231. Bronson
Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn
Actors: Tom Hardy, Terry Stone, Matt King, Hugh Ross, Kelly Adams, Edward Bennett-Coles
Plot: Bronson follows the life of notorious prisoner Michael Gordon Peterson, who was re-named Charles Bronson by his fight promoter. Born into a respectable middle-class family, Peterson would nevertheless become one of the UK's most dangerous criminals, and is known for having spent almost his entire adult life in solitary confinement.
232. Shadow ( Ying )
Year of Release: 2019
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Yimou Zhang
Actors: Chao Deng, Li Sun, Ryan Zheng, Qianyuan Wang, Jingchun Wang, Jun Hu
Plot: During the Three Kingdoms era, an exiled king, violent and ambitious, seeks to reclaim his throne; his visionary general - who makes plans in secret; the women of the palace, who seek redemption in a world that rejects them and a simple commoner known as "Lord of the World" - all people who will shape this story, and history itself.
233. The Covenant
Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Guy Ritchie
Actors: Emily Beecham, Jake Gyllenhaal, Antony Starr, Alexander Ludwig, Bobby Schofield, Dar Salim
Plot: On his last tour in Afghanistan, Sergeant John Kinley and his team are ambushed leaving Kinley and local interpreter, Ahmed as the only survivors. At great risk, Ahmed carried a wounded Kinley across dangerous terrain and with enemies in pursuit. After recovering at home, Kinley learns that Ahmed and his families Visa has been denied and he returns to the war zone in order to protect the man who saved his life.
234. Underworld: Evolution
Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Len Wiseman
Actors: Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman, Tony Curran, Shane Brolly, Bill Nighy, Derek Jacobi
Plot: Working together to expose the truth about their bloodlines, vampire
warrior Selene and werewolf hybrid Michael learn the backstory to the
ongoing conflict between the patrician Death Dealers and the barbarous
Lycans.
235. King Kong
Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Peter Jackson
Actors: Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Colin Hanks, Andy Serkis
Plot: During the depression in 1930s New York, a down-on-her-luck actress runs into an ambitious film director whose plan to film on a remote island takes on unexpected dangers.
236. Troy
Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Wolfgang Peterson
Actors: Brad Pitt, Brian Cox, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom, Brendan Gleeson, Peter O'Toole
Plot: Paris, a Trojan prince, has stolen Helen, the Queen of Sparta. The Greeks unite and send a massive fleet and army, led by their greatest warrior Achilles, to defend their honor.
237. Danny the Dog ( Unleashed )
Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Louis Leterrier
Actors: Jet Li, Morgan Freeman, Bob Hoskins, Kerry Condon, Vincent Regan, Dylan Brown
Plot: Danny is a man that has been raised like a dog to become the ultimate fighting machine for his extortionist owner, Bart. After an accident leaves Bart in a coma, Danny is found by a kindly blind piano tuner and his daughter who gradually return his humanity, but his past won't let him go that easily.
238. Hellboy
Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Guillermo del Toro
Actors: Ron Perlman, John Hurt, Selma Blair, Rupert Evans, Karel Roden, Jeffrey Tambor
Plot: During the waning years of WWII the Nazis used black magic to conjure up a demon, but he is rescued by a group of allies and grows to be a champion of justice but evil forces conspire to bring out his dark side once again.
239. Young Guns
Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Western/Action
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Christopher Cain
Actors: Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips, Charlie Sheen, Dermot Mulroney, Casey Siemaszko
Plot: Follows the life of Billy the Kid and his gang of outlaws.
240. The Transformers: The Movie
Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Action
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Nelson Shin
Actors: Peter Cullen, Orson Welles, Eric Idle, Judd Nelson, Leonard Nimoy, Robert Stack
Plot: The Autobots must stop a colossal planet-consuming robot who is after the Autobot Matrix of Leadership.
