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2010s / Action / Adventure / Thriller / War

Triple Frontier (2019)

After a nearly five-year hiatus from writing and directing films (with the exception of his untimely departure from Deepwater Horizon) , J.C. Chandor re-emerges with Triple Frontier (not the best title, taking its name from, according...

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2010s / Action / Comedy

2 Guns (2013)

2 Guns is a meat-headed buddy action comedy that sports a few twists and turns, and a smattering of solid yuks, but fails to truly connect due to Icelandic director Baltasar Kormakur’s lack of...

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2000s / Action / Martial Arts / Thriller

Flash Point (2007)

The duo of fight choreographer and star Donnie Yen (Huadu Chronicles, Shanghai Knights) and director Wilson Yip (Bio-Zombie, The White Dragon) reunite for their third straight movie (after Kill Zone (aka SPL) and Dragon Tiger Gate) with more intense, brilliantly-choreographed fight...

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1980s / Action / Comedy / Thriller

Beverly Hills Cop (1984)

In the mid-1970s, Don Simpson relocated to Beverly Hills for a job developing films for Paramount Pictures. A mechanic’s son from Anchorage, Alaska, Simpson felt out of place residing among the wealthy elite. After...

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1980s / Action / Comedy / Thriller

Running Scared (1986)

Southside Chicago detectives Ray Hughes (Hines, Wolfen) and Danny Costanzo (Crystal, The Princess Bride) are out to put away a rising-star drug lord named Julio Gonzales (Smits, Murder in Mind), who is rumored to have killed an...

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1980s / Action / Comedy / Martial Arts

Police Story (1985)

One of Jackie Chan’s (Cannonball Run II, Wheels on Meals) first big breakthroughs beyond a Hong Kong market, Police Story works well beyond just the standard kung fu fare, as it is, at the same time, also...

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2000s / Comedy / Thriller

Starsky & Hutch (2004)

Starsky & Hutch is yet another big screen recreation of an old classic TV show, and like many others that have been made in recent years, it isn’t so much an homage or a...

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2000s / Action / Comedy / Thriller

Bad Boys II (2003)

Although I am not a fan of any other Michael Bay mega-blockbusters, I did enjoy the original Bad Boys, mostly because it did manage to make me laugh quite a bit.  Even so, I came...

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2000s / Action / Comedy / Martial Arts

The Accidental Spy (2001)

The Accidental Spy is a typical Jackie Chan flick that delivers what you expect.  There’s going to be some fantastic fighting.  There’s going to be some incredible stunt work.  There’s going to be some moments...

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2000s / Drama / Thriller

Traffic (2000)

It should be abundantly clear after the year 2000 that Steven Soderbergh is the best director no one’s ever heard of working in Hollywood today. Arguably his two films (Traffic and Erin Brockovich) could legitimately claim...