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Stingray (1978)
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With two men dead and the cops on their tail, two punks stash their load of drugs in a shiny red corvette parked in an unattended lot. When the unsuspecting owners go for a drive, the punks give chase. Get set for one of the wildest car chases ever
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The Kid & The General (1921)
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Charlie Chaplin's first starring role in a feature film was also written and directed by the star himself and took a whole year to make. The Tramp (Chaplin) discovers an abandoned baby and eventually adopts it as his own. Years later, the mother has
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Blue Blazes Rawden (1918)
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A superb Bill Hart epic, choked with pathos, action, and intrigue. Bill is the ruffian leader of a roving lumberjack crew. He and his hooligans tumble into town. Soon, he and the tavern owner shoot it out. At stake are Bill's poker winnings against the
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The Mongols (1960)
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Palance is very effective as he plays the son of Genghis Khan. Ekberg is the beautiful lady of royalty he lusts for. An elaborate spectacle piece with lots of excitement and plenty of pitched battles. Quality stuff for the most part.
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Triple Threat (2005)
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Ex- assassin, Dina Lo Bianca, (Lorin Becker) receives an offer she cannot refuse, thrusting her back into the world of hired guns, espionage and surveillance. With the help of her young, sexy protege (Stephany Stearns) and Dina's new straight-laced love
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Sinners (2004)
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An International Underworld Organization pins two assassins and a mob wannabe in a blood-soaked fury for $10 million in gems. Also, a seductive island girl with a penchant for torture and explosive violence
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What Your Eyes Don't See (Ojos Que No Ven) (1999)
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WHAT YOUR EYES DON'T SEE opens with a murder. Abelardo Sachs was the owner and editor of a famous political magazine but a masked killer has gunned him down in his luxurious home. Who had a reason to assassinate this powerful high society editor?
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Deadlands: The Rising (2006)
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Unexplained explosions rock several major U.S. cities. As the night unfolds, more mysterious events are yet to come. In Baltimore, five strangers take a stand as the world is rapidly consumed by the living dead! A man stuck in a traffic jam narrowly
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White Badge (1992)
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In the tradition of Full Metal Jacket, Platoon and The Thin Red Line, White Badge presents a view on the Vietnam War never seen. Opening in 1979 during the student uprisings and turmoil in South Korea, Han Kiju is trying to write a novel
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About Action MoviesAction movies usually involve a straightforward story of good guys versus bad guys, where most disputes are resolved by using force. Action films are largely derived from crime movies and thriller movies, by way of western movies and to some extent war movies. Modern Hollywood examples of the genre are usually "high concept" films where the whole movie can be easily summarized (eg. "a scientist brings dinosaurs back to life only to find them threatening to dominate earth, again" for Jurassic Park). The nature of the good guys varies from movie to movie, but in Hollywood films they usually are patriotic and rather conservative (though not die-hard) Americans, whereas the bad guys are usually either criminals or agents of foreign powers. In the 1950s and 1960s, the bad guys were very often Communists, which almost made some action films seem like propaganda films. Action movies also tend to have a single heroic protagonist and often portray institutions such as the military or police as incompetent, corrupt and limited by rules and regulations which the protagonist has no regard for. This creates the stereotypical conflict between an action hero and the establishment. The action movie genre, although popular since the 1950s, did not become one of the most dominant film style in Hollywood until the 1980s and 1990s, when it was popularized by actors such as Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis and Sylvester Stallone. The special effects and stars that are characteristic of action movies tend make these films expensive. Action films have become a mostly-American genre, although there have been a significant number of action films from Hong Kong which are primarily modern variations of the martial arts film. Some action movies also constitute very good examples for feminist film theory. Although female characters in most action films are nothing more than objects, a prize for the winner, hostages, loving wives and the like, there has been a move towards stronger female characters. These are maybe best exemplified in works by James Cameron and Kathryn Bigelow. Due to their widespread appeal, many action movies have also spawned one or more sequels. - The preceding paragraph was derived from a full article available from Wikipedia and its use is governed by the GNU Free Documentation License 1.2. |
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