Movies in the Adventure genre
Talk about movies that haven’t aged well… Seen a couple of decades into the 21st century, this 1983 relic is an embarrassment. Come to think of it, however, it wasn’t that great when it came out. There are three major problem areas: the scri...
U.S. Release Date: 1983-06-17
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Adventure/Comedy
Director: Richard Lester
Cast: Christopher Reeve, Richard Pryor, Robert Vaughn, ...
In 1987, Superman returned to the big screen after a four-year absence. The fanfare was more muted than it had been for any of the previous three entries into the franchise, including the critically lambasted and fan-unfriendly Superman III, which...
U.S. Release Date: 1987-07-24
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Violence)
Genre: Action/Adventure
Director: Sidney J. Furie
Cast: Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Margot Kidder, ...
At the end of Superman II, the producers promised "Coming Soon: Superman III." It has taken 26 years for that promise to be fulfilled. To be sure, there were movies in the 1980s called Superman III and Superman IV, but those were bad jokes masquera...
U.S. Release Date: 2006-06-28
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence)
Genre: ADVENTURE
Director: Bryan Singer
Cast: Brandon Routh, Marlon Brando, Eva Marie Saint, ...
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the 2014 iteration of a franchise that has been a kids' staple for more than 25 years, is a close cousin to Transformers. Both gained mainstream popularity as a result of toys and TV shows, both have die-hard followin...
U.S. Release Date: 2014-08-08
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE
Director: Jonathan Liebesman
Cast: Megan Fox, Will Arnett, William Fichtner, ...
Note: Thor is available in both 2-D and 3-D formats. I chose to see it in the former because of my growing dislike for the latter. I'm satisfied with the decision. Thor is not a native 3-D production; it was converted after the fact. By all accoun...
U.S. Release Date: 2011-05-06
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence)
Genre: ADVENTURE
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Colm Feore, Idris Elba, ...
It appears that Marvel has given up trying to broaden the tent. Although Thor: Ragnarok, the third film to focus on the exploits of the titular Norse God, boasts a lighter tone, when the flippancy is stripped away, it’s the same-ole-same-ole...
U.S. Release Date: 2017-11-03
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Cartoon Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Action/Adventure
Director: Taika Waititi
Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Cate Blanchett, ...
Thor: The Dark World offers the kind of straightforward action/adventure yarn that adherents of the genre will appreciate. It's an example of superhero filmmaking 101 at work with high octane fights and special effects-fueled eye candy trumping nar...
U.S. Release Date: 2013-11-08
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE
Director: Alan Taylor
Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Idris Elba, Rene Russo, ...
Courage Under Fire was the first American movie about the Gulf War. Since then, there haven't been many others. David O. Russell's Three Kings becomes one of only a few mainstream efforts to venture into this underpopulated cinematic territory. ...
U.S. Release Date: 1999-10-01
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Violence)
Genre: COMEDY/ADVENTURE
Director: David O. Russell
Cast: George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube, ...
Time Trap is a superficially entertaining science-fiction action/adventure film that might have worked better had it focused more on the “science fiction” elements and less on the halfhearted “action/adventure” ones. Movies about time ...
U.S. Release Date: 2018-11-02
MPAA Rating: "NR" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Science Fiction/Adventure
Director: Ben Foster, Mark Dennis
Cast: Reiley McClendon, Brianne Howey, Cassidy Gifford, ...
Short of climbing aboard a time capsule and peeling back eight and one-half decades, James Cameron's magnificent Titanic is the closest any of us will get to walking the decks of the doomed ocean liner. Meticulous in detail, yet vast in scope ...
U.S. Release Date: 1997-12-19
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Situations, Nudity, Violence)
Genre: ADVENTURE/ROMANCE
Director: James Cameron
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, ...