Tag Archives: action heroine

Ultraviolet

IMDB Rating: 3.90
19298 votes

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Set in the late 21st century, a subculture of humans have emerged who have been modified genetically by a vampire-like disease, giving them enhanced speed, incredible stamina and acute intelligence, and as they are set apart from "normal" and "healthy" humans, the world is pushed to the brink of worldwide civil war aimed at the destruction of the "diseased" population. In the middle of this crossed-fire is - an infected beautiful woman - Ultraviolet, who finds herself protecting a nine-year-old boy who has been marked for death by the human government as he is believed to be a threat to humans.
Actors
VioletMilla Jovovich
SixCameron Bright
DaxusNick Chinlund
Also posted in 2006, Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Comments (0)

The Long Kiss Goodnight

IMDB Rating: 6.50
21552 votes

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Samantha Caine, suburban homemaker, is the ideal mom to her 8 year old daughter Caitlin. She lives in Honesdale, PA, has a job teaching school and makes the best Rice Krispie treats in town. But when she receives a bump on her head, she begins to remember small parts of her previous life as a lethal, top-secret agent. Her old chums in the Chapter are now out to kill her so she enlists the help of a cheap detective named Mitch. As Samantha remembers more and more of her previous life, she becomes deadlier and more resourceful. Both Mitch and Charly proceed to do the killing thing, the bleeding thing and the shooting thing.
Actors
Mitch HenesseySamuel L. Jackson
TimothyCraig Bierko
HalTom Amandes
Also posted in 1996, Action, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

Resident Evil

IMDB Rating: 6.30
45537 votes

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Something rotten is brewing beneath the industrial mecca known as Raccoon City. Unknown to its millions of residents, a huge underground bioengineering facility known as The Hive has accidentally unleashed the deadly and mutating T-virus, killing all of its employees. To contain the leak, the governing supercomputer, Red Queen, has sealed all entrances and exits. Now a team of highly-trained super commandos including Rain, Alice and Matt must race to penetrate The Hive in order to isolate the T-virus before it overwhelms humanity. To do so, they must get past the Red Queen's deadly defenses, face the flesh-eating undead employees, fight killer mutant dogs and battle The Licker, a genetically mutated savage beast whose strength increases with each of its slain victims.
Actors
Pasquale Aleardi
AliceMilla Jovovich
Rain OcampoMichelle Rodriguez
Also posted in 2002, Action, High IMDB rating, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Comments (0)

Catwoman

IMDB Rating: 3.20
20802 votes

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Catwoman is the story of shy, sensitive artist Patience Philips (Halle Berry), a woman who can't seem to stop apologizing for her own existence. She works as a graphic designer for Hedare Beauty, a mammoth cosmetics company on the verge of releasing a revolutionary anti-aging product. When Patience inadvertently happens upon a dark secret her employer is hiding, she finds herself in the middle of a corporate conspiracy. What happens next changes Patience forever. In a mystical twist of fate, she is transformed into a woman with the strength, speed, agility and ultra-keen senses of a cat. With her newfound prowess and feline intuition, Patience becomes Catwoman, a sleek and stealthy creature balancing on the thin line between good and bad. Like any wildcat, she's dangerous, elusive and untamed. Her adventures are complicated by a burgeoning relationship with Tom Lone (Benjamin Bratt), a cop who has fallen for Patience but cannot shake his fascination with the mysterious Catwoman, who appears to be responsible for a string of crime sprees plaguing the city.
Actors
Patience Phillips/CatwomanHalle Berry
Tom LoneBenjamin Bratt
Laurel HedareSharon Stone
Also posted in 2004, Action, Crime, Fantasy | Comments (2)

DOA: Dead or Alive

IMDB Rating: 4.80
4243 votes

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A number of fighters are invited to DOA, an invitational martial arts contest. They travel to the tournament island by plane, until they have to jump out mid-flight with parachutes, and then have until sundown to reach the main island to be entered into the tournament. Fighters are then pooled against one another in a knock-out style tournament, with the loser of a battle sent home, and the winner progressing to the subsequent round. The plot revolves around four female fighters who begin as rivals, but subsequently find themselves teaming up against another force.
Actors
Tina ArmstrongJaime Pressly
Christie AllenHolly Valance
Helena DouglasSarah Carter
Also posted in 2006, Action, Adventure | Comments (0)

My Super Ex-Girlfriend

IMDB Rating: 5.50
8817 votes

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Matt Saunders (Luke Wilson) thought his luck had just changed when he start dating Jenny Johnson (Uma Thurman). But what he doesn't know is he is going out with New York super-hero G-Girl. When he breaks it of with her for his work partner Hannah (Anna Faris) G-Girl makes his life hell.
Actors
Jenny Johnson/G-GirlUma Thurman
Matt SaundersLuke Wilson
Hannah LewisAnna Faris
Also posted in 2006, Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi | Comments (0)

Underworld: Evolution

IMDB Rating: 6.60
20941 votes

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This movie continues the saga of war between the Death Dealers (vampires) and the Lycans (werewolves). The film traces the beginnings of the ancient feud between the two tribes as Selene (Kate Beckinsale) and Michael (Scott Speedman), the lycan hybrid, try to discover the secrets of their bloodlines. All of this takes them into the battle to end all wars as the immortals must finally face their retribution.
Actors
SeleneKate Beckinsale
Michael CorvinScott Speedman
ViktorBill Nighy
Also posted in 2006, Action, Drama, Fantasy, High IMDB rating, Horror | Comments (6)

BloodRayne

IMDB Rating: 2.50
9706 votes

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In eighteenth century Romania, Rayne, a dhampir (half-human, half-vampire), prone to fits of blind blood rage but saddled with a compunction for humans, strives to avenge her mother's rape by her father, Kagan, King of Vampires. Two vampire hunters, Sebastian and Vladimir, from the Brimstone Society persuade her to join their cause.
Actors
RayneKristanna Loken
VladimirMichael Madsen
SebastianMatthew Davis
Also posted in 2005, Action, Fantasy, Horror | Comments (0)

Elektra

IMDB Rating: 5.00
13860 votes

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Jennifer Garner returns as Elektra, a lethal synthesis of grace and power with the mystical power known as Kimagure: a limited ability to see the future. She has purposefully severed all ties with the world and lives only for her next assignment. Elektra's latest job forces her to make a decision that can take her life in a whole new direction or destroy her.
Actors
KirigiWill Yun Lee
ElektraJennifer Garner
Mark MillerGoran Visnjic
Also posted in 2005, Action, Adventure, Crime, Fantasy, Thriller | Comments (1)

Resident Evil: Apocalypse

IMDB Rating: 5.70
21570 votes

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The nightmare isn't over, General Cain ordered The Hive to be reopened, and in doing so contaminated all of Raccoon City, a city of the dead, with Alice stuck right in the middle. Now, along with other surviors, Jill Valentine, Carlos Oliviera and his Captain, Nicholai, they must fight to survive, to escape the nightmare that has plaqed Raccoon City. But now there is a new threat: Matt Addison has fully mutated into a seemingly unstoppable creature, code named Nemesis, who will stop at nothing until everything around it is dead, but it also has another agenda...
Actors
Eric Mabius
AliceMilla Jovovich
Also posted in 2004, Action, Horror, Sci-Fi | Comments (11)
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