The 5. 0 greatest action movies, Feature . To some it just means . From the taciturn classics of the '7. Empire to guide you through 5.

Lethal Weapon 2. Barely a day goes by in the Empire office without someone shouting . There's action, conspiracy, a truly hissable bad guy, and the fact that it actually manages to surprise us by killing off Patsy Kensit.

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The first Lethal Weapon's rougher edges have been sanded off: this is heading more towards action- comedy territory. But it gets more brutal in a dark final act where the cast is dramatically thinned out. Enter the Dragon. Bruce Lee’s final film (not counting the ones cobbled together after his untimely death) is arguably the one that “started it all”, kicking off the jones for kung- fu that swept mainstream culture in the west in the 1.

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Even Roger Moore’s Bond tried to get in on the craze. Lee plays a Shaolin martial artist working undercover for British Intelligence to bring down the villainous Shih Kien. Culturally it’s fascinating, but purely as a movie experience it still cuts the mustard more than 4. It’s testament to Lee’s sheer power and charisma. Kill Bill Vol. 2 was more of a measured- paced, dialogue driven Western.

But Kill Bill Vol. Quentin Tarantino’s Eastern, lovingly channelling the marshal arts movies he most adores.

It’s even got Sonny Chiba in it. The plot is almost perfunctory: Uma Thurman's . We’ll get to him next time, but for Vol. Still, it manages an extraordinarily choreographed fight sequence, as The Bride hacks her way through dozens of opponents on her way to Lucy Liu’s formidable O- Ren Ishii. Inception. While David Lynch arguably has a better handle on how dreams actually function, there’s no arguing with the brio and spectacle of Christopher Nolan’s mind- bending sci- fi heist flick. His dream worlds are piled layer on layer, allowing for some head- scratchingly intricate plotting.

Strong performances all round too, from Leonardo Di. Caprio, Ellen Page, Michael Caine and particularly Tom Hardy in his breakout role.

But it’s the set- pieces that stay with you, like the shifting cityscapes, the snow sequences, and that fight sequence in the building with a shifting point of gravity. Battle Royale. A high- concept masterpiece, this controversial effort (several attempts were made to ban both film and its source novel in Japan) from Kinji Fukasaku continues to provoke discussion with its devastating premise: a class of teenagers are taken to an island, fitted with explosive collars and told to kill one another until only one remains. It's gory - but this is not violence for its own sake. Fukasaku's got something powerful to say about intergenerational distrust, modern society, our attitudes to violence and one another and modern Japan as a whole. Yojimbo. Famously remade by Sergio Leone as the Western A Fistful Of Dollars, it’s perhaps less well known that Yojimbo is itself an adaptation of an American source: Dashiel Hammett’s hard- boiled 1. Red Harvest. It’s effortlessly transposed to the Samurai idiom however, with Akira Kurosawa’s gruff regular star Toshiro Mifune erupting occasionally into brief bursts of sword- wielding action as he plays two rival clans off against each other for his own ends.

Mifune returned as the same character in the follow- up Sanjuro. Speed. Mixing action thriller with disaster movie tropes in the way Die Hard had done previously, Speed can basically be described in terms of its setpieces: the lift, the bus and the train. The middle section is the principal one, of course: Keanu Reeves is on a bus with a bomb on it, which will explode and kill all its passengers if its speed drops below 5. Dennis Hopper is the aggrieved bad guy on the phone giving instructions, and Sandra Bullock is, reluctantly but pluckily, at the wheel.

Near misses! Romance, even! Most impressive is the way that, despite seemingly limited options for drama in its enclosed space, the bus section never outstays its welcome. Only the final train sequence feels slightly tacked on. Director Jan De Bont had been Die Hard’s cinematographer, clearly watching John Mc. Tiernan closely for some tension tips. Indiana Jones And The Temple of Doom.

The modern trend for making sequels . It actually takes place before Raiders Of The Lost Ark) - meaning the repeated gun/sword gag doesn’t actually make sense chronologically - and sees Indy in India, trying to procure sacred stones from an evil Thuggee cult to save a beleaguered village. While the bookends of the original trilogy are funnier, this one stays with you longer, albeit in nightmares.

Mad Max 2. The original Mad Max had its share of awesome vehicular chase sequences, but nothing that quite prepared audiences for what was to follow. The plot is simple: Max gets roped into helping a besieged community escape the marauders outside.

But it’s the crazy world and character- building, vehicle design and pedal- to- the- metal action that’s important: unstoppable forward momentum and a focused, blistering vision. Face/Off. The high watermark of John Woo’s stint in Hollywood, Face/Off is full of all the slo- mo action gunplay and doves you’d expect. The story - cop and gangster swap faces and lives during a protracted game of cat- and- mouse - is high- concept bordering on nonsensical. But what makes it work are Nicolas Cage and John Travolta, playing not only their own characters but essentially each other. Travolta actually has more fun, cutting loose as one of Cage’s loopy bad guys. Cage, after some madness at the start, has to reign it in a bit to play Travolta.

It was probably for the best. Captain America: Civil War. Marvel’s most ambitious outing to date set everyone’s favourite super- squad against each other – and sent a few of them home to patch up their suits.

The idea of pitching 6. Russo pulled it off with aplomb, introducing a unanimously crowd- pleasing baby Spidey in the process. Worried about superhero fatigue? Those fears completely vanish by the time you reach the film’s airport battle opus. Hell Drivers. British grit from 1.

It all takes place in believably downbeat locations, and the chase sequences - the final one in particular - are thrilling, thanks to the direction of blacklisted Hollywood exile Cy Endfield. And the cast, to modern eyes, is extraordinary: led by Stanley Baker and stacked with British tough guys who’d go on to greater fame. Look out for (deep breath) Sean Connery, Patrick Mc. Goohan, William Hartnell, David Mc. Callum, Gordon Jackson, Herbert Lom and Sid James.

Ong- Bak. The title refers to the Buddhisst statue which, in a shocking act of vandalism, has its head sawn off by the minions of an evil businessman. It’s up to headline star and fight choreographer Tony Jaa to retrieve it: a quest he undertakes in punishingly brutal style. It’s a b- movie plot, but Ong- Bak rises above by eschewing any wire work for grittier and more down- to- earth Muay- Thai beatings. The dedicated fight team were all prepared to take a pummelling for real. Their pain is the audience’s gain. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

The plot, involving the recovery of a stolen sword and a couple of pairs of lovers, might seem a little far fetched at times, and the subtitled dialogue a touch too stately, but the sheer scale of Crouching Tiger's setting, cinematography and fight choreography will leave all but the most stone- hearted impressed. Delicate, dialogue- heavy scenes are torn apart by Chow Yun- Fat and Zhang Ziyi as they blast up and over treetops, through the air, and into their enemies with such balletic grace you can scarcely believe your eyes. The Fugitive. Harrison Ford is on his best Action Dad form - see also the Jack Ryan films - in this .

As in the show, he’s on the trail of the mysterious one- armed man who murdered his wife and got Ford framed for the crime. On the run - a journey including the spectacular set piece of Ford flinging himself down a storm drain - he has to deal with the formidable tenacity of pursuing agent Tommy Lee Jones.

Night Shyamalan - Wikipedia. Manoj Nelliyattu . His most well- received films include the supernatural horror thriller The Sixth Sense (1. Unbreakable (2. 00. Signs (2. 00. 2). Afterwards, Shyamalan released a series of poorly received but sometimes financially successful movies, including the historical drama- horror film The Village (2.

Lady in the Water (2. The Happening (2. The Last Airbender (2. After Earth (2. 01. Following the financial failure of After Earth, Shyalaman's career was revived with the release of the found footage horror The Visit (2. Split (2. 01. 6), the latter of which is set in the same universe as his previous film Unbreakable.

He is also known for producing Devil (2. Fox science fiction series Wayward Pines.

Shyamalan is also known for filming and setting his films in and around Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he was raised. Most of his commercially successful films were co- produced and released by the Walt Disney Studios' Touchstone and Hollywood film imprints. In 2. 00. 8, Shyamalan was awarded the Padma Shri by the government of India. The son of Indian parents. Shyamalan, is a Malayali from Mah. Shyamalan was raised Hindu. Shyamalan earned the New York University Merit Scholarship in 1.

It was while studying there that he adopted . Though his father wanted him to follow in the family practice of medicine, his mother encouraged him to follow his passion. On each DVD release of his films (beginning with The Sixth Sense and with the exception of Lady in the Water), he has included a scene from one of these childhood movies, which he feels represents his first attempt at the same kind of film. His parents were the film's associate producers. The drama dealt with a ten- year- old Catholic schoolboy (Joseph Cross) who, after the death of his grandfather (Robert Loggia), searches for God.

The film's supporting cast included Dana Delany and Denis Leary as the boy's parents, as well as Rosie O'Donnell, Julia Stiles, and Camryn Manheim. Wide Awake was filmed in a school Shyamalan attended as a child.

In 2. 01. 3, he revealed he was the ghostwriter for the 1. She's All That, a teen comedy starring Freddie Prinze Jr. Lee Fleming Jr., denied Shyamalan's involvement in a now deleted tweet. This would have given Shyamalan a chance to work with his longtime idol. In July 2. 00. 6, while doing press tours for Lady in the Water, Shyamalan had said he was still interested in directing one of the last two Harry Potter films: . When I read the first Harry Potter and was thinking about making it, I had a whole different vibe in my head of it.

His next movie The Village (2. After the release of The Village in 2. Shyamalan had been planning a film adaptation of Yann Martel's novel Life of Pi with 2. Century Fox, but later backed out so that he could make Lady in the Water. I mean, it's basically . And I was concerned that as soon as you put my name on it, everybody would have a different experience. Whereas if someone else did it, it would be much more satisfying, I think.

Expectations, you've got to be aware of them. I'm wishing them all great luck. I hope they make a beautiful movie.

The film The Happening (2. In 2. 01. 0, he directed The Last Airbender, based on the Nickelodeon TV series Avatar: The Last Airbender. It received extremely negative reviews in the United States and won five Razzie Awards, but it made nearly $3. In July 2. 00. 8, it was announced that Shyamalan had partnered with Media Rights Capital to form a production company called Night Chronicles. Shyamalan would produce, but not direct, one film a year for three years.

The script was written by Brian Nelson, based on an original idea from Shyamalan. Devil was not a blockbuster hit, but has become a commercial success relative to its budget. The next film in the Night Chronicles series will be called Reincarnate.

It will be scripted by Chris Sparling and directed by Daniel Stamm. In 2. 01. 3, Shyamalan directed the film After Earth, based on a script by Gary Whitta and starring Will Smith and Jaden Smith. It was received poorly by critics, with Rotten Tomatoes giving the film a score of 1. Shyamalan announced in January 2. Bruce Willis on a film titled Labor of Love. The movie went on to become a relative critical and financial success.

As of June 2. 01. In 2. 01. 7, Shyamalan released the movie Split, which garnered positive reviews and was a huge financial success.

Sci- Fi Channel hoax. Sci- Fi claimed in its . Night Shyamalan, shot on the set of The Village, that as a child, Shyamalan had been dead for nearly a half- hour while drowned in a frozen pond in an accident, and that upon being rescued he had experiences of communicating with spirits, fueling an obsession with the supernatural.

In truth, Shyamalan developed the hoax with Sci- Fi, going so far as having Sci- Fi staffers sign non- disclosure agreements with a $5 million fine attached and requiring Shyamalan's office to formally approve each step. Neither the childhood accident nor a supposed rift with the filmmakers ever occurred. The hoax included a nonexistent Sci- Fi publicist, . Sci- Fi also fed false news stories to the Associated Press.

This prompted Sci- Fi's parent company, NBC Universal, to state that the undertaking was . We would never intend to offend the public or the press and we value our relationship with both. It is run by Shyamalan and Ashwin Rajan. In 2. 01. 5, however, he was also nominated for The Razzie Redeemer Award. In 2. 00. 8, Shyamalan said it was a common misperception . Machines (2017) Movie Dvd Watch. All my movies are spiritual and all have an emotional perspective.

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