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
Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970)
Synopsis: In late 1800s, Mexico, an American mercenary (Clint Eastwood, Coogan’s Bluff) comes to the aid of a feisty nun (Shirley MacLaine, The Apartment) who is working with Mexican rebels […]
The Naked Jungle (1954)
Synopsis: In 1901, a New Orleans woman, Joanna Selby (Eleanor Parker, The Sound of Music), agrees to marry a South American plantation owner, Christopher Leiningen (Charlton Heston, Planet of the […]
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 […]
Die Another Day (2002)
Synopsis: After a failed mission, M16’s James Bond (Pierce Brosnan, Seraphim Falls) is imprisoned by the brutal North Korean government. Bond is finally released from jail and is determined to unmask […]
The Viking (1928)
Synopsis: In pre-Columbian times, Vikings enslave an English aristocrat, Lord Alwin (LeRoy Mason, My Pal Trigger), and take him to Norway. Alwin becomes the protegé of well-respected Viking Leif Ericsson […]
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 […]
Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze (1975)
Synopsis: Famed American adventurer Doc Savage, played by Ron Ely (TV’s Tarzan), and his team travel to South America to investigate the mysterious death of Doc’s father. Reaction & Thoughts: […]
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. Local natives do spare one person, the […]
Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
Synopsis: After a media tycoon (Jonathan Pryce, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen) releases information about the sinking of a British vessel before anybody else, “M” (Judi Dench, Shakespeare in Love) […]
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 […]
Licence to Kill (1989)
Synopsis: When his American pal, CIA agent Felix Leiter (David Hedison, The Fly), is maimed by a vicious drug dealer (Robert Davi, The Goonies), James Bond (Timothy Dalton, The Rocketeer) […]
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 […]
