Fight Club

Fight Club
Movie Information

Genre:
Action | Drama

Main Cast:
Edward Norton
Brad Pitt
Helena Bonham Carter

Director:
David Fincher


About the movie:
Fight Club is an action movie adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk's award winning novel Fight Club in 1996. The story is based on the unnamed protagonist who hates his job and his life.

The film is narrated by a depressed and unfulfilled man played by Edward Norton. He is an average-guy living in a consumer culture generation, with no family and friends. During a flight for a business trip, he met Tyler Durden, a soap salesman and a rebel with intriguing personality. Eventually they became friends as they have a mutual hatred for corporate consumer-culture hypocrisy. Later on, the two started the Fight Club, a ferocious bare-knuckle bouts of angry men, which convenes in a bar basement. It attracted the crowd and soon becomes the place for men - mostly are victims of the dehumanizing power of the modern-day society.

The film is about becoming of a real man. That fighting is a way of standing out against several other members of the species called men. Its a fact the Fight Club is a violent film but there is a purpose for the brutal scenes. It was the most talked about aspect of the movie because of the graphic portrayal of violence, and it is somehow being linked to the controversies of A Clockwork Orange by Stanley Kubrick.

The depth of the film is truly incredible. Edward Norton is outstanding in this film and Brad Pitt will always be remembered as Tyler Durden.

American Gangster movie

American Gangster
Movie Information

Genre:
Action | Crime

Main Cast:
Denzel Washington
Russell Crowe


Director:
Ridley Scott


About the movie:

American Gangster (2007) is based on the life story of Frank Lucas and Richie Roberts. Frank Lucas (Denzel Washington) is a former international drug lord and crime boss in a major African American business and cultural center in Manhattan, New York known as Harlem during the late 1960's up to early 1970's. While Richie Roberts (Russell Crowe), is a New Jersey police detective and Essex County Assistant Prosecutor.

The movie's plot revolves around the separate lives of a high class gangster and an ordinary police man and how their lives accidentally coincides. It features how Lucas engaged into a dark side of "rags to riches" story. He started as a driver of a mob boss that passed away, leaving the authority to him. He created his own empire to achieve his own American Dream. He ruled the inner city drug trades, dealing with the elite in politics, entertainment and the same field he's in.

Meanwhile, Richie Roberts is having a hard time dealing with his failing marriage, police career and law-school classes. His rampant womanizing resulted to a more complicated situation when his wife seeks a divorce and custody of their child. His colleagues hates him because of his rare honesty making him an outcast. He take the charge of the newly-built task force against the raging drug trafficking in the cities of New Jersey and New York.

As the drug-related crimes rises and as the police task force seeks the right timing to caught the man behind the rampant drug trafficking, Lucas and Roberts paths will become intertwined, as destined to be - where only one can come out on top.

American Gangster features the interesting personalities of the men of the opposite sides of the law and it tackles the issue of corruption and crime. Ridley Scott magnificently directed this gangster movie (this is the best movie so far of 2007) and the cast, Washington and Crowe give depth with their roles and acted brilliantly here.

Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark

Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
Movie Information

Genre:
Action | Adventure

Main Cast:
Harrison Ford
Karen Allen
Paul Freeman
Ronald Lacey
Wolf Kahler

Director:
Steven Spielberg


About the movie:

Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) is an action-adventure movie released in 1981 starring Harrison Ford. It is the first among the Indiana Jones movie series and its about a renowned archaeologist named Indiana Jones that oftens plunges into adventure to discover rare artifacts.


In this first chapter of the action-packed movie series, Indiana Jones go across the world to locate the ancient Ark of the Covenant - said to have remains of the sacred biblical item which is the Ten Commandments. However, the Nazis are also planning to hunt for the Ark of Covenant and to use it as a weapon because they believe that it carries an extremely powerful energy. Indiana Jones and his former girlfriend Marion set aboard to find the lost ark. But the mission is not that easy for them as they get involved in a series of chases and fights, and they must escape the bunch of the evil Nazis, to recover the precious artifact that could put the world in danger.

The Raiders of the Lost Ark is an adventure-filled movie with stunning special effects and a non-stop action stunts. A movie that is an epitome of real entertainment - one of the best action movies that you'll love to watch over and over again.

Aliens

Aliens
Movie Information

Genre:
Action | Sci-Fi

Main Cast:
Sigourney Weaver
Michael Biehn
Lance Henriksen
Carrie Henn
Paul Reiser
Bill Paxton

Director:
James Cameron


About the movie:

Aliens (1986) is a sequel of the action/sci-fi/horror movie Alien (1979 - directed by Ridley Scott). The film is set 57 years after Ellen Ripley's ordeal with the deadly extraterrestrial creature. With the combat-oriented structure of the movie, Aliens promoted the tagline: "This Time It's War."

After more than half-century after the events of 'Alien', Ellen Ripley, the sole survivor of a salvaged space freighter Nostromo, was found and rescued at LV-426, a planetoid where they encountered the alien eggs. Then a unit of space marines together with Ripley were set to a a mission to investigate LV-426's activities and to search for their contact. As they returned to the planetoid, they discovered a large Alien nest and they're unprepared as they encountered a mature alien, killing most members of the unit. The remaining survivors including Ellen were trapped in the alien infested territory, leaving them with no other choice but to fight the alien queen in order to survive.

Aliens offers a high-intensity thrill ride that set a new standard for action movies that is hard to match. Aliens is a sequel that surpass the success of the original movie Alien (1979) and it is even more powerful making it one of the best action movies ever made.

Mad Max 2 : The Road Warrior

Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
Movie Information

Genre:
Action | Sci-Fi

Main Cast:
Mel Gibson
Michael Preston
Bruce Spence
Vernon Wells
Kjell Nilsson
Virginia Hey
Emil Minty

Director:
George Miller


About the movie:

Mad Max 2 (1981; also known as The Road Warrior), is a follow-up movie of Miller's sci-fi action movie Mad Max (1979). It's a post-apocalyptic action movie that eventually became a cult classic.

This is the continuation of Max's adventure and the summary of the events happened on the first movie that shed light on the political situation of the world - that a war has occurred. It features Max's life after the he loss his wife and son. This sequel is more intense than the predeccessor and the world's standing become worse. The highlight of this film is the pulse-pounding and breath-taking car chases, probably one of the greatest movies involving cars.

The movie has a stunning action sequences without a single ounce of computer graphics that is equally impressive by today's standards in action movies. It's a follow up movie that's even more exciting and intense than the first one and really a must-see for action buffs.

Kill Bill

Kill Bill

Movie Information

Genre:
Action | Crime

Main Cast:
Uma Thurman
David Carradine
Daryl Hannah
Michael Madsen
Lucy Liu
Vivica A. Fox
Michael Parks

Director:
Quentin Tarantino


About the movie:

Kill Bill is released in two separate volumes (Kill Bill Vol. 1 in 2003 and Kill Bill Vol. 2 in 2004). The plot is adapted from a Japanese action film Lady Snowblood (1973).

It is a revenge-themed action movie about the deadliest slayer of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad (DVAS) known as "The Bride" (played by Uma Thurman). When The Bride decided to quit the group to get married because she's pregnant, Bill (their boss) and her former colleagues ruined the entire wedding ceremony and killed everyone in there including her. The Bride survived that tragic event and was in a coma for several years. As the Bride awakens from her long 'sleep', her mind is set-up to take revenge on those who betrayed her - to kill the members DVAS and Bill.

The film consist of breathtaking violent scenes with a touch of different action movie genres or elements - kung fu fighting, spaghetti westerns and samurai battle.

Quentin Tarantino just got out of the action movie standards by creating an unusual form of film that grabbed the attention of the action movie fanatics. It's a bloody and violent movie but the style, the stunts and the over-all package are truly remarkable.

Point Break

Point Break

Movie Information

Genre:
Action | Adventure

Main Cast:
Patrick Swayze
Keanu Reeves
Gary Busey
Lori Petty
John McGinley

Director:
Kathryn Bigelow


About the movie:

Pointbreak (1991) is an action adventure movie that focused on extreme sports like sky diving and surfing.

The movie is about Johnny Utah (Keanu Reeves), an undercover FBI agent assigned to investigate a group of bank robbers known as the "Ex-Presidents". The Ex-Presidents are hard to get caught because they only deal in cash and never leave clues about their activities. He suspects that there's a connection between the "Ex-Presidents" and the local surfers in the coastal area of Los Angeles after his partner, Pappas gave him some information about the suspicious group of surfers.


Point Break has its original action sequences, a tight plot and a bunch of Hollywood's well-known actors. Point Break is a very stylish action movie with amazing surfing and sky-diving stunts plus a great chase scene and a thrilling parachute-less jump as its highlight.

It is one great achievement for Kathryn Bigelow as a woman who handled the action and suspense scenes with expertise. The movie deserves to be recognized as one of the best action movies of the 90s along with Die Hard, Speed and others.

Hard Boiled

Hard Boiled Movie Information

Genre:
Action | Crime

Main Cast:
Chow Yun-Fat
Tony Leung Chiu Wai

Director:
John Woo


About the movie:

Hard Boiled, also known as Lashou Shentan in Chinese version, is an action movie directed by internationally and critically acclaimed Chinese film director John Woo. The movie was released in 1992 which stars Chow Yun-Fat and Tony Leung Chiu Wai.


The film is about Inspector "Tequila", a tough police from Hong Kong who lost his partner after a deadly encounter with a ruthless group of gun smugglers. Tequila continues his investigation on gun smuggling. He soon gets himself into more trouble by trying to arrest the right hand man of Hoi, the leader of the notorious gang in Hong Kong. He didn't know that Tony is actually an undercover cop (Tony Leung) trying to have some information about the group's activities.


Hard Boiled excels in action because of its intensity. Director John Woo uses his slow-motion trademark in gun-battle scenes, impressive action stunts and choreography and a good character development as the movie progresses.

The Thin Red Line

The Thin Red Line Movie Information

Genre:
Action | War

Main Cast:
Adrien Brody
James Caviezel
Ben Chaplin
George Clooney
John Cusack
Woody Harrelson
Elias Koteas
Jared Leto
Tim Blake Nelson
Nick Nolte
Sean Penn
John Reilly
John Savage
Nick Stahl
John Travolta

Director:
Terrence Malick


About the movie:

The Thin Red Line movie is based from the novel 'The Thin Red Line' written by James Jones. It was nominated in 1998 Academy Awards including: best picture, best director, best screenplay, best cinematography, best editing, best musical score and best sound. The movie won the top prize at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1999. Academy Award winning director Martin Marcantonio Luciano Scorsese ranked it as his second favorite movie of the 90's.


It was directed by Terrence Malick and has a large cast of well-known actors including Sean Penn, Adrien Brody, John Cusack and Ben Chaplin. John Travolta and George Clooney has cameo but memorable appearances here. This action / war movie tells the story of a group of US forces in World War II that were sent in the Pacific Island of Guadalcanal.


The story setting was in 1943 during World War II when the offensive forces of U.S. Army were sent into the South Pacific Island to break the last resistance of the Japanese troops. A strong bond among the US soldiers were formed as they were fighting for the survival of oneself and his fellow men against the Asian counter force.


Director Terrence Malick excellently illustrated the tension and fear of the soldiers and the chaos of war itself. No single character stands above the rest, he gives an emphasis for the important characters thus, creating a connection between the movie characters and the audience.



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Predator

Predator Movie Information

Genre:
Action | Sci-Fi

Main Cast:
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Elpidia Carrillo
Bill Duke
Kevin Peter Hall
Jesse Ventura
Carl Weathers

Director:
John McTiernan


About the movie:

Predator is a combination of the elements of action, science fiction and horror. It was directed by John McTiernan and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger , Carl Weathers, Elpidia Carrillo, Bill Duke, Jesse Ventura and Kevin Peter Hall. It was released in 1987 by 20th Century Fox.

The Predator is an alien humanoid creature that is fond of hunting and is capable of interstellar traveling and has a multiple visions and armored by a light-bending suit with advance weapons. It descended on Earth, specifically in Central America, to hunt for humans. However, the US Army Special Forces unit led by Major Dutch Schaefer (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is also on the same location to rescue a cabinet minister in the hands of a rebel group. But the members of the military unit is beginning to disappear and they still don't have the idea that another enemy is attacking them - the Predator. Until they finally encounter the extraterrestrial creature and found out that it is powerful enough that their weapons are no match with this alien assassin.

This action-packed movie maintains a feeling of fear and tension all throughout with gun-fighting, explosions and hair-raising sight of the Predator.

After the success of the Predator movie (and the character as well), having a gross revenue of $60,000,000 in United States, sequels of this movie have been made. These are Predator 2 (1990) and Alien vs. Predator (2004).


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Total Recall

Total Recall Movie Information

Genre:
Action | Sci-Fi

Main Cast:
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Rachel Ticotin
Sharon Stone
Michael Ironside
Ronny Cox

Director:
Paul Verhoeven


About the movie:

Total Recall is a major box office movie that stars Arnold Schwarzenegger. This is a science fiction action movie based on the story “We Can Remember It for You Wholesale” written by Philip Dick. The movie was released on 1990 and it won a Special Achievement Academy Award for its quality visual effects. At the time of its production, Total Recall movie had the biggest authorized budget produced by Hollywood studio.

This action movie's casts are Sharon Stone, Rachel Ticotin, Michael Ironside and Ronny Cox and is directed by Paul Verhoeven.


Arnold Schwarzenegger is Douglas Quaid in the movie. He is a construction worker that is being haunted by nightmares of the planet Mars. He longs for an adventure cause he's bored with what he regularly do. One day he heard about Rekall Inc., a company that is selling and implanting false memories and he purchased a vacation to Mars as a spy. Then the procedure goes terribly wrong that Doug lost some parts of his memory and he's into another personality surface believing that he's name is Hauser and he's a former Mars Intelligence Agent and he is being chased by a group of assassins. He also battles with mutants, aliens, and alien machines from Mars and he met Melina that told him about his identity as an agent. Quaid's wife didn't believe him; and he is also confused if everything that's happening to him is real or just a dream.

Total Recall is a fascinating action movie with a few twists and unpredictable plot. A movie full of action and violence, it is highly recommended for the action movie fanatics.

RoboCop

RoboCop Movie Information

Genre:
Action | Sci-Fi

Main Cast:
Peter Weller
Nancy Allen
Dan O'Herlihy
Ronny Cox
Kurtwood Smith
Miguel Ferrer

Director:
Paul Verhoeven

About the movie:

RoboCop is a 1987 action movie about a cyborg police officer created to control the Motor City known as Detroit that has been ruled by criminals and a gang of cop killers. It is both an action and science fiction movie that features advanced science and cybernetics.

The movie stars Peter Weller as RoboCop, Nancy Allen, Dan O'Herlihy, Ronny Cox, Kurtwood Smith, and Miguel Ferrer. RoboCop was directed by a Dutch Film director Paul Verhoeven.


Robocop is about a good police officer that was brought back to life after being killed by feared gang leader in Detroit. The Omni Consumer Products (OCP) that runs Detroit Police Department, offers a new solution against the well-armed criminals in the city by building an almost inexterminable ED 209 robot combining the body of Murphy with the high tech gadgets and weaponry to dispatch the city criminals. The scientists rewires Murphy's brains with computer chips for communication control and self-organization system that blocks up his memories. However, his former partner, Officer Lewis recognized RoboCop's body that started to reveal his true identity.


RoboCop film has a well-written plot and action-packed stunts, a very fitting entertainment for the action movie aficionados.


It's also entertaining that there's a heart breaking scene in this movie where RoboCop visits his former house without the chance of getting back what he had left before.


This may be the first high-profile movie directed by Verhoeven but it was directed well with a sense of smooth style and appeal that made RoboCop a great action movie. By its good remarks, it is considered as one of the best action movies of its genre and it was followed by movie sequels and RoboCop TV series.

True Lies

True Lies Movie Information

Genre:
Action | Sci-Fi

Main Cast:
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Jamie Lee Curtis
Tom Arnold
Bill Paxton
Art Malik
Tia Carrere

Director:
James Cameron


About the movie:

True Lies is one of Arnold Schwarzenegger's best action movie, was released in 1994 and a remake of a French movie LA Totale. The casts also include Jamie Lee Curtis, Bill Paxton, Tia Carrere, Tom Arnold, Charlton Heston and Art Malik. True Lies was written and directed by James Cameron .


The movie is about Harry Tasker (played by Schwarzenegger), known as an ordinary computer salesman by his family, but he's actually the United States' top secret agent. Harry's wife began to seek for some adventure in her life dating another man because she thinks that he's dull and boring. He then found out that Helen (Jamie Lee Curtis) is having an affair with a car salesman and seduced her by a lie that he is a spy. So Harry sends his colleagues to kidnap them, but they are actually the ones that were accidentally kidnapped by a group of Arab terrorists. By this event, Helen founds out that Harry is a secret agent by night, and he need to do his job against the terrorists that posseses an atomic bomb planted in Florida.


The most exciting part of the movie is when Harry tries to track down the bomb of the terrorists. While the escape scene on the bridge that connects Florida to the mainland is one of the best shot and the most thrilling part in the movie.


True Lies contain the elements of action, comedy and political thriller rolled into one pleasing entertainment movie. It's an old-fashioned yet high-tech action movie with fresh ideas to deliver the excitement for the breath-taking scenes.


It has a great action stunts that was often executed by Schwarzenegger and Curtis themselves and it has an expensive special effects having a production cost of approximately $120 million.

Terminator movie series

Terminator Movie Information

Genre:
Action | Sci-Fi

Main Cast:
>The Terminator
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Michael Biehn
Linda Hamilton
Paul Winfield

>Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Linda Hamilton
Edward Furlong
Robert Patrick

>Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Nick Stahl
Claire Danes
Kristanna Loken


Director:
James Cameron - The Terminator, Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Jonathan Mostow - Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines


About the movie:

The Terminator, released in 1984, is a science-fiction action movie about a seemingly indestructible cyborg assassin that was sent from the future for a deadly mission. The Terminator's task is to kill Sarah Conor and his unborn son because it will play a significant role in the future against the machines.


James Cameron, an Academy Award winning director and producer had created the concept of the terminator characters. Sequels of The Terminator are Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) and Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) which stars Arnold Schwarzenegger.

It's hard to believe that the first Terminator movie has a low production cost but the quality of the movie and all its elements are well made.


The Terminator movie series were all set in a future where machines are having war against man for the desire to dominate the human race. Having the robots as one of the main characters in this movie series, made this film captivating. There is a science fiction element on each movie and the technology helped the cyborg characters to look authentic. The design of the cyborgs seem very realistic and convincing. The special effects and action sequences of the Terminator movies stands out. The theme is presented well, having the human qualities in each film, projecting what's more important than anything else.


The Terminator series are those that can be considered as classic movies...movies that never grow old. Simply one of the best action movies ever made.



MOVIE CRITIC REVIEW:

"...a science fiction action movie that astounded fans of the genre."

anonymous
TV Guide

Bourne Action Movie series

Bourne Movie Series Information

Genre:
Action | Spy

Main Cast:
Matt Damon
Julia Stiles
Franka Potente

Director:
Doug Liman - Bourne Identity (2002)
Paul Greengrass - Bourne Supremacy (2004), Bourne Ultimatum (2007)


About the movie:

The Bourne trilogy is entirely about Bourne and how he deals with his memory loss and being hunted without knowing why.

One of the best action movie series, the Bourne trilogy is based on the #1 best selling novel by Robert Ludlum. The main character here is Jason Bourne, an amnesiac assassin who is being chased by his former employers.

Bourne movies have been an amazing and action-packed trilogy of thrillers featuring the same characters and plot. One of Matt Damon's best work of his career in this action movie.


Bourne Identity and Bourne Supremacy paced the action and drives the tension of the scenes. A non-stop action movie from beginning to end.


Movie Synopsis:

The Bourne Identity (2002)

Jason Bourne is found nearly dead and was rescued at the sea by an Italian fishing boat crew. Jason finds himself carrying a Swiss bank account but could no longer remember what happened to him.

He discovers useful information about him in a safe deposit box from Zurich.He realized that his name was Jason Bourne and he lives in Paris. He also found a hidden pile of his different passports, automatic weapon and a huge pile of cash.

It became a mystery for him that his life is in danger and unaware that he possesses extraordinary fighting abilities, linguistics and self-defense.

Then he meets Marie Kreutz in U.s. Embassy and offered her $10,000 for a ride to Paris. Marie takes the cash and went with Jason to find clues about his identity and past life and why his life is in danger, not knowing that it'll change her life forever.

Jason Bourne is clueless that he is in the middle of two assassination plots masterminded by the CIA.



The Bourne Supremacy (2004)

Two years ago since Jason Bourne was saved, he then now moved in Goa, India with his girlfriend Marie Kreutz. Jason is still haunted by his past, having bad dreams and disturbing memories that he was once a killer but not certain if its the truth or just his imagination.

Jason and Marie tried to move from city to city to stay away from possible threats that may occur and to keep Marie out of danger.

His flashbacks are slowly helping him to remember his identity and the reasons why he is being chased by the authorities.



The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)

After Marie's death, Jason Bourne decided to go back to where it all started.

He goes to Paris and still in the quest to unveil the secret of his identity. He then read an article that describes Jason Bourne as a CIA operative and it was written by a London-based journalist Simon Ross. The information from the journalist triggers a new set of memories for Jason Bourne, and he must discover his dark past while trying to get ahead of the cops, and federal agent from killing him.

Lethal Weapon movies

Lethal Weapon Movie Information

Genre:
Action | Comedy

Main Cast:
Mel Gibson
Danny Glover

Lethal Weapon Series:
Lethal Weapon 1 - 1993
Lethal Weapon 2 -(1989)
Lethal Weapon 3 -(1992)
Lethal Weapon 4 -(1998)

Director:
Richard Donner (all 4 Lethal Weapon series)


About the movie:
Lethal Weapon is an action movie series about a quarreling team-up of two of Los Angeles Cops played by Mel Gibson (as Martin Riggs) and Danny Glover (as Roger Murtaugh).


The movie is about the incompatibility of two cops and how they manage their team-up as crime fighter and as buddies. Martin Riggs is the rebel type with suicidal tendencies since he lost his wife from a car accident. On the Other hand, Roger Murtaugh is a family guy, a homebody and a conservative 50 year old man. In spite of being mellow, Murtaugh could be as tough as Riggs when it comes to catching criminals. They worked together to investigate the death of Riggs' wife but unintentionally unmasked a huge drug-smuggling operation run by the Shadow Company, a group of Vietnam War veterans lead by a retired General Peter McAllister.


The elements of an action movie could be seen here - chase scenes, bomb explosions, weapons, hostages, violence, heroes and villains. These are the common things that we always see in an action movie. But what sets out this movie from the others? Well, its the chemistry between Mel Gibson and Danny Glover that makes this movie more exciting and appealing than the action scenes.



MOVIE CRITIC REVIEW:

"A vivid, visceral reminder of just how exciting an action film can be."

Richard Harrington
Washington Post

Face Off

This action movie is about a criminal and an agent of FBI, that swap faces and identities.

Face Off (1997) is an action movie with rare concepts and radical ideas loaded with action and emotional aspect of a hero and a villain. A best action movie paired with the best actors in Hollywood.

Face Off is about Sean Archer (played by John Travolta), an FBI terrorism expert whose passion is to bring down Castor Troy (played by Nicolas Cage), a terrorist that planted a bomb in Los Angeles area and also the one who killed his son in one of their encounters.


Years passed when Archer founds out that Troy had a bomb hidden somewhere in LA and he is in comatose. He then decided to undergo facial surgery, swapping Troy's facial features to his own forgetting the consequences that might happen. That way, Archer (as Troy) would try to locate the bomb through Troy's brother Pollux (played by Alessandro Nivola) whose in prison. Things get complicated when Troy recovered from his coma and found out that his face was replaced by Archer's. Now the terrorist assumes the role of the FBI agent and vice versa.


For an action movie, Face Off set out an impressive action sequences. The direction of John Woo in the movie's breathtaking scenes are remarkable. He used slow motion style that eventually enhances the effectiveness of the scenes. Aside from the turbulent action scenes in the movie, its emotional aspect is also impressive.



MOVIE CRITIC REVIEW:

"An action picture that finally pleases the mind as well as the eye."

Madeleine Williams
CINEMATTER


"A rather standard, but intelligent, action movie."

Ram Samudrala
Movie Ram-blings

Die Hard movies

Considered as one of the best action movies ever made, and the prototype of a modern action film, Die Hard set a new standard for the genre. Die Hard is about John McClane of NYPD and his mission against crime and terrorists.


Die Hard movies (stars Bruce Willis) has four series: Die hard 1 (1988), Die Hard 2: Die Harder (1990), Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995), and the recent Live Free or Die Hard (2007).


All of the series is about John McClane and the difficult situations faced by a crime fighter. His action adventure starts from fighting the German terrorists in a high rise office building, to protecting the travelers in a major international airport invaded by a rebellious group of military commandos, then solving dangerous puzzle to save New York City from the hands of a revenging German terrorist he knocked down before, and the recent one where he had a battle with a group of internet hackers whose intention is to take down all the computer and technological structures (traffic control system, etc.) that supports the economy of the United States.


Every aspect in the movie is remarkable...the story, the acting, the direction, the production and of course, the impressive action scenes and pyrotechnics. Over-all it's really one of the best action movies in Hollywood.


The lead character- John McClane is one of the most distinguished action hero in Hollywood movies. Why? Because he fights without shoes, socks, or a regular shirt, armed only with a Beretta 92F pistol, and he is famous for this tagline: "Yippee-Ki-Yay Mo****Fu****".



MOVIE CRITIC REVIEW:

"The best action movie ever. You'll have a hard job finding a better one."

Gary Panton
Movie Gazette



"It's a perfect action movie in every detail..."

Christopher Null
filmcritic.com

Saving Private Ryan

Saving Private Ryan Movie Information

Genre:
Action | War

Main Cast:
Tom Hanks
Edward Burns
Tom Sizemore
Barry Pepper
Adam Goldberg
Giovanni Ribisi
Matt Damon
Vin Diesel

Director:
Steven Spielberg


About the movie:

This action movie could be also categorized in several genres such as war epic and war drama. The movie was released in 1998 and directed by one of the Most Accomplished Director, Steven Spielberg. The film's main casts are Tom Hanks (as Capt. John Miller), Matt Damon (as Private First Class John Francis Ryan), Tom Sizemore (as Tech. Sgt. Michael Horvath), Edward Burns (as PFC Richard Reiben), Jeremy Davies (Timothy Upham), Vin Diesel (PFC Adrian Caparzo), Adam Goldberg (Private Stanley Mellish), Barry Pepper (Private Daniel Jackson) and Giovanni Ribisi (as Irwin Wade).

Saving Private Ryan's central story is about finding the lost paratrooper in a war held at the Omaha Beach (the codename used for principal landing points in Normandy, France that was invaded by the Allied forces during the World War II ) whose brothers were all killed in separate war actions (the two in Omaha Beach and one in New Guinea). The search for Private Ryan is a rescue mission ordered by a veteran Captain Commander John H. Miller of the 2nd Ranger Battalion to return Ryan immediately to his downhearted mother.


The first 30 minutes of this action movie is astonishing as it reveals a graphic view of an extreme war - noise of tanks, aircrafts, canon fire, bombs, machine guns, bullets, soldiers, corpses, mud and blood. It's a great opening sequence with a realistic and well-executed combat scenes.


The movie portrays the sacrificial service of the brave soldiers risking their lives to save and defend one another, and the survival depends on doing the very best that they could do - better than taking chances...


MOVIE CRITIC REVIEW:

"Steven Spielberg's best war film -- and one of the two or three best movies the director has made."

Elizabeth Weitzman
New York Daily News