Category: Action

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1990s / Action / Adventure / Superhero

Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (1998)

Back in the days before Spider-Man, projects based on Marvel Comics characters were pretty laughable, to say the least, and the made-for-TV movie, Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. is a prime example.  Regardless of the casting, such...

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2000s / Action / Thriller

16 Blocks (2006)

16 Blocks is a passable time-waster thriller, reminiscent in its plot to the Eastwood flick, The Gauntlet, although darker in execution.  Director Richard Donner, who made some of the better cop action flicks of the...

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1990s / Action / Thriller

The Rookie (1990)

Eastwood may be a well-respected director these days, crafting such Academy Award winners as Unforgiven, Mystic River, and Million Dollar Baby, but he has made a few duds in his time as well.  Does anyone remember Firefox?  True...

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1970s / Comedy / Romance / Sports

Semi-Tough (1977)

Semi-Tough is a difficult movie to describe, and perhaps impossible to recommend.  It doesn’t neatly fit into any defined genre, and there also isn’t any determinable plot one can put a finger on when telling...

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1990s / Action / Drama / Martial Arts

Fist of Legend (1994)

Fist of Legend is the updated remake of the classic Bruce Lee film, The Chinese Connection, this time starring Hong Kong superstar Jet Li.  Lee’s are big shoes to fill for the diminutive Li, but if anyone...

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2000s / Drama / Sports

Glory Road (2006)

It’s evident to anyone that has seen enough historical or biographical movies that the term “Based on a true story” has no real, practical meaning.  Hollywood has almost always changed the real story of...

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1980s / Action / Comedy

Gotcha! (1985)

Fun in parts, Gotcha! is a better film than you’d think from outward appearances, although it is eventually undone by the very clichés that it seeks to poke fun at.  At its core, this is a...

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1980s / Action / Horror / Science Fiction

The Hidden (1987)

Screenwriter Jim Kouf came up with the plot of The Hidden after was musing about the escalating reports of random acts of violence he watched on the evening news. Often the perpetrator is described...

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1990s / Action / Thriller

Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995)

John McTiernan resumes the helm in the series that made him an esteemed action director with the third installment in the Die Hard trilogy.  Like the first outing, the action flies fast and furious, with excellent...

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1990s / Action / Science Fiction / Thriller

Total Recall (1990)

The idea for Total Recall began after screenwriter Ronald Shusett’s feature screenplay effort, 1974’s W, went awry. Looking to start anew, Shusett found Philip K. Dick’s short story, “We Can Remember It for You Wholesale,”...