The Malpaso Collection: Coogan’s Bluff (1968)
Synopsis: Clint Eastwood (Gran Torino) is Coogan, an Arizona Sheriff who comes to New York City to pick up a prisoner (Don Stroud, The Buddy Holly Story). The simple task […]
Tag Archives: Action & Adventure
Adventurous stories, which often offer spectacular, high-energy escapism
The 007 Series: Die Another Day (2002)
Synopsis: After a failed mission, M16’s James Bond (Pierce Brosnan, Seraphim Falls) is imprisoned by the North Korean government. Bond is finally released from jail and he is determined to unmask the person who […]
The Viking (1928)
Synopsis: In Pre-Columbian times, Vikings enslave an English aristocrat, Lord Alwin (LeRoy Mason), and take him to Norway. Alwin becomes the protegé of Viking Leif Ericsson (Donald Crisp, How Green […]
The 007 Series: The World Is Not Enough (1999)
Synopsis: James Bond (Pierce Brosnan, Dante’s Peak) is assigned to protect an oil heiress (Sophie Marceau, Braveheart) from a madman (Robert Carlyle, The Full Monty) who had kidnapped her years […]
Sinbad the Sailor (1947)
Synopsis: In ancient Persia, legendary Middle Eastern adventurer, Sinbad the Sailor (Douglas Fairbanks’s Jr., Gunga Din), recounts his search for the lost treasure of Alexander the Great to a group […]
George Pal Presents: Doc Savage – The Man of Bronze (1975)
Synopsis: A famed American adventurer, Doc Savage, played by Ron Ely (TV’s Tarzan), and his team of extraordinary men travel to South America to investigate the mysterious death of his […]
The Naked Prey (1965)
Synopsis: In the late 19th century Africa, after insulting a local tribe, members of a safari are brutally killed by the offended party. The local natives do spare one person, […]
The 007 Series: Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
Synopsis: When China refuses to give him exclusive broadcasting rights, a media tycoon, Elliot Carver (Jonathan Pryce, Brazil), plots to manufacture a war between UK and China that he hopes […]
The 007 Series: GoldenEye (1995)
Synopsis: M16’s James Bond (Pierce Brosnan, Robinson Crusoe) is assigned to stop an ex-colleague, Agent 006 (Sean Bean, TV’s Game of Thrones), who has gone rogue and is helping the […]
The 007 Series: Licence to Kill (1989)
Synopsis: When his American pal, CIA agent Felix Leiter (David Hedison, The Fly), is maimed by a vicious kingpin, Franz Sanchez (Robert Davi, The Goonies), James Bond (Timothy Dalton, The […]
The 007 Series: The Living Daylights (1987)
Synopsis: M16’s James Bond (Timothy Dalton, The Lion in Winter) is assigned to help a KGB officer, General Georgi Koskov (Jeroen Krabbe, The Prince of Tides), defect to the West. But […]
Ice Station Zebra (1968)
Synopsis: Cdr. James Ferraday, played by Rock Hudson (Giant), is ordered to take his nuclear submarine, USS Tigerfish, on a rescue mission to Ice Station Zebra, a weather station located […]
