Tagged: secret agent

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2010s / Action / Comedy / Thriller

The Brothers Grimsby (2016)

Sacha Baron Cohen (Les Miserables, The Dictator) continues his formula of crass, envelope-pushing comedies with The Brothers Grimsby (aka Grimsby outside of the US).  The formula consists of trying to elicit laughs through sheer outrageousness, absurdity, and lots and...

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2000s / Action / Thriller

xXx (2002)

It would seem paradoxical that Vin Diesel gains popularity as his movies get worse.  Starting off with his small role in the excellent Saving Private Ryan, then the voice of the Iron Giant in the...

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1970s / Action / Adventure / Thriller

The Eiger Sanction (1975)

Based on the novel by Trevanian (aka Rod Whitaker, who co-wrote the screenplay), Clint plays art professor and successful mountain climber, Jonathan Hemlock, who comes out of retirement as an assassin for a secret government...

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1990s / Action / Science Fiction

The Avengers (1998)

What is it that makes a good action film? Isn’t it the combination of good acting, directing, script, action set-pieces, costumes, and special effects? If that’s the case, The Avengers is a good film, right? That...

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1990s / Action / Thriller

Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)

Brosnan (Mars Attacks!, The Thomas Crown Affair) returns in the role of the British secret agent, this time to bring down a media magnate played by Jonathan Pryce (The Age of Innocence, Glengarry Glen Ross). It...

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1990s / Action / Thriller

Wonder Seven (1994)

Wonder Seven assembles a varied cast as a group of seven well-trained Chinese government secret op agents who are assigned to recover a stolen computer disk. Things get a bit dicey for the crew when...