Action Films

Dull epic based on the adventures of Edgar Rice Burrough's hero Tarzan. Not even the fine performances of Ralph Richardson and Christopher Lambert can save Greystoke.

Dec 16, 2009 - Kevin Sturton

Since Douglas Fairbanks became the first actor to play Robin Hood back in 1922 there have been many many different approaches to the Robin Hood legend.

Dec 10, 2009 - Kevin Sturton

Action movie from the writer/director team of Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor Gerard Butler stars as prisoner competing in an online computer game.

Nov 28, 2009 - Kevin Sturton

In the 1930's Errol Flynn starred in Captain Blood and became the natural successor to Douglas Fairbanks, the man who had pioneered the swashbuckler.

Nov 14, 2009 - Kevin Sturton

Douglas Fairbanks became the first actor to play Robin Hood on film in this 1922 swashbuckler directed by Allan Dwan.

Oct 9, 2009 - Kevin Sturton

Douglas Fairbanks stars as Zorro in this classic from 1920. Fred Nibla directs The Mark of Zorro, the first movie to feature the masked hero.

Oct 8, 2009 - Kevin Sturton

A look at how the action movie was influenced by literature and how Douglas Fairbanks became cinema's first action star.

Oct 1, 2009 - Kevin Sturton

Based on an original script by comics writer Ed Brubaker, Zoe Bell stars as a deadly assassin who turns on her masters after suffering a gruesome head injury.

Aug 21, 2009 - Kevin Sturton

Chev Chelios (Statham) returns from the dead in a hilariously over-the-top follow-up to Crank. It has to be seen to be believed; it really does.

Apr 23, 2009 - Kevin Sturton

John Travolta and Jonathon Rhys Meyers deliver fun, uncomplicated action movie antics in "From Paris With Love."

Feb 9, 2010 - Eric Venezia

It may be a good seven years since his last starring role, but Mel Gibson proves that, 30 years after Mad Max, he can still kick butt with the best of 'em.

Jan 28, 2010 - Ramona Zacharias

Robert Downey, Jr. continues his Hollywood stride in Guy Ritchie's take on Sherlock Holmes. He contrinues to prove he is a contender for the Summer blockbuster.

Jan 26, 2010 - Andrew Blanchard

Denzel Washington must protect the last Bible in this action film.

Jan 26, 2010 - Sarah Barrett

When an ordinary woman incurs the wrath of a deadly clan of assassins she finds herself saved by an extraordinary man who has a dark history with the trained killers.

Jan 18, 2010 - Natalie Bauer

Listed as a Smokin' Aces prequel, this film has little to do with its predecessor beyond an abundance of people with guns shooting at one another.

Jan 17, 2010 - Robert Becka

Lovers of bad movies should be flocking to see the action/comedy Double Duty, the story of a marine officer who leaves the Corps in search of a normal civilian life.

Jan 15, 2010 - Christopher Pascale

Christmas morning was alluded by more than just Santa this year, with the release of the highly anticipated movie, Sherlock Holmes.

Dec 31, 2009 - Cassandra Norris

Billionaire weapons maker Tony Stark is is captured and forced to build a deadly weapon. After confronting the damage he has done he decides to make things right.

Dec 30, 2009 - Christopher Sharman

Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law and Rachel McAdams star in the updated version of Sherlock Holmes now in theaters.

Dec 26, 2009 - Mckenzie Cassidy

Overly done for the 21st century audience, or keeping Sir Arthur Conan Doyle safely positioned in his grave?

Dec 26, 2009 - Melissa Thayer

Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law form a memorable brotherhood in the 2009 Sherlock Holmes movie. The movie is a beautiful confluence of old and new.

Dec 25, 2009 - Tobey Strauch

This movie, now out on DVD, starring Dennis Quaid, is a bit of an overbearing technological bore.

Dec 23, 2009 - Tobey Strauch

Christian Bale, Sam Worthington and Bryce Dallas Howard star in Terminator Salvation, a film set in Earth after a nuclear holocaust.

Dec 22, 2009 - Mckenzie Cassidy

With his latest film Avatar opening at number on in the box office, director James Cameron has once again pushed the boundaries of film expectations.

Dec 21, 2009 - Travis Block

It may not be the biggest Punisher film. It made not be the best. But Punisher: War Zone follows the Marvel Comics version of the vigilante hero better than prior films.

Dec 14, 2009 - Jason Parent

The original cast return. And that's the only positive.

Dec 12, 2009 - Rhys Bendix-Lewis

Trendy Japan & Ailen Sit's brilliant fight choreography stand out in a movie about spy intrigues. Good chemistry from actors Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Ekin Cheng & Kelly Chen.

Dec 7, 2009 - Lynette S.K. Webster

The 2009 Sherlock Holmes film trailer shows Holmes and Watson as action heroes. Was life at 221B Baker Street really that exciting or has director Guy Ritchie made it up?

Dec 6, 2009 - Bert Collingwood

A group of armored guards, led by Matt Dillon, heist a cool $42 million before dissension sets in with Columbus Short proving "troublesome" in Nimrod Antal`s new drama.

Dec 4, 2009 - Robert Waldman

Roland Emmerich might not get 12-camera coverage on a single explosion like Michael Bay, but he'll always be a better overall director of canonical cornball action.

Dec 3, 2009 - Nick Rogers

Starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren, this futuristic view of secret military tactics hits right on target . . . in some other dimension.

Dec 2, 2009 - Jennifer Seydel

For his latest venture into mass chaos Roland Emmerich pulls out all the stops. His movies often received mixed reviews and it's very easy to see why.

Dec 1, 2009 - Kevin Crowley

Boondock Saints 2 stars Sean Patrick Flanery, Norman Reedus, Clifton Collins Jr., Billy Connolly, Julie Benz, and Judd Nelson. Directed by Troy Duffy.

Nov 24, 2009 - Lauren Flanagan

Roland Emmerich directs the grand daddy of disaster movies with 2012. The world is about to end, but with any luck John Cusack will live on.

Nov 24, 2009 - Lauren Flanagan