2006 Movies : Action

With Mel Gibson • Rudy Youngblood • Bruce Davey • Mayra Serbulo • Gerardo Taracena • Raoul Trujillo

From Academy Award winning filmmaker Mel Gibson, comes "Apocalypto" a heart stopping mythic action-adventure set against the turbulent end times of the once great Mayan civilization. When his idyllic existence is brutally disrupted by a violent invading force, a man is taken on a perilous journey to a world ruled by fear and oppression where a harrowing end awaits him. Through a twist of fate and spurred by the power of his love for his woman and his family he will make a desperate break to return home and to ultimately save his way of life.

With Leonardo DiCaprio • Djimon Hounsou • Jennifer Connelly • Charles Leavitt • Stephen Collins • Ed Zwick • Paula Weinstein • Len Amato • Gillian Gorfil • Darrell Roodt • Marshall Herskovitz

Set against the backdrop of civil war and chaos in 1990's Sierra Leone, Blood Diamond is the story of Danny Archer (Leonardo DiCaprio) - a South African mercenary - and Solomon Vandy (Djimon Hounsou) - a Mende fisherman. Both men are African, but their histories as different as any can be, until their fates become joined in a common quest to recover a rare pink diamond that can transform their lives. While in prison for smuggling, Archer learns that Solomon - who was taken from his family and forced to work in the diamond fields - has found and hidden the extraordinary rough stone. With the help of Maddy Bowen (Jennifer Connelly), an American journalist whose idealism is tempered by a deepening connection with Archer, the two men embark on a trek through rebel territory, a journey that could save Solomon's family and give Archer the second chance he thought he would never have.

With Djimon Hounsou • Jeremy Irons • John Malkovich • John Davis • Ed Speleers • Sienna Guillory • Peter Buchman • Robert Carlyle • Stefen Fangmeier • Wyck Godfrey

Based on the best-selling novel, this is an epic fantasy-adventure about a young farm boy named Eragon whose destiny is revealed with the help of a dragon. Eragon, now a Dragon Rider, is swept into a world of magic and power, discovering that he can save – or destroy – an Empire.

With Angelina Jolie • Matt Damon • Robert De Niro • Alec Baldwin • Lee Pace • John Turturro • Eddie Redmayne • Joe Pesci • Gabriel Macht • Timothy Hutton • Billy Crudup • Jane Rosenthal • Eric Roth • Tammy Blanchard • William Hurt • Michael Gambon • Keir Dullea • Graham King • Francis Ford Cappola • Richard Schwatz

Starring in this epic drama set in the high stakes world of espionage, Matt Damon plays Edward Wilson, an exceptionally bright and talented son of privilege who is recruited from the campus of Yale University to join the Office of Strategic Services, the precursor to the CIA, at the beginning of World War II. Wilson's acute mind, spotless reputation and sincere belief in American values render him a prime candidate for a career in intelligence, as do his deeply embedded commitment to honor and quite secretive nature. As Wilson becomes a veteran operative in counter-intelligence during the Cold War, not even his wife Clover, played by Angelina Jolie, nor his beloved son Edward Jr., can divert him from a path that will force him to sacrifice everything in service to his country.