241. Crimson Tide
Year of Release: 1995
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Tony Scott
Actors: Denzel Washington, Gene Hackman, Matt Craven, George Dzundza, Viggo Mortensen, James Gandolfini
Plot: Hackman vs Washington: a showdown hundreds of feet beneath the ocean. Ordered to unleash their nuclear payload onto a former Soviet army base, two principled men fight for what they believe is the right thing to do.
242. Big Jake
Year of Release: 1971
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Western/Action
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: George Sherman
Actors: John Wayne, Richard Boone, Patrick Wayne, Christopher Mitchum, Bruce Cabot, Bobby Vinton
Plot: The McCandles ranch is run over by a gang of cutthroats led by the evil John Fain. They kidnap little Jacob McCandles and hold him for a million dollar ransom. There is only one man who is brave enough and smart enough to bring him back, and that man is Big Jake.
243. We Were Soldiers
Year of Release: 2002
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Randall Wallace
Actors: Mel Gibson, Madeleine Stowe, Greg Kinnear, Sam Elliott, Chris Klein, Keri Russell
Plot: One of the first battles of the American involvement in the Vietnam war.
244. Mission: Impossible III
Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: J.J. Abrams
Actors: Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames, Michelle Monaghan, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Keri Russell, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Plot: Super spy agent is back again as he tries to protect his girlfriend from an arms dealer who has a way of giving headaches.
245. Wanted
Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Timur Bekmambetov
Actors: Morgan Freeman, James McAvoy, Terence Stamp, Angelina Jolie, Thomas Kretschmann, Common
Plot: An average Joe who is barely functional in society - he goes to work,
doesn't care about much and has zero ambition. He is approached by a
group of people claiming to be part of a secret society of assassins.
Through their help he is amazed to become part of their elite ranks - but
a snake in their midst threatens all he has come to cherish.
246. War for the Planet of the Apes
Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Matt Reeves
Actors: Andy Serkis, Woody Harrelson, Steve Zahn, Amiah Miller, Terry Notary, Ty Olsson
Plot: Caesar now leads a nation of genetically-modified apes. But when a human army, led by the ruthless Colonel, starts a war - it leads to staggering losses for the apes. As Caesar recgroups, his darker instincts rise and his quest for vengeance will lead him face-to-face with the Colonel and the fate of both sides will be decided.
247. Fitzcarraldo
Year of Release: 1982
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Werner Herzog
Actors: Klaus Kinski, José Lewgoy, Miguel Ángel Fuentes, Paul Hittscher, Peter Berling, Huerequeque Enrique Bohorquez
Plot: Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald has a dream of building an opera house in the jungle. He must first raise the money via the rubber business and then move a massive river boat over a small mountain with help from the local tribes.
248. 48 Hrs.
Year of Release: 1982
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Walter Hill
Actors: Nick Nolte, Eddie Murphy, Annette O'Toole, Frank McRae, James Remar, David Patrick Kelly
Plot: A hard-nosed cop reluctantly teams up with a wise-cracking criminal temporarily paroled to him, in order to track down a killer.
249. Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Action
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Guillermo del Toro
Actors: Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, James Dodd, John Hurt, Doug Jones, Jeffrey Tambor
Plot: Hell on earth is about to erupt and an army of creatures are unleashed on the world. Hellboy and his gang of superhero like friends have to save the day and ultimately the world.
250. 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.
