Reptilian (1999)
kaiju, Science fiction
In Southeast Asia, Dr. Campbell and Dr. Hughes lead an archaeological party exploring caverns.
Action movies
Explore action, physical conflict and high-stakes confrontations.
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Kuraishisu niju-goju nen (1990)
Action, Adventure, Science fiction
To stop a solar flare from destroying the Earth, Steve Kelso is tasked to drop an artificially intelligent bomb on the Sun from the spaceship Helios. Arnold Teague, who believes the danger to be overstated, attempts to sabotage the mission so he can profit from the panic. Teague's agents on Earth clash with Kelso's father, Admiral "Skeet" Kelso, and his son, Mike.
The Super Cops (1974)
Action, Crime, thriller film
The film opens with archival footage from a press conference where NYPD officers Dave Greenberg and Robert Hantz are being commended by Commissioner Patrick V. Murphy for the sheer volume of drugs and weaponry that the two cops have removed from the streets. After a credits sequence, the narrative begins at the New York City Police Academy, where Greenberg and Hantz graduate as probationary officers.
Ink (2009)
Action, Fairy tale, fantasy film, Low Fantasy, Science fiction, thriller film
The film begins with a businessman, John Sullivan (Chris Kelly), in a hurry to get into his car. He appears to be severely stressed as he begins driving down the city streets. When he goes through a lighted intersection he is broadsided by another driver that is distracted by hot coffee in his lap.
Hell Divers (1931)
Adventure, Drama
Leading Chief Petty Officer "Windy" Riker is a veteran aerial gunner of a Navy Helldiver dive bomber and the leading chief of Fighting Squadron One, about to go to Panama aboard the aircraft carrier. He loses his five-year title of "champion machine gunner" after young C.P.O. Steve Nelson joins the squadron.
Train of Events (1949)
Drama
A Liverpool-bound train departs from Euston station in London in the period immediately after World War II. After dark, the train is travelling north at speed when a lantern being waved by the trackside is seen by the driver. He applies the brakes but a road tanker stalled across a level crossing is looming up just ahead.
By the Sword (1991)
Action, Drama, sport film, swashbuckler film, thriller film
Alexander Villard (Eric Roberts) is a former fencing champion who runs a highly competitive fencing school. One of his students describes him as "a freak who thinks he's living in the fourteenth century". Max Suba (F.
4D Man (1959)
Action, Horror, independent film, romance film, Science fiction, science fiction horror film, thriller film
Brilliant but irresponsible electrodynamics scientist Dr. Tony Nelson develops an electronic amplifier, intending to use it to convert any object into a fourth-dimensional (4D) state, allowing it to pass freely through any other object. Tony, however, ignores the overload, which sparks an electrical fire that burns down his laboratory.
Night Train to Mundo Fine (1966)
Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, thriller film, war film
In the film's opening sequence, young reporter Jim Benton asks train engineer Mr. Wilson about three menGriffin, Cook and Landiswho hopped his freight train five years earlier, in 1961. "He ran all the way to hell," the engineer remarks about Griffin.
Open Season (1974)
Action, Drama, thriller film
The film follows three Vietnam veterans who are stimulated by violence, and by the subjugation and debasement of those they victimize. Every year they go on vacation in the wilderness, where they engage in a spree of brutality and violence. They choose unsuspecting pairs of victims and hunt them down like wild animals.
The Master of Ballantrae (1953)
Adventure, Pirate Film, swashbuckler film
At the Durrisdeer estate in Scotland in 1745, Jamie Durie (Errol Flynn), his younger brother Henry (Anthony Steel) and their father Lord Durrisdeer (Felix Aylmer) receive news of the Jacobite rising. Their retainer, MacKellar (Mervyn Johns), recommends that one brother join the uprising while the other remains loyal to King George II, so that whichever side wins, the family's status and estate will be preserved. Both brothers want to go.
Huang jin xiong di (2018)
Action
A group of mercenaries consists of the resourceful and courageous leader Lion ( Ekin Cheng), the hot-tempered sniper Crater ( Jordan Chan ), the greedy intelligence agent Bill (Michael Tse), the ace driver Calm ( Chin Ka -lok), and the simple and content hacker Mouse ( Lam Hiu -fung). After a failed rescue mission in Inner Mongolia, China, arranged by their superior Rice (Sergej Onopko), they all resign and go their separate ways. Five years later, Lion obtains medicine from a pharmaceutical company and transports it to a refugee camp in Africa.
Allegheny Uprising (1939)
Western
In the southwestern Pennsylvania region, of colonial America, in the 1760s, colonial distaste and disapproval of the British government is starting to surface. Many local colonists have been killed by Native Americans, who are armed with rifles supplied by white traders. Local adventurer James Smith and his followers complain to British officials, pressuring them to make it illegal to trade weapons to the Indians.
Air Force One Is Down (2013)
Action
Episode I Fergus Markey (Sisto) is given a flashback of children who were killed by an infamous mass-murderer by the name of Arkady Dragutin, and decides to avenge them. When he arrives in front of Dragutin's safe house, he is denied access. He and his allies breach the property, leading to an instant gunfight.
Geheimcode Wildgänse (1984)
Action, war film
In Hong Kong, DEA man Fletcher (Borgnine) heads an operation to cut off the supply of opium to the west; to fund this operation Fletcher has found himself allied with wealthy American businessman Brenner. Brenner and his partner, ex-mercenary Charlton, employ Robin Wesley, a father who's still grieving over his dead heroin addict son, to destroy opium factories in the Golden Triangle. Wesley's team consists of other mercenaries from around the world, some of whom have been on the wrong side of the law (China and Klein).
Sinners and Saints (2010)
Action
Sean Riley, a detective with the New Orleans Police Department, is emotionally drained since the death of his young son and resulting end of his marriage. He is further troubled by the death of his partner, Det. Dave Besson.
The Lone Ranger (2003)
This version takes a look at the character in the years before he became a legend. It all begins with the introduction of Luke Hartman, a 20-year-old Boston law student who witnesses the murder of his brother, a Texas Ranger. He himself is wounded in the midst of the chaos, but is rescued by the Apache Tonto, and subsequently becomes smitten with Tonto's sister Alope.
Josh Kirby... Time Warrior! (1995)
Action
In the 25th century, humans discover an alien device dubbed the "Nullifier". This device is said to be capable of controlling, or worse, destroying the universe. Irwin 1138 (Barrie Ingham), the second-greatest mind of his time splits the Nullifier into six pieces, which are subsequently dispersed through time.
Pistol Whipped (2008)
Action
Matt Connor is an unemployed, drinking deadbeat. Once he was a police officer who lived with his wife Liz and his daughter Becky. Then, his partner disappeared, along with a large stash of police-impounded money.
Speedy (1928)
Action, Comedy, silent film
Everybody in New York City "is in such a hurry that they take Saturday's bath on Friday so they can do Monday's washing on Sunday." But in one slower-paced, "old-fashioned corner of the city," Pop Dillon owns and operates the city's last horse-drawn streetcar. His granddaughter Jane Dillon is in love with Harold "Speedy" Swift. Speedy, an avid New York Yankees fan, is working at a soda shop.
Mistrial (1996)
Action, Drama, thriller film, trial film
After community activist Eddie Rios, charged with the murder of two NYPD officers, one of them his ex-wife, is found not guilty due to legal technicalities, arresting detective Steve Donohue takes the judge, jury, and Rios hostage, and decides to have a new trial, presenting evidence that was not previously allowed. His captain Lou Unger tries to convince Donohue to end his hostage taking peaceably.
Grizzly Rage (2007)
Animal horror, Horror, natural horror film, television film
Sean Stover, Ritch Petroski, Wes Harding and Lauren Findley celebrate their high school graduation by breaking into Saranac Grotto, a forest heavily marked with "No Trespassing" signs and surrounded by a tall fence. While speeding down a dirt road, they hit and kill a grizzly bear cub, sending their Jeep Cherokee into a tree and cracking the radiator. As they argue over whether they should bury the dead cub, they hear its mother coming and run.
Gutshot Straight (2014)
Action
Jack is a professional poker player who gets involved with the underworld after taking a wager proposed by gambler Duffy. In order to protect his family and himself, Jack must outwit Duffy's brother Lewis and scheming wife May, each of whom is trying to force him to murder the other. Jack seeks the help of Paulie Trunks, a loan shark who is looking to collect on Jack's poker debts and wants to protect his investment.
Inside Out (1975)
Action, Action Comedy, Heist, LGBTQ-related film, thriller film
During World War II a crew of Wehrmacht soldiers driving a cargo truck is stopped by a road block of SS commandos who hijack the cargo and kill the passengers. In 1975, Harry Morgan and Sylvester "Sly" Wells plan to recover the cargo - six million dollars of Nazi gold. Harry Morgan, wealthy but heavily in debt, reminisces with old friend Ernst Furben at the London Embassy Hotel and Ernst tells Harry about his connection to the missing gold, which he saw as it was being prepared for transport to the Balkans by Nazi party official Reinhardt Holtz.