Action films

Torque is an 2004 action movie. Martin Henderson, Ice Cube, Jaime Pressly, Matt Schulze and Monet Mazur starred in the film. The movie featured many impossible motorcycle action sequences - motorcycles being used like swords, wheelies at 150+ mph, and a crash at over 200 mph from which the hero walks away - and highly extravagant visual effects. In one scene the camera follows a motorcycle going perhaps 200 mph and then 'goes through' a truck and out the other side. In another scene, the camera slowly zooms in on a motorcycle traveling down a freeway, but the camera goes inside of two cars while doing so, long enough so that you can hear the music playing in the cars. It was often called " The Fast and the Furious on Motorcycles" referring to the use of many of the same thematic elements between the two films. ...more on Wikipedia about "Torque (film)"

Transporter 2 is a 2005 film directed by Louis Leterrier and produced by Luc Besson. It is the sequel to the 2002 film, The Transporter. ...more on Wikipedia about "Transporter 2"

Tron is a 1982 Walt Disney Productions science fiction movie starring Jeff Bridges as Kevin Flynn (and his counterpart inside the electronic world, Clu), Bruce Boxleitner as Alan Bradley (and Tron), Cindy Morgan as Lora Baines(and Yori) and Dan Shor as Ram. David Warner plays the villain, Ed Dillinger (and Sark), as well as providing the voice of the ' Master Control Program'. It was directed by Steven Lisberger. Being the first film from a major studio to use computer graphics extensively (developed by MAGI, Triple I, and others), Tron has a distinctive visual style. ...more on Wikipedia about "Tron (film)"

True Lies is a 1994 action movie directed by James Cameron. It stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Tom Arnold. Bill Paxton, Tia Carrere and Art Malik also feature, and Eliza Dushku makes an early appearance. ...more on Wikipedia about "True Lies"

True Romance is a movie directed by Tony Scott ( Top Gun) and written by Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary. It was released in 1993. It stars Christian Slater and Patricia Arquette. Also featured are Val Kilmer, Dennis Hopper, Christopher Walken, Gary Oldman, Michael Rapaport, Brad Pitt, Bronson Pinchot, James Gandolfini, Chris Penn, Tom Sizemore, and Samuel L. Jackson. ...more on Wikipedia about "True Romance"

Ultraviolet is an action movie and science fiction film slated for release on February 24, 2006 in North America. The film is written and directed by Kurt Wimmer. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ultraviolet (film)"

Uncommon Valor (1983) is a war film directed by Ted Kotcheff and starring Fred Ward and Gene Hackman. ...more on Wikipedia about "Uncommon Valor"

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Under Siege is a 1992 action film in the Die Hard mold. ...more on Wikipedia about "Under Siege"

Underworld 3 is the third movie in the Underworld film series. ...more on Wikipedia about "Underworld 3 (2008 film)"

Van Helsing is a 2004 action / horror film directed by Stephen Sommers. The film stars Hugh Jackman and Kate Beckinsale. ...more on Wikipedia about "Van Helsing"

Vanishing Point is a 1971 road movie starring Barry Newman, Cleavon Little, Dean Jagger, and an Alpine White 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T with the mighty 426 cubic inches, 425 Horse Power, HEMI engine. There was also a Vanishing Point remake shown by Fox on TV in 1997 with a similar vehicle and storyline, and starring Viggo Mortensen. ...more on Wikipedia about "Vanishing Point (film)"

Versus is a 2000 Japanese action/ horror film directed by Ryuhei Kitamura. It has a strong cult following both in Japan and overseas, particularly in the United States. The film is occasionally credited with the alternate title 'The Forest of Resurrection' ...more on Wikipedia about "Versus (film)"

Vertical Limit ( 2000) is an action movie/ thriller directed by New Zealander Martin Campbell (GoldenEye, No Escape) starring, among others, Chris O'Donnell, Robin Tunney and Scott Glenn. It narrates the attempted ascent of K2 by a group of alpinists, led by an ambitious multi-millionaire. But the climbing party get into serious jeopardy after an avalanche goes down, kills some of the members and traps others inside a crevasse. At the base, a rescue team is formed to rediscover their buried mates. The undertaking soon becomes a race against time as the victims run out of supplies and medicine against altitude sickness. ...more on Wikipedia about "Vertical Limit"

Vice Squad is a 1982 action/ drama film,starring Wings Hauser, Season Hubley, and Gary Swanson,directed by Gary Sherman. ...more on Wikipedia about "Vice Squad (film)"

Volcano is an action drama of 1997. It was released in the United States on April 25, 1997 a few months after Dante's Peak, a movie in the same genre. ...more on Wikipedia about "Volcano (film)"

Wake of Death is an American action movie, directed by French director, Philippe Martinez. Ringo Lam was the original director, but he left the project after a few weeks of filming in Canada. The movie was released in 2004, and has been rated "R" by the Motion Picture Association of America ( MPAA) for "strong violence". ...more on Wikipedia about "Wake of Death"

What Happened to Mary? is the first motion picture serial made in the United States. Made by Edison Studios, the action serial consisted of twelve one reel episodes released monthly beginning July 26 1912 to coincide with the serial story of the same name published in McClure's Ladies' World magazine ...more on Wikipedia about "What Happened to Mary?"

White Fire (a.k.a. Vivre Pour Survivre a.k.a. Le Diamant) is a French- American- Italian- Turkish action and adventure movie by Jean-Marie Pallardy ( 1985). It stars Robert Ginty, Fred Williamson, Gordon Mitchell and Jess Hahn. ...more on Wikipedia about "White Fire"

Wild Wild West ( 1999) is a film directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, starring Will Smith, Kevin Kline (two roles, Artemus Gordon and President Ulysses S. Grant), Kenneth Branagh and Salma Hayek. It was inspired by the 1960s television program of the same name, and may be described as a science fiction Western. ...more on Wikipedia about "Wild Wild West"

William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet is a 1996 film adaptation of William Shakespeare's play, Romeo and Juliet, directed by Baz Luhrmann. ...more on Wikipedia about "William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet"

XXX (also written xXx), pronounced "Triple X", is a 2002 action movie starring Vin Diesel. XXX was marketed as a James Bond style film for the new millennium and featured similar gadgetry, international schemes and intrigues, villain-sponsored take-over-the-world schemes backed up by doomsday devices, a female co-star / love interest, and outrageous stunts (as Roger Ebert put it, "Why blow up two cars when you can blow up twenty?"). ...more on Wikipedia about "XXX (film)"

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