271. Agora
Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Alejandro Amenábar
Actors: Rachel Weisz, Max Minghella, Oscar Isaac, Ashraf Barhom, Michael Lonsdale, Rupert Evans
Plot: Tells the story of astronomer-philosopher Hypatia of Alexandria (Weisz)
and her relationship with her slave Davus (Minghella), who is torn between
his love for his mistress and the possibility of gaining his freedom by
joining the rising tide of Christianity.
272. Excalibur
Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Boorman
Actors: Nigel Terry, Helen Mirren, Gabriel Byrne, Liam Neeson, Patrick Stewart, Nicholas Clay
Plot: The legendary sword Excalibur is plunged into stone and only the chosen
King can remove it. A squire named Arthur removes it and the tales of
Camelot, Merlin and Lancelot begin in the time of knights and magic.
273. The Spy Who Loved Me
Year of Release: 1977
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Actors: Roger Moore, Barbara Bach, Richard Kiel, Curd Jürgens, Michael Billington , Vernon Dobtcheff
Plot: Bond is on the case when a British submarine carrying nuclear warheads goes missing. He finds himself teaming up with a KGB agent - one whose lover he killed.
274. Kon-Tiki ( 2013 )
Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Norwegian
Genre: Adventure/Biography
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg
Actors: Pål Sverre Valheim Hagen, Anders Baasmo Christiansen, Gustaf Skarsgård, Odd Magnus Williamson, Tobias Santelmann, Jakob Oftebro
Plot: Based on the true story when Thor Heyerdahl and his crew crossed the
Pacific Ocean.
275. Sneakers
Year of Release: 1992
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Phil Alden Robinson
Actors: Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier, David Strathairn, Dan Aykroyd, River Phoenix, Timothy Busfield
Plot: A motley crew of techs and hackers is co-opted into taking on a dangerous
mission from the government in order to retrieve a "black box".
276. Twelve Tasks of Asterix, The ( douze travaux d'Astérix, Les )
Year of Release: 1976
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Adventure/Animation
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: René Goscinny, Henri Gruel, Albert Uderzo, Pierre Watrin
Actors: Roger Carel, Jacques Morel, Pierre Tornade, Henri Labussière, Jean Martinelli, Pascal Mazzotti
Plot: The great Ceasare realizes he will never be able to take the Gaul's village, led by Asterix and his friends, through force - but he comes up with a novel plan - he sets 12 tasks for them to complete. Should they succeed, the Roman empire in all its glory will be theirs - should they fail, they will submit to him.
277. The Rescuers
Year of Release: 1977
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Adventure
MPAA Rating: G
Director: John Lounsbery, Wolfgang Reitherman
Actors: Bob Newhart, Eva Gabor, Geraldine Page, Joe Flynn, Jeanette Nolan, Pat Buttram
Plot: Two mice try to save a little girl.
278. The Polar Express
Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Adventure
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Actors: Tom Hanks, Leslie Harter Zemeckis, Eddie Deezen, Nona Gaye, Peter Scolari, Jimmy 'Jax' Pinchak
Plot: Based on the book, when a boy who doubts Santa exists stays up Christmas Eve for the arrival of the jolly man, he is instead greeted by a steam-powered train headed for the North Pole.
279. Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales
Year of Release: 1982
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Adventure
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Friz Freleng, Chuck Jones
Actors: Mel Blanc, Arthur Q. Bryan, June Foray, Shepard Menken, Lennie Weinrib
280. Death Note ( Desu nôto )
Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Adventure/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Shusuke Kaneko
Actors: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Asaka Seto, Erika Toda, Shunji Fujimura, Shigeki Hosokawa
Plot: Adapted from a highly popular manga, with original charcters and plot
twists developed only for live-action film.
Ace Student Light Yagami finds the death note a notebook intentionally
drpped by a rouge "shinigami" death god named ryuk. Any human whose name
is written in the notebook dies upset with the current justice system
light takes matters into his own hands and vows to use the power of the
death note to rid the world of all evil, and become "the god of the ne
world." A mysterious detective known as "L" quickly learns the serial
killer, Nicknamed "kira" by the public, is located in japan. Light
realizes that L will be his greatest enemy, and a game of psychological
cat and mouse between the two begins.
