice principal only occasionally informed of what quickly becomes a dangerous investigation. Brendan's single-minded unearthing of students' secrets thrusts him headlong into the colliding social orbits of rich-girl sophisticate Laura, intimidating Tugger, substance-abusing Dode, seductive Kara, jock Brad and - most ominously - non-student The Pin. It is only by gaining acceptance into The Pin's closely guarded inner circle of crime and punishment that Brendan will be able to uncover hard truths about himself, Emily and the suspects that he is getting closer to. 272 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 73% (3) Fearless 104 min PG-13 [Action, Biography, Drama, Sport] [Ronny Yu] [22 Sep 2006]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 77%, Rotten Tomatoes: 73%, Metacritic: 70%, External Reviews Awards: 5 wins & 12 nominations. Actors: Jet Li, Li Sun, Yong Dong, Yun Qu Writer: Chris Chow, Richard Epcar (dubbed version), Chi-long To External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: Mandarin, English, Japanese Country: China, Hong Kong Plot: Martial arts legend Huo Yuanjia became the most famous fighter in all of China at the turn of the 20th Century. Huo faced personal tragedy but ultimately fought his way out of darkness and into history, defining the true spirit of martial arts. His self-discovery, and the choices he made, inspired his nation. The son of a great fighter who did not wish for his child to follow in his footsteps, the bullied Huo Yuanjia resolves to teach himself how to fight - and win. Years of training enable him to ace match after match in his home region of Tianjin. But as his fame as a martial arts master grows, so does his pride. After an ill-advised fight leads to another master's death, members of Huo's family are slain in revenge. Grieving and ashamed, Huo wanders the country in shock. Near death, he is rescued by women from an idyllic village, and is offered simple kindness and generosity that help him heal and regain his equilibrium over a period of several years. Huo realizes that the future of martial arts lies in sportsmanship and not brutality, and he rejoins society to apply what he has learned. Returning to Tianjin, Huo takes steps to come to terms with his past and restore his family's name. His evolving, graceful Mizong (Missing) Fist method of fighting brings Huo renewed success, and he forms the progressive Jingwu Sports Federation. Taking note, duplicitous members of the Foreign Chamber of Commerce engineer a Shanghai tournament pitting Huo against four fighters, each representing the major foreign powers in China. Huo commits to the bout and faces off against, respectively, a British boxer, a Spanish swordsman, a Belgian soldier, and a Japanese martial artist. What happened that day in 1910 has never been, and will never be, forgotten in China. Rotten Tomatoes: Fearless opens in Shanghai, China, circa 1910, when wushu master Huo Yuanjia (martial arts superstar Jet Li) prepares to battle one Japanese opponent, Tanaka (Shidou Nakamura), and three American opponents (Anthony de Longis, Jean-Claude Leuyer, and Brandon Rhea) in a massive tournament. The picture then cuts back to Huo's boyhood in the city of Tianjin, in North China, circa 1880, when his father forbids him from engaging in martial-arts training. He must therefore slip off and train covertly. Around 1900, Huo -- then in his twenties -- continues to fight in tournaments. His determination is such that his entire life begins to revolve around championships, and the prospect of becoming the top-ranked fighter in Tianjin turns into a die-hard obsession, despite the repeated warnings of his best friend, Nong (Dong Yong), to cut back. Huo ignores these admonitions, then turns conceited and ultimately refuses to hear an additional word of caution, until his arrogance leads to the death of a fighter and Nong's decision to abandon him as a friend. Driven into exile, Huo journeys to southeastern Asia, where he works alongside rice farmers and divests himself of conceit, then gently touches the spirit of a blind girl. When he finally returns to Tianjin, he has transformed, internally, into a different person altogether. A huge hit in Hong Kong when originally released into theaters in 2006, Fearless was often touted as Jet Li's final film in the wushu school of martial arts. The picture is based on the real-life story of Huo Yuanjia, founder of the Jingwu school of martial arts. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi 273 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  72% (3) V for Vendetta 132 min R [Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller] [James McTeigue] [17 Mar 2006]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 82%, Rotten Tomatoes: 73%, Metacritic: 62%, External Reviews Awards: 7 wins & 27 nominations. Actors: Hugo Weaving, Natalie Portman, Rupert Graves, Stephen Fry, Stephen Rea Writer: Lilly Wachowski (screenplay), Lana Wachowski (screenplay), David Lloyd (graphic novel art) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA, UK, Germany Plot: Tells the story of Evey Hammond and her unlikely but instrumental part in bringing down the fascist government that has taken control of a futuristic Great Britain. Saved from a life-and-death situation by a man in a Guy Fawkes mask who calls himself V, she learns a general summary of V's past and, after a time, decides to help him bring down those who committed the atrocities that led to Britain being in the shape that it is in. Rotten Tomatoes: Based on the graphic novel by Alan Moore, V for Vendetta takes place in an alternate vision of Britain in which a corrupt and abusive totalitarian government has risen to complete power. During a threatening run in with the secret police, an unassuming young woman named Evey (Natalie Portman) is rescued by a vigilante named V (Hugo Weaving) -- a caped figure both articulate and skilled in combat. V embodies the principles of rebellion from an authoritarian state, donning a mask of vilified would-be terrorist of British history Guy Fawkes and leading a revolution sparked by assassination and destruction. Evey becomes his unlikely ally, newly aware of the cruelty of her own society and her role in it. ~ Cammila Albertson, Rovi 274 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 70% (3) Apocalypto 139 min R [Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller] [Mel Gibson] [08 Dec 2006]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 78%, Rotten Tomatoes: 65%, Metacritic: 68%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 9 wins & 20 nominations. Actors: Dalia Hernández, Gerardo Taracena, Jonathan Brewer, Morris Birdyellowhead, Raoul Max Trujillo, Rudy Youngblood Writer: Mel Gibson, Farhad Safinia External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: Maya Country: USA Plot: In the Maya civilization, a peaceful tribe is brutally attacked by warriors seeking slaves and human beings for sacrifice for their gods. Jaguar Paw hides his pregnant wife and his son in a deep hole nearby their tribe and is captured while fighting with his people. An eclipse spares his life from the sacrifice and later he has to fight to survive and save his beloved family. Rotten Tomatoes: 'Apocalypto' is a heart stopping mythic action-adventure set against the turbulent end times of the once great Mayan civilization. When his idyllic existence is brutally disrupted by a violent invading force, a man is taken on a perilous journey to a world ruled by fear and oppression where a harrowing end awaits him. Through a twist of fate and spurred by the power of his love for his woman and his family he will make a desperate break to return home and to ultimately save his way of life. 275 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  69% (3) Superman Returns 154 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi] [Bryan Singer] [28 Jun 2006]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 61%, Rotten Tomatoes: 75%, Metacritic: 72%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 12 wins & 40 nominations. Actors: Brandon Routh, James Marsden, Kate Bosworth, Kevin Spacey Writer: Michael Dougherty (screenplay), Dan Harris (screenplay), Bryan Singer (story), Michael Dougherty (story), Dan Harris (story), Jerry Siegel (characters), Joe Shuster (characters) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, German, French Country: USA Plot: Following a mysterious absence of several years, the Man of Steel comes back to Earth in the epic action-adventure Superman Returns, a soaring new chapter in the saga of one of the world's most beloved superheroes. While an old enemy plots to render him powerless once and for all, Superman faces the heartbreaking realization that the woman he loves, Lois Lane, has moved on with her life. Or has she? Superman's bittersweet return challenges him to bridge the distance between them while finding a place in a society that has learned to survive without him. In an attempt to protect the world he loves from cataclysmic destruction, Superman embarks on an epic journey of redemption that takes him from the depths of the ocean to the far reaches of outer space. Rotten Tomatoes: Following a mysterious absence of several years, Superman comes back to Earth -- but things have changed. While an old enemy plots to render him powerless once and for all, The Man of Steel faces the heartbreaking realization that the woman he loves, Lois Lane, has moved on with her life. Or has she? Superman's bittersweet return challenges him to bridge the distance between them while finding a place in a society that has learned to survive without him. In an attempt to protect the world he loves from cataclysmic destruction, Superman embarks on an epic journey of redemption that takes him from the depths of the ocean to the far reaches of outer space. 276 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 68% (3) Mission: Impossible III 126 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Thriller] [J.J. Abrams] [05 May 2006]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 69%, Rotten Tomatoes: 70%, Metacritic: 66%, External Reviews Awards: 7 wins & 14 nominations. Actors: Billy Crudup, Michelle Monaghan, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames Writer: Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, J.J. Abrams, Bruce Geller (television series) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Italian, Mandarin, Cantonese, German, Czech Country: USA, Germany, China, Italy Plot: A man named Owen Davian kills an IMF agent that was sent undercover by the legendary Ethan Hunt, who has retired from combat missions. Hunt now has a fiancé, Julia, who believes that he works for the traffic department when he really trains younger IMF agents to go into combat. He is assigned to his last mission. His mission, should he choose to accept it is to capture Davian, who is selling a toxic weapon called the rabbits foot. But Davian is reckless, cruel, and deathly. He promises Hunt that he will find Julia, hurt her, and Ethan will be too dead to help her. The mission is no more different to others, its dangerous, smart, and impossible; but now it's personal. Rotten Tomatoes: The third entry in Tom Cruise's Mission: Impossible film series involves super Impossible Mission Forces (IMF) agent Ethan Hunt (Cruise) being forced back into the field just when he was planning on marrying his girlfriend, Julia (Michelle Monaghan). The agency asks Hunt to save an operative (Keri Russell) he trained after weapons dealer Owen Davian (Philip Seymour Hoffman) kidnaps her. With the help of his field team -- played by Ving Rhames, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, and Maggie Q -- Hunt achieves his goal, but becomes involved in a web of double-crosses that leave him wondering if he can trust his superiors (Billy Crudup and Laurence Fishburne). Eventually Davian threatens Julia's life in order to get away with his evil plan. Simon Pegg appears as an IMF tech expert. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi 277 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  66% (3) Jackass Number Two 92 min R [Documentary, Action, Comedy] [Jeff Tremaine] [22 Sep 2006]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 71%, Rotten Tomatoes: 63%, Metacritic: 66%, External Reviews Awards: 1 nomination. Actors: Bam Margera, Chris Pontius, Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O Writer: Jeff Tremaine (television series 'Jackass'), Spike Jonze (television series 'Jackass'), Johnny Knoxville (television series 'Jackass'), Jeff Tremaine (concepts by), Johnny Knoxville (concepts by), Bam Margera (concepts by), Steve-O (concepts by), Chris Pontius (concepts by), Ryan Dunn (concepts by), Jason 'Wee Man' Acuña (concepts by), Preston Lacy (concepts by), Dave England (concepts by), Ehren McGhehey (concepts by), Mark Lewman (concepts by), Dimitry Elyashkevich (concepts by), Al Walker (concepts by), Brandon DiCamillo (concepts by), Darrin Prescott (concepts by), David Weathers (concepts by), Gary Leffew (concepts by), Juicy J (concepts by), Loomis Fall (concepts by), Scott Rogers (concepts by), Sean Cliver (concepts by), Spike Jonze (concepts by), Thor Drake (concepts by), Whitey McConnaughy (concepts by), Preston Lacy (additional scenes) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA Plot: Chris Pontius, Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O, Bam Margera, and the whole crew return to the screen to raise the stakes higher than ever before. Rotten Tomatoes: For fans who thought the stakes couldn't be raised any higher and the bar couldn't be lowered any further, the original cast and crew of the stunt comedy sensation that swept the globe return for another round of jaw-dropping feats that are guaranteed to have viewers wincing through their laughter. Jeff Tremaine directs, and Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, Chris Pontius, Steve-O, Ryan Dunn, and Jason 'Wee Man' Acuna return to the screen to endure more pain and humiliation than ever thought possible on the big screen. 278 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 84% (3) House of Flying Daggers 119 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance] [Yimou Zhang] [14 Jan 2005]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 76%, Rotten Tomatoes: 88%, Metacritic: 89%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 19 wins & 68 nominations. Actors: Andy Lau, Dandan Song, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Ziyi Zhang Writer: Feng Li, Bin Wang, Yimou Zhang External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: Mandarin Country: China, Hong Kong Plot: During the reign of the Tang dynasty in China, a secret organization called 'The House of the Flying Daggers' rises and opposes the government. A police officer called Leo sends officer Jin to investigate a young dancer named Mei, claiming that she has ties to the 'Flying Daggers'. Leo arrests Mei, only to have Jin breaking her free in a plot to gain her trust and lead the police to the new leader of the secret organization. But things are far more complicated than they seem... Rotten Tomatoes: Chinese director Zhang Yimou fuses a martial arts action-drama with a tragic romance in this elegant period piece. In the year 859 A.D., as the Tang dynasty is beset by rebellion, Leo (Andy Lau) and Jin (Takeshi Kaneshiro) are a pair of lawmen who have been given the task of ferreting out the leaders of a revolutionary faction known as the Flying Daggers. Working on a tip that members of the group are working out of a brothel called the Peony Pavilion, Jin arrives there in disguise and is introduced to a beautiful blind dancer named Mei (Zhang Ziyi). After watching Mei's performance following several drinks, Jin drunkenly attempts to have his way with her, and Leo is forced to intervene. After gaining Mei's trust in a game of skill, Leo arrests her and informs her that she'll be tortured if she doesn't tell all she knows about the Flying Daggers. Jin responds by helping Mei break out of prison, but he has an ulterior motive -- by following her, Leo and Jin are certain she'll lead them to the Flying Daggers. However, as he helps the blind girl find her way back home, Jin finds himself falling in love with Mei, and isn't certain if he's willing to betray her again. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi 279 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  82% (3) Kung Fu Hustle 99 min R [Action, Comedy, Fantasy] [Stephen Chow] [22 Apr 2005]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 78%, Rotten Tomatoes: 90%, Metacritic: 78%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 23 wins & 45 nominations. Actors: Qiu Yuen, Stephen Chow, Wah Yuen, Xiaogang Feng, Zhihua Dong Writer: Stephen Chow, Kan-Cheung Tsang, Xin Huo, Man Keung Chan External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: Cantonese, Mandarin Country: Hong Kong, China Plot: Set in Canton, China in the 1940s, the story revolves in a town ruled by the Axe Gang, Sing who desperately wants to become a member. He stumbles into a slum ruled by eccentric landlords who turns out to be the greatest kung-fu masters in disguise. Sing's actions eventually cause the Axe Gang and the slumlords to engage in an explosive kung-fu battle. Only one side will win and only one hero will emerge as the greatest kung-fu master of all. Rotten Tomatoes: The work of international superstar Stephen Chow, Kung Fu Hustle is a humorous, special-effects-filled, action-packed martial arts epic set in early '40s China. A bumbling thief named Sing (Stephen Chow) desires to be the toughest member of the dreaded gangster hit squad known as The Axe Gang, but to completely join the gang he has to commit murder. When Sing attempts to rob a crowded run-down apartment complex known as Pig Sty Alley, the locals begin to defend themselves with some high-flying kung fu skills, and a tiny war erupts between the local masters and the axe-wielding gang. After the gang busts the ancient kung fu king known as The Beast (Leung Siu Lung) out of jail, tensions reach a boiling point as Pig Sty Alley's landlady (Yuen Qiu) leads an all-out attack against the gang and Sing discovers his true heroic fate. Kung Fu Hustle, which set box-office records across Asia during its December 2004 release, also stars Yuen Wah and Xing Yu, and features fight choreography by legendary masters of martial arts cinema Yuen Woo Ping and Sammo Hung. ~ Jason Gibner, Rovi 280 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 79% (3) King Kong 187 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance] [Peter Jackson] [14 Dec 2005]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 72%, Rotten Tomatoes: 84%, Metacritic: 81%, External Reviews Awards: Won 3 Oscars. Another 43 wins & 100 nominations. Actors: Adrien Brody, Jack Black, Naomi Watts, Thomas Kretschmann Writer: Fran Walsh (screenplay), Philippa Boyens (screenplay), Peter Jackson (screenplay), Merian C. Cooper (based on a story by), Edgar Wallace (based on a story by) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: New Zealand, USA, Germany Plot: Carl Denham needs to finish his movie and has the perfect location; Skull Island. But he still needs to find a leading lady. This 'soon-to-be-unfortunate' soul is Ann Darrow. No one knows what they will encounter on this island and why it is so mysterious, but once they reach it, they will soon find out. Living on this hidden island is a giant gorilla and this beast now has Ann is its grasps. Carl and Ann's new love, Jack Driscoll must travel through the jungle looking for Kong and Ann, whilst avoiding all sorts of creatures and beasts. But Carl has another plan in mind. Rotten Tomatoes: One of the greatest adventure stories in Hollywood history gets a new interpretation in this action drama from Academy Award-winning director Peter Jackson. In the early 1930s, Carl Denham (Jack Black) is a daring filmmaker and adventurer who has gained a reputation for his pictures documenting wildlife in remote and dangerous jungle lands; despite the objections of his backers, Denham plans to film his next project aboard an ocean vessel en route to Skull Island, an uncharted island he discovered on a rare map. Correctly assuming his cast and crew would be wary of such a journey, Denham has told them they're traveling to Singapore, but before they set sail, his leading lady drops out of the project. Needing a beautiful actress willing to take a risk, Denham finds Ann Darrow (Naomi Watts), a beautiful but down-on-her-luck vaudeville performer, and offers her the role; cautious but eager to work, Darrow takes the role, and onboard the ship she strikes up a romance with Jack Driscoll (Adrien Brody), a respected playwright hired by Denham to write the script for his latest epic.When Denham and company arrive on Skull Island, the natives react with savage violence, but they happen to be the least of their worries. Skull Island is a sanctuary for prehistoric life, and lording it over the dinosaurs and other giant beasts is Kong, a 25-foot-tall gorilla who can outfight any creature on Earth. The natives kidnap Darrow, giving her to Kong as an offering to appease the giant beast; Denham and his men set out to find her, with Driscoll bravely determined to save the woman he loves. Eventually, Driscoll finds Darrow and Denham outwits Kong, intending to take the giant ape back to New York for display. But Kong has bonded with Darrow, and his attraction to her proves to be his undoing. Andy Serkis, who provided the body movements for Gollum in Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings pictures, performed similar duties on King Kong, studying gorillas so he could mimic their actions, which were then used as the basis for the special-effects crew's digital animation of the great ape. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi 281 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  78% (3) Serenity 119 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller] [Joss Whedon] [30 Sep 2005]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 79%, Rotten Tomatoes: 83%, Metacritic: 74%, External Reviews Awards: 9 wins & 9 nominations. Actors: Alan Tudyk, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Gina Torres, Morena Baccarin, Nathan Fillion Writer: Joss Whedon External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Mandarin Country: USA Plot: In the future, a spaceship called Serenity is harboring a passenger with a deadly secret. Six rebels on the run. An assassin in pursuit. When the renegade crew of Serenity agrees to hide a fugitive on their ship, they find themselves in an awesome action-packed battle between the relentless military might of a totalitarian regime who will destroy anything - or anyone - to get the girl back and the bloodthirsty creatures who roam the uncharted areas of space. But, the greatest danger of all may be on their ship. Rotten Tomatoes: A band of renegades on the run in outer space get in more hot water than they anticipated in this sci-fi action-adventure adapted from the television series Firefly. In the 26th century, the galaxy has been colonized by a military force known as the Alliance, but its leadership has not gone unquestioned. The Alliance was once challenged by a league of rebels known as the Independents, but the Alliance emerged victorious after a brutal civil war, with the surviving Independents scattering around the galaxy. Also wandering the edges of the galaxy are the Reavers, who have won few allies due to their violent behavior and habit of ripping apart their enemies and eating them before they're dead. Capt. Malcolm 'Mal' Reynolds (Nathan Fillion), who fought as an Independent in the galactic war, is the head of Serenity, a rogue frieghter ship whose crew includes Mal's first mate, Zoe (Gina Torres), who fought alongside him in the war, her husband, hotshot pilot Wash (Alan Tudyk), sunny but dependable mechanic Kaylee (Jewel Staite), and hard-nosed gunman Jayne (Adam Baldwin). The crew of Serenity wander the galaxy, taking on whatever work they can get, from criminal activities like smuggling and stealing to legitimately offering transport to travelers. Passengers aboard Serenity include professional 'companion' Inara (Morena Baccarin) and holy man Shepherd Book (Ron Glass), but the real trouble aboard the ship comes with the arrival of Simon (Sean Maher) and his teenage sister, River Tam (Summer Glau). In time, the crew discovers that River has remarkable psychic powers and was being held captive by Alliance forces until Simon came to her rescue. Now the Alliance is hot on the heels of Serenity and its passengers, with The Operative (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a sinister Alliance tracker, leading the chase. Serenity was written and directed by Joss Whedon (in his directorial debut), creator of Firefly, which only lasted 11 weeks on the air but gained a powerful cult following who rallied to get the show released on DVD after its cancellation, leading to impressive home-video sales and and an eventual motion picture deal. A couple of months prior to Serenity's theatrical release, reruns of Firefly were picked up by the Sci-Fi channel, adding even more fans to its cult following. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi 282 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 78% (3) Batman Begins 140 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure] [Christopher Nolan] [15 Jun 2005]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 82%, Rotten Tomatoes: 84%, Metacritic: 70%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 14 wins & 72 nominations. Actors: Christian Bale, Katie Holmes, Ken Watanabe, Liam Neeson, Michael Caine Writer: Bob Kane (characters), David S. Goyer (story), Christopher Nolan (screenplay), David S. Goyer (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Urdu, Mandarin Country: USA, UK Plot: When his parents are killed, billionaire playboy Bruce Wayne relocates to Asia where he is mentored by Henri Ducard and Ra's Al Ghul in how to fight evil. When learning about the plan to wipe out evil in Gotham City by Ducard, Bruce prevents this plan from getting any further and heads back to his home. Back in his original surroundings, Bruce adopts the image of a bat to strike fear into the criminals and the corrupt as the icon known as 'Batman'. But it doesn't stay quiet for long. Rotten Tomatoes: The origins of the Caped Crusader of Gotham City are finally brought to the big screen in this new adaptation of the perennially popular comic-book series. The young Bruce Wayne (Gus Lewis) leads a privileged life as the son of wealthy, philanthropist parents, both of whom stress their commitment to improving the lives of the citizens of crime-ridden Gotham City. After his mother and father are murdered by a mugger, however, Wayne grows into an impudent young man (Christian Bale), full of rage and bent on retribution until encouraged by his childhood sweetheart, Rachel Dawes (Katie Holmes), to search for answers beyond his own personal vendettas. Wayne eventually finds discipline in the Far East under the tutelage of Henri Ducard (Liam Neeson), a member of the mysterious League of Shadows who guides him in the study of martial arts -- and the ways in which an ordinary man can hone his senses to an almost superhuman acuity. After seven years away from Gotham, Wayne returns, determined to bring peace and safety back to the city. With the help of his faithful manservant, Alfred Pennyworth (Michael Caine), and Lucius Fox (Morgan Freeman), a scientist at his late father's corporation, Wayne develops a secret identity as Batman, a masked fighter for justice. But when a shady psychiatrist (Cillian Murphy) joins forces with the criminal underworld, Wayne realizes that putting an end to their nefarious plans will be very difficult indeed. Batman Begins also features Gary Oldman as Lt. James Gordon and Tom Wilkinson as the crime boss Carmine Falcone. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi 283 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  75% (3) Layer Cake 105 min R [Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller] [Matthew Vaughn] [03 Jun 2005]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 73%, Rotten Tomatoes: 80%, Metacritic: 73%, External Reviews Awards: 2 wins & 9 nominations. Actors: Daniel Craig, Jamie Foreman, Michael Gambon, Sally Hawkins, Sienna Miller, Tom Hardy Writer: J.J. Connolly (screenplay), J.J. Connolly (novel) External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Romanian Country: UK Plot: A successful cocaine dealer, who has earned a respected place among England's Mafia elite, plans an early retirement from the business. However, big boss Jimmy Price hands down a tough assignment: find Charlotte Ryder, the missing rich princess daughter of Jimmy's old pal Edward, a powerful construction business player and gossip papers socialite. Complicating matters are two million pounds' worth of Grade A ecstasy, a brutal Serbian gang and a whole series of double crossings. The title 'LAYER CAKE' refers to the layers or levels anyone in business goes through in rising to the top. What is revealed is a modern underworld where the rules have changed. There are no 'codes', or 'families' and respect lasts as long as a line. Not knowing who he can trust, he has to use all his 'savvy', 'telling' and skills which make him one of the best, to escape his own. The ultimate last job, a love interest called Tammy, and an international drug ring threaten to draw him back into the 'cake mix'. But, time is running out and the penalty will endure a lifetime.. Rotten Tomatoes: Just as a successful cocaine dealer, who has earned a respected place among England's Mafia elite, eyes an early retirement from the business, big boss Jimmy Price hands down a tough assignment: find Charlotte Ryder, the missing rich princess daughter of Jimmy's old pal Edward, a powerful construction business player and gossip papers socialite. Complicating matters are two million pounds' worth of Grade A ecstasy, a brutal neo-Nazi sect and a whole series of double crossings. 284 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 74% (3) Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith 140 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi] [George Lucas] [19 May 2005]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 76%, Rotten Tomatoes: 79%, Metacritic: 68%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 25 wins & 56 nominations. Actors: Ewan McGregor, Hayden Christensen, Ian McDiarmid, Natalie Portman Writer: George Lucas External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA Plot: Near the end of the Clone Wars, Darth Sidious has revealed himself and is ready to execute the last part of his plan to rule the galaxy. Sidious is ready for his new apprentice, Darth Vader, to step into action and kill the remaining Jedi. Vader, however, struggles to choose the dark side and save his wife or remain loyal to the Jedi order. Rotten Tomatoes: George Lucas draws the Star Wars film series to a close with this dark sci-fi adventure which sets the stage for the events of the first film and brings the saga full circle. After a fierce battle in which Obi-Wan (Ewan McGregor) and Anakin (Hayden Christensen) join Republic forces to help free Chancellor Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid) from the evil Count Dooku (Christopher Lee) and his minions, Anakin is drawn into Palpatine's confidence. Palpatine has designs on expanding his rule, and with this in mind he plants seeds of doubt in Anakin's mind about the strength and wisdom of the Jedis. Anakin is already in a quandary about how to reveal to others the news of his secret marriage to Padmé Amidala (Natalie Portman) now that she is pregnant, and visions which foretell her death in childbirth weigh heavy on his mind. As Anakin finds himself used by both the Jedis and the Republic for their own purposes -- particularly after Mace Windu (Samuel L. Jackson) expresses his distrust of the young Jedi -- he turns more and more to the Force for help, but begins to succumb to the temptations of its dark side. Many of the Star Wars series regulars returned for Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith, including Frank Oz as the voice of Yoda, Anthony Daniels as C-3PO, Kenny Baker as R2-D2, and Peter Mayhew as Chewbacca. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi 285 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  68% (3) Zathura: A Space Adventure 101 min PG [Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi] [Jon Favreau] [11 Nov 2005]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 62%, Rotten Tomatoes: 75%, Metacritic: 67%, External Reviews Awards: 2 wins & 3 nominations. Actors: Dax Shepard, Jonah Bobo, Josh Hutcherson, Kristen Stewart Writer: Chris Van Allsburg (book), David Koepp (screenplay), John Kamps (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA Plot: Danny and Walter are two brothers who barely get along even while driving their parents to distraction as their older sister tries to ignore them. Despite their squabbling, the brothers manage cooperate enough to play an old mechanical board game named Zathura. However, after their first move, they find that the game has apparently flung them, their sister and their entire house into outer space. Furthermore, the brothers surmise the only way to return home is to finish the game. However with almost every move, new dangers arise as the siblings find themselves learning to cooperate in ways they never expected as they realize what they mean to each other. Rotten Tomatoes: Two young brothers are drawn into an intergalactic adventure when their house is magically hurtled through space because of the board game they are playing. 286 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 64% (3) Unleashed 103 min R [Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller] [Louis Leterrier] [13 May 2005]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 70%, Rotten Tomatoes: 65%, Metacritic: 58%, External Reviews Awards: 1 nomination. Actors: Bob Hoskins, Jet Li, Kerry Condon, Morgan Freeman Writer: Luc Besson External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: France, USA, UK Plot: A man treated like a dog and raised as a fighting machine his entire life, ends up in a coma and is taken in the care of good people, but his sinister owner is looking to retrieve his most prized possession: a non stop human weapon triggered by the collar leashed on his neck. 287 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  64% (3) Steamboy 126 min PG-13 [Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller] [Katsuhiro Ôtomo] [18 Mar 2005]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 69%, Rotten Tomatoes: 59%, Metacritic: 66%, External Reviews Awards: 3 wins. Actors: Alfred Molina, Anna Paquin, Anne Suzuki, Katsuo Nakamura, Manami Konishi, Masane Tsukayama, Patrick Stewart Writer: Sadayuki Murai, Katsuhiro Ôtomo External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: Japanese, English Country: Japan Plot: Rei is a young inventor living in the U.K. in the middle of the 19th century. Shortly before the first ever World Expo, a marvelous invention called the 'Steam Ball', behind which a menacing power is hidden, arrives at his door from his grandfather Roid in the U.S. Meanwhile the nefarious Ohara Foundation has sent men to acquire theSteam Ball so that they can use its power towards their own illicit ends. Rotten Tomatoes: Katsuhiro Otomo, director of the groundbreaking anime feature Akira (1988), returns with this visually striking fusion of the past and the future. It's the Industrial Age in England, reimagined, and various and sundry inventors and scientists are arriving in Britain to hawk their products while capitalism rears its ugly head. A gadget-happy British lad named Ray (voice of Anna Paquin) receives a mysterious package from his grandfather Lloyd Steam (Patrick Stewart) -- a tiny ball that turns out to be an engine toting immense power. As it happens, several of these little balls run the O'Hara pavilion, a massive, mobile fortress. Ray later discovers that his dad and grandfather are located inside of the pavilion; his dad, Eddie, has become mesmerized by O'Hara and subject to their whims, while Lloyd suspects that O'Hara may want to use the balls for nefarious purposes, and tries to put a definitive end to those plans. Indeed, the O'Hara people soon take over the Great Exhibition and turn it into a veritable circus for weapons dealers. Meanwhile, Ray starts to develop feelings for a young girl named Scarlett O'Hara. 288 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 83% (3) Spider-Man 2 127 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi] [Sam Raimi] [30 Jun 2004]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 73%, Rotten Tomatoes: 93%, Metacritic: 83%, External Reviews Awards: Won 1 Oscar. Another 23 wins & 59 nominations. Actors: Alfred Molina, James Franco, Kirsten Dunst, Tobey Maguire Writer: Stan Lee (comic book), Steve Ditko (comic book), Alfred Gough (screen story), Miles Millar (screen story), Michael Chabon (screen story), Alvin Sargent (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Russian, Chinese Country: USA Plot: Peter Parker is an unhappy man: after two years of fighting crime as Spider-Man, his life has begun to fall apart. The girl he loves is engaged to someone else, his grades are slipping, he cannot keep any of his jobs, and on top of it, the newspaper Daily Bugle is attacking him viciously, claiming that Spider-Man is a criminal. He reaches the breaking point and gives up the crime fighter's life, once and for all. But after a failed fusion experiment, eccentric and obsessive scientist Dr. Otto Octavius is transformed into super villain Doctor Octopus, Doc Ock for short, having four long tentacles as extra hands. Peter guesses it might just be time for Spider-Man to return, but would he act upon it? Rotten Tomatoes: Stan Lee's all-too-human superhero returns to the screen in this highly anticipated sequel to 2002's blockbuster hit Spider-Man. Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) is attempting to juggle college classes and his job as a photographer with the Daily Bugle while maintaining his secret life as costumed crime-fighter Spider-Man. Parker is also struggling to hold on to his relationship with Mary Jane Watson (Kirsten Dunst), who is beginning to enjoy success as a model and actress, and both Mary Jane and Peter have noticed he's beginning to buckle under the strain. Parker's friendship with Harry Osborn (James Franco) is also beginning to fray due to Peter's seeming alliance with Spider-Man, whom Harry blames for the death of his father, the nefarious Norman Osborn. As Parker weighs his responsibilities to himself and those around him against the obligations that come with his special powers, Spider-Man is faced with a new nemesis -- Dr. Otto Octavius (Alfred Molina), a deranged scientist whose latest project has turned him into the near-invincible cyborg Doctor Octopus. Spider-Man 2 was directed by Sam Raimi, who helmed the first film, and much of the original cast has also reunited for this sequel, including Rosemary Harris, J.K. Simmons, and Bruce Campbell. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi 289 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  82% (3) Kill Bill: Vol. 2 137 min R [Action, Crime, Thriller] [Quentin Tarantino] [16 Apr 2004]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 80%, Rotten Tomatoes: 84%, Metacritic: 83%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 21 wins & 81 nominations. Actors: Ambrosia Kelley, David Carradine, James Parks, Michael Madsen, Michael Parks, Uma Thurman, Vivica A. Fox Writer: Quentin Tarantino, Quentin Tarantino (character The Bride), Uma Thurman (character The Bride) External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Cantonese, Mandarin, Spanish Country: USA Plot: The murderous Bride is back and she is still continuing her vengeance quest against her ex-boss, Bill, and taking aim at Bill's younger brother Budd and Elle Driver, the only survivors from the squad of assassins who betrayed her four years earlier. It's all leading up to the ultimate confrontation with Bill, the Bride's former master and the man who ordered her execution! Rotten Tomatoes: Quentin Tarantino's sprawling homage to action films of both the East and the West reaches its conclusion in this continuation of 2003's ultra-violent Kill Bill Vol. 1. Having dispatched several of her arch-enemies in the first film, The Bride (Uma Thurman) continues in Kill Bill Vol. 2 on her deadly pursuit of her former partners in the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad, who, in a furious assault, attempted to murder her and her unborn child on her wedding day. As The Bride faces off against allies-turned-nemeses Budd (Michael Madsen) and Elle Driver (Daryl Hannah), she flashes back to the day of her deadly wedding, and we learn of how she was recruited to join the DiVAS, her training under unforgiving martial arts master Pai Mei (Liu Chia-hui), and her relationship with Squad leader Bill (David Carradine), which changed from love to violent hatred. Originally planned as a single film, Kill Bill grew into an epic-scale two-part project totaling more than four hours in length; as with the first film, Kill Bill Vol. 2 includes appearances by genre-film icons Sonny Chiba, Michael Parks, Larry Bishop, and Sid Haig; Wu-Tang Clan producer and turntablist RZA and filmmaker and composer Robert Rodriguez both contributed to the musical score. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi 290 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 77% (3) The Bourne Supremacy 108 min PG-13 [Action, Mystery, Thriller] [Paul Greengrass] [23 Jul 2004]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 78%, Rotten Tomatoes: 81%, Metacritic: 73%, External Reviews Awards: 5 wins & 21 nominations. Actors: Brian Cox, Franka Potente, Joan Allen, Julia Stiles, Matt Damon Writer: Robert Ludlum (novel), Tony Gilroy (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Russian, German, Italian Country: USA, Germany Plot: After escaping from the emotional and physical pain he previously encountered. Jason Bourne and his girlfriend Marie begin a new life as far away as possible. But when an assassination attempt on Bourne goes horribly wrong, Bourne must re-enter the life he wanted to leave behind, in order to find out the truth why they are still after him. Rotten Tomatoes: The second chapter in the 'Bourne Trilogy,' based on Robert Ludlum's best-selling espionage novels, reaches the screen in this sequel to the 2002 thriller The Bourne Identity. Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) has abandoned his life as a CIA assassin and has been traveling beneath the agency's radar, eventually reconnecting with Marie Kreutz (Franka Potente), the woman he loves. But Bourne is haunted by vivid dreams and troubling memories of his days as a killer, and he's not certain how much really happened and how much is a product of his imagination. When Bourne is led out of hiding by circumstances beyond his control, he must reconcile his past and present as he struggles to keep Marie out of harm's way and foil an international incident with dangerous consequences. The Bourne Supremacy also features Joan Allen as one of Bourne's superiors, while Julia Stiles and Brian Cox reprise their roles as intelligence agents from the first film. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi 291 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  74% (3) Friday Night Lights 118 min PG-13 [Action, Drama, Sport] [Peter Berg] [08 Oct 2004]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 73%, Rotten Tomatoes: 81%, Metacritic: 70%, External Reviews Awards: 2 wins & 5 nominations. Actors: Billy Bob Thornton, Derek Luke, Garrett Hedlund, Jay Hernandez, Lucas Black Writer: Buzz Bissinger (book), David Aaron Cohen (screenplay), Peter Berg (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: Germany, USA Plot: Odessa, Texas, is a small, town in Texas. Racially divided and economically dying, there is one night that gives the town something to live for: Friday Night. The Permian Panthers have a big winning tradition in Texas high school football, led by QB Mike Winchell and superstar tailback Boobie Miles, but all is not well, as Boobie suffers a career-ending injury in the first game of the season. Hope is lost among citizens in Odessa, and for the team, but Coach Gary Gaines, who believes that 'Perfection is being able to look your friends in the eye and know you did everything you could not to let them down', is somehow able to help the team rise up from the ashes and make a huge season comeback. Now on their way to state, the Panthers must go out and be perfect, because they may never matter this much for the rest of their lives. Rotten Tomatoes: A drama that chronicles the entire 1988 season of the Permian High Panthers of Odessa, Texas, with football players, coaches, mothers, fathers, pastors, boosters, fans and families struggling with ongoing personal conflicts while the team fights for a state championship. A town for sale, Odessa, Texas has seen better days--the financial bust evident in its boarded-up shops and broken lives. Yet one hope sustains the community where, once a week during the fall, the town and its dreams come alive beneath the dazzling and disorienting Friday night-lights. When the Permian High Panthers take to the field. In a city where economic uncertainty has eroded the spirit of its inhabitants, nearly everyone seeks comfort in the religion of the Friday night ritual, where the unfulfilled dreams of an entire community are shifted onto the shoulder pads of a team of high-school athletes. 292 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 74% (3) Hellboy 122 min PG-13 [Action, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi] [Guillermo del Toro] [02 Apr 2004]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 69%, Rotten Tomatoes: 81%, Metacritic: 72%, External Reviews Awards: 3 wins & 23 nominations. Actors: Doug Jones, John Hurt, Ron Perlman, Rupert Evans, Selma Blair Writer: Guillermo del Toro (screenplay), Guillermo del Toro (screen story), Peter Briggs (screen story), Mike Mignola (comic books) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Russian Country: USA Plot: In the final days of World War II, the Nazis attempt to use black magic to aid their dying cause. The Allies raid the camp where the ceremony is taking place, but not before a demon - Hellboy - has already been conjured. Joining the Allied forces, Hellboy eventually grows to adulthood, serving the cause of good rather than evil. Rotten Tomatoes: Mike Mignola's acclaimed comic book series about a creature from Hades who joins the battle against evil arrives on the screen in vivid form in this adaptation directed by distinctive horror filmmaker Guillermo del Toro. During World War II, the Third Reich has joined forces with the evil Grigori Rasputin (Karel Roden), who has used his occult powers to summon up a young demon from the depth of Hell to be used as the ultimate Axis weapon. However, the demonic creature is captured by American forces, and put in the care of Professor Broom (John Hurt), the founder of a top-secret organization called the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense. Under Broom's tutelage, the creature develops empathy and a desire to do good while his physical powers and paranormal talents are honed to a fine point. Sixty years later, the demon, now known as Hellboy (Ron Perlman), is part of an elite secret defense team alongside Liz Sherman (Selma Blair), a beautiful young woman who can create fire with her mind, and Abe Sapian (Doug Jones), an aquatic humanoid with the power of telepathy. Despite his many years of fighting for right, Hellboy finds himself facing his greatest challenge when the powerful Rasputin returns, determined to bring the demon back to the forces of darkness so that evil may finally rule the world. Hellboy's supporting cast also includes Jeffrey Tambor, Rupert Evans, and Brian Steele. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi 293 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  71% (3) Team America: World Police 98 min R [Action, Comedy] [Trey Parker] [15 Oct 2004]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 72%, Rotten Tomatoes: 77%, Metacritic: 64%, External Reviews Awards: 1 win & 11 nominations. Actors: Elle Russ, Kristen Miller, Masasa Moyo, Matt Stone, Trey Parker Writer: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Pam Brady External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, French, Klingon, Korean, Arabic Country: USA, Germany Plot: The North American counter-terrorism force Team America attacks a group of terrorists in Paris. Later, the leader of the organization, Spottswoode, invites the famous Broadway actor Gary Johnston to join his world police and work undercover in Cairo, infiltrating a terrorist organization in the hope they will disclose their plan of destroying the world. Team America destroy the cell of terrorists, but then the Panama Canal is attacked by the criminals as a payback. Gary feels responsible for the death of many innocents and leaves the counter-terrorism organization. When the leader of North Korea, Kim Jong Il, joins a group of pacifist actors and actresses with the intention of using weapons of massive destruction, Team America tries to avoid the destruction of the world. Rotten Tomatoes: Team America, an international police force dedicated to maintaining global stability, learns that a power hungry dictator is brokering weapons of mass destruction to terrorists. The heroes embark upon a harrowing mission to save the world. To infiltrate the terrorist network, Team America recruits Gary Johnston, a rising star on Broadway to go undercover. Although initially reluctant to sacrifice his promising career, Gary realizes that his acting gift is needed for a higher cause. With the help of Team America leader Spotswoode and fellow members Chris, Sarah, Lisa and Joe, Gary slips into an arms dealer's hideout where he discovers that the terrorists' plot has already begun to unfold. From the pyramids of Cairo to the Panama Canal and finally to the palace of power-mad dictator Kim Jong-Il, Team America criss-crosses the globe on a desperate mission to preserve the very fabric of civilization. 294 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 69% (3) The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou 119 min R [Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance] [Wes Anderson] [25 Dec 2004]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 73%, Rotten Tomatoes: 73%, Metacritic: 62%, External Reviews Awards: 3 wins & 10 nominations. Actors: Anjelica Huston, Bill Murray, Cate Blanchett, Owen Wilson Writer: Wes Anderson, Noah Baumbach External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Icelandic, Filipino, Portuguese, French, Tagalog, German, Italian Country: USA Plot: When his partner is killed by the mysterious and possibly nonexistent Jaguar Shark, Steve Zissou and his Team Zissou crew set off for an expedition to hunt down the creature. Along with his estranged wife, a beautiful journalist and a co-pilot who could possibly be Zissou's son, the crew set off for one wild expedition. Rotten Tomatoes: This fascinating portrait of designer Yves Saint Laurent details his rise in fashion world, his happy childhood in Algeria and his relationships with friends, family and colleagues. David Teboul directed. 295 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  69% (3) Dawn of the Dead 101 min R [Action, Horror, Thriller] [Zack Snyder] [19 Mar 2004]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 73%, Rotten Tomatoes: 75%, Metacritic: 59%, External Reviews Awards: 1 win & 17 nominations. Actors: Jake Weber, Mekhi Phifer, Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames Writer: George A. Romero, James Gunn (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA, Canada, Japan, France Plot: Ana goes home to her peaceful suburban residence, but she is unpleasantly surprised the morning that follows when her husband is brutally attacked by her zombified neighbor. In the chaos of her once picturesque neighborhood, Ana flees and stumbles upon a police officer named Kenneth, along with more survivors who decide that their best chances of survival would be found in the deserted Crossroads Shopping Mall. When supplies begin running low and other trapped survivors need help, the group comes to the realization that they cannot stay put forever at the Shopping Mall, and devise a plan to escape. Rotten Tomatoes: Packed with more blood, more gore, and more bone-chilling, jaw-dropping thrills, Dawn of the Dead Unrated Director's Cut is the version too terrifying to be shown in theaters! Starring Mekhi Phifer, Ving Rhames and Sarah Polley in an edgy, electrifying thrill-ride. When a mysterious virus turns people into mindless, flesh-eating zombies, a handful of survivors wage a desperate, last-stand battle to stay alive and human. 296 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 65% (3) Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow 106 min PG [Action, Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller] [Kerry Conran] [17 Sep 2004]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 61%, Rotten Tomatoes: 71%, Metacritic: 64%, External Reviews Awards: 8 wins & 19 nominations. Actors: Angelina Jolie, Giovanni Ribisi, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Michael Gambon Writer: Kerry Conran External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Tibetan, German Country: USA, UK, Italy Plot: In 1939, an intrepid reporter in New York City makes a connection between the story she's covering -- of famous scientists suddenly disappearing around the world, and a recent attack on the city by giant robots. Determined to find the solution to these happenings, she seeks the help of her ex-boyfriend, the captain of a mercenary legion of pilots. The two are investigating the case when the robots attack the city again, though in a stroke of luck, Sky Captain's right-hand man is able to locate their source. They then set off on an adventure in search of the evil mastermind behind these schemes, who is bent on creating a utopia and destroying the current world. Rotten Tomatoes: Famous scientists around the world have mysteriously disappeared and 'Chronicle' reporters Polly Perkins, and ace aviator Sky Captain, are both on the investigation. Risking their lives as they travel to exotic places around the world, can the fearless duo stop Dr. Totenkopf, the evil mastermind behind a plot to destroy the earth? Aided by Franky Cook, commander of an all-female amphibious squadron, and technical genius Dex, Polly and Sky Captain may be our planet's only hope. 297 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  80% (3) Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World 138 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War] [Peter Weir] [14 Nov 2003]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 74%, Rotten Tomatoes: 85%, Metacritic: 81%, External Reviews Awards: Won 2 Oscars. Another 21 wins & 90 nominations. Actors: Billy Boyd, Edward Woodall, James D'Arcy, Paul Bettany, Russell Crowe Writer: Patrick O'Brian (novels), Peter Weir (screenplay), John Collee (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, French, Portuguese Country: USA Plot: In April 1805 during the Napoleonic Wars, H.M.S. Surprise, a British frigate, is under the command of Captain Jack Aubrey. Aubrey and the Surprise's current orders are to track and capture or destroy a French privateer named Acheron. The Acheron is currently in the Atlantic off South America headed toward the Pacific in order to extend Napoleon's reach of the wars. This task will be a difficult one as Aubrey quickly learns in an initial battle with the Acheron that it is a bigger and faster ship than the Surprise, which puts the Surprise at a disadvantage. Aubrey's single-mindedness in this seemingly impossible pursuit puts him at odds with the Surprise's doctor and naturalist, Stephen Maturin, who is also Aubrey's most trusted advisor on board and closest friend. Facing other internal obstacles which have resulted in what they consider a string of bad luck, Aubrey ultimately uses Maturin's scientific exploits to figure out a way to achieve his and the ship's seemingly impossible goal. Rotten Tomatoes: Director Peter Weir's first turn behind the camera since 1998's critically acclaimed The Truman Show, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World is based on two Napoleonic War-era adventure novels in author Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin series, Master and Commander and The Far Side of the World. Russell Crowe stars as Captain Jack Aubrey, a high-seas adventurer who maintains a strong bond with ship-surgeon Stephen Maturin (Paul Bettany). After conquering much of Europe already, Napoleon's forces have set their sights on taking Britain, so Aubrey and the crew of his ship, the HMS Surprise, take to the Pacific to intercept any attacking ships from the French fleet. When Aubrey eyes a renegade French super-frigate, the Surprise pursues, leading to an adrenaline-charged chase through the distant reaches of the sea. Edward Woodall, James D'Arcy, and Lee Ingleby also star as members of the Surprise's crew. ~ Matthew Tobey, Rovi 298 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 79% (3) Oldboy 120 min R [Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller] [Chan-wook Park] [21 Nov 2003]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 84%, Rotten Tomatoes: 80%, Metacritic: 74%, External Reviews Awards: 38 wins & 18 nominations. Actors: Dae-han Ji, Hye-jeong Kang, Ji-tae Yu, Min-sik Choi Writer: Garon Tsuchiya (story), Nobuaki Minegishi (comic), Chan-wook Park (character created by: Oldboy, Vengeance Trilogy), Chan-wook Park (screenplay), Joon-hyung Lim (screenplay), Jo-yun Hwang (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: Korean Country: South Korea Plot: An average man is kidnapped and imprisoned in a shabby cell for 15 years without explanation. He then is released, equipped with money, a cellphone and expensive clothes. As he strives to explain his imprisonment and get his revenge, Oh Dae-Su soon finds out that his kidnapper has a greater plan for him and is set onto a path of pain and suffering in an attempt to uncover the motive of his mysterious tormentor. Rotten Tomatoes: South Korean filmmaker Park Chan-wook directed this violent and offbeat story of punishment and vengeance. Oh Dae-su (Choi Min-sik) is a husband and father whose reputation for womanizing is well known. One day, for reasons he doesn't understand, Oh Dae-su finds himself locked up in a prison cell, with no idea of what his crime was or whom his jailers may be. With a small television as his only link to the outside world and a daily ration of fried dumplings as his only sustenance, Oh Dae-su struggles to keep his mind and body intact, but when he learns through a news report that his wife has been killed, he begins a long and difficult project of digging an escape tunnel with a pair of chopsticks. Before he can finish -- and after 15 years behind bars -- Oh Dae-su is released, with as little explanation as when he was locked up, and he's soon given a wad of money and a cellular phone by a bum on the street. Emotionally stunted but physically strong after 15 years in jail, Oh Dae-su struggles to unravel the secret of who is responsible for locking him up, what happened to his wife and daughter, and how to best get revenge against his captors. Oldeuboi was screened in competition at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival and won the coveted Grand Prix. 299 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  79% (3) The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi 116 min R [Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller] [Takeshi Kitano] [06 Sep 2003]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 76%, Rotten Tomatoes: 87%, Metacritic: 75%, External Reviews Awards: 21 wins & 10 nominations. Actors: Michiyo Yasuda, Tadanobu Asano, Taka Guadalcanal, Takeshi Kitano, Yui Natsukawa Writer: Takeshi Kitano (screenplay), Kan Shimozawa (novels) External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: Japanese Country: Japan Plot: Blind Zatoichi makes his living by gambling and giving massages. But behind his humble facade, Zatoichi is a master swordsman, gifted with lightning-fast draw and strokes of breathtaking precision. Zatoichi wanders into a town run by sinister gangs and a powerful samurai. He's destined for violent showdowns when he stumbles on two beautiful geishas avenging their parents' murder... Duels, wit and a touch of zen! Cult anti-hero Zatoichi is back in a sword-fighting adventure written, directed and starring Takeshi Kitano. Rotten Tomatoes: A sightless samurai in 19th-century Japan helps two sisters get revenge on the gang that murdered their parents. Cult director and star Takeshi Kitano's revival of the long-running Japanese series is a kinetic, highly stylized piece of filmmaking. Michiyo Ohgusu, Guadalcanal Taka, Daigoro Tachibana, Yuko Daike. 300 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 78% (3) Kill Bill: Vol. 1 111 min R [Action, Crime, Thriller] [Quentin Tarantino] [10 Oct 2003]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 81%, Rotten Tomatoes: 84%, Metacritic: 69%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 27 wins & 99 nominations. Actors: Daryl Hannah, David Carradine, Lucy Liu, Uma Thurman, Vivica A. Fox Writer: Quentin Tarantino, Quentin Tarantino (character The Bride), Uma Thurman (character The Bride) External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Japanese, French Country: USA Plot: The lead character, called 'The Bride,' was a member of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad, led by her lover 'Bill.' Upon realizing she was pregnant with Bill's child, 'The Bride' decided to escape her life as a killer. She fled to Texas, met a young man, who, on the day of their wedding rehearsal was gunned down by an angry and jealous Bill (with the assistance of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad). Four years later, 'The Bride' wakes from a coma, and discovers her baby is gone. She, then, decides to seek revenge upon the five people who destroyed her life and killed her baby. The saga of Kill Bill Volume I begins. Rotten Tomatoes: An entire wedding party is slaughtered during a dress rehearsal in a rural chapel: the pregnant woman in the blood-splattered wedding dress is Black Mamba, better known as The Bride. The assassin, Bill, and his circle known as The Vipers left The Bride for dead, but unluckily for them she was merely comatose. Four years later, The Bride suddenly awakens from her coma and realizes what has been done to her. She sets off on a ferociously focused mission, setting out to seek revenge on her former master and his deadly squad of assassins. One by one, she kills the various members of the assassin group. She saves Bill for last. 301 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  76% (3) X2: X-Men United 134 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller] [Bryan Singer] [02 May 2003]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 75%, Rotten Tomatoes: 85%, Metacritic: 68%, External Reviews Awards: 6 wins & 41 nominations. Actors: Halle Berry, Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart Writer: Zak Penn (story), David Hayter (story), Bryan Singer (story), Michael Dougherty (screenplay), Dan Harris (screenplay), David Hayter (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, German, Italian, Spanish Country: Canada, USA Plot: Several months have passed since The X-Men defeated Magneto and imprisoned him in a seemingly impregnable plastic chamber. One day, a mutant by the name of Nightcrawler infiltrates the White House and attempts to assassinate the president, setting off a chain reaction of anti-mutant measures by the government. Meanwhile, Logan is trying to discover his past. As scientist named William Stryker discovers Professor X's secret school and Cerebro, Magneto's partner, Mystique, is planning to break her leader out of prison. But when Professor X's school is attacked by Stryker's forces, Logan, Rogue, Iceman and a few are lucky to escape. Those who remain meet in Boston, where they form an uneasy alliance with Magneto to stop Stryker and rescue Professor X. Rotten Tomatoes: When a failed assassination attempt occurs on the President's (Cotter Smith) life by the teleporting mutant Nightcrawler (Alan Cumming), it's Professor Xavier (Patrick Stewart) and his School for Gifted Youngsters who are targeted for the crime. While Jean Grey (Famke Janssen) and Storm (Halle Berry) try and locate the assassin, Cyclops (James Marsden) and Xavier (also known as 'Professor X') seek answers from their old foe Magneto (Ian McKellan) in his glass cell...Little do they know they're walking into a trap set by the villainous William Stryker (Brian Cox), a mysterious governmental figure that figures into Wolverine's (Hugh Jackman) secretive past, along with information about the X-Men's operation, supplied by Magneto through a mind-controlling agent. Meanwhile Wolverine, just home from a failed mission to regain his memory, is in charge of the students when a crack-commando team led by Stryker infiltrates the school by order of the President. With a mansion full of young, powerful mutants and the ferocious Wolverine in babysitter mode, can he defend the school against the one man who can answer his questions? What roles do the sinister Mystique (Rebecca Romijn-Stamos) and Lady Deathstrike (Kelly Hu) have in all of this? Why does Stryker want Professor X and his Cerebro machine? With the war between humanity and mutants escalating to extremes, can the rest of the X-Men trust their old foes to help them? Director Bryan Singer returns and raises the stakes in this sequel to the highly lauded 2000 adaptation of Marvel Comics' X-Men. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, Rovi 302 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 73% (3) Open Range 139 min R [Action, Drama, Romance, Western] [Kevin Costner] [15 Aug 2003]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 75%, Rotten Tomatoes: 79%, Metacritic: 67%, External Reviews Awards: 1 win & 4 nominations. Actors: Annette Bening, Diego Luna, Kevin Costner, Michael Gambon, Robert Duvall Writer: Lauran Paine (novel), Craig Storper (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA Plot: Boss Spearman, Charley Waite, Mose Harrison and Button freegraze their cattle across the vast prairies of the West, sharing a friendship forged by a steadfast code of honor and living a life unencumbered by civilization. When their wayward herd forces them near the small town of Harmonville, the cowboys encounter a corrupt sheriff and kingpin rancher who govern the territory through fear, tyranny and violence. Boss and Charley find themselves inextricably drawn towards an inevitable showdown, as they are forced to defend the freedom and values of a lifestyle that is all too quickly vanishing. Amidst the turmoil, life suddenly takes an unexpected turn for the loner Charley when he meets the beautiful and warm spirited Sue Barlow, a woman who embraces both his heart and his soul. Rotten Tomatoes: Boss Spearman, Charley Waite, Mose Harrison and Button freegraze their cattle across the vast prairies of the West, sharing a friendship forged by a steadfast code of honor and living a life unencumbered by civilization. When their wayward herd forces them near the small town of Harmonville, the cowboys encounter a corrupt sheriff and kingpin rancher who govern the territory through fear, tyranny and violence. Boss and Charley find themselves inextricably drawn towards an inevitable showdown, as they are forced to defend the freedom and values of a lifestyle that is all too quickly vanishing. Amidst the turmoil, life suddenly takes an unexpected turn for the loner Charley when he meets the beautiful and warm spirited Sue Barlow, a woman who embraces both his heart and his soul. 303 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  70% (3) The Italian Job 111 min PG-13 [Action, Crime, Thriller] [F. Gary Gray] [30 May 2003]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 70%, Rotten Tomatoes: 73%, Metacritic: 68%, External Reviews Awards: 8 wins & 7 nominations. Actors: Charlize Theron, Donald Sutherland, Edward Norton, Jason Statham, Mark Wahlberg Writer: Troy Kennedy-Martin, Donna Powers (screenplay), Wayne Powers (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Russian, Italian Country: USA, France, UK, Italy Plot: Led by John Bridger (Donald Sutherland) and Charlie Croker (Mark Wahlberg) a team is assembled for one last heist to steal $35 million in gold bars from a heavily guarded safe in Venice, Italy. After successfully pulling off the heist, a team member, Steve (Edward Norton), driven by greed and jealousy, arranges to take the gold for himself and eliminate the remaining members of the group. Thinking the team dead, he returns to L.A. with the gold. Charlie and the survivors of this betrayal follow Steve L.A. to exact revenge against the traitor. Charlie enlists the help of John Bridger's daughter, Stella (Charlize Theron) - a professional safe cracker, to get revenge. With Stella and the hacking skills of Lyle (Seth Green), the explosives skills of 'Left Ear' (Yasiin Bey), and the driving skills of 'Handsome' Rob (Jason Statham) this new team plans and executes a daring heist that weaves through the freeways and subways of L.A. Rotten Tomatoes: A team of high-class thieves avenge their mentor's death -- with the help of his own daughter -- in this big-budget remake of the 1969 British caper classic. The Italian Job stars Mark Wahlberg as Charlie, the mastermind of a daring Venice heist overseen by John (Donald Sutherland), a lifelong criminal who plans to retire from the fold with the earnings from his most recent take. Basking in the glow of a job well done at a secluded retreat in the Alps, the thieves -- including the aptly-named Handsome Rob (Jason Statham), tech-geek Lyle (Seth Green), and hearing-impaired quipster Left Ear (Mos Def) -- are ruthlessly double-crossed by one of their own, the taciturn, calculating Steve Frezelli (Edward Norton). Time passes and each member of the group finds himself pursuing other opportunities in the States, until Charlie rallies them together for a revenge-motivated scheme designed to bilk Steve of all his misbegotten earnings. In order to cinch the deal, he even enlists John's reluctant safecracking-prodigy daughter, Stella (Charlize Theron), for an elaborate, incognito Los Angeles heist. But the paranoid Steve proves himself to be one step ahead of them at just about every turn, and Charlie finds that he'll have to make some daring last-minute changes to their plan if the team is to succeed. The Italian Job marked director F. Gary Gray's second 2003 release after the Vin Diesel vehicle A Man Apart. ~ Michael Hastings, Rovi 304 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 69% (3) The Matrix Reloaded 138 min R [Action, Sci-Fi] [Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski] [15 May 2003]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 72%, Rotten Tomatoes: 73%, Metacritic: 62%, External Reviews Awards: 8 wins & 31 nominations. Actors: Alima Ashton-Sheibu, Andy Arness, Carrie-Anne Moss, Christine Anu, Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Ray Anthony Writer: Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski (characters), Lana Wachowski (characters) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, French Country: USA Plot: Six months after the events depicted in The Matrix, Neo has proved to be a good omen for the free humans, as more and more humans are being freed from the matrix and brought to Zion, the one and only stronghold of the Resistance. Neo himself has discovered his superpowers including super speed, ability to see the codes of the things inside the matrix, and a certain degree of precognition. But a nasty piece of news hits the human resistance: 250,000 machine sentinels are digging to Zion and would reach them in 72 hours. As Zion prepares for the ultimate war, Neo, Morpheus and Trinity are advised by the Oracle to find the Keymaker who would help them reach the Source. Meanwhile Neo's recurrent dreams depicting Trinity's death have got him worried and as if it was not enough, Agent Smith has somehow escaped deletion, has become more powerful than before and has chosen Neo as his next target. Rotten Tomatoes: After creating an international sensation with the visually dazzling and intellectually challenging sci-fi blockbuster The Matrix, the Wachowski brothers returned with the first of two projected sequels that pick up where the first film left off. Neo (Keanu Reeves) and Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss) have been summoned by Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne) to join him on a voyage to Zion, the last outpost of free human beings on Earth. Neo and Trinity's work together has been complicated by the fact the two are involved in a serious romantic relationship. Upon their arrival in Zion, Morpheus locks horns with rival Commander Lock (Harry J. Lennix) and encounters his old flame Niobe (Jada Pinkett Smith). Meanwhile, Agent Smith (Hugo Weaving) has returned with some surprises for Neo, most notably the ability to replicate himself as many times as he pleases. Neo makes his way to The Oracle (Gloria Foster), who informs him that if he wishes to save humankind, he must unlock 'The Source,' which means having to release The Key Maker (Randall Duk Kim) from the clutches of Merovingian (Lambert Wilson). While Merovingian refuses to cooperate, his wife, Persephone (Monica Bellucci), angry at her husband's dalliances with other women, offers to help, but only in exchange for a taste of Neo's affections. With The Keymaker in tow, Neo, Trinity, and Morpheus are chased by Merovingian's henchmen: a pair of deadly albino twins (Neil Rayment and Adrian Rayment). Filmed primarily in Australia and California (the extended chase scene was shot on a stretch of highway build specifically for the production outside of San Francisco), The Matrix Reloaded was produced in tandem with the third film in the series, The Matrix Revolutions. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi 305 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  68% (3) Cowboy Bebop: The Movie 115 min R [Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller] [Shin'ichirô Watanabe, Tensai Okamura, Hiroyuki Okiura, Yoshiyuki Takei] [16 May 2003]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 79%, Rotten Tomatoes: 65%, Metacritic: 61%, External Reviews Awards: 2 nominations. Actors: Aoi Tada, Beau Billingslea, Kôichi Yamadera, Megumi Hayashibara, Melissa Fahn, Nicholas Guest, Unshô Ishizuka Writer: Keiko Nobumoto (screenplay), Hajime Yatate (based on the story by) External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: Japanese, English Country: Japan, USA Plot: The year is 2071. Following a terrorist bombing, a deadly virus is released on the populace of Mars and the government has issued a 300 million woo-long reward, the largest bounty in history, for the capture of whoever is behind it. The bounty hunter crew of the spaceship Bebop; Spike, Faye, Jet and Ed, take the case with hopes of cashing in the bounty. However, the mystery surrounding the man responsible, Vincent, goes deeper than they ever imagined, and they aren't the only ones hunting him. The original creators of the virus have dispatched Electra to deal with Vincent and take out anyone who may stumble on the truth behind him. As the hunt for the man with no past and no future continues to escalate, they begin to question what about the world is reality and what is a dream as the line between sanity and insanity becomes more apparent. Rotten Tomatoes: The popular animé series Cowboy Bebop gets its own feature-length film with the aptly named Cowboy Bebop: The Movie. Set in the late 21st century, it jumps into the series' story line just prior to its conclusion, with the bounty hunting crew of the interstellar craft Bebop chasing a hacker aboard a tanker into a major city on Mars. As crew member Faye Valentine closes in on the tanker, she witnesses its catastrophic explosion, which soon appears to be a viral terrorist attack as the death toll continues to mount in the days following. Furthermore, Faye caught a glimpse of the person responsible for the blast and is thus the only surviving witness of the crime. After the government puts out a large bounty for the perpetrator's capture, the Bebop gang -- slacker Spike Spiegel, former policeman Jet Black, and hacker girl genius Edward -- begin their own hunt for the mass murderer, who is eventually revealed to be one Vincent Volaju. Vincent, it turns out, was the lone survivor of a governmental medical test and now seeks revenge by unleashing the same microscopic robotic virus used in the tanker explosion on the unsuspecting city. The Bebop crew must scramble to prevent Vincent from carrying out his plan, as well as try to locate an anti-virus to counterattack the effects of Vincent's virus. Released in both dubbed and subtitled cuts in the United States in 2003, Cowboy Bebop - The Movie premiered in Japan in 2001. 306 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 66% (3) The Last Samurai 154 min R [Action, Drama, War] [Edward Zwick] [05 Dec 2003]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 77%, Rotten Tomatoes: 66%, Metacritic: 55%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 21 wins & 62 nominations. Actors: Billy Connolly, Chad Lindberg, Ken Watanabe, Tom Cruise, William Atherton Writer: John Logan (story), John Logan (screenplay), Edward Zwick (screenplay), Marshall Herskovitz (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Japanese Country: USA, New Zealand, Japan Plot: In the 1870s, Captain Nathan Algren, a cynical veteran of the American Civil war who will work for anyone, is hired by Americans who want lucrative contracts with the Emperor of Japan to train the peasant conscripts for the first standing imperial army in modern warfare using firearms. The imperial Omura cabinet's first priority is to repress a rebellion of traditionalist Samurai -hereditary warriors- who remain devoted to the sacred dynasty but reject the Westernizing policy and even refuse firearms. Yet when his ill-prepared superior force sets out too soon, their panic allows the sword-wielding samurai to crush them. Badly wounded Algren's courageous stand makes the samurai leader Katsumoto spare his life; once nursed to health he learns to know and respect the old Japanese way, and participates as advisor in Katsumoto's failed attempt to save the Bushido tradition, but Omura gets repressive laws enacted- he must now choose to honor his loyalty to one of the embittered sides when the conflict returns to the battlefield... Rotten Tomatoes: Edward Zwick returned to the director's chair for the first time since 1998's The Siege with this sweeping period drama set in 19th-century Japan. After centuries of relying on hired samurai for national defense, the Japanese monarchy has decided to do away with the warriors in favor of a more contemporary military. Tom Cruise stars as Nathan Algren, a veteran of the U.S. Civil War who is hired by the Emperor Meiji to train an army capable of wiping out the samurai. But when Algren is captured by the samurai and taught about their history and way of life, he finds himself conflicted over who he should be fighting alongside. Billy Connelly, Tony Goldwyn, and Ken Watanabe co-star. ~ Matthew Tobey, Rovi 307 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  66% (3) Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines 109 min R [Action, Sci-Fi] [Jonathan Mostow] [02 Jul 2003]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 63%, Rotten Tomatoes: 69%, Metacritic: 66%, External Reviews Awards: 3 wins & 21 nominations. Actors: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Claire Danes, Kristanna Loken, Nick Stahl Writer: James Cameron (characters), Gale Anne Hurd (characters), John Brancato (story), Michael Ferris (story), Tedi Sarafian (story), John Brancato (screenplay), Michael Ferris (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA, Germany, UK Plot: More than 10 years after 'Terminator 2', John Connor now exists only as a drifter - living 'off the grid', so no more Terminators from the future can hunt him down. Unfortunately, SkyNet does send another one back - and this one is called the T-X, even more powerful & advanced than the dreaded T-1000. However, another CSM-101 Terminator is also sent back to protect John against the T-X. Now, Skynet is patiently assuming control of civilian computer systems, under the guise of a computer virus. John has also met his future wife, Kate Brewster, whose father - a U.S. Air Force General - is in charge of the military computer systems & is leery of up linking SkyNet. However, when the SkyNet virus infects the U.S military computers & leaves the country open to attack, the machines begin their horrific takeover. Soon a nuclear war will result - and the war against the machines will begin. Can the outdated CSM-101 Terminator eliminate the highly advanced T-X - or will a darker future await man following the nuclear attack? Rotten Tomatoes: The second sequel to the 1984 sci-fi action classic, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines is the first film without the involvement of director James Cameron. Instead, Jonathan Mostow, the man behind Breakdown and U-571, has stepped in to fill the shoes left vacant by Cameron. In addition, the role of John Connor from the second film has been recast, with In the Bedroom's Nick Stahl taking over for Edward Furlong. Set ten years after the events of 1991's Terminator 2: Judgement Day, the film finds Connor living on the streets as a common laborer. Sarah Connor, his mother, has since died, and their efforts in the second film have not stopped the creation of SkyNet artificial intelligence network. As he will still become the leader of the human resistance, Connor is once again targeted by a Terminator sent from the future by SkyNet. This new Terminator, T-X (Kristanna Loken), is a female and is more powerful than any of her predecessors. To protect Connor, the human resistance sends a new T-101 (Arnold Schwarzenegger) back from the future. Also starring Claire Danes, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines had its world premiere when it showed out of competition at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival. 308 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 65% (3) The Rundown 104 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Comedy, Thriller] [Peter Berg] [26 Sep 2003]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 67%, Rotten Tomatoes: 70%, Metacritic: 59%, External Reviews Awards: 2 wins & 3 nominations. Actors: Christopher Walken, Dwayne Johnson, Rosario Dawson, Seann William Scott Writer: R.J. Stewart (story), R.J. Stewart (screenplay), James Vanderbilt (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Portuguese Country: USA Plot: The Rock as a bounty hunter who attempts to square a debt by heading to the Amazon jungle to capture someone. The bounty hunter discovers that his quarry isn't the bad guy he'd been warned about, and the two team up in pursuit of riches stored in a mine in the Amazon. Rotten Tomatoes: Beck (The Rock) is a 'retrieval specialist' in hock to a powerful and not particularly nice gentleman named Walker (William Lucking). Beck is anxious to retire from his dangerous work and open a small restaurant. Walker tells Beck he'll be free and clear with enough cash to fulfill his dream if he does one more job. He sends Beck into the Brazilian rainforest to bring back his wayward son, Travis (Seann William Scott). Travis is down there looking for a legendary idol, El Gato Diablo, which he could sell for millions if he found it. A pretty local, Mariana (Rosario Dawson), offers Travis the use of her boat in exchange for a cut of the take on the statue. But the powerful Hatcher (Christopher Walken) owns the area's huge mine, where locals work for slave wages, and feels that anything found in the area is his property. He refuses to let Beck take Travis back to the U.S. until the statue is in his hands. Using his estimable fighting prowess (he doesn't like guns), Beck manages to get Travis out of town, but Travis doesn't want to go home, and he ends up getting them stranded in the jungle, where they're confronted with horny monkeys and angry guerrillas. To make matters worse, Hatcher and his thugs are hot on their trail, and Mariana turns out to have her own motives for getting involved. The Rundown, the second film directed by actor Peter Berg (Very Bad Things), features a brief, uncredited cameo by Arnold Schwarzenegger. ~ Josh Ralske, Rovi 309 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  82% (3) Minority Report 145 min PG-13 [Action, Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller] [Steven Spielberg] [21 Jun 2002]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 76%, Rotten Tomatoes: 91%, Metacritic: 80%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 19 wins & 85 nominations. Actors: Colin Farrell, Max von Sydow, Neal McDonough, Samantha Morton, Steve Harris, Tom Cruise Writer: Philip K. Dick (short story), Scott Frank (screenplay), Jon Cohen (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Swedish Country: USA Plot: In the year 2054 A.D. crime is virtually eliminated from Washington D.C. thanks to an elite law enforcing squad 'Precrime'. They use three gifted humans (called 'Pre-Cogs') with special powers to see into the future and predict crimes beforehand. John Anderton heads Precrime and believes the system's flawlessness steadfastly. However one day the Pre-Cogs predict that Anderton will commit a murder himself in the next 36 hours. Worse, Anderton doesn't even know the victim. He decides to get to the mystery's core by finding out the 'minority report' which means the prediction of the female Pre-Cog Agatha that 'might' tell a different story and prove Anderton innocent. Rotten Tomatoes: Based on a short story by the late Philip K. Dick, this science fiction-thriller reflects the writer's familiar preoccupation with themes of concealed identity and mind control. Tom Cruise stars as John Anderton, a Washington, D.C. detective in the year 2054. Anderton works for 'Precrime,' a special unit of the police department that arrests murderers before they have committed the actual crime. Precrime bases its work on the visions of three psychics or 'precogs' whose prophecies of future events are never in error. When Anderton discovers that he has been identified as the future killer of a man he's never met, he is forced to become a fugitive from his own colleagues as he tries to uncover the mystery of the victim-to-be's identity. When he kidnaps Agatha (Samantha Morton), one of the precogs, he begins to formulate a theory about a possible frame-up from within his own department. Directed by Steven Spielberg, who hired a team of futurists to devise the film's numerous technologically advanced gadgets, Minority Report co-stars Colin Farrell, Max von Sydow, and Neal McDonough. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi 310 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 78% (3) Spider-Man 121 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi] [Sam Raimi] [03 May 2002]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 73%, Rotten Tomatoes: 90%, Metacritic: 73%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 16 wins & 58 nominations. Actors: James Franco, Kirsten Dunst, Tobey Maguire, Willem Dafoe Writer: Stan Lee (Marvel comic book), Steve Ditko (Marvel comic book), David Koepp (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA Plot: Based on Marvel Comics' superhero character, this is a story of Peter Parker who is a nerdy high-schooler. He was orphaned as a child, bullied by jocks, and can't confess his crush for his stunning neighborhood girl Mary Jane Watson. To say his life is 'miserable' is an understatement. But one day while on an excursion to a laboratory a runaway radioactive spider bites him... and his life changes in a way no one could have imagined. Peter acquires a muscle-bound physique, clear vision, ability to cling to surfaces and crawl over walls, shooting webs from his wrist ... but the fun isn't going to last. An eccentric millionaire Norman Osborn administers a performance enhancing drug on himself and his maniacal alter ego Green Goblin emerges. Now Peter Parker has to become Spider-Man and take Green Goblin to the task... or else Goblin will kill him. They come face to face and the war begins in which only one of them will survive at the end. Rotten Tomatoes: After incorporating elements of comic book style and design into many of his films, director Sam Raimi helms this straight-ahead, big-budget comic book adaptation, which also marks acclaimed young actor Tobey Maguire's first dip into live-action blockbuster filmmaking. Spider-Man follows the template of the original Stan Lee/Steve Ditko source material, with hero Peter Parker an orphaned, intellectual teen loner living in Queens with his aunt (Rosemary Harris) and uncle (Cliff Robertson), and dreaming of the girl next door, Mary Jane (Kirsten Dunst). On a field trip to a Columbia University lab, Peter is bitten by a genetically altered spider and overnight he gains superhuman strength, agility, and perception. At first, Peter uses his powers for material gain, winning a wrestling match with a purportedly lucrative prize. But when Peter apathetically fails to stop a burglar from robbing the wrestling arena, a tragedy follows that compels him to devote his powers to fighting crime -- as the superhero Spider-Man. When he's not busy fighting crime in a spider suit, Peter moves into an apartment with his best friend, Harry (James Franco), and begins work as a photographer at the Daily Bugle. Meanwhile, his do-gooder alter ego finds a nemesis in the form of the Green Goblin (Willem Dafoe), a super-powered, megalomaniacal villain who happens to be the alter ego of Harry's father, weapons-manufacturing mogul Norman Osborn. Spider-Man was written by the prolific blockbuster scribe David Koepp (Jurassic Park, Panic Room). ~ Michael Hastings, Rovi 311 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  76% (3) The Bourne Identity 119 min PG-13 [Action, Mystery, Thriller] [Doug Liman] [14 Jun 2002]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 79%, Rotten Tomatoes: 83%, Metacritic: 68%, External Reviews Awards: 3 wins & 5 nominations. Actors: Chris Cooper, Clive Owen, Franka Potente, Matt Damon Writer: Tony Gilroy (screenplay), W. Blake Herron (screenplay), Robert Ludlum (novel) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, French, German, Dutch, Italian Country: USA, Germany, Czech Republic Plot: Based very loosely on Robert Ludlum's novel, the Bourne Identity is the story of a man whose wounded body is discovered by fishermen who nurse him back to health. He can remember nothing and begins to try to rebuild his memory based on clues such as a Swiss bank account, the number of which is implanted in his hip. He soon realizes that he is being hunted and takes off with Marie on a search to find out who he is - and why he is being hunted. Rotten Tomatoes: The best-selling suspense novel by late author Robert Ludlum comes to the screen for a second time, following a 1988 made-for-TV movie. Matt Damon stars as Jason Bourne, a barely alive amnesiac with a pair of bullet wounds in his back, pulled from the Mediterranean by Italian fishermen. Bourne's only clue to his own identity is a bank account number etched on a capsule implanted in his body. He quickly finds the Zurich bank where money, a gun, and a few identification documents await, but after he's pursued by security goons at the American consulate, Bourne realizes he can trust no one and offers a German gypsy named Marie (Franka Potente) ten thousand dollars for a ride to Paris. Encountering more professional killers bent on his destruction, Bourne discovers that he possesses a surprising degree of skill in combat, martial arts, and linguistics -- handy talents that clearly indicate his past includes work as a spy and assassin, but for whom? With Marie's reluctant help, Bourne edges closer to the truth, something CIA officials want concealed at all costs. The Bourne Identity co-stars Chris Cooper, Clive Owen, Brian Cox, and Julia Stiles. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi 312 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 71% (3) The Count of Monte Cristo 131 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Thriller] [Kevin Reynolds] [25 Jan 2002]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 78%, Rotten Tomatoes: 74%, Metacritic: 61%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: Guy Pearce, James Frain, Jim Caviezel, Richard Harris Writer: Alexandre Dumas (novel), Jay Wolpert (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: UK, USA, Ireland, Switzerland Plot: 'The Count of Monte Cristo' is a remake of the Alexander Dumas tale by the same name. Dantes, a sailor who is falsely accused of treason by his best friend Fernand, who wants Dantes' girlfriend Mercedes for himself. Dantes is imprisoned on the island prison of Chateau d'If for 13 years, where he plots revenge against those who betrayed him. With the help of another prisoner, he escapes the island and proceeds to transform himself into the wealthy Count of Monte Cristo as part of his plan to exact revenge. Rotten Tomatoes: The classic tale of swashbuckling adventure by the senior Alexandre Dumas comes to the screen in its umpteenth incarnation, this time from Kevin Reynolds, directing his first feature in five years. James Caviezel stars as Edmond Dantes, an honest sailor who plans to marry his beautiful lover Mercedes (Dagmara Dominczyk). Edmond doesn't know that his best friend Fernand Mondego (Guy Pearce) secretly desires Mercedes for himself and schemes with fallen aristocrat Villefort (James Frain) to frame Edmond for a crime he didn't commit. Sentenced to life on the remote island prison of D'If, Edmond becomes consumed by plans for revenge. Thirteen years pass and he meets a fellow innocent convict, Abbe Faria (Richard Harris), who becomes Edmond's mentor in swordfighting, finance, and escape, confiding that a vast treasure awaits a discoverer on the island of Monte Cristo. Eventually, Edmond is able to get away using Faria's tunnels and makes his way to Monte Cristo, where he retrieves the fortune and uses it to make himself over as the wealthy 'Count of Monte Cristo.' With the help of a loyal sidekick (Luis Guzman), Edmond insinuates himself into French royalty and sets about getting revenge on Villefort and Fernand, who is now married to Mercedes. The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) also stars Michael Wincott and Albie Woodington. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi 313 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  68% (3) Undercover Brother 86 min PG-13 [Action, Comedy] [Malcolm D. Lee] [31 May 2002]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 58%, Rotten Tomatoes: 77%, Metacritic: 69%, External Reviews Awards: 1 win & 7 nominations. Actors: Aunjanue Ellis, Chris Kattan, Denise Richards, Eddie Griffin Writer: John Ridley (internet series), John Ridley (story), John Ridley (screenplay), Michael McCullers (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA Plot: A white faceless corporate despot known only as 'The Man', has the power to unleash a terrifying top-secret weapon: an irresistibly packaged psycho-hallucinogenic drug that will reduce the entire population to mindless zombies. but black folks have soul. But with enough funky sense of style, a smooth way with the ladies and an absolute hunger for justice, with his Bruce Lee moves, Cadillac attitude and an arsenal of outrageous disguises and gadgets, Undercover Brother is recruited by the group of Good Guys, know as the B.R.O.T.H.E.R.H.O.O.D. an all-black justice league to foil the Man's plan to derail a Colin Powell-like presidential candidate, and Undercover Brother's undercover exploits keep the slim plot moving. But while he and his sassy cat-fighting partner known as Sistah Girl tries to find out what's going on, the leader's ruthless right arm, Mr. Feather, discovers the conspiracy's sexy secret weapon, Penelope Snow. Rotten Tomatoes: Undercover Brother began life as an animated series on the Internet. The satirical cartoon was created by novelist and screenwriter John Ridley (Three Kings) for the website /urbanentertainment.com. Ridley wrote the screenplay with Michael McCullers, co-writer of the Austin Powers sequels, and it was directed by Malcolm D. Lee (Spike Lee's cousin, and the writer/director of The Best Man). The film stars Eddie Griffin (of TV's Malcolm and Eddie) as Undercover Brother, he of the gold Cadillac convertible and huge Afro, who uses gadgets and disguises to steal from the rich and give to the poor. His activities are discovered by the B.R.O.T.H.E.R.H.O.O.D., a spy organization devoted to subverting The Man (Robert Trumbull) and his henchman, Mr. Feather (Chris Kattan), who use their power over the media to demean black people and destroy racial unity. The spy organization is run by The Chief (Chi McBride), who is constantly screaming at his subordinates. They include Sistah Girl (Aunjanue Ellis), a beautiful martial artist, Conspiracy Brother (Dave Chappelle), who sees white supremacist plots everywhere, and Smart Brother (Gary Anthony Williams, who provided the voice of Undercover Brother in the cartoon), who supplies the operatives with gadgets and information. When a popular black political figure, General Boutwell (Billy Dee Williams), calls a press conference, presumably to announce his presidential candidacy, and instead announces that he's opening a chain of fried chicken restaurants, the B.R.O.T.H.E.R.H.O.O.D. rightly suspects foul play, and recruits Undercover Brother to look into it. He goes undercover as an uptight buppie to work for The Man, but his cover is soon blown, and the seductive White She Devil (Denise Richards) is sent in to use her feminine wiles to destroy Undercover Brother. 314 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 67% (3) Brotherhood of the Wolf 142 min R [Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller] [Christophe Gans] [01 Feb 2002]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 71%, Rotten Tomatoes: 73%, Metacritic: 57%, External Reviews Awards: 4 wins & 22 nominations. Actors: Jérémie Renier, Mark Dacascos, Samuel Le Bihan, Vincent Cassel Writer: Stéphane Cabel (original scenario), Stéphane Cabel (adaptation), Christophe Gans (adaptation) External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: French, German, Italian Country: France Plot: In 1765 something was stalking the mountains of central France. A 'beast' that pounced on humans and animals with terrible ferocity. Indeed they beast became so notorious that the King of France dispatched envoys to find out what was happening and to kill the creature. By the end, the Beast of Gevaudan had killed over 100 people, to this day, no one is entirely sure what it was, wolf? hyena? or something supernatural? Whatever it was, shepherds had the same life-expectancy as the red-suited guys in 'Star Trek'. The Beast is a popular myth in France, albeit one rooted firmly in reality; somewhat surprisingly it is little known to the outside world, and perhaps incredibly it has never been made into a movie. Until now... Based on the true story of the Beast of the Gevaudan that terrorized France in the mid-XVIIIth century, the movie aims to tell first and explain afterwards. In the first part, a special envoy of the King of France, altogether biologist, explorer and philosopher, arrives in the Gevaudan region, in the mountainous central part of France. The Beast has been attacking women and children for months and nobody has quite been able to harm it or even take a good look at it. In the second part, our hero Chevalier de Fronsac will not only have to fight the Beast, but also ignorance, bigotry and conspiracy and will rely on two women, one an aristocrat, the other a prostitute, as well as the enigmatic Mani, an Iroquois he met in New-France (Canada). Rotten Tomatoes: French legend has it that a creature known as the Beast of Gevaudan -- a huge, wolf-like monster -- was responsible for the violent deaths of over 100 persons in the mid-18th century, and this horror fantasy blends the lore of this fabled beast with a story of two men who set out to capture it. After a number of mutilated corpses begin appearing across the French countryside, naturalist Chevalier Gregoire de Fronsac (Samuel Le Bihan) is dispatched by the King to find and capture the animal responsible for the killings. Mani (Mark Dacascos), an Indian from Canada and an experienced hand in the wilds, is hired to assist de Fronsac in his work. Gregoire's assignment earns him the acquaintance of Marianne de Morangias (Emilie Dequenne), the lovely daughter of the idly wealthy Count de Morangias (Jean Yanne), but Gregoire receives a much chillier welcome from her brother Jean-Francois (Vincent Cassel), who, despite having lost an arm to a lion in Africa, is quite the huntsman himself. As Gregoire and Mani arrive in the village of Gevaudan, they're drawn to a local house of prostitution, where the animalistic allure and supernatural powers of Sylvia (Monica Bellucci) prove to have a profound effect on the naive Gregoire. Jim Henson's Creature Shop provided the special-effects expertise for the creation of the Beast of Gevaudan. 315 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  66% (3) We Were Soldiers 138 min R [Action, Drama, History, War] [Randall Wallace] [01 Mar 2002]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 72%, Rotten Tomatoes: 63%, Metacritic: 65%, External Reviews Awards: 3 wins & 5 nominations. Actors: Greg Kinnear, Madeleine Stowe, Mel Gibson, Sam Elliott Writer: Harold G. Moore (book), Joseph L. Galloway (book), Randall Wallace (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Vietnamese, French Country: USA, Germany Plot: A telling of the 1st Battalion, 7 Cavalry Regiment, 1st Calvary Division's battle against overwhelming odds in the La Drang valley of Vietnam in 1965. Seen through the eyes of the battalion's commander, Lt. Col. Hal Moore (played by Mel Gibson), we see him take command of the battalion and its preparations to go into Vietnam. We also see how the French had, years earlier, been defeated in the same area. The battle was to be the first major engagement between US and NVA forces in Vietnam and showed the use of helicopters as mobility providers and assault support aircraft. Rotten Tomatoes: A fact-based tale of men under fire, their common acts of uncommon valor, and their loyalty to and love for one another during one of the most savage military battles in U.S. history. On November 14, 1965, in the Ia Drang Valley of Vietnam, in a small clearing called Landing Zone X-Ray, Lieutenant Colonel Hal Moore and 400 troopers from the U.S. 7th Air Cavalry are surrounded by 2000 enemy soldiers in what would become the first, and perhaps the worst, major battle of the Vietnam War. 316 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 64% (3) Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams 100 min PG [Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi] [Robert Rodriguez] [07 Aug 2002]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 51%, Rotten Tomatoes: 75%, Metacritic: 66%, External Reviews Awards: 3 wins & 3 nominations. Actors: Alexa PenaVega, Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, Daryl Sabara Writer: Robert Rodriguez External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA Plot: Exploring the further adventures of Carmen and Juni Cortez, who have now joined the family spy business as Level 2 OSS agents. Their new mission is to save the world from a mad scientist living on a volcanic island populated by an imaginative menagerie of creatures. On this bizarre island, none of the Cortez's gadgets work and they must rely on their wits--and each other--to survive and save the day. Rotten Tomatoes: The sequel to 'Spy Kids,' exploring the further adventures of Carmen and Juni Cortez. 317 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  64% (3) The Powerpuff Girls Movie 73 min PG [Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi] [Craig McCracken] [03 Jul 2002]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 65%, Rotten Tomatoes: 63%, Metacritic: 65%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: Cathy Cavadini, Elizabeth Daily, Roger Jackson, Tara Strong Writer: Charlie Bean, Lauren Faust, Craig McCracken, Paul Rudish, Don Shank, Charlie Bean (story), Craig McCracken (story), Amy Keating Rogers (story), Paul Rudish (story), Don Shank (story), Lauren Faust (story), Craig McCracken (creator) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA Plot: In the city of Townsville, the frustrated Professor Utonium is gathering all the ingredients to make a perfect little girl (sugar, spice, and everything nice). But when his lab assitant, a monkey named Jojo, causes the accidental addition of Chemical X to the mix, the Professor ends up with not one but 3 perfect, powerful little girls. It soon becomes obvious that Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup are not normal girls, they have superpowers and have not yet learned to control. The girls are treated like outcasts because they have inadvertently wrecked Townsville in a superpowered game of tag. To win the hearts of the people of Townsville, the girls are tricked into making a deal with Jojo who plans to take over Townsville. As the girls foil this threat and defeat an army of superpowered monkeys, the Powerpuff Girls learn that with great power comes great responsibility. Rotten Tomatoes: The most adorable little superheroines in all of Townsville make the jump to the big screen in this feature-length animated adventure based on the popular Cartoon Network series The Powerpuff Girls. Brilliant scientist Professor Utonium (voice of Tom Kane) is performing an experiment in his lab when Jojo, a monkey trained to assist the professor, accidentally drops a bottle of hyper-powerful Chemical X into a mixture of sugar, spice, and everything nice. To the professor's surprise, what should emerge from the subsequent chemical reaction but three little girls: bright and practical Blossom (voice of Cathy Cavadini), sweet and sunny Bubbles (voice of Tara Strong), and tomboyish Buttercup (voice of Elizabeth Daily). Professor Utonium discovers that the girls have remarkable powers and super-human strength, and he hopes they'll be able to improve life in the crime-infected City of Townsville. However, after their first day at Pokey Oaks Kindergarten with Ms. Keane (voice of Jennifer Hale), the girls learn that having super powers can be both a blessing and a curse. Rejected by their classmates and quite unhappy, the girls are easily swayed when Mojo Jojo (voice of Roger L. Jackson), a superintelligent monkey in a turban, asks them to help him with a campaign to save the city. What the girls don't know is that Mojo Jojo is actually the monkey who once assisted the Professor; now he's embraced evil and hopes to use the Powerpuff Girls as part of his criminal scheme to wrestle control of Townsville away from the dense but well-meaning Mayor (voice of Tom Kenny). The Powerpuff Girls Movie was directed and co-written by Craig McCracken, who created the original television show as well as writing most of the episodes. 318 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 89% (3) Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 120 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Romance] [Ang Lee] [12 Jan 2001]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 79%, Rotten Tomatoes: 97%, Metacritic: 93%, External Reviews Awards: Won 4 Oscars. Another 96 wins & 130 nominations. Actors: Chen Chang, Michelle Yeoh, Yun-Fat Chow, Ziyi Zhang Writer: Du Lu Wang (book), Hui-Ling Wang (screenplay), James Schamus (screenplay), Kuo Jung Tsai (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: Mandarin Country: Taiwan, Hong Kong, USA, China Plot: In 19th century Qing Dynasty China, a warrior gives his sword, Green Destiny, to his lover to deliver to safe keeping, but it is stolen, and the chase is on to find it. The search leads to the House of Yu where the story takes on a whole different level. Rotten Tomatoes: Taiwanese filmmaker Ang Lee took a break from making Western period dramas to fashion this wild and woolly martial arts spectacular featuring special effects and action sequences courtesy of the choreographer of The Matrix (1999), Yuen Woo Ping. In the early 19th century, martial arts master Li Mu Bai (Chow Yun-Fat) is about to retire and enter a life of meditation, though he quietly longs to avenge the death of his master, who was killed by Jade Fox (Cheng Pei-pei). He gives his sword, a fabled 400-year-old weapon known as Green Destiny, to his friend, fellow martial arts wizard and secret love Yu Shu Lien (Michelle Yeoh), so that she may deliver it to Sir Te (Sihung Lung). Upon arrival in Peking, Yu happens upon Jen (Zhang Ziyi), a vivacious, willful politician's daughter. That night, a mysterious masked thief swipes Green Destiny, with Yu in hot pursuit -- resulting in the first of several martial arts action set pieces during the film. Li arrives in Beijing and eventually discovers that Jen is not only the masked thief but is also in cahoots with the evil Jade. In spite of this, Li sees great talent in Jen as a fighter and offers to school her in the finer points of martial arts and selflessness, an offer that Jen promptly rebukes. This film was first screened to much acclaim at the 2000 Cannes, Toronto, and New York film festivals and became a favorite when Academy Awards nominations were announced in 2001: Tiger snagged ten nods and later secured four wins for Best Cinematography, Score, Art Direction, and Foreign Language Film. ~ Jonathan Crow, Rovi 319 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  81% (3) Iron Monkey 85 min PG-13 [Action, Crime, Drama] [Woo-Ping Yuen] [12 Oct 2001]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 76%, Rotten Tomatoes: 90%, Metacritic: 79%, External Reviews Awards: 2 nominations. Actors: Donnie Yen, Jean Wang, Rongguang Yu, Sze-Man Tsang Writer: Tan Cheung, Richard Epcar (dubbed version), Tai-Mok Lau, Elsa Tang, Hark Tsui External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: Cantonese Country: Hong Kong Plot: A Hong Kong variation on Robin Hood. The corrupt officials of a Chinese village are continually robbed by a masked bandit know as 'Iron Monkey' named after a benevolent deity. When all else fails, the Govenor forces a traveling physician (Donnie Yen) into finding the bandit. The arrival of an evil Shaolin monk, brings the Physician and Iron Monkey together to battle the corrupt government. Rotten Tomatoes: This kung fu classic weaving fact and myth earned a theatrical release in the U.S. from Miramax eight years after it was produced, following a successful retrospective screening at the 2001 Los Angeles Film Festival. Wong Kei Ying (Donnie Yen) is a master of the Hung Gar style of boxing in mid-19th century China. His son, Wong Fei Hung (Sze-Man Tsang), though still just a boy, will grow up to become a martial arts legend, a nearly mythical figure in Chinese history. When Wong Fei Hung is kidnapped, his father is forced to use his daunting skills in the service of the abductor, a dishonest politician plagued by the Robin Hood-style thief known as Iron Monkey, a mysterious masked avenger stealing from the rich, delivering the spoils to the poor. Wong Fei Hung's only allies are the kindly Dr. Yang (Yu Rong Guang) and Yang's assistant, Orchid (Jean Wang), who are protecting an important secret. Iron Monkey (1993) director Yuen Wo Ping is also the masterful martial arts choreographer behind The Matrix (1999) and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000); his father served as action choreographer on a series of popular, long-running films centered around the Wong Fei Hung character in the 1950s. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi 320 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 77% (3) Shaolin Soccer 87 min PG [Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Sport] [Stephen Chow] [12 Jul 2001]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 73%, Rotten Tomatoes: 90%, Metacritic: 68%, External Reviews Awards: 12 wins & 14 nominations. Actors: Man-Tat Ng, Stephen Chow, Wei Zhao, Yat-Fei Wong, Yin Tse Writer: Stephen Chow, Kan-Cheung Tsang, Min Hun Fung, Chi Keung Fung, Marc Handler (dubbed version), Wei Lu External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Cantonese, Mandarin Country: Hong Kong, China Plot: After a fateful mistake costing his career, an ex-soccer player bum meets a shaolin kung fu student trying to spread the word of kung fu. The ex-soccer player helps reconcile with his five brothers, and teaches them soccer, adding shaolin kung fu as a twist. Rotten Tomatoes: One of Hong Kong's top screen comics, Stephen Chow, co-wrote, co-directed, and headlines this three-way blend of sports, action, and humor. Sing (Stephen Chow) is a modern-day Shaolin monk who has become a master of traditional fighting skills, and is renowned for his 'leg of steel.' However, these days there isn't much call for a Shaolin warrior, and Sing and his fellow monks earn their keep working menial jobs until a soccer coach gets the bright idea of translating Sing's talent for kicking to the soccer field. Sing becomes the lynchpin of a team playing in a tournament that could net them a $1 million purse, but even with Sing's footwork, beating the steroid-fueled champions will be no easy task. Shaolin Soccer also features Man Tat Ng and Vicki Zhao. 321 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  73% (3) Spy Kids 88 min PG [Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi] [Robert Rodriguez] [30 Mar 2001]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 55%, Rotten Tomatoes: 93%, Metacritic: 71%, External Reviews Awards: 2 wins & 10 nominations. Actors: Alexa PenaVega, Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, Daryl Sabara Writer: Robert Rodriguez External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Spanish Country: USA Plot: Gregorio and Ingrid are the two greatest secret agents the world has ever known: masters of disguise, mavens of invention, able to stop wars before they even start. Working for separate countries, they are sent to eliminate their most dangerous enemy...each other. But in an exotic corner of the world when they finally come face to face, they fall in love instead and embark on the most dangerous mission they have ever faced: raising a family. Now nine years later, after their retirement, having exchanged the adventure of espionage for parenthood, Gregorio and Ingrid Cortez are called back in to action. When their former colleagues, the world's most formidable spies, start disappearing one by one, the Cortez's are forced to take on techno-wizard Fegan Floop and his evil, egg-headed sidekick, Minion. But when the unthinkable happens and they too disappear, unfortunately there are only two people in the world who can rescue them...their kids. Rotten Tomatoes: Gregorio and Ingrid are the two greatest secret agents the world has ever known: masters of disguise, mavens of invention, able to stop wars before they even start. Working for separate countries, they are sent to eliminate their most dangerous enemy...each other. But in an exotic corner of the world when they finally come face to face, they fall in love instead and embark on the most dangerous mission they have ever faced: raising a family. Now, nine years later, after their retirement, having exchanged the adventure of espionage for parenthood, Gregorio and Ingrid Cortez are called back into action. When their former colleagues, the world's most formidable spies, start disappearing one by one, the Cortez's are forced to take on techno-wizard Fegan Floop and his evil, egg-headed sidekick, Minion. But when the unthinkable happens and they too disappear, there are only two people in the world who can rescue them...their kids. Armed with a bag of high tech gadgets and out-of-this world transportation, Carmen and Juni will bravely jet through the air, dive under the seas and crisscross the globe in a series of thrilling adventures on a mission to stop Floop, save their parents...and maybe even the world. Sometimes the biggest heroes are the smallest ones. 322 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 70% (3) Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust 103 min R [Animation, Action, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi] [Yoshiaki Kawajiri] [28 Sep 2001]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 77%, Rotten Tomatoes: 72%, Metacritic: 62%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: Andrew Philpot, John Rafter Lee, Pamela Adlon, Wendee Lee Writer: Hideyuki Kikuchi (novel), Yoshiaki Kawajiri (screenplay), Ellen Moore (adaptation), Jack Fletcher (adaptation) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: Japanese, English Country: Japan, USA Plot: It is many thousand years in the future. Vampires once ruled the night but have seen their numbers reduced by fearless bounty hunters. One such hunter is D, the halfbreed son of a human mother and vampire father. When a girl from a rich family is taken from her home by the vampire Meier Link, her father contracts both D and the Markus brothers (a rival group of hunters) to race to retrieve her. As the heroes fight their way through Meier's hired guards, they begin to suspect that the girl may have gone with him willingly. Rotten Tomatoes: Long a favorite with Japanimation aficionados, Vampire Hunter D is based on the third of Hideyuki Kikuchi's novels about a futuristic human-vampire hybrid warrior. In the year 12,090, vampires are the rulers of the night, something to which Vampire Hunter D is helping to put an end. After the daughter of a rich man is kidnapped by vampire Meier Link, Vampire Hunter D is hired for ten million dollars to find the girl and bring her back to safety. 323 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  66% (3) Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius 82 min G [Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi] [John A. Davis] [21 Dec 2001]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 60%, Rotten Tomatoes: 75%, Metacritic: 65%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 5 nominations. Actors: Debi Derryberry, Jeffrey Garcia, Mark DeCarlo, Megan Cavanagh, Rob Paulsen Writer: John A. Davis (story), Steve Oedekerk (story), John A. Davis (screenplay), David N. Weiss (screenplay), J. David Stem (screenplay), Steve Oedekerk (screenplay), John A. Davis (based on the television series created by), Danelle Hand External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA Plot: Jimmy Neutron is a boy genius and way ahead of his friends, but when it comes to being cool, he's a little behind. All until one day when his parents, and parents all over Earth are kidnapped by aliens, it's up to him to lead all the children of the world to rescue their parents. Rotten Tomatoes: This animated feature from Nickelodeon is the story of ten-year-old genius inventor Jimmy Neutron, whose penchant for gadget-creation gets him and his robot dog, Goddard, into trouble at home and school. However, when the parents of Jimmy's hometown are kidnapped by the gooey green aliens known as Yokians, it's up to Jimmy, his best friend, Carl Wheezer, and his arch rival, Cindy Vortex, to rally their fellow kids for a rescue effort. Patching together a ragtag armada of interstellar spacecraft, the kid invasion force sets out to rescue the moms and dads who love them and get them home in time for dinner. Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2001) features the vocal talents of Debi Derryberry, Carolyn Lawrence, Rob Paulsen, Martin Short, Andrea Martin, and Patrick Stewart. 324 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 66% (3) Spy Game 126 min R [Action, Crime, Thriller] [Tony Scott] [21 Nov 2001]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 71%, Rotten Tomatoes: 66%, Metacritic: 63%, External Reviews Awards: 3 nominations. Actors: Brad Pitt, Catherine McCormack, Robert Redford, Stephen Dillane Writer: Michael Frost Beckner (story), Michael Frost Beckner (screenplay), David Arata (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, German, Arabic, French, Cantonese Country: Germany, USA, Japan, France Plot: CIA operative Nathan Muir (Redford) is on the brink of retirement when he finds out that his protege Tom Bishop (Pitt) has been arrested in China for espionage. No stranger to the machinations of the CIA's top echelon, Muir hones all his skills and irreverent manner in order to find a way to free Bishop. As he embarks on his mission to free Bishop, Muir recalls how he recruited and trained the young rookie, at that time a sergeant in Vietnam, their turbulent times together as operatives and the woman who threatened their friendship. Rotten Tomatoes: There was a time when CIA operative Nathan Muir and his protégé Tom Bishop were inseparable, traveling the world and tasting everything it had to offer... from Vietnam to Berlin to Beirut. In a profession fraught with danger and uncertainty, Muir and Bishop forged an uncommonly close friendship based on mutual respect and affection. But that was years ago. Now, on the brink of his retirement from the agency, Muir learns that Bishop has gone rogue. His one-time protégé has been jailed in Beijing on espionage charges after attempting to break a prisoner out of China. Years of bad blood and hurt feelings are washed away in a flood of memories of adventures shared by the two men as Muir takes on his most dangerous - and personal - mission ever. 325 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  65% (3) Heist 109 min R [Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller] [David Mamet] [09 Nov 2001]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 65%, Rotten Tomatoes: 66%, Metacritic: 66%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: Danny DeVito, Delroy Lindo, Gene Hackman, Rebecca Pidgeon, Sam Rockwell Writer: David Mamet External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: Canada, USA Plot: David Mamet takes this story of thieves along many twists and turns, some of which work and some of which don't. Gene Hackman plays the brilliant leader of a gang (Delroy Lindo, Ricky Jay & Rebecca Pigeon as Hackman's youngish wife), which pulls off complex heists for a despicable fence (Danny DeVito). After stiffing the gang on a jewelry robbery, DeVito forces the gang to go after a Swiss gold shipment and to use his nephew (Sam Rockwell) in the crime. No one trusts anyone and every step is shaded with the unexpected. Rotten Tomatoes: Joe Moore has a beautiful young wife, money owed to him and a job he loves. He's a thief. His job goes sour when he gets caught on security camera tape. His fence, Bergman, reneges on the money he's owed and his wife may be betraying him with the fence's young lieutenant. Moore, his partner Bobby Blane and their utility man, Pinky Pincus, find themselves broke, betrayed and blackmailed. Moore is forced to commit his crew to do Bergman's one last big job. Will Bergman shop Moore to the police? Will Moore's wife trade him in for a younger model? Will Blane and Pincus cut their losses and get out? Who is to be believed, who is to be betrayed? Won't someone who's lied once lie again? Who's going to walk away smiling and who's not going to walk at all? 326 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 76% (3) Gladiator 155 min R [Action, Adventure, Drama] [Ridley Scott] [05 May 2000]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 85%, Rotten Tomatoes: 76%, Metacritic: 67%, External Reviews Awards: Won 5 Oscars. Another 53 wins & 101 nominations. Actors: Connie Nielsen, Joaquin Phoenix, Oliver Reed, Russell Crowe Writer: David Franzoni (story), David Franzoni (screenplay), John Logan (screenplay), William Nicholson (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA, UK Plot: Maximus is a powerful Roman general, loved by the people and the aging Emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Before his death, the Emperor chooses Maximus to be his heir over his own son, Commodus, and a power struggle leaves Maximus and his family condemned to death. The powerful general is unable to save his family, and his loss of will allows him to get captured and put into the Gladiator games until he dies. The only desire that fuels him now is the chance to rise to the top so that he will be able to look into the eyes of the man who will feel his revenge. Rotten Tomatoes: A man robbed of his name and his dignity strives to win them back, and gain the freedom of his people, in this epic historical drama from director Ridley Scott. In the year 180, the death of emperor Marcus Aurelius (Richard Harris) throws the Roman Empire into chaos. Maximus (Russell Crowe) is one of the Roman army's most capable and trusted generals and a key advisor to the emperor. As Marcus' devious son Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix) ascends to the throne, Maximus is set to be executed. He escapes, but is captured by slave traders. Renamed Spaniard and forced to become a gladiator, Maximus must battle to the death with other men for the amusement of paying audiences. His battle skills serve him well, and he becomes one of the most famous and admired men to fight in the Colosseum. Determined to avenge himself against the man who took away his freedom and laid waste to his family, Maximus believes that he can use his fame and skill in the ring to avenge the loss of his family and former glory. As the gladiator begins to challenge his rule, Commodus decides to put his own fighting mettle to the test by squaring off with Maximus in a battle to the death. Gladiator also features Derek Jacobi, Connie Nielsen, Djimon Hounsou, and Oliver Reed, who died of a heart attack midway through production. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi 327 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  74% (3) Shanghai Noon 110 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Comedy, Western] [Tom Dey] [26 May 2000]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 66%, Rotten Tomatoes: 79%, Metacritic: 77%, External Reviews Awards: 1 win & 7 nominations. Actors: Brandon Merrill, Jackie Chan, Lucy Liu, Owen Wilson Writer: Miles Millar, Alfred Gough External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Mandarin, Sioux, Spanish Country: USA, Hong Kong Plot: A 19th century Western. Chon Wang is a clumsy Imperial Guard to the Emperor of China. When Princess Pei Pei is kidnapped from the Forbidden City, Wang feels personally responsible and insists on joining the guards sent to rescue the Princess, who has been whisked away to the United States. In Nevada and hot on the trail of the kidnappers, Wang is separated from the group and soon finds himself an unlikely partner with Roy O'Bannon, a small time robber with delusions of grandeur. Together, the two forge onto one misadventure after another. Rotten Tomatoes: The Wild West meets the Far East in a battle for honor, royalty and a trunk full of gold when acrobatic Imperial Guard Chong Wang comes to America to rescue a beautiful kidnapped Chinese princess. With the help of a partner he doesn't trust, a wife he doesn't want, a horse he cannot ride and martial arts moves that no one can believe, Chan finds himself facing the meanest gunslingers in the West. 328 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 74% (3) Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai 116 min R [Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller] [Jim Jarmusch] [24 Mar 2000]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 75%, Rotten Tomatoes: 82%, Metacritic: 67%, External Reviews Awards: 1 win & 7 nominations. Actors: Cliff Gorman, Dennis Liu, Forest Whitaker, Henry Silva, John Tormey Writer: Jim Jarmusch External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, French Country: France, Germany, USA, Japan Plot: A hitman who lives by the code of the samurai, works for the mafia and finds himself in their crosshairs when his recent job doesn't go according to plan. Now he must find a way to defend himself and his honor while retaining the code he lives by. Rotten Tomatoes: A surreal crime drama told as only Jim Jarmusch could, Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai stars Forest Whitaker as Ghost Dog, a hit man living in an unidentified but run-down city in what license plates call 'The Industrialized State.' Known for his gift of being able to come and go without people noticing him, Ghost Dog is a self-taught samurai who is obsessed with order and his strict personal moral code, drawn from the philosophies of the Japanese warriors. As every samurai needs a leader to whom he swears loyalty, Ghost Dog has devoted himself the service of Louie (John Tormey), a low-level crime boss who once saved his life. When Louie's superiors decide he must be executed, Ghost Dog leaps into action, methodically wiping out his many enemies. Along with a dizzying series of stylized shoot-outs, Ghost Dog also features carrier pigeons, characters who read Rashomon, a French-speaking ice cream man, and a score by RZA from the top-selling hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan, who have their own well-documented obsession with Asian culture. Ghost Dog was screened in competition at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival. 329 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  73% (3) X-Men 104 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi] [Bryan Singer] [14 Jul 2000]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 74%, Rotten Tomatoes: 81%, Metacritic: 64%, External Reviews Awards: 13 wins & 26 nominations. Actors: Famke Janssen, Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart Writer: Tom DeSanto (story), Bryan Singer (story), David Hayter (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA Plot: In a world where both Mutants and Humans fear each other, Marie, better known as Rogue, runs away from home and hitches a ride with another mutant, known as Logan, a.k.a. Wolverine. Charles Xavier, who owns a school for young mutants, sends Storm and Cyclops to bring them back before it is too late. Magneto, who believes a war is approaching, has an evil plan in mind, and needs young Rogue to help him. Rotten Tomatoes: One of the most popular superhero teams in comic book history finally comes to the screen in this big-budget adaptation of the long-running Marvel Comics series. Psychic Professor Xavier (Patrick Stewart) leads a school of skilled mutants called X-Men, a peacekeeping force to safeguard the world against a race of genetically mutated humans known as Homo Sapiens Superior. However, Magneto (Ian McKellen), a mutant with a powerful magnetic charge, has also begun to organize a team to strike first against what he believes to be a threat from humanity. When he kidnaps Rogue (Anna Paquin) from the X-Men's compound, Xavier and his forces must rescue her, even as they continue to vie with Magneto for the fearsomely strong mutant battler Wolverine (Hugh Jackman). Both Xavier and Magneto also have to contend with Senator Kelly (Bruce Davison), a heartless political leader who wants a final solution against mutants on both sides. Fighting for the forces of virtue with the X-Men are Famke Janssen as Jean Grey, Halle Berry as Storm, and James Marsden as Cyclops; Rebecca Romjin-Stamos as Mystique, Ray Park as the Toad, and Tyler Mane as Sabretooth are the minions of Magneto. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi 330 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 71% (3) Joint Security Area 110 min Not Rated [Action, Drama, Thriller, War] [Chan-wook Park] [09 Sep 2000]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 78%, Rotten Tomatoes: 77%, Metacritic: 58%, External Reviews Awards: 14 wins & 4 nominations. Actors: Byung-Hun Lee, Kang-ho Song, Tae-woo Kim, Yeong-ae Lee Writer: Seong-san Jeong, Hyun-seok Kim, Mu-yeong Lee, Chan-wook Park, Sang-yeon Park (novel) External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: Korean, English, German Country: South Korea Plot: In the DMZ separating North and South Korea, two North Korean soldiers have been killed, supposedly by one South Korean soldier. But the 11 bullets found in the bodies, together with the 5 remaining rounds in the assassin's magazine, amount to 16 cartridges for a gun that should normally hold 15. The investigating Swiss/Swedish team from the neutral countries overseeing the DMZ suspects that another, unknown party was involved - all of which points to some sort of cover up. The truth is much simpler and much more tragic. Rotten Tomatoes: Riding the trend of Korean action blockbusters after the phenomenally popular Swiri, Park Chan Wook directs this murder mystery thriller about death on the DMZ. The film opens with a shooting along the heavy militarized border between North and South Korea, which leaves a North Korean soldier (Shin Ha- Kyun) dead and a South Korean soldier injured. Hoping to reduce the potentially explosive political fallout by solving the crime quickly, both countries agree to an investigator of Korean-Swiss descent named Sophie Jean (Lee Yeong-Ae). As she methodically sifts through the evidence, Sophie learns that the testimony of two other soldiers -- North Korean Oh Kyeong Pil (Song Kang-Ho) and South Korean Lee Soo Hyeok (Lee Byung-Hun) -- are completely contradictory. Another witness (Kim Tae-Woo) tries to commit suicide rather than divulge information. Sophie soon concludes that a group of guards from the North and South, after years of eyeing each other, started meeting in the North Korean guard house to chat, fawn over porn, and to play cards. Why this informal détente dissolved into bloodshed is a thornier question. ~ Jonathan Crow, Rovi 331 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  71% (3) Space Cowboys 130 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Thriller] [Clint Eastwood] [04 Aug 2000]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 64%, Rotten Tomatoes: 78%, Metacritic: 73%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 4 wins & 7 nominations. Actors: Clint Eastwood, Donald Sutherland, James Garner, Tommy Lee Jones Writer: Ken Kaufman, Howard Klausner External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA Plot: When a Russian satellite orbiting the Earth starts to veer off course. It seems like the guidance system in the satellite is of American origin. It's important to try and fix it before it comes into the atmosphere. The NASA man, Bob Gerson tries to find out who designed it and discovers that it was designed by Frank Corvin, an Air Force pilot who 40 years ago was part of the team who was originally suppose to go to space but when NASA was formed and Gerson's influence they were dropped. Gerson asks Frank to help but Frank still holds a grudge. But after some prodding he agrees but only if he and his team can go there so he can fix it. Gerson reluctantly agrees so Frank recruits his former team members, Tank Sullivan, Jerry O'Neill and Hawk Hawkins to join him. After some strenuous tests, they're cleared. And they go up with two other astronauts and check out the satellite and discover that they weren't told the whole truth. Rotten Tomatoes: In this adventure drama, four men passed over by the space program get one last chance to be heroes and live out their dreams. Frank Corvin (Clint Eastwood), Hawk Hawkins (Tommy Lee Jones), Jerry O'Neill (Donald Sutherland), and Tank Sullivan (James Garner) were top pilots within an elite Air Force squadron and on the fast track to becoming the first Americans in space in the early 1950s. However, when NASA was established, the pilots were cut out of the loop; Corvin went on to become an aerospace engineer, Hawkins continued on as a freelance pilot, O'Neill became an astrophysicist with a sideline in designing roller coasters, and Sullivan took up preaching as a Baptist minister. Years later, a Russian satellite's guidance system has started to malfunction, and it is expected to crash into the Earth within a matter of weeks. The system is identical to the one Corvin designed for Skylab, so NASA head Bob Gerson (James Cromwell) asks Corvin to help him with the emergency mission to repair the satellite. Corvin agrees under one condition -- that he be sent up to do the repairs himself, with Hawkins, O'Neill, and Sullivan as his crew. Clint Eastwood directed Space Cowboys while also starring as Frank Corvin; his supporting cast includes Marcia Gay Harden, Courtney B. Vance, Loren Dean, and William Devane. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi 332 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 65% (3) The Patriot 165 min R [Action, Drama, History, War] [Roland Emmerich] [28 Jun 2000]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 72%, Rotten Tomatoes: 61%, Metacritic: 63%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 8 wins & 18 nominations. Actors: Heath Ledger, Jason Isaacs, Joely Richardson, Mel Gibson Writer: Robert Rodat External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA, Germany Plot: It is 1776 in colonial South Carolina. Benjamin Martin, a French-Indian war hero who is haunted by his past, now wants nothing more than to live peacefully on his small plantation, and wants no part of a war with the most powerful nation in the world, Great Britain. Meanwhile, his two eldest sons, Gabriel and Thomas, can't wait to enlist in the newly formed 'Continental Army.' When South Carolina decides to join the rebellion against England, Gabriel immediately signs up to fight...without his father's permission. But when Colonel William Tavington, British dragoon, infamous for his brutal tactics, comes and burns the Martin Plantation to the ground, tragedy strikes. Benjamin quickly finds himself torn between protecting his family, and seeking revenge along with being a part of the birth of a new, young, and ambitious nation. Rotten Tomatoes: Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin, the director/producer team responsible for such sci-fi blockbusters as Independence Day, Stargate, and Godzilla, take a step back in time with this drama set during the American Revolution. Farmer Benjamin Martin (Mel Gibson) was born and raised in South Carolina, and fought bravely during the French-Indian wars. But since the death of his wife, Benjamin has renounced violence and quietly tends his crops, raising his seven children alone. In 1776, over Benjamin's objections, his oldest son Gabriel (Heath Ledger) joins the fight against the British. Gabriel returns from battle seriously wounded, with Lord General Cornwallis (Tom Wilkinson) calling for his arrest. A skirmish breaks out on Benjamin's plantation, and one of his children is killed as Gabriel is captured by Col. Tavington (Jason Isaacs) and sentenced to hang. Benjamin sets aside his vow of pacifism and rescues Gabriel; with the help of his former comrade-in-arms Harry Burwell (Chris Cooper), the father and son form a regiment of Carolina patriots whose cunning and ruthlessness make them heroes among the colonists -- and wanted men by British troops. Loosely adapted from the true story of Francis Marion and filmed on location in South Carolina, The Patriot was the first feature film made with the cooperation of the Smithsonian Institute, who advised the producers on historical accuracy. Joely Richardson also stars as Charlotte, Benjamin's sister-in-law who helps him care for the children. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi 333 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  65% (3) U-571 116 min PG-13 [Action, War] [Jonathan Mostow] [21 Apr 2000]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 66%, Rotten Tomatoes: 68%, Metacritic: 62%, External Reviews Awards: Won 1 Oscar. Another 3 wins & 10 nominations. Actors: Bill Paxton, Harvey Keitel, Jon Bon Jovi, Matthew McConaughey Writer: Jonathan Mostow (story), Jonathan Mostow (screenplay), Sam Montgomery (screenplay), David Ayer (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, German Country: France, USA Plot: In the midst of World War II, the battle below the seas rages. The Nazis have the upper edge as the Allies are unable to crack their war codes. That is, until a wrecked U-boat sends out an SOS signal, and the Allies realize this is their chance to seize the 'enigma coding machine'. But masquerading as Nazis and taking over the U-boat is the smallest of their problems. The action really begins when they get stranded on the U-boat. Rotten Tomatoes: In this World War II action thriller, American reconnaissance agents learn that a German submarine is sinking. The doomed ship carries an Enigma Machine, a special coding device that allows high-level Axis forces to send messages that can't be read without a similar encryption mechanism. Obtaining a working Enigma device would be invaluable for the Allied war effort, so a U.S. sub is sent out to rescue the machine. However, German forces have already picked up the sub's distress signal and are en route to rescue their comrades. U-571 features a distinguished cast, including Matthew McConaughey, Bill Paxton, Harvey Keitel, and Jon Bon Jovi. 334 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 64% (3) Flickering Lights 109 min Not Rated [Action, Comedy, Crime] [Anders Thomas Jensen] [03 Nov 2000]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 77%, Rotten Tomatoes: 70%, Metacritic: 47%, External Reviews Awards: 3 wins & 11 nominations. Actors: Mads Mikkelsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Søren Pilmark, Ulrich Thomsen Writer: Anders Thomas Jensen (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: Danish Country: Denmark, Sweden Plot: Four small-time gangsters from Copenhagen trick a gangster boss: they take over 4,000,000 kroner which they were supposed to bring him. Trying to escape to Barcelona they are forced to stop in the countryside, in an old, wrecked house, hiding there for several weeks. Slowly, one after another, they realize, that they would like to stay there, starting a new life, renovating the house and forming it into a restaurant. But they can't avoid being caught up by their past. Rotten Tomatoes: A career criminal stumbles upon his big chance to get out of the business, though not everyone thinks it's such a good idea, in this witty thriller. Torkild (Soren Pilmark) is the leader of a band of small-time crooks; having just celebrated his 40th birthday (which coincided with his being dumped by his girlfriend), Torkild is looking to land a big score so he can get out of the business. While trying to map out a major heist, a guy known as the Man From Faro (Peter Anderson) approaches Torkild with a job -- he needs someone to steal a bag for him. Torkild and his cronies are up for the job, but they soon discover that a team of security guards is on hand to make sure the bag isn't stolen, and one of Torkild's friends is wounded in a shootout. After they've made their getaway, Torkild discovers why everyone was fighting over the bag -- it contains over four million kroner ($500,000 in American currency) -- and he and his partners decide they're not keen on turning it over to the Man From Faro. After their car breaks down, Torkild and company happen upon an old restaurant that's up for sale, and they decide to use their newfound wealth to buy it and go into business -- which would be complicated enough without the arrival of the Man From Faro, who wants to know what happened to the money he hired Torkild to steal. Blinkende Lygter also stars Iben Hjejle, who gained the attention of American audiences as John Cusack's love interest in the film High Fidelity. 335 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  87% (3) The Iron Giant 86 min PG [Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Sci-Fi] [Brad Bird] [06 Aug 1999]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 80%, Rotten Tomatoes: 96%, Metacritic: 85%, External Reviews Awards: 20 wins & 18 nominations. Actors: Eli Marienthal, Harry Connick Jr., James Gammon, Jennifer Aniston, Vin Diesel Writer: Tim McCanlies (screenplay by), Brad Bird (screen story by), Ted Hughes (based on the book 'The Iron Man' by) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA Plot: This is the story of a nine-year-old boy named Hogarth Hughes who makes friends with an innocent alien giant robot that came from outer space. Meanwhile, a paranoid U.S. Government agent named Kent Mansley arrives in town, determined to destroy the giant at all costs. It's up to Hogarth to protect him by keeping him at Dean McCoppin's place in the junkyard. Rotten Tomatoes: 'Iron Giant' is based upon the 1968 story,'Iron Man,' by the British poet laureate Ted Hughes. The film is about a giant metal machine that drops from the sky and frightens a small town in Maine in 1958, only to find a friend named, Hogarth, that ultimately finds its humanity and saving the towns people of their fears and prejudices. 336 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 82% (3) Three Kings 114 min R [Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, War] [David O. Russell] [01 Oct 1999]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 71%, Rotten Tomatoes: 94%, Metacritic: 82%, External Reviews Awards: 8 wins & 19 nominations. Actors: George Clooney, Ice Cube, Mark Wahlberg, Spike Jonze Writer: John Ridley (story), David O. Russell (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Arabic Country: USA Plot: A small group of adventurous American soldiers in Iraq at the end of the Gulf War are determined to steal a huge cache of gold reputed to be hidden somewhere near their desert base. Finding a map they believe will take them to the gold, they embark on a journey that leads to unexpected discoveries, enabling them to rise to a heroic challenge that drastically changes their lives. Rotten Tomatoes: The Gulf War is over, and three soldiers want to go home rich. Major Archie Gates retires in two weeks. Sergeant Troy Barlow is a new father. Chief Elgin is on a four-month paid vacation from Detroit. Saddam Hussein stole a great deal of gold from Kuwait, and these soldiers have no problem with stealing it from him. But on their way to collect their booty, they bear witness to the the disturbing results of the war effort. President Bush has encouraged Iraqi citizens to fight back against Saddam and pledged to support them, but when they rise up, they get NO American support, and they're getting slaughtered. As the soldiers realize the true situation in Iraq, they're confronted with their own humanity, and they're forced to rethink who they are and what they're doing. 337 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  82% (3) The Matrix 136 min R [Action, Sci-Fi] [Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski] [31 Mar 1999]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 87%, Rotten Tomatoes: 88%, Metacritic: 73%, External Reviews Awards: Won 4 Oscars. Another 34 wins & 48 nominations. Actors: Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne Writer: Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA Plot: Thomas A. Anderson is a man living two lives. By day he is an average computer programmer and by night a hacker known as Neo. Neo has always questioned his reality, but the truth is far beyond his imagination. Neo finds himself targeted by the police when he is contacted by Morpheus, a legendary computer hacker branded a terrorist by the government. Morpheus awakens Neo to the real world, a ravaged wasteland where most of humanity have been captured by a race of machines that live off of the humans' body heat and electrochemical energy and who imprison their minds within an artificial reality known as the Matrix. As a rebel against the machines, Neo must return to the Matrix and confront the agents: super-powerful computer programs devoted to snuffing out Neo and the entire human rebellion. Rotten Tomatoes: What if virtual reality wasn't just for fun, but was being used to imprison you? That's the dilemma that faces mild-mannered computer jockey Thomas Anderson (Keanu Reeves) in The Matrix. It's the year 1999, and Anderson (hacker alias: Neo) works in a cubicle, manning a computer and doing a little hacking on the side. It's through this latter activity that Thomas makes the acquaintance of Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne), who has some interesting news for Mr. Anderson -- none of what's going on around him is real. The year is actually closer to 2199, and it seems Thomas, like most people, is a victim of The Matrix, a massive artificial intelligence system that has tapped into people's minds and created the illusion of a real world, while using their brains and bodies for energy, tossing them away like spent batteries when they're through. Morpheus, however, is convinced Neo is 'The One' who can crack open The Matrix and bring his people to both physical and psychological freedom. The Matrix is the second feature film from the sibling writer/director team of Andy Wachowski and Larry Wachowski, who made an impressive debut with the stylish erotic crime thriller Bound. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi 338 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 70% (3) Enemy of the State 132 min R [Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller] [Tony Scott] [20 Nov 1998]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 73%, Rotten Tomatoes: 71%, Metacritic: 67%, External Reviews Awards: 5 wins & 16 nominations. Actors: Gene Hackman, Jon Voight, Lisa Bonet, Will Smith Writer: David Marconi External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA Plot: Robert Dean is a mild-mannered lawyer who works in Washington D.C. He is on the trail of a kingpin named Pintero. Meanwhile, a politician named Thomas Reynolds is negotiating with Congressman Phillip Hammersley about a new surveillance system with satellites. But, Hammersley declines; Reynolds has Hammersley killed, but the murder is caught on tape, and the taper is chased by Reynolds' team of NSA agents. The guy must ditch the tape, so he plants it on Dean (unbeknownst to Dean). Then, the NSA decides to get into Dean's life. That is when Dean's life began to fall apart all around him, with his wife and job both gone. Dean wants to find out what is going on. Then, he meets a man named 'Brill' who tells him that Dean has something that the government wants. Dean and Brill formulate a plan to get Dean's life back and turn the tables on Reynolds. Rotten Tomatoes: The action producing-directing team of Jerry Bruckheimer and Tony Scott is back with another thrill-a-minute ride called Enemy of the State. Taking its 'innocent man accidentally caught up in political corruption' story from such films as Francis Ford Coppola's The Conversation, Alfred Hitchcock's The Man Who Knew Too Much, and Sydney Pollack's Three Days of the Condor, they turn up the high-tech volume in an attempt to create the ultimate action film. Robert Clayton Dean, played by Will Smith, is a devoted father, husband, and attorney shopping for a sexy gift for his wife. What he doesn't know is that he was given a videotape from a friend (Jason Lee) regarding the recent murder of a U.S. senator led by corrupt National Security Agency official Thomas Reynolds (Jon Voight). Now Reynolds is after Dean to cover his tracks or, as the audience soon finds out, frame Dean for Rachel's murder. Since Dean isn't up on his high-tech gadgetry, he needs the aid of ex-intelligence operative Brill (Gene Hackman). Between the explosions and chases is the subtext of George Orwell's 1984 mantra 'beware of big brother,' as Dean realizes that in the modern world, there is no such thing as total privacy. ~ Arthur Borman, Rovi 339 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  70% (3) The Mask of Zorro 136 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance, Thriller, Western] [Martin Campbell] [17 Jul 1998]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 67%, Rotten Tomatoes: 82%, Metacritic: 63%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 8 wins & 16 nominations. Actors: Anthony Hopkins, Antonio Banderas, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Diego Sieres, Emiliano Guerra, José María de Tavira, Yolanda Orizaga Writer: Johnston McCulley (character Zorro), Ted Elliott (story), Terry Rossio (story), Randall Jahnson (story), John Eskow (screenplay), Ted Elliott (screenplay), Terry Rossio (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA, Germany, Mexico Plot: The original Zorro, Don Diego de la Vega, is captured and imprisoned just as Spain concedes California to Santa Anna. 20 years go by and his mortal enemy, Don Rafael Montero, returns to California with a plan to become wealthy at the expense of the peasants. The original Zorro escapes from prison and trains a new Zorro to take his place. Much swashbuckling and derring-do ensues. Rotten Tomatoes: Director Martin Campbell, well-known to the action arena after 1995's GoldenEye, teams up with executive producer Steven Spielberg to bring the first Hollywood production of creator Johnston McCulley's Zorro in over four decades to the big screen. With scenic 18th century Mexico as a backdrop, Anthony Hopkins plays the original Zorro, a.k.a. Don Diego de la Vega, intent on revenge after rival enemy Don Raphael Montero (Stuart Wilson) murdered his wife and took his daughter, Elena. After being imprisoned for 20 years, the fabled hero removes his mask and takes on a tarnished young apprentice, Alejandro Murieta (Antonio Banderas), to infiltrate Montero's plan to take control of California from Santa Anna. A boisterous outlaw with his own desire for revenge, Murieta works with Diego to avenge his brother's death by the sword of Montero's right-hand man, Captain Harrison Love (Matt Letscher, in his big screen debut). After Diego's extensive training in swordfighting, discipline and manners, a new Zorro appears wreaking vengeance and stealing the heart of a now-grown Elena (Catherine Zeta-Jones). A sizable summer hit, the film served as Zeta-Jones' stepping stone to leading lady status as the high-spirited heroine. ~ Rachel Koetje, Rovi 340 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 69% (3) Ronin 122 min R [Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller] [John Frankenheimer] [25 Sep 1998]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 73%, Rotten Tomatoes: 68%, Metacritic: 67%, External Reviews Awards: 1 win & 4 nominations. Actors: Jean Reno, Natascha McElhone, Robert De Niro, Stellan Skarsgård Writer: J.D. Zeik (story), J.D. Zeik (screenplay), David Mamet (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, French, Russian Country: UK, France, USA Plot: Ronin is the Japanese word used for Samurai without a master. In this case, the Ronin are outcast specialists of every kind, whose services are available to everyone - for money. Dierdre (undoubtedly from Ireland) hires several Ronin to form a team in order to retrieve an important suitcase from a man who is about to sell it to the Russians. After the mission has been completed successfully, the suitcase immediately gets switched by a member of the team who seems to work into his own pocket. The complex net of everyone tricking everyone begins to surface slowly, and deadly... Rotten Tomatoes: When an international team of former intelligence agents and Cold War warriors meet in a warehouse, their adventure of love, friendship and betrayal has just begun. Like the honored masterless Samurai of hundreds of years ago, these modern day Ronin are embarking on their final covert mission -- to recover a mysterious briefcase for an unknown employer and to stay alive. The action-adventure is directed by legendary helmer John Frankenheimer. 341 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  82% (3) Face/Off 138 min R [Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller] [John Woo] [27 Jun 1997]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 73%, Rotten Tomatoes: 92%, Metacritic: 82%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 11 wins & 21 nominations. Actors: Alessandro Nivola, Joan Allen, John Travolta, Nicolas Cage Writer: Mike Werb, Michael Colleary External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, Latin Country: USA Plot: Sean Archer, a very tough, rugged FBI Agent, is still grieving for his dead son Michael. Archer believes that his son's killer is his sworn enemy and a very powerful criminal, Castor Troy. One day, Archer has finally cornered Castor, however, their fight has knocked out Troy cold. As Archer finally breathes easy over the capture of his enemy, he finds out that Troy has planted a bomb that will destroy the entire city of Los Angeles and all of its inhabitants. Unfortunately the only other person who knows its location is Castor's brother Pollux, and he refuses to talk. The solution, a special operation doctor that can cut off people's faces, and can place a person's face onto another person. Archer undergoes one of those surgeries to talk to Pollux. However, Castor Troy somehow regains consciousness and now wants revenge on Archer for taking his face. Not only is Troy ruining Archer's mission, but his personal life as well. Archer must stop Troy again. This time, it's personal. Rotten Tomatoes: The third of John Woo's American-made feature films, Face/Off stars John Travolta as Sean Archer, an FBI agent obsessed with capturing Castor Troy (Nicolas Cage), a criminal genius who years before killed Archer's son while trying to assassinate the agent. Archer's single-minded pursuit of Troy has caused serious harm to his marriage, but Archer thinks the light may have appeared at the end of the tunnel when a seriously wounded Troy is captured in a bloody shootout. However, it turns out that Troy has planted a time bomb, with a biological payload that could destroy the entire city of Los Angeles -- and Troy isn't about to say where it is. The only other person who knows the bomb's location is Troy's brother, Pollux (Alessandro Nivola), who is no more helpful than Castor. FBI scientists hatch a plan: they have developed an experimental surgery which would allow them to graft Troy's face temporarily on Archer's head and allow him to question Pollux as if he were his brother. But after Archer has taken Troy's face, Troy regains consciousness and forces the doctors to give him Archer's face. Now the criminal mastermind has the FBI at his disposal, and the lawman is underground with few places to turn. Along with Woo's usual elaborately choreographed action scenes, Face/Off features a number of notable supporting performances, including Joan Allen as Archer's wife, Colm Feore and C.C.H. Pounder as FBI scientists, and Gina Gershon as Troy's loyal but long-suffering girlfriend. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi 342 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 76% (3) Grosse Pointe Blank 107 min R [Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance, Thriller] [George Armitage] [11 Apr 1997]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 74%, Rotten Tomatoes: 80%, Metacritic: 76%, External Reviews Awards: 2 wins & 6 nominations. Actors: Alan Arkin, Dan Aykroyd, John Cusack, Minnie Driver Writer: Tom Jankiewicz (story), Tom Jankiewicz (screenplay), D.V. DeVincentis (screenplay), Steve Pink (screenplay), John Cusack (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: Martin Blank is a freelance hitman who starts to develop a conscience, which causes him to muff a couple of routine assignments. On the advice of his secretary and his psychiatrist, he attends his 10th year High School reunion in Grosse Pointe, Michigan (a Detroit suburb where he's also contracted to kill someone). Hot on his tail are a couple of over-enthusiastic federal agents, another assassin who wants to kill him, and Grocer, an assassin who wants him to join an 'Assassin's Union.' Rotten Tomatoes: Martin Blank, a professional assassin, is sent on a mission to Gorsse Pointe, a small Detroit suburb. Things get complicated when his ten-year high school reunion is taking placy in the same town. 343 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  76% (3) Rosewood 140 min R [Action, Drama, History] [John Singleton] [21 Feb 1997]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 72%, Rotten Tomatoes: 85%, Metacritic: 71%, External Reviews Awards: 3 wins & 10 nominations. Actors: Bruce McGill, Don Cheadle, Jon Voight, Ving Rhames Writer: Gregory Poirier External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: Ving Rhames stars as Mann, a drifter caught in Rosewood, a town filled with racial prejudice. He ends up aiding the surviving African-Americans escape the town, with the help of a humble store owner played by Jon Voight. Rotten Tomatoes: In early January 1923, a tiny Florida town primarily inhabited by prosperous African American families was burned to the ground by angry whites from a neighboring town. Neither the perpetrators nor the victims spoke of the incident. However, in 1983 a reporter stumbled across the old story and began investigating. 344 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 74% (3) Breakdown 93 min R [Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller] [Jonathan Mostow] [02 May 1997]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 69%, Rotten Tomatoes: 80%, Metacritic: 73%, External Reviews Awards: 1 win & 2 nominations. Actors: J.T. Walsh, Kathleen Quinlan, Kurt Russell, M.C. Gainey Writer: Jonathan Mostow (story), Jonathan Mostow (screenplay), Sam Montgomery (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: Jeff and Amy Taylor are moving to California and must drive across the country. When they find themselves stranded in the middle of a desert with hardly anyone or anything around, their trip comes to a sudden halt. Amy had taken a ride with a friendly trucker to a small diner to call for help, but after a long time, Jeff becomes worried. He finds that no one in the diner has seen or heard from his wife. When he finds the trucker who gave Amy the ride, the trucker swears he has never seen her. Now Jeff must attempt to find his wife, who has been kidnapped and is being held for ransom. But who can he trust? Rotten Tomatoes: Focusing more on building suspense than slam-bam action sequences, this taut thriller follows an ordinary man's struggle to locate his beloved wife, who simply vanished after a car breakdown led her to hitch a ride with a friendly trucker who later denies ever having seen her. 345 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  67% (3) Air Force One 124 min R [Action, Drama, Thriller] [Wolfgang Petersen] [25 Jul 1997]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 65%, Rotten Tomatoes: 76%, Metacritic: 61%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 7 wins & 10 nominations. Actors: Gary Oldman, Glenn Close, Harrison Ford, Wendy Crewson Writer: Andrew W. Marlowe External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, Russian Country: USA, Germany Plot: The President of the USA goes to Moscow and gives a stirring speech outlining the USA's new 'Zero-tolerance' policy with respect to terrorism. On the flight home, terrorists take over Air Force One (the President's official plane) and take the passengers (including his wife and daughter) hostage. The terrorists plan to execute one hostage every half-hour unless/until their demands are met. However, the President is a former Medal of Honor winner, so the terrorists may be in for a surprise... Rotten Tomatoes: In this action drama, Harrison Ford plays James Marshall, a onetime combat hero in the Vietnam War who is now President of the United States. While visiting the former Soviet Union, Marshall gives a speech in which he supports a get-tough attitude against both terrorists and a right-wing general and war criminal from Kazakhstan imprisoned in Moscow, earning him few friends in the Eastern Bloc. While flying back to the United States aboard Air Force One, Marshall and his staff discover that one of the journalists returning with them is actually Ivan Korshunov (Gary Oldman), a Kazakhstani terrorist, who hijacks the plane with three associates and holds the president hostage -- with his wife and daughter on board. Marshall must use his strength and intelligence to keep the terrorists at bay and devise a plan to allow his family to escape to safety, while on the ground the vice-president (Glenn Close), the secretary of defense (Dean Stockwell), and the attorney general (Philip Baker Hall) grapple over what to do and how much control to take in this crisis. Slam-bang action sequences and plot twists fly fast and furious in this nail-biter from director Wolfgang Petersen, who previously generated suspense under water (rather than in the air) with Das Boot. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi 346 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 66% (3) The Fifth Element 126 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi] [Luc Besson] [09 May 1997]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 77%, Rotten Tomatoes: 71%, Metacritic: 52%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 9 wins & 36 nominations. Actors: Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, Ian Holm, Milla Jovovich Writer: Luc Besson (screenplay by), Robert Mark Kamen (screenplay by), Luc Besson (story by) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, Swedish, German, Arabic, Egyptian (Ancient) Country: France Plot: In the twenty-third century, the universe is threatened by evil. The only hope for mankind is the Fifth Element, who comes to Earth every five thousand years to protect the humans with four stones of the four elements: fire, water, Earth and air. A Mondoshawan spacecraft is bringing The Fifth Element back to Earth but it is destroyed by the evil Mangalores. However, a team of scientists use the DNA of the remains of the Fifth Element to rebuild the perfect being called Leeloo. She escapes from the laboratory and stumbles upon the taxi driver and former elite commando Major Korben Dallas that helps her to escape from the police. Leeloo tells him that she must meet Father Vito Cornelius to accomplish her mission. Meanwhile, the Evil uses the greedy and cruel Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg and a team of mercenary Mangalores to retrieve the stones and avoid the protection of Leeloo. But the skilled Korben Dallas has fallen in love with Leeloo and decides to help her to retrieve the stones. Rotten Tomatoes: Good and evil battle for the future of 23rd century Earth in this visually striking big-budget science fiction epic. In the movie's prologue, which is set in 1914, scientists gather in Egypt at the site of an event that transpired centuries earlier. Aliens, it seemed, arrived to collect four stones representing the four basic elements (earth, air, fire and water) - warning their human contacts that the objects were no longer safe on Earth. A few hundred years later (in the 23rd century), a huge ball of molten lava and flame is hurtling toward Earth, and scientist-holy man Victor Cornelius (Ian Holm) declares that in order to prevent it from destroying the planet, the same four elemental stones must be combined with the fifth element, as embodied by a visitor from another world named Leeloo (Milla Jovovich). However, if the force of evil presents itself to the stones instead, the Earth will be destroyed, and an evil being named Zorg (Gary Oldman) will trigger the disaster. Despite her remarkable powers, Leeloo needs help with her mission, and she chooses her accomplice, military leader-turned-cab driver Korben Dallas (Bruce Willis), when she literally falls through the roof of his taxi. Writer and director Luc Besson began writing the script for The Fifth Element when he was only 16 years old, though he was 38 before he was able to bring it to the screen. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi 347 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  84% (3) Ghost in the Shell 83 min Not Rated [Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller] [Mamoru Oshii] [29 Mar 1996]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 80%, Rotten Tomatoes: 96%, Metacritic: 76%, External Reviews Awards: 5 wins & 2 nominations. Actors: Akio Ôtsuka, Atsuko Tanaka, Iemasa Kayumi, Kôichi Yamadera, Yutaka Nakano Writer: Shirow Masamune (based on the manga by), Kazunori Itô (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: Japanese Country: Japan, UK Plot: It is the year 2029. Technology has advanced so far that cyborgs are commonplace. In addition, human brains can direct to the internet directly. Major Motoko Kasunagi is an officer in Section 9, an elite, secretive police division that deals with special operations, including counter terrorism and cyber crime. She is currently on the trail of the Puppet Master, a cyber criminal who hacks into the brains of cyborgs in order to obtain information and to commit other crimes. Rotten Tomatoes: In the year 2029, the world has become interconnected by a vast electronic network that permeates every aspect of life. That same network also becomes a battlefield for Tokyo's Section Nine security force, which has been charged with apprehending the master hacker known only as the Puppet Master. Spearheading the investigation is Major Motoko Kusanagi, who -- like many in her department -- is a cyborg officer, far more powerful than her human appearance would suggest. And yet as the Puppet Master, who is even capable of hacking human minds, leaves a trail of victims robbed of their memories, Kusanagi ponders the very nature of her existence: is she purely an artificial construct, or is there more? What, exactly, is the 'ghost' -- her essence -- in her cybernetic 'shell'? When Section Six gets involved in the case, she is forced to confront the fact that there is more here than meets the eye, and that the Puppet Master may hold some of the answers she seeks. But little does she know that he has been seeking her as well. ~ Emru Townsend, Rovi 348 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 80% (3) Star Trek: First Contact 111 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller] [Jonathan Frakes] [22 Nov 1996]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 76%, Rotten Tomatoes: 93%, Metacritic: 71%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 8 wins & 20 nominations. Actors: Brent Spiner, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Patrick Stewart Writer: Gene Roddenberry (television series Star Trek), Rick Berman (story), Brannon Braga (story), Ronald D. Moore (story), Brannon Braga (screenplay), Ronald D. Moore (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: In the 24th century, the crew of the Enterprise-E has been ordered to patrol the Romulan Neutral Zone by the Federation to avoid interference with their battle against the insidious Borg. Witnessing the loss of the battle, Captain Jean-Luc Picard ignores orders and takes command of the fleet engaging the Borg. But the Borg plan to travel back into the 21st century through a vortex with the intention to stop Earth's first contact with an alien race (the Vulcans). Following the Borg sphere, Picard and his crew realize that they have taken over the Enterprise in order to carry out their mission. Their only chance to do away with the Borg and their seductive queen is to make sure that Zefram Cochrane makes his famous faster-than-light travel to the stars. Rotten Tomatoes: Capt. Picard and his crew pursue the Borg back in time to stop them from preventing Earth from initiating first contact with alien life. 349 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  76% (3) Courage Under Fire 116 min R [Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, War] [Edward Zwick] [12 Jul 1996]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 66%, Rotten Tomatoes: 85%, Metacritic: 77%, External Reviews Awards: 9 wins & 7 nominations. Actors: Denzel Washington, Lou Diamond Phillips, Meg Ryan, Michael Moriarty Writer: Patrick Sheane Duncan External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, Arabic Country: USA Plot: The pilot of a rescue copter, Captain Karen Walden, died shortly before her helicopter crew was rescued after it crashed in Desert Storm. It first appears that she made a spectacular rescue of a downed helicopter crew, then held her own crew together to fight off the Iraqis after her copter crashed. Lt. Colonel Serling, who is struggling with his own demons from Desert Storm, is assigned to investigate her worthiness for the Medal of Honor. But some conflicting accounts, from her crew and soldiers in the area, cause him to question whether she deserves it. Rotten Tomatoes: A US Army officer, despondent about a deadly mistake he made, investigates a female chopper commander's worthiness for the Medal of Honor. 350 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 69% (3) Rumble in the Bronx 87 min R [Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller] [Stanley Tong] [23 Feb 1996]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 68%, Rotten Tomatoes: 80%, Metacritic: 61%, External Reviews Awards: 2 wins & 11 nominations. Actors: Anita Mui, Bill Tung, Françoise Yip, Jackie Chan Writer: Edward Tang, Fibe Ma External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: Cantonese, English Country: Hong Kong Plot: Keong comes from Hong Kong to visit New York for his uncle's wedding. His uncle runs a market in the Bronx and Keong offers to help out while Uncle is on his honeymoon. During his stay in the Bronx, Keong befriends a neighbor kid and beats up some neighborhood thugs who cause problems at the market. Meanwhile, one of those petty thugs in the local gang stumbles into a criminal situation way over his head. Blinded by greed, his involvement draws his gang, the kid, Keong, and the whole neighborhood into a deadly crossfire. When the lazy cops fail to successfully resolve matters, Keong takes things into his own hands. Needless to say, much spectacular kung-fu and outrageous action sequences follow.... Rotten Tomatoes: After years as a major star in most of the rest of the world, Jackie Chan finally broke through to stardom in the United States with Rumble in the Bronx, a dubbed and re-edited version of Hung Fan Kui. Here Chan plays Keung, a police officer from Hong Kong who travels to New York to attend the wedding of his uncle, Bill (Bill Tung). Bill has just sold his grocery store to Elaine (Anita Mui), and Keung finds Elaine to be a pretty good reason to extend his visit to New York. However, a mean-spirited and fashion-challenged street gang has moved into the neighborhood and is demanding protection money from the local storekeepers. Elaine is ready to sell the store and move on, but Keung is determined to show the toughs that he's not about to be pushed around. Things get even more sticky when the hoods are on the trail of a lost cache of stolen jewels. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi 351 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  68% (3) Muppet Treasure Island 99 min G [Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Musical, Romance] [Brian Henson, David Lane] [16 Feb 1996]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 70%, Rotten Tomatoes: 72%, Metacritic: 64%, External Reviews Awards: 4 nominations. Actors: Billy Connolly, Jennifer Saunders, Kevin Bishop, Tim Curry Writer: Robert Louis Stevenson (novel), Jerry Juhl (screenplay), Kirk R. Thatcher (screenplay), James V. Hart (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: The Muppets are back into action in another movie based on a novel written by Robert Louis Stevenson. Kermit the Frog and his colleagues go on a warfare against ruthless pirates. They also share their problem-solving journey on sea to rescue a treasure. Rotten Tomatoes: Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale of a young orphan who becomes involved with pirate Long John Silver is given the Muppet treatment in this vibrant children's musical. As in The Muppet Christmas Carol, the film stays loyal to the original storyline but casts the well-known puppets in many of the supporting roles. Young Jim Hawkins remains human, as does Long John Silver, played by an amusingly exaggerated Tim Curry. However, Captain Smollet is played by the evergreen Kermit the Frog; Miss Piggy, Gonzo, and Rizzo the Rat serve as roving narrators; and numerous other Muppets assume smaller roles. The familiar adventure plot is enlivened by the Muppets' good-natured, winking sense of humor, and a number of anarchic musical numbers are reminiscent of the original Muppet Show. Long-time followers of the Muppets may find the film less fresh than Jim Henson's original creations, but the combination of old-fashioned storytelling, intriguing design, and clever humor will undoubtedly amuse younger audiences. ~ Judd Blaise, Rovi 352 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 67% (3) Ransom 121 min R [Action, Crime, Thriller] [Ron Howard] [08 Nov 1996]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 66%, Rotten Tomatoes: 76%, Metacritic: 60%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 3 wins & 4 nominations. Actors: Brawley Nolte, Gary Sinise, Mel Gibson, Rene Russo Writer: Cyril Hume (story), Richard Maibaum (story), Richard Price (screenplay), Alexander Ignon (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: Tom Mullen is a millionaire, he built his fortune by working hard. Along the way he learned how to play the game. He has a great family. One day his son is kidnapped. He is willing to pay the ransom but decides to call in the FBI, who manages to go into his home secretly. When he goes to make the drop something goes wrong. The kidnapper calls him again and reschedules it. On the way Mullen decides not to go and appears on TV saying that the ransom he was going to give to the kidnapper is now a bounty on the kidnapper. Rotten Tomatoes: Ron Howard directed this thriller which stars Mel Gibson as Tom Mullen, a former fighter pilot who built a ramshackle one-plane airline into a major multinational service fleet. Mullen has a multi-million dollar fortune, a beautiful wife, Kate (Rene Russo) and a nine-year-old son, Sean (Brawley Nolte) that he dotes on. However, Mullen's life comes crashing down around him when Sean is kidnapped. The FBI are called in, but Mullen is wary -- he was the recent target of an FBI investigation in which he was found to have bribed union officials while negotiating a contract. FBI Agent Hawkins (Delroy Lindo) advises Mullen to make the $2 million dollar drop to pay the kidnappers, which will make it easier to track the criminals, but when the tradeoff goes wrong, Mullen takes a new tactic -- he goes on television and offers a $2 million bounty for the heads of the people who kidnapped his child. Meanwhile, it becomes clear the kidnappers include Maris Connor (Lili Taylor), who once worked for the Mullens, and Jimmy Shaker (Gary Sinise), one of the cops who investigated Mullen for bribery. This remake of the 1956 Glenn Ford vehicle of the same name was scripted by Richard Price, who has a bit part as a police detective. 353 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  66% (3) The Rock 136 min R [Action, Adventure, Thriller] [Michael Bay] [07 Jun 1996]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 74%, Rotten Tomatoes: 66%, Metacritic: 58%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 9 wins & 8 nominations. Actors: Ed Harris, John Spencer, Nicolas Cage, Sean Connery Writer: David Weisberg (story), Douglas Cook (story), David Weisberg (screenplay), Douglas Cook (screenplay), Mark Rosner (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: Stanley Goodspeed, who lives in Washington D.C., is a biochemist who works for the FBI. Soon after his fiancée Carla Pestalozzi announces that she is pregnant, Stanley gets a call from FBI director James Womack. Womack tells Stanley that San Francisco's Alcatraz Island has been taken hostage, along with 81 tourists, by marine General Francis Xavier Hummel who, for years, has been protesting the government's refusal to pay benefits to families of war veterans who died during covert military operations. The death of his wife Barbara Hummel on March 9, 1995 drove General Hummel over the edge, and now he's holding hostages in order to get his point across. Stanley is needed because General Hummel has stolen some VX gas warheads and has announced that he will launch them onto San Francisco unless his demands are met. Stanley knows how to disarm the bombs, but Stanley needs someone who knows Alcatraz well enough to get him inside. That man is former British intelligence agent John Patrick Mason, who has been in prison for the past 30 years without a trial because he was accused of stealing the private files of J. Edgar Hoover. In 1962, John became the only inmate ever to escape from Alcatraz, and he stayed out of Alcatraz long enough to father a daughter named Jade Angelou. Despite his extreme hatred of the FBI, John agrees to help Stanley. When John and Stanley are sent into Alcatraz with a Navy SEAL team, General Hummel's men kill the entire SEAL team, leaving Stanley and John to work on their own to rescue the hostages. Rotten Tomatoes: The sophomore film from former music video and commercial director Michael Bay, this fast-paced action yarn featured rapid-fire editing, a cutting-edge rock soundtrack and liberal use of shots awash in a haze of burnished hues, all trademarks of producers Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer. Nicolas Cage stars as Stanley Goodspeed, an FBI chemical weapons expert handed a unique assignment. Francis X. Hummel (Ed Harris), an insane Marine Corps general, has taken 81 tourists hostage on the abandoned island prison of Alcatraz. He and his men are threatening to bomb San Francisco with deadly gas unless $100 million is paid in war reparations to the families of servicemen killed in covert operations. Goodspeed is teamed with former British spy John Patrick Mason (Sean Connery), the only man ever to escape 'The Rock,' as well as a Navy SEAL team. When their military escorts are ambushed, it's up to odd couple Goodspeed and Mason to break into Alcatraz and stop Hummel. The Rock was the last film produced by Simpson, who died of a drug overdose before the film's release. Solo, his partner Bruckheimer continued making the sort of glossy, frenetic films for which the duo was famed. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi 354 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 64% (3) Independence Day 145 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi] [Roland Emmerich] [03 Jul 1996]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 70%, Rotten Tomatoes: 64%, Metacritic: 59%, External Reviews Awards: Won 1 Oscar. Another 34 wins & 34 nominations. Actors: Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Mary McDonnell, Will Smith Writer: Dean Devlin, Roland Emmerich External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA Plot: On July 2nd, communications systems worldwide are sent into chaos by a strange atmospheric interference. It is soon learned by the military that a number of enormous objects are on a collision course with Earth. At first thought to be meteors, they are later revealed to be gigantic spacecraft, piloted by a mysterious alien species. After attempts to communicate with the aliens go nowhere, David Levinson, an ex-scientist turned cable technician, discovers that the aliens are going to attack major points around the globe in less than a day. On July 3rd, the aliens all but obliterate New York, Los Angeles and Washington, as well as Paris, London, Houston and Moscow. The survivors set out in convoys towards Area 51, a strange government testing ground where it is rumored the military has a captured alien spacecraft of their own. The survivors devise a plan to fight back against the enslaving aliens, and July 4th becomes the day humanity will fight for its freedom. July 4th is their Independence Day... Rotten Tomatoes: A group of intrepid humans attempts to save the Earth from vicious extraterrestrials in this extremely popular science-fiction adventure. Borrowing liberally from War of the Worlds, Aliens, and every sci-fi invasion film inbetween, director Roland Emmerich and producer and co-writer Dean Devlin present a visually slick, fast-paced adventure filled with expensive special effects and large-scale action sequences. The story begins with the approach of a series of massive spaceships, which many on Earth greet with open arms, looking forward to the first contact with alien life. Unfortunately, these extraterrestrials have not come in peace, and they unleash powerful weapons that destroy most of the world's major cities. Thrown into chaos, the survivors struggle to band together and put up a last-ditch resistance in order to save the human race. As this is a Hollywood film, this effort is led by a group of scrappy Americans, including a computer genius who had foreseen the alien's evil intent (Jeff Goldblum), a hot-shot jet pilot (Will Smith), and the President of the United States (Bill Pullman). While some critics objected to the film's lack of originality and lapses in logic, the combination of grand visual spectacle and crowd-pleasing storytelling proved irresistible to audiences, resulting in an international smash hit. ~ Judd Blaise, Rovi 355 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  64% (3) Mission: Impossible 110 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Thriller] [Brian De Palma] [22 May 1996]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 71%, Rotten Tomatoes: 63%, Metacritic: 59%, External Reviews Awards: 3 wins & 14 nominations. Actors: Emmanuelle Béart, Henry Czerny, Jon Voight, Tom Cruise Writer: Bruce Geller (television series), David Koepp (story), Steven Zaillian (story), David Koepp (screenplay), Robert Towne (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, French, Czech Country: USA Plot: Based on the hit T.V. series. Jim Phelps was sent to Prague for a mission to prevent the theft of classified material. His wife Claire and his trusted partner Ethan Hunt were members of Phelps' team. Unfortunately, something went horribly wrong and the mission failed, leaving Ethan Hunt the lone survivor. After he reported the failed mission, Kettridge the head of the agency suspects Ethan of being the culprit for the failed mission. Now, Ethan uses unorthodox methods (Which includes the aid of an arms dealer going by the name 'Max') to try to find who set him up and to clear his name. Rotten Tomatoes: After he is framed for the death of several colleagues and falsely branded a traitor, a secret agent embarks on a daring scheme to clear his name in this spy adventure. Though it drew its name from the familiar television series, director Brian DePalma's big-budget adaptation shares little more with the original show than the occasional self-destructing message and the name of team leader Jim Phelps (Jon Voight). The film focuses not on Phelps but his protégé, Ethan Hunt (a reserved Tom Cruise), who becomes a fugitive after taking the blame for a botched operation. He responds by banding together with a group of fellow renegades, and he is soon maneuvering his way through a twisted series of double crosses that mainly serve as excuses for spectacular high-tech action sequences. Much of the activity revolves around a missing computer disk, with the film's most famous scene depicting Hunt's delicate efforts to retrieve the disk from a secure, well-alarmed room in CIA headquarters. ~ Judd Blaise, Rovi 356 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 75% (3) Crimson Tide 116 min R [Action, Drama, Thriller, War] [Tony Scott] [12 May 1995]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 73%, Rotten Tomatoes: 88%, Metacritic: 66%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 5 wins & 6 nominations. Actors: Denzel Washington, Gene Hackman, George Dzundza, Matt Craven Writer: Michael Schiffer (story), Richard P. Henrick (story), Michael Schiffer (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: When some Russian rebels takes control of some ICBM's, the Americans mobilize. Among the vessels sent is the nuclear sub, the Alabama. But before they leave they need a new X.O. and among the choices is Commander Hunter, who hasn't seen much action. But the ship's Captain, Ramsey OK's him. While on the way, there was an incident and Hunter disagreed with how Ramsey handled it, it's evident that Ramsey doesn't think much of Hunter because Hunter was college educated while Ramsey worked his way up. They're given orders to attack but when they were in the process of receiving another order, the ship's communications were damaged, so the entire message was not received. Ramsey decides to continue with their previous order while Hunter wants to reestablish contact first. That's when the two men butt heads that ends with Hunter relieving Ramsey. Later when some men die, some of the officers feel that Hunter is not up to the task so they team up to retake control. But Hunter has taken precautions. Rotten Tomatoes: Two leaders with different philosophies about battle and leadership wage war with each other in this tense military thriller. Capt. Frank Ramsey (Gene Hackman) is the commanding officer of a nuclear submarine, the U.S.S. Alabama. Ramsey is a distinguished veteran near the end of his career, and he leads his men with an iron hand; as he puts it, 'We're here to preserve democracy, not to practice it.' Ramsey is assigned a new second-in-command, Lt. Cmmdr. Ron Hunter (Denzel Washington); Hunter is much younger than Ramsey, Harvard educated, and believes the goal of the military in the nuclear age is to prevent war, not fight it. While at sea, word reaches the Alabama that a splinter group of Russian forces have seized missile silos, and the ship is put on red alert. The Alabama has orders to fire, but as it is receiving a new incoming order the radio malfunctions. It's Ramsey's contention that an order is an order and they are to move forward with the attack, while Hunter feels if there is any question at all about their mission, they should wait until they can receive further instruction, with Hunter going so far as to threaten mutiny against Ramsey if the missile strike is carried out. Quentin Tarantino and Robert Towne both contributed to the screenplay without credit. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi 357 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  71% (3) GoldenEye 130 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Thriller] [Martin Campbell] [17 Nov 1995]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 72%, Rotten Tomatoes: 78%, Metacritic: 65%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 2 BAFTA Film Awards. Another 2 wins & 6 nominations. Actors: Famke Janssen, Izabella Scorupco, Pierce Brosnan, Sean Bean Writer: Ian Fleming (characters), Michael France (story), Jeffrey Caine (screenplay), Bruce Feirstein (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, Russian, Spanish Country: UK, USA Plot: When a deadly satellite weapon system falls into the wrong hands, only Agent 007 can save the world from certain disaster. Armed with his license to kill, Bond races to Russia in search of the stolen access codes for 'Goldeneye,' an awesome space weapon that can fire a devastating electromagnetic pulse toward Earth. But 007 is up against an enemy who anticipates his every move: a mastermind motivated by years of simmering hatred. Bond also squares off against Xenia Onatopp, an assassin who uses pleasure as her ultimate weapon. Rotten Tomatoes: A beautiful Russian mobster and the evil General Ourumov take over a Space Weapons Control Station and arm an attack satellite. The ensuing destruction leaves only one survivor, and James Bond is sent in to investigate. There he makes a surprising discovery as to who is behind all the mayhem. 358 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 66% (3) Strange Days 145 min R [Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller] [Kathryn Bigelow] [13 Oct 1995]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 72%, Rotten Tomatoes: 61%, Metacritic: 66%, External Reviews Awards: 2 wins & 4 nominations. Actors: Angela Bassett, Juliette Lewis, Ralph Fiennes, Tom Sizemore Writer: James Cameron (story), James Cameron (screenplay), Jay Cocks (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: Set in the year 1999 during the last days of the old millennium, the movie tells the story of Lenny Nero, an ex-cop who now deals with data-discs containing recorded memories and emotions. One day he receives a disc which contains the memories of a murderer killing a prostitute. Lenny investigates and is pulled deeper and deeper in a whirl of blackmail, murder and rape. Will he survive and solve the case? Rotten Tomatoes: This epic thriller is set in a hellish Los Angeles during the last days of the 20th century. The tale centers on Lenny Nero, a sleazy grifter who sells voyeuristic scenes. After his lover Faith leaves him, he tries to win her back after learning that she is in danger. 359 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  81% (3) Speed 116 min R [Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller] [Jan de Bont] [10 Jun 1994]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 72%, Rotten Tomatoes: 93%, Metacritic: 78%, External Reviews Awards: Won 2 Oscars. Another 16 wins & 19 nominations. Actors: Dennis Hopper, Joe Morton, Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock Writer: Graham Yost External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA Plot: Bomber terrorist's elevator plan backfires, so he rigs a bomb to a LA city bus. The stipulation is: once armed, the bus must stay above 50 mph to keep from exploding. Also if LAPD Officer tries to unload any passengers off, Payne will detonate it. Joe Morton co-stars as Jack's superior, and Jeff Daniels supports Jack helping him try to defuse the bomb. 360 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 76% (3) The Crow 102 min R [Action, Drama, Fantasy] [Alex Proyas] [13 May 1994]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 76%, Rotten Tomatoes: 81%, Metacritic: 71%, External Reviews Awards: 3 wins & 6 nominations. Actors: Brandon Lee, Ernie Hudson, Michael Wincott, Rochelle Davis Writer: James O'Barr (comic book series and comic strip), David J. Schow (screenplay), John Shirley (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: A poetic guitarist Eric Draven is brought back to life by a crow a year after he and his fiancée are murdered. The crow guides him through the land of the living, and leads him to his killers: knife thrower Tin-tin, drugetic Funboy, car buff T-Bird, and the unsophisticated Skank. One by one, Eric gives these thugs a taste of their own medicine. However their leader Top-Dollar, a world-class crime lord who will dispatch his enemies with a Japanese sword and joke about it later, will soon learn the legend of the crow and the secret to the vigilante's invincibility. Rotten Tomatoes: Based on the graphic novel by James O'Barr, this fantasy follows Eric Draven (Brandon Lee), a rock musician who is murdered along with his fiancée, Shelly (Sofia Shinas), by a group of marauding thugs who terrorize the decaying city in which they live. One year to the day after his death (which happens to be Devil's Night), a mystical crow appears at Eric's grave; Eric rises from the dead and, with the bird as his guide, goes on a mission to avenge himself against Top Dollar (Michael Wincott), the leader of the gang who killed him. Star Brandon Lee was killed while filming a scene in which he was shot with a shell from an improperly cleaned gun that was supposed to be loaded with blanks. Like his father, martial arts superstar Bruce Lee, Brandon was fated to enjoy his greatest popular success after his premature death. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi 361 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  74% (3) Léon: The Professional 110 min R [Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller] [Luc Besson] [18 Nov 1994]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 86%, Rotten Tomatoes: 72%, Metacritic: 64%, External Reviews Awards: 5 wins & 11 nominations. Actors: Danny Aiello, Gary Oldman, Jean Reno, Natalie Portman Writer: Luc Besson External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, Italian, French Country: France Plot: After her father, mother, older sister and little brother are killed by her father's employers, the 12-year-old daughter of an abject drug dealer is forced to take refuge in the apartment of a professional hitman who at her request teaches her the methods of his job so she can take her revenge on the corrupt DEA agent who ruined her life by killing her beloved brother. Rotten Tomatoes: As visually stylish as it is graphically violent, this thriller directed by Luc Besson concerns Mathilda (Natalie Portman), a 12-year-old girl living in New York City who has been exposed to the sordid side of life from an early age: her family lives in a slum and her abusive father works for drug dealers, cutting and storing dope. Mathilda doesn't much care for her parents, but she has a close bond with her four-year-old brother. One day, she returns from running an errand to discover that most of her family, including her brother, have been killed in a raid by corrupt DEA agents, led by the psychotic Stansfield (Gary Oldman). Mathilda takes refuge in the apartment of her secretive neighbor, Leon (Jean Reno), who takes her in with a certain reluctance. She discovers that Leon is a professional assassin, working for Tony (Danny Aiello), a mob kingpin based in Little Italy. Wanting to avenge the death of her brother, Mathilda makes a deal with Leon to become his protégée in exchange for work as a domestic servant, hoping to learn the hitman's trade and take out the men who took her brother's life. However, an affection develops between Leon and Mathilda that changes his outlook on his life and career. Besson's first American film boasted a strong performance from Jean Reno, a striking debut by Natalie Portman, and a love-it-or-hate-it, over-the-top turn by Gary Oldman. Léon was originally released in the U.S. in 1994 as The Professional, with 26 minutes cut in response to audience preview tests. Those 26 minutes were restored in the director's preferred cut, released in 1996 in France as Léon: Version Intégrale and in the U.S. on DVD as Léon: The Professional in 2000. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi 362 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 74% (3) Clear and Present Danger 141 min PG-13 [Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller] [Phillip Noyce] [03 Aug 1994]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 69%, Rotten Tomatoes: 80%, Metacritic: 74%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 7 nominations. Actors: Anne Archer, Harrison Ford, Joaquim de Almeida, Willem Dafoe Writer: Tom Clancy (novel), Donald E. Stewart (screenplay), Steven Zaillian (screenplay), John Milius (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: Jack Ryan is back and this time the bad guys are in his own government. When Admiral James Greer becomes sick with cancer, Ryan is appointed acting CIA Deputy Director of Intelligence. Almost before he can draw a breath in his new position, one of the president's closest friends and his family are murdered in their sleep by what appears to by drug cartels. Ryan is called in to investigate, but unknown to him the CIA has already sent a secret field operative to lead an illegal paramilitary force in Colombia against cartels. Things get even more complicated when his team is set up and he loses an agent in the field and a friend of his wife's, who was the murdered agent's secretary, is murdered that same day. Ryan must then risk not only his career, but his life to expose the truth behind the mystery. Rotten Tomatoes: This is the third film based on Tom Clancy's high-tech espionage potboilers starring CIA deputy director Jack Ryan. Harrison Ford, returning to the Ryan role after his first go-round in 1992's Patriot Games, is assigned to a delicate anti-drug investigation after a close friend of the President (a Reaganesque Donald Moffat) is murdered by a Colombian drug cartel. When Ryan discovers that the President's wealthy friend was in league with the cartel, the President's devious national security adviser (Harris Yulin) and an ambitious CIA deputy director (Henry Czerny) send a secret paramilitary force into Colombia to wipe out the drug lords. The force is captured and then abandoned by the President's lackeys. It falls to Ryan to enter Colombia and rescue them, aided only by a renegade operative named Clark (Willem Dafoe), with both his life and career on the line. ~ Don Kaye, Rovi 363 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  73% (3) Ashes of Time 100 min R [Action, Drama] [Kar-Wai Wong] [17 Sep 1994]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 72%, Rotten Tomatoes: 79%, Metacritic: 69%, External Reviews Awards: 9 wins & 12 nominations. Actors: Brigitte Lin, Leslie Cheung, Maggie Cheung, Tony Chiu-Wai Leung Writer: Louis Cha (novel), Kar-Wai Wong (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: Mandarin, Cantonese Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan Plot: Ou-yang Feng lives in the middle of a desert, where he acts as a middle man to various swordsmen in ancient China. One of those swordsmen is Huang Yao-shi, who has found some magic wine that causes one to forget the past. At another time, Huang met Mu-rong Yin and under the influence of drink, promised to marry Mu-rong's sister Mu-rong Yang. Huang jilts her, and Mu-rong Yin hires Ou-yang to kill Huang. But then Mu-rong Yang hires Ou-yang to protect Huang. This is awkward, because Mu-rong Yang and Mu-rong Yin are in reality the same person. Other unrelated plot lines careen about. Among them is Ou-yang's continuing efforts to destroy a band of horse thieves. Oy-yang recruits another swordsman, a man who is going blind and wants to get home to see his wife before his sight goes completely. The swordsman is killed. Ou-yang then meets another swordsman who doesn't like wearing shoes. Oy-yang sends this man after the horse thieves, with better results. We then find out what a man must give up to follow the martial path. Rotten Tomatoes: Master Hong Kong filmmaker Wong Kar-wai directed this lyrical, dream-like martial arts epic. A famously troubled shoot, the film took two years and 40 million dollars to produce (a shocking sum for a national cinema populated with low-budget quickies) and features a virtual who's-who of the Hong Kong film world. Conceived as a prequel to the popular martial arts novel The Eagle-Shooting Hero by Jin Yong, the movie is less a straightforward action thriller than a visually striking meditation on memory and love. It nominally centers on Ouyang Feng (Leslie Cheung), who ekes out a lonely existence as an itinerant hired sword. Getting on in years and tormented by memories of a lost love, he also works an agent for other mercenary assassins from his remote desert abode. Ouyang's old friend and fellow swordsman, Huang Yaoshi (Tony Leung Kar-fai, who starred in the The Lover) drowns his lovelorn misery in a magical wine that makes him forget. Later, a mysterious young man named Murong Yang (Brigitte Lin) hires Ouyang to kill his sister's unfaithful suitor, Huang Yaoshi. The following day, that spurned sister, Murong Yin (Lin again), hires Ouyang to protect her dearly beloved. Meanwhile, Hong Qi (pop star Jackie Cheung) finds some redemption for a life of killing by accepting a poor girl's offer to avenge her brother's death -- a task that Ouyang brusquely shunned. In another subplot, a master swordsman (Tony Leung Chiu Wai) is slowly going blind. He agrees to defend a village from horse thieves so that he can afford to go home and see his wife before his eyesight fails completely. This film is one of the most celebrated examples of 1990s Hong Kong cinema: it won multiple awards in its native Hong Kong, along with a Golden Osella for Best Cinematography at the 1994 Venice Film Festival. ~ Jonathan Crow, Rovi 364 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 68% (3) True Lies 141 min R [Action, Comedy, Thriller] [James Cameron] [15 Jul 1994]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 72%, Rotten Tomatoes: 71%, Metacritic: 63%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 7 wins & 20 nominations. Actors: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bill Paxton, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Arnold Writer: Claude Zidi (screenplay 'La Totale!'), Simon Michaël (screenplay 'La Totale!'), Didier Kaminka (screenplay 'La Totale!'), James Cameron (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, French, Arabic, German Country: USA Plot: Harry Tasker (Arnold Schwarzenegger) leads a double life. At work he is a government agent with a license to do just about anything, while at home he pretends to be a dull computer salesman. He is on the trail of stolen nuclear weapons that are in the hands of fanatic terrorists when something more important comes up. Harry finds his wife is seeing another man (Bill Paxton) because she needs some adventure in her life. Harry decides to give it to her, juggling pursuit of terrorists on one hand and an adventure for his wife on the other while showing he can Tango all at once. Rotten Tomatoes: Borrowing liberally from the French film La Totale, this is an action picture, domestic comedy, and political thriller rolled into a crowd-pleasing ball of entertainment. Producer James Cameron wrote and directed the film. Henry Tasker (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is a workaholic computer salesman neglecting his mousy wife Helen (Jamie Lee Curtis), a legal secretary. Simon (Bill Paxton) seduces Helen with the lie that he is a secret agent; he's really a used car salesman. Harry suspects that Helen is cheating on him, and he sends a few colleagues to kidnap them. Helen then discovers that Harry is a secret agent by night, working for a shadowy group called the Omega Sector. Harry and his partner Gib (Tom Arnold) are trying to find four nuclear warheads that have disappeared from a former Soviet republic. 365 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  66% (3) Maverick 127 min PG [Action, Adventure, Comedy, Thriller, Western] [Richard Donner] [20 May 1994]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 70%, Rotten Tomatoes: 66%, Metacritic: 62%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 win & 1 nomination. Actors: Graham Greene, James Garner, Jodie Foster, Mel Gibson Writer: Roy Huggins (television series Maverick), William Goldman External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: Maverick is recreated from the character James Garner created in the 1950s TV program. Maverick is a gambler who would rather con someone than fight them. He needs an additional three thousand dollars in order to enter a Winner Take All poker game that begins in a few days. He tries to win some, tries to collect a few debts, and recover a little loot for the reward, all with a light hearted air. He joins forces with a woman gambler with a marvelous, though fake, southern accent as the two both try and enter the game. Rotten Tomatoes: This witty western follows the exploits of card sharp Brett Maverick. Needing to raise enough cash to enter a major poker tournament, Maverick enters a small-town card game and finds himself in trouble when he walks away with the pot, a woman's heart, and a man's anger. 366 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 87% (3) The Fugitive 130 min PG-13 [Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller] [Andrew Davis] [06 Aug 1993]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 78%, Rotten Tomatoes: 96%, Metacritic: 87%, External Reviews Awards: Won 1 Oscar. Another 11 wins & 33 nominations. Actors: Harrison Ford, Julianne Moore, Sela Ward, Tommy Lee Jones Writer: Jeb Stuart (screenplay), David Twohy (screenplay), David Twohy (story), Roy Huggins (characters) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, Polish, Spanish Country: USA Plot: A well respected Chicago surgeon Dr. Richard Kimble has found out that his wife, Helen, has been murdered ferociously in her own home. The police found Kimble and accused him of the murder. Then, Kimble (without Justifiable Reason) was tried, convicted, and sentenced to death. However, on the way to prison, Kimble's transport crashed. Kimble escapes and is now on the run. Deputy Samuel Gerard from Chicago takes charge of the chase of Kimble. Meanwhile, Kimble takes up his own investigation to find who really killed his wife, and to lure Gerard and his team into it as well. Rotten Tomatoes: This 1993 box-office smash partly adheres to the 1960s TV series on which it is based and partly goes off on several tangents of its own. Harrison Ford stars as Dr. Richard Kimble, convicted of murdering his wife. While being transferred to prison by bus, Kimble is involved in a spectacular bus-train collision (one of the best of its kind ever filmed). Surviving the disaster, Kimble escapes, vowing to track down the elusive professional criminal whom he holds responsible for the murder. Dogging the fugitive every foot of the way is U.S. marshal Sam Gerard (an Oscar-winning turn by Tommy Lee Jones), who announces his intention to search 'every whorehouse, doghouse, and outhouse' to bring Kimble to justice. Unlike his dour TV-series counterpart Barry Morse, Jones plays the role with a sardonic sense of humor: when a cornered Kimble screams, 'I didn't kill my wife,' Gerard shrugs and famously replies, 'I don't care.' Once the premise has been established, scripters Jeb Stuart and David Twohy and director Andrew Davis pull off several audacious plot twists, ranging from Kimble's rendezvous with a sympathetic lab technician to a jaw-dropping dive into a huge waterfall. The second half of the film offers one surprise after another (including the true identity of the murderer), brilliantly avoiding the letdown that plagues many movie adaptations of old TV series. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi 367 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  80% (3) In the Line of Fire 128 min R [Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller] [Wolfgang Petersen] [09 Jul 1993]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 72%, Rotten Tomatoes: 96%, Metacritic: 74%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 2 wins & 13 nominations. Actors: Clint Eastwood, Dylan McDermott, John Malkovich, Rene Russo Writer: Jeff Maguire External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: Frank Horrigan is a secret service agent who keeps thinking back to November 22, 1963, when, as a hand-picked agent by President Kennedy, he became one of the few agents to have lost a President to an assassin when Kennedy died. Now, former CIA assassin Mitch Leary is stalking the current President, who is running for re-election. Mitch has spent long hours studying Horrigan, and he taunts Horrigan, telling him of his plans to kill the President. Leary plans to kill the president because Leary feels betrayed by the government -- Leary was removed from the CIA, and the CIA is now trying to have him killed. After talking to Leary, Horrigan makes sure he is assigned to presidential protection duty, working with fellow secret service agent Lilly Raines. Horrigan has no intention of failing his President this time around, and he's more than willing to take a bullet. White House Chief of Staff Harry Sargent refuses to alter the President's itinerary, while Horrigan's boss, Secret Service Director Sam Campagna, is supportive of Horrigan. As the election gets closer, Horrigan begins to doubt his own abilities, especially when Horrigan's colleague Al D'Andrea is killed by Leary. But Horrigan may be the only one who can stop Leary. Rotten Tomatoes: Clint Eastwood delivers one of his finest performances, as a secret service agent haunted by his past in Wolfgang Petersen's taut thriller In the Line of Fire. Eastwood plays Frank Horrigan, a secret service agent who keeps thinking back to November 22, 1963, when, as an agent hand-picked by President Kennedy, he became one of the few agents to have lost a president to an assassin. Decades later, psychotic Mitch Leary (John Malkovich) is stalking another president (Jim Curley) running for re-election. He has spent long hours studying the psyche of Frank Horrigan, and he taunts Horrigan (feeling that there is a bond between them), telling him of his plans to kill the president. After his conversation with Leary, Horrigan makes sure he is assigned to presidential protection duty. Horrigan has no intention of failing his president this time around, and he is more than willing to take a bullet. But everything goes Leary's way -- he is smart and cagey and the president's aides refuse to alter the itinerary. As the election draws closer, Horrigan's chances to catch Leary look to be less and less a possibility, and he begins to doubt his own abilities -- both now and in the past, when Kennedy was murdered. 368 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 78% (3) El Mariachi 81 min R [Action, Crime, Thriller] [Robert Rodriguez] [26 Feb 1993]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 69%, Rotten Tomatoes: 93%, Metacritic: 73%, External Reviews Awards: 7 wins & 4 nominations. Actors: Carlos Gallardo, Consuelo Gómez, Jaime de Hoyos, Peter Marquardt Writer: Robert Rodriguez External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: Spanish Country: Mexico, USA Plot: El Mariachi just wants to play his guitar and carry on the family tradition. Unfortunately, the town he tries to find work in has another visitor...a killer who carries his guns in a guitar case. The drug lord and his henchmen mistake El Mariachi for the killer, Azul, and chase him around town trying to kill him and get his guitar case. Rotten Tomatoes: Filmed in two weeks on a budget of 7,000 dollars, El Mariachi was one of the singular pleasures of the 1993-1994 movie season. Kind-spirited guitarist El Mariachi (Carlos M. Gallardo) simply wants to wander through life as his father and grandfather did, with a song in his heart and a smile on his lips. He wanders into a small mob-run town, guitar case in hand. It so happens that the local criminal element is awaiting the arrival of vicious hit man Azul (Reinol Martinez), who is well known for carrying his weapons in...a guitar case. Just when you think you've got a lock on what's going to happen next, director Robert Rodriguez throws us for a loop, unexpectedly alternating whimsical comedy with graphic violence. Rodriguez later retooled the plot of El Mariachi for his far more expensive (and far less satisfying) Antonio Banderas vehicle Desperado (1995). ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi 369 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  67% (3) Tombstone 130 min R [Action, Biography, Drama, History, Romance, Western] [George P. Cosmatos, Kevin Jarre] [25 Dec 1993]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 78%, Rotten Tomatoes: 73%, Metacritic: 50%, External Reviews Awards: 2 nominations. Actors: Bill Paxton, Kurt Russell, Sam Elliott, Val Kilmer Writer: Kevin Jarre External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, Latin Country: USA Plot: After success cleaning up Dodge City, Wyatt Earp moves to Tombstone, Arizona, and wishes to get rich in obscurity. He meets his brothers there, as well as his old friend Doc Holliday. A band of outlaws that call themselves The Cowboys are causing problems in the region with various acts of random violence, and inevitably come into confrontation with Holliday and the Earps, which leads to a shoot-out at the OK Corral. Rotten Tomatoes: A high-energy action adventure based on legend rather than historical fact finds Wyatt Earp (Kurt Russell) desiring to retire from law enforcement. With brothers Virgil (Sam Elliot) and Morgan (Bill Paxton), he arrives in Tombstone, Arizona intending to build his fortune. He discovers that long-time friend Doc Holliday (Val Kilmer) is there and that the town is run by a group of brutal outlaws called the Cowboys. Earp, frustrated with his laudanum-addicted wife, begins a romance with traveling stage actress Josephine Marcus (Dana Delany). Meanwhile, the Cowboys terrorize the citizens of Tombstone unchecked. When the town marshal is killed by a Cowboy, Earp steps in to prevent a lynching by an angry mob. He also refuses to hand the killer over to his fellows, beginning the enmity between the Cowboys and the Earp brothers. Virgil, overcome with guilt at doing nothing to help the Tombstone citizens, accepts the position of town marshal. With Wyatt and Morgan as his deputies, and the help of Doc, Virgil attempts to arrest several Cowboys, resulting in the famous OK Corral shoot-out. The Cowboys take revenge by ambushing two of the brothers and injuring Virgil and killing Morgan. The Earps leave town, apparently cowed. Wyatt returns, wearing the badge of a U.S. marshal, vowing to destroy every last Cowboy. He hunts them mercilessly, until the leader, Johnny Ringo (Michael Biehn) challenges Wyatt to a duel. While not regarded as an artistic masterpiece, 'Tombstone' is considered the best of director George P. Cosmatos' prolific films. The all-star cast (including Thomas Haden Church and Billy Bob Thornton in small roles) delivers solid performances. Both William A. Fraker's cinematography and Bruce Broughton's stirring musical score are expertly designed for dramatic effect. Blood is shown liberally in several key scenes, but seems intended to show that there is nothing glorious in Wyatt Earp's actions, only necessity. He and his deputies take on the symbolism of the horsemen of the apocalypse -- dispensing judgement, and the Biblical references form a symmetry at the beginning and end of the film. ~ Lucinda Ramsey, Rovi 370 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 83% (3) The Last of the Mohicans 112 min R [Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, War] [Michael Mann] [25 Sep 1992]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 78%, Rotten Tomatoes: 95%, Metacritic: 76%, External Reviews Awards: Won 1 Oscar. Another 6 wins & 17 nominations. Actors: Daniel Day-Lewis, Eric Schweig, Madeleine Stowe, Russell Means Writer: James Fenimore Cooper (novel), John L. Balderston (adaptation), Paul Perez (adaptation), Daniel Moore (adaptation), Philip Dunne, Michael Mann (screenplay), Christopher Crowe (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, French, Mohawk Country: USA Plot: The last members of a dying Native American tribe, the Mohicans -- Uncas, his father Chingachgook, and his adopted half-white brother Hawkeye -- live in peace alongside British colonists. But when the daughters of a British colonel are kidnapped by a traitorous scout, Hawkeye and Uncas must rescue them in the crossfire of a gruesome military conflict of which they wanted no part: the French and Indian War. Rotten Tomatoes: Director Michael Mann based this lushly romantic version of the James Fenimore Cooper novel more on his memory of the 1936 film version (starring Randolph Scott) than on Cooper's novel (in fact, Philip Dunne's 1936 screenplay is cited as source material for this film). Set in the 1750s during the French and Indian War, the story concerns Hawkeye (Daniel Day-Lewis), the European-born adopted son of Mohican scout Chingachgook (Russell Means). Hawkeye and his party, which also includes the Mohican Uncas (Eric Schweig), joins up with a group of Britons who have recently arrived in the Colonies. The group consists of Cora Munro (Madeleine Stowe) and her younger sister, Alice (Jodhi May), who are rescued from a Huron war party by Hawkeye. Hawkeye's band accompanies them to the British Fort William Henry, which is being besieged by a French and Huron force. The fort falls to the French, and Colonel Munro (Maurice Roeves) surrenders to French General Montcalm (Patrice Chéreau). The terms of the surrender are that the British merely abandon the fort and return to their homes. However, the French's bloodthirsty ally, the Huron warrior Magua (Wes Studi), has made no such agreement, and, as the British retreat from the fort, he plans to massacre them in a terrible Huron attack. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi 371 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  72% (3) Batman Returns 126 min PG-13 [Action, Crime, Fantasy] [Tim Burton] [19 Jun 1992]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 70%, Rotten Tomatoes: 80%, Metacritic: 68%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 2 wins & 27 nominations. Actors: Christopher Walken, Danny DeVito, Michael Keaton, Michelle Pfeiffer Writer: Bob Kane (Batman characters), Daniel Waters (story), Sam Hamm (story), Daniel Waters (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA, UK Plot: In the sewers of gotham city to the rooftops of the gotham city the penguin wants to know where he came from well in his villain ways catwoman plans to kill rich man of gotham max shreak but as he battles with millionaire Bruce Wayne both ladies men have their own secrets Bruce Wayne is back as Bat man trying to stop the penguin Max is helping penguin steal gotham city while selina Kyle/catwoman tries to help penguin not knowing her man murder target also her murder is helping him but all four men have their goals taking gotham from crime winning gotham city assassination for two men and more money to be gotham citys number one rich man. Rotten Tomatoes: In the second of the blockbuster Batman films, the legendary hero does battle against the mysterious Cat Woman and the diabolical Penguin. Gotham City faces two monstrous criminal menaces: the bizarre, sinister Penguin (Danny DeVito) and the slinky, mysterious Catwoman (Michelle Pfeiffer). Can Batman (Michael Keaton) battle two formidable foes at once? Especially when one wants to be mayor and the other is romantically attracted to Bruce Wayne? 372 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 69% (3) Juice 95 min R [Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller] [Ernest R. Dickerson] [17 Jan 1992]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 71%, Rotten Tomatoes: 77%, Metacritic: 60%, External Reviews Awards: 1 nomination. Actors: Jermaine 'Huggy' Hopkins, Khalil Kain, Omar Epps, Tupac Shakur Writer: Ernest R. Dickerson (story), Gerard Brown (screenplay), Ernest R. Dickerson (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA, UK Plot: 4 Harlem teens, Q, Bishop, Raheem and Steel, are out skipping school one day when they find out an old friend was killed in a shootout at a bar. After this, Bishop tells his friends that they have no respect, or juice. To get some, they rob a corner grocery store, but things take an unexpected turn. Only the four friends know what happened, but one of them is out for himself. Rotten Tomatoes: Cinematographer Ernest R. Dickerson directed and co-wrote this crime drama about a group of friends who get involved in a robbery. Bishop (Tupac Shakur), Q (Omar Epps), Raheem (Khalil Kain), and Steel (Jermaine Hopkins) are four Harlem friends who spend their days skipping school, getting in fights, and casually shoplifting. The only member of the group who has plans for the future is Q, who dreams of becoming a deejay. But one day Bishop happens to see James Cagney in White Heat and the film inspires him to buy a gun. His plan is to rob a corner store and split the money. Everyone goes along with the plan except for Q, who is competing that night in a deejay contest. At the club, Q is a rousing success, but he spies the stern faces of his friends through the cheering crowd and realizes that he has to go along with the robbery, which goes completely wrong. 373 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  68% (3) Patriot Games 117 min R [Action, Thriller] [Phillip Noyce] [05 Jun 1992]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 69%, Rotten Tomatoes: 73%, Metacritic: 64%, External Reviews Awards: 1 win & 2 nominations. Actors: Anne Archer, Harrison Ford, Patrick Bergin, Sean Bean Writer: Tom Clancy (novel), W. Peter Iliff (screenplay), Donald E. Stewart (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: Former CIA analyst, Jack Ryan is in England with his family on vacation when he suddenly witnesses an explosion outside Buckingham Palace. It is revealed that some people are trying to abduct a member of the Royal Family but Jack intervenes, killing one of them and capturing the other, and stops the plan in its tracks. Afterwards, he learns that they're Irish revolutionaries and the two men are brothers. During his court hearing the one that's still alive vows to get back at Jack but is sentenced and that seems to be the end of it. However, whilst the man is being transported, he is broken out. Jack learns of this but doesn't think there's anything to worry about. But, when he is at the Naval Academy someone tries to kill him. He learns that they are also going after his family and so he rushes to find them, safe but having also been the victims of a failed assassination. That's when Jack decides to rejoin the CIA, and they try to find the man before he makes another attempt. Rotten Tomatoes: In Patriot Games, Harrison Ford plays former CIA agent Jack Ryan, taking over from Alec Baldwin, who had played author Tom Clancy's brainy protagonist in Hunt for Red October. This time around, Ryan foils an attempted assassination, thereby incurring the wrath of a maniacal Irish radical (Sean Bean). After seemingly neutralizing the villains, and deciding to celebrate the occasion with his wife (Anne Archer) and daughter (Thora Birch), everything appears to be back to normal; then all hell breaks loose. Author Tom Clancy himself bemoaned the liberties taken with his novel in the final sequences; the picture scored with audiences, however, and soon inspired a followup, A Clear and Present Danger (1994), also starring Ford. 374 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 66% (3) Under Siege 103 min R [Action, Thriller] [Andrew Davis] [09 Oct 1992]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 65%, Rotten Tomatoes: 77%, Metacritic: 58%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 1 nomination. Actors: Damian Chapa, David McKnight, Gary Busey, Steven Seagal, Tommy Lee Jones, Troy Evans Writer: J.F. Lawton External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, Italian Country: France, USA Plot: The battleship Missouri is about to be decomissioned. Casey Ryback is Captain Adam's personal cook. And Ryback is always butting heads with the ship's XO Commander Krill but the Captain always intercedes. One day, after the President visits the Missouri, which is also the Captain's birthday, the Captain learns that a helicopter has been cleared to land on the ship by Commander Krill, which he was not informed of. When questioned Krill tells the Captain that it's a surprise for his birthday, the Captain then allows it. Later after another one of their scuffles, Krill has Ryback locked in the freezer. During the party, the rock band reveals themselves to be mercenaries, led by William Stranix, a CIA operative, who is in league with Krill to unload all of the ship's nuclear warheads. They lock up all of the crew and make preparations to remove the warheads. And Krill remembers Ryback, Stranix sends two of his men to take care of Ryback, only thing is that Ryback took care of them. Upon discovering their bodies, Stranix deduces that Ryback is more than a cook. He then sends Krill to check on him, and Krill discovers that Ryback's a NAVY SEAL, who got busted down to a cook after an incident in Panama. And Ryback continues to create trouble for them, so Stranix tries to hunt him down. Along the way, Ryback meets Jordan, a former playmate, who was supposed to entertain at the party but was also forgotten. Rotten Tomatoes: Andrew Davis directed this exciting thriller starring Steven Seagal, sans ponytail, and featuring electric, over-the-top performances by Gary Busey and Tommy Lee Jones. This action saga takes place on the battleship USS Missouri, about to be decommissioned from service after a visit from George Bush. When Bush departs the vessel, a band of terrorists overcome the remaining skeleton crew and take over the ship, under the ruse of holding a surprise birthday party for the ship's commander, Captain Adams (Patrick O'Neal). The band is led by Strannix (Jones), a disgruntled ex-CIA operative, and his right-hand man, the psychotic Krill (Busey). The terrorists plan to steal the ship's store of nuclear warheads, transfer them to a stolen North Korean submarine, and sell them to a Middle Eastern country. Unfortunately for Strannix, he has overlooked the ship's cook, Casey Ryback (Seagal). Ryback is a much-honored Navy SEAL who, because of a minor scandal, is quietly completing his twenty-year tour in the galley of the Missouri. Forced into action, Ryback, along with the woman who jumped out of Captain Adams' birthday cake (Erika Eleniak), knocks off the bad guys one-by-one while crawling inside the bowels of the ship. 375 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  84% (3) Terminator 2: Judgment Day 137 min R [Action, Sci-Fi] [James Cameron] [03 Jul 1991]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 85%, Rotten Tomatoes: 93%, Metacritic: 75%, External Reviews Awards: Won 4 Oscars. Another 27 wins & 27 nominations. Actors: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Edward Furlong, Linda Hamilton, Robert Patrick Writer: James Cameron, William Wisher External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, Spanish Country: USA Plot: Over 10 years have passed since the first cyborg called The Terminator tried to kill Sarah Connor and her unborn son, John Connor. John Connor, the future leader of the human resistance, is now a healthy young boy. However another Terminator is sent back through time called the T-1000, which is more advanced and more powerful than its predecessor. The Mission: to kill John Connor when he's still a child. However, Sarah and John do not have to face this threat of a Terminator alone. Another Terminator is also sent back through time. The mission: to protect John and Sarah Connor at all costs. The battle for tomorrow has begun... Rotten Tomatoes: A sequel to the sci-fi action thriller that made him and star Arnold Schwarzenegger A-list Hollywood names, writer/director James Cameron upped the ante with this follow-up by employing a more sweeping storyline and cutting-edge special effects. Linda Hamilton returns as Sarah Connor, now a single mother to rebellious teen John Connor (Edward Furlong), during the late nineties. Having been informed by a time-traveling soldier in the first film that John will one day grow up to become humanity's savior from a computer-controlled Armageddon, Sarah has responded by becoming a muscle-bound she-warrior bent on educating John in survival tactics and battle strategies. Her ranting about humankind's future has landed Sarah in an insane asylum and John in the foster care system. The rebellious John has responded to his situation by getting into scrapes with the law. When a new and improved Terminator android called the T-1000 (Robert Patrick) arrives from the future to eliminate John, an older model T-800 (Schwarzenegger) is sent to protect the boy. The T-1000, however, has the ability to morph itself into any shape it desires, allowing it chameleon-like powers and near indestructibility. The T-800 saves John's life and helps break Sarah out of the institution. Staying only one step ahead of the dogged T-1000, Sarah leads her son and the T-800 to the headquarters of Cyberdyne Systems, the company that will invent a robotic intelligence that will eventually take over the world. There, they attempt to convince inventor Miles Dyson (Joe Morton) to help them stop the future from ever occurring by destroying his work. Dyson sacrifices himself in an explosion to save the world, leading to a final showdown between the two Terminators at a steel foundry. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), which won four Oscars in technical categories for its groundbreaking effects, was followed by a short sequel filmed exclusively as an attraction for theme parks, Terminator 2: 3-D Battle Across Time (1996). ~ Karl Williams, Rovi 376 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 73% (3) Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country 110 min PG [Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller] [Nicholas Meyer] [06 Dec 1991]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 73%, Rotten Tomatoes: 81%, Metacritic: 65%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 2 wins & 5 nominations. Actors: DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner Writer: Gene Roddenberry (television series 'Star Trek'), Leonard Nimoy (story), Lawrence Konner (story), Mark Rosenthal (story), Nicholas Meyer (screenplay), Denny Martin Flinn (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, Klingon Country: USA Plot: After an explosion on their moon, the Klingons have an estimated 50 years before their ozone layer is completely depleted, and they all die. They have only one choice - to make peace with the Federation, which will mean an end to 70 years of conflict. Captain James T. Kirk and crew are called upon to help in the negotiations because of their experience with the Klingons. Peace talks don't quite proceed, and Kirk and McCoy are convicted of assassinating the Klingon High Chancellor, and imprisoned on Rura Penthe, a snowy hard-labor prison camp. Will they manage to escape? And will there ever be peace with the Klingons? Rotten Tomatoes: In this last film centering on the original television series' stars, an ecological disaster forces the Klingons to seek peace with the Federation. But when the Klingon ship being escorted by the Enterprise to a peace summit is attacked, Kirk and McCoy stand trial for assassination of the Klingon Chancellor. 377 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  72% (3) La Femme Nikita 117 min R [Action, Thriller] [Luc Besson] [01 Apr 1991]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 74%, Rotten Tomatoes: 88%, Metacritic: 56%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 6 wins & 16 nominations. Actors: Alain Lathière, Anne Parillaud, Marc Duret, Patrick Fontana Writer: Luc Besson External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: French, Italian, English Country: France, Italy Plot: Nikita est très jeune, elle a vingt ans, mais elle a emprunté une mauvaise voie. Pendant un hold-up avec sa bande, elle tue un policier et est condamnée à la prison à vie. Les services secrets, par contre, lui offrent une voie de sortie : devenir un agent spécial, prêt à tout, à leur service. Nikita accepte et commence ainsi un apprentissage très dur qui concerne non seulement les différents modes de tuer, de prendre la fuite ou de faire face à des situations imprévues, mais aussi la manière de se comporter en femme qui a de la classe, capable de se conduire avec aisance dans tous les milieux. Sous la conduite de Bob, Nikita arrive à freiner son caractère rebelle et à surmonter la terrible épreuve finale. Elle semble être devenue une personne différente et tombe amoureuse. Mais faut-il faire confiance aux services secrets ? Rotten Tomatoes: The serpentine plotline of Luc Besson's La Femme Nikita begins its 117-minute slither when punkish, psychotic, and drug-ridden Nikita (Anne Parillaud) fires her gun into a cop's face following the stick-up of a drug store, and is promptly imprisoned. She is thrown into a dank cell, then injected with a substance and told it is a lethal toxin. Instead of dying, however, the comes to in an all-white interrogation room, where French intelligence officer Bob (Tchéky Karyo), informs her that an alternate to execution exists: she can receive covert government training as an assassin. She accepts the bid, is rigorously trained, and later returns to society as a seemingly normal and gentle civilian, but falls in love with a drugstore employee while she's waiting for that first government assignment. The paradoxical concept of a young woman blossoming socially while carrying out cold-blooded murders was downplayed when La Femme Nikita was remade in America as the silly and disappointing Point of No Return, directed by John Badham with Bridget Fonda in the lead. A far less sociopathic TV-series version of La Femme Nikita surfaced on the USA cable network in early 1997. 378 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 70% (3) Hot Shots! 84 min PG-13 [Action, Comedy] [Jim Abrahams] [31 Jul 1991]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 67%, Rotten Tomatoes: 83%, Metacritic: 61%, External Reviews Awards: 1 win. Actors: Cary Elwes, Charlie Sheen, Lloyd Bridges, Valeria Golino Writer: Jim Abrahams, Pat Proft External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: Topper Harley, a top gun fighter pilot, is recalled to serve on the SS Essess. Topper's mission is to destroy Saddam Hussein's nuclear plants. Unfortunately, Topper is psychologically imbalanced and is sure to crack under pressure. Rotten Tomatoes: From director Jim Abrahams, one of the minds behind the Airplane! and Naked Gun films, comes another parody. This time around, Abrahams has his sights set on the action-adventure genre, specifically Top Gun. Charlie Sheen stars as Topper Harley, a maverick air force pilot who constantly lives in the shadow of his father's legacy. Unable to handle the pressure, Harley has left the Air Force to live among a tribe of Native Americans. But when the United States seeks to destroy some Iraqi nuclear facilities, there's only one man for the job. After being coaxed back into service, Harley soon realizes that in addition to Saddam Hussein, he'll have to contend with a rival pilot, played by Cary Elwes, and a devious aerospace executive. Among the many films lampooned are Dances With Wolves, 9 1/2 Weeks, The Fabulous Baker Boys, and Gone With the Wind. ~ Matthew Tobey, Rovi 379 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  68% (3) New Jack City 97 min R [Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller] [Mario Van Peebles] [08 Mar 1991]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 66%, Rotten Tomatoes: 77%, Metacritic: 61%, External Reviews Awards: 1 win & 4 nominations. Actors: Allen Payne, Chris Rock, Ice-T, Wesley Snipes Writer: Thomas Lee Wright (story), Thomas Lee Wright (screenplay), Barry Michael Cooper (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: The gangster Nino has a gang who call themselves Cash Money Brothers. They get into the crack business and not before long they make a million dollars every week. A cop, Scotty, is after them. He tries to get into the gang by letting an ex-drug addict infiltrate the gang, but the attempt fails miserably. The only thing that remains is that Scotty himself becomes a drug pusher. Rotten Tomatoes: The ruthless leader of a New York City drug syndicate battles to maintain his power and avoid imprisonment in this fast-moving action drama. While the film's heroes are Scotty (Ice-T) and Nick (Judd Nelson), a pair of tough, streetwise cops, the main focus is their target, drug lord Nino Brown (Wesley Snipes). A criminal businessman with no room for pity or emotion, the flashy but severe Brown has built an empire and transformed an abandoned Harlem apartment building into a well-defended fortress. He begins to consider himself invincible, but his lust for power and the unpredictable actions of a former client turned police informer threaten to bring about his potential downfall. First-time director Mario Van Peebles keeps the traditional plot moving at an appropriately rapid pace, with stylish action sequences and energetic performances. The film's violence was somewhat controversial on its initial release, especially after shooting incidents marred showings in several theaters. However, the film's moral message is clearly anti-drug and anti-crime, its main intent to provide a high-powered, modern take on the gangster movie. ~ Judd Blaise, Rovi 380 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 66% (3) Point Break 122 min R [Action, Crime, Thriller] [Kathryn Bigelow] [12 Jul 1991]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 72%, Rotten Tomatoes: 68%, Metacritic: 58%, External Reviews Awards: 1 win & 2 nominations. Actors: Gary Busey, Keanu Reeves, Lori Petty, Patrick Swayze Writer: Rick King (story), W. Peter Iliff (story), W. Peter Iliff (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: Japan, USA Plot: In the coastal town of Los Angeles, a gang of bank robbers call themselves the ex-presidents. commit their crimes while wearing masks of ex-presidents Reagan, Carter, Nixon and Johnson. The F.B.I. believes that the members of the gang could be surfers and send young agent Johnny Utah undercover at the beach to mix with the surfers and gather information. Utah meets surfer Bodhi and gets drawn into the lifestyle of his new friend. Rotten Tomatoes: Kathryn Bigelow's fourth action film follows FBI agent Johnny Utah (Keanu Reeves) as he goes undercover to infiltrate a cache of Southern California surfers suspected of robbing banks. 381 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  74% (3) The Hunt for Red October 135 min PG [Action, Adventure, Thriller] [John McTiernan] [02 Mar 1990]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 76%, Rotten Tomatoes: 88%, Metacritic: 58%, External Reviews Awards: Won 1 Oscar. Another 2 wins & 7 nominations. Actors: Alec Baldwin, Sam Neill, Scott Glenn, Sean Connery Writer: Tom Clancy (novel), Larry Ferguson (screenplay), Donald E. Stewart (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, Russian Country: USA Plot: Soviets create a new nuclear submarine that runs silent due to a revolutionary propulsion system. Russian sub captain defects, goal of taking it to the U.S.A. to prevent the Russians from using the sub to wreak nuclear (missile) war against the U.S. Lots of plot turns and twists in this high-tech thriller. Rotten Tomatoes: The first of several films based on Tom Clancy's 'Jack Ryan' technothrillers, Hunt for Red October stars Alec Baldwin as eccentric CIA analyst Ryan and Sean Connery as Soviet submarine commander Marko Ramius. Ramius sets the plot in motion when he murders his political adviser, burns his orders, and steers his sub Red October towards American waters, hoping to defect. The CIA, aware that the Red October was about to embark on an evasive mission to demonstrate its ability to avoid detection and fire its nuclear missiles upon U.S. installations, believes that Ramius is insane, and that he plans to start World War III. To cover their own behinds, the Russians back up the CIA's suspicion. Only Jack Ryan believes that Ramius' mission is not as apocalyptic as it seems -- and it is Ryan who is assigned to infiltrate the Red October to prove his theory. The sort of film that in an earlier era would have been called a 'thinking man's thriller,' The Hunt for Red October ushered in a new series of Hollywood-produced post-Cold War adventure films, including 1995's Crimson Tide. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi 382 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 72% (3) State of Grace 134 min R [Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller] [Phil Joanou, Michael Lee Baron] [14 Sep 1990]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 73%, Rotten Tomatoes: 84%, Metacritic: 60%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: Ed Harris, Gary Oldman, Robin Wright, Sean Penn Writer: Dennis McIntyre External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: UK, USA Plot: Terry Noonan returns home to New York's Hells Kitchen after a ten year absence. He soon hooks up with childhood pal Jackie who is involved in the Irish mob run by his brother Frankie. Terry also rekindles an old flame with Jackie's sister Kathleen. Soon, however, Terry is torn between his loyalty to his friends and his loyalties to others. Rotten Tomatoes: This directorial effort from Phil Joanou stars Sean Penn as an Irish-American undercover cop working the Hell's Kitchen beat. Penn is ostensibly on a sentimental journey to his old neighborhood. Actually he's been assigned to infiltrate a criminal gang led by Ed Harris, the brother of Sean's best friend Gary Oldman. Penn suffers the requisite honor vs. duty anguish when he renews his childhood romance with Harris' sister Robin Wright. State of Grace would have had more clout had it been more clear as to time and place: it's supposedly set in the 1990s, but the attitudes and behavior are pure 1970s. 383 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  71% (3) Darkman 96 min R [Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller] [Sam Raimi] [24 Aug 1990]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 64%, Rotten Tomatoes: 84%, Metacritic: 65%, External Reviews Awards: 2 wins & 8 nominations. Actors: Colin Friels, Frances McDormand, Larry Drake, Liam Neeson Writer: Sam Raimi (story), Chuck Pfarrer (screenplay), Sam Raimi (screenplay), Ivan Raimi (screenplay), Daniel Goldin (screenplay), Joshua Goldin (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: Peyton Westlake is a scientist who has discovered a way to produce synthetic skin. This could revolutionise skin grafting, except for one minor glitch; the synthetic skin degrades after 100 minutes of exposure to light. When gangsters attack Peyton, he is horrifically burnt, and assumed dead. In his quest for revenge, Peyton, aka the Darkman, is able to take on the appearance of anyone (using the synthetic skin,) but he only has 100 minutes per disguise. Rotten Tomatoes: In this sci-fi crime melodrama, a scientist is busily doing research into using a computer to clone body parts when a corrupt developer orders his demise. Unfortunately, the developer's henchmen botch the job and leave the scientist horribly disfigured. Eager for vengeance, the scientist uses his invention to transform himself into a new crime fighter, Darkman. 384 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 71% (3) Total Recall 113 min R [Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller] [Paul Verhoeven] [01 Jun 1990]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 75%, Rotten Tomatoes: 82%, Metacritic: 57%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 8 wins & 14 nominations. Actors: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Ironside, Rachel Ticotin, Ronny Cox, Sharon Stone Writer: Philip K. Dick (short story 'We Can Remember It For You Wholesale'), Ronald Shusett (screen story), Dan O'Bannon (screen story), Jon Povill (screen story), Ronald Shusett (screenplay), Dan O'Bannon (screenplay), Gary Goldman (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA, Mexico Plot: Douglas Quaid is haunted by a recurring dream about a journey to Mars. He hopes to find out more about this dream and buys a holiday at Rekall Inc. where they sell implanted memories. But something goes wrong with the memory implantation and he remembers being a secret agent fighting against the evil Mars administrator Cohaagen. Now the story really begins and it's a rollercoaster ride until the massive end of the movie. Rotten Tomatoes: In Paul Verhoeven's wild sci-fi action movie Total Recall, Arnold Schwarzenegger plays a 21st-century construction worker who discovers that his entire memory of the past derives from a memory chip implanted in his brain. Schwarzenegger learns that he's actually a secret agent who had become a threat to the government, so those in power planted the chip and invented a domestic lifestyle for him. Once he has realized his true identity, he travels to Mars to piece together the rest of his identity, as well as to find the man responsible for his implanted memory. Verhoeven has created a fast, furious action film with Total Recall, filled with impressive stunts and (literally) eye-popping visuals. Though the film bears only a passing resemblance to the Philip K. Dick short story it was based on ('We Can Remember It For You Wholesale'), the movie is an entertaining, if very violent, ride. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi 385 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  68% (3) Die Hard 2 124 min R [Action, Thriller] [Renny Harlin] [03 Jul 1990]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 71%, Rotten Tomatoes: 68%, Metacritic: 67%, External Reviews Awards: 1 win & 1 nomination. Actors: Bonnie Bedelia, Bruce Willis, Reginald VelJohnson, William Atherton Writer: Walter Wager (novel), Steven E. de Souza (screenplay), Doug Richardson (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, Spanish Country: USA Plot: After the terrifying events in LA, John McClane (Willis) is about to go through it all again. A team of terrorists, led by Col. Stuart (Sadler) is holding the entire airport hostage. The terrorists are planning to rescue a drug lord from justice. In order to do so, they have seized control of all electrical equipment affecting all planes. With no runway lights available, all aircraft have to remain in the air, with fuel running low, McClane will need to be fast. Rotten Tomatoes: 'Another basement, another elevator...how can the same thing happen to the same guy twice?' asks John McClane (Bruce Willis), in what is doubtless the key question of this film. A year after foiling the terrorist takeover of a high-rise office building in the first movie, McClane is waiting to pick up his wife, Holly (Bonnie Bedelia), at Dulles International Airport just outside Washington, D.C., on Christmas Eve. Scheduled to arrive the same evening is Ramon Esperanza (Franco Nero), a South American political figure who is being brought to the United States to stand trial for his role in a drug-smuggling ring. However, a group of terrorists, led by renegade American military officer Col. Stuart (William Sadler), take control of the airport, scuttling radio transmissions and placing their own men in the control tower. Stuart and his men ensure that Esperanza's plane lands safely, and then demand that Stuart and his men be given a fully-fueled 747 and free passage wherever they choose to go. Otherwise, they will guide the many circling jets waiting for landing instructions into definite crash landings, killing the many passengers on board. Not willing to stand aside as terrorists once again threaten his wife's life, the wise-cracking McClane once again leaps into action to foil Stuart's plans and bring the passenger jets safely to the ground. William Atherton, John Amos, Dennis Franz, and John Leguizamo highlight the supporting cast. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi 386 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 86% (3) Henry V 137 min PG-13 [Action, Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War] [Kenneth Branagh] [08 Nov 1989]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 76%, Rotten Tomatoes: 100%, Metacritic: 83%, External Reviews Awards: Won 1 Oscar. Another 9 wins & 13 nominations. Actors: Derek Jacobi, James Larkin, Kenneth Branagh, Simon Shepherd Writer: William Shakespeare (by), Kenneth Branagh (adapted for the screen by) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, French Country: UK Plot: King Henry V of England is insulted by the King of France. As a result, he leads his army into battle against France. Along the way, the young king must struggle with the sinking morale of his troops and his own inner doubts. The war culminates at the bloody Battle of Agincourt. Rotten Tomatoes: Kenneth Branagh makes his feature-film directorial debut with this adaptation of William Shakespeare's +Henry V. After the Chorus (Derek Jacobi) introduces the play, young king of England Henry V (Kenneth Branagh) begins an angry dialogue with King Charles of France (Paul Scofield). The king's son, Dauphin (Michael Maloney), insults Henry and the argument escalates into war. In flashback, Henry is seen as a young man drinking in a tavern with Falstaff (Robbie Coltrane), Bardolph (Richard Briers), Nym (Geoffrey Hutchings), Pistol (Robert Stephens), and Mistress Quickly (Judi Dench). Meanwhile, Henry and his captain, Fluellen (Ian Holm), assemble an army and invade France. The French greatly outnumber the British troops, yet Henry leads them to victory in the Battle of Agincourt after delivering his famous St. Crispin's Day Speech. Throughout this struggle, Henry also courts Katherine (Emma Thompson) and eventually wins her over. 387 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  78% (3) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 127 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure] [Steven Spielberg] [24 May 1989]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 82%, Rotten Tomatoes: 88%, Metacritic: 65%, External Reviews Awards: Won 1 Oscar. Another 6 wins & 20 nominations. Actors: Alison Doody, Denholm Elliott, Harrison Ford, Sean Connery Writer: Jeffrey Boam (screenplay), George Lucas (story), Menno Meyjes (story), George Lucas (characters), Philip Kaufman (characters) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, German, Greek, Arabic Country: USA Plot: An art collector appeals to Jones to embark on a search for the Holy Grail. He learns that another archaeologist has disappeared while searching for the precious goblet, and the missing man is his own father, Dr. Henry Jones. The artifact is much harder to find than they expected, and its powers are too much for those impure in heart. Rotten Tomatoes: The third installment in the Spielberg/Lucas Indiana Jones saga, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade evokes many of the thrills of the first two efforts (Raiders of the Lost Ark and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom) without blatantly copying either of them. After a lengthy prologue in which we learn how young Indy (River Phoenix) first developed a taste for heart-pounding adventure -- and his lifelong fear of snakes -- we find the grown-up Jones (who else but Harrison Ford?) teaching his archeology classes in 1938. He is approached by an art collector (Julian Glover), who wants Jones to embark upon a search for the Holy Grail. It so happens that another archaeologist has disappeared while searching for the precious goblet; it so happens further that the missing man is Indy's own father, Dr. Henry Jones (marvelously portrayed by Sean Connery). What follows is a roller-coaster of thrills, whisking both the elder and the younger Joneses to Venice, Berlin, and the most treacherous regions of the Middle East. Complicating matters is the presence of lovely Alison Doody, whose attraction to Indy -- and his dad -- does not dissuade her from her loyalty to the Nazi party. As in Raiders of the Lost Ark, the much-sought-after religious artifact in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade is not so easily found -- and even when it is discovered, its powers are a bit too much for those impure of heart. This Indiana Jones effort set a record by grossing $50 million in the first week of release. 388 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 75% (3) Lethal Weapon 2 114 min R [Action, Crime, Thriller] [Richard Donner] [07 Jul 1989]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 72%, Rotten Tomatoes: 83%, Metacritic: 70%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 win. Actors: Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Joss Ackland, Mel Gibson Writer: Jeffrey Boam (screenplay), Shane Black (story), Warren Murphy (story), Shane Black (characters) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, Afrikaans Country: USA Plot: Riggs and Murtaugh are trying to take down some drug dealers but the they turn out to be not run of the mill drug dealers; they have automatic weapons and helicopters. Eventually they grab one of their vehicles and find a million dollars worth of gold coins or Krugerrands in the trunk. Later Murtaugh is threatened by the men they're pursuing. That's when the Captain reassigns them to protect a man named Leo Getz who is suppose to testify in a big case. When they get to where Leo is, someone tries to kill him and that's when they learn he laundered half a billion dollars worth of drug money. He then takes them to a place he once went to and that's when the people there start shooting at them. Later when they come back with back up they learn that the men work for the South African consulate and have diplomatic immunity. They deduce that they are the ones they were looking for, but because of they have diplomatic immunity they can't do anything. Rotten Tomatoes: This high-voltage sequel continues the adventures of Los Angeles detectives Riggs and Murtaugh (Oscar-winner Mel Gibson and Danny Glover) as they try to thwart a smuggling ring of blond South African 'diplomats'. Gibson finds romance this time around, and Academy Award- winner Joe Pesci ('GoodFellas,' 'My Cousin Vinnie') joins the team as fast-talking con artist Leo Getz. 'At the Movies' calls this '...Pure dynamite!...a summer blockbuster with enough humor, excitement and action for two movies,' while Roger Ebert praises '...Terrific... entertaining from one end to the other.' Gene Shalit sums up all the cheers, calling it '...even more fun than the original ...directed at a mile a minute by Richard Donner...lots of laughs. 389 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  73% (3) The Mighty Quinn 98 min R [Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller] [Carl Schenkel] [17 Feb 1989]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 61%, Rotten Tomatoes: 88%, Metacritic: 71%, External Reviews Awards: 1 win. Actors: Denzel Washington, James Fox, M. Emmet Walsh, Mimi Rogers, Robert Townsend Writer: Albert Z. Carr (novel), Hampton Fancher (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: When police officer Xavier Quinn's childhood friend, Maubee, becomes associated with murder and a briefcase full of ten thousand dollar bills, The Mighty Quinn must clear his name. Or try to catch him, which could be even trickier. Rotten Tomatoes: On a small Caribbean island, police chief Xavier Quinn investigates a murder where the prime suspect is Maubee, a charming local troublemaker and Quinn's childhood friend. As Quinn investigates further, the case proves to be more complex than it appears in this often comic mystery loaded with local color. 390 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 71% (3) Batman 126 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure] [Tim Burton] [23 Jun 1989]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 75%, Rotten Tomatoes: 71%, Metacritic: 69%, External Reviews Awards: Won 1 Oscar. Another 8 wins & 26 nominations. Actors: Jack Nicholson, Kim Basinger, Michael Keaton, Robert Wuhl Writer: Bob Kane (Batman characters), Sam Hamm (story), Sam Hamm (screenplay), Warren Skaaren (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, French, Spanish Country: USA, UK Plot: Gotham City. Crime boss Carl Grissom (Jack Palance) effectively runs the town but there's a new crime fighter in town - Batman (Michael Keaton). Grissom's right-hand man is Jack Napier (Jack Nicholson), a brutal man who is not entirely sane... After falling out between the two Grissom has Napier set up with the Police and Napier falls to his apparent death in a vat of chemicals. However, he soon reappears as The Joker and starts a reign of terror in Gotham City. Meanwhile, reporter Vicki Vale (Kim Basinger) is in the city to do an article on Batman. She soon starts a relationship with Batman's everyday persona, billionaire Bruce Wayne. Rotten Tomatoes: Jack Nicholson is the Joker, who emerged from a horrible accident as a maniacal criminal. Michael Keaton is the Caped Crusader, who emerged from a childhood trauma to become a masked crimefighter. Kim Basinger is Vicki Vale, the talented photojournalist desired by both men. And Batman is the movie, the all-out spectacular directed by Tim Burton, set to songs by Prince and a music score by Danny Elfman, and an Academy AwardO winner* for Best Art Direction/Set Decoration (Anton Furst and Peter Young). 391 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  67% (3) Licence to Kill 133 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Thriller] [John Glen] [14 Jul 1989]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 66%, Rotten Tomatoes: 77%, Metacritic: 58%, External Reviews Awards: 1 nomination. Actors: Carey Lowell, Robert Davi, Talisa Soto, Timothy Dalton Writer: Michael G. Wilson, Richard Maibaum, Ian Fleming (characters) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, Spanish Country: UK, Mexico, USA Plot: James Bond is on possibly his most brutal mission yet. Bond's good friend, Felix Leiter, is left near death, by drug baron Franz Sanchez. Bond sets off on the hunt for Sanchez, but not everyone is happy. MI6 does not feel Sanchez is their problem and strips Bond of his license to kill making Bond more dangerous than ever. Bond gains the aid of one of Leiter's friends, known as Pam Bouvier and sneaks his way into the drug factories, which Sanchez owns. Will Bond be able to keep his identity secret, or will Sanchez see Bond's true intentions? Rotten Tomatoes: For his second outing as James Bond, Timothy Dalton is working on his own rather than on behalf of the British Secret Service in this follow-up to The Living Daylights). When his American friend Felix Leiter ({$David Hedison), an agent of the Drug Enforcement Administration, is seriously injured by drug dealer Franz Sanchez (Robert Davi), 007 is out for blood. There is precious little time for the usual Bondian quippery and campiness, resulting in a marked increase in bloodletting (including the 'implosion' of secondary villain Anthony Zerbe). A climactic highway chase involving an oil tanker and a helicopter is the highlight, as well as Benecio Del Toro in an early role as the psychotic henchman Dario. Licence to Kill's intensified taste for violence lessened Bond's box-office value, and helped keep 007 off the screen for another six years before Pierce Brosnan took up the mantle. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi 392 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 83% (3) Midnight Run 126 min R [Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller] [Martin Brest] [20 Jul 1988]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 76%, Rotten Tomatoes: 96%, Metacritic: 78%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 2 wins & 2 nominations. Actors: Charles Grodin, John Ashton, Robert De Niro, Yaphet Kotto Writer: George Gallo External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: Bounty hunter Jack Walsh (Robert De Niro) is sent to find and return bail jumper and former Mafia accountant, Jonathan 'The Duke' Mardukas (Charles Grodin). The FBI has had no success in locating The Duke, so when Jack finds him in next to no time, they are a little embarrassed. In order to collect his $100,000 fee, Jack must take The Duke from New York to Los Angeles. However, the Mafia and the FBI have other ideas, as does Marvin Dorfler (John Ashton), a rival bounty hunter. On their long cross-country trip to LA, the two get to know each other and they build up a strange friendship. Rotten Tomatoes: Director Martin Brest, of Going in Style and Beverly Hills Cop fame, was in charge of Midnight Run. Robert De Niro stars as Jack Walsh, a hard-bitten bounty hunter offered $100,000 to bring in embezzler Jonathan Mardukas (Charles Grodin). Handcuffed to the wimpy Mardukas, Walsh assumes that the extradition trip from New York to Los Angeles will be an uneventful one. But the prisoner hasn't told Walsh the whole story: the embezzler owes $15 million to a mobster (Dennis Farina), and he's been targeted for assassination. It's a toss-up as to what is the most entertaining aspect of Midnight Run: the slam-bang action and chase sequences or the verbal byplay between DeNiro and Grodin. 393 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  82% (3) Die Hard 132 min R [Action, Thriller] [John McTiernan] [20 Jul 1988]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 82%, Rotten Tomatoes: 93%, Metacritic: 72%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 7 wins & 2 nominations. Actors: Alan Rickman, Bonnie Bedelia, Bruce Willis, Paul Gleason, Reginald VelJohnson Writer: Roderick Thorp (novel), Jeb Stuart (screenplay), Steven E. de Souza (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, German, Italian, Japanese Country: USA Plot: NYPD cop John McClane goes on a Christmas vacation to visit his wife Holly in Los Angeles where she works for the Nakatomi Corporation. While they are at the Nakatomi headquarters for a Christmas party, a group of bank robbers led by Hans Gruber take control of the building and hold everyone hostage, with the exception of John, while they plan to perform a lucrative heist. Unable to escape and with no immediate police response, John is forced to take matters into his own hands. Rotten Tomatoes: It's Christmas time in L.A., and there's an employee party in progress on the 30th floor of the Nakatomi Corporation building. The revelry comes to a violent end when the partygoers are taken hostage by a group of terrorists headed by Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman), who plan to steal the 600 million dollars locked in Nakatomi's high-tech safe. In truth, Gruber and his henchmen are only pretending to be politically motivated to throw the authorities off track; also in truth, Gruber has no intention of allowing anyone to get out of the building alive. Meanwhile, New York cop John McClane (Bruce Willis) has come to L.A. to visit his estranged wife, Holly (Bonnie Bedelia), who happens to be one of the hostages. Disregarding the orders of the authorities surrounding the building, McClane, who fears nothing (except heights), takes on the villains, armed with one handgun and plenty of chutzpah. Until Die Hard came along, Bruce Willis was merely that wisecracking guy on Moonlighting. After the film's profits started rolling in, Willis found himself one of the highest-paid and most sought-after leading men in Hollywood. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi 394 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 77% (3) Police Story 2 101 min PG-13 [Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller] [Jackie Chan] [20 Aug 1988]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 72%, Rotten Tomatoes: 91%, Metacritic: 68%, External Reviews Awards: 2 wins & 1 nomination. Actors: Bill Tung, Jackie Chan, Kwok-Hung Lam, Maggie Cheung Writer: Jackie Chan, Paul B. Clay, Edward Tang External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: Cantonese Country: Hong Kong Plot: Despite his success at apprehending criminals, Kevin Chan's unorthodox approach to his work as a police officer sees him demoted to the traffic branch. Despite this, the man he put behind bars is now out of prison, and has vowed to make his life a misery. While this crime boss his harassing Kevin and his girlfriend, the police are contemplating reinstating Kevin to help them fight a group of bombers attempting to extort $10 million from building owners. Rotten Tomatoes: In this crime drama, set in Hong Kong, police officers begin a city-wide search for a psychotic killer. Along the way, they must also deal with their own personal and professional issues. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi 395 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  71% (3) Colors 120 min R [Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller] [Dennis Hopper] [29 Apr 1988]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 67%, Rotten Tomatoes: 81%, Metacritic: 66%, External Reviews Awards: 1 win & 1 nomination. Actors: Maria Conchita Alonso, Randy Brooks, Robert Duvall, Sean Penn Writer: Michael Schiffer (screenplay), Michael Schiffer (story), Richard Di Lello (story) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, Spanish Country: USA Plot: A confident young cop is shown the ropes by a veteran partner in the dangerous gang-controlled barrios of L.A. about to explode in violence in this look at the gang culture enforced by the colors that members wear. Rotten Tomatoes: Colors stars Robert Duvall and Sean Penn as partners on the LAPD's gang crime division. Duvall had hoped to spend more time with his family, but he's pulled back into active service because of a step-up in gang activity. He makes no secret of his contempt for his novice partner Penn, but eventually comes to rely on the younger man as a valuable street contact. The central crisis is the battle for supremacy between the 'Crips' and the 'Bloods', with every effort to call a truce stymied by the gang members themselves and by undue police intervention. 396 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 70% (3) They Live 94 min R [Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller] [John Carpenter] [04 Nov 1988]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 73%, Rotten Tomatoes: 85%, Metacritic: 54%, External Reviews Awards: 3 nominations. Actors: George 'Buck' Flower, Keith David, Meg Foster, Roddy Piper Writer: Ray Nelson (short story 'Eight O'Clock in the Morning'), John Carpenter (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: Nada, a down-on-his-luck construction worker, discovers a pair of special sunglasses. Wearing them, he is able to see the world as it really is: people being bombarded by media and government with messages like 'Stay Asleep', 'No Imagination', 'Submit to Authority'. Even scarier is that he is able to see that some usually normal-looking people are in fact ugly aliens in charge of the massive campaign to keep humans subdued. Rotten Tomatoes: A homeless drifter discovers a reason for the ever-widening gap between the rich and the poor: a conspiracy by non-human aliens who have infiltrated American society in the guise of wealthy yuppies. With the help of special sunglasses that reveal the aliens' true faces and their subliminal messages ('marry and reproduce,' 'submit to authority'), our hero tries to stop the invasion. This satire of Reaganomics and the 'greed is good' era also has one of the funniest (and longest) fight scenes in American cinema. 397 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  79% (3) No Way Out 114 min R [Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller] [Roger Donaldson] [14 Aug 1987]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 71%, Rotten Tomatoes: 91%, Metacritic: 77%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: Gene Hackman, Kevin Costner, Sean Young, Will Patton Writer: Kenneth Fearing (novel), Robert Garland (screen story), Robert Garland (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, Russian Country: USA Plot: Tom Farrell is a navy officer who gets posted at the Pentagon and is to report to the secretary of defense David Brice. He starts an affair with Susan Atwell not knowing that she is Brice's mistress. When Susan is found dead, Tom is assigned to the case of finding the killer who is believed to be a KGB mole! Tom could soon become a suspect when a Polaroid negative of him was found at Susan's place. He now has only a few hours to find the killer before the computer regenerates the photo. Rotten Tomatoes: No Way Out is told in flashback as Naval officer Tom Farrell (Kevin Costner) is grilled by his superiors regarding a recent 'unpleasantness.' While at a Washington party, Tom meets Susan Atwel (Sean Young), and they're soon sharing a steamy love scene in the back of a limo (marvelously parodied in 1993's Hot Shots! Part Deux). Several months pass before Tom meets Susan again; he discovers she's the mistress of the US Secretary of Defense David Brice (Gene Hackman). When Susan is murdered by Brice, his loyal aide (Will Patton) dutifully destroys the evidence and invents the fallacious theory that a KGB mole was responsible. Tom is assigned to locate that mole -- a perilous situation, since Tom knows that no such mole exists, but must go along with the charade since he was the last person who was seen with Susan. 398 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 78% (3) Near Dark 94 min R [Action, Crime, Drama, Horror, Romance, Thriller] [Kathryn Bigelow] [01 Jan 1987]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 70%, Rotten Tomatoes: 88%, Metacritic: 76%, External Reviews Awards: 1 win & 8 nominations. Actors: Adrian Pasdar, Bill Paxton, Jenny Wright, Lance Henriksen Writer: Kathryn Bigelow, Eric Red External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: A mid-western farm boy reluctantly becomes a member of the undead when a girl he meets turns out to be part of a band of southern vampires who roam the highways in stolen cars. Part of his initiation includes a bloody assault on a hick bar. Rotten Tomatoes: A roving band of contemporary vampires travel across the American West in search of the human blood they crave in this violent, but well-wrought horror show. Their newest member is a young farm boy they recently kidnapped. 399 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  77% (3) RoboCop 102 min R [Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller] [Paul Verhoeven] [17 Jul 1987]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 76%, Rotten Tomatoes: 89%, Metacritic: 67%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 11 wins & 10 nominations. Actors: Dan O'Herlihy, Nancy Allen, Peter Weller, Ronny Cox Writer: Edward Neumeier, Michael Miner External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA Plot: Detroit - in the future - is crime-ridden and run by a massive company. The company has developed a huge crime-fighting robot, which unfortunately develops a rather dangerous glitch. The company sees a way to get back in favor with the public when policeman Alex Murphy is killed by a street gang. Murphy's body is reconstructed within a steel shell and called RoboCop. RoboCop is very successful against criminals and becomes a target of supervillian Boddicker. Rotten Tomatoes: In near-future Detroit, a murdered police officer is resurrected as an experimental crime-fighting cyborg named Robocop. Tormented by memories of his past, he soon deviates from his law enforcement program to seek revenge on his killers. This highly successful sci-fi action film balances ultraviolence with black comedy and cutting satire. 400 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 75% (3) Lethal Weapon 109 min R [Action, Crime, Thriller] [Richard Donner] [06 Mar 1987]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 76%, Rotten Tomatoes: 83%, Metacritic: 68%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 5 wins & 1 nomination. Actors: Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Mel Gibson, Mitchell Ryan Writer: Shane Black External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: Martin Riggs is an L.A. cop with suicidal tendencies and Roger Murtaugh is the unlucky police officer with whom Riggs is assigned. Together they uncover a huge drug-smuggling operation, and as their success rate grows so does their friendship. Rotten Tomatoes: L.A. cop Martin Riggs (Mel Gibson), whose wife has recently died, is a loose cannon with a seeming death wish. This makes him indispensable in collaring dangerous criminals, but a liability to any potential partners. Roger Murtaugh (Danny Glover), a conservative family man who wants to stay alive for his upcoming 50th birthday, is partnered with Riggs. As Riggs gets to know Murtaugh and his family, he begins to mellow, though his insistence on using guerilla tactics to catch criminals is still (put mildly) above and beyond the call of duty. The main villain is The General (Mitchell Ryan), a drug dealer responsible for the death of the daughter of one of Murtaugh's oldest friends. The General is also in charge of a deadly, militia-like gang of smugglers. Adding fuel to the fire is The General's chief henchman, played with all stops out by Gary Busey. Moviegoers familiar only with the relatively tongue-in-cheek Lethal Weapon sequels may be amazed to find out how dangerous and unpredictable Riggs is in the first Lethal Weapon -- and how likely it seems that Murtaugh might not survive until fade-out time. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi 401 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  74% (3) Stakeout 117 min R [Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller] [John Badham] [05 Aug 1987]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 66%, Rotten Tomatoes: 87%, Metacritic: 69%, External Reviews Awards: 2 wins. Actors: Aidan Quinn, Emilio Estevez, Madeleine Stowe, Richard Dreyfuss Writer: Jim Kouf External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: The film opens with a daring escape of a convict imprisoned for killing an FBI agent, then moves on to two Seattle detectives chasing a suspect who gets away, destroying a forklift in the process, these two detectives are reassigned to a stakeout, watching the girlfriend of the escaped federal prisoner. One falls in love with her, the escaped convict eventually catches up to her, with them actually, and in the midst of their getaway, the escaped convict learns that his woman's man is a cop, but the two detectives kill him, saving the day. Rotten Tomatoes: Though John Badham's Stakeout doesn't flinch in the violence department, the film concentrates primarily on characterization. Richard Dreyfuss and Emilio Estevez play a pair of Seattle detectives, assigned to capture escaped hood Aidan Quinn. The twosome spends much of the film on stakeout in a lonely, deserted house; the object of their scrutiny is Madeline Stowe, Quinn's former girlfriend. Pretending to be a telephone repairman, Dreyfuss plants a bug in Stowe's apartment--thereby inaugurating a romance that compromises the detective's objectivity. In the climax, Quinn gets the upper hand--at least until the fists start flying. Perfect as it stood, Stakeout didn't need to be elaborated upon with a sequel, but Another Stakeout was produced all the same. 402 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 72% (3) Innerspace 120 min PG [Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller] [Joe Dante] [01 Jul 1987]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 68%, Rotten Tomatoes: 82%, Metacritic: 66%, External Reviews Awards: Won 1 Oscar. Another 1 win & 4 nominations. Actors: Dennis Quaid, Kevin McCarthy, Martin Short, Meg Ryan Writer: Chip Proser (story), Jeffrey Boam (screenplay), Chip Proser (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: Tuck Pendleton is a cocky pilot, who is taking part in a miniaturization experiment. When some bad guys break into the lab to steal the technology, one of the scientists takes a syringe which contains the miniaturized Tuck and vessel. Now in the vessel is part of the material needed to restore him. But the other part which is the lab is stolen. The scientist's shot but before dying he injects Tuck into Jack Putter, a hypochondriac, who feels that something is wrong with him all the time. When Tuck links himself to Jack's systems, he discovers that something happened. So they go back to the lab, and discover what happened. Now they are told that unless they retrieve the material that was stolen they won't be able to restore Tuck before his oxygen is depleted. Now the government rep decides that the only thing that matters that as long as they have the other half of the material, it is useless to the thieves. So Tuck eggs Jack to go out and find the thieves. They enlist the aid of Tuck's old girlfriend, Lydia, who is a reporter. And it's fortunate for them that she has a lead that pans out. Rotten Tomatoes: Golden Globe-nominees Meg Ryan ('Sleepless in Seattle,' 'When Harry Met Sally...') and Dennis Quaid ('In Good Company,' 'The Day After Tomorrow'), and Emmy-winner Martin Short (TV's 'Merlin,' 'Mars Attacks!') star in this sci-fi comedy fantasy directed by Joe Dante ('Looney Tunes: Back in Action,' 'Gremlins' 1 & 2). A rambunctious Navy test pilot (Quaid) undergoes a top-secret miniaturization experiment and is accidentally injected into the body of a hypochondriac clerk (Short). Siskel & Ebert praised 'two thumbs up for this ambitious science-fiction comedy... Dennis Quaid is charming and Martin Short is terrific.' 'One of the year's top 10 movies' (Time Magazine) 'Hilarious! ...for non-stop inventiveness, 'Innerspace' is hard to beat!' (Newsweek). Produced by Academy Award, Emmy and Golden Globe-winner Steven Spielberg ('Munich,' 'War of the Worlds'). Received an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. 403 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  67% (3) Predator 107 min R [Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller] [John McTiernan] [12 Jun 1987]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 78%, Rotten Tomatoes: 80%, Metacritic: 45%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 3 wins & 4 nominations. Actors: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bill Duke, Carl Weathers, Elpidia Carrillo, Kevin Peter Hall Writer: Jim Thomas, John Thomas External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, Spanish, Russian Country: USA, Mexico Plot: A team of special force ops, led by a tough but fair soldier, Major 'Dutch' Schaefer, are ordered to assist CIA man, Colonel Al Dillon, on a rescue mission for potential survivors of a Helicopter downed over remote South American jungle. Not long after they land, Dutch and his team discover that they have been sent in under false pretenses. This deception turns out to be the least of their worries though, when they find themselves being methodically hunted by something not of this world. Rotten Tomatoes: Dutch (Arnold Schwarzenegger) has a code of honor which he will not violate, even when his life depends on it. Paradoxically, his code of honor gives him the backbone to survive as a military special forces operative when he is sent on a covert mission to rescue another group which was sent in to assist some nefarious U.S. government plan in a Latin American country. Once there, he encounters an old army buddy (Carl Weathers) who has gotten too deep in the CIA's good graces for Dutch's comfort. When he and his team go into the jungle to rescue the others, they get involved in a pitched battle with local guerillas, but they are more than capable of besting these vicious fighters. However, not long after that, they encounter signs that the equally capable men they were sent to rescue were all killed unawares and in an unusually gruesome fashion. Given their training, it should have been impossible for anyone to best all of these commando warriors. Soon, the men from Dutch's own team get picked off one by one, as they grow aware that they are up against something uncanny, not of this world, something that is hunting them for sport. Why? Because their skills make them worthy opponents for the perfectly camouflaged Predator. This carefully paced action movie was given poor reviews by many movie critics, but was sufficiently satisfying for its (largely male) audiences that a successful sequel (Predator 2) was released in 1990. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi 404 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 66% (3) The Monster Squad 79 min PG-13 [Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror] [Fred Dekker] [14 Aug 1987]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 71%, Rotten Tomatoes: 67%, Metacritic: 61%, External Reviews Awards: 3 wins & 4 nominations. Actors: Andre Gower, Duncan Regehr, Robby Kiger, Stephen Macht Writer: Shane Black, Fred Dekker External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, German Country: USA Plot: Dracula is alive. In fact, he plans to rule the world and that is why he seeks the help of other legendary monsters. However, a bunch of kids regarded by their peers as losers uncover the devious plan and prepare for a counter strike. Rotten Tomatoes: A quintet of classic movie monsters invades a small town looking for a lost amulet that will help them rule the world. A bunch of kids decide to fight back by forming the 'Monster Squad.' 405 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  66% (3) The Living Daylights 130 min PG [Action, Adventure, Thriller] [John Glen] [31 Jul 1987]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 67%, Rotten Tomatoes: 71%, Metacritic: 60%, External Reviews Awards: 3 wins & 4 nominations. Actors: Jeroen Krabbé, Joe Don Baker, Maryam d'Abo, Timothy Dalton Writer: Richard Maibaum (screenplay), Michael G. Wilson (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, Arabic, French, German, Russian, Czech, Slovak, Dari, Pushto Country: UK Plot: James Bond 007's mission is to firstly, organise the defection of a top Soviet general. When the general is re-captured, Bond heads off to find why an ally of General Koskov was sent to murder him. Bond's mission continues to take him to Afghanistan, where he must confront an arms dealer known as Brad Whitaker. Everything eventually reveals its self to Bond. Rotten Tomatoes: Assigned to facilitate the defection of a Russian agent, secret agent James Bond soon discovers that the situation is much more complicated than it appears. This entry in the popular action series finds 007 battling drug smugglers, international mercenaries, arms dealers, and a beautiful markswoman. 406 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 89% (3) Aliens 137 min R [Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller] [James Cameron] [18 Jul 1986]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 84%, Rotten Tomatoes: 99%, Metacritic: 84%, External Reviews Awards: Won 2 Oscars. Another 18 wins & 22 nominations. Actors: Carrie Henn, Michael Biehn, Paul Reiser, Sigourney Weaver Writer: James Cameron (story by), David Giler (story by), Walter Hill (story by), Dan O'Bannon (based on characters created by), Ronald Shusett (based on characters created by), James Cameron (screenplay by) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA Plot: Fifty seven years after Ellen Ripley survived her disastrous ordeal, her escape vessel is recovered after drifting across the galaxy as she slept in cryogenic stasis. Back on Earth, nobody believed her story about the 'Aliens' on the moon LV-426. After the 'Company' orders the colony on LV-426 to investigate, however, all communication with the colony is lost. The Company enlists Ripley to aid a team of tough, rugged space marines on a rescue mission to the now partially terraformed moon to find out if there are aliens or survivors. As the mission unfolds, Ripley will be forced to come to grips with her worst nightmare, but even as she does, she finds that the worst is yet to come. Rotten Tomatoes: Big-budget special effects, swiftly paced action, and a distinct feminist subtext from writer/director James Cameron turned what should have been a by-the-numbers sci-fi sequel into both a blockbuster and a seven-time Oscar nominee. Sigourney Weaver returns as Ellen Ripley, the last surviving crew member of a corporate spaceship destroyed after an attack by a vicious, virtually unbeatable alien life form. Adrift in space for half a century, Ripley grapples with depression until she's informed by her company's representative, Carter Burke (Paul Reiser) that the planet where her crew discovered the alien has since been settled by colonists. Contact with the colony has suddenly been lost, and a detachment of colonial marines is being sent to investigate. Invited along as an advisor, Ripley predicts disaster, and sure enough, the aliens have infested the colony, leaving a sole survivor, the young girl Newt (Carrie Henn). With the soldiers picked off one by one, a final all-female showdown brews between the alien queen and Ripley, who's become a surrogate mother to Newt. Several future stars made early career appearances in Aliens (1986), including Lance Henriksen, Bill Paxton, and Reiser. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi 407 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  75% (3) F/X 109 min R [Action, Thriller] [Robert Mandel] [07 Feb 1986]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 67%, Rotten Tomatoes: 88%, Metacritic: 71%, External Reviews Awards: 1 nomination. Actors: Brian Dennehy, Bryan Brown, Cliff De Young, Diane Venora Writer: Robert T. Megginson, Gregory Fleeman External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: A movies special effects man is hired by a government agency to help stage the assassination of a well known gangster. When the agency double crosses him, he uses his special effects to trap the gangster and the corrupt agents. Rotten Tomatoes: A man who simulates death for a living finds himself unwittingly tied into the real thing in this New York-based suspense drama. Special-effects man Rollie Tyler (Bryan Brown) makes his living simulating gory mayhem and photogenic violence for movies such as 'I Dismember Mama.' Tyler is given a chance to expand his professional horizons when he's approached by Lipton (Cliff De Young), who introduces himself as an FBI agent and makes an unusual proposal. Mob kingpin Nicholas DeFranco (Jerry Orbach) is willing to testify against his fellow gangsters, but the investigators are worried about his safety. Lipton wants Tyler to help him and his staff fake DeFranco's assassination; if everyone is convinced DeFranco is dead, people will be a lot less likely to look for him. Tyler grudgingly takes the assignment, and while he's able to realistically simulate DeFranco being shot in a crowded restaurant, after the 'gag,' he discovers that he's been double-crossed, and he's wanted for the murder of the man he just 'shot.' Tyler hides out with his girlfriend, Ellen (Diane Venora), but he realizes that whoever set him up wants him dead after she's killed by a bullet meant for him. With the help of fellow effects artist Andy (Martha Gehman), Tyler goes underground and tries to unravel the truth behind the Lipton murder. Meanwhile, police detective Leo McCarthy (Brian Dennehy) is convinced that something is not right when he's called to the scene of DeFranco's murder and is certain that the dead body is not the gangster. F/X was followed by a sequel, and later a short-lived TV series. 408 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 75% (3) Runaway Train 111 min R [Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller] [Andrey Konchalovskiy] [17 Jan 1986]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 73%, Rotten Tomatoes: 85%, Metacritic: 67%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 2 wins & 5 nominations. Actors: Eric Roberts, Jon Voight, Kyle T. Heffner, Rebecca De Mornay Writer: Djordje Milicevic (screenplay), Paul Zindel (screenplay), Edward Bunker (screenplay), Akira Kurosawa (based on a screenplay by) External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: A hardened convict and a younger prisoner escape from a brutal prison in the middle of winter only to find themselves on an out-of-control train with a female railway worker while being pursued by the vengeful head of security. Rotten Tomatoes: Russian director Andrei Konchalovsky's second American film may well be the only existential adventure flick in Hollywood history. Two prisoners, Manny (Jon Voight) and Buck (Eric Roberts), escape from a desolate Alaskan maximum-security facility. They hop aboard a speeding train, making a clean escape. But the engineer has suffered a heart attack, and the train goes out of control. To prevent a disastrous head-on collision, the railroad heads decide to derail the runaway train, killing its occupants to save the lives of hundreds of others. Once Manny catches on to what's happening, he tries to jump off the train, only to be talked out of such a foolhardy act by railroad employee Sara (Rebecca DeMornay). As doom approaches, Manny apparently goes mad, viciously preventing any attempts to stop the train or rescue its passengers: if he's to die, and if the others are to be saved, it will be on his terms, or no terms. Runaway Train was slated as a project for Akira Kurosawa in 1970, but for various creative and scheduling reasons, it remained on the back burner for 15 years. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi 409 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  68% (3) Big Trouble in Little China 99 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy] [John Carpenter] [02 Jul 1986]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 73%, Rotten Tomatoes: 78%, Metacritic: 53%, External Reviews Awards: 1 win & 1 nomination. Actors: Dennis Dun, James Hong, Kim Cattrall, Kurt Russell Writer: Gary Goldman, David Z. Weinstein, W.D. Richter (adaptation) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, Cantonese Country: USA Plot: Truck driver Jack Burton arrives in Chinatown, San Francisco, and goes to the airport with his Chinese friend Wang Chi to welcome his green-eyed fiancée Miao Yin who is arriving from China. However she is kidnapped on the arrival by a Chinese street gang and Jack and Wang chase the group. Soon they learn that the powerful evil sorcerer called David Lo Pan, who has been cursed more than two thousand years ago to exist without physical body, needs to marry a woman with green eyes to retrieve his physical body and Miao is the chosen one. Jack and Wang team-up with the lawyer Gracie Law, the bus driver and sorcerer apprentice Egg Shen and their friends and embark in a great adventure in the underground of Chinatown, where they face a world of magicians and magic, monsters and martial arts fighters. Rotten Tomatoes: Playing in a manner that can be conservatively described as larger than life, Kurt Russell plays a macho truck driver who agrees to go to the San Francisco airport and pick up his friend's (Dennis Dun) fiancee (Suzee Pai, freshly arrived from China. Suddenly, a gang of Chinatown toughs kidnap the girl right before Russell's eyes. After a wild chase sequence, Russell discovers that the girl has been abducted by a genuine, bonafide sorceror (James Hong), the ghost of a 3000 year old warlord. And that's just for starters. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi 410 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 91% (3) Ran 162 min R [Action, Drama] [Akira Kurosawa] [01 Jun 1985]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 82%, Rotten Tomatoes: 96%, Metacritic: 96%, External Reviews Awards: Won 1 Oscar. Another 28 wins & 21 nominations. Actors: Akira Terao, Daisuke Ryû, Jinpachi Nezu, Tatsuya Nakadai Writer: Akira Kurosawa (screenplay), Hideo Oguni (screenplay), Masato Ide (screenplay), William Shakespeare (play) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: Japanese Country: Japan, France Plot: Japanese warlord Hidetori Ichimonji decides the time has come to retire and divide his fiefdom among his three sons. His eldest and middle sons - Taro and Jiro - agree with his decision and promise to support him for his remaining days. The youngest son Saburo disagrees with all of them arguing that there is little likelihood the three brothers will remain united. Insulted by his son's brashness, the warlord banishes Saburo. As the warlord begins his retirement, he quickly realizes that his two eldest sons selfish and have no intention of keeping their promises. It leads to war and only banished Saburo can possibly save him. Rotten Tomatoes: Ran is Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa's reinterpretation of William Shakespeare's King Lear. The Lear counterpart is an elderly 16th-century warlord (Tatsuya Nakadai), who announces that he's about to divide his kingdom equally among his three sons. In his dotage, he falls prey to the false flattery of his treacherous sons (Akira Terao and Jinpachi Nezu), while banishing his youngest son (Daisuke Ryu), the only member of the family who loves him enough to tell him the unvarnished truth. Thanks to his foolish pride, his domain collapses under its own weight as the sons battle each other over total control. Kurosawa's first film in five years, Ran had been in the planning stages for twice that long; Kurosawa had storyboarded the project with a series of vivid color paintings that have since been published in book form in England. The battle scenes are staged with such brutal vigor that it's hard to imagine that the director was 75 years old at the time. This 160-minute historical epic won several international awards, but it was not a hit in Japan, and it would be five more years before Kurosawa would be able to finance another picture. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi 411 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  81% (3) To Live and Die in L.A. 116 min R [Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller] [William Friedkin] [01 Nov 1985]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 73%, Rotten Tomatoes: 91%, Metacritic: 81%, External Reviews Awards: 3 wins. Actors: Debra Feuer, John Pankow, Willem Dafoe, William Petersen Writer: Gerald Petievich (novel), William Friedkin (screenplay), Gerald Petievich (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, Arabic, Spanish Country: USA Plot: Working largely in cases of counterfeiting, LA based Secret Service agent Richie Chance exhibits reckless behavior which according to his longtime and now former partner Jimmy Hart will probably land him in the morgue before he's ready to retire. That need for the thrill manifests itself in his personal life by his love of base jumping. Professionally, it is demonstrated by the fact that he is sextorting a parolee named Ruth Lanier, who feeds him information in return for him not sending her back to prison for some trumped up parole violation. With his new partner John Vukovich, Chance is more determined than ever, based on recent circumstances, to nab known longtime counterfeiter Ric Masters, who is more than willing to use violence against and kill anyone who crosses him. Masters is well aware that the Secret Service is after him. Masters' operation is somewhat outwardly in disarray, with Chance being able to nab his mule, Carl Cody, in the course of moving some of the fake money, and one of his associates, a lawyer named Max Waxman, probably stealing money from him. Partly with information from Ruth, Chance is trying to find and exploit the weaknesses in Masters' operation. To accomplish his goal, Chance takes more and more unethical and illegal measures, which may be problematic for Vukovich, who comes from a family of police officers who are sworn to uphold the law. Rotten Tomatoes: William Friedkin's crime thriller, based on a book by U.S. Secret Service agent Gerald Petievich, concerns an arrogant Secret Service official who wants to get his man at any price. Willem Dafoe plays Eric Masters, an ultra-smooth counterfeiter who has managed to sidestep the police for years. He is so up-front about his dealings, in fact, that when some undercover agents try to make a deal with him at his health club, Eric tells them, 'I've been coming to this gym three times a week for five years. I'm an easy guy to find. People know they can trust me.' But when young and eager Secret Service agent Richard Chance (William L. Petersen) finds out that his partner has been cold-bloodedly murdered by Eric, he trains his relentlessness upon capturing Eric -- whether it means robbery, murder, or exploiting his friends and associates. As Chance erases the dividing line between good and evil, he drags his new partner John Vukovich (John Pankow) and Ruth Lanier (Darlanne Fluegel), an ex-con, down into the maelstrom with him. 412 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 80% (3) Police Story 100 min PG-13 [Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller] [Jackie Chan, Chi-Hwa Chen] [14 Dec 1985]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 76%, Rotten Tomatoes: 90%, Metacritic: 76%, External Reviews Awards: 2 wins & 5 nominations. Actors: Brigitte Lin, Jackie Chan, Kwok-Hung Lam, Maggie Cheung Writer: Jackie Chan, Edward Tang External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: Cantonese Country: Hong Kong Plot: Kevin Chan (aka Jackie) is a Hong-Kong cop, who scores his first big hit by virtually single-handedly capturing and arresting a big drug- lord. Of course, the drug-lord isn't too happy about this, and frames Kevin with the murder of another cop (who happened to be on the take). Kevin has to clear his name, whilst keeping himself from getting killed or arrested, and keeping his girlfriend from leaving him. Rotten Tomatoes: This was internationally famous Jackie Chan's breakthrough action film, the work that got him past the ethnic boundaries of Hong Kong and into competition at the New York Film Festival in 1986. It also got him into the hospital after performing a stunt in which he fell through a glass canopy -- and stopped breathing. The story itself is not particularly profound. Kevin (Ga-kui) (Chan) is an honest, self-effacing cop who manages to capture drug lord Cho (Cho Leung) almost single-handedly. A reluctant Kevin is then assigned the job of protecting Cho's secretary Selena (Brigitte Lin) who is going to testify against him. Sure enough, the trial date comes, and Selena disappears, while Cho has to be set free for lack of evidence. The next thing he knows, Kevin is framed by Cho for the murder of a fellow (dirty) cop and is running like heck from the bad guys as well as the police. Some incredible stunts in this film include Chan being dragged behind a double-decker bus. One of Jackie Chan's trademarks are hilarious outtakes shown during the end credits, and they are among the best here. This feature is repeated to great advantage at the end of his 1998 hit Rush Hour as well. Police Story picked up 'Best Picture' and 'Best Action Choreography' at the 1986 Hong Kong Film Festival and was nominated for several other awards that year. Sequel after sequel followed. 413 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  71% (3) Silverado 133 min PG-13 [Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Western] [Lawrence Kasdan] [10 Jul 1985]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 72%, Rotten Tomatoes: 77%, Metacritic: 64%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 1 win & 2 nominations. Actors: Danny Glover, Kevin Costner, Kevin Kline, Scott Glenn Writer: Lawrence Kasdan, Mark Kasdan External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: In 1880, four men travel together to the city of Silverado. They come across many dangers before they finally engage the 'bad guys' and bring peace and equality back to the city. Rotten Tomatoes: Lawrence Kasdan's Silverado is a fond hark back to the all-star, big-budget westerns of the 1950s and 1960s. The various plotlines converge at the town of Silverado, held in thrall by crooked sheriff Brian Dennehy and his behemoth 'deputies.' The four disparate heroes--Kevin Kline, Kevin Costner, Scott Glenn and Danny Glover--prepare to do battle against Dennehy for personal reasons ranging from mercenary to altruistic. Sidelines characters include duplicitous, dandified gambler Jeff Goldblum, frontier widow Rosanna Arquette and gimlet-eyed saloon owner Linda Hunt. The film is stolen hands-down by Kevin Costner, playing an irresponsible young gunslinger who never speaks when hootin' and hollerin' will do. A classic, High Noon-style showdown caps this rousing retro western. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi 414 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 71% (3) Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome 107 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi] [George Miller, George Ogilvie] [10 Jul 1985]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 63%, Rotten Tomatoes: 80%, Metacritic: 71%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 7 nominations. Actors: Adam Cockburn, Bruce Spence, Mel Gibson, Tina Turner Writer: Terry Hayes, George Miller External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: Australia Plot: Bartertown is a city on the edge of a desert that has managed to retain some technology if no civilization. Max has his supplies stolen and must seek shelter there in a post apocalyptic world where all machines have begun to break down and barbarians hold what is left. He becomes involved in a power struggle in this third Mad Max film where he must first survive the town, survive the desert and then rescue the innocent children he has discovered. Rotten Tomatoes: About 15 years after the events of Mad Max 2, nuclear war has finally destroyed what little was left of civilization. Grizzled and older, former cop Max (Mel Gibson) roams the Australian desert in a camel-drawn vehicle -- until father-and-son thieves Jebediah Sr. (Bruce Spence) and Jr. (Adam Cockburn) use their jury-rigged airplane to steal his possessions and means of transportation. Max soon winds up in Bartertown, a cesspool of post-apocalyptic capitalism powered by methane-rich pig manure and overseen by two competing overlords, Aunty Entity (Tina Turner) and Master (Angelo Rossitto), a crafty midget who rides around on the back of his hulking underling, Blaster (Paul Larsson). Seeking to re-equip himself, Max strikes a deal with the haughty Aunty to kill Blaster in ritualized combat inside Thunderdome, a giant jungle gym where Bartertown's conflicts are played out in a postmodern update of blood and circuses. Although Max manages to fell the mighty Blaster, he refuses to kill him after realizing the brute is actually a retarded boy. Aunty's henchmen murder Blaster nonetheless, then punish Max for violating the law that 'Two men enter, one man leaves.' Lashed to the back of a hapless pack animal and sent out into a sandstorm, a near-death Max is rescued by a band of tribal children and teens. The descendants of the victims of an airplane crash, the kids inhabit a lush valley and wait for the day when Captain Walker, the plane's pilot, will return to lead them back to civilization. Some of the children, refusing to believe that Max isn't Walker and that the glorious cities of their mythology no longer exist, set off in search of civilization on their own. Max and three tribe members must then rescue their friends from Bordertown and the clutches of Aunty Entity -- a quest that ends in a lengthy desert chase sequence that echoes the first two Mad Max films. Spence also appeared in Mad Max 2 in a different role, that of the Gyro Captain. ~ Brian J. Dillard, Rovi 415 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  88% (3) The Terminator 107 min R [Action, Sci-Fi] [James Cameron] [26 Oct 1984]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 80%, Rotten Tomatoes: 100%, Metacritic: 84%, External Reviews Awards: 6 wins & 6 nominations. Actors: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Michael Biehn, Paul Winfield Writer: James Cameron, Gale Anne Hurd, William Wisher (additional dialogue) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Spanish Country: UK, USA Plot: A cyborg is sent from the future on a deadly mission. He has to kill Sarah Connor, a young woman whose life will have a great significance in years to come. Sarah has only one protector - Kyle Reese - also sent from the future. The Terminator uses his exceptional intelligence and strength to find Sarah, but is there any way to stop the seemingly indestructible cyborg ? Rotten Tomatoes: A Cyborg has been sent from the future on a deadly mission, it has been programmed to kill a young woman named Sarah Connor. Sarah has no idea that her life will have a staggering effect on the fate of mankind and that she is in danger of being killed at the hands of an inescapable machine known as the Terminator. Kyle Reese has also been sent from the future, but his mission is to protect the unknowing mother of a future leader. Is there any way to stop the death of an innocent when the relentless Cyborg is set on his course... 416 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 82% (3) Ghostbusters 105 min PG [Action, Comedy, Fantasy] [Ivan Reitman] [08 Jun 1984]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 78%, Rotten Tomatoes: 97%, Metacritic: 71%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 6 wins & 6 nominations. Actors: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Sigourney Weaver Writer: Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA Plot: Peter Venkman, Ray Stantz and Egon work at the University where they delve into the paranormal and fiddle with many unethical experiments on the students. As they are kicked out of the University do they really understand their knowledge of the paranormal and go into business for themselves. Under the new snazzy business name of 'Ghostbusters', and living in the old firehouse building they work out of, they are called to rid New York City of paranormal phenomenon at everyone's whim.... for a price. They make national press as the media thinks and pressures everybody the Ghostbusters are the cause of it all. Thrown in jail by the EPA, the mayor takes a chance and calls on them to help save the city. Unbeknownst to all, a long dead Gozer worshiper (Evo Shandor) erected downtown apartment building is the cause of all the paranormal activity. They find out the building could resurrect the ancient Hittite god, Gozer, and bring an end to all of humanity. Who are you gonna call to stop this terrible world-ending menace? Rotten Tomatoes: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis and Ernie Hudson star as a quartet of Manhattan-based 'paranormal investigators'. When their government grants run out, the former three go into business as The Ghostbusters, later hiring Hudson on. Armed with electronic paraphernalia, the team is spectacularly successful, ridding The Big Apple of dozens of ghoulies, ghosties and long-legged beasties. Tight-lipped bureaucrat William Atherton regards the Ghostbusters as a bunch of charlatans, but is forced to eat his words when New York is besieged by an army of unfriendly spirits, conjured up by a long-dead Babylonian demon and 'channelled' through beautiful cellist Sigourney Weaver and nerdish Rick Moranis. The climax is a glorious sendup of every Godzilla movie ever made-and we daresay it cost more than a year's worth of Japanese monster flicks combined. Who'd ever dream that the chubby, cheery Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man would turn out to be the most malevolent threat ever faced by New York City? When the script for Ghostbusters was forged by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis, John Belushi was slated to play the Bill Murray role; Belushi's death in 1982 not only necessitated the hiring of Murray, but also an extensive rewrite. The most expensive comedy made up to 1984, Ghostbusters made money hand over fist, spawning not only a 1989 sequel but also two animated TV series (one of them partially based on an earlier live-action TV weekly, titled The Ghost Busters. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi 417 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  73% (3) Beverly Hills Cop 105 min R [Action, Comedy, Crime] [Martin Brest] [05 Dec 1984]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 73%, Rotten Tomatoes: 82%, Metacritic: 64%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 3 wins & 4 nominations. Actors: Eddie Murphy, John Ashton, Judge Reinhold, Lisa Eilbacher Writer: Daniel Petrie Jr. (screenplay), Danilo Bach (story), Daniel Petrie Jr. (story) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: Detroit cop Axel Foley is delighted when he receives a surprise visit from his best friend Mikey Tandino, who lives in California. Not long after Mikey arrives in Detroit, Mikey is killed, right in front of Axel, by a man named Zack. Axel follows Zack to Beverly Hills, California, where Beverly Hills police department Lieutenant Andrew Bogomil assigns Detective Billy Rosewood and Rosewood's partner, Sergeant John Taggart, to keep an eye on Axel. Axel visits his friend Jenny Summers, who works in an art gallery. With Jenny's help, Axel discovers that Zack works for Jenny's boss, Victor Maitland, the man who owns the art gallery. Maitland is a drug kingpin who is using the gallery as a front, and Maitland had Zack kill Mikey after Maitland accused Mikey of stealing some of Maitland's bonds. With the help of Jenny, Billy, and Taggart, Axel does what he can to make sure Maitland and Zack won't kill any more people. Rotten Tomatoes: What's that wisecracking young black guy (Eddie Murphy) in that beat-up Chevy Nova doing in lily-white Beverly Hills? He's Axel Foley, a Detroit detective who's been sent on involuntary vacation because he refuses to drop his intention of avenging his friend's murder. Warned by Beverly Hills police chief Ronny Cox to stay out of trouble, Foley nonetheless dogs the trail of above-the-law Steven Berkoff, the British crime czar who was responsible for the murder of Foley's friend. With the help of sympathetic local cops Judge Reinhold and John Ashton and lady friend Lisa Eilbacher, Foley attempts to corner Berkoff in his mansion, which leads to a wild slapsticky shootout. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi 418 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 73% (3) The Karate Kid 126 min PG [Action, Drama, Family, Sport] [John G. Avildsen] [22 Jun 1984]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 72%, Rotten Tomatoes: 88%, Metacritic: 60%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 2 wins & 2 nominations. Actors: Elisabeth Shue, Martin Kove, Pat Morita, Ralph Macchio Writer: Robert Mark Kamen External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, Japanese Country: USA Plot: Daniel and his mother move from New Jersey to California. She has a wonderful new job, but Daniel quickly discovers that a dark haired Italian boy with a Jersey accent doesn't fit into the blond surfer crowd. Daniel manages to talk his way out of some fights, but he is finally cornered by several who belong to the same karate school. As Daniel is passing out from the beating he sees Miyagi, the elderly gardener leaps into the fray and save him by outfighting half a dozen teenagers. Miyagi and Daniel soon find out the real motivator behind the boys' violent attitude in the form of their karate teacher. Miyagi promises to teach Daniel karate and arranges a fight at the all-valley tournament some months off. When his training begins, Daniel doesn't understand what he is being shown. Miyagi seems more interested in having Daniel paint fences and wax cars than teaching him Karate. Rotten Tomatoes: Newly arrived in California from New Jersey, teenager Daniel (Ralph Macchio) almost immediately runs afoul of karate-trained high school bullies. He is rescued by Japanese janitor Miyagi (Noriyuki 'Pat' Morita), who agrees to teach Daniel how to harness karate for good instead of brutality. The film culminates in a championship karate bout, pitting Daniel against his sworn enemy Johnny (William Zabka) -- the cruel and thuggish boyfriend of Ali (Elisabeth Shue), with whom Daniel has fallen in love (and vice versa). Real-life karate champ Chuck Norris was offered the role of Kreese, the sadistic coach who goads Johnny into fighting dirty, but Norris turned down the role, refusing to be shown utilizing his skills negatively onscreen. Vastly popular, The Karate Kid spawned three sequels of rapidly descending merit, as well as a Saturday-morning cartoon series. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi 419 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  72% (3) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 118 min PG [Action, Adventure] [Steven Spielberg] [23 May 1984]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 76%, Rotten Tomatoes: 85%, Metacritic: 57%, External Reviews Awards: Won 1 Oscar. Another 8 wins & 21 nominations. Actors: Amrish Puri, Harrison Ford, Jonathan Ke Quan, Kate Capshaw Writer: Willard Huyck (screenplay by), Gloria Katz (screenplay by), George Lucas (story by) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Sinhalese, Hindi Country: USA Plot: Set in 1935, a professor, archaeologist, and legendary hero by the name of Indiana Jones is back in action in his newest adventure. But this time he teams up with a night club singer named Wilhelmina 'Willie' Scott and a twelve-year-old boy named Short Round. They end up in an Indian small distressed village, where the people believe that evil spirits have taken all their children away after a sacred precious stone was stolen! They also discovered the great mysterious terror surrounding a booby-trapped temple known as the Temple of Doom! Thuggee is beginning to attempt to rise once more, believing that with the power of all five Sankara stones they can rule the world! Now, it's all up to Indiana to put an end to the Thuggee campaign, rescue the lost children, win the girl and conquer the Temple of Doom. Rotten Tomatoes: The second of the George Lucas/Steven Spielberg Indiana Jones epics is set a year or so before the events in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1984). After a brief brouhaha involving a precious vial and a wild ride down a raging Himalyan river, Indy (Harrison Ford) gets down to the problem at hand: retrieving a precious gem and several kidnapped young boys on behalf of a remote East Indian village. His companions this time around include a dimbulbed, easily frightened nightclub chanteuse (Kate Capshaw), and a feisty 12-year-old kid named Short Round (Quan Ke Huy). Throughout, the plot takes second place to the thrills, which include a harrowing rollercoaster ride in an abandoned mineshaft and Indy's rescue of the heroine from a ritual sacrifice. There are also a couple of cute references to Raiders of the Lost Ark, notably a funny variation of Indy's shooting of the Sherpa warrior. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi 420 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 72% (3) Romancing the Stone 106 min PG [Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance] [Robert Zemeckis] [30 Mar 1984]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 69%, Rotten Tomatoes: 86%, Metacritic: 63%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 8 wins & 3 nominations. Actors: Danny DeVito, Kathleen Turner, Michael Douglas, Zack Norman Writer: Diane Thomas External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, Spanish, French Country: USA, Mexico Plot: Joan Wilder, a mousy romance novelist, receives a treasure map in the mail from her recently murdered brother-in-law. Meanwhile, her sister Elaine is kidnapped in Colombia and the two criminals responsible demand that she travel to Colombia to exchange the map for her sister. Joan does, and quickly becomes lost in the jungle after being waylayed by Zolo, a vicious and corrupt Colombian cop who will stop at nothing to obtain the map. There, she meets an irreverent soldier-of-fortune named Jack Colton who agrees to bring her back to civilization. Together, they embark upon an adventure that could be straight out of Joan's novels. Rotten Tomatoes: In this film, adventure writer Kathleen Turner learns that her sister is being held prisoner by evil art dealers in Colombia. It seems that sis has mailed Turner a map leading to a valuable treasure. In her search for the treasure, Turner teams up with soldier of fortune Michael Douglas. 421 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  71% (3) The Pope of Greenwich Village 121 min R [Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama] [Stuart Rosenberg] [22 Jun 1984]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 67%, Rotten Tomatoes: 90%, Metacritic: 58%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: Daryl Hannah, Eric Roberts, Geraldine Page, Mickey Rourke Writer: Vincent Patrick (novel), Vincent Patrick (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: Charlie and his troublesome cousin Paulie decide to steal $150000 in order to back a 'sure thing' race horse that Paulie has inside information on. The aftermath of the robbery gets them into serious trouble with the local Mafia boss and the corrupt New York City police department. Rotten Tomatoes: Dos primos de la Pequeña Italia en Nueva York que roban dinero para apostarle a los caballos, se inician en la mafia al tratar de escapar del barrio. Eric Roberts, Mickey Rourke, Daryl Hannah, Geraldine Page, Kenneth McMillan, Tony Musante. 422 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 71% (3) The Bounty 132 min PG [Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Romance] [Roger Donaldson] [04 May 1984]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 71%, Rotten Tomatoes: 82%, Metacritic: 62%, External Reviews Awards: 2 nominations. Actors: Anthony Hopkins, Edward Fox, Laurence Olivier, Mel Gibson Writer: Richard Hough (book), Robert Bolt (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: UK, USA, New Zealand Plot: The familiar story of Lieutenant Bligh, whose cruelty leads to a mutiny on his ship. This version follows both the efforts of Fletcher Christian to get his men beyond the reach of British retribution, and the epic voyage of Lieutenant Bligh to get his loyalists safely to East Timor in a tiny lifeboat. Rotten Tomatoes: This fourth film dramatization of the 1789 mutiny aboard the H.M.S. Bounty is based not on the familiar Nordhoff and Hall book, but on Richard Hough's novel Captain Bligh and Mr. Christian. This time, the infamous Captain Bligh (Anthony Hopkins) is as strict a disciplinarian as ever. He is, however, no monster; faced with his crew's increasing laxity after an idyllic visit to Tahiti (the search for breadfruit takes second place to limitless sex with the island girls), Bligh is forced to resort to flogging and other such means to keep his men in line. Mr. Christian (Mel Gibson), formerly Bligh's friend, is of little use to the captain, having fallen in love with a native girl himself. Christian becomes the leader of the mutiny virtually in spite of himself; and when the mutineers try to seek refuge on Tahiti, they find that the local chief wants no part of them, which is why they settle for the nearly uninhabitable Pitcairn. 423 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  70% (3) The Last Starfighter 101 min PG [Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi] [Nick Castle] [13 Jul 1984]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 67%, Rotten Tomatoes: 77%, Metacritic: 67%, External Reviews Awards: 4 nominations. Actors: Dan Mason, Dan O'Herlihy, Kay E. Kuter, Lance Guest, Robert Preston Writer: Jonathan R. Betuel External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: Alex Rogan lives in a trailer court where his mother is manager and everyone is like a big extended family. He beats the Starfighter video game to the applause of everyone in the court and later that day finds he has been turned down for a student loan for college. Depressed, he meets Centauri, who introduces himself as a person from the company that made the game, before Alex really knows what is going on he is on the ride of his life in a 'car' flying through space. Chosen to take the skills he showed on the video game into real combat to protect the galaxy from an invasion. Alex gets as far as the Starfighter base before he really realized that he was conscripted and requests to be taken back home. When he gets back home, he finds a Zando-Zan (alien bounty hunter) is stalking him. Unable to go home and live, Alex returns to the Starfighter base to find all the pilots have been killed and he is the galaxy's only chance to be saved from invasion. To defeat the invaders, who are paying the bounty on him, he must be victorious. Rotten Tomatoes: Trailer-park teenager Lance Guest regularly escapes from his humdrum existence by playing the video game Starfighter. His expertise at this recreational endeavor attracts the attention of affable stranger Robert Preston. Before he knows what's happening, Guest is whisked by Preston into the outer reaches of the galaxy! It turns out that the Starfighter game is being played in deadly earnest in outer space, and that Guest is expected to join Preston's Star League, then do battle with the wicked Kodan forces. Guest's principal ally is the lizardlike Grig (Dan O'Herlihy--and we didn't recognize him either). His great rival is the traitorous Xur (Norman Snow). The contrast between Guest's earthbound life as the son of single-mother Barbara Bosson and his new position as Starfighter is daunting at first, but soon the boy is manning a spacecraft and zapping the baddies as though he's been doing it all his life. The Last Starfighter was clearly designed with 'sequel' in mind: giveaways include the resurrection of a 'dead' character and the surprisingly casual escape of the villain. While the film didn't stir up enough business to warrant a sequel, the Starfighter video game remained a much-sought-after commodity by joystick-happy 'warriors' all over the country. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi 424 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 67% (3) Star Trek III: The Search for Spock 105 min PG [Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi] [Leonard Nimoy] [01 Jun 1984]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 67%, Rotten Tomatoes: 79%, Metacritic: 56%, External Reviews Awards: 1 win & 7 nominations. Actors: DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner Writer: Gene Roddenberry (based on 'Star Trek' created by), Harve Bennett External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, Klingon, Russian, French Country: USA Plot: In the wake of Spock's ultimate deed of sacrifice, Admiral Kirk and the Enterprise crew return to Earth for some essential repairs to their ship. When they arrive at Spacedock, they are shocked to discover that the Enterprise is to be decommissioned. Even worse, Dr. McCoy begins acting strangely and Scotty has been reassigned to another ship. Kirk is forced to steal back the Enterprise and head across space to the Genesis Planet to save Spock and bring him to Vulcan. Unknown to them, the Klingons are planning to steal the secrets of the Genesis Device for their own deadly purpose. Rotten Tomatoes: Star Trek II ended with Spock presumed dead, but this film reveals that his consciousness survives within McCoy. Spock's body and consciousness must be quickly reunited or his death will be certain, and McCoy will be left insane. Racing against time, Kirk makes painful sacrifices trying to save his friends. 425 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  64% (3) Cloak & Dagger 101 min PG [Action, Adventure, Crime, Family, Mystery, Thriller] [Richard Franklin] [10 Aug 1984]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 65%, Rotten Tomatoes: 64%, Metacritic: 64%, External Reviews Awards: 3 nominations. Actors: Christina Nigra, Dabney Coleman, Henry Thomas, Michael Murphy Writer: Tom Holland (screen story), Tom Holland (screenplay), Cornell Woolrich (from a story by) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, Russian Country: USA Plot: 11-year-old Davey, whose mother is dead and whose father doesn't spend nearly enough time with him. So the boy loses himself in video games--and even has an imaginary friend, a super-resourceful secret agent. When he accidentally comes into possession of a spy group's secret plans, and winds up on the run from them, he must learn to rely on himself and his imaginary pal to save his skin. But, in the end, Dad proves to be his real hero. Rotten Tomatoes: Juvenile actor Henry Thomas, late of E.T., is the star of Cloak and Dagger. Given to telling whoppers, Thomas finds himself in a boy-who-cried-wolf dilemma when he overhears two spies plotting to smuggle valuable info out of the US. When he can't get his own father Dabney Coleman to believe him, Thomas turns disconsolately to a computer game called 'Cloak and Dagger' and begins to fantasize, imagining that he is in cahoots with secret agent Jack Flack, also played by Coleman. Finally coming to grips with the fact that the mythical Jack Flack cannot help him this time, Thomas takes on the spies with the help of his schoolmates, who are also 'Cloak and Dagger' addicts. Cloak and Dagger is a heavily disguised remake of 1949's The Window; both are based on the Cornell Woolrich story The Boy Cried Murder. 426 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 64% (3) Streets of Fire 93 min PG [Action, Crime, Drama, Music, Romance, Thriller] [Walter Hill] [01 Jun 1984]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 68%, Rotten Tomatoes: 67%, Metacritic: 59%, External Reviews Awards: 2 wins & 1 nomination. Actors: Amy Madigan, Diane Lane, Michael Paré, Rick Moranis Writer: Walter Hill, Larry Gross External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: Rock and Roll singer is taken captive by a motorcycle gang in a strange world that seems to be a cross of the 1950's and the present or future. Her ex-boyfriend returns to town and to find her missing and goes to her rescue. Rotten Tomatoes: More like a series of MTV sequences than a long-term narration, this super-thin story line focuses on a kidnapped singer (Diane Lane) and her ex-boyfriend (Michael Pare) who goes forth to save her through rainy streets, the roar of elevated subways, several alleys, and the usual warehouses. Each thrust of the story has rock music that follows along with the narration. 427 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  74% (3) Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi 131 min PG [Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi] [Richard Marquand] [25 May 1983]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 83%, Rotten Tomatoes: 81%, Metacritic: 58%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 20 wins & 16 nominations. Actors: Billy Dee Williams, Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill Writer: Lawrence Kasdan (screenplay by), George Lucas (screenplay by), George Lucas (story by) External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA Plot: Luke Skywalker battles horrible Jabba the Hut and cruel Darth Vader to save his comrades in the Rebel Alliance and triumph over the Galactic Empire. Han Solo and Princess Leia reaffirm their love and team with Chewbacca, Lando Calrissian, the Ewoks and the androids C-3PO and R2-D2 to aid in the disruption of the Dark Side and the defeat of the evil emperor. Rotten Tomatoes: In the epic conclusion of the saga, the Empire prepares to crush the Rebellion with a more powerful Death Star while the Rebel fleet mounts a massive attack on the space station. Luke Skywalker confronts his father Darth Vader in a final climactic duel before the evil Emperor. In the last second, Vader makes a momentous choice: he destroys the Emperor and saves his son. The Empire is finally defeated, the Sith are destroyed, and Anakin Skywalker is thus redeemed. At long last, freedom is restored to the galaxy. 428 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 70% (3) Blue Thunder 109 min R [Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller] [John Badham] [13 May 1983]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 64%, Rotten Tomatoes: 80%, Metacritic: 66%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 win & 2 nominations. Actors: Candy Clark, Daniel Stern, Roy Scheider, Warren Oates Writer: Dan O'Bannon, Don Jakoby External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: Blue Thunder is a specially modified helicopter. It is for police work, but is armed and designed to counter street insurgencies. Its makers want to show what it will do, but have to train Los Angeles Police pilot Frank Murphy to fly and use it in order to allow it to operate in the city. Murphy and the project pilot have differences going back to Vietnam. The conflict between them continues to heat up as Murphy begins to suspect that Blue Thunder is more than has been disclosed. Rotten Tomatoes: A former Vietnam chopper-pilot is now in charge of a special high-tech helicopter that was designed to quell possible terrorist attacks during the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. A bitter enemy makes plans to destroy this high-tech copter and bring about an armed takeover of the U.S. 429 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  65% (3) Never Say Never Again 134 min PG [Action, Adventure, Thriller] [Irvin Kershner] [07 Oct 1983]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 62%, Rotten Tomatoes: 66%, Metacritic: 68%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 2 nominations. Actors: Barbara Carrera, Kim Basinger, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Max von Sydow, Sean Connery Writer: Kevin McClory (based on an original story by), Jack Whittingham (based on an original story by), Ian Fleming (based on an original story by), Lorenzo Semple Jr. (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, French, Spanish, Arabic Country: UK, USA, West Germany Plot: SPECTRE agents under the command of Ernst Blofeld infiltrate a US air force base situated in the UK and steal two Tomahawk cruise missiles. When NATO is held to ransom, the British reactive their '00' agents and send James Bond to recapture the warheads and kill Blofeld. Rotten Tomatoes: Essentially, this film is a remake of the 1965 Bond flick Thunderball. James Bond emerges from cozy retirement to cross swords with Largo, a megalomaniacal business exec who steals several nuclear missiles, intending to bring the World Powers to their knees. 430 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 65% (3) Lone Wolf McQuade 107 min PG [Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller, Western] [Steve Carver] [15 Apr 1983]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 64%, Rotten Tomatoes: 67%, Metacritic: 65%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: Barbara Carrera, Chuck Norris, David Carradine, Leon Isaac Kennedy Writer: B.J. Nelson (screenplay), H. Kaye Dyal (story), B.J. Nelson (story) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, Spanish Country: USA Plot: The archetypical renegade Texas Ranger wages war against a drug kingpin with automatic weapons, his wits and martial arts after a gun battle leaves his partner dead. All of this inevitably culminates a martial arts showdown between the drug lord and the ranger, and involving the woman they both love. Rotten Tomatoes: Chuck Norris stars as the title hero, a Texas Ranger in hot pursuit of the arms dealers who kidnapped his partner, his daughter and his dog. 431 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  77% (3) Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan 113 min PG [Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi] [Nicholas Meyer] [04 Jun 1982]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 77%, Rotten Tomatoes: 88%, Metacritic: 67%, External Reviews Awards: 3 wins & 9 nominations. Actors: DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner Writer: Gene Roddenberry (based on 'Star Trek' created by), Harve Bennett (story), Jack B. Sowards (story), Jack B. Sowards (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: It is the 23rd century. Admiral James T. Kirk is an instructor at Starfleet Academy and feeling old; the prospect of attending his ship, the USS Enterprise--now a training ship--on a two-week cadet cruise does not make him feel any younger. But the training cruise becomes a deadly serious mission when his nemesis Khan Noonien Singh--infamous conqueror from late 20th century Earth--appears after years of exile. Khan later revealed that the planet Ceti Alpha VI exploded, and shifted the orbit of the fifth planet as a Mars-like haven. He begins capturing Project Genesis, a top secret device holding the power of creation itself, and schemes the utter destruction of Kirk. Rotten Tomatoes: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is fondly regarded as being the closest in spirit to the 1966-69 TV series that spawned it. Admiral Kirk (William Shatner) escapes the tedium of a desk job to join Mr. Spock (Leonard Nimoy) and Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy (DeForest Kelley) on another space mission. While boldly going where no man etc. etc., Kirk crosses the path of his old enemy Khan (Ricardo Montalban), who as any die-hard Trekker can tell you, was the chief antagonist in the 1966 Trek TV episode 'Space Seed.' Leading a crew of near-savage space prisoners, Khan insinuates himself into the Genesis Project, which is designed to introduce living organisms on long-dead planets. Intending to harness this program for his own despotic purposes, Khan engages in battle with the Enterprise crew. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi 432 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 75% (3) First Blood 93 min R [Action, Adventure] [Ted Kotcheff] [22 Oct 1982]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 77%, Rotten Tomatoes: 88%, Metacritic: 61%, External Reviews Awards: 1 win & 2 nominations. Actors: Bill McKinney, Brian Dennehy, Richard Crenna, Sylvester Stallone Writer: David Morrell (based on the novel by), Michael Kozoll (screenplay by), William Sackheim (screenplay by), Sylvester Stallone (screenplay by) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: John J. Rambo is a former United States Special Forces soldier who fought in Vietnam and won the Congressional Medal of Honor, but his time in Vietnam still haunts him. As he came to Hope, Washington to visit a friend, he was guided out of town by the Sheriff William Teasel who insults Rambo, but what Teasel does not know that his insult angered Rambo to the point where Rambo became violent and was arrested. As he was at the county jail being cleaned, he escapes and goes on a rampage through the forest to try to escape from the sheriffs who want to kill him. Then, as Rambo's commanding officer, Colonel Samuel Trautman tries to save both the Sheriff's department and Rambo before the situation gets out of hand. Rotten Tomatoes: A former Green Beret must use all of the guerrilla tactics he learned in Vietnam to save himself after he is falsely accused of a crime while visiting the lush and wild Pacific Northwest in this heart-pounding actioner. This is the Sylvester Stallone film that introduced the world to the Rambo character who would go on to headline a couple of sequels. 433 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  65% (3) TRON 96 min PG [Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi] [Steven Lisberger] [09 Jul 1982]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 68%, Rotten Tomatoes: 71%, Metacritic: 58%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 2 wins & 6 nominations. Actors: Bruce Boxleitner, Cindy Morgan, David Warner, Jeff Bridges Writer: Steven Lisberger (screenplay), Steven Lisberger (story), Bonnie MacBird (story) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: Hacker/arcade owner Kevin Flynn is digitally broken down into a data stream by a villainous software pirate known as Master Control and reconstituted into the internal, 3-D graphical world of computers. It is there, in the ultimate blazingly colorful, geometrically intense landscapes of cyberspace, that Flynn joins forces with Tron to outmaneuver the Master Control Program that holds them captive in the equivalent of a gigantic, infinitely challenging computer game. Rotten Tomatoes: A computer programmer is trapped in the game he's creating. 434 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 88% (3) Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark 115 min PG [Action, Adventure] [Steven Spielberg] [12 Jun 1981]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 85%, Rotten Tomatoes: 95%, Metacritic: 85%, External Reviews Awards: Won 4 Oscars. Another 30 wins & 23 nominations. Actors: Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, Ronald Lacey Writer: Lawrence Kasdan (screenplay by), George Lucas (story by), Philip Kaufman (story by) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, German, Hebrew, Spanish, Arabic, Nepali Country: USA Plot: The year is 1936. An archeology professor named Indiana Jones is venturing in the jungles of South America searching for a golden statue. Unfortunately, he sets off a deadly trap but miraculously escapes. Then, Jones hears from a museum curator named Marcus Brody about a biblical artifact called The Ark of the Covenant, which can hold the key to humanly existence. Jones has to venture to vast places such as Nepal and Egypt to find this artifact. However, he will have to fight his enemy Rene Belloq and a band of Nazis in order to reach it. Rotten Tomatoes: Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) is no ordinary archeologist. When we first see him, he is somewhere in the Peruvian jungle in 1936, running a booby-trapped gauntlet (complete with an over-sized rolling boulder) to fetch a solid-gold idol. He loses this artifact to his chief rival, a French archeologist named Belloq (Paul Freeman), who then prepares to kill our hero. In the first of many serial-like escapes, Indy eludes Belloq by hopping into a convenient plane. So, then: is Indiana Jones afraid of anything? Yes, snakes. The next time we see Jones, he's a soft-spoken, bespectacled professor. He is then summoned from his ivy-covered environs by Marcus Brody (Denholm Elliott) to find the long-lost Ark of the Covenant. The Nazis, it seems, are already searching for the Ark, which the mystical-minded Hitler hopes to use to make his stormtroopers invincible. But to find the Ark, Indy must first secure a medallion kept under the protection of Indy's old friend Abner Ravenwood, whose daughter, Marion (Karen Allen), evidently has a 'history' with Jones. Whatever their personal differences, Indy and Marion become partners in one action-packed adventure after another, ranging from wandering the snake pits of the Well of Souls to surviving the pyrotechnic unearthing of the sacred Ark. A joint project of Hollywood prodigies George Lucas and Steven Spielberg, with a script co-written by Lawrence Kasdan and Philip Kaufman, among others, Raiders of the Lost Ark is not so much a movie as a 115-minute thrill ride. Costing 22 million dollars (nearly three times the original estimate), Raiders of the Lost Ark reaped 200 million dollars during its first run. It was followed by Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1985) and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), as well as a short-lived TV-series 'prequel.' ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi 435 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  82% (3) Thief 123 min R [Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller] [Michael Mann] [27 Mar 1981]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 74%, Rotten Tomatoes: 96%, Metacritic: 78%, External Reviews Awards: 2 wins & 6 nominations. Actors: James Caan, Jim Belushi, Tuesday Weld, Willie Nelson Writer: Frank Hohimer (novel), Michael Mann (screen story), Michael Mann (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: Frank is an expert professional safecracker, specializing in high-profile diamond jobs. After having spent many years in prison, he has a very concrete picture of what he wants out of life--including a nice home, a wife, and kids. As soon as he is able to assemble the pieces of this collage, by means of his chosen profession, he intends to retire and become a model citizen. In an effort to accelerate this process, he signs on to take down a huge score for a big-time gangster. Unfortunately, Frank's obsession for his version of the American Dream allows him to overlook his natural wariness and mistrust, when making the deal for his final job. He is thus ensnared and robbed of his freedom, his independence, and, ultimately, his dream. Rotten Tomatoes: In Thief, James Caan plays Frank, a professional jewel thief who wants to marry Jessie (Tuesday Weld) and settle down into a normal life. In order to achieve his dream of a family, Frank--who is used to working solo--has to align himself with a crime boss named Leo (Robert Prosky), who will help him gain the money he needs to begin his domestic life. Frank plans to retire after the heist, yet he finds himself indebted to Leo and he struggles to break free. Thief is the first feature film from director Michael Mann and it seethes with his stylish, atmospheric direction. Though his cool approach may put off some viewers, it's a distinctive and effective story-telling approach, and Caan's performance ranks among his very best, making Thief a crime movie like few others. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi 436 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 80% (3) Superman II 127 min PG [Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi] [Richard Lester, Richard Donner] [19 Jun 1981]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 68%, Rotten Tomatoes: 85%, Metacritic: 87%, External Reviews Awards: 3 wins & 6 nominations. Actors: Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Jackie Cooper, Margot Kidder, Ned Beatty Writer: Jerry Siegel (character created by: Superman), Joe Shuster (character created by: Superman), Mario Puzo (story by), Mario Puzo (screenplay by), David Newman (screenplay by), Leslie Newman (screenplay by) External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, French, Russian Country: USA, UK, Canada Plot: Picking up where 'Superman: The Movie' left off, three criminals, General Zod (Terence Stamp), Ursa, (Sarah Douglas), and Non (Jack O'Halloran) from the planet Krypton are released from the Phantom Zone by a nuclear explosion in space. They descend upon Earth where they could finally rule. Superman, meanwhile, is in love with Lois Lane (Margot Kidder), who finds out who he really is. Lex Luthor (Gene Hackman) escapes from prison and is determined to destroy Superman by joining forces with the three criminals. Rotten Tomatoes: Between giving up his super powers, confronting criminals from outer space, and having problems with his girlfriend, it's a bad time to be the Man of Steel in this sequel to the 1978 blockbuster. When terrorists threaten to destroy Paris with a thermonuclear device as they hold reporter Lois Lane (Margot Kidder) hostage, Superman (Christopher Reeve) comes to the rescue and flings the weapon into space. However, its blast outside the earth's orbit awakens Zod (Terence Stamp), Ursa (Sarah Douglas), and Non (Jack O'Halloran), three villains from Superman's home planet of Krypton who were exiled to outer space for their crimes. Zod and his partners arrive on Earth and use their powers in a bid to take over the U.S., and then the world. However, when Lois realizes that mild mannered Clark Kent and Superman are actually the same person, he brings her to his Fortress of Solitude, where his decision to marry Lois costs him his remarkable strength. Without his super powers, how can Superman vanquish Zod and save the world? Gene Hackman, Ned Beatty, Susannah York, and Jackie Cooper return from the first film, which was shot at the same time as parts of the sequel. 437 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  78% (3) Escape from New York 99 min R [Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi] [John Carpenter] [10 Jul 1981]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 72%, Rotten Tomatoes: 87%, Metacritic: 76%, External Reviews Awards: 4 nominations. Actors: Donald Pleasence, Ernest Borgnine, Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef Writer: John Carpenter, Nick Castle External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: In the future, crime is out of control and New York City's Manhattan is a maximum security prison. Grabbing a bargaining chip right out of the air, convicts bring down the President's plane in bad old Gotham. Gruff Snake Plissken, a one-eyed lone warrior new to prison life, is coerced into bringing the President, and his cargo, out of this land of undesirables. Rotten Tomatoes: It's 1997 and Manhattan has been turned into a maximum security prison. When the United States president crash lands into the city after fleeing a hijacked plane, a ruthless prison warden bribes ex-soldier and criminal Snake Plissken to rescue the president, who is being held hostage. 438 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 74% (3) Southern Comfort 106 min R [Action, Thriller] [Walter Hill] [25 Sep 1981]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 72%, Rotten Tomatoes: 88%, Metacritic: 63%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: Franklyn Seales, Fred Ward, Keith Carradine, Powers Boothe Writer: Michael Kane, Walter Hill, David Giler External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, French Country: USA, Switzerland, UK Plot: A squad of National Guards on an isolated weekend exercise in the Louisiana swamp must fight for their lives when they anger local Cajuns by stealing their canoes. Without live ammunition and in a strange country, their experience begins to mirror the Vietnam experience. Rotten Tomatoes: A handful of part time soldiers unwittingly turn a field exercise into a miniature war in this offbeat action drama from writer and director Walter Hill. A group of National Guard reservists are sent to Louisiana on a chilly weekend for war games exercises. None of these weekend warriors seem especially happy to be there, especially laid-back Spencer (Keith Carradine), tightly-wound macho man Reece (Fred Ward) and transplanted Texan Hardin (Powers Booth). While making their way through swamp country, the reservists discover their maps are out of date and they've become lost. Rather than march back to camp and start over, they decide to 'borrow' several canoes they've found by the banks of the bayou, which should put them back on track. When a Cajun local catches the soldiers stealing his canoes, Stuckey (Lewis Smith) fires a few rounds in his direction; for the purposes of their exercises, the Guardsmen have been given blank shells, so Stuckey imagines this is a harmless way to scare the man off. However, the Cajun soon returns fire -- with real bullets. After Poole (Peter Coyote) is killed by a shotgun blast, the Guardsmen find themselves lost in a place they do not understand, surrounded by angry men determined to drive the unwelcome visitors off their land at all costs. A taut and atmospheric action film which is also serves as an intelligent and evocative metaphor for America's role in the Vietnam war, Southern Comfort also features an excellent score by guitarist (and frequent Walter Hill collaborator) Ry Cooder. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi 439 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  73% (3) Dragonslayer 109 min PG [Action, Adventure, Fantasy] [Matthew Robbins] [26 Jun 1981]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 67%, Rotten Tomatoes: 86%, Metacritic: 68%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 5 nominations. Actors: Caitlin Clarke, John Hallam, Peter MacNicol, Ralph Richardson Writer: Hal Barwood, Matthew Robbins External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: A King has made a pact with a dragon where he sacrfices virgins to it, and the dragon leaves his kingdom alone. An old wizard, and his keen young apprentice volunteer to kill the dragon and attempt to save the next virgin in line - the Kings own daughter. Rotten Tomatoes: When Princess Elspeth (Chloe Salaman) is scheduled to be the next sacrificial virgin to a deadly dragon, it is up to an aged wizard, Ulrich (Ralph Richardson) and his young, headstrong apprentice, Galen (Peter MacNicol), to defeat the serpent and save the beautiful princess. 440 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 70% (3) Knightriders 146 min R [Action, Drama] [George A. Romero] [10 Apr 1981]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 64%, Rotten Tomatoes: 77%, Metacritic: 69%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: Amy Ingersoll, Ed Harris, Gary Lahti, Tom Savini Writer: George A. Romero External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA Plot: A travelling troupe of jousters and performers are slowly cracking under the pressure of hick cops, financial troubles and their failure to live up to their own ideals. The group's leader, King Billy, is increasingly unable to maintain his warrior's rule while the Black Knight is being tempted away to LA and stardom, as they all have to ask why they were here in the first place. Rotten Tomatoes: Knightriders may well be the only cycle flick ever to be played out in suits of armor. A hardcase motorcycle gang led by Ed Harris has found itself a neat money-making gimmick. Dressed as the knights of the round table, the cyclists pick up a few bucks at local 'renaissance' fairs, selling handicrafts made by the more talented members of the gang. Harris' great rival is Tom Savini, who has his own band of 'black knights.' Keep an eye out for a chucklesome unbilled bit by novelist Stephen King. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi 441 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  69% (3) Sharky's Machine 122 min R [Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller] [Burt Reynolds] [18 Dec 1981]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 63%, Rotten Tomatoes: 86%, Metacritic: 58%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: Brian Keith, Burt Reynolds, Charles Durning, Rachel Ward, Vittorio Gassman Writer: William Diehl (novel), Gerald Di Pego (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, French, Italian Country: USA Plot: Tom Sharky is a narcotics cop in Atlanta who's demoted to vice after a botched bust. In the depths of this lowly division, while investigating a high-dollar prostitution ring, Sharky stumbles across a mob murder with government ties, and responds by assembling his downtrodden fellow investigators (Sharky's 'machine') to find the leaders and bring them to justice before they kill off all his partners and witnesses, including Sharky himself. Rotten Tomatoes: A William Diehl novel was the source of the noirish nailbiter Sharky's Machine. Sharky (Burt Reynolds) is an undercover cop who fouls up an assignment and is kicked downstairs to the vice squad -- a rough-shod bunch of hellraisers who make life miserable. Soon, however, Sharky's life does a 180 when he encounters Dominoe (Rachel Ward) a prostitute seemingly in danger from her interaction with a number of very seedy thugs. To protect her, Sharky lines the high-rise apartment across from her residence with security cameras and surveillance equipment -- which only makes matters sticky as Sharky begins to fall in love with her. The film opened to a very warm critical reception (Janet Maslin observed that 'Burt Reynolds establishes himself as yet another movie star who is as valuable behind the camera as he is in front of it'). It also features one of the most dangerous stunts on film, wherein the late stuntman Dar Robinson free falls from 16 stories off the ground. The 'machine' of the title refers to Sharky's fellow cops, played by heavyweights Brian Keith, Charles Durning, Bernie Casey, and others. 442 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 65% (3) For Your Eyes Only 127 min PG [Action, Adventure, Thriller] [John Glen] [26 Jun 1981]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 68%, Rotten Tomatoes: 73%, Metacritic: 54%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 2 wins & 4 nominations. Actors: Carole Bouquet, Lynn-Holly Johnson, Roger Moore, Topol Writer: Richard Maibaum (screenplay), Michael G. Wilson (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, Greek, Italian Country: UK Plot: After disposing of a familiar looking face, Bond is sent to recover a communication device, known as an ATAC, which went down with a British Spy ship as it sunk. Bond must hurry though, as the Russians are also out for this device. On his travels, he also meets Melina Havelock, whose parents were brutally murdered. Bond also encounters both Aristotle Kristatos and Milos Colombo. Each of them are accusing the other of having links with with the Russian's. Bond must team up with Melina, solve who the true ally is and find the ATAC before it's too late. Rotten Tomatoes: Roger Moore is back as Secret Agent 007, this time on the trail of shipwreck that holds an Automatic Targeting Attack Communicator (ATAC) for all of the British Naval submarine fleet. Along the way he teams up with the beautiful Melina, played by Carole Bouquet, a maiden out for revenge against a Cuban hitman who killed her father, the head of a British effort to salvage the ATAC. Turns out the hitman was in league with Greek businessman Aris Kristatos (Julian Glover). who's working for the Soviets to attain the Communicator. Together with a drug smuggling rival of Kristatos (played by Topol), Bond and Melina race against time before the keys to all of Britain's missles get in the wrong hands. Richard Maibaum's screenplay has very little to do with the collection of short stories that made up Ian Fleming's For Your Eyes Only, save for the plotline involving Melina's seeking vengeance for the death of her father. The direction is by John Glen, who'd previously done second unit work on other Bond films and went on to direct four more films in the franchise. For Your Eyes Only eschews the gimmickry and campiness of earlier Roger Moore efforts by concentrating instead on intrigue, save for the campy opening that sees Bond dispatch the dastardly Blofeld in a broad comedic pre-credits scene. 443 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  65% (3) Clash of the Titans 118 min PG [Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy] [Desmond Davis] [12 Jun 1981]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 69%, Rotten Tomatoes: 68%, Metacritic: 59%, External Reviews Awards: 2 wins & 6 nominations. Actors: Claire Bloom, Harry Hamlin, Laurence Olivier, Maggie Smith, Ursula Andress Writer: Beverley Cross External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: UK, USA Plot: Perseus is the favored son of the god Zeus, but he has unwittingly ticked off the sea goddess Thetis. Just to make things worse, Perseus falls in love with the lovely Princess Andromeda, who used to be engaged to Thetis's son. Soon Perseus is off on one quest after another, with Zeus helping, Thetis hindering, and lots of innocent bystanders getting stabbed, drowned, and squished. Rotten Tomatoes: The eschewing of modern optical effects techniques in favor of the classic stop-motion animation work of special effects legend Ray Harryhausen was a delightful highlight of this action adventure that attempted to give Greek mythology the Star Wars (1977) treatment. Harry Hamlin stars as Perseus, a mortal who, due to the interference of the mighty god Zeus (Laurence Olivier), finds himself in the city of Joppa, far away from his island home. There, he falls in love with Andromeda (Judi Bowker), an imprisoned princess. To free her, win her hand, and thus half of the kingdom, Perseus solves a riddle, but Joppa's enraged ruler orders Andromeda fed to the Kraken, a towering sea monster that's the last of the powerful Titans. In his quest to save Andromeda, Perseus must endure a series of trials with the help of the winged horse Pegasus and a friendly playwright, Ammon (Burgess Meredith). His ultimate goal is to secure the head of the grotesque Gorgon named Medusa and use it to turn the Kraken into stone, but dangers await, including the hideously deformed Calibos (Neil McCarthy). ~ Karl Williams, Rovi 444 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 64% (3) Nighthawks 99 min R [Action, Crime, Thriller] [Bruce Malmuth, Gary Nelson] [10 Apr 1981]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 64%, Rotten Tomatoes: 74%, Metacritic: 56%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: Billy Dee Williams, Lindsay Wagner, Persis Khambatta, Rutger Hauer, Sylvester Stallone Writer: David Shaber (screenplay), David Shaber (story), Paul Sylbert (story) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, German, French, Swedish Country: USA Plot: Deke DaSilva and Matthew Fox are two New York City cops who get transferred to an elite anti-terrorism squad. About this same time, an infamous international terrorist shows up in New York City looking to cause some chaos. It's up to DaSilva and Fox to stop him, but will they be in time...? Rotten Tomatoes: Deke DaSilva (Sylvester Stallone) and Matthew Fox (Billy Dee Williams) are New York police officers specially assigned to a special multi-national team dedicated to tracking down terrorist Wulfgar (Rutger Hauer). Wulfgar planted a bomb in a London department store, killing several children and he is now an outcast, hunted by both the police and his fellow gang members. He has extensive plastic surgery and resumes his activities aided by Shakka (Persis Khambutta), a completely psychotic fellow outcast. Soon DaSilva and Wulfgar are engaged in a violent battle of wits as Wulfgar resumes his terrorist activities and threatens New York . This very effective thriller features a chilling performance by Rutger Hauer as the handsome, ruthless cold-blooded killer who charms women into helping him and then kills them. Sylvester Stallone gives an unusually understated emotionally vulnerable performance as a man trying to save lives while he saves his own marriage. The film makes excellent use of New York locales, particularly during a terrifying hijacking of a cable car where Wulfgar coolly decides which of the hostages will live or die. 445 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  88% (3) Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back 124 min PG [Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi] [Irvin Kershner] [20 Jun 1980]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 87%, Rotten Tomatoes: 95%, Metacritic: 82%, External Reviews Awards: Won 1 Oscar. Another 21 wins & 19 nominations. Actors: Billy Dee Williams, Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill Writer: Leigh Brackett (screenplay by), Lawrence Kasdan (screenplay by), George Lucas (story by) External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA Plot: Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Princess Leia and Chewbacca face attack by the Imperial forces and its AT-AT walkers on the ice planet Hoth. While Han and Leia escape in the Millennium Falcon, Luke travels to Dagobah in search of Yoda. Only with the Jedi master's help will Luke survive when the dark side of the Force beckons him into the ultimate duel with Darth Vader. Rotten Tomatoes: The second entry in George Lucas' Star Wars trilogy finds Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), the green-as-grass hero from the first film, now a seasoned space warrior. Luke's Star Wars cohorts Han Solo (Harrison Ford) and Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) are likewise more experienced in the ways and means of battling the insidious Empire, as represented by the brooding Darth Vader (body of David Prowse, voice of James Earl Jones). And, of course, 'The Force,' personified by the ghost of Luke's mentor Ben Kenobi (Alec Guinness), is with them all. Retreating from Vader's minions, Luke ends up, at first, on the Ice Planet Hoth, and then the tropical Dagobah. Here he makes the acquaintance of the gnomish Yoda (voice of Frank Oz), whose all-encompassing wisdom comes in handy during the serial-like perils of the rest of the film. Before the film's open-ended climax, we are introduced to the apparently duplicitous Lando Calrissian (Billy Dee Williams) and are let in on a secret that profoundly affects both Luke and his arch-enemy, Vader. Many viewers consider this award-winning film the best of the Star Wars movies, and its special-effects bonanza was pure gold at the box office. 446 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 77% (3) Mad Max 88 min R [Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller] [George Miller] [21 Mar 1980]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 70%, Rotten Tomatoes: 90%, Metacritic: 73%, External Reviews Awards: 4 wins & 7 nominations. Actors: Hugh Keays-Byrne, Joanne Samuel, Mel Gibson, Steve Bisley Writer: James McCausland (screenplay), George Miller (screenplay), George Miller (original story), Byron Kennedy (original story) External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: Australia Plot: Taking place in a dystopian Australia in the near future, Mad Max tells the story of a highway patrolman cruising the squalid back roads that have become the breeding ground of criminals foraging for gasoline and scraps. When his wife and child meet a grisly end at the hands of a motorcycle gang, Max sets out across the barren wastelands in search of revenge. Rotten Tomatoes: This stunning, post-apocalyptic action thriller from director George Miller stars Mel Gibson as Max Rockatansky, a policeman in the near future who is tired of his job. Since the apocalypse, the lengthy, desolate stretches of highway in the Australian outback have become bloodstained battlegrounds. Max has seen too many innocents and fellow officers murdered by the bomb's savage offspring, bestial marauding bikers for whom killing, rape, and looting is a way of life. He just wants to retire and spend time with his wife and son but lets his boss talk him into taking a peaceful vacation and he starts to reconsider. Then his world is shattered as a gang led by the evil Toecutter (Hugh Keays-Byrne) murders his family in retaliation for the death of one of its members. Dead inside, Max straps on his helmet and climbs into a souped-up V8 racing machine to seek his bloody revenge. Despite an obviously low budget and a plot reminiscent of many spaghetti Westerns, Mad Max is tremendously exciting, thanks to some of the most spectacular road stunts ever put on film. Cinematographer David Eggby and stunt coordinator Grant Page did some of their best work under Miller's direction and crafted a gritty, gripping thrill ride which spawned two sequels, numerous imitations, and made Mel Gibson an international star. One sequence, in which a man is chained to a car and must cut off a limb before the machine explodes is one of the most tense scenes of the decade. The American version dubbed all the voices -- including Gibson's -- in a particularly cartoonish manner. Trivia buffs should note that Max's car is a 1973 Ford Falcon GT Coupe with a 300 bhp 351C V8 engine, customized with the front end of a Ford Fairmont and other modifications. ~ Robert Firsching, Rovi 447 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  68% (3) Flash Gordon 111 min PG [Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi] [Mike Hodges] [05 Dec 1980]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 65%, Rotten Tomatoes: 82%, Metacritic: 58%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 2 BAFTA Film Awards. Another 2 wins & 9 nominations. Actors: Max von Sydow, Melody Anderson, Sam J. Jones, Topol Writer: Lorenzo Semple Jr. (screenplay), Michael Allin (adaptation), Alex Raymond (based on the characters created by) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: UK, USA, Netherlands Plot: Flash Gordon is an American football hero who is skyjacked aboard Dr. Hans Zarkov's rocketship along with his beautiful girlfriend Dale Arden. The threesome are drawn into the influence of the planet Mongo, ruled by Emperor Ming the Merciless. The evil Ming has been testing Earth with unnatural disasters, and deeming our world a threat to his rule. He also intends to take Dale as his concubine, attempts to execute Flash and intends to destroy Earth. Flash must avoid the amorous attentions of Ming's daughter, and unite the warring kingdoms of Mongo to rescue Dale and save our world. Rotten Tomatoes: Heroic earthling Flash Gordon saves the world from the nefarious Ming the Merciless in this lavish, intentionally campy adaptation of the famous sci-fi comic strip. The story is as basic as space operas get: Ming (Max von Sydow) has developed a plan to destroy the Earth, and Flash (Sam J. Jones) and his attractive companion, Dale Arden (Melody Anderson), are called upon to stop him. Along the way, Flash must battle Ming's goons and the temptations of a luscious space princess. Previously the basis for a more straight-faced 1930s adventure serial, Flash's story is mined here for exaggerated, cartoon humor by screenwriter Lorenzo Semple Jr., a central figure in the similarly campy '60s Batman television series. The simplistic plot mainly serves as an excuse for spectacular sets and cartoonish action sequences, all set to an appropriately over-the-top rock score by Queen. Certainly not a film to turn to for serious excitement, fine performances, or character development, Flash Gordon has nevertheless developed an appreciative cult of fans who admire the film's humorous approach and the detailed, colorful production design. 448 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 68% (3) Bronco Billy 116 min PG [Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Western] [Clint Eastwood] [11 Jun 1980]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 61%, Rotten Tomatoes: 78%, Metacritic: 66%, External Reviews Awards: 2 nominations. Actors: Clint Eastwood, Geoffrey Lewis, Scatman Crothers, Sondra Locke Writer: Dennis Hackin External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: Bronco Billy McCoy is the proud owner of a small traveling Wild West show. But the business isn't doing too well: for the past six months he hasn't paid his employees. At a gas station he picks up Antoinette, a stuck-up blonde from a rich family, who was left behind without a penny by her husband on their wedding night. Billy likes her looks and hires her as his assistant. She seems to bring them bad luck and the business gets even worse. In these hard times she loses her reluctance and starts to like her new way of life... and Bronco Billy. Rotten Tomatoes: Bronco Billy stars Clint Eastwood (who also directed) as the impresario of a seedy wild west show. Going along for the ride is spoiled socialite Sondra Locke, who is 'initiated' by being pressed into service as the wrong end of a knife-throwing act. The rest of the troupe, like Eastwood himself, are losers in life who yearn for the freedom and opportunity of the long-gone Old West. Despite its raucous ad campaign, Bronco Billy is at base a wistful character study, avoiding the usual trappings of car chases and redneck villains and offering quiet chuckles instead of belly laughs. Unfortunately it failed to click with the public, compelling Eastwood to temporarily return to his old crash-bang-pow formula in his next few films. 449 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  77% (3) The Warriors 92 min R [Action, Crime, Thriller] [Walter Hill] [09 Feb 1979]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 77%, Rotten Tomatoes: 89%, Metacritic: 65%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: Brian Tyler, Dorsey Wright, James Remar, Michael Beck Writer: Sol Yurick (based on the novel by), David Shaber (screenplay by), Walter Hill (screenplay by) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: Cyrus, the leader of the most powerful gang in New York City, the Gramercy Riffs, calls a midnight summit for all the area gangs, with all asked to send nine unarmed representatives for the conclave. A gang called The Warriors are blamed for killing Cyrus as he gives his speech. They now have to cross the territory of rivals in order to get to their own 'hood. The Warriors slowly cross the dangerous Bronx and Manhattan territories, narrowly escaping police and other gangs every step of the way. Rotten Tomatoes: Walter Hill's hip, super-stylized action film unfurls in a dystopian near-future, when various gangs control New York City. Each gang sports a unique moniker ('The Warriors,' 'The Baseball Furies,' 'The Rogues'), with a costume underscoring its 'theme'; each, in turn, is also responsible for one geographic area. Hill sets up the landscape as a massive, violent playground - replete with bridges, vacant subway tunnels, parks, abandoned buildings and the like, all ripe for exploration and adventure. As the tale opens, the titular Coney Island has traveled to the Bronx to attend a city-wide meeting of all gangs; at that event, however, the psychotic leader of a rival gang, The Rogues (David Patrick Kelly of Dreamscape) assassinates the head of the city's foremost gang, but The Warriors are pegged as culpable. This sends the gang fleeing through the labyrinthine city. With every thug in Manhattan in vicious, homicidal pursuit, they must also overcome all obstacles in their way. Throughout, Hill keeps the onscreen violence absurd, exaggerated and unrealistic, downplaying death to an extreme degree; despite this fact, the film sparked a massive amount of controversy and an ugly backlash for allegedly inciting violence and destruction in several theaters where it initially played. James Remar, Michael Beck and Deborah Van Valkenburgh lead the ensemble cast. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi 450 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 64% (3) Moonraker 126 min PG [Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller] [Lewis Gilbert] [29 Jun 1979]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 63%, Rotten Tomatoes: 63%, Metacritic: 66%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 win & 4 nominations. Actors: Lois Chiles, Michael Lonsdale, Richard Kiel, Roger Moore Writer: Christopher Wood (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, Italian, Portuguese Country: UK, France Plot: James Bond is back for another mission and this time, he is blasting off into space. A spaceship traveling through space is mysteriously hi-jacked and Bond must work quickly to find out who was behind it all. He starts with the rockets creators, Drax Industries and the man behind the organisation, Hugo Drax. On his journey he ends up meeting Dr. Holly Goodhead and encounters the metal-toothed Jaws once again. Rotten Tomatoes: Secret agent James Bond finds himself battling yet another megalomaniacal villain in this entry in the long-running series of adventure films. This time Bond's opponent is Sir Hugo Drax, whose plans to destroy the earth with an atomic-powered rocket force Bond to add space travel to his resume. 451 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  87% (3) Assault on Precinct 13 91 min R [Action, Crime, Thriller] [John Carpenter] [01 Mar 1978]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 74%, Rotten Tomatoes: 98%, Metacritic: 89%, External Reviews Awards: 1 nomination. Actors: Austin Stoker, Darwin Joston, Laurie Zimmer, Martin West Writer: John Carpenter External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA Plot: Police ambush and kill several gang members in Los Angeles. Gang members make a pact of blood to strike back at police, and conduct a siege on the police station which is almost abandoned and due to be closed. Staff of the closing precinct and the criminals being held there while in transit must work together to fight off the attacking gang members. Rotten Tomatoes: Cops, secretaries, and prisoners stuck in a soon-to-be-shuttered L.A. police station fight off a horde of murderous gang members in director John Carpenter's homage to Howard Hawks. When police officer Bishop (Austin Stoker) is left in charge of Precinct 13 on the last day it's open, he isn't prepared for the onslaught of a murderous street gang who have come into the possession of an enormous arsenal of guns. Finding himself trapped in the precinct with a pair of secretaries (Laurie Zimmer and Nancy Loomis), a few civilians and a handful of prisoners, Bishop is unable to call for help because the phones have already been disconnected and the precinct is in a run-down, out-of-the-way neighborhood. Holding out for a rescue, he and his fellow prisoners band together to barricade themselves in and hold the bandits at bay. But as the casualties mount and the supplies run low, they must choose between a daring escape attempt, a fiery offensive, or certain death. The sophomore feature from auteur-in-the-making John Carpenter, Assault on Precinct 13 reunited the director with Douglas H. Knapp, his cinematographer on 1974's Dark Star. 452 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 82% (3) Superman 143 min PG [Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi] [Richard Donner] [15 Dec 1978]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 74%, Rotten Tomatoes: 94%, Metacritic: 80%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 17 wins & 18 nominations. Actors: Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Margot Kidder, Marlon Brando, Ned Beatty Writer: Jerry Siegel (character created by: Superman), Joe Shuster (character created by: Superman), Mario Puzo (story), Mario Puzo (screenplay), David Newman (screenplay), Leslie Newman (screenplay), Robert Benton (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA, UK, Switzerland, Canada, Panama Plot: Just before the destruction of the planet Krypton, scientist Jor-El sends his infant son Kal-El on a spaceship to Earth. Raised by kindly farmers Jonathan and Martha Kent, young Clark discovers the source of his superhuman powers and moves to Metropolis to fight evil. As Superman, he battles the villainous Lex Luthor, while, as novice reporter Clark Kent, he attempts to woo co-worker Lois Lane Rotten Tomatoes: Christopher Reeve as the Man of Steel in a big-budget epic with Oscar-winning effects. Marlon Brando, Margot Kidder, Gene Hackman, Ned Beatty, Valerie Perrine, Jackie Cooper, Susannah York, Glenn Ford. Richard Donner directed. 453 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  67% (3) The Driver 91 min R [Action, Crime, Thriller] [Walter Hill] [05 Oct 1978]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 72%, Rotten Tomatoes: 73%, Metacritic: 56%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: Bruce Dern, Isabelle Adjani, Ronee Blakley, Ryan O'Neal Writer: Walter Hill External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA, UK Plot: 'The Driver' is a specialist in a rare business: he drives getaway cars in robberies. His exceptional talent prevented him from being caught yet. After another successful flight from the police, a self-assured detective makes it his primary goal to catch the Driver. He promises remission of punishment to a gang if they help to convict him in a set-up robbery. The Driver seeks help from 'The Player' (Isabelle) to mislead the detective. Rotten Tomatoes: In this oddly haunting action thriller, a man known only as 'The Driver' (Ryan O'Neal) is a master getaway specialist for a thieves' organization. He receives word of his jobs from 'The Connection' (Ronee Blakely) and gets his alibis from 'The Gambler' (Isabelle Adjani). He is followed by a high-strung police detective (Bruce Dern), who really wants to nail him. Many spectacular car chases are one of the highlights of this movie, which paradoxically has a quiet, reflective tone. This is Isabelle Adjani's first American film. 454 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 67% (3) Hooper 99 min PG [Action, Comedy] [Hal Needham] [28 Jul 1978]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 63%, Rotten Tomatoes: 69%, Metacritic: 70%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 nomination. Actors: Brian Keith, Burt Reynolds, Jan-Michael Vincent, Sally Field Writer: Thomas Rickman (screenplay), Bill Kerby (screenplay), Walt Green (story), Walter S. Herndon (story) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: Aging stuntman Sonney Hooper is still on top as one of the best stuntmen in the business. But up and coming Ski is starting to do bigger and better stunts. Hooper has the experience to setup a stunt safely, and Ski lacks the common sense to know when a stunt is too dangerous. Maybe together, along with their fun loving buddies, they can do a stunt together that will surpass anything that anyone has done. Rotten Tomatoes: Following the blockbuster success of Smokey and the Bandit, Burt Reynolds, Sally Field and director Hal Needham reunited to make the very similar Hooper, an action-laced comedy about a Hollywood stunt man who enters a dangerous rivalry with a younger stunt man. Hooper (Reynolds) and the younger stunt man (Jan-Michael Vincent) compete in a series of increasingly complex stunts in order to earn the title of 'the greatest stunt man alive.' Hooper is lightweight, mindless fun that doesn't have much story, but it is a stronger film than Smokey and the Bandit, largely because the characters are somewhat stronger. Everyone involved looks like they're having fun; the good-humor translates on screen. 455 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  89% (3) Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope 121 min PG [Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi] [George Lucas] [25 May 1977]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 86%, Rotten Tomatoes: 93%, Metacritic: 90%, External Reviews Awards: Won 6 Oscars. Another 50 wins & 28 nominations. Actors: Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Peter Cushing Writer: George Lucas External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA Plot: The Imperial Forces, under orders from cruel Darth Vader, hold Princess Leia hostage in their efforts to quell the rebellion against the Galactic Empire. Luke Skywalker and Han Solo, captain of the Millennium Falcon, work together with the companionable droid duo R2-D2 and C-3PO to rescue the beautiful princess, help the Rebel Alliance and restore freedom and justice to the Galaxy. Rotten Tomatoes: Nineteen years after the formation of the Empire, Luke Skywalker is thrust into the struggle of the Rebel Alliance when he meets Obi-Wan Kenobi, who has lived for years in seclusion on the desert planet of Tatooine. Obi-Wan begins Luke's Jedi training as Luke joins him on a daring mission to rescue the beautiful Rebel leader Princess Leia from the clutches of the evil Empire. Although Obi-Wan sacrifices himself in a lightsaber duel with Darth Vader, his former apprentice, Luke proves that the Force is with him by destroying the Empire's dreaded Death Star. 456 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 74% (3) Master of the Flying Guillotine 81 min R [Action, Comedy, Fantasy] [Yu Wang] [01 Feb 1977]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 76%, Rotten Tomatoes: 90%, Metacritic: 57%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: Chia Yung Liu, Chung-Erh Lung, Jimmy Wang Yu, Kang Chin, Tien Wu Chu, Yu Wang Writer: Yu Wang External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: Mandarin Country: Taiwan, Hong Kong Plot: The one-armed boxer is stalked by a vengeful flying guillotine expert, after his disciples were killed in the first 'One-Armed Boxer' film. But as the flying guillotine master is blind, he starts his quest by becoming a serial killer of one-armed men. Meanwhile, the one-armed boxer is running a martial arts school, where he teaches his pupils to control their breath so they can run up walls and along ceilings. And there's an Indian fakir whose arms can extend until they're ten feet long. As you may have gathered, a rational plot summary is pretty pointless - but rest assured there are epic martial arts battles and ludicrously inspired moments galore. Rotten Tomatoes: The One-Armed Boxer is a famous fighter who now runs a kung-fu school that teaches respect and discipline for the craft. A local lord is throwing a kung fu tournament for local schools and foreign specialists and the Boxer's students talk him into letting them go to the games with him. Meanwhile, a blind man of the Guillotine Family is in search of the One-Armed Boxer for revenge. It seems that his family was killed by the Boxer in the past and he has now perfected his family craft of throwing circular guillotines. After many fights. the blind man kills one of the competitors because he only has one arm. But it is not the One-Armed Boxer, and the two men must fight to the finish. 457 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  68% (3) The Gauntlet 109 min R [Action, Crime, Thriller] [Clint Eastwood] [21 Dec 1977]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 64%, Rotten Tomatoes: 82%, Metacritic: 59%, External Reviews Awards: 1 nomination. Actors: Clint Eastwood, Pat Hingle, Sondra Locke, William Prince Writer: Michael Butler, Dennis Shryack External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: In Phoenix, the alcoholic and mediocre detective Ben Shockley is assigned by the Chief Commissary Blakelock to bring the witness Gus Mally from Las Vegas for a minor trial. Shockley travels to Vegas and finds that Gus Mally is an aggressive and intelligent prostitute with a college degree and she tells him that the odds are against her showing up in court. Shockley learns that she will actually testify against a powerful mobster and the mafia is chasing them trying to kill them both. He calls Blakelock and request a police escort from Phoenix to protect them. But soon he discovers that someone is betraying him in the police department. Now, Shockley and Malley hijack a bus and Shockley welds thick steel plates and transforms the cabin in an armored bus trying to reach the Forum. But they will need to drive through a gauntlet of police officers armed with heavy weapons. Rotten Tomatoes: Clint Eastwood is appropriately flinty as Ben Shockley, an Arizona cop sent to safely extradite prisoner 'Gus' Malley (Sondra Locke). She's to testify in a police-corruption trial, a fact that has made her the target of certain high-ranking cops. Once his superior Josephson (Pat Hingle) is killed, Eastwood is completely on his own. Set up for extermination himself by crooked police official Blakelock (William Prince), Ben is compelled to lead Gus through an unbelievable police gauntlet, protected only by an armor-plated bus and his wits. Contrary to the film's ad campaign, Sondra Locke does have some clothes on during the climactic shoot-out. Stretching credibility to the breaking point--actually that point breaks wide open halfway through--The Gauntlet is redeemed by director Eastwood's usual uncanny sense of pacing, timing and energy. 458 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 68% (3) The Spy Who Loved Me 125 min PG [Action, Adventure, Thriller] [Lewis Gilbert] [03 Aug 1977]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 71%, Rotten Tomatoes: 80%, Metacritic: 55%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 8 nominations. Actors: Barbara Bach, Curd Jürgens, Richard Kiel, Roger Moore Writer: Christopher Wood (screenplay), Richard Maibaum (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, Italian, Arabic Country: UK Plot: James Bond is back again and his new mission is to find out how a Royal Navy Polaris submarine holding sixteen nuclear warheads simply disappears whilst on patrol. Bond joins Major Anya Amasova and takes on a a web-handed mastermind, known as Karl Stromberg, as well as his henchman Jaws, who has a mouthful of metal teeth. Bond must track down the location of the missing submarine before the warheads are fired. Rotten Tomatoes: Roger Moore as agent 007 teams up with a beautiful Soviet agent (Barbara Bach) to battle Stromberg (Curt Jurgens) in order to save the world from total annihilation and a 315-pound villain, 'Jaws' (Richard Kiel). 459 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  66% (3) Smokey and the Bandit 96 min PG [Action, Comedy] [Hal Needham] [27 May 1977]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 69%, Rotten Tomatoes: 79%, Metacritic: 50%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 nomination. Actors: Burt Reynolds, Jerry Reed, Mike Henry, Sally Field Writer: Hal Needham (story), Robert L. Levy (story), James Lee Barrett (screenplay), Charles Shyer (screenplay), Alan Mandel (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: Bandit and Cledus are two truck-driving southerners who accept a dare from big-shots Big and Little Enos to pick up a truckload of beer from Texas and return it to them within a specified amount of time. Picking it up is simple enough, but as they are leaving Texas, Bandit unwittingly picks up Carrie, a hitchhiking bride-to-be who just left her groom, Junior, at the altar. Junior, however, is the son of Sheriff Buford T. Justice. And when Buford and Junior discover what has happened, they go on a 'high-speed pursuit' across the Southeast to catch the bandit. Rotten Tomatoes: 'Smokey,' aka Sheriff Buford T. Justice (Jackie Gleason), is the prospective father-in-law of unwilling bride Carrie (Sally Field). The Bandit (Burt Reynolds), a maverick racecar driver, makes an 80,000-dollar bet that he can transport a shipment of Coors beer from Texarkana, TX, to Atlanta within 28 hours. It's important to note that in 1977, it was illegal to sell the Coors brand east of the Mississippi River without a permit; if we don't note that, then the plot won't make sense at times. Already in danger of arrest from redneck lawmen like Buford T. Justice, Bandit furthers his chances at a stiff jail term when he offers a ride to Carrie, who hopes to escape her unwanted wedding to Justice's boy. The rest of the film is one long chase; not quite as subtle as a Road Runner/Coyote cartoon, not quite as restrained as a Three Stooges comedy. Universally panned by critics upon its first release, Smokey and the Bandit reportedly pulled in just under $126 million and led to two sequels. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi 460 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 68% (3) The Enforcer 96 min R [Action, Crime, Thriller] [James Fargo] [22 Dec 1976]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 68%, Rotten Tomatoes: 79%, Metacritic: 58%, External Reviews Awards: 2 nominations. Actors: Bradford Dillman, Clint Eastwood, Harry Guardino, Tyne Daly Writer: Harry Julian Fink (characters), Rita M. Fink (characters), Stirling Silliphant (screenplay), Dean Riesner (screenplay), Gail Morgan Hickman (story), S.W. Schurr (story) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: Picking up three years after the events in Magnum Force, a threatening terrorist group called, The People's Revolutionary Strike Force declare war to the city of San Francisco and demand a ransom to be paid, otherwise they plan to blow the city apart. While Inspector 'Dirty' Harry Callahan is at a limbo following his unorthodox method during a robbery, he's at it to dispatch the terrorist group, by playing their game by being more dirty than ever. But this time, he's got a new partner, which might prove the task to be somewhat more difficult than ever, unless the two can work together. Rotten Tomatoes: Number Three in the Dirty Harry series, this film equips macho cop Harry Callahan with a female assistant, Kate Moore. Their quarry is a terrorist organization which has kidnapped the mayor of San Francisco. Eventually, Harry and Kate discover that the mayor is being held at Alcatraz Island. 461 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  64% (3) Silver Streak 114 min PG [Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance, Thriller] [Arthur Hiller] [03 Dec 1976]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 69%, Rotten Tomatoes: 83%, Metacritic: 41%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 3 nominations. Actors: Gene Wilder, Jill Clayburgh, Patrick McGoohan, Richard Pryor Writer: Colin Higgins External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: A somewhat daffy book editor on a rail trip from Los Angeles to Chicago thinks that he sees a murdered man thrown from the train. When he can find no one who will believe him, he starts doing some investigating of his own. But all that accomplishes is to get the killer after him. Rotten Tomatoes: While taking a train trip from L.A. to Chicago, mild-mannered George Caldwell (Gene Wilder) makes the acquaintance of Hilly Burns (Jill Clayburgh). As they indulge in a brief bit of spooning, Hilly tells George that her boss is on the verge of exposing a group of vicious art forgers. Later that evening, George sees the body of Hilly's boss being thrown off of the train. Detective Sweet (Ned Beatty) agrees to investigate, but he too is bumped off. The instigator of these outrages is master forger Roger Devereau (Patrick McGoohan), who, with his crony Mr. Whiney (Ray Walston) is planning a particularly diabolical crime. Worse still, they take Hilly prisoner so she can't tip off the cops. When George is also targeted for elimination, he manages in slapstick fashion to elude the killers. Falling off the train, he ends up being arrested on some trumped-up charge or other by a local sheriff. He makes his escape in the company of petty thief Grover Muldoon (Richard Pryor) -- and that's only the beginning. A box-office smash, Silver Streak paved the way for the equally successful 1980 Wilder-Pryor vehicle Stir Crazy. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi 462 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 69% (3) The Towering Inferno 165 min PG [Action, Drama, Thriller] [John Guillermin] [01 Jan 1975]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 69%, Rotten Tomatoes: 71%, Metacritic: 69%, External Reviews Awards: Won 3 Oscars. Another 9 wins & 13 nominations. Actors: Faye Dunaway, Paul Newman, Steve McQueen, William Holden Writer: Richard Martin Stern (novel), Thomas N. Scortia (novel), Frank M. Robinson (novel), Stirling Silliphant (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: Doug Roberts, Architect, returns from a long vacation to find work nearly completed on his skyscraper. He goes to the party that night concerned he's found that his wiring specifications have not been followed and that the building continues to develop short circuits. When the fire begins, Michael O'Halleran is the chief on duty as a series of daring rescues punctuate the terror of a building too tall to have a fire successfully fought from the ground. Rotten Tomatoes: On the day of its grand opening, the world's tallest building becomes victim to an electrical mishap and a subsequent huge fire on its upper floors, causing all of the city's rescue teams to converge upon the scene and attempt to fight against what is a raging monster. 463 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  68% (3) Death Race 2000 80 min R [Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Sport] [Paul Bartel] [28 Nov 1975]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 62%, Rotten Tomatoes: 83%, Metacritic: 59%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: David Carradine, Mary Woronov, Simone Griffeth, Sylvester Stallone Writer: Robert Thom (screenplay), Charles B. Griffith (screenplay), Ib Melchior (story The Racer) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, Brazilian Sign Language, Spanish Country: USA Plot: A champion of a brutal cross-country car race of the future where pedestrians are run down for points has a change of heart while being hounded by rivals and a conspiracy seeking to stop the race. Rotten Tomatoes: Cult hero Paul Bartel directed this low-budget satire in which America's passion for cars, violence, and sporting events are finally brought together in one convenient package. In the not-so-distant future, the United States has become a totalitarian regime overseen by the charming but sinister Mr. President (Sandy McCallum), who, in order to satisfy the masses' need for entertainment (and to quench their thirst for violence), has created a new national sport -- the Death Race, a nationwide road rally in which the winner is not determined by who finishes first, but by who scores the most points along the way by running over hapless pedestrians. Aspiring champions Machine Gun Joe Viterbo (Sylvester Stallone), Calamity Jane (Mary Woronov), Nero the Hero (Martin Kove), and Matilda the Hun (Roberta Collins) are all looking to take the top honors away from Frankenstein (David Carradine), a half-man/half-machine who has been built to be the best racer on Earth and can outrun and outkill anyone on the circuit. However, not everyone likes the Death Race, and revolutionary leader Thomasina Paine (Harriet Medin) wants to sabotage the event in the name of restoring democracy; her plan is to foil Frankenstein's expected victory by smuggling her daughter Annie (Simone Griffeth) into Frankenstein's race car as his navigator. Featuring David Carradine at the height of his Kung Fu fame (and Sylvester Stallone a year before Rocky), Death Race 2000 was a major drive-in hit in 1975; Bartel and Carradine teamed up for another road race movie, Cannonball, a year later, and a semi-sequel, Death Sport, appeared in 1978. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi 464 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 66% (3) The Eiger Sanction 129 min R [Action, Crime, Thriller] [Clint Eastwood] [21 May 1975]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 64%, Rotten Tomatoes: 73%, Metacritic: 61%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: Clint Eastwood, George Kennedy, Jack Cassidy, Vonetta McGee Writer: Hal Dresner (screenplay), Warren Murphy (screenplay), Rod Whitaker (screenplay), Rod Whitaker (novel) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, German Country: USA Plot: Jonathan Hemlock is an art history professor and collector who finances his hobby by performing the odd sanction (assassination) for an obscure government bureau. He is forced to take a case where he must find out which of the members of a mountain climbing team is the Russian killer he has been given as a target by joining an expedition to climb the treacherous Eiger. Rotten Tomatoes: Clint Eastwood both directed and starred in this thriller based on a novel by Trevanian. Dr. Jonathan Hemlock (Eastwood) is a professor of art history who formerly had a deadly secret life; he was a hired assassin working with an international intelligence organization. Normally content to collect and study art, Hemlock is forced by blackmail to perform one last hit, or, as the organization euphemistically calls it, a 'sanction.' The victim will be one of three men attempting a dangerous ascent of the Eiger, a beautiful but punishing mountain range in Swiss Alps. While Hemlock is an experienced mountaineer and willing to make the climb, he's troubled to discover that he does not know which of the other three men scaling the Eiger is his true target. The supporting cast includes George Kennedy and Jack Cassidy; the latter earned enthusiastic reviews for his over-the-top performance as a flamboyantly gay secret agent. 465 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  81% (3) The Taking of Pelham One Two Three 104 min R [Action, Crime, Thriller] [Joseph Sargent] [14 Nov 1974]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 77%, Rotten Tomatoes: 100%, Metacritic: 68%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 2 nominations. Actors: Hector Elizondo, Martin Balsam, Robert Shaw, Walter Matthau Writer: John Godey (novel), Peter Stone (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, Spanish Country: USA Plot: Four seemingly-unrelated men board subway train Pelham 1:23 at successive stations. Mr. Blue, Mr. Green, Mr. Grey and Mr. Brown are heavily armed and overpower the motorman and novice conductor to take control of the train. Between stations they separate the front car from the remainder of the train, setting passengers in the back cars and the motorman free. The four demand $1 million ransom within exactly one hour for the remaining eighteen hostages, including the conductor. If their demands are not met in time or their directions are not followed precisely, they will begin to shoot hostages dead, one every minute the money is late. Wisecracking Lt. Zach Garber of the transit police ends up being the primary communicator between the hijackers and the authorities, which includes transit operations, his own police force, the NYPD, and the unpopular and currently flu ridden mayor who will make the ultimate decision of whether to pay the ransom. Unknown to Garber, what may be working on their side is the disparate nature of the four hijackers, including methodical and unbending Blue, trigger happy Grey, and also under the weather Green, who may pass out before the caper has concluded. What Garber does know is that there is a plain clothes NYPD officer among the eighteen hostages. What Garber has to try and figure out is how the four hijackers can possibly get away, as they are in a tunnel and have to remain with the train since it has a dead-man mechanism which requires a motorman at the controls at all times. Rotten Tomatoes: Lead by a former subway operator, a team of criminals takes the occupants of a subway train hostage, demanding a ransom of one million dollars. The transit authorities and New York police cooperate in an attempt to rescue the hostages before time runs out in this acclaimed suspense drama. 466 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 66% (3) Mr. Majestyk 103 min PG [Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller] [Richard Fleischer] [17 Jul 1974]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 68%, Rotten Tomatoes: 75%, Metacritic: 55%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: Al Lettieri, Charles Bronson, Lee Purcell, Linda Cristal Writer: Elmore Leonard External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: Vietnam veteran Vince Majestyk just wants to grow his watermelons and live in peace on his farm. But the local mob boss has different ideas. When his workers are threatened Mr. Majestyk decides to lend them a hand but then the wrath of the mob is turned onto Mr. Majestyk himself. The poor mobsters don't stand a chance. Rotten Tomatoes: Elmore Leonard's script for Mr. Majestyk was, like his novel, supposed to have concentrated on the plight of Chicano migrant workers; but what emerged on screen was extensively reshaped into a standard Charles Bronson vehicle. Battle-weary Vietnam veteran Vince Majestyk (Bronson) settles down in rural Colorado, hoping to make a living as a watermelon farmer. Despite his new-found pacifism, Majestyk can't seem to stay out of trouble, and he lands in jail, where he foils a breakout engineered by Mob boss Frank Renda (Al Lettieri). Offering to bring in Renda in exchange for his own freedom, Majestyk finds himself the main target of the Mob, who is also extorting vast sums of money from Vince's fellow farmers. It is bad enough when the crooks begin roughing up Majestyk's field hands; but when they ruthlessly machine-gun his entire melon crop, they've gone too far. Teaming up with Chicano labor activist Nancy Chavez (Linda Cristal) (any relation to Cesar?), Majestyk decides to track down the mobsters one by one and mete out retribution. 467 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  85% (3) Enter the Dragon 102 min R [Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller] [Robert Clouse] [19 Aug 1973]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 77%, Rotten Tomatoes: 96%, Metacritic: 83%, External Reviews Awards: 1 win. Actors: Ahna Capri, Bruce Lee, Jim Kelly, John Saxon Writer: Michael Allin External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, Cantonese Country: Hong Kong, USA Plot: Enter the Dragon revolves around the three main characters. Lee, a man recruited by an agency to investigate a tournament hosted by Han, since they believe he has an Opium trade there. Roper and Williams are former army buddies since Vietnam and they enter the tournament due to different problems that they have. Roper is on the run from the Mafia due to his gambling debts, while Williams is harassed by racist police officers and defends himself from them and uses the car for his getaway. It is a deadly tournament that they will enter on an island. Lee's job is to get the other two out of there alive. Rotten Tomatoes: One of the most popular kung fu films ever, and perhaps the peak of the famed Bruce Lee's career, Enter the Dragon achieved success by presenting a series of superbly staged fighting sequences with a minimum of distractions. The story finds Lee as a martial-arts expert determined to help capture the narcotics dealer whose gang was responsible for his sister's death. This evil villain operates from a fortified island manned by a team of crack martial artists, who also host a kung fu competition. Lee uses his skills to enter the contest and then tries to chop, kick, and otherwise fight his way into the dealer's headquarter. The story is, of course, merely an excuse for showdown after showdown, featuring masterly fighting by Lee in a wide variety of martial arts styles. Essential viewing for martial arts fans, the film was also embraced by a larger audience, thanks to a fast pace and higher-than-usual production values. ~ Judd Blaise, Rovi 468 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 77% (3) Westworld 88 min PG [Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Western] [Michael Crichton] [08 Dec 1973]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 70%, Rotten Tomatoes: 86%, Metacritic: 77%, External Reviews Awards: 3 nominations. Actors: James Brolin, Norman Bartold, Richard Benjamin, Yul Brynner Writer: Michael Crichton External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: An amusement park for rich vacationers. The park provides its customers a way to live out their fantasies through the use of robots that provide anything they want. Two of the vacationers choose a wild west adventure. However, after a computer breakdown, they find that they are now being stalked by a rogue robot gun-slinger. Rotten Tomatoes: Welcome to Westworld, where nothing can go wrong...go wrong...go wrong....Writer/director Michael Crichton has concocted a futuristic 'Disneyland for adults', a remote resort island where, for a hefty fee, one can indulge in one's wildest fantasies. Businessmen James Brolin and Richard Benjamin are just crazy about the old west, thus they head to the section of Westworld populated by robot desperadoes, robot lawmen, robot dance-hall gals, and the like. Benjamin's first inkling that something is amiss occurs when, during a mock showdown with robot gunslinger Yul Brynner, Brolin is shot and killed for real. It seems that the 'nerve center' of Westworld has developed several serious technical glitches: the human staff is dead, and the robots are running amok. Suddenly promoted to the film's hero, Benjamin (who seems as surprised and shocked as the audience) must first avoid, then face down the relentless Brynner. Much of Westworld was lensed on the expansive grounds of the old Harold Lloyd estate in Beverly Hills, so it's no surprise that there's something Lloydlike about Dick Benjamin's instinct for self-preservation. 469 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  70% (3) Magnum Force 124 min R [Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller] [Ted Post] [25 Dec 1973]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 72%, Rotten Tomatoes: 81%, Metacritic: 58%, External Reviews Awards: 2 nominations. Actors: Clint Eastwood, David Soul, Hal Holbrook, Mitchell Ryan Writer: Harry Julian Fink (original material), Rita M. Fink (original material), John Milius (screenplay), Michael Cimino (screenplay), John Milius (story) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: San Francisco Police Inspector 'Dirty' Harry Callahan and his new partner, Early Smith have been temporarily reassigned from Homicide to Stakeout Duty. You Meanwhile, those of the city's criminals who manage to avoid punishment by the courts are nevertheless being killed by unknown assassins. Callahan begins to investigate the murders despite being the orders of his superior officer, Lieutenant Briggs. A man has to know his limitations... Rotten Tomatoes: In this film, notorious area criminals are being killed by vigilantes. Detective Dirty Harry Callahan discovers that the killings have been committed by a .357 Magnum and suspects that his partner is responsible. But the conspiracy is less transparent than that, as Harry learns almost at the cost of his life. 470 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 69% (3) White Lightning 101 min PG [Action, Drama, Crime] [Joseph Sargent] [22 Oct 1973]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 64%, Rotten Tomatoes: 83%, Metacritic: 60%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: Bo Hopkins, Burt Reynolds, Jennifer Billingsley, Ned Beatty Writer: William W. Norton External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: An ex con teams up with federal agents to help them with breaking up a moonshine ring. Rotten Tomatoes: When the police pick up Gator McKlusky (Burt Reynolds) for running moonshine, they agree to let him out of jail if he will help them capture the key figures in his moonshine operation. Since the suspected ring leader is the man who killed Gator's little brother, he agrees to help out the cops to get himself out of prison and get his revenge. ~ Iotis Erlewine, Rovi 471 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  68% (3) Walking Tall 125 min R [Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller] [Phil Karlson] [22 Feb 1973]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 70%, Rotten Tomatoes: 75%, Metacritic: 60%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: Dawn Lyn, Elizabeth Hartman, Joe Don Baker, Leif Garrett Writer: Mort Briskin, Stephen Downing External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: A surprise hit when it premiered, Walking Tall carried the theme of one man standing up for his sense of right and wrong. Selmer, a small town in southwest Tennessee, served as the authentic background for the bio-pic of the heroic southern Sheriff. Joe Don Baker did an admirable job with the role, and the hugely violent film was a surprise hit. Former Sheriff Pusser himself was set to potray himself in the sequel, but he died in a car crash as he as returning from his contract signing in California. The sequel was filmed using Swedish actor Bo Swensen, and a Final Chapter triquel told of Pussers' demise. While the Walking Tall franchise will never be on any list of Classic Film, the original is a great slice of Americana, Circa '70s. It made Bakers' career and perhaps kicked the 'southsploutation' genre of that decade into gear. Rotten Tomatoes: This film is the unabashedly manipulative story of real-life Tennessee sheriff Buford Pusser. Pusser can either be regarded as a tireless champion of justice or a baseball-bat-wielding hooligan. When the town baddies seek vengeance by killing Pusser's wife, the you-know-what really hits the fan! 472 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 74% (3) Super Fly 91 min R [Action, Crime, Drama] [Gordon Parks Jr.] [04 Aug 1972]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 65%, Rotten Tomatoes: 92%, Metacritic: 67%, External Reviews Awards: 1 nomination. Actors: Carl Lee, Julius Harris, Ron O'Neal, Sheila Frazier Writer: Phillip Fenty (screenplay by) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: Super Fly is a cocaine dealer who begins to realize that his life will soon end with either prison or his death. He decides to build an escape from the life by making his biggest deal yet, converting the coke to cash and running off to start a new life. The problem is that the Mob does not have a retirement plan and will give him a choice of staying and selling for them or dying if they find out his intentions. Rotten Tomatoes: Perhaps this definitive blaxploitation film is the story a stylish Harlem drug pusher (Ron O'Neal) trying to score one last big deal before retiring from a life of crime. The film shows how O'Neal's character is the richest, most respected, and envied man in his neighborhood. 473 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  73% (3) The Poseidon Adventure 117 min PG [Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller] [Ronald Neame] [13 Dec 1972]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 71%, Rotten Tomatoes: 79%, Metacritic: 70%, External Reviews Awards: Won 1 Oscar. Another 4 wins & 13 nominations. Actors: Carol Lynley, Ernest Borgnine, Gene Hackman, Red Buttons, Shelley Winters Writer: Paul Gallico (novel), Stirling Silliphant (screenplay by), Wendell Mayes (screenplay by) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Hebrew Country: USA Plot: A passenger ship, on her way to the scrap yard is pushed to her limits by the new owners to save on the dismantling fees. A tidal wave hits her, flipping her over so that all the internal rooms are upside down. A priest takes a mixed band of survivors on a journey through the bowels of the ship in an attempt to survive. Rotten Tomatoes: The Poseidon, an ocean liner larger than the Queens Elizabeth and Mary combined, is charting its course on New Year's Eve. Just after midnight, Captain Harrison (Leslie Nielsen) spots the mother of all tidal waves. It is the last thing that Harrison and practically everyone else onboard sees before drowning -- the Poseidon is turned upside down, with only a handful of survivors. The ten lucky ones -- including Mike Rogo (Ernest Borgnine), Linda Rogo (Stella Stevens), Acres (Roddy McDowall), Belle Rosen (Shelley Winters), and Manny Rosen (Jack Albertson) -- led by no-nonsense minister Frank Scott (Gene Hackman), desperately attempt to climb from the top of the ship (now submerged) to the bottom (now 'the top'). The film's theme song, 'The Morning After,' sung by Maureen McGovern, earned an Oscar. In addition, The Poseidon Adventure received the Special Achievement Award for Special Effects; L.B. Abbott and A.D. Flowers were the recipients. A sequel, Beyond the Poseidon Adventure, came out in 1979. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi 474 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 73% (3) The Way of the Dragon 90 min R [Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller] [Bruce Lee] [14 Aug 1972]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 73%, Rotten Tomatoes: 89%, Metacritic: 58%, External Reviews Awards: 1 win. Actors: Bruce Lee, Chuck Norris, Nora Miao, Ping Ou Wei Writer: Bruce Lee (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: Mandarin, Cantonese, English, Italian Country: Hong Kong Plot: Tang Lung arrives in Rome to help his cousins in the restaurant business. They are being pressured to sell their property to the syndicate, who will stop at nothing to get what they want. When Tang arrives he poses a new threat to the syndicate, and they are unable to defeat him. The syndicate boss hires the best Japanese and European martial artists to fight Tang, but he easily finishes them off. The American martial artist Colt is hired and has a showdown with Tang in Rome's famous Colosseum. Rotten Tomatoes: Bruce Lee's pre-Enter the Dragon outing is a surprising change of pace from his usual hard-hitting action fare because it favors humor as much as it does kung-fu. It's also notable because it represents Lee's only venture as a director. For the most part, Return of the Dragon works thanks to its charismatic star. Lee shows great comic timing in the humorous set pieces in addition to the usual physical prowess he displays during the action scenes. He also manages to utilize both skills at once on occasion, the best example being a scene where he squares off with a group of mobster goons at a restaurant. It also benefits from its picturesque Italian setting (a novel location for a kung-fu film) and an impressive fight finale between Lee and Chuck Norris (making his film debut). On the down side, the film's low-budget shows and the other performers all pretty much pale in comparison to Lee. However, the real flaw with Return of the Dragon lies in its ending, which features a last-minute twist that doesn't work because it is too unexpectedly tragic for a film that had previously been so lighthearted. Despite this misstep, it remains a likeable blend of kung-fu and comedy that is likely to bring a smile to the face of Bruce Lee fans. ~ Donald Guarisco, Rovi 475 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  71% (3) The Getaway 123 min PG [Action, Crime, Thriller] [Sam Peckinpah] [16 Dec 1972]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 75%, Rotten Tomatoes: 85%, Metacritic: 55%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 1 win. Actors: Ali MacGraw, Ben Johnson, Sally Struthers, Steve McQueen Writer: Walter Hill (screenplay), Jim Thompson (novel) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, Spanish Country: USA Plot: Carter 'Doc' McCoy is a career robber, currently in his fourth year of a ten year prison sentence at the Texas State Penitentiary. After his request for parole is denied despite he being a model prisoner, Doc, unable emotionally to endure life inside, asks his loving wife Carol McCoy to contact crooked businessman Jack Beynon, a man with political connections, to secure his release in return for he being 'for sale' to Beynon. Beynon is able to get Doc released, the sale price being for Doc to plan and execute a robbery at a small bank branch in Beacon City, Texas where Beynon knows that $750,000 will be kept in the vault for the next two weeks. Rather than Doc using his own men for the job, Beynon directs that the only other people involved will be the men of his own choosing, Rudy and Frank. There are to be no casualties, which is all right with Doc who is not a murderer. After the robbery is completed and the monies divvied up accordingly, Doc and Carol will cross the border into Mexico to live out their lives away from capture. The robbery doesn't come off quite according to Doc's plan, with the result being Doc and Carol going on the run as they try to make their way into Mexico with their share of the loot. Various people are in their pursuit, some who know that they will try to cross into Mexico at one of the two major West Texas border crossings. Other bystanders get directly or indirectly involved in the proceedings, which affects what happens. Two of those people, seeming straight-laced couple Fran and Harold Clinton, get involved more intimately than would have been first anticipated. Though it all, Doc and Carol have to work through some of their own issues, which arise out of a revelation about Doc's release from prison. Rotten Tomatoes: In Sam Peckinpah's version of Walter Hill's script, from Jim Thompson's novel, an ex-con and his wife go on the lam after a Texas bank heist. Denied parole after four well-behaved years, Doc McCoy (Steve McQueen) sends his wife Carol (Ali MacGraw) to dirty politician Jack Benyon (Ben Johnson) to get him out of prison. Carol secures Doc's freedom, on the condition that he does one more bank job for Benyon. Doc and his accomplices Rudy (Al Lettieri) and Jackson (Bo Hopkins) get the cash, but Doc soon discovers how Rudy intends to keep it all for himself and how Carol convinced Benyon to get him sprung. While Rudy hijacks a veterinarian and his wife (Sally Struthers) to take him to get Doc in El Paso, Doc and Carol make their own embattled way south with the money, threatening to desert each other before reaching a trash dump rapprochement after a harrowing garbage truck episode. All sides converge in El Paso for a shootout, but trust a happily married old-timer (Slim Pickens) to help Doc and Carol have a future. With violence shot in his trademark balletic style, Peckinpah does not hide the damage that Doc can do, whether to a cop car or an enemy. Still, as in such other morally relative outlaw movies as Bonnie and Clyde (1967) and Peckinpah's western The Wild Bunch (1969), Doc may be a criminal and killer when necessary, but his and Carol's loyalty to each other elevates them above their crooked milieu. With its non-traditional traditional couple played by the then hot (and notoriously adulterous) stars McQueen and MacGraw, The Getaway was a substantial hit. It was lackadaisically remade with Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger in 1994. ~ Lucia Bozzola, Rovi 476 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 90% (3) The French Connection 104 min R [Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller] [William Friedkin] [09 Oct 1971]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 78%, Rotten Tomatoes: 98%, Metacritic: 96%, External Reviews Awards: Won 5 Oscars. Another 17 wins & 10 nominations. Actors: Fernando Rey, Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider, Tony Lo Bianco Writer: Ernest Tidyman (screenplay by), Robin Moore (based on the book by) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, French Country: USA Plot: William Friedkin's gritty police drama portrays two tough New York City cops trying to intercept a huge heroin shipment coming from France. An interesting contrast is established between 'Popeye' Doyle, a short-tempered alcoholic bigot who is nevertheless a hard-working and dedicated police officer, and his nemesis Alain Charnier, a suave and urbane gentleman who is nevertheless a criminal and one of the largest drug suppliers of pure heroin to North America. During the surveillance and eventual bust, Friedkin provides one of the most gripping and memorable car chase sequences ever filmed. Rotten Tomatoes: This gritty, fast-paced, and innovative police drama earned five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay (written by Ernest Tidyman), and Best Actor (Gene Hackman). Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle (Hackman) and his partner, Buddy Russo (Roy Scheider), are New York City police detectives on narcotics detail, trying to track down the source of heroin from Europe into the United States. Suave Alain Charnier (Fernando Rey) is the French drug kingpin who provides a large percentage of New York City's dope, and Pierre Nicoli (Marcel Bozzuffi) is a hired killer and Charnier's right-hand man. Acting on a hunch, Popeye and Buddy start tailing Sal Boca (Tony Lo Bianco) and his wife, Angie (Arlene Faber), who live pretty high for a couple whose corner store brings in about 7,000 dollars a year. It turns out Popeye's suspicions are right -- Sal and Angie are the New York agents for Charnier, who will be smuggling 32 million dollars' worth of heroin into the city in a car shipped over from France. The French Connection broke plenty of new ground for screen thrillers; Popeye Doyle was a highly unusual 'hero,' an often violent, racist, and mean-spirited cop whose dedication to his job fell just short of dangerous obsession. The film's high point, a high-speed car chase with Popeye tailing an elevated train, was one of the most viscerally exciting screen moments of its day and set the stage for dozens of action sequences to follow. And the film's grimy realism (and downbeat ending) was a big change from the buff-and-shine gloss and good-guys-always-win heroics of most police dramas that preceded it. The French Connection was inspired by a true story, and Eddie Egan and Sonny Grosso, Popeye and Buddy's real life counterparts, both have small roles in the film. A sequel followed four years later. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi 477 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  87% (3) Dirty Harry 102 min R [Action, Crime, Thriller] [Don Siegel] [23 Dec 1971]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 78%, Rotten Tomatoes: 93%, Metacritic: 90%, External Reviews Awards: 1 win & 4 nominations. Actors: Andrew Robinson, Clint Eastwood, Harry Guardino, John Vernon, Reni Santoni Writer: Harry Julian Fink (screenplay), Rita M. Fink (screenplay), Dean Riesner (screenplay), Harry Julian Fink (story), Rita M. Fink (story) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: In the year 1971, San Francisco faces the terror of a maniac known as Scorpio- who snipes at innocent victims and demands ransom through notes left at the scene of the crime. Inspector Harry Callahan (known as Dirty Harry by his peers through his reputation handling of homicidal cases) is assigned to the case along with his newest partner Inspector Chico Gonzalez to track down Scorpio and stop him. Using humiliation and cat and mouse type of games against Callahan, Scorpio is put to the test with the cop with a dirty attitude. Rotten Tomatoes: 'You've got to ask yourself a question: 'do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya, punk?' Dirty Harry provoked a critical uproar in 1971 for its 'fascist' message about the power of one, as it also elevated Clint Eastwood to superstar status through his most enduring screen persona. Harry Callahan (Eastwood, in a role meant for Frank Sinatra) is a sardonic, hard-working San Francisco cop who can't finish his lunch without having to foil a bank robbery with his 44 Magnum, 'the most powerful handgun in the world.' When hippie-esque psycho Scorpio (Andy Robinson) goes on a killing spree, Harry and new partner Chico (Reni Santoni) are assigned to hunt him down, but not before the Mayor (John Vernon) and Lt. Bressler (Harry Guardino) admonish Callahan about his heavy-handed tactics. Racing against a deadline to save a kidnap victim from suffocating to death and unbothered by the niceties of Miranda rights and search warrants, Callahan brings in Scorpio, only to see him released on technicalities. 'The law's crazy,' opines Harry in disgust, before taking it upon himself to ensure that Scorpio doesn't kill again. Directed in violent and efficient fashion by Don Siegel, with a propulsive score by Lalo Schifrin, Dirty Harry was the fourth Siegel-Eastwood collaboration after Coogan's Bluff (1968), Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970), and The Beguiled (1970). Critics at the time strongly objected to the heroic image of a cop's violations of a suspect's Miranda rights, forcing Siegel and Eastwood to deny that they were right-wing reactionaries. All the same, Dirty Harry proved to be highly popular and spawned four sequels: Magnum Force (1973), The Enforcer (1976), Sudden Impact (1983), and The Dead Pool (1988). ~ Lucia Bozzola, Rovi 478 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 73% (3) Shaft 100 min R [Action, Crime, Thriller] [Gordon Parks] [02 Jul 1971]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 66%, Rotten Tomatoes: 89%, Metacritic: 66%, External Reviews Awards: Won 1 Oscar. Another 4 wins & 6 nominations. Actors: Charles Cioffi, Christopher St. John, Moses Gunn, Richard Roundtree Writer: Ernest Tidyman (screenplay), John D.F. Black (screenplay), Ernest Tidyman (novel) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: John Shaft is the ultimate in suave black detectives. He first finds himself up against Bumpy, the leader of the Black crime mob, then against Black nationals, and finally working with both against the White Mafia who are trying to blackmail Bumpy by kidnapping his daughter. Rotten Tomatoes: Shaft, a highly successful film, spawned an industry of sequels and imitations. The daughter (Sherri Brewer) of Bumpy Jones (Moses Gunn), a (white) gangster, has been kidnapped by a rival (black) gang. Bumpy hires private detective Shaft (Richard Roundtree) to find her. Shaft gets some assistance from Lt. Androzzy (Charles Cioffi) of the NYPD, who hopes to avoid a gang war, especially one which could lead to open racial warfare. The other person who helps him is Ben Buford (Christopher St. John), a black militant who also wants to avoid race war. Shaft is tough. Shaft is smart. Shaft succeeds. Isaac Hayes won an Academy Award for the title song. 479 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  70% (3) Escape from the Planet of the Apes 98 min G [Action, Sci-Fi] [Don Taylor] [09 Jul 1971]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 63%, Rotten Tomatoes: 78%, Metacritic: 69%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: Bradford Dillman, Kim Hunter, Natalie Trundy, Roddy McDowall Writer: Paul Dehn, Pierre Boulle (based upon characters created by) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: Following the events in 'Beneath the Planet of the Apes', Cornelius and Zira flee back through time to 20th Century Los Angeles, where they face fear and persecution similar to what Taylor and Brent suffered in the future, and discover the origins of the stream of events that will shape their world. Rotten Tomatoes: Escape From the Planet of the Apes is the third in the series of films based upon the Planet of the Apes characters created by novelist Pierre Boulle. At the end of the second film, the centuries-in-the-future world colonized by simians was destroyed, but apes Cornelius (Roddy McDowall) and Zira (Kim Hunter) were able to escape in the space vessel left behind by 20th century astronaut George Taylor (Charlton Heston). Cornelius and Zira pass through another time warp, finding themselves in the Earth of the 1970s. When they reveal their ability to speak, the apes are first treated as curiosities, then as threats when the government, believing the story that the Earth will eventually be inherited by monkeys, tries to prevent the birth of Zira's baby. They are ultimately given shelter by sympathetic circus owner Armando (Ricardo Montalban). This film was followed by the fourth 'Apes' entry, 1972's Conquest of the Planet of the Apes. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi 480 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 70% (3) Vanishing Point 99 min R [Action, Crime, Thriller] [Richard C. Sarafian] [13 Mar 1971]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 73%, Rotten Tomatoes: 76%, Metacritic: 61%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: Barry Newman, Charlotte Rampling, Cleavon Little, Dean Jagger Writer: Guillermo Cabrera Infante (screenplay), Malcolm Hart (from a story outline by) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: Kowalski works for a car delivery service. He takes delivery of a 1970 Dodge Challenger to take from Colorado to San Francisco, California. Shortly after pickup, he takes a bet to get the car there in less than 15 hours. After a few run-ins with motorcycle cops and highway patrol they start a chase to bring him into custody. Along the way, Kowalski is guided by Supersoul - a blind DJ with a police radio scanner. Throw in lots of chase scenes, gay hitchhikers, a naked woman riding a motorbike, lots of Mopar and you've got a great cult hit from the early 70's. Rotten Tomatoes: In this film, amphetamine-popping Kowalski (Barry Newman) attempts to drive a race car from Denver to San Francisco in order to win a bet. As the police become informed of his crazy endeavor, Kowalski struggles to avoid the cops with the help of a blind radio disco jockey who calls himself Super Soul (Cleavon Little). 481 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  77% (3) Burn! 112 min GP [Action, Drama] [Gillo Pontecorvo] [21 Oct 1970]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 74%, Rotten Tomatoes: 85%, Metacritic: 72%, External Reviews Awards: 3 wins & 1 nomination. Actors: Dana Ghia, Evaristo Márquez, Marlon Brando, Renato Salvatori Writer: Franco Solinas (story), Giorgio Arlorio (story), Franco Solinas (screenplay), Giorgio Arlorio (screenplay), Norman Gant (based on novels by) External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: Italian, Portuguese, English Country: Italy, France Plot: The professional mercenary Sir William Walker instigates a slave revolt on the Caribbean island of Queimada in order to help improve the British sugar trade. Years later he is sent again to deal with the same rebels that he built up because they have seized too much power that now threatens British sugar interests. Rotten Tomatoes: Sir William Walker (Marlon Brando) is the aristocratic secret agent sent by Britain to secure a profitable Portuguese sugar cane plantation for the Crown. When he arrives, he befriends the black dockworker Jose (Evaristo Marquez) and plants revolutionary ideas in his head. Walker talks Jose into robbing a bank and builds him up as a national hero in the process. Teddy Sanchez (Renato Salvatori) is the hotel desk clerk with political aspirations who falls under Walker's spell. The blacks revolt on the night of a festival parade that allows them to be disguised and move around without suspicion. Jose turns his troops over to Teddy, who assumes control of the island. Walker returns to Britain but is summoned ten years later to stop a revolution led by Jose against the now corrupt government headed by Teddy. British troops attack the island and hundreds are killed including Teddy who is executed for treason. The sugar cane crops perish in flames when Jose mounts an attack against the British. When William offers him freedom, Jose refuses by stating 'freedom is something you take for yourself.' Jose is assassinated and becomes yet another martyr for the cause against colonialism. A drunk and despondent William prepares to leave the island realizing he is just as much a pawn as the men he initially incited to revolt. 482 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 89% (3) The Wild Bunch 135 min R [Action, Adventure, Western] [Sam Peckinpah] [07 Aug 1969]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 80%, Rotten Tomatoes: 94%, Metacritic: 95%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 5 wins & 5 nominations. Actors: Edmond O'Brien, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan, William Holden Writer: Walon Green (screenplay), Sam Peckinpah (screenplay), Walon Green (story), Roy N. Sickner (story) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, Spanish, German Country: USA, Mexico Plot: It's 1913, and the traditional American West is dying. Among the inhabitants of this dying time era are a outlaw gang called 'The Wild Bunch'. After a failed bank robbery, the gang head to Mexico to do one last job. Seeing their times and lives drifting away in the newly formed world of the 20th century, the gang take the job and end up in a brutally, violent last stand against their enemies who deemed to be corrupt in a small Mexican town, ruled by a ruthless general. Rotten Tomatoes: Sam Peckinpah's controversial revisionist Western takes place in Texas and Mexico in 1913, a transitional year when the Old West was giving way to the New West. The titular outlaw bunch, headed by ethical-in-his-fashion Pike (William Holden), continues staging violent bank robberies in their old, time-honored tradition. After a particularly brutal holdup in the town of San Rafael, the gang -- or what's left of it -- heads for the hills of Mexico, pursued by a posse led by Thornton (Robert Ryan), an old friend of Pike's. The gang discovers that the bank had been set up to be robbed by Thornton's railroad-executive boss Pat Harrigan (Albert Dekker), and that their booty consists of worthless metal washers. Meanwhile, the conscience-stricken Thornton seethes over Harrigan's scheme, which has cost too many innocent lives, but he is powerless to leave the railroad baron's employ lest he be sent back to jail. While hiding out in a Mexican village, the gang is engaged by corrupt general Emilio Fernandez to steal a huge shipment of guns from the U.S. Army. Like Thornton, Pike agrees against his will: his right-hand man Jaime Sanchez is being held hostage by Fernandez, who in turn is being manipulated by a pair of war-mongering German officers. More violence -- both justified and gratuitous -- follows, leading to a final blood-spattered confrontation between the Wild Bunch and 's posse. For many years, no one audience was privy to a 'definitive' version of The Wild Bunch. Peckinpah's 144-minute director's cut was butchered by Warner Bros. after its first press showing (curiously, the studio removed not only the gorier scenes, but also several motivational sequences, rendering much of the film incomprehensible). The 1981 reissue was restored to 141 minutes, but it wasn't until the advent of home video that the complete version was once more made available. Once considered the last word in cinematic bloodletting, The Wild Bunch is a model of decorum compared to what was to follow. 483 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  74% (3) The Italian Job 99 min G [Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller] [Peter Collinson] [03 Sep 1969]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 73%, Rotten Tomatoes: 81%, Metacritic: 69%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: Benny Hill, Michael Caine, Noël Coward, Raf Vallone Writer: Troy Kennedy-Martin External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, Italian Country: UK Plot: Charlie's got a 'Job' to do. Having just left prison, he finds one of his friends has attempted a high risk job in Italy right under the nose of the Mafia. Charlie's friend doesn't get very far so Charlie takes over the 'Job'. Using three Mini Coopers, a couple of Jaguars and a bus, he hopes to bring Torino to a standstill, steal the Gold and escape. Rotten Tomatoes: The quintessential British caper film of the 1960s, The Italian Job is a flashy, fast romp that chases a team of career criminals throughout one of the biggest international gold heists in history. Michael Caine is Charlie Croker, a stylish robber and skirt-chaser just out of British prison. Shunning rehabilitation for recidivism, Croker takes over 'The Italian Job,' a complicated plan to hijack gold bullion from Italy -- right from underneath the noses of the Italian Police and the Mafia. The job, whose original mastermind was murdered, clearly requires the sponsorship of a richer, more established criminal than Croker. He turns to the auspices of the eccentric Mr. Bridger (Noël Coward in his last film role), a suave, regal, incarcerated English crime boss with a peculiar fascination with the Queen. Bridger provides Croker with a quirky group of Britain's most infamous computer hackers (including a lascivious Benny Hill), bank robbers, hijackers, and getaway drivers -- the ex-con is soon well on his way to relieving Italy of the gold. ~ Aubry Anne D'Arminio, Rovi 484 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 70% (3) On Her Majesty's Secret Service 142 min PG [Action, Adventure, Thriller] [Peter R. Hunt] [19 Dec 1969]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 68%, Rotten Tomatoes: 81%, Metacritic: 61%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 3 nominations. Actors: Diana Rigg, Gabriele Ferzetti, George Lazenby, Telly Savalas Writer: Simon Raven (additional dialogue), Richard Maibaum (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, German, French Country: UK Plot: George Lazenby steps into the role of James Bond and is sent on his first mission. For help with Draco, he must become very close friends with his daughter, Tracy, and heads off to hunt down Ernst Stavro Blofeld one more time. This takes him to Switzerland, where he must pose as Sir Hilary Bray to find out the secret plan of Blofeld. The facility is covered with Blofeld's guards as well as his hench-woman, Irma Bunt. What has Blofeld got in mind this time? Can Bond keep up this act for much longer? Are ANY Bond girls safe? Rotten Tomatoes: Connery's decision to quit as Bond left Broccoli and Saltzman with a headache. The press went into overdrive speculating on Connery's successor; while the producers chose good-looking Australian actor George Lazenby after successful screen tests. Avengers superstar Diana Rigg was brought in as an added lure and the resulting action-packed film ensured that the franchise would continue. 485 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  85% (3) Bullitt 114 min M/PG [Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller] [Peter Yates] [17 Oct 1968]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 75%, Rotten Tomatoes: 97%, Metacritic: 83%, External Reviews Awards: Won 1 Oscar. Another 6 wins & 9 nominations. Actors: Don Gordon, Jacqueline Bisset, Robert Vaughn, Steve McQueen Writer: Alan Trustman (screenplay), Harry Kleiner (screenplay), Robert L. Fish (novel) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: High profile San Francisco Police Lieutenant Frank Bullitt is asked personally by ambitious Walter Chalmers, who is in town to hold a US Senate subcommittee hearing on organized crime, to guard Johnny Ross, a Chicago based mobster who is about to turn evidence against the organization at the hearing. Chalmers wants Ross' safety at all cost, or else Bullitt will pay the consequences. Bullitt and his team of Sergeant Delgetti and Detective Carl Stanton have Ross in protective custody for 48 hours over the weekend until Ross provides his testimony that upcoming Monday. Bullitt's immediate superior, Captain Samuel Bennet, gives Bullitt full authority to lead the case, no questions asked for any move Bullitt makes. When an incident occurs early during their watch, Bullitt is certain that Ross and/or Chalmers are not telling them the full story to protect Ross properly. Without telling Bennet or an incensed Chalmers, Bullitt clandestinely moves Ross while he tries to find out who is after Ross, and why Ross has seemingly made it so easy for 'them' to find him. As Bullitt enlists the help of his live-in artist girlfriend Cathy over the weekend and as she sees for the first time with what he deals every day, she wonders if he is indeed the man with whom she should be. Rotten Tomatoes: Robert L. Pike's crime novel Mute Witness makes the transition to the big screen in this film from director Peter Yates. In one of his most famous roles, Steve McQueen stars as tough-guy police detective Frank Bullitt. The story begins with Bullitt assigned to a seemingly routine detail, protecting mafia informant Johnny Ross (Pat Renella), who is scheduled to testify against his Mob cronies before a Senate subcommittee in San Francisco. But when a pair of hitmen ambush their secret location, fatally wounding Ross, things don't add up for Bullitt, so he decides to investigate the case on his own. Unfortunately for him, ambitious senator Walter Chalmers (Robert Vaughn), the head of the aforementioned subcommittee, wants to shut his investigation down, hindering Bullitt's plan to not only bring the killers to justice but discover who leaked the location of the hideout. ~ Matthew Tobey, Rovi 486 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 82% (3) Bonnie and Clyde 111 min R [Action, Biography, Crime, Drama] [Arthur Penn] [01 Sep 1967]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 79%, Rotten Tomatoes: 88%, Metacritic: 81%, External Reviews Awards: Won 2 Oscars. Another 20 wins & 27 nominations. Actors: Faye Dunaway, Gene Hackman, Michael J. Pollard, Warren Beatty Writer: David Newman, Robert Benton External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: 1934. Young adults Bonnie Parker, a waitress, and Clyde Barrow, a criminal just released from prison, are immediately attracted to what the other represents for their life when they meet by chance in West Dallas, Texas. Bonnie is fascinated with Clyde's criminal past, and his matter-of-factness and bravado in talking about it. Clyde sees in Bonnie someone sympatico to his goals in life. Although attracted to each other physically, a sexual relationship between the two has a few obstacles to happen. Regardless, they decide to join forces to embark on a life of crime, holding up whatever establishments, primarily banks, to make money and to have fun. They don't plan on hurting anyone physically or killing anyone despite wielding loaded guns. They amass a small gang of willing accomplices, including C.W. Moss, a mechanic to fix whatever cars they steal which is important especially for their getaways, and Buck Barrow, one of Clyde's older brothers. The only reluctant tag-along is Buck's nervous wife, Blanche Barrow, a preacher's daughter. The gang's life changes after the first fatal shot is fired. Following, their willingness to shoot to kill increases to protect themselves and their livelihood. Their notoriety precedes them, so much so that no matter what one's opinion is of them, most want to have some association to the Barrow gang, to help them, to be spoken in the same breath as them, or to capture and or kill them. Of the many people they encounter in their crime spree, the one who may have the most profound effect on their lives is Texas Ranger Frank Hamer, who is looking for a little retribution. Rotten Tomatoes: Producer/star Warren Beatty had to convince Warner Bros. to finance this film, which went on to become the studio's second-highest grosser. It also caused major controversy by redefining violence in cinema and casting its criminal protagonists as sympathetic anti-heroes. Based loosely on the true exploits of Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker during the 30s, the film begins as Clyde (Beatty) tries to steal the car of Bonnie Parker (Faye Dunaway)'s mother. Bonnie is excited by Clyde's outlaw demeanor, and he further stimulates her by robbing a store in her presence. Clyde steals a car, with Bonnie in tow, and their legendary crime spree begins. The two move from town to town, pulling off small heists, until they join up with Clyde's brother Buck (Gene Hackman), his shrill wife Blanche (Estelle Parsons), and a slow-witted gas station attendant named C.W. Moss (Michael J. Pollard). The new gang robs a bank and Clyde is soon painted in the press as a Depression-era Robin Hood when he allows one bank customer to hold onto his money. Soon the police are on the gang's trail and they are constantly on the run, even kidnapping a Texas Ranger (Denver Pyle) and setting him adrift on a raft, handcuffed, after he spits in Bonnie's face when she kisses him. That same ranger leads a later raid on the gang that leaves Buck dying, Blanche captured, and both Clyde and Bonnie injured. The ever-loyal C.W. takes them to his father's house. C.W.'s father disaproves his son's affiliation with gangsters and enters a plea bargain with the Texas Rangers. A trap is set that ends in one of the bloodiest death scenes in cinematic history. The film made stars out of Beatty and Dunaway, and it also featured the screen debut of Gene Wilder as a mortician briefly captured by the gang. Its portrayal of Bonnie and Clyde as rebels who empathized with the poor working folks of the 1930s struck a chord with the counterculture of the 1960s and helped generate a new, young audience for American movies that carried over into Hollywood's renewal of the 1970s. Its combination of sex and violence with dynamic stars, social relevance, a traditional Hollywood genre, and an appeal to hip young audiences set the pace for many American movies to come. ~ Don Kaye, Rovi 487 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  80% (3) The Dirty Dozen 150 min Not Rated [Action, Adventure, War] [Robert Aldrich] [22 Oct 1967]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 78%, Rotten Tomatoes: 91%, Metacritic: 73%, External Reviews Awards: Won 1 Oscar. Another 3 wins & 8 nominations. Actors: Charles Bronson, Ernest Borgnine, Jim Brown, Lee Marvin Writer: Nunnally Johnson (screenplay), Lukas Heller (screenplay), E.M. Nathanson (novel) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, German, French, Spanish, Latin Country: UK, USA Plot: A Major with an attitude problem and a history of getting things done is told to interview military prisoners with death sentences or long terms for a dangerous mission; To parachute behind enemy lines and cause havoc for the German Generals at a rest house on the eve of D-Day. Rotten Tomatoes: Director Robert Aldrich took what he considered a hopelessly old-fashioned script by Lukas Heller and Nunnally Johnson and fashioned The Dirty Dozen into one of MGM's biggest moneymakers of the 1960s--and the sixth highest-grossing film in the studio's history. Lee Marvin plays Major Reisman, assigned to coordinate a suicide mission on a French chateau held by top Nazi officers. Since no 'normal' GI can be expected to volunteer for this mission, Reisman is compelled to draw his personnel from a group of military prisoners serving life sentences. This 'dirty dozen' includes a sex pervert (Telly Savalas), a psycho (John Cassavetes), a retarded killer (Donald Sutherland), and the equally malevolent Charles Bronson, Trini Lopez, Jim Brown, and Clint Walker. On the dim promise of receiving pardons if they survive, the criminals undergo a brutal training program, then are marched behind enemy lines dressed as Nazi soldiers, the better to overtake the chateau and kill everyone in it--including the innocent wives and mistresses of the German officers. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi 488 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 67% (3) You Only Live Twice 117 min PG [Action, Adventure, Thriller] [Lewis Gilbert] [13 Jun 1967]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 69%, Rotten Tomatoes: 72%, Metacritic: 61%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 2 wins & 2 nominations. Actors: Akiko Wakabayashi, Mie Hama, Sean Connery, Tetsurô Tanba Writer: Harold Jack Bloom (additional story material), Roald Dahl (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, Japanese, Russian Country: UK, USA, Japan Plot: When an American space capsule is swallowed up by what they believe to be a Russian spaceship, World War 3 nearly breaks out. The British Government, however, suspect that other powers are at work as the space craft went down near Japan. S.P.E.C.T.R.E. is the force behind the theft, as James Bond discovers, but its motives are far from clear, and he must first find out where the captured space capsule is held before America and Russia initiate another world war. Rotten Tomatoes: In the fifth James Bond thriller starring Sean Connery, Bond has to battle Ernst Stavro Blofeld and SPECTRE, who have been gathering Russian and American spacecrafts in a diabolical plan to begin WWIII. Though Roald Dahl's script contains some serious lapses of logic, the film is entertaining. 489 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  80% (3) Django 91 min Not Rated [Action, Western] [Sergio Corbucci] [01 Dec 1966]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 73%, Rotten Tomatoes: 92%, Metacritic: 75%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: Franco Nero, José Bódalo, José Canalejas, Loredana Nusciak, Ángel Álvarez Writer: Sergio Corbucci (story), Bruno Corbucci (story), Sergio Corbucci (screenplay), Bruno Corbucci (screenplay), Franco Rossetti (screenplay in collaboration with), Piero Vivarelli (screenplay in collaboration with), Geoffrey Copleston (English version by) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: Italian Country: Italy, Spain Plot: In the opening scene a lone man walks, behind him he drags a coffin. That man is Django. He rescues a woman from bandits and, later, arrives in a town ravaged by the same bandits. The scene for confrontation is set. But why does he drag that coffin everywhere and who, or what, is in it? Rotten Tomatoes: A mysterious man trudges into town dragging a mud-stained coffin behind him. This man is Django (Franco Nero). After he saves Maria (Loredana Nusciak) from certain death, Django finds himself in the middle of a war between Mexican revolutionaries and a band of sadistic racists led by the fanatical Major Jackson (Eduardo Fajardo). In the face of overwhelming odds, Django has a plan: to exact revenge while pitting enemy against enemy. Featuring the addictively catchy title song performed by Rocky Roberts, 'DJANGO' made an international star of Franco Nero, and along with Leone's Man With No Name trilogy, established the Spaghetti Western as an internationally popular genre. 490 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 73% (3) Harper 121 min Not Rated [Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller] [Jack Smight] [09 Apr 1966]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 70%, Rotten Tomatoes: 100%, Metacritic: 51%, External Reviews Awards: 1 win & 3 nominations. Actors: Arthur Hill, Julie Harris, Lauren Bacall, Paul Newman Writer: William Goldman (screenplay), Ross Macdonald (novel) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: Lew Harper is a Los Angeles based private investigator whose marriage to Susan Harper, who he still loves, is ending in imminent divorce since she can't stand being second fiddle to his work, which is always taking him away at the most inopportune of times. His latest client is tough talking and physically disabled Elaine Sampson, who wants him to find her wealthy husband, Ralph Sampson, missing now for twenty-four hours, ever since he disappeared at Van Nuys Airport after having just arrived from Vegas. No one seems to like Ralph, Elaine included. She believes he is cavorting with some woman, which to her would be more a fact than a problem. Harper got the case on the recommendation of the Sampsons' lawyer and Harper's personal friend, milquetoast Albert Graves, who is unrequitedly in love with Sampson's seductive daughter, Miranda Sampson. Miranda, who Harper later states throws herself at anything 'pretty in pants', also has a decidedly cold relationship with her stepmother, Elaine. As Harper begins his investigation, he is often joined by one or two new sidekicks, Miranda, and/or Allan Taggert, Sampson's private pilot who was the last person to see him before his disappearance. Living on the Sampson estate, Allan is also Miranda's casual boyfriend who Harper coins 'Beauty' because of his preppy good looks. They discover that Sampson has indeed been kidnapped as they receive a ransom note. As Harper follows leads, he ends up in the underbelly of Los Angeles society, which includes encounters with Betty Fraley, a junkie lounge singer, Fay Estabrook, an ex-movie ingénue now overweight alcoholic, and Claude, a religious cult leader. At each of Harper's stops, people seem to want to beat him up or worse kill him. The case takes a slight turn after they decide to pay the $500,000 ransom to see where it leads. Rotten Tomatoes: Screenwriter William Goldman has claimed that Paul Newman agreed to do Harper, the film that established the grateful writer's career, only because he was working unhappily on Lady L. (1965) in Europe, and was looking for something as unlike that film as possible. He stars as Lew Harper, a hip L.A. private dick whose business has gotten so bad that he's re-using his coffee grounds. At the suggestion of his friend, attorney Albert Graves (Arthur Hill), the detective takes on the investigation of the disappearance of the wealthy husband of waspish cripple Elaine Sampson (Lauren Bacall). After finding a photograph of former actress Fay Estabrook (Shelley Winters), Harper locates the alcoholic actress in a bar, plies her with booze, and takes her home to search her apartment while she's unconscious. There he takes a call which leads him to another bar to meet Betty Fraley (Julie Harris), a singer with a heroin problem. To curtail his inquisitive behavior, some large and unpleasant gentleman beat him up outside the saloon. Hoping for sympathy from his soon to be ex-wife (Janet Leigh), who has just filed divorce papers, the weary detective is much more successful than he has any right to expect. 491 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  87% (3) Goldfinger 110 min PG [Action, Adventure, Thriller] [Guy Hamilton] [09 Jan 1965]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 77%, Rotten Tomatoes: 97%, Metacritic: 87%, External Reviews Awards: Won 1 Oscar. Another 4 wins & 6 nominations. Actors: Gert Fröbe, Honor Blackman, Sean Connery, Shirley Eaton Writer: Richard Maibaum (screenplay), Paul Dehn (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Chinese, Spanish Country: UK Plot: Bond is back and his next mission takes him to Fort Knox, where Auric Goldfinger and his henchman are planning to raid Fort Knox and obliterate the world economy. To save the world once again, Bond will need to become friends with Goldfinger, dodge killer hats and avoid Goldfinger's personal pilot, the sexy Pussy Galore. She might not have feelings for Bond, but will 007 help her change her mind? Rotten Tomatoes: To many, the quintessential Bond film and a brilliant third entry in the series. Here Bond gets his Aston Martin, spars with two statuesque British beauties and pits his wits against a memorable villain, Auric Goldfinger. Add the first Shirley Bassey theme song and some exciting action sequences and the result is an explosive cocktail. 492 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 73% (3) Thunderball 130 min PG [Action, Adventure, Thriller] [Terence Young] [22 Dec 1965]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 70%, Rotten Tomatoes: 87%, Metacritic: 64%, External Reviews Awards: Won 1 Oscar. Another 4 wins & 5 nominations. Actors: Adolfo Celi, Claudine Auger, Luciana Paluzzi, Sean Connery Writer: Richard Maibaum (screenplay), John Hopkins (screenplay), Jack Whittingham (original screenplay), Kevin McClory (original story), Jack Whittingham (original story), Ian Fleming (original story) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, French Country: UK Plot: James Bond continues on his fourth mission, with his aim to recover two stolen warheads. They have been taken by the evil SPECTRE organization. The world is held hostage and Bond heads to Nassau. Here, he meets the beautiful Domino and is forced into a thrilling confrontation with SPECTRE agent Emilio Largo, on board his boat, the Disco Volante. Will 007 prevent the killing of millions of innocent victims? Rotten Tomatoes: Thunderball finds James Bond matching wits with the sinister espionage organization S.P.E.C.T.R.E, (which stands for Special Executive for Counterintelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion). This time, S.P.E.C.T.R.E. hijacks a NATO nuclear bomber, hiding the bombs under the ocean depths and threatening to detonate the weapons unless a ransom of 100,000,000 pounds is paid. The mastermind behind this scheme is international business executive Emilio Largo (Adolfo Celi), who maintains a pool full of sharks for the purpose of eliminating enemies and those henchmen who fail to come up to standard. Dispatched to the Bahamas, lucky Mr. Bond enjoys the attentions of three nubile ladies: Largo's mistress Domino Derval (Claudine Auger), British spy Paula Caplan (Martine Beswick, previously seen as a gypsy girl in the 1962 Bond epic From Russia With Love) and enemy agent Fiona Volpe (Luciana Paluzzi). 493 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  72% (3) The Great Race 160 min Passed [Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Romance, Sport, Western] [Blake Edwards] [14 Oct 1965]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 73%, Rotten Tomatoes: 74%, Metacritic: 71%, External Reviews Awards: Won 1 Oscar. Another 2 wins & 14 nominations. Actors: Jack Lemmon, Natalie Wood, Peter Falk, Tony Curtis Writer: Arthur A. Ross (screenplay), Blake Edwards (original story), Arthur A. Ross (original story) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: Professional daredevil and white-suited hero, The Great Leslie, convinces turn-of-the-century auto makers that a race from New York to Paris (westward across America, the Bering Straight and Russia) will help to promote automobile sales. Leslie's arch-rival, the mustached and black-attired Professor Fate vows to beat Leslie to the finish line in a car of Fate's own invention. The Blake Edwards style of slapstick and song originated with this movie. A dedication to Laurel and Hardy appears at the beginning of the film. Edwards' tribute to Stan and Ollie can be seen most clearly in the interaction between Professor Fate and his cohort Max, as well as in the operatic Pottsdorf pie fight. Rotten Tomatoes: Tony Curtis stars as The Great Leslie, a hero among heroes whose purity of heart is manifested by his spotlessly white wardrobe. Leslie's great rival, played by Jack Lemmon, is Professor Fate, a scowling, mustachioed, top-hatted, black-garbed villain. Long envious of Leslie's record-setting accomplishments with airships and sea craft, Professor Fate schemes to win a 22,000-mile auto race from New York City to Paris by whatever insidious means possible. The problem is that Fate is his own worst enemy: each of his plans to remove Leslie from the running (and from the face of the earth) backfires. Leslie's own cross to bear is suffragette Maggie Dubois (Natalie Wood), who also hopes to win the contest and thus strike a blow for feminism. The race takes all three contestants to the Wild West, the frozen wastes of Alaska, and, in the longest sequence, the mythical European kingdom of Carpania. This last-named country is the setting for a wild Prisoner of Zenda spoof involving Professor Fate and his look-alike, the foppish Carpanian king. When Leslie and Fate approach the finish line at the Eiffel Tower, Leslie deliberately loses to prove his love for Maggie. Professor Fate cannot stand winning under these circumstances, thus he demands that he and Leslie race back to New York. The supporting cast includes Peter Falk as Fate's long-suffering flunkey Max, Keenan Wynn as Leslie's faithful general factotum, Dorothy Provine as a brassy saloon singer, Larry Storch as ill-tempered bandit Texas Jack, and Ross Martin as Baron Von Stuppe. The film also yielded a hit song, Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer's The Sweetheart Tree. The Great Race was dedicated to 'Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy'. 494 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 85% (3) From Russia with Love 115 min PG [Action, Adventure, Thriller] [Terence Young] [27 May 1964]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 74%, Rotten Tomatoes: 96%, Metacritic: 85%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 3 wins & 5 nominations. Actors: Daniela Bianchi, Lotte Lenya, Pedro Armendáriz, Robert Shaw, Sean Connery Writer: Richard Maibaum (screenplay), Johanna Harwood (adaptation) External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, Russian, Turkish, Romany Country: UK Plot: James Bond 007 is on the search for a Russian decoding machine, known as Lektor. Bond needs to find this machine, before the evil SPECTRE organization discovers it first. Whilst being romantically linked with Russian girl, Tatiana Romanova, Bond sneaks his way around Istanbul, whilst each SPECTRE agent tries to pick him off, including the over powering Donald 'Red' Grant and ex-KGB agent Rosa Klebb who knows all the tricks in the books and even possesses an incredible poison tipped shoe! Rotten Tomatoes: Broccoli considered this as one of the best Fleming stories. Connery once again excelled and was well supported by a great cast including Robert Shaw, wonderfully menacing as a brutal killer; and Lotte Lenya as the Russian agent with the famous poison-tipped knife device in her shoe. The film also features many distinctive Bond motifs for the first time and its huge success firmly established the 007 films as a cultural phenomenon. 495 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  82% (3) Dr. No 110 min PG [Action, Adventure, Thriller] [Terence Young] [07 Oct 1962]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 73%, Rotten Tomatoes: 96%, Metacritic: 78%, External Reviews Awards: Won 1 Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 4 nominations. Actors: Bernard Lee, Jack Lord, Joseph Wiseman, Sean Connery, Ursula Andress Writer: Richard Maibaum (screenplay), Johanna Harwood (screenplay), Berkely Mather (screenplay), Ian Fleming (novel) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, French Country: UK Plot: James Bond (007) is Britain's top agent and is on an exciting mission, to solve the mysterious murder of a fellow agent. The task sends him to Jamaica, where he joins forces with Quarrel and a loyal CIA agent, Felix Leiter. While dodging tarantulas, 'fire breathing dragons' and a trio of assassins, known as the three blind mice. Bond meets up with the beautiful Honey Ryder and goes face to face with the evil Dr. No. Rotten Tomatoes: James Bond's investigation of a missing colleague in Jamaica leads him to the island of the mysterious Dr. No and a scheme to end the US space program. 496 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 80% (3) The Magnificent Seven 128 min Approved [Action, Adventure, Western] [John Sturges] [12 Oct 1960]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 78%, Rotten Tomatoes: 88%, Metacritic: 74%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 win & 5 nominations. Actors: Charles Bronson, Eli Wallach, Horst Buchholz, Steve McQueen, Yul Brynner Writer: William Roberts (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, Spanish Country: USA Plot: A bandit terrorizes a small Mexican farming village each year. Several of the village elders send three of the farmers into the United States to search for gunmen to defend them. They end up with seven, each of whom comes for a different reason. They must prepare the town to repulse an army of thirty bandits who will arrive wanting food. Rotten Tomatoes: A Mexican village is being terrorized by the bandit Calvera (Eli Wallach) and his gun blazing goons. Seven American mercenaries are hired to protect the village. The group trains the townsfolk in gunplay as a trap is set for Calvera. The bandits suffer casualties after a raid, but they regroup to capture the seven gunmen. Yul Brenner, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, Robert Vaughn, Horst Buchholz, James Coburn and Brad Dexter star as the seven guns who must escape wrath of their captor Calvera. The story is taken from the Japanese film 'Seven Samurai' which served as a blueprint for this near classic Western saga. 497 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  69% (3) Godzilla, King of the Monsters! 80 min Not Rated [Action, Horror, Sci-Fi] [Ishirô Honda, Terry O. Morse] [27 Apr 1956]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 66%, Rotten Tomatoes: 83%, Metacritic: 60%, External Reviews Awards: 1 nomination. Actors: Akira Takarada, Momoko Kôchi, Raymond Burr, Takashi Shimura Writer: Shigeru Kayama (original story), Takeo Murata (screen play), Ishirô Honda (screen play) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, Japanese Country: USA, Japan Plot: When American reporter Steve Martin investigates a series of mysterious disasters off the coast of Japan, he comes face to face with an ancient creature so powerful and so terrifying, it can reduce Tokyo to a smoldering graveyard. Nuclear weapon testing resurrected this relic from the Jurassic age, and now it's rampaging across Japan. At night, Godzilla wades through Tokyo leaving death and destruction in his wake, disappearing into Tokyo Bay when his rage subsides. Coventional weapons are useless against him; but renowned scientist Dr. Serizawa has discovered a weapon that could destroy all life in the bay -- including Godzilla. But which disaster is worse, Godzilla's fury, or the death of Tokyo Bay? Rotten Tomatoes: Filmed in 1954 as Gojira, this grandaddy of all Japanese giant-reptile epics was picked up for American distribution two years later, at which time several newly filmed inserts, featuring Raymond Burr as reporter Steve Martin, were rabetted into the original footage. In both the Japanese and American versions of Godzilla, the story is basically the same: a 400-foot amphibious monster, brought back to life by underwater nuclear testing, goes on a rampage in a tinker-toy Tokyo. The authorities look on in vain as Godzilla proves more powerful than the army, navy, and air force, while paleontologiist Dr. Yemane (Takashi Shimura) rails against the destruction of a unique scientific find such as Godzilla. Finally, an enigmatic scientist (Akihiko Hirata) reluctantly steps forward to destroy the beast with his newly-discovered creation, the Oxygen Destroyer, dreading all the while that his weapon may unleash a danger even greater than Godzilla. Though Godzilla is apparently disintegrated in the climax, this didn't prevent Toho Studios from grinding out an endless series of sequels with the title character becoming less destructive and more lovable with each subsequent film. Hampered by a low budget which precluded stop-motion animation, special-effects wizard Eiji Tsuburaya was forced to rely upon an actor (Haru Nakajima) in a rubber Godzilla suit. Incidentally, the name 'Gojira', a combination of 'gorilla' and 'kujira', is Japanese slang for 'big clumsy ox' and was allegedly the nickname of one of the Toho stagehands. 498 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 88% (3) High Noon 85 min PG [Action, Drama, Thriller, Western] [Fred Zinnemann] [30 Jul 1952]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 80%, Rotten Tomatoes: 96%, Metacritic: 89%, External Reviews Awards: Won 4 Oscars. Another 13 wins & 10 nominations. Actors: Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Katy Jurado, Lloyd Bridges, Thomas Mitchell Writer: Carl Foreman (screenplay by), John W. Cunningham (based on the magazine story 'The Tin Star' by) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, Spanish Country: USA Plot: On the day he gets married and hangs up his badge, lawman Will Kane is told that a man he sent to prison years before, Frank Miller, is returning on the noon train to exact his revenge. Having initially decided to leave with his new spouse, Will decides he must go back and face Miller. However, when he seeks the help of the townspeople he has protected for so long, they turn their backs on him. It seems Kane may have to face Miller alone, as well as the rest of Miller's gang, who are waiting for him at the station... Rotten Tomatoes: In this classic western, a marshal prepares to retire from law enforcement because of his marriage to a Quaker. But upon learning that four outlaws will converge on the town at noon to kill him, he is torn between his sense of duty and his love for his pacifist bride. 499 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  92% (3) The Adventures of Robin Hood 102 min PG [Action, Adventure, Romance] [Michael Curtiz, William Keighley] [14 May 1938]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 80%, Rotten Tomatoes: 100%, Metacritic: 97%, External Reviews Awards: Won 3 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 2 nominations. Actors: Basil Rathbone, Claude Rains, Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland Writer: Norman Reilly Raine (original screenplay: based upon ancient Robin Hood legends), Seton I. Miller (original screenplay: based upon ancient Robin Hood legends) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: Sir Robin of Locksley, defender of downtrodden Saxons, runs afoul of Norman authority and is forced to turn outlaw. With his band of Merry Men, he robs from the rich, gives to the poor and still has time to woo the lovely Maid Marian, and foil the cruel Sir Guy of Gisbourne, and keep the nefarious Prince John off the throne. Rotten Tomatoes: In order to avoid the material copyrighted by Douglas Fairbanks Sr. for his 1922 Robin Hood, the scripters of this Flynn version relied on several legendary episodes that had never before been filmed, notably the battle between Robin and Little John (Alan Hale Sr., who played this part three times in his long career) and the 'piggy-back' episode between Robin and Friar Tuck (Eugene Pallette). The film ties together the various ancient anecdotes with a storyline bounded by the capture in Austria of Richard the Lionheart (Ian Hunter) on one end and Richard's triumphant return to England on the other. Robin Hood is already an outlaw at the outset of the film, while Maid Marian (Olivia de Havilland) is initially part of the enemy camp, as one of Prince John's (Claude Rains) entourage. Marian warms up to Robin's fight against injustice (and to Robin himself), eventually becoming a trusted ally. James Cagney was originally announced for the role of Robin Hood, just before Cagney left Warner Bros. in a salary dispute. William Keighley was the original director, but he worked too slowly to suit the tight production schedule and was replaced by Michael Curtiz (both men receive screen credit). A lengthy opening jousting sequence was shot but removed from the final print; portions of this sequence show up as stock footage in the 1957 Warners film The Story of Mankind. The chestnut-colored Palomino horse ridden by de Havilland in the Sherwood Forest scenes later gained screen stardom as Roy Rogers' Trigger. 500 / 500 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |