Movies in the Action/Thriller genre
Kandahar is one of those movies that exists without having a compelling reason for doing do. As a war movie, it’s not especially insightful or gut-wrenching. As an action film, it lacks energy, momentum, and consistency. As a drama, it feels art...
U.S. Release Date: 2023-05-26
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence)
Genre: Action/Thriller
Director: Ric Roman Waugh
Cast: Gerard Butler, Navid Negahban, Ali Fazal, ...
Quentin Tarantino fans have been waiting six long years for the release of the director's follow-up to Jackie Brown. So what do they get for their patience? An incomplete movie, artlessly cleft in the middle. Cinema interruptus. A film whose ed...
U.S. Release Date: 2003-10-10
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: ACTION/THRILLER
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Cast: Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu, Vivica A. Fox, ...
Two things are readily apparent about Kill Bill Volume 2. First, unlike its predecessor, this is a complete movie. It stands on its own. It is possible to see and enjoy Volume 2 in a way that was not true of Volume 1. Viewed in retrospect, the ...
U.S. Release Date: 2004-04-16
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: ACTION/THRILLER
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Cast: Uma Thurman, Daryl Hannah, Michael Madsen, ...
Despite having a perfect cast for a title like Killer Elite, Gary McKendry's feature debut comes across as little more than a generic Jason Statham movie with two high-profile guest stars. However, while Clive Owen and Robert De Niro add some star ...
U.S. Release Date: 2011-09-23
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Nudity, Sexual Content)
Genre: ACTION/THRILLER
Director: Gary McKendry
Cast: Jason Statham, Clive Owen, Robert De Niro, ...
2014’s Kingsman: The Secret Service achieved a surprising level of success not because it offered anything groundbreaking but because its anarchic energy and deadpan wit made familiar story elements seem fresh. For the sequel, The Golden Circ...
U.S. Release Date: 2017-09-22
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content, Drugs)
Genre: Action/Thriller
Director: Matthew Vaughn
Cast: Taron Egerton, Bruce Greenwood, Edward Holcroft, ...
By 1989 and the release of Licence to Kill, James Bond had a lot of competition in the action genre. With so many higher-profile contenders (like Batman) in the arena, 007's popularity hit an all-time low. Audiences seemed less inclined to see th...
U.S. Release Date: -
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Sexual Situations)
Genre: ACTION/THRILLER
Director: John Glen
Cast: Timothy Dalton, Caroline Bliss, Desmond Llewelyn, ...
Following six James Bond movies with Sean Connery (and one with the dead-on-arrival George Lazenby), it was difficult -- to say the least -- for fans to accept the transition to wisecracking Roger Moore when he debuted in 1973. It didn't help t...
U.S. Release Date: -
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: ACTION/THRILLER
Director: Guy Hamilton
Cast: Roger Moore, Bernard Lee, Gloria Hendry, ...
After twelve years haunting the shelves of video stores, John McClane (Bruce Willis) has been exhumed. The indefatigable hero of three Die Hard films during the 1980s and 1990s appeared to have reached his "sell by" expiration date with the lacklu...
U.S. Release Date: 2007-06-27
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: ACTION/THRILLER
Director: Len Wiseman
Cast: Bruce Willis, Timothy Olyphant, Justin Long, ...
I'll be among the first to admit that Timothy Dalton is a fine actor. But giving a solid performance has little to do with being a good James Bond, and, as accomplished as Dalton is, he's a failure as 007 in The Living Daylights (to give him ...
U.S. Release Date: -
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Violence, Sexual Situations)
Genre: ACTION/THRILLER
Director: John Glen
Cast: Timothy Dalton, Caroline Bliss, Desmond Llewelyn, ...
2013’s Olympus Has Fallen was a surprisingly entertaining Die Hard knock-off set in Washington D.C. with intrepid Secret Service Agent Mike Banning (Gerard Butler) out to rescue President Benjamin Asher (Aaron Eckhart) from the hands of terrorists....
U.S. Release Date: 2016-03-04
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Action/Thriller
Director: Babak Najafi
Cast: Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman, ...