251. Patriot Games
Year of Release: 1992
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Phillip Noyce
Actors: Harrison Ford, Anne Archer, Patrick Bergin, Sean Bean, Thora Birch, Samuel L. Jackson
Plot: Jack Ryan is enjoying a vacation in England with his family when his CIA training kicks in and he foils an IRA assassination targeting a member of the royal family. Yet this intervention puts him and his family in the sights of the IRA - who now seek revenge.
252. Why Don't You Play in Hell? ( Jigoku de naze warui )
Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 3.4 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Shion Sono
Actors: Jun Kunimura, Fumi Nikaidô, Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Hiroki Hasegawa, Gen Hoshino, Tomochika
Plot: A renegade film crew, dubbed The F*%k Bombers, finally realizes their decades-long passion to make a film - as long as they don't mind being embroiled in Yakuza clan feud where several parties will surely wind up dead.
253. Shaolin Soccer ( Siu lam juk kau )
Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Cantonese
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Stephen Chow
Actors: Stephen Chow, Man Tat Ng, Wei Zhao, Yin Tse, Hui Li, Chi Ling Chiu
Plot: A lowly man seeks to combine his loves of soccer and kung-fu. Can he manage to assemble a soccer team that feels his passion and can tap into their true skills? Hold on for a fabulous adventure!
254. X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Gavin Hood
Actors: Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Danny Huston, Will i Am, Lynn Collins, Taylor Kitsch
Plot: Before the events of X-Men, the life of Wolverine intertwines romance and violence. Seeking revenge, he joins the Weapon X program in order to track down Victor Creed (Sabertooth) and meets many mutants, some familiar, some new, along the way.
255. The Incredible Hulk
Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Fantasy/Action
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Louis Leterrier
Actors: Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, William Hurt, Tim Roth, Tim Blake Nelson, Ty Burrell
Plot: In this comic book movie based off of the same name of the Marvel hero (and a new version to the 2001 release) a scientist whose experiment goes wrong is forced to try to cope with his anger and the mysterious after affects of what he has become and what he can become. He must try to control his anger but use it wisely enough to destroy a more deadly, out of control version of himself.
256. 22 Jump Street
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Action
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Phil Lord, Chris Miller
Actors: Channing Tatum, Jonah Hill, Ice Cube, Dave Franco, Nick Offerman, Peter Stormare
Plot: Surviving high school (twice), officers Schmidt and Jenko take on a new undercover assignment targeting the local college.
257. Fist of Legend ( Jing wu ying xiong )
Year of Release: 1994
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Gordon Chan
Actors: Jet Li, Shinobu Nakayama, Siu-hou Chin, Billy Chow, Yasuaki Kurata, Paul Chun
Plot: Chen Zhen leaves Shanghai for Kyoto and finds nothing but insult and abuse from the Japanese, especially after pursuing Mitsuko Yamada, daughter of the director. Yet when he learns of the death of his old kung fu master - he returns home determined to prove his master died not in a fight, but through poisoning. The honor of Chen and Japan are at stake, leading to one final, epic battle that will settle the score once and for all.
258. Ip Man 2 ( Yip Man 2: Chung si chuen kei )
Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Cantonese
Genre: Action/Biography
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Wilson Yip
Actors: Donnie Yen, Lynn Hung, Simon Yam, Sammo Hung Kam-Bo, Siu-Wong Fan, Darren Shahlavi
Plot: Ip Man continues his journey to Hong Kong where he will spread his Wing Chun martial arts style.
259. Treasure Planet
Year of Release: 2002
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Action
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Ron Clements, John Musker
Actors: Roscoe Lee Browne, Corey Burton, Emma Thompson, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Laurie Metcalf, David Hyde Pierce
260. Highlander
Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Russell Mulcahy
Actors: Christopher Lambert, Roxanne Hart, Clancy Brown, Sean Connery, Jon Polito, Beatie Edney
Plot: As he tries to keep one step ahead of the New York City police, who believe him to be a suspect in a murder in the parking garage of Madison Square Garden, a man born in the 1500's battles another immortal who tried to kill him centuries ago.
