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Taken (2008)

December 19th, 2009 · No Comments

Fast moving thriller about a father finding his daughter that was sold into the sex trade.
Suspenseful, with a happy ending, though less happy than one would expect.
It takes a special man to shoot a man’s wife in front of him to make his point.
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Seventeen year-old Kim is the pride and joy of her father Bryan [...]

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Tags: Action · Drama · Suspense · teh awesome action

Death Race (2008)

September 10th, 2009 · No Comments

Though I have seen portions of Death Race 2000 (Corman) I have not seen the whole thing. This movie having Jason Statham, the guy that played Manny on General Hospital, Tyrese and Joan Allen (who is lovin’ playing evil) made me want to see this film. Of course, it also looked like a lot of [...]

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Snatch. (2000)

July 28th, 2009 · No Comments

There is nothing not enjoyable about this film. Great acting, fun action, unexpected turns, multiple story lines leading to one ending. In other words, I love this film. Seen it before, but not for a while so we took the opportunity to pop it back in the queue.
Worth a watch almost every time it is [...]

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Tags: Action · Comedy · Suspense · household favorite · teh awesome action

Eagle Eye (2008) [HD]

July 12th, 2009 · No Comments

Great car chases and big explosions are the highlight of this film with an ordinary plot mixed with consipracy theories, terrorism and out of control computers.
I enjoyed the timing of the film. It was fast paced. But the out of control, rogue computer thing had us wondering if people in films and television actually ever [...]

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Doomsday (2008)

June 20th, 2009 · No Comments

Awesome fight scenes and explosions in this ‘plague destroys society that is walled off from the world’ film. Woman that escapes Scotland (ground zero for this plague) as a child becomes commando fighter that leads a group back in 30 years later to find out how some people survived.
Why when a society becomes cut off [...]

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Tags: Action · Drama · One of the Best · Sci-Fi/Fantasy · teh awesome action

Redbelt (2008)

April 2nd, 2009 · No Comments

A black belt loses everything, keeps his morals and wins the big prize.
Great fight scenes both in and out of competition mixed martial arts run through this film. A black belt that has his own fighting technique and a dojo guides his students to put avoiding fights above all else and eventually gets pulled into [...]

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Banlieue 13 (2004) aka District B13 [subtitled]

January 2nd, 2009 · No Comments

Fun romp through a devastated suburb/ghetto of future Paris with men that can almost fly. The action scenes are worth the watch. The leading men look great and perform amazing stunts. Also contains the fastest recovery ever from forced drug addiction.
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Set in the ghettos of Paris in 2010, an undercover cop and ex-thug try to [...]

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Ultraviolet (2006)

December 21st, 2007 · No Comments

That girl can handle a gun and kiss your butt. Fun.
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A beautiful hemophage infected with a virus that gives her superhuman powers has to protect a boy in a futuristic world, who is thought to be carrying antigens that would destroy all hemophages.

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Tags: Action · Just plain fun · Sci-Fi/Fantasy · teh awesome action