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Bite the Bullet

Action & Adventure

Bite the Bullet is an epic Western adventure featuring an amazing award-winning cast. Directed by Robert Brooks (In Cold Blood, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof), the film's turn of the century tale of high stakes and harsh tests of endurance glorifies the kind of gutsy men and women who built this country. Two-time Oscar winner Gene Hackman plays a former rough-rider who matches wits with a lovely but shady lady in distress (Oscar nominee Candice Bergen). Academy-Award winner James Coburn (1997 Best Supporting Actor, Affliction) is a drifting ex-cowboy who joins a grueling 700-mile race and competes against a young, reckless cowboy (Jan-Michael Vincent), a haughty English sportsman (Oscar(r) nominee Ian Bannen), and a gutsy Pony Express rider (Oscar winner Ben Johnson, 1971 Best Supporting Actor, The Last Picture Show).

Double Tap

Action & Adventure

Outside the courthouse, the key witness of a famous trial and six cops are assassinated. Each is hit twice at the same spot in the head. Miu (Alex Fong) knows Rick (Leslie Cheung)is back. Several years ago in a shooting contest, Rick and Miu knew they were borne to be the sworn enemies. Two top gunners now face their final battle. This is the gunfight of all gunfights.

Renaissance

Action & Adventure

In 2054, Paris is a labyrinth where all movement is monitored and recorded. Casting a shadow over everything is the city’s largest company, Avalon, which insinuates itself into every aspect of contemporary life to sell its primary export youth and beauty. In this world of stark contrasts and rigid laws the populace is kept in line and accounted for.

Sniper 3

Action & Adventure

Master Gunnery Sergeant Thomas Beckett is the US Marine Corps deadliest sniper. Having taken out warlords, drug kingpins and international assassins Beckett must now face the ultimate enemy when it is discovered that his best friend Paul Finnegan, believed to have been killed in action, has been operating secretly and become a danger to the US, and the world. An undercover agent working in Vietnam has flushed Finnegan from hiding and he is a criminal force beyond any the Marine Corps expected. Now, there will only be one chance to take him out and it's Beckett who will take the shot.

Out of Bounds

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Iowa farmboy Daryl Cage (Anthony Michael Hall) enters a terrifying world where he's out of time, under the gun, and OUT OF BOUNDS in this stylish, action-packed suspense thriller. Arriving in Los Angeles, Daryl accidentally picks up the wrong bag at the airport and finds himself holding a million dollars worth of heroin - and danger. When his brother is brutally slain only hours after his arrival, Daryl must run for his life from the police who suspect him, and from a psychotic drug dealer determined to kill him. In desperation, Daryl turns to Dizz (Jenny Wright), a beautiful, off-beat girl he met on the plane. Trying to stay free long enough to prove his innocence-and alive long enough to make it matter-Daryl and Dizz seek refuge in the bizarre Hollywood night scene, only to become unwilling players in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse. Set to the tempo of a pounding rock score, the excitement never stops in this gripping, urban adventure where the only place left to run is OUT OF BOUNDS.

The Way

Action & Adventure

13 years ago, Jane Arcs was condemned to death after brutally killing her opponent in a underground street fight. Now, in just 24 hours, Jane will be executed for her crime. During her 13 years on Death Row, Jane has undergone a major evolution under the tutelage of a fellow inmate and Qi Gong Master Xin, learning the way of Qi Gong and ostensibly gaining supernatural abilities. As the day of her execution arrives, Jane embraces her punishment in the spirit of transformation. Max Stone, Jane's boyfriend as well as correctional officer and part of the execution tie down team, has very different ideas. He is willing to do anything to save Jane. Will he kill others to save her life? Or will Jane help him to see the light and to let her go? The Way climaxes as the essence of spirit collides with the raw power of desire, ultimately bring the audience full circle in seeing how both are essential to being human.

Operation Daybreak

Action & Adventure

During World War II, three Czech freedom fighters are parachuted back into their homeland by the British RAF with a dangerous assignment: assassinate the dreaded "Hangman" -- Reynard Heinrich. Compelling war time drama based on a true story. Starring Golden Globe-nominee Timothy Bottoms ("The Paper Chase," "The Last Picture Show"). Directed by Oscar and Golden Globe-nominee Lewis Gilbert ("Alfie").

Sudden Death

Action & Adventure

International action superstar Jean-Claude Van Damme teams with Powers Boothe in a tension-packed, suspense thriller set against the backdrop of a Stanley Cup game. Van Damme portrays a father whose daughter is suddenly taken during a championship hockey game. With the captors demanding a billion dollars by game's end, Van Damme frantically sets a plan in motion to rescue his daughter and abort an impending explosion… before the final buzzer. It's a wild ride against time that Kevin Thomas of The Los Angeles Times calls "A superior action thriller loaded with jaw-dropping stunts and special effects."

Assault on VA-33

Action & Adventure

Sean Patrick Flanery (The Boondock Saints) stars as decorated army veteran Jason Hill. While on a routine visit to the local VA hospital, organized terrorists infiltrate the building and take hostages, including a decorated general, and Hill’s wife. The highly trained veteran is outnumbered and the last line of defense, taking on a building full of armed insurgents before it’s too late.

Welcome to Sudden Death

Action & Adventure

Jesse Freeman (Michael Jai White, Black Dynamite) is a former special forces officer and explosives expert now working a regular job as a security guard in a state-of-the-art basketball arena. Trouble erupts when a tech-savvy cadre of terrorists kidnap the team's owner and Jesse's daughter during opening night. Facing a ticking clock and impossible odds, it's up to Jesse to not only save them but also a full house of fans in this highly charged action thriller.

Check Point

Action & Adventure

A sleeper cell terrorist plot is discovered in a small town where everyone knows one another...or so they thought. As justice seems lost when an insurgent attack threatens to escalate into a full-blown invasion of the US, a team of unlikely heroes must rise up to fight the enemy and protect their country.

Chokehold

Action & Adventure

A young woman’s story of redemption revenge and reconciliation in the gritty world of underground No Holds Barred MMA Fighting. After her Father’s (Casper Van Dien Starship Troopers) murder Zoey abandons her training in Las Vegas with Uncle Ray (Kip Pardue, Ray Donovan) to return home. However, her homecoming is far from joyful. She finds herself salvaging the family gym while searching for the killer all while trying to repair a relationship with her deceased father. The underground fighting world seems to be the only lead and the path she must take to fight for justice for her father. The film also stars Lochlyn Munro (Riverdale) and introducing Melissa Croden as Zoey.

Executioners From Shaolin

Action & Adventure

Film lovers and critics went out of their way to praise this Liu Chia-liang version of the Shaolin destruction and revenge epic. Many called it the preeminent kung-fu director’s best and certainly his greatest on the theme of history, martial arts, and family. Little wonder, since, beyond the Shaolin story, it also shows how Liu’s own family style of kung-fu, Hung Fist, was created. There are unforgettable sequences throughout, highlighted by Hung Hsi-kuan (the mighty Chen Kuan-tai) and Fang Yung-chun’s (the wonderful Lily Li) wedding night … where the lovers inexorably test their Tiger and Crane kung-fu styles in a symbolic treatment of a couple’s power struggles. Almost equally unforgettable are the training sequences and a full three titanic confrontations with the White-Browed Hermit (the impressive Lo Lieh), betrayer of the Temple. The critics were right: Liu has out-done himself…as usual!

Buddha's Palm

Action & Adventure

In the arsenal of classic martial arts secret weapons, there is none more lethal than the Buddha’s Palm, a technique by which an ordinary hand is transformed into a formidable force. Ku, a blind recluse living in a cave, knows its secret, which proves to be as much a blessing as a curse as it attracts all manner of mayhem, from giant birds to magic pearls, miraculous orchids, and a wide array of good and evil knights. Thus is the enchanted world of Buddha’s Palm, a top Shaw Brothers action hit of 1982, and a movie that stands at the cutting edge between the modern and post modern eras of Hong Kong martial arts cinema. Derek Yee excels in the role of a scarred swordsman who learns the secret of the Buddha’s Palm, with Alex Man Chi-leung as his blind mentor. Hui Ying-hung, first winner of the Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Actress, and Yu An-an are on hand to demonstrate just what a woman’s touch can accomplish.

White Elephant

Action & Adventure

When an assassination attempt is witnessed by two cops, Gabriel Tancredi, an ex-marine turned mob enforcer (Michael Rooker), is ordered by his ruthless mob boss (Bruce Willis) to eliminate any and all threats. With an eager underling out to prove himself, rival gangs making moves and a rising body count, every step Tancredi makes threatens lives…including his own.

DCU: Batman: Year One

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He will become the greatest crime fighter the world has ever known. But it won't be easy.Based on the groundbreaking story by Frank Miller (300, Sin City) and featuring the voice talents of Bryan Cranston, Ben McKenzie, Katee Sackhoff, Eliza Dushku, Alex Rocco and Jon Polito, this thrilling DC Universe Animated Original Movie reveals a bold and dynamic vision of the Dark Knight's first year in action and the start of his enduring friendship with Jim Gordon.With Gotham City in desperate need of heroes, two men take a stand for justice . . . but on opposite sides. Bruce Wayne returns home after years of training abroad in martial arts, science, detective skills and the art of hunting men. He's ready to become the thing in the night that all criminals of Gotham will come to fear. But at the same time, honest Lieutenant James Gordon moves to Gotham and finds corruption at every level.

Diamonds Are Forever

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When large shipments of uncut diamonds begin disappearing during transit and then fail to reappear on the international market, the British government suspects that there is something going on besides diamond smuggling, and James Bond is called in to investigate. With the help of beautiful smuggler Tiffany Case, 007 traces the crimes to Las Vegas and reclusive billionaire Willard Whyte ….but the casino itself, the center of the smuggling, actually belongs to Bond archnemesis Ernst Blofeld. Blofeld is stockpiling the gems to build a massive satellite-based laser capable of destroying huge tracts of land, with which he will ransom the world's governments. In order to stop him, Bond must face offbeat assassins Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd, as well as Bambi and Thumper--two scantily-clad beauties who are more than a match for Bond in hand-to-hand combat.

China Sky

Action & Adventure

Randolph Scott and Anthony Quinn star in this adaptation of Pearl S. Buck's novel about the people of a small village trapped between warring armies under the China Sky. China. World War II. Two American doctors, Dr. Gray Thompson (Randolph Scott--Ride the High Country) and Dr. Sara Durand (Ruth Warrick), have a close working relationship at their village hospital. But they do not realize how close they have become until Thompson returns with his new bride, Louise (Ellen Drew). Now as the war overtakes this small town, Thompson must balance his dedication to the local people, his conviction to aid everyone--even wounded Japanese soldiers--and his wife's inability to adapt to life in rural China.

Robert the Bruce

Action & Adventure

Eight years after the Battle of Falkirk and the fall of William Wallace, Robert the Bruce crowns himself King of Scotland and takes the cause of Scotland’s freedom as his own. But he cannot overcome England’s power. Defeated again and again, his army scatters, and The King of England places a bounty on his head. He finds himself alone, wounded and hunted by the very soldiers he once led. When he is discovered by a young boy whose father died fighting alongside The Bruce, both his life and Scotland’s history are changed forever. This boy, his mother, and two orphans save the King's life and nurse him back to health. He becomes a part of their unique family – and they become the first soldiers in his new army – as he sets out to claim the long-awaited freedom of Scotland.

Dead Zone

Action & Adventure

To stop the collapse of humanity, an elite team of soldiers must descend on a radiation-poisoned town and perform the ultimate stealth mission using high-tech armor and weapons.

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