271. 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.
272. The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Peter Jackson
Actors: Benedict Cumberbatch, Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Lee Pace, Luke Evans, Richard Armitage
Plot: As the Dwarven party led by Thorin Oakenshield finally reclaims their kingdom of Erebor, the vast treasure draws out now only the wrath of Smaug but also the army of men and elves, who want the fortune for their own.
273. 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.
274. 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.
275. The Rescuers Down Under
Year of Release: 1990
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Adventure
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Hendel Butoy, Mike Gabriel
Actors: Bob Newhart, Eva Gabor, John Candy, Tristan Rogers, George C. Scott, Adam Ryen
Plot: Bernard and Biana set off on another adventure, this time to save a boy and an eagle in the Australian Outback.
276. 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.
277. Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Year of Release: 1971
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Comedy
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Robert Stevenson
Actors: Angela Lansbury, David Tomlinson, Roddy McDowall, Sam Jaffe, John Ericson, Bruce Forsyth
Plot: During WWII, witch Eglantine Price (Angela Lansbury) aims to use her new-found powers to ward off a Nazi incursion of England. But she's saddled with a trio of refugee siblings from London who need her protection. To win them over, she pulls off an assortment of tricks and takes them on a fantastical adventure to the Isle of Naboombu.
278. The World's Fastest Indian
Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Biography
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Roger Donaldson
Actors: Anthony Hopkins, Iain Rea, Tessa Mitchell, Aaron Murphy, Tim Shadbolt, Annie Whittle
Plot: The life story of New Zealander, Burt Munro. In 1967, after spending years rebuilding a 1920 Indian motorcycle, he packs up his bike and travels around the world to race in Utah at the Bonneville Salt Flats. Encountering obstacle after obstacle, including being denied entrance in the races, Munro defies the odds and sets a new land-speed world record.
279. 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.
280. A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Steven Spielberg
Actors: Haley Joel Osment, Jude Law, Frances O'Conner, William Hurt, Sam Robards, Ken Leung
Plot: A future in which the human race has created mechas for work and
entertainment. Then David is created, a mecha boy designed to feel real
emotion. When his adoptive "parents" leave him alone, he begins a quest
to find his humanity.
