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Last updated March 15, 2025
Hollywood Homicide
2003 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsIn writer-director Ron Shelton's action-comedy, two cops with ambitions beyond police work get sucked into the case of a lifetime. Det. Joe Gavilian (Harrison Ford) makes extra money in real estate, and his partner, K.C. Calden (Josh Hartnett), teaches yoga and dreams of acting. But when a rap group is killed onstage, the two must focus on solving the crime. The lead suspect is a controversial boss of a rap label whose head of security is also a cop.
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No Good Deed
2002 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsIn this film based on a Dashiell Hammett story, Samuel L. Jackson is Jack, a cop who, while chasing down a runaway, stumbles upon a mob robbing a bank and is abducted by the criminals. They keep Jack at a hideaway with only the ringleader's girlfriend, Erin (Milla Jovovich), to keep watch. Soon, the two begin to play on each other's weaknesses, trying to figure out who's manipulating whom, and later make a connection that trumps all others.
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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
2004 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsWhen scientists the world over keep disappearing without a trace, it's up to intrepid reporter Polly Perkins (Gwyneth Paltrow) and top aviator Sky Captain (Jude Law) to uncover the truth in this futuristic, Art Deco-style actioner. The task involves putting their lives at risk as the pair travels to treacherous locales, hoping to throw a wrench in the plans of a villain who aims to wipe out the planet. Angelina Jolie and Giovanni Ribisi co-star.
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Big Brother
2007 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsAfter a big-shot politician's son throws acid on his sister's face, a mild-mannered man decides to take action. His choice to seek justice makes him a hero to his family and to the public, who are thrilled to see an ordinary person take a stand.
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Tashan
2008 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsIn this action-packed Bollywood adventure, three travelers -- Jimmy, a call center exec, Bachchan, Jimmy's nemesis, and Pooja, a beauty who is prone to lying -- journey across India as they flee a dangerous gangster whose money Pooja has stolen.
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Juncture
2007 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsLearning that she has just months left to live, soft-spoken businesswoman Anna Carter transforms herself into a ruthless vigilante bent on hunting down rapists and other vile criminals who have somehow eluded justice ... until now.
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Into the Blue 2: The Reef
2009 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsWhen they're hired to recover the lost treasure of Columbus, married scuba divers Sebastian (Chris Carmack) and Dani (Laura Vandervoort) think they've hit the jackpot. But as they get closer to the fortune, the couple begins to suspect their employers have their own agenda. Hitting upon the real plan, the two come to the chilling realization that they may be expendable and that there's much more than riches at stake.
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The King of Fighters
2010 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsKyo Kusanagi (Sean Faris), his rival Iori Yagami (Will Yun Lee) and other stars of the Japanese video game sensation King of Fighters come to adrenaline-filled life in this butt-kicking martial arts extravaganza from ace action auteur Gordon Chan. The exciting fighting-tournament adventure also stars David Leitch as Terry Bogard, Maggie Q as gorgeous Mai Shiranui and Ray Park as the powerful criminal Rugal Bernstein.
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By the Will of Genghis Khan
2009 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsDirector Andrei Borissov's epic biopic follows a young Mongol child by the name of Temüjin (Ayan Ouspun), who has a stunning destiny: to become Genghis Khan (Eduard Ondar), the most ruthless leader of the largest empire in history. An international crew and a talented cast (Stepanida Borissova, Sergei Egorov and Gernot Grimm, among others) filmed in Russia, Mongolia and the United States, bringing Nikolay Luginov's novel to life.
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Hannie Caulder
1971 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsWhen a trio of thugs shows up at her door, kills her husband and burns down her house, Hannie Caulder is raped and left for dead. But the resilient Wild West widow rallies to plot a fitting revenge against her attackers.
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The Bannen Way
2009 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsThis Web-based action series follows the adventures of happy-go-lucky con man Neal Bannen, who tries to quit his life of crime but quickly finds himself in hock to a mobster who orders him to pull off one final job to settle the debt.
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200 mph
2011 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsWhen the older brother (Tommy Nash) he idolizes is run off the road by a ruthless drug dealer (Darren Thomas) during a nighttime street race known as Sepulveda Suicide, Rick Merchant (Jaz Martin) channels his grief into getting revenge behind the wheel. But to win, he'll need to modify his trusty 1978 Datsun 280Z -- with help from a pretty mechanic (Hennely Jimenez) -- to get the maximum speed out of its machinery.
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Victim
2010 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsA young man is kidnapped and subjected to unspeakable mental and physical torture at the hands of a mysterious doctor and his silent, brutal sidekick. But what has he done to warrant such treatment, and what is the doctor's ultimate plan for him?
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X
2011 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsThis steamy thriller follows veteran call girl Holly Rowe and teen runaway turned hooker Shay Ryan, strangers who find themselves thrown together and running for their lives through the sinister world of Sydney, Australia's underground sex trade.
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House of the Rising Sun
2011 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsWhile working as a bouncer at a strip club, a former cop with a criminal past finds himself at the center of a violent robbery that exposes secrets he's worked hard to keep hidden. Now, to clear his own name, he has no choice but to mix with the mob.
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Champions
2008 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsIn the 1930s, China announces its first entry in the Olympics, and thousands nationwide vie for a chance to introduce martial arts to the world. Tension mounts as two very different men take the lead: a nationalistic street thug and a noble dreamer.
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Wyatt Earp's Revenge
2012 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsThis true-life cowboy drama portrays an episode from the famous lawman's younger years: his hunt for the man who mistakenly killed his beloved. An older Wyatt Earp (Val Kilmer) narrates the tale to a journalist bent on preserving his legend.
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Battledogs
2013 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsAll of Manhattan is quarantined when the Lupine Virus spreads like wildfire, turning innocent civilians into ravenous wolf-men. Nothing short of a nuclear blast can stop the monstrous virus -- unless someone finds a cure.
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Himmatwala
2013 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsWhen Ravi's father, a school teacher, is murdered in cold blood, the young man returns to his native village on a mission of vengeance. This Bollywood action comedy updates the classic story, filmed before in 1981 (as Ooriki Monagadu) and 1983.
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Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
2004 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsEager to find a rare orchid rumored to hold the key to prolonging life, a team of scientists sets out for the jungle. But what they don't know is that the flower is protected by anacondas made even stronger and deadlier by the mysterious plant. Now on the run from the voracious reptiles, the expedition -- led by the steely Bill Johnson (Johnny Messner) -- must come up with a plan to defeat the slithering superbeasts.
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Snakes on a Plane
2006 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsTasked with transporting murder witness Sean Jones to Los Angeles, a badass FBI agent has to battle a horde of venomous snakes that were unleashed midflight to prevent Jones from taking the stand against the killer.
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80 Minutes
2008 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsAlex owes an angry creditor $15,000, and if he doesn't pay it back within the next 80 minutes, he's dead. Injected with a time-delayed poison, Alex frantically races all over Berlin looking for money but finds more problems instead.
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Paintball
2009 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsDuring a serious paintball competition, eight strangers fall under life-threatening attack by an invisible enemy in the woods. Reluctant to trust each other but too afraid to be alone, the group members struggle to make it through the ordeal alive.
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Surviving Crooked Lake
2008 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsYoung teen Steph and her three pals find themselves hopelessly lost deep in the wilderness when their guide perishes while leading them on a backcountry canoe trip. Now the four girls must survive the perils of the wild and find their way back.
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Bear
2010 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsWhen their minivan breaks down in the middle of the woods, Nick (Brendan Michael Coughlin), Sam (Patrick Scott Lewis) and their lovely girlfriends soon find themselves trying to escape from an enraged grizzly bear, which will stop at nothing until each one of them is dead. Full of convincing action scenes, this gripping survival thriller features real-life bears instead of computer-generated effects.
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