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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.

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Kill Bill

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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.

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Bourne

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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.

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Thin Red Line

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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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Saving Private Ryan

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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...

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Megatron Transformers action movie The Transformers

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The Transformers was introduced by Hasbro, an American toy and game company, and became a popular figure in 1984. Kids and the young-at-hearts are very much hooked on it since it has a variety of robot design that transforms into various vehicles. It gained much popularity when the TV series was released on the same year.

As time passed by, the Transformers transformed from a collection of action figures to cartoons, then started to be featured in comics and video games. It's a dream for those who loved these robots unconditionally (specifically the Autobots) to see these popular characters in full screen. When it was announced that the Transformers will be featured in a full-length live action movie (2007), it is expected that the Transformers fanatics will increase its numbers- as the most awaited and expected to be one of the best action movies sets-off the cinemas world-wide.

This is directed by Michael Bay (who is known more for intense action sequences) and produced by equally popular producer Steven Spielberg. The movie stars Shia LaBeouf as Sam Witwicky, who has the data that locate Allspark, an important object being the center of the war between the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons. Other casts of the movie are Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, Jon Voight, John Turturro, and Hugo Weaving(voice of Megatron) and Peter Cullen (voice of Optimus Prime).

As for the other action movies, there's always a battle between good and evil. Aside from the clash between the Autobots (Optimus Prime as the head robot) against the evil Decepticons (Megatron as their leader), Transformers movie has a combination of a light comedy and action in the movie that made it more appealing to the audience. Autobots are interacting with the cast in the movie and it's like for real (CGI or Computer-generated imagery is probably the secret of designing those robots). The fight scenes between the Autobots and Decepticons is the highlight of this action-packed movie and everybody is astounded by what they see on screen. The battle between the Autobots and Decepticons will leave viewers drained but cheering.

Transformers is an action film, but surprisingly has a touching and uplifting elements. The movie isn't just about the robots, it's also about being brave to save the humanity against the dark forces. That may be the reasons why I consider it as one of the best action movies of all time.

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Terminator

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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.

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