Action

  • Vertical Limit

    Vertical Limit

    Date: 2000 Director: Martin Bennett Starring: Chris O’Connell, Robin Tunney, Bill Paxton, Scott Glenn Hackneyed for much of its length, director…

  • The Matrix

    The Matrix

    Date: 1999 Director: Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski Starring: Laurence Fishburne, Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving When Morpheus discovers he’s someone…

  • The Negotiator

    The Negotiator

    Date: 1998 Director: F. Gary Gray Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Kevin Spacey, David Morse, Ron Rifkin Worth seeing mostly for the…

  • The Siege

    The Siege

    Date: 1998 Director: Edward Zwick Starring: Denzel Washington, Annette Bening, Bruce Willias So very tempting to apply 9/11 hindsight to Edward…

  • Con Air

    Con Air

    Date: 1997 Director: Simon West Starring: Nicholas Cage, John Malkovich, John Cusack, Steve Buscemi, Ving Rhames A wittily sadistic prison escape…

  • Air Force One

    Air Force One

    Date: 1997 Director: Wolfgang Peterson Starring: Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman Just as The Harrison leaves Moscow aboard you-know-what after a Really…

  • Léon

    Léon

    Date: 1994 Director: Luc Besson Starring: Jean Reno, Natalie Portman, Gary Oldman Anglo critics torched Luc Besson’s odd-couple movie for its…

  • Black Rain

    Black Rain

    Date: 1989 Director: Ridley Scott Starring: Michael Douglas, Andy Garcia, Kate Capshaw Two surefooted New York City cops plunge into a…

  • Colors

    Colors

    Date: 1988 Director: Dennis Hopper Starring: Sean Penn, Robert Duvall, Dennis Hopper, Don Cheadle Put Dennis Hopper, Robert Duvall, and Sean…

  • Die Hard

    Die Hard

    Date: 1988 Director: James McTiernan Starring: Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Reginald Veljohnson A Mack truck-of-a-movie that lets Bruce Willis mime Harrison…