An unspeakable evil. A world in peril. A mysterious site known as the Cradle of Life that, if found, could save everything. Just business as usual for uber-archaeologist Lara Croft (Angelina Jolie), who takes on another action-packed, effects-filled quest in this Tomb Raider sequel. The intrepid heroine travels across the world, chasing myths, finding treasures, and searching for clues she hopes will lead her to the Cradle of Life, home of Pandora's legendary Box. But Croft has competition from Jonathan Reiss (Ciaran Hinds), a Nobel Prize winning (mad) scientist intent on selling the Box's deadly secrets to the highest bidder. Croft's adventure has her shooting her way through exotic spots that stretch from Hong Kong to Kenya to Greece to the Great Wall of China.
Director Stephen Norrington (Blade) brings together an improbable team of heroes in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. It is the peak of the Industrial Age, when a masked figure known as the Fantom prepares to put the globe under his control. With hardly any time left, Allan Quatermain (Sean Connery) - the greatest adventurer in the world - steps in to stop the Fantom. Quatermain assembles the most unlikely superheroes the world has seen to form the League, including Captain Nemo, Dr. Jekyll, an invisible man, and a female vampire. Using their unique abilities, the League members travel with Quatermain to Italy. It is there that the Fantom will attack the world leaders at a summit by sinking the city of Venice - leaving the League mere hours to save the world!
The year is 1850. California is on the verge of becoming America's 31st state. But a mysterious, ancient organization is working to stop that from happening. The legendary masked hero Zorro (Antonio Banderas) is called save the day. This time around, the hero, who's secret identity is Don Alejandro De LaVega, is up against more than just his enemies. Now married to the beautiful Elena (Catherine Zeta-Jones), Don Alejandro is rarely home. It's taking a toll on his son Joaquin, who, ironically, wishes his father could be more like his idol, Zorro. Despite Elena's pleas, Don Alejandro refuses to give up the mask. Elena leaves Don Alejandro and catches the eye of another man, one who might be involved in the plot to stop California from reaching its destiny.
Lord of War follows the life of Yuri Orlov, a Russian arms dealer, in a provocative look at greed, money, and morality based on true events. The film begins in the early '80s, when Orlov (Nicolas Cage) decides to leave his restaurant job and become an arms dealer. He starts out supplying mobsters in his Little Odessa neighborhood with guns. The rush of the cash is addictive, and Orlov quickly becomes hungry for bigger deals with bigger scores. As Orlov relishes in all the excess of the 1980s, he eventually marries a famous model and teams with an African warlord. When a relentless Interpol agent (Ethan Hawke) begins dogging him, Orlov, for the first time, begins to question the nature of his work.
Lords of Dogtown expands on the story chronicled in the hit documentary, Dogtown and Z-Boys. Inspired by the real-life story of the Venice Beach, California dudes who pioneered the art of skateboarding, Lords of Dogtown was written by skate icon Stacy Peralta - one of the guys who lived the experience. Peralta (John Robinson), Tony Alva (Victor Rasuk), and Jay Adams (Emile Hirsch) are the Z-Boys, a bunch of nobodies who take the world by storm when they invent a whole new style of surfing-inspired skateboarding. When their pastime morphs into a business, the newly minted idols struggle to save a friendship in danger of being shredded by their own success.
Not so far in the future, Australia is overrun by a vicious motorcycle gang. The bikers rule the road, plunging the country into chaos. A police force bent on stopping them inspires little more than laughter among the gang members. Unchecked, the bikers continue harassing civilians and menacing the innocent. One day they mess with the wrong man, officer Max Rockatansky (Mel Gibson). When his family and best friend are victimized by a brutal attack, Max erupts into a mad frenzy. His loved ones are gone. Now there's only one thing left to live for: revenge. This explosive, post-apocalyptic classic launched Gibson's career as an action star.
No one nurtures pot-boiling intensity better than director Tony Scott, and no one boils over better than Denzel Washington. The two join forces with explosive results in this simmering action thriller. Oscar-winner Washington is Creasy, a one-time CIA mercenary who's got little left to live for. When a wave of kidnappings sweeps through Mexico City, he's hired to protect Pita (Dakota Fanning), the daughter of wealthy industrialist Samuel Ramos (Mark Anthony). Looking after Pita revives Creasy's spirits. When the girl is kidnapped, Creasy's ruthless side begins to rage. He vows to stop at nothing to get her back, promising unforgiving treatment to all involved with the kidnapping. And when we say unforgiving, we mean really unforgiving.
It's been 20 years since Don Diego de la Vega (Anthony Hopkins) fought for justice as the legendary masked hero, Zorro. When his true identity was discovered by Governor Montero (Stuart Wilson), de la Vega was imprisoned, his wife killed, and his daughter taken and raised as the governor's own. When Montero hatches a plan to enslave the population to turn a profit, de la Vega escapes from prison and vows revenge. Needing a new man to carry on Zorro's heroic legacy, de la Vega makes Alejandro Murietta (Antonio Banderas) his successor. He must reform Murietta - a bandit with a troubled past - put a stop to Montero's plans, and reunite with his long-lost daughter (Catherine Zeta Jones). Swords and whips abound in this swashbuckling romantic adventure.
John and Jane Smith (Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie) are a seemingly average couple with a seemingly average marriage in a decidedly average suburb. It's horribly normal and horribly boring. But none of it's real. Each Smith leads a secret life as an assassin for hire, carrying out hits around the world for a pair of competing organizations. They've managed to keep this secret for six years of marriage. But when their cover is blown, the spouses are assigned to kill each other in this racy action adventure. The cat-and-mouse game between the Smith's spurs plenty of gunplay, stunts, and explosions as each tries to take out the other.
Jerry Bruckheimer and Jon Turteltaub team up to bring you this action-thriller that takes a wild ride into a secret from our nation's past. Nicolas Cage stars as Benjamin Franklin Gates, treasure hunter extraordinaire obsessed with finding the ancient treasure of the Knights Templar, hidden for safekeeping by America's Founding Fathers. Gates' adventure to unlock the ancient riddles that hide the treasure's location lead him to a plot to steal the Declaration of Independence. Now Gates must run a thrilling race against time to steal the well-guarded document before it falls into dangerous hands. With the FBI and his employer-turned-enemy hot on his heels, close calls, high stakes, and heart-pounding chases follow Gates everywhere he turns.
Redemption comes through bitter revenge in this street saga based on the acclaimed 1974 cult novel by African-American author, Donald Goines. Stylish yet hardened criminal, King David (DMX), returns home in hopes of finding redemption, but instead meets with a grizzly death. Paul (David Arquette), an aspiring journalist, is there to witness King David's last breaths. King David leaves behind an audiotape, a poetic eulogy chronicling the exploits leading up to his final days. The tape reveals an almost prophetic insight as King David spins his tale of violence and its consequences, knowing he'll be doomed by his actions. Goines penned his first two books in prison. He crafted 16 more in the four years following his release before falling to a bullet in 1974.
Set against a backdrop of revolution and revenge, the saga of El Mariachi (Antonio Banderas), the deadly guitar-slinging hero, continues. El Mariachi is forced out of hiding when a crooked CIA agent (Johnny Depp) recruits him to foil an assassination plot against the Mexican President by drug kingpin Barillo (Willem Dafoe). El Mariachi returns to action with his two trusty sidekicks, Lorenzo (Enrique Iglesias) and Fideo (Marco Leonardi) by his side, and blood revenge on his mind in this explosive, high, velocity thriller. The film also stars Mickey Rourke, Salma Hayek, Eva Mendes, Danny Trejo, Marco Leonardi, Cheech Marin, and Ruben Blades.