Action, Action

Directed by Andrew Davis

Screenplay by

• Michael Butler

Story by

• Michael Butler

Produced by Raymond Wagner

Starring

• Chuck Norris

Cinematography Frank Tidy

Edited by

• Christopher Holmes

Music by David Michael Frank

Distributed by Orion Pictures

Release date

• May 3, 1985 (United States)

Running time

100 minutes

A former agent heads to the Louisiana Bayou to track down and destroy the right-wing vigilantes who killed his partner.

Directed by Sam Firstenberg

Written by James Booth

Produced by

• Yoram Globus

Starring

• Michael Dudikoff

Cinematography

Gideon Porath

Edited by 

Michael J. Duthie

Production

• Cannon Films

Release date

• September 12, 1986

Running time

103 minutes

Ethan Hunt and the IMF team must track down a terrifying new weapon that threatens all of humanity if it falls into the wrong hands. With control of the future and the fate of the world at stake, a deadly race around the globe begins. Confronted by a mysterious, all-powerful enemy, Ethan is forced to consider that nothing can matter more than the mission -- not even the lives of those he cares about most.

Directed by Christopher McQuarrie

Written by

• Christopher McQuarrie

Starring

• Tom Cruise

Distributed by Paramount Pictures

Release dates

• July 12, 2023 (United States)

Running time

163 minutes

Forrest Taft (Steven Seagal) is putting his considerable talents as a fighter and marksman to use as a hired gun for the sleazy oil tycoon Michael Jennings (Michael Caine). The latter's bottom-line tunnel vision has him destroying entire communities if it means a bigger profit for his business. While in Alaska taking care of some business for his amoral boss, however, Taft meets a native Eskimo woman (Joan Chen) who helps him to discover the error of his ways and pursue a more righteous path.

Directed by Steven Seagal

Written by Ed Horowitz, Robin U. Russin 

Produced by

Steven Seagal

Starring

• Steven Seagal

Release date

• February 18, 1994 (United States)

Running time

101 minutes

Léon Gaultier (Jean-Claude Van Damme) is a soldier in the French Foreign Legion, serving abroad in East Africa. But after his brother is cruelly murdered, Gaultier deserts his assignment and travels to the United States to help his widowed sister-in-law (Lisa Pelikan), who is now struggling to care for her children. But the job market is tough, so Gaultier takes his hand-to-hand combat skills into the brutal world of bare-knuckle fighting, where the paydays are nearly as big as the risks.

Directed by Sheldon Lettich

Written by S. N. Warren, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Sheldon Lettich 

Produced by Eric Karson, Ash R. ShahStarring

• Jean-Claude Van Damme

Cinematography Robert C. New

Edited by Mark Conte

Music by John Scott

Production

Wrong Bet Productions

Distributed byUniversal Pictures

Release dates

• August 1, 1990 (France)

Running time

105 minutes

An ex-gangster in Hong Kong tries to reconnect with his estranged policeman brother, but he finds that his ties to gangs are harder to break than he thought.

Traditional Chinese 英雄本色

Simplified Chinese 英雄本色

Literal meaning True Colors of a Hero 

Directed by John Woo

Screenplay by John Woo

• John Woo

Produced byTsui HarkStarring

• Ti Lung

Cinematography Wong Wing-hang

Edited by

• Kam Ma
  

Music by Joseph Koo

Production

• Cinema City Enterprises

Release date

• 2 August 1986

Running time

95 minutes

During the last days of World War II, a solitary prospector crosses paths with Nazis on a scorched-earth retreat in northern Finland. When the soldiers decide to steal his gold, they quickly discover they just tangled with no ordinary miner.

Directed by Jalmari Helander

Written by Jalmari Helander 

Produced by Petri Jokiranta 

Starring

• Jorma Tommila

Cinematography Kjell Lagerroos 

Edited by Juho Virolainen 

Music by

• Juri Seppä

Production

• Subzero Film Entertainment

Distributed by

• Nordisk Film (Nordic countries)

Release dates

• 9 September 2022 (TIFF)

Running time

91 minutes Countries

• Finland

Languages

• English

A relentless inspector (Michelle Yeoh) and a Scotland Yard detective (Cynthia Rothrock) investigate murder linked to microfilm.

Traditional Chinese 皇家師姐

Simplified Chinese 皇家师姐

Literal meaning Royal Elder Sister

Hanyu Pinyin Huángjiā Shījiě 

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Directed by Corey Yuen 

Written by Barry Wong 

Produced bySammo Hung

Starring

• John Shum

Cinematography Bill Wong Chung-piu

Edited by

• Sek Chi-kong

Music by

• Romeo Diaz

Production Company

D & B Films[1]

Release date

• 30 November 1985

Running time

93 minutes

Country Hong Kong 

Language Cantonese

8/10 IMDb

84% Rotten Tomatoes

92% liked this movie Google users

The Bride (Uma Thurman) picks up where she left off in volume one with her quest to finish the hit list she has composed of all of the people who have wronged her, including ex-boyfriend Bill (David Carradine), who tried to have her killed four years ago during her wedding to another man. Leaving several dead in her wake, she eventually tracks down Bill in Mexico. Using skills she has learned during her assassin career, she attempts to finish what she set out to do in the first place.

Directed by Quentin Tarantino

Written by Quentin Tarantino

Produced byLawrence Bender

Starring

• Uma Thurman

Cinematography Robert Richardson

Edited by Sally Menke

Music by

• RZA

 Nemesis is a 1992 American cyberpunk action film directed by Albert Pyun and starring Olivier Gruner, Tim Thomerson, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Yuji Okumoto, Marjorie Monaghan, Brion James and Deborah Shelton.[3] Set in a near future world populated by androids, the film centers on Alex Rain (Gruner), a cybernetically-enhanced, ex-counterterrorism operative charged by his former employers with assassinating his former lover, the leader of an underground militant group. This is the first installment in the Nemesis film series, and was followed by four direct sequels and a spinoff film. After premiering in Japan, it was released in the United States by Imperial Entertainment in January 1993.

Directed by Albert Pyun

Written by Rebecca Charles

Produced by

• Tim Karnowski

Starring

• Olivier Gruner

Cinematography George Mooradian

Edited by

• Mark Conte

Music byMichel Rubini

Production

Greenleaf Productions[1]

Distributed byImperial Entertainment[2]

Release dates

• 26 December 1992 (Japan)

Running time

95 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishBox office$2 million