Great Action Movies You Might Not Have Seen
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1. Freerunner (2011)
R | 87 min | Action
With a ticking bomb locked to his neck, a young freerunner races against the clock and all types of baddies to get from one end of the city to the other to save himself and his girlfriend.
Director: Lawrence Silverstein | Stars: Sean Faris, Tamer Hassan, Rebecca Da Costa, Danny Dyer
Votes: 5,319
2. Kill Speed (2010)
R | 113 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Best friends fly home-built, high-tech planes to deliver drugs from Mexico to California in order to fund their Hollywood life-style.
Director: Kim Bass | Stars: Andrew Keegan, Brandon Quinn, Natalia Cigliuti, Nick Carter
Votes: 1,985
3. Dead Man Running (2009)
R | 92 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Nick's borrowed money from a loan shark. He's 4 weeks behind. He gets 24 hours to come up with GBP100,000. His mom's a hostage.
Director: Alex De Rakoff | Stars: Clint Koroan, Fredi 'Kruga' Nwaka, 50 Cent, Ashley Walters
Votes: 4,521
4. Hell Ride (2008)
R | 84 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Two rival bikers gangs, the Victors and the Six-Six-Six's, refuel their decades-old rivalry.
Director: Larry Bishop | Stars: Larry Bishop, Dennis Hopper, Michael Madsen, Julia Jones
Votes: 16,360 | Gross: $0.19M
5. Driven to Kill (2009 Video)
R | 98 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
An ex-Russian mobster who is now a crime novelist must confront his past when his family is targeted by violence.
Director: Jeff King | Stars: Steven Seagal, Mike Dopud, Igor Zhizhikin, Robert Wisden
Votes: 6,165
6. Hunt to Kill (2010)
R | 98 min | Action, Thriller
Steve Austin stars as U.S. Border Patrol agent Jim Rhodes, a tough divorce mourning the loss of his murdered partner while struggling to raise his rebellious daughter in the mountains of ... See full summary »
Director: Keoni Waxman | Stars: Eric Roberts, Steve Austin, Gary Daniels, Marie Avgeropoulos
Votes: 7,074
7. Game of Death (2011)
R | 98 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
Secret Ops agent Marcus is sent to Detroit to take out an arms dealer and the head of the hedge fund that is financing him. His CIA backup has other plans and turns on him and it's a fight to survive in a hospital.
Director: Giorgio Serafini | Stars: Wesley Snipes, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Zoë Bell, Ernie Hudson
Votes: 7,072
8. The Contractor (2007 Video)
R | 99 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Ex-C.I.A. Agent James Dial (Wesley Snipes) is asked to take out terrorist Ali Mahmud Jahar (Nikolai Sotirov), only to realize he's been set up by his former employer, Jeremy Collins (Ralph Brown).
Director: Josef Rusnak | Stars: Wesley Snipes, Eliza Bennett, Lena Headey, Ralph Brown
Votes: 9,987
9. Sinners and Saints (2010)
R | 104 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Two New Orleans cops are up against an extremely violent gang.
Director: William Kaufman | Stars: Johnny Strong, Kevin Phillips, Costas Mandylor, Sean Patrick Flanery
Votes: 5,848
10. Lies & Illusions (2009)
R | 93 min | Action, Thriller
A self help author is hunted by thugs who believe the writer holds millions of dollars in diamonds stolen by his dead fiancée.
Director: Tibor Takács | Stars: Christian Slater, Cuba Gooding Jr., Sarah Ann Schultz, Christa Campbell
Votes: 3,082
11. Setup (I) (2011)
R | 85 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A group of friends become involved in a potentially deadly diamond heist.
Director: Mike Gunther | Stars: 50 Cent, Bruce Willis, Ryan Phillippe, Rory Markham
Votes: 21,802
12. A Cold Day in Hell (2011)
PG-13 | 95 min | Western
Sierra Nevada Mountains, 1887: William Drayton, once a crack sharpshooter in the Civil War, has lost his wife and home. He has ascended to the high country, wanting never to be heard from again.
Director: Christopher Forbes | Stars: Karyn Belenke, Ronald Bumgardner, Kathryn Campbell, Kimberly Campbell
Votes: 513
13. Recoil (I) (2011)
R | 94 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A cop turns vigilante after his family is murdered, exacting vengeance on the killers - and then on all criminals who have slipped through the system.
Director: Terry Miles | Stars: Steve Austin, Serinda Swan, Danny Trejo, Keith Jardine
Votes: 5,899
14. Amsterdam Heavy (2011 Video)
R | 90 min | Action
A mysterious gangster goes on a rampage in Amsterdam, stopping at nothing to uncover those who have betrayed him. Now it is up to CIA agent Martin Keele to stop him.
Director: Michael Wright | Stars: Michael Madsen, Alison Carroll, Dorien Rose Duinker, Horace Cohen
Votes: 910
15. Death Racers (2008 Video)
R | 92 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
In a dystopian future, contestants compete in a cross-country road race in which killing is part of the game.
Director: Roy Knyrim | Stars: Violent J, Shaggy 2 Dope, Scott Levy, Jason Ellefson
Votes: 1,226
16. 3 Musketeers (2011 Video)
Not Rated | 87 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
Alexandra D'Artagnan, junior NSA officer, uncovers a plot to assasinate the President of the United States and enlists the help of three infamous international spies to stop the threat.
Director: Cole S. McKay | Stars: Heather Hemmens, Alan Rachins, Xin Sarith Wuku, David Chokachi
Votes: 699
17. Command Performance (2009)
R | 93 min | Action, Thriller
When the Russian Premier is taken hostage at a rock concert in Moscow, it's up to a drummer, an ex-biker, to save him.
Director: Dolph Lundgren | Stars: Dolph Lundgren, Melissa Molinaro, Hristo Shopov, Dave Legeno
Votes: 3,494
18. Bitch Slap (2009)
R | 109 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Three bad girls travel to a remote desert hideaway to steal $200 million in diamonds from a ruthless underworld kingpin.
Director: Rick Jacobson | Stars: Julia Voth, Erin Cummings, America Olivo, Michael Hurst
Votes: 14,154 | Gross: $0.02M
19. Transmorphers (2007 Video)
PG-13 | 86 min | Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A race of alien robots have conquered Earth and forced humanity underground. After 400 years, a small group of humans develop a plan to defeat the mechanical invaders in the ultimate battle between man and machine.
Director: Leigh Scott | Stars: Matthew Wolf, Amy Weber, Shaley Scott, Eliza Swenson
Votes: 4,757
20. The Detonator (2006 Video)
R | 96 min | Action, Thriller
Sonni Griffith, a top US Secret Agent must protect a witness as he crosses Europe.
Director: Po-Chih Leong | Stars: Wesley Snipes, William Hope, Tim Dutton, Silvia Colloca
Votes: 4,533
21. Mercenary for Justice (2006 Video)
R | 91 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A mercenary gets involved in a mission that threatens the lives of his kin. In order to succeed, he must break into one of the most well guarded prisons in Eastern Europe and free the son of the most notorious drug lord in the world today.
Director: Don E. FauntLeRoy | Stars: Steven Seagal, Jacqueline Lord, Roger Guenveur Smith, Luke Goss
Votes: 4,475
22. Age of Heroes (2011)
Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The true story of the formation of Ian Fleming's 30 Commando unit, a precursor for the elite forces in the U.K.
Director: Adrian Vitoria | Stars: Sean Bean, Danny Dyer, Aksel Hennie, Izabella Miko
Votes: 10,216
23. Born to Raise Hell (2010)
R | 98 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A US drugs cop in Bucharest is up against a Russian gun and drug trafficker employing cute women and a Gypsy gang leader, who plunders, rapes and kills the young and rich. Lots of fighting and shooting.
Director: Lauro David Chartrand-Del Valle | Stars: Steven Seagal, Dan Badarau, Darren Shahlavi, D. Neil Mark
Votes: 4,712
24. Half Past Dead 2 (2007 Video)
R | 92 min | Action, Crime
Former WWE & WCW World Champion Bill Goldberg and hip-hop group Tha Dog Pound's Ricardo "Kurupt" Brown push life to the limit in this explosive sequel to the 2002 hit movie Half Past Dead.
Director: Art Camacho | Stars: Bill Goldberg, Kurupt, Jack Conley, Robert Madrid
Votes: 2,097
25. The Way of War (2009)
R | 90 min | Action, Thriller
A paramilitary operative goes on a rampage after discovering a conspiracy to commit war.
Director: John R. Carter | Stars: Cuba Gooding Jr., Clarence Williams III, John Terry, Jaclyn DeSantis
Votes: 2,723
26. Blood Out (2011 Video)
R | 90 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
When big city detectives refuse to further investigate his kid brother's gang related murder, small town Sheriff Michael Savion drops the badge and goes undercover to find his brother's killer and avenge his death.
Director: Jason Hewitt | Stars: Luke Goss, Val Kilmer, 50 Cent, Vinnie Jones
Votes: 4,386
27. Street Racer (2008 Video)
R | 85 min | Action
After serving time for a tragic accident, in which a young boy is crippled, an illegal street racer finds himself dragged back into the world of high speed competition on the side streets and highways of Los Angeles.
Director: Teo Konuralp | Stars: Clint Browning, Dorothy Drury, Robert Pike Daniel, Jason Ellefson
Votes: 1,198
28. Cross (2011 Video)
R | 105 min | Action, Fantasy
Given incredible power by an ancient Celtic Cross. Callan continues to fight evil... Now, joined by a team of weapons experts, Callan battles an unstoppable empire in Los Angeles.
Director: Patrick Durham | Stars: Brian Austin Green, Michael Clarke Duncan, Vinnie Jones, Tom Sizemore
Votes: 2,402
29. Locked Down (2010)
R | 99 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Danny, a respected cop, is setup after an investigation goes wrong. While laying low in his new jail cell, Danny is forced to get involved in the inmates underground cage fighting circuit. ... See full summary »
Director: Daniel Zirilli | Stars: Tony Schiena, Rashad Evans, Vinnie Jones, Dwier Brown
Votes: 2,653
30. The Tournament (2009)
R | 95 min | Action, Thriller
A tournament is watched by dozens of wealthy men betting on which one of the 30 assassins will survive the next 24 hours "kill or die" and claim the USD10,000,000 prize. It takes place in an English town with plenty of CCTVs.
Director: Scott Mann | Stars: Ving Rhames, Robert Carlyle, Kelly Hu, Ian Somerhalder
Votes: 36,271
31. Among Dead Men (2008)
R | 94 min | Action, Crime, Horror
Life on the wild side sometimes has its own way in regulating or instigating consciousness awakening on its most devoted disciple. Bobby Delgado, undefeated MMA World Champion (of an ... See full summary »
Director: James Richards | Stars: Avelino 'El Rico' Lescot, Ab Vegvary, Ron Vreeken, Nick Pendragon
Votes: 150
32. Balance of Power (1996)
R | 92 min | Action
A peaceful karate instructor is propelled into the bloody, underworld kick-boxing circuit by the murder of a close friend. The man responsible is an Asian crime lord with a passion for gambling on the city's underground street fights.
Director: Rick Bennett | Stars: Billy Blanks, Mako, Lisa Jai, Denis Akiyama
Votes: 404
33. Hero Wanted (2008)
R | 94 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A man seeks revenge after he and a bank teller are shot and left for dead during a robbery.
Director: Brian Smrz | Stars: Cuba Gooding Jr., Ray Liotta, Tommy Flanagan, Norman Reedus
Votes: 7,422
34. Until Death (2007)
R | 101 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Stowe is a dirty cop who is hooked on heroin, and everyone dislikes him. Because of an accident he is put into a coma, and comes out of it a better person. He wakes up wanting to put things right.
Director: Simon Fellows | Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Stephen Rea, Selina Giles, Mark Dymond
Votes: 10,372
35. Tactical Force (2011)
R | 91 min | Action
A training exercise for the LAPD SWAT Team goes terribly wrong when they find themselves pitted against two rival gangs while trapped in an abandoned Hangar, armed with nothing but blanks.
Director: Adamo P. Cultraro | Stars: Steve Austin, Michael Shanks, Michael Jai White, Adrian Holmes
Votes: 6,102
36. The Marksman (2005 Video)
R | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
With Russia on the brink of nuclear annihilation, there's only one man who can save it: an elite U.S. Special Forces operative who's been ordered to take out a Chechen nuclear power plant before terrorists set off a live reactor.
Director: Marcus Adams | Stars: Wesley Snipes, William Hope, Emma Samms, Anthony Warren
Votes: 4,660
37. 200 M.P.H. (2011 Video)
R | 92 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
An amateur racer gets involved in illegal street racing after the death of his brother.
Director: Cole S. McKay | Stars: Jaz Martin, Hennely Jimenez, AnnaMaria Demara, Darren Anthony Thomas
Votes: 1,926
38. Nude Nuns with Big Guns (2010)
Not Rated | 91 min | Action, Comedy, Thriller
A left-for-dead nun forced into prostitution embarks on a deadly revenge mission to do the Lord's work, punishing sinners in a strictly personal vigilante Holy War.
Director: Joseph Guzman | Stars: Asun Ortega, David Castro, Perry D'Marco, Maxie Santillan Jr.
Votes: 6,294
39. 6 Guns (2010 Video)
R | 95 min | Western
A young woman enlists the aid of a bounty hunter to teach her to be a gunfighter so she can hunt down the men who killed her family.
Director: Shane Van Dyke | Stars: Barry Van Dyke, Sage Mears, Greg Evigan, Brian Wimmer
Votes: 1,197
40. The Terminators (2009 Video)
Not Rated | 89 min | Action, Adventure, Horror
A small band of resistance fighters battle the cyborgs that have taken control of the planet.
Director: Xavier S. Puslowski | Stars: Jeremy London, A Martinez, Paul Logan, Lauren Walsh
Votes: 2,694
41. The Keeper (I) (2009)
R | 94 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Corrupt cop Sallinger, nearly killed by crooked partner, retires to San Antonio as bodyguard for businessman's daughter.
Director: Keoni Waxman | Stars: Steven Seagal, Liezl Carstens, Arron Shiver, Johnnie Hector
Votes: 4,934
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