2003 Movies : Action

With Keanu Reeves • Lana Wachowski • Laurence Fishburne • Andy Wachowski • Joel Silver • Jada Pinkett • Carrie-Anne Moss • Hugo Weaving • Daniel Bernhardt • Stuart Wells • Monica Belluci • Matt McColm • Harold Perrineau Jr. • Harry Lennex

In this third installment that concerns itself with death, Neo, Trinity, and Morpheus--along with the rest of their battling posse--continue to come against the machines that have systematically enslaved the human race in the Matrix. Now displaying a greater confidence in his own power, Neo fully realizes that he is a superhuman figure capable of amazing feats, and is totally aware that he's able to see the codes of people and things with which he comes into contact. Simultaneously more humans, who are struggling to live in the real world, have awoken out of the Matrix. As their numbers increase, the machines invade Zion, the center of human resistance--considered the last real-world city.

With Tom Cruise • Timothy Spall • Aoi Minato • Billy Connolly • Tony Goldwyn • Ken Watanabe • Hiroyuki Sanada • Shun Sugata • Edward Zwick • Shin Koyamada • Seizo Fukumoto • Schichinosuke Nakamura • Koyuki • Masato Harada • Sosuke Ikematsu

Set in the late 1870s, this epic film depicts the beginnings of the modernization of Japan, as the island nation evolved past a feudal society, as symbolized by the eradication of the samurai way of life. We see all this happen from the point of view of an alcoholic Civil War veteran turned Winchester guns spokesman, Captain Woodrow Algren (Tom Cruise), who arrives in Japan to train the troops of the emperor, Meiji, as part of a break away from the long-held tradition of relying on employed samurai warriors to protect territories, as the emperor's new army prepares to wipe out the remaining samurai warriors. When Algren is injured in combat and captured by the samurai, he learns about their warrior honor code from their leader, Katsumoto, which forces him to decide which side of the conflict he actually wants to be on.

With Russell Crowe • Paul Bettany • David Threlfall • Billy Boyd • John Collee • John DeSantis • Peter Weir • Ian Mercer • Patrick Gallagher • Richard McCabe • Robert Pugh • Samuel Goldwyn • Duncan Henderson

Russell Crowe is Lucky Jack Aubrey, the Navy's greatest fighting captain and Paul Bettany is ship's doctor Stephen Maturin. The ship, the Surprise, is suddenly attacked by a superior enemy. With the Surprise badly damaged and much of his crew injured, Aubrey – the "Master" of the Surprise and "Commander" of his men – is torn between duty and friendship as he sets sail in a high-stakes chase across two oceans, to the far side of the world, to intercept and capture their foe. It's a mission that can decide the fate of a nation – or destroy Lucky Jack and his crew. The film is based on the narrative outline of the tenth book in Patrick O'Brian's legendary "Aubrey/Maturin" series of high seas novels about the British navy during the Napoleonic Wars.

With Brendan Fraser • Matthew Lillard • Joe Dante • Joan Cusack • Glenn Ficarra • Chris deFaria • Heather Locklear • Jenna Elfman • Bill Goldberg • Timothy Dalton • Roger Corman • Joel Simon • Larry Doyle

Set in a live-action world in which Warner Bros.' beloved assortment of irreverent animated entertainers interact with human characters for maximum comic effect, the story unfolds on the Studio backlot and careens all over the map in time-honored Looney Tunes style. Our celluloid heroes embark on a hilarious adventure that takes them from Hollywood to Las Vegas, Paris and the jungles of Africa in search of Fraser's character's missing father and the mythical Blue Monkey Diamond.

With Gerard Butler • Neal McDonough • Paul Walker • Michael Sheen • Lauren Shuler Donner • Billy Connolly • Marton Csokas • Matt Craven • David LaHaye • Michael Crichton • Marie-Josee D'Amours • Richard Donner • Anna Friel • Ethan Embry • Frances O'Connor • Jim Van Wyck • Jeff Maguire • Robert Nolfi • George J. Nolfi

A mystery suspense thriller based on Michael Crichton's best-selling novel about a team of student archaeologists on a dig at a medieval site in France. When Professor Johnston, their team leader, disappears, they suddenly find themselves in 14th century feudal France on a perilous journey beyond their wildest dreams. Now, to find their missing professor and avoid a potentially catastrophic event, they won't be excavating the past, they'll be living it.

With Eddie Murphy • Jennifer Tilly • Terence Stamp • Marsha Thomason • Rob Minkoff • Nathaniel Parker

When a man (Eddie Murphy) and his family encounter a ghost while visiting a haunted house during a job interview, he learns the value of family, and the lesson that he should make sure he never neglects them. Based upon the popular Disney theme park attraction.

With Kevin McNally • Naomie Harris • Louise Mardenborough • Mark Locke • Enzo Cilenti • Perry Fitzpatrick • Madhav Sharma • Ulrika Jonsson • Bob Mason

Normally, the mantis shrimp only grows to about a foot long or so, but in this movie, a seven-foot-long one shows up in England (by way of the Philippines). Pub owner and failed boxer Bill (Kevin McNally) buys the creature, seeing it as his chance to become rich and famous, training the ferocious crustacean to box. Hitting the road with his amateur boxer best friend, Steve (Perry Fitzpatrick), a trainee hairdresser (Louise Mardenborough) and the giant sea creature, Bill heads to London to convince a TV network to feature the crustacean on an 'American Gladiators'-style event hosted by Ulrika Jonsson.

With Cate Blanchett • Karl Urban • Ian McKellen • Viggo Mortensen • Elijah Wood • Sean Astin • Peter Jackson • Marton Csokas • Billy Boyd • Philippa Boyens • Dominic Monaghan • Hugo Weaving • Stephen Sinclair • Liv Tyler • Bernard Hill • John Noble • Barrie M. Osborne • Fran Walsh • Phillippa Boyens

The third of the trilogy. As the shadow of Mordor grows across the land, Aragorn is revealed as the hidden heir to the ancient kings. Gandolf miraculously returns and defeats the evil wizard, Saruman. Sam leaves his master for the dead after a battle with the giant spider, Shelob; but Frodo is still alive--in the hands of the Orcs. And while the armies of the Dark Lord are massing--and the one ring comes ever closer to the Cracks of Doom.

With Judy Greer • Mario Van Peebles • Andy Dick • Peter Coyote • Adam Goldberg • Rachel Dratch • Nora Dunn • Melvin Van Peebles • Jonathan Kesselman

This action comedy spoof, said to be in the same vein as "Undercover Brother", but for Orthodox Jews, Adam Goldberg ("Saving Private Ryan") stars as a superhero detective who's out to stop Santa's evil son Damien (Andy Dick) from eliminating Hanukkah forever. It's based on the short of the same name, written and directed by Jonathan Kesselman during his days as a student at USC's Film School.

With Ben Affleck • Uma Thurman • Michael C. Hall • Paul Giamatti • James Gray • John Davis • Kathryn Morris • Aaron Eckhart • Scott Frank • Terence Chang • Dean Georgaris • Michael Hackett • Colm Feore • Joe Morton • John Woo • Philip K. Dick

Based on the short story by Philip K. Dick, "Paycheck" is about world famous genius Michael Jennings (Ben Affleck), who does specialized projects for high-tech corporations. Once a job is complete, his memory is erased so as not to divulge any company secrets. Highly paid for his work, Jennings expects to earn $4.4 billion for his latest 5-year project, but upon completion of the job, instead of a big paycheck, he is given an envelope full of random objects and told that he has agreed to forfeit all payment. With his memory erased per usual, Jennings has no defense, until he discovers that the objects are clues to his past. Now, with the help of Rachel (Uma Thurman), the woman he has worked with and loved for the last three years, Jennings is in a race against time to put the pieces of his past together before the people he once worked for have him killed.

With Amy Pascal • Jason Isaacs • Jeremy Sumpter • Lucy Fisher • Olivia Williams • Douglas Wick • Richard Briers • Ludivine Sagnier • Rachel Hurd Wood • Harry Newell • Freddie Popplewell • Rupert Simoneon • P.J. Hogan • Patrick McCormick • Michael Goldenberg • J.M. Barrie

Peter Pan is the boy who won't age, who lives in Neverland with other ageless kids, the Lost Boys. Tinkerbelle, a fairy, gives three children: Wendy, John, and Michael Darling the ability to fly; and soon they're off to Neverland, where they're soon in battle with the evil Captain Hook and his band of pirates.