Set against a backdrop of nineteenth century China's breathtaking landscape, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was an action-packed hit from director Ang Lee that featured stunning martial arts choreography. When the treasured Green Destiny sword is stolen, two master warriors (Chow Yun Fat and Michelle Yeoh) are faced with their greatest challenge ever. A young noblewoman prepares for her arranged marriage, but soon reveals her unmatched fighting talents and her deeply romantic past. As each of the three warriors battles for justice, they come face to face with their worst enemies, but also encounter the enduring and inescapable power of love.
Revel in the darkness in this beautiful gothic tale of revenge and redemption. Brandon Lee, in his final role before his death, stars as Eric Draven, a rock musician. On the night before Halloween, Eric is forced to watch his fiance murdered by a gang of thugs, who then kill him. A year later, he returns to the world as The Crow, an invincible messenger from the land of the dead. He finds the gang who killed his fiance and extracts his revenge with the help of a streetwise kid, a down-on-his-luck cop, and a magical crow. With nail-biting action, a moving story of true love, and a gorgeous gothic representation of the Motor City, The Crow will have you believing in angels!
Author Dan Brown's mega-selling novel, The Da Vinci Code, was brought to the silver screen with the help of some of Hollywood's best. Ron Howard directs this film adaptation of Brown's riveting story about a discovery that rocks the foundations of the Christian religion. Dr. Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) is in Paris on business when he's summoned to The Louvre following a murder at the museum. Beside the body lies a mysterious set of symbols. Langdon, a prominent Harvard symbologist, soon becomes a suspect. With French agent Fache (Jean Reno) in pursuit, Langdon teams with cryptologist Sophie Neveu (Audrey Tautuo) to solve the crime. Their investigation leads them deep into the web of a secret society, one that stretches not just across Europe, but back through history as well.
Mankind is up against the most devastating enemy we've ever faced: Mother Nature! Global warming brings about a sudden climate change. Tornadoes ravage Los Angeles. A new ice age engulfs New York. Hurricanes, tidal waves, and other dangerous events are wreaking havoc around the world. The whole northern half of the planet is on its way to becoming frozen solid. In the midst of all this, climatologist Jack Hall (Dennis Quaid) tries to find his son Sam (Jake Gyllenhaal), who was in New York when the ice hit. The Halls band together with a group of fellow survivors to try and withstand the storm in this effects-filled survival saga from the director of Independence Day.
This 1975 cult-classic envisioned a year 2000 where hit-and-run driving is no longer outlawed; in fact, it's the national sport! Drivers compete in an insanely popular, mega-mile cross-country race where they win points by mowing down pedestrians. Frankenstein (David Carradine) is the sport's champion. (He gets his name from his rebuilt face, which he always covers with a mask.) He's hounded by his archrival and closest competitor Machine Gun Joe (Sylvester Stallone). A rebellious group of protestors looks to put an end to the carnage and begins picking off drivers mid-race, causing Frankenstein to have a change of heart. Produced by Roger Corman, Death Race 2000 is filled with campy, low-budget action, over-the-top characters, and all the essential trappings of B-movie brilliance.
Director Robert Rodriguez made a high-impact debut with his explosive indie film El Mariachi, an action-revenge saga made on a shoestring budget. Desperado picks up where that film left off, continuing the story of El Mariachi (Antonio Banderas), a guitar-slinging musician mistaken for a gun-slinging hitman. When his girlfriend is murdered, El Mariachi sets out for revenge, gunning his way through Mexico trying to find her killer. He soon finds himself looking for Bucho (Joaqium de Almeida), tangled up with drug lords, hooked by a beautiful woman, and leaving a serious body count in his wake. Gritty, ultra-stylized, and soaked with a smirk of irreverence, Desperado is less of a story and more of an excuse for El Mariachi to find more stuff - and villains - to blow to shreds.
Domino Harvey (Keira Knightley) grows up in the full glow of tinseltown. When her actor father dies, her mother is determined to maintain her 90210 lifestyle. Domino, sick of it all, leaves her posh surroundings and decides to become a bounty hunter. The unlikely mercenary hooks up with Ed Mosley (Mickey Rourke), the best bounty hunter in LA. Mosley takes Domino under his wing. Things begin spinning out of control when a gang of masked armed robbers known as the First Ladies starts wreaking havoc. The bounty hunters soon find themselves caught between the First Ladies, the FBI, the mob, and a TV producer who wants to put them on a reality show. Based on a true story.
Scientists at a remote research facility on Mars have just mapped the last 10% of the human genetic code. But something has gone horribly wrong. The researchers have opened a gateway, and what's come through is less than friendly. With the facility on total lockdown, a special ops team known as the Rapid Response Tactical Squad is called in. Their orders: kill anything that breathes. Led by Sarge (The Rock), the hardened team of warriors is locked and loaded for a search-and-destroy mission more intense than anything they've ever encountered. Nightmarish creatures lurk in every shadow, and the mercenary squad will need every ounce of firepower available to finish the job. Based on the insanely popular video game shooter.
Comic-book heroine Elektra (Jennifer Garner) is blessed with a deadly blend of grace and power. After a near-death experience, she becomes an assassin-for-hire. Using ninja skills, she works with poise, focus, and uncompromising precision. Elektra has been given the gift of Kimagure, the limited ability to see the future. She isolates herself from the world, existing only for her next job. Her unflinching existence gets a jolt when she's asked to kill a single dad (Goran Visnjic) and his daughter (Kirsten Prout). Not sure she should go through with it, Elektra is faced with a decision that could alter her life forever. The balance of good vs. evil hangs perilously in the balance during this martial arts-based superhero action hit.
Enter the Dragon made headlines as the first American-produced martial arts film made during the genre's early '70s heyday. The film went onto become a classic and one of star Bruce Lee's most successful, and definitive, works. Lee stars as Lee, a martial arts master recruited for an undercover operation. Han (Kien Shih) is an eccentric billionaire who hosts a martial arts tournament on his private island. British agent Braithwaite (Geoffrey Weeks) believes Han is involved with prostitution and drug trafficking. Lee's mission: infiltrate the island by entering the tournament and expose Han's criminal activities. When Lee's sister dies at the hands of one of Han's thugs, Lee vows revenge, and heads into battle against Han and his soldiers with a brilliant display of martial artistry.
In John Carpenter's apocalyptic cult classic, Escape from New York, crime rules. To combat the problem, New York City has been turned into a walled-off maximum security prison. The inmates gain the ultimate upper hand when a terrorist crashes the President's plane over the Manhattan skies. The President manages to eject before Air Force One explodes, but now he's stranded among the most devious criminals in the country. One-eyed criminal Snake Plissken (Kurt Russell) is offered the chance to win his freedom if he can rescue the President and find some important cargo, then bring the two to safety. If not, it'll mean his life. Snake's been injected with a special explosive that will only be deactivated if he completes his improbable mission.
Scientist Reed Richards (Ioan Gruffudd) and his partner Ben Grimm (Michael Chiklis) obtain funding for a space mission from business mogul Victor Von Doom (Julian McMahon). Joined by two additional astronauts, Sue (Jessica Alba) and Johnny (Chris Evans) Storm, Richards and Grimm travel to Von Doom's space station. When an accident bombards the station with cosmic rays, the voyagers gain unexpected powers. Richards can stretch his body, Sue can turn invisible, Johnny gains power over fire, and Grimm becomes a rock creature with super strength. Taking names that reflect their newfound abilities, Mr. Fantastic, the Invisible Woman, Human Torch, and Thing, the group becomes the Fantastic Four. They meet their mission's sponsor, who's been transformed into supervillain Doctor Doom, in an epic showdown over the fate of the planet.