Tag Archives: warrior

Near Dark

IMDB Rating: 7.00
6285 votes

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A mid-western farm boy reluctantly becomes a member of the undead when a girl he meets turns out to be part of a band of southern vampires who roam the highways in stolen cars. Part of his initiation includes a bloody assault on a hick bar.
Actors
Caleb ColtonAdrian Pasdar
MaeJenny Wright
Jesse HookerLance Henriksen
Also posted in 1987, High IMDB rating, Horror, Romance, Western | Comments (0)

Army of Darkness

IMDB Rating: 7.50
37549 votes

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In this sequel to the Evil Dead films, a discount-store employee ("Name's Ash. Housewares.") is time-warped to a medieval castle beset by monstrous forces. Initially mistaken for an enemy, he is soon revealed as the prophecised savior who can quest for the Necronomicon, a book which can dispel the evil. Unfortunately, he screws up the magic words while collecting the tome, and releases an army of skeletons, led by his own Deadite counterpart. What follows is a thrilling, yet tongue-in-cheek battle between Ash's 20th Century tactics and the minions of darkness.
Actors
AshBruce Campbell
SheilaEmbeth Davidtz
Lord ArthurMarcus Gilbert
Also posted in 1992, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, High IMDB rating, Horror | Comments (0)

Mad Max

IMDB Rating: 6.80
21108 votes

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It is a couple of years in the future... The highways of Australia are ruled by violent gangs who have turned the highways into a battleground as they loot gasoline and terrorize the innocent. Max Rockatansky is a policeman who had everything... Until, a murderous motorcycle gang led by the evil Toecutter burns his partner Jim Goose to death and murders his wife and son, after Max killed their leader "The Knight Rider". Loosing his rocker, Max decides to take the law into his own hands as he sets out to get his revenge on the motorcycle gang and become the road warrior known as "Mad Max".
Actors
'Mad' Max RockatanskyMel Gibson
Jessie RockatanskyJoanne Samuel
ToecutterHugh Keays-Byrne
Also posted in 1979, Action, Adventure, Drama, High IMDB rating, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Comments (0)

AVP: Alien vs. Predator

IMDB Rating: 5.40
36345 votes

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When a private satellite encounters an unidentified source of heat in Antarctica and it is found to be a pyramid buried deep underground , a search team comprising of top-of-the-line archaeologists and engineers is sent to Antarctica to find out more . Once there , the team comes across signs which indicate that the place is inhabited by an unknown alien species . It is not long before the aliens begin to hunt the team members . At the same time , a trio of coming-of-age Predators have arrived to collect the skulls of the aliens as trophies , and the humans are caught between a deadly battle between the two warring species .
Actors
Sanaa Lathan
Lance Henriksen
Ewen Bremner
Also posted in 2004, Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Comments (0)

Blade II

IMDB Rating: 6.50
31932 votes

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A rare mutation has occurred within the vampire community. The Reaper. A vampire so consumed with an insatiable bloodlust that they prey on vampires as well as humans, transforming victims who are unlucky enough to survive into Reapers themselves. Now their quickly expanding population threatens the existence of vampires, and soon there won't be enough humans in the world to satisfy their bloodlust. Blade, Whistler (Yes, he's back) and an armory expert named Scud are curiously summoned by the Shadow Council. The council reluctantly admits that they are in a dire situation and they require Blade's assistance. Blade then tenuously enters into an alliance with The Bloodpack, an elite team of vampires trained in all modes of combat to defeat the Reaper threat. Blade's team and the Bloodpack are the only line of defense which can prevent the Reaper population from wiping out the vampire and human populations.
Actors
RushSantiago Segura
LighthammerDaz Crawford
PriestTony Curran
Also posted in 2002, Action, High IMDB rating, Horror, Thriller | Comments (0)

The 300 Spartans

IMDB Rating: 6.60
2162 votes

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Essentially true story of how Spartan king Leonidas led an extremely small army of Greek Soldiers (300 of them his personal body guards from Sparta) to hold off an invading Persian army more than 20 times as large. The actual heroism of those who stood (and ultimately died) with Leonidas helped shape the course of Western Civilization, allowing the Greek city states time to organize an army which repelled the Persians. Set in 480 BC.
Actors
King LeonidasRichard Egan
Themistocles of AthensRalph Richardson
EllasDiane Baker
Also posted in 1962, Adventure, Drama, High IMDB rating, History, War | Comments (0)

The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury

IMDB Rating: 6.70
1722 votes

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After escaping from a desert planet, Escaped convict Richard B. Riddick and his two companions, Jack and Imam are captured by a crew of bounty hunters of the vessel "Kublah-Khan" commanded by a imperial woman named Antonia Chillingsworth and her chief henchman Junner. Riddick discovers Chillingsworth has her own museum on-board and she collects the galaxy's most-wanted criminals and instead of delivering them to penal colonies and claiming the bounty, Chillingsworth turns them into living statues and Riddick has become the latest addition to her collection.
Actors
Richard B. RiddickVin Diesel
JackRhiana Griffith
Abu 'Imam' al-WalidKeith David
Also posted in 2004, Action, Animation, High IMDB rating, Sci-Fi, Short | Comments (0)

Taxi Driver

IMDB Rating: 8.60
91854 votes

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Vietnam vet Travis Bickle is 26, a loner in the mean streets of New York City, slipping slowly into isolation and violent misanthropy. In solving his insomnia by driving a yellow cab on the night shift, he grows increasingly disgusted by the low-lifes that hang out at night: "Someday a real rain will come and wash all the scum off the streets." His touching attempts to woo Betsy, a Senator's campaign worker, turn sour when he takes her to a porn movie on their first date. He even fails in his attempt to persuade child prostitute Iris to desert her pimp and return to her parents and school. Driven to the edge by powerlessness, he buys four handguns and sets out to assassinate the Senator, heading for the infamy of a 'lone crazed gunman'...
Actors
Travis BickleRobert De Niro
BetsyCybill Shepherd
WizardPeter Boyle
Also posted in 1976, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (1)

The Rundown

IMDB Rating: 6.50
10223 votes

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In order to get out of hock with mobster Billy Walker, restaraunteur-turned-"retrieval expert" Beck has to go down to Brazil and retrieve Billy's ne'er-do-well archaeologist-wannabe son Travis, who is searching for an ancient gold idol called the Gato del Diablo. This idol is prized by not only the local population as the path to their salvation, but by Cornelius Hatcher, slavedriving operator of the Helldorado mining town who oppresses said population in the name of profits, and Hatcher just won't let Beck leave with Travis.
Actors
BeckChris Rock
BeckThe Rock
TravisSeann William Scott
Also posted in 2003, Action, Adventure, Comedy, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (3)

Once Upon a Time in China II

IMDB Rating: 7.40
2159 votes

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In this sequel, martial arts expert Wong Fei-Hung faces Kung, a mercenary rival with skills to equal his own. In addition, Canton is convulsed by a struggle between the local representatives of the Chinese government and Europeans who want to control China, and Wong ends up in the middle of this fight. He is again assisted by young Chung, and again must protect Aunt Yee, his young, Westernized aunt-by-adoption with whom Wong has fallen in love. He also ends up with school-full of small children to protect!
Actors
Huang FeihongJet Li
LukeDavid Chiang
British ConsulPaul Fonoroff
Also posted in 1992, Action, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (0)