Category: Action

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1960s / Action / Adventure / Thriller

From Russia With Love (1963)

James Bond’s (Connery) second outing sees him teamed up with a female Russian counterpart, defector Tatiana Romanova (Bianchi), in order to obtain from her a highly valued, top-secret Soviet decoding device, Lektor, which she is...

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2000s / Action / Science Fiction / Superhero

Watchmen (2009)

The film version of what many consider to be the apex of creative superhero comic book writing finally gets made, after nearly a decade of starts and stops, most notably by the likes of...

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2000s / Action / Science Fiction / Superhero / War

Iron Man (2008)

Multi-billionaire Tony Stark (Downey) is the best in the world at what he does — designing and selling high-powered weaponry to the world, literally changing the face of warfare through his ability to deliver...

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Action / Science Fiction / Thriller

Demolition Man (1993)

Demolition Man starts off in Los Angeles’s near future of 1996, where crime has run rampant.  It takes someone ruthless to catch ruthless criminals, and that man is super-cop John Spartan (Stallone, Rocky V), whose take-no-prisoners...

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2000s / Action / Adventure / Comedy / Horror

The Mummy Returns (2001)

Although only three years have passed since the first film in real time, this sequel takes place about a decade years after the events of The Mummy.  Adventurer Rick O’Connell (Fraser, Monkeybone) and librarian Evelyn...

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1990s / Action / Adventure / Comedy / Fantasy / Horror

The Mummy (1999)

A barely recognizable remake of the 1932 Boris Karloff classic, 1999’s The Mummy tells the tale of the Ancient Egyptian high priest, Imhotep (Vosloo, Agent Cody Banks), who made the fatal error of engaging in an affair...

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2000s / Action / Superhero / Thriller

The Dark Knight (2008)

It’s difficult to believe that, with all of the superhero franchises that have come out prior to 2008, the creative minds didn’t employ the strategy of saving the most popular and interesting villain for...

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1960s / Action / Western

Mackenna’s Gold (1969)

Caution: The following review contains general details about the film’s finale. Read at your own risk. The fact that a young George Lucas would be on location in Utah during the shooting of part of Mackenna’s...

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1990s / Action / Thriller

In the Line of Fire (1993)

Acclaimed action director Wolfgang Petersen (Shattered, The NeverEnding Story) gets top notch performances from his strong cast, and an excellent Academy Award-nominated screenplay by Jeff Maguire (Timeline, Gridiron Gang), making In the Line of Fire one of the...