461. The Last Starfighter
Year of Release: 1984
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Nick Castle
Actors: Lance Guest, Dan O'Herlihy, Catherine Mary Stewart, Barbara Bosson, Norman Snow, Robert Preston
Plot: Alex Rogan lives in a trailer park and spends his days playing the Starfighter video game. But upon meeting an alien who convinces him to use his skills in real combat, Rogan heads to space to protect the galaxy from invasion. He gets to the Starfighter base station before deciding the trailer park wasn't so bad, but returns home to find he's being stalked by an alien beast.
462. 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.
463. 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.
464. Cartel Land
Year of Release: 2015
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Action
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Matthew Heineman
Actors: Dr. Jose Mireles, Tim "Nailer" Foley
Plot: This is the real war on drugs - on the border between the U.S and Mexico, various agencies, vigilante groups and the Mexican drug cartels battle. Matthew Heineman gives us access to each group, and the people behind them, and asks if meeting violence with violence will solve anything.
465. 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".
466. 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.
467. 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.
468. 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.
469. 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.
470. 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.
