Boy on a Dolphin (1957)
Synopsis: After a poor sponge diver (Sophia Loren, Two Women) discovers an ancient statue, “a boy on a dolphin,” a dedicated museum curator (Alan Ladd, Shane) and an unscrupulous art […]
Tag Archives: Action & Adventure
Adventurous stories, which often offer spectacular, high-energy escapism
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 […]
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 […]
Outland (1981)
Synopsis: In the near future, a Federal Marshal, William O’Niel (Sean Connery, Dr. No), is in charged of security on a titanium mining colony located on one of Jupiter’s moons. […]
The 007 Series: A View to a Kill (1985)
Synopsis: After completing a secret mission to retrieve a microchip, 007 (Roger Moore, The Sea Wolves) returns to England to discover that the microchip might be the first step towards some […]
The 007 Series: Octopussy (1983)
Synopsis: James Bond (Roger Moore, The Naked Face) is sent to investigate the murder of a fellow British agent. The clues lead Bond to a traveling circus, whose owner is […]
The 007 Series: For Your Eyes Only (1981)
Synopsis: When a British sea ship carrying a top secret encryption device is sunk, M16 agent James Bond (Roger Moore, The Sea Wolves) is sent to Greece to investigate. Bond […]
The 007 Series: Moonraker (1979)
Synopsis: The “Moonraker” is a spaceship sold to the USA government by billionaire and entrepreneur, Hugo Drax (Michael Lonsdale, The Track), who owns a California-based tech company. When the ship disappears, […]
Excalibur (1981)
Synopsis: During the Middle Ages, a young man named Arthur (Nigel Terry, The Lion in Winter) retrieves the mysterious sword Excalibur from a stone, and immediately he is proclaimed King. […]
The Stone Killer (1973)
Synopsis: A California cop known for his harsh methods, Lou Torrey (Charles Bronson, The Evil That Men Do), gets transferred to New York after he kills a suspect. Torrey is quickly assigned to […]
The Evil That Men Do (1984)
Synopsis: Charles Bronson (The Stone Killer) plays an ex-hitman who comes out of retirement in order to avenge the murder of an old friend. His mission takes him to South America, […]
Cobra Verde (1987)
Synopsis: In the 19th century, a notorious Brazilian outlaw, Francisco Manoel da Silva aka Cobra Verde (Klaus Kinski, The Great Silence), hides in a sugar plantation where he finds work as a foreman […]
