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Bandit Queen (1994)
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A lower-caste girl sold into marriage by her parents escapes and joins a gang of bandits, ultimately overthrowing their power structure in a galvanizing, bloody coup. A critically acclaimed action picture from India.
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Tropix (2002)
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"Getting away from it all" takes on a new spin as Corinne finds herself isolated in the wilds of Costa Rica in a prolonged, deadly struggle. Betrayal turns this search for paradise into a quest for survival, climaxing with a chilling end-game in the
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Virus & Devil Times Five (1980)
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A virus developed by the military is accidentally released in a plane crash and spreads across the Earth killing everyone who comes in contact with it. The only surviving people are the scientists and staff of an Antarctic outpost that were warned of the
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The Magic Voyage of Sinbad (1952)
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Sinbad searches the world over for the magical bird of happiness. This was an impressive Russian production, imported to America and dubbed into English.
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License To Kill (1964)
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A scientist has just invented a top secret weapon that will be able to destroy any sort of jet or airplane. A Euro crime syndicate is very interested in stealing it and selling it to a rogue nation. Eddie plays daring agent, Nick Carter, who's called in
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Gada Meilin (2002)
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In this film, shot in the grasslands of Mongolia, director Feng Xiaoning continues in his series of Chinese historical epics. This bio-pic sweeps across the screen with the story of Gada Meilin, a Mongolian tribesman who struggles to protect the
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Beat the Devil (1953)
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A clever cult favorite written by Truman Capote, directed by John Huston and starring Humphrey Bogart - how can you lose?
Bogart heads a superior cast in this tale of a gang of swindlers who look to purchase African lands rich in uranium.
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Blessed By Fire (Iluminados por el fuego) (2005)
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After learning of a former infantry mate's attempted suicide, journalist Esteban (Gaston Pauls) returns to the Falkland Islands (or as they are known in Argentina, the Malvinas) to confront the horrors he experienced as an eighteen year-old soldier.
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Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)
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Buster Keaton is on the mighty Mississippi, traveling in the old sidewheeler days. Buster plays a spoiled young man from Boston who is forced by his crusty father to learn the ropes of riverboating.
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About Adventure MoviesAdventure movies typically feature elements of daring and danger. Unlike modern action movies, which often take place in a modern city, often with the hero battling drug dealers or terrorists, an adventure movie usually takes place in the past, often with much sword fighting or swashbuckling. The genre probably reached the peak in popularity during the 1930s and 1940s, when films like Captain Blood, The Adventures of Robin Hood and The Mark of Zorro were regularly being made and a number of major stars, notably Errol Flynn and Tyrone Power, became closely associated with the genre. At the same time, serials were often made using many of the same thematic elements as adventure movies. The genre has undergone periodic revivals, with characters like Robin Hood and Zorro often being re-cast for a new generation of moviegoers. Some of these revivals have been successful, as with Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, and some less successful, as with Swashbuckler. In the 1980s the success of Steven Spielberg''s Raiders of the Lost Ark series spawned a number of imitators that were mostly unsuccessful. There is often some overlap between the adventure movies and other genres. Many adventure movies are also categorized as action movies and there is also much crossover with horror movies. - 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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