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  • Hero The Movie Con Air
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    The Hero The movie Con Air is a motivational movie. It is an action movie that can appeal to almost anyone. There are many factors in this movie and when combined all together, they give the movie a sense of unity. The theme and the purpose are similar and are intended to attract a wide variety of viewers. The main theme of Con Air is heroism. Of course, as in most movies, the main character of Con Air displays many heroic acts. Cameron Poe is stuck on a plane transporting hardened criminals. Th...
  • Hit Job Melvin
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    The Big Hit Review One of my favorite movies is called The Big Hit. I rate this movie excellent because it meets the three criteria of an entertaining action / adventure show. The first criterion is that the show must have action scenes of gun shooting, car chasing, and full contact physical fighting. Second, the show has to be entertaining through the use of humor. Finally, there must be some light romance through the story line. This movie's action begins with a contract killer named Melvin, a...
  • Action Movie
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    "Assault on Precinct 13" marks the return of the R-rated action movie. It is the dark and savvy remake of John Carpenter's 1976 cult classic of the same name, which in turn was inspired by Howard Hawks' 1959 Rio Bravo. French Director Francois Richet's American filmmaking debut has done right by the cult favorite about a ragtag group of cops and criminals trapped in a police station. The thrill of this dark action flick is rightly focused on the characters, eerie setting, and tons of stripped do...
  • John Woo Movie
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    The bread-and-butter of the film industry is the action movie. Each summer, audiences can expect to see car chases, gunfights and explosions, and studios can expect to see millions and millions of dollars in return. Though most viewers and critics see these movies as 'fluff' entertainment (and rightfully so), there is one director that puts as much heart and soul into his 'fluff' as any number of talented directors put into their 'serious' movies. His name is John Woo. Even though you may not ha...
  • Unstoppable Killing Machine
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    The Terminator The Terminator is a non-stop action flick written by the creative genius of James Cameron along with Gail Anne Hurd. It's your classic chase story of man verses machine. Set in the future as well as present day L.A., The Terminator delivers pulse-pounding excitement that won't let you down. In the year 2029 man is caught in the epic struggle for survival against what seems, unstoppable machines. The future looks quite grim except for john Connor, the leader of the human resistance...
  • Ludlum's The Bourne Identity
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    The Bourne Identity Reviewed By: Andrew Nguyen Directed By: Roger Young Producer: Fred Miller Casting By: Rose Tobias Shaw Cast: Richard Chamberlain Jaclyn Smith, Donald Moffett, Denham Elliot. Robert Ludlum was born in New York City, raised in Short Hills, New Jersey and educated in Connecticut. A former actor and theatrical producer, at forty he decided to change careers and try his hand at writing. The rest is history a reputation for immediate bestsellers, publication in over forty countries...
  • Usual Jackie Chan Movies From Hong Kong
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    Rush Hour The action genre had really gone sour ever since Terminator II died out. Action stars like Jean Claude Van Damme and Sylvester Stal one had basically made carbon copies of their previous hits and re-released them under different names. However, starting in 1998 with Rush Hour, starring Chris Tucker, Jackie Chan, and moving on to hits like The Matrix, the action genre is gaining new life with unique mixes of stars and plots to add life to the mindless action that has plagued the genre i...
  • Great Acting Skills Jet Li
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    Jet Li has a legendary life. He started learning martial arts as early as eight years old. He was trained patiently by his trainer Wu Ben. And at that early age he got the privilege to be part of the first martial art (Wu Shu) team to tour the West, performing also at Nixon's White House. He won the championship in Chinese National Martial Arts Contest from 1974 to 1979 (5 consecutive years). From the first movie to today's blockbuster, Jet Li has been through a dramatic change, and he's going t...
  • Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets
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    'Chamber of secrets' is finally here: Our precocious Hogwarts wizards are bursting with confidence, but the new film has more monsters and mayhem than magic CHRIS COLUMBUS'S "HARRY Potter and the sorcerer's Stone" may have made many hundreds of millions of dollars, but only kids seemed to be genuinely enthusiastic about it. (A lot kids, to be sure.) Grown-ups, who were equally bewitched by J.K. Rowling's book, felt let down by the movie: it followed the letter of the tale but missed the spirit, ...
  • Action And War Movies
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    Movie divided in to many different categories. There are action, adventure, animation, comedy, horror, musical, science fiction, suspense, tragedy, and war movies. Each category is a little different from the other one. To begin with action and war movies have many battles or fights. Some battles are based on World War II or another war. For example, ! SS Saving Private Ryan!" shows a battle during World War II.! SS Black Hawk Down!" shows a battle in Africa. People call it a military theme acti...
  • Good Action Movie With Revenge
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    Do you like a good action movie with revenge, good graphics, and a goth is fantsy setting and a hero? What about when a guy Eric Draven (playe by Brandon Lee) a rock guitarist, coms back to life escorted by a crow seeking revenge on the top guy Top Dollar. WHo order the killing of him and his Fiancees Shelly Webster, on there wedding " eve? The movie "The Crow" (based on the comic series and comic strip by James O'Barr and is dreceted by Alex Pro yas has all of this. In the movie the action part...
  • Females In Action Movies
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    Description: The aim of this report is to determine how both males and females are portrayed / stereotyped in the action genre and to obtain a general view on how people feel about these portrayals. The report will also ascertain as to why these stereotypes are found in action movies. Through the research done, an assessment and recommendation will be given with regard to this particular topic. Methodology: Numerous mediums were used to gather the necessary research to fulfill the aims of the re...
  • Tommy Lee Jones And Benicio Del Toro
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    The Hunted is a good action movie. This film enjoy a lot of knife fights, chase scenes, and violent death scenes. There's a lot of action. This movie doesn't waste a lot of time with psychoanalysis because it is all about chase. This movie start with Aaron (Benicio Del Toro) working a special operation in Kosovo. He is a soldier trained to get in and out quietly and kill his target. He is one of the unit's best. Aaron horror experiences begin to affect him, and the nightmares that he is having. ...
  • Rambo And Dirty Harry Look
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    Men love action movies. Masculinity dictates that they have to - How can you not like someone who perfectly fits that ideal male image you have in your head? I've been a huge fan of actions movies as long as I can remember. Give me a big guy with big guns, a fresh mouth and have him kill the bad guy at the end and I'll be satisfied. For years, I never questioned why I liked these movies so much. However, at some point during this course I began to think about action movies and how they were link...
  • Way The Actions Of Princess Fiona
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    Shrek was a popular computer animated movie released in 2001. It was given a PG rating making it suitable for children ages seven and up. The films popularity among a young audience makes it ideal to examine in terms of its socializing effects. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the actions, reactions, and emotions displayed by the title character's love interest, Princess Fiona played by Cameron Diaz. I choose this character to study the way women are portrayed in contemporary society. I c...
  • Drama To The Movie
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    A Separate Peace Action, Adventure, Guilt, some of the characteristics of the book A Separate Peace. A tragic story about the events of a boys life named Finny. Finny and his best friend, or his arch rival, horse around and play games until things get crazy and someone gets hurt. All of these traits of this book would make a great movie for young moviegoers everywhere. A Separate Peace would make a good movie because of the great action and drama involved. The boys are jumping from tree limbs to...

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