Action & Adventure Movies

The Five Venoms

The Five Venoms

Action & Adventure

The most prolific kung-fu director in Hong Kong martial arts cinema, Chang Cheh, ushered in a new phase of his career and a new generation of action stars with The Five Venoms. The setting is ancient China’s School of Five Venoms, so named for its five types of kung-fu based on five venomous animals: centipede, scorpion, serpent, toad, and lizard. The school is notorious for the evil deeds of its disciples, leading to another classic battle between righteousness and depravity. This international hit, lauded in Ric Meyers' premiere, groundbreaking book martial arts movies as one of the greatest, spawned a series featuring the same actors in new roles which was also enjoyed from America to Asia.

Until the Wheels Come Off

Until the Wheels Come Off

Action & Adventure

50 year old cyclist, John Tarlton, enters his second Race Across America, the most grueling bike race in the world. In a race, where more than half of the participants don’t even finish, John is dead set on winning his division. With his loyal family and friends serving as his support crew, they embark on their 12 day odyssey, stressing not only their physical limits, but their emotional limits as well.

Wild Boys of the Road (1933)

Wild Boys of the Road (1933)

Action & Adventure

This earnest, socially conscious road drama directed by William Wellman centers on two California teenagers who find their comfortable lives thrown into turmoil during the Great Depression. The adventurous lads sneak aboard a Chicago-bound train and soon hook up with several other youths just like them, including two streetwise girls. After being kicked off the train in Ohio, the youths use sewer pipe and other found commodities to build a little city, their own private utopia where no one has more than anyone else. Tragedy forces the group to disband until only the original two boys and one of the girls actually make it to New York. But by this time they are no longer opportunistic adventurers; they are only hungry, tired, and deeply depressed. Desperate, they join a ring of thieves but are caught and sent to a kindly judge who finally instills in them the sense of hope they will need to go on.

Bucktown

Bucktown

Action & Adventure

Redneck police force lords over a middle American community, regularly terrorizing and assaulting black citizens. Fred Williamson arrives in town to bury his brother (a victim of police brutality) and stays to try and right the injustice.

Once Upon a Time in China II

Once Upon a Time in China II

Action & Adventure

Having chronicled the social upheaval wrought by Western influence in the opening chapter of the ONCE UPON A TIME IN CHINA series, Tsui Hark turned his attention to the perils of unchecked nationalism in his sensational follow-up, the rare sequel to equal the dizzying highs of its predecessor. Jet Li returns to the role of Wong Fei-hung, who here takes on the diabolical White Lotus Sect, a virulently xenophobic cult whose antiforeigner sentiments unleash a wave of destructive violence. Fellow martial-arts icon Donnie Yen dazzles in a star-making turn as Wong’s nemesis, who faces off with the hero in a battle royal that showcases the kinetic brilliance of revered Hong Kong action choreographer Yuen Wo-ping.

Springfield Rifle

Springfield Rifle

Action & Adventure

Academy Award winner Gary Cooper stars as a Union officer in the United States' Civil War who goes undercover--pretending to be court-martialled--to uncover who is stealing army horses and selling them to the South before they can hijack a delivery of the new Springfield Rifle.

Echelon 8

Echelon 8

Action & Adventure

This independent action & adventure film was filmed for the incredible low budget of $100,000! When our freedom was in question, America needed an answer. In the early morning hours of 9/11 an elite CIA team known as Echelon 3 was denied access to Logan airport by the FBI, preventing them from acting on the intelligence that could have stopped the terrorist attacks. In the aftermath of the tragedy, the Echelon 3 team undeservingly took the fall and was quickly dismantled. Ten years later, with terrorist activities on the rise, a congressional shadow government committee known only as the Keepers, is re-instating the new and improved top secret unit now known as Echelon 8. The team is granted unprecedented approval of domestic charter allowing them to monitor U.S. communications and take every action necessary to protect the United States from the next terrorist attack. Can Echelon 8 prevent history form repeating itself or will the team suffer the same fate of its predecessor?

Flying Swords of Dragon Gate

Flying Swords of Dragon Gate

Action & Adventure

International action star Jet Li leads an incredible cast in a gripping story of power, pleasure and revenge. Vigilante general Zhao (Li) is determined to restore order to the royal throne by tracking down corrupt officials, including Yu, an incredibly determined eunuch. Yu and his soldiers are on their way to the new Dragon Inn, where they hope to find a runaway pregnant palace concubine and a tough swordswoman who have sought refuge there. As a legendary sandstorm lays hold of the region, fighters, treasure-seekers and assassins alike will find themselves in the midst of a powerful, unforgettable showdown of good vs. evil. Winner at the Asian Film Awards, The Flying Swords of Dragon Gate is a martial arts masterpiece filled with spectacular special effects delivering knock-out action that has to be seen to be believed.

Chinatown Kid

Chinatown Kid

Action & Adventure

In one of his early contemporary martial arts actioners, Fu Sheng teams up with director extraordinaire Chang Cheh in Chinatown Kid to battle the Five Venoms before they poisoned themselves into cult status. Although Chang was chastised for using San Francisco stock shots to make it seem like it was filmed in America, to Chinatown Kid's credit, the incredibly violent fights are immensely satisfying as man on the run Tan Tung (Fu Sheng) one by one defeats each triad gang related venom while succumbing to the seductive powers of the ultra-sexy Shirley Yu only to realize that, in typical Chang Cheh style, materialism and heroism leads to nihilistic desecration.

Action In the North Atlantic

Action In the North Atlantic

Action & Adventure

Oscar-winner Humphrey Bogart ("Casablanca") stars in this exciting drama about a Merchant Marine vessel's fight against German attacks at the start of World War II. Oscar-winner Raymond Massey ("A Matter of Life and Death") and the talented Alan Hale ("It Happened One Night") co-star. Oscar, Golden Globe and Emmy-winner Ruth Gorden ("Rosemary's Baby") also stars in this Oscar nominated film.

The Dead Lands

The Dead Lands

Action & Adventure

Hongi (James Rolleston) - a Maori chieftain’s teenage son – must avenge his father’s murder in order to bring peace and honor to the souls of his loved ones after his tribe is slaughtered through an act of treachery. Vastly outnumbered by a band of villains, led by Wirepa (Te Kohe Tuhaka), Hongi’s only hope is to pass through the feared and forbidden Dead Lands and forge an uneasy alliance with the mysterious “Warrior” (Lawrence Makoare), a ruthless fighter who has ruled the area for years.

Forced Escape

Forced Escape

Action & Adventure

From the producers of the smash hit AHWAK comes the highest grossing Egyptian action film of all time in which 4 complete strangers plan a meticulous escape after being accused of a murder they did not commit. The film boasts an all star cast including AHMAD SAKKA (Al Gezira (1 & 2), El Deal, Tito), GHADA ADEL (Ahwak, Ala Gothety, Ibn El-Qunsul), DINA EL SHERBINY (Jawab Atiqal, Hebta, Grand Hotel), NABIL EISSA (Tattah, Wakkelna Walla, Bedoon Raqaba), AHMED FAHMY (World War 3, Keda Reda, Fasel Wa Na'ood) with a special appearance by AHMED HELMY (Alf Mabrouk, X-Large, Ala Gothety).

In God's Hands

In God's Hands

Action & Adventure

Mickey, Shane and Keoni live to surf, but they aren't just counting sets. Theirs is not merely a search for the elusive wave, but a solemn pact with nature to take it to the extreme. World Class surfers Patrick Shane Dorian, Matt George and Matty Liu star in a dramatic adventure of friendship and courage, featuring some of the most spectacular surfing footage ever filmed. From Madagascar and Balito Hawaii and Mexico, director and co-writer Zalman King takes us on an action-filled tour of the most exotic and dangerous surf spots on the planet, and shows why only a select few are good enough to ride the big ones.

Rollerball (2002)

Rollerball (2002)

Action & Adventure

John McTiernan's "Rollerball" takes place in the not too distant future, and the future is fierce. A notorious renegade sport, "Rollerball" packs arenas all over the world. A global viewership bets and roots for star players Jonathan Cross (Chris Klein), Marcus Ridley (LL Cool J) and their beautiful teammate Aurora (Rebecca Romijn-Stamos) who skate and motorcycle past opponents to score. Despite the danger of the game, the real threat lies in team owner Petrovich (Jean Reno) who sacrifices anything and anyone to maximize ratings, which are worth more to him than the final score. In a heroic move, Jonathan and his teammates attempt to expose the corruption and treachery. It is a risky play and the penalty is lethal.

John Q

John Q

Action & Adventure

Academy Award and Golden Globe-winner Denzel Washington ("Training Day," "American Gangster") stars as John Q. Archibald, an ordinary man who works at a factory and takes care of his family. But when John Q.'s young son needs an emergency heart transplant -- an operation that he can't afford and his health insurance won't cover -- John Q. will do anything to keep his son alive. As time and options run out, a desperate gamble becomes the only hope for John Q, as he takes an unwitting group of people hostage in the hospital emergency room. Now as many in the ER need medical care themselves and John Q. faces off with veteran police hostage negotiator and quick-tempered police chief, can a nonviolent end be found to a desperate situation?

Wire Room

Wire Room

Action & Adventure

Action legend Bruce Willis comes out with guns blazing in this gripping cyberthriller. He plays Mueller, a Homeland Security agent mentoring new security agent Rosa (Kevin Dillon, Poseidon). Via spy cameras, Rosa must monitor arms-smuggling cartel member Flynn—and keep him alive at all costs. When a SWAT team descends on Flynn’s home, Rosa breaks the rules and contacts the gangster directly to save his life. But soon gunmen break into the wire room, putting Rosa’s and Mueller’s lives at risk.

Blitz

Blitz

Action & Adventure

A tough cop (Jason Statham) and his sidekick (Paddy Considine), who is battling ridicule from the squad for being openly gay, is dispatched to take down a serial killer who has been targeting police officers. Also featuring Aidan Gillen and Oscar winner Mark Rylance.