451. Premium Rush
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: David Koepp
Actors: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jamie Chung, Michael Shannon, Dania Ramirez, Aasif Mandvi, Nick Damici
Plot: A bike messenger suddenly finds himself on more than just a routine delivery when a corrupt cop begins pursuit after picking up a package.
452. The Last Castle
Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Rod Lurie
Actors: Robert Redford, James Gandolfini, Mark Ruffalo, Steve Burton, Delroy Lindo, Paul Calderon
Plot: A Vietnam War veteran gets convicted of a crime and sent to prison, where he is constantly tested.
453. Silver Streak
Year of Release: 1976
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Arthur Hiller
Actors: Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor, Ned Beatty, Jill Clayburgh, Patrick McGoohan, Ray Walston
Plot: On a train trip from L.A. to Chicago a man discovers romance, but he also thinks he sees a man pushed from the train. No one around him believes his story... well, no one but the killer, who makes him the next target.
454. Ransom
Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ron Howard
Actors: Mel Gibson, Rene Russo, Gary Sinise, Delroy Lindo, Lili Taylor, Brawley Nolte
Plot: The owner of a rich airline is willing to do anything to get his son back, including giving the kidnappers $2 million in ransom. When the drop goes bad, he turns the tables and instead offers the money to anyone willing to take on the kidnapper and return his son.
455. Cell 211 ( Celda 211 )
Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Daniel Monzón
Actors: Luis Tosar, Alberto Ammann, Antonio Resines, Manuel Morón, Carlos Bardem, Luis Zahera
Plot: An expectant father with a beautiful young wife, takes a job as a guard at a maximum-security prison. Taking a tour of the facility prior to his first day, a riot ensues. Finding himself trapped in the prison under lock-down with no guards around, he is forced to portray himself as a new prisoner to avoid being killed as a prison guard. After making some smart decisions, he is taken under the wings of the rioters and prison gang leaders. He faces a race against time to settle the riot peacefully while trying to understand his place as he starts to align more with his new prisoners than the law.
456. 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.
457. Sword of the Stranger ( Sutorejia: Mukô hadan )
Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Action
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Masahiro Andô
Actors: Yûki Chinen, Tomoya Nagase, Akio Ôtsuka, Naoto Takenaka, Kôichi Yamadera
458. Supercop ( Ging chaat goo si 3: Chiu kap ging chaat )
Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Cantonese
Genre: Action/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Stanley Tong
Actors: Jackie Chan, Michelle Yeoh, Maggie Cheung, Kenneth Tsang, Bill Tung, Philip Chan
Plot: A Hong Kong police officer and Chinese agent team up to bring down a drug syndicate. When one of their sources is about to be executed, they plan a jailbreak to get the information they need.
459. 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.
460. The Vikings
Year of Release: 1958
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Richard Fleischer
Actors: Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis, Ernest Borgnine, Janet Leigh, James Donald, Alexander Knox
Plot: Two men, one a viking the other a slave, vie for the attention of a welsh princess.
