Predator (1987)
A leaner-than-customary Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as Major “Dutch” Schaeffer, who, along with his crew of elite special ops commandos, is sent to the jungle of a hostile Latin American country on a covert hostage...
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Commando (1985)
Commando is the film that set the mold for the iconic Arnold Schwarzenegger screen persona, showing off his charisma and penchant for one-liners as he delivers his kill shots. Prior to this, his high-profile...
Rambo III (1988)
A purely propagandist return of the popular 1980s hero sees Stallone donning the tightly-bound bandana to the forehead again for another one-man rescue attempt. This time it’s a bit more personal as his former...
Stripes (1981)
Many of the creative forces behind the hit comedy Animal House reunited for a similar vehicle for Murray, Stripes. This one was a military face, but the formula would be the same, where a group of uncouth...
Tears of the Sun (2003)
Bruce and co. are sent on a special-ops mission into the Nigerian jungle with a simple mission to get an American (by marriage), and any other “non-indigenous” people out of there before the newly empowered...
Supernova (2000)
What starts out as intriguing if derivative sci-fi soon descends into meaningless horror and in the end a real letdown from a cast and crew of professionals who should know better. From the fact...
Event Horizon (1997)
In astronomy, an “event horizon” is the point where light falls victim to the pull of a black hole – the point of no return. Black holes have long been theorized to be portals...
Star Trek Generations (1994)
Kirk, Scotty, and Chekhov, now retired from service, come out to celebrate the christening of the Enterprise-B. While on board the ship answering reporters’ questions, a distress signal comes in, and they are the...