471. Assassin, The ( Nie yin niang )
Year of Release: 2015
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Hsiao-Hsien Hou
Actors: Qi Shu, Chen Chang, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Shao-Huai Chang, Dahong Ni, Fang-yi Sheu
Plot: During the Tang Dynasty period in China, Nie Yinniang returns from exhile with a new mission - to oust the tyrannical governors who will not submit to the authority of the emperor. But she is faced with a dilemma when she has to choose between the man she loves and following the "order of the Assassins".
472. Machete
Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ethan Maniquis, Robert Rodriguez
Actors: Danny Trejo, Michelle Rodriguez, Jeff Fahey, Robert De Niro, Lindsay Lohan, Jessica Alba
Plot: Federale Machete is hired for an assassination but is betrayed. Surviving a bullet, he goes on a rampage of revenge and won't stop until everyone has paid.
473. The Quick and the Dead
Year of Release: 1995
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Western
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Sam Raimi
Actors: Sharon Stone, Gene Hackman, Russell Crowe, Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobin Bell, Keith David
Plot: A lone woman rides into a small town seeking revenge. The self-proclaimed
"leader" Herod has set up a gun-fighting competition - and he makes the
rules, starting by entering the town preacher, who has vowed never to kill
another man again.
474. Hancock
Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Peter Berg
Actors: Will Smith, Charlize Theron, Jason Bateman, Daeg Faerch, Lauren Hill, Darrell Foster
Plot: A cocky, looser like super hero who has been living under a rock lately finally brings himself back to reality when he starts dating the wife of his publicists. Much like like super man, he has super strength, super flying ability, and super intelligence. What he does not use is his heart. He has no motivation to continue to help the world until a special event happens.
475. Redemption
Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Steven Knight
Actors: Jason Statham, Lee Asquith-Coe, Vicky McClure, Ian Pirie, Benedict Wong, Siobhan Hewlett
Plot: An ex-special forces agent, homeless and trying to avoid a court martial, navigates London's criminal underworld. When he comes upon an opportunity to assume a new identity - it allows him to be reborn - and become an avenging angel in the process.
476. Hostage
Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Florent Emilio Siri
Actors: Bruce Willis, Kevin Pollak, Jimmy Bennett, Michelle Horn, Ben Foster, Jonathan Tucker
Plot: A failed hostage negotiator leaves L.A. for small-town life with his family. A burglary gone wrong leads to a family being taken hostage. A father with a secret and a criminal on edge will lead to deadly showdown.
477. Elite Squad: The Enemy Within ( Tropa de Elite 2 - O Inimigo Agora É Outro )
Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Portuguese
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: José Padilha
Actors: Wagner Moura, Irandhir Santos, André Ramiro, Milhem Cortaz, Maria Ribeiro, Seu Jorge
Plot: After a prison riot, Captain Nascimiento, now a high-ranking security officer in Rio de Janeiro, is swept into the largest operation against drug traffickers: a bloody political dispute that involves government officials and paramilitary groups.
478. To Live and Die in L.A.
Year of Release: 1985
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: William Friedkin
Actors: William Petersen, Willem Dafoe, John Turturro, John Pankow, Dean Stockwell, Robert Downey Sr.
Plot: A pair of L.A. cops are on the trail of a master counterfeiter. When one of them is killed, his partner swears revenge, no matter the cost, and finds the law he once swore to uphold fall apart as he will do anything to avenge his partner.
479. Bad Boys II
Year of Release: 2003
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Bay
Actors: Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Theresa Randle, Joe Pantoliano, Jordi Moll, Gabrielle Union
Plot: Continuing where they left off, two police detectives follow a trail of Ecstasy into Florida as they try to stop the flow. With more responsibility than in the past, they must be careful to maintain their home lives as well as solve the mystery.
480. Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome
Year of Release: 1985
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: George Miller, George Ogilvie
Actors: Mel Gibson, Tina Turner, Bruce Spence, Adam Cockburn, Frank Thring, Angelo Rossitto
Plot: After being robbed, Mad Max finds himself at the mercy of Bartertown, where he finds himself in a power struggle between the cruel Aunt Entity and her rival Master Blaster. Things go from bad to worse as he is banished to the desert but finds refuge from a group of orphans looking for a leader.
