X2
Stryker (Brian Cox), a villianous former Army commander, holds the key to Wolverine's (Hugh Jackman) past and the future of the X-Men. This threat re-ignites the call for a mutant registration act. Stryker starts a full-out assault on Professor Xavier's (Patrick Stewart) mansion and school. After escaping his plastic cell, Magneto (Ian McKellen) proposes a partnership with Xavier and the X-Men to combat this new formidable enemy they both have in common.
Initial release: May 1, 2003 (Chile)
Director: Bryan Singer
Film series: X-Men
Adapted from: X-Men
Featured songs: Requiem, Bye Bye Bye, Center of the Sun
The Transporter
Ex-Special Forces operator Frank Martin (Jason Statham) lives what seems to be a quiet life along the French Mediterranean, hiring himself out as a mercenary transporter who moves goods - human or otherwise - from one place to another. No questions asked. Dangerous complications ensue when he is hired to kidnap the feisty daughter of a lethal Chinese crime lord who's smuggling his fellow countrymen into France.
Initial release: October 2, 2002 (USA)
Directors: Louis Leterrier, Corey Yuen
Running time: 1h 32m
Film series: The Transporter Film Series
Screenplay: Luc Besson, Robert Mark Kamen
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Mankind faces a new threat as Batman (Ben Affleck) embarks on a personal vendetta against Superman (Henry Cavill).
Initial release: March 23, 2016 (Sweden)
Director: Zack Snyder
Screenplay: David S. Goyer, Chris Terrio
Producers: Deborah Snyder, Charles Roven
Story by: Zack Snyder, David S. Goyer, Bob Kane, Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) battles horrible Jabba the Hut and cruel Darth Vader to save his comrades in the Rebel Alliance and triumph over the Galactic Empire. Han Solo (Harrison Ford) and Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) reaffirm their love and team with Chewbacca, Lando Calrissian (Billy Dee Williams), the Ewoks and the androids C-3PO and R2-D2 to aid in the disruption of the Dark Side and the defeat of the evil emperor.
Initial release: May 25, 1983 (USA)
Director: Richard Marquand
Running time: 2h 16m
Film series: Star Wars
Budget: 32.5 million USD
Java Heat
Following a terrorist attack in Indonesia, a hot-headed American (Kellan Lutz) joins forces with a Muslim detective (Ario Bayu) to find the mastermind (Mickey Rourke) behind the attack.
Initial release: April 18, 2013 (Indonesia)
Director: Conor Allyn
Running time: 1h 44m
Initial DVD release: April 11, 2013 (Germany)
Screenplay: Conor Allyn, Rob Allyn
Running Scared
Mafia flunky Joey Gazelle (Paul Walker) is ordered to dispose of the guns that killed a pair of policemen. He hides them in his basement, where they are found by Oleg (Cameron Bright), the kid from next door, who uses one to shoot his brutal stepfather, a Russian mobster. The boy runs off, and Joey pursues him into the criminal underworld, desperate to retrieve the incriminating weapon. Meanwhile, corrupt detective Rydell (Chazz Palminteri) is following Joey's trail with his own agenda.
Initial release: April 13, 2006 (Germany)
Director: Wayne Kramer
Screenplay: Wayne Kramer
Music composed by: Mark Isham
Producers: Brett Ratner, Michael A. Pierce, Sammy Lee
Max Payne
After the murders of his family and his partner, maverick cop Max (Mark Wahlberg) becomes hell-bent on revenge. Teamed with beautiful and deadly Russian mobster Mona Sax (Mila Kunis), Max journeys into a dark underworld to find the truth, but forces -- both worldly and supernatural -- align against him, determined to silence Max forever.
Initial release: October 17, 2008 (USA)
Director: John Moore
Adapted from: Max Payne
Story by: Sam Lake
Genres: Action Film, Thriller, Film noir, Crime Fiction, Action/Adventure, Crime Thriller
Colombiana
In 1992 Bogota, a little girl (Amandla Stenberg) watches crime lord Don Luis (Beto Benites) and his henchman Marco (Jordi Mollà) murder her parents. Fifteen years later, the now-grown Cataleya (Zoe Saldana), who is named for a Colombian orchid, works as a contract killer for her Chicago-based uncle (Cliff Curtis). Leaving a lipstick drawing of her namesake on every victim, Cataleya carries out her assignments with cold, frightening efficiency and dreams of avenging her family.
Initial release: July 27, 2011 (France)
Director: Olivier Megaton
Producers: Luc Besson, Pierre-Ange Le Pogam
Music composed by: Nathaniel Mechaly, Craig Walker
Production companies: Canal+, EuropaCorp, Stage 6 Films
Lockout
Emilie Warnock (Maggie Grace), the daughter of the American president, leads a humanitarian mission to MS One, an outer-space prison in which the 500 most dangerous criminals from Earth are kept in a state of artificial sleep. Just as Emilie arrives, the now-awakened prisoners stage a violent rebellion, and she and the MS One crew are taken hostage. Emilie's only chance for salvation lies with Snow (Guy Pearce), a wrongly convicted agent who has been promised his freedom if he saves her.
Initial release: February 22, 2012 (France)
Directors: Stephen St. Leger, James Mather
Budget: 30 million USD
Music composed by: Alexandre Azaria
Screenplay: Luc Besson, Stephen St. Leger, James Mather
From Paris with Love
James Reese (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) has a good job as an ambassador's aid in France, but his real passion is a side gig, working in a minor role in the CIA. He would love to be a full-fledged agent and can't believe his luck when he lands an assignment with Charlie Wax (John Travolta). Trigger-happy Charlie soon has James crying for his desk job, but when he learns that the same guys they're trying to catch are after him, James realizes that Charlie may be his only hope of survival.
Initial release: February 5, 2010 (USA)
Director: Pierre Morel
Story by: Luc Besson
Music composed by: David Buckley
Screenplay: Adi Hasak
Taken
Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson), a former government operative, is trying to reconnect with his daughter, Kim (Maggie Grace). Then his worst fears become real when sex slavers abduct Kim and her friend shortly after they arrive in Paris for vacation. With just four days until Kim will be auctioned off, Bryan must call on every skill he learned in black ops to rescue her.
Initial release: February 27, 2008 (France)
Director: Pierre Morel
Running time: 1h 33m
Film series: Taken Film Series
Screenplay: Luc Besson, Robert Mark Kamen
Run All Night
Longtime hit man Jimmy Conlon (Liam Neeson), best friend of mob boss Shawn Maguire (Ed Harris), has seen better days. He's haunted both by the sins of his past and a police detective who's been breathing down his neck for 30 years, and the only comfort Jimmy has is whiskey. However, when his estranged son (Joel Kinnaman) becomes a mob target, Jimmy figures that the only way to atone for his past mistakes is to make sure that his son doesn't wind up at the wrong end of a gun.
Initial release: March 9, 2015
Director: Jaume Collet-Serra
Running time: 1h 54m
Initial DVD release: June 16, 2015 (USA)
Music composed by: Junkie XL
Salt
When Evelyn Salt (Angelina Jolie) became a CIA officer, she swore an oath to duty, honor and country. But, when a defector accuses her of being a Russian spy, Salt's oath is put to the test. Now a fugitive, Salt must use every skill gained from years of training and experience to evade capture, but the more she tries to prove her innocence, the more guilty she seems.
Initial release: July 19, 2010 (Hollywood)
Director: Phillip Noyce
Screenplay: Kurt Wimmer
Music composed by: James Newton Howard
Producers: Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Sunil Perkash
Armageddon
When an asteroid threatens to collide with Earth, NASA honcho Dan Truman (Billy Bob Thornton) determines the only way to stop it is to drill into its surface and detonate a nuclear bomb. This leads him to renowned driller Harry Stamper (Bruce Willis), who agrees to helm the dangerous space mission provided he can bring along his own hotshot crew. Among them is the cocksure A.J. (Ben Affleck), who Harry thinks isn't good enough for his daughter (Liv Tyler), until the mission proves otherwise.
Initial release: July 1, 1998 (USA)
Director: Michael Bay
Running time: 2h 33m
Featured song: I Don't Want to Miss a Thing
Music composed by: Trevor Rabin
Gone in 60 Seconds
Randall "Memphis" Raines long ago abandoned his life of crime, but after an ominous visit from an old friend, he finds he has no choice but to return to what he does best -- stealing cars -- in order to save his brother's life. It all comes down to one night, 50 cars and a contract.
Initial release: June 5, 2000 (USA)
Director: Dominic Sena
Music composed by: Trevor Rabin
Featured songs: Low Rider, Leave Home, Stop the Rock, more
Screenplay: H. B. Halicki, Scott Rosenberg
Bail Enforcers
Bounty hunters must fight off underworld assassins to claim their prize after they nab an informant with a $100,000 price on his head.
Initial release: April 19, 2011
Director: Patrick McBrearty
Running time: 1h 20m
Music composed by: Norman Orenstein
Producer: Chad Archibald
Cast: Trish Stratus, Boomer Phillips
The Other Guys
Unlike their heroic counterparts on the force, desk-bound NYPD detectives Gamble (Will Ferrell) and Hoitz (Mark Wahlberg) garner no headlines as they work day to day. Gamble relishes his job as a paper pusher, but Hoitz is itching to get back on the street and make a name for himself. When a seemingly minor case turns out to be a big deal, the two cops get the opportunity to finally prove to their comrades that they have the right stuff.
Initial release: August 5, 2010 (USA)
Director: Adam McKay
Narrator: Ice-T
Producers: Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, Patrick Crowley, Jimmy Miller
Screenplay: Adam McKay, Chris Henchy
Spy
Despite having solid field training, CIA analyst Susan Cooper (Melissa McCarthy) has spent her entire career as a desk jockey, working hand-in-hand with dashing agent Bradley Fine (Jude Law). Using high-tech equipment and a hidden earpiece, Susan is the guardian angel who helps Bradley avoid danger. However, when Bradley is assassinated by Bulgarian arms dealer Rayna Boyanov (Rose Byrne), Susan wrangles her way into her first undercover assignment to help capture Boyanov and avenge Bradley.
Initial release: May 20, 2015 (Indonesia)
Director: Paul Feig
Running time: 2h 2m
Initial DVD release: September 29, 2015 (USA)
Music composed by: Theodore Shapiro
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
At the height of the Cold War, a mysterious criminal organization plans to use nuclear weapons and technology to upset the fragile balance of power between the United States and Soviet Union. CIA agent Napoleon Solo (Henry Cavill) and KGB agent Illya Kuryakin (Armie Hammer) are forced to put aside their hostilities and work together to stop the evildoers in their tracks. The duo's only lead is the daughter of a missing German scientist, whom they must find soon to prevent a global catastrophe.
Initial release: August 13, 2015 (Slovakia)
Director: Guy Ritchie
Running time: 1h 56m
Music composed by: Daniel Pemberton
Costume design: Joanna Johnston
Ant-Man
Forced out of his own company by former protégé Darren Cross, Dr. Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) recruits the talents of Scott Lang (Paul Rudd), a master thief just released from prison. Lang becomes Ant-Man, trained by Pym and armed with a suit that allows him to shrink in size, possess superhuman strength and control an army of ants. The miniature hero must use his new skills to prevent Cross, also known as Yellowjacket, from perfecting the same technology and using it as a weapon for evil.
Initial release: June 29, 2015 (USA)
Director: Peyton Reed
Running time: 2h 12m
Sequel: Ant-Man and the Wasp
Screenplay: Paul Rudd, Edgar Wright, Adam McKay, Joe Cornish
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
Blamed for a terrorist attack on the Kremlin, Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and the entire IMF agency are disavowed by the U.S. government, while the president initiates the Ghost Protocol. Forced to go "off the grid" -- left without resources or backup -- Hunt must somehow clear the agency's name and prevent another attack. Complicating matters even more, Ethan must undertake the impossible mission with a group of fellow IMF fugitives whose actual motives are suspect.
Initial release: December 13, 2011 (London)
Director: Brad Bird
Running time: 2h 18m
Film series: Mission: Impossible
Producers: Tom Cruise, J.J. Abrams, Bryan Burk
Gangland
First episode date: November 1, 2007
Final episode date: September 24, 2010
Theme song: Gangland Theme Song
Language: English
Writers: Rachel Maguire, Dan Tyrrell, Eli Samler, Todd Moss, Greg Scott
Gangland
A military expert and rebel civilians join two cops' battle to save a scientist who has the cure to a deadly disease.
Initial release: December 28, 2001
Director: Art Camacho
Running time: 1h 34m
Screenplay: David DeFalco
Music composed by: Thomas Morse
Survivor
Framed for a terrorist bombing, a foreign service officer (Milla Jovovich) must dodge a top assassin (Pierce Brosnan), while racing against time to thwart a deadly plot.
Initial release: May 21, 2015 (Italy)
Director: James McTeigue
Running time: 1h 36m
Initial DVD release: June 23, 2015 (USA)
Music composed by: Ilan Eshkeri
The Transporter Refueled
Frank Martin is living a less perilous lifestyle, or so he thinks, transporting classified packages for questionable people. Things get complicated when femme fatale Anna and her three accomplices orchestrate a bank heist and the kidnapping of Frank's father. It's all part of a grand plan to take down the human trafficker who victimized her years earlier. Now a pawn in her vengeful scheme, the former special-operations mercenary must use his covert skills to play Anna's dangerous game.
Initial release: September 4, 2015 (USA)
Director: Camille Delamarre
Running time: 1h 41m
Film series: The Transporter Film Series
Music composed by: Alexandre Azaria
Hitman: Agent 47
Hitman: Agent 47
Hitman: Agent 47
Genetically engineered from conception to be the perfect killing machine, he's the culmination of decades of research, endowed with unprecedented strength, speed, stamina and intelligence. Known only as Agent 47 (Rupert Friend), his latest target is a corporation that plans to unlock the secret of his past to create an army of killers even more powerful than him. With help from a young woman, the elite assassin confronts revelations about his own origins in an epic battle with his deadliest foe.
Initial release: August 21, 2015 (USA)
Director: Aleksander Bach
Running time: 1h 48m
Music composed by: Marco Beltrami
Producers: Alex Young, Adrian Askarieh, Charles Gordon
