2006 Movies : Action

With Brie Larson • Rob Lieber • Luke Wilson • Logan Lerman • Damaris Justamante • Neil Flynn • Cody Linley • Jimmy Buffett • Jessica Cauffiel • Will Shriner • Frank Marshall

Three middle-schoolers take on greedy land developers, corrupt politicians, and clueless cops in the mystery adventure "Hoot" based on Carl Hiaasen's Newbery Honor-winning book. Produced by Jimmy Buffet, Frank Marshall and Walden Media, "Hoot" revolves around a Montana boy who moves to Florida and unearths a disturbing threat to a local population of endangered owls. Determined to protect his new environment, the boy and his friends fight to prevent the adults from making a big mistake. Packed with surprising plot twists, quirky characters, and offbeat humor, "Hoot" is a classic story that's fun for all ages.

With Tom Cruise • J.J. Abrams • Maggie Q • Michelle Monaghan • Laurence Fishburne • Simon Pegg • Ving Rhames • Keri Russell • Jonathan Rhys Meyers • Philip Seymour Hoffman • Billy Crudup • Alex Kurtzman • Roberto Orci • Paula Wagner

Tom Cruise returns as Special Agent Ethan Hunt, who faces the mission of his life in "Mission: Impossible III". Director J. J. Abrams brings his unique blend of action and drama to the billion-dollar franchise.

With Emmy Rossum • Akiva Goldsman • Kurt Russell • Sheila Allen • Diana Rathbun • Richard Dreyfuss • Jimmy Bennett • Josh Lucas • Kevin Dillon • Chris Briggs • Sam Dickerman • Freddy Rodriguez • Mike Vogel • Andre Braugher • Jacinda Barrett • Mia Maestro • Wolfgang Petersen • Mike Fleiss • Kevin Burns • Jon J. Jashni • Mark Protosevich

When a rogue wave capsizes a luxury cruise ship in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean, a small group of survivors find themselves unlikely allies in a battle for their lives. As the unstable vessel rapidly floods with water, they face unimaginable odds and life-altering decisions in their desperate fight to the surface.

With Hugh Jackman • James Marsden • Patrick Stewart • Kelsey Grammer • Anna Paquin • Brett Ratner • Avi Arad • Lauren Shuler Donner • Ellen Page • Ben Foster • Daniel Cudmore • Simon Kinberg • Famke Janssen • Shohreh Aghdashloo • Olivia Williams • Shawn Ashmore • Ian McKellen • Dan Harris • Vinnie Jones • Michael Murphy • Bill Duke • Rebecca Romijn-Stamos • David Hayter • Michael Dougherty

In "X-Men: The Last Stand", the final chapter in the "X-Men" motion picture trilogy, a "cure" for mutancy threatens to alter the course of history. For the first time, mutants have a choice: retain their uniqueness, though it isolates and alienates them, or give up their powers and become human. The opposing viewpoints of mutant leaders Charles Xavier, who preaches tolerance, and Magneto, who believes in the survival of the fittest, are put to the ultimate test - triggering the war to end all wars.

With Luc Besson • David Belle • Cyril Raffaelli • Tony D'Amario • Francois Chattot • Patrick Olivier • Bibi Naceri • Pierre Morel • Bernard Grenet

Paris, 2013. Damien is a member of an elite police squadron, a special unit highly trained in martial arts and the precise physical skills necessary to navigate the treacherous urban landscape of Paris' future. He is now tasked with the most vital and dangerous mission of his career: a weapon of mass destruction has been concealed by the most powerful gang of the suburbs of District B13, a walled off section of Paris in which the criminals rule themselves. Damien must infiltrate the gang in order to either defuse the bomb or recover it.

With Jang Dong Gun • Mi-yeon Lee • Chatthapong Pantanaunkul • Jung-Jae Lee • David McInnis • David No • Kyung-Taek Kwak

A modern-day pirate plans a massive attack on North and South Korea.

With Bow Wow • Brian Tee • Sung Kang • Justin Lin • Nathalie Kelley • Zachery Bryan • Neal H. Moritz • Lucas Black • Nikki Griffin • Jason Tobin • Chris Morgan • Clayton Townsend

Set in the sexy and colorful underground world of Japanese drift racing, the newest and fastest customized rides go head-to- head on some of the most perilous courses in the world.

Sean Boswell (Black) is an outsider who attempts to define himself as a hot-headed, underdog street racer. Although racing provides a temporary escape from an unhappy home and the superficial world around him, it has also made Sean unpopular with the local authorities. To avoid jail time, Sean is sent to live with his gruff, estranged father, a career military-man stationed in Tokyo.

Now officially a gaijin (outsider), Sean feels even more shut out in a land of foreign customs and codes of honor. But it doesn't take long for him to find some action when a fellow American buddy, Twinkie (Bow Wow), introduces him to the underground world of drift racing. Sean's simple drag racing gets replaced by a rubber-burning, automotive art form--with an exhilarating balance of speeding and gliding through a heart-stopping course of hairpin turns and switchbacks.

On his first time out drifting, Sean unknowingly takes on D.K., the "Drift King," a local champ with ties to the Japanese crime machine Yakuza. Sean's loss comes at a high price tag when he's forced to work off the debt under the thumb of ex-pat, Han (Kang). Han soon welcomes Sean into this family of misfits and introduces him to the real principles of drifting. But when Sean falls for D.K.'s girlfriend, Neela (newcomer Kelley), an explosive series of events is set into motion, climaxing with an ultimate high stakes face off.

With James Marsden • Kevin Spacey • Kate Bosworth • Parker Posey • Bryan Singer • Kal Penn • Frank Langella • Eva Marie Saint • Dan Harris • Sam Huntington • Peta Wilson • Gilbert Adler • Jon Peters • Michael Dougherty • Chris Lee

Following a mysterious absence of several years, the Man of Steel comes back to Earth in the epic action-adventure "Superman Returns", a soaring new chapter in the saga of one of the world's most beloved superheroes. While an old enemy plots to render him powerless once and for all, Superman faces the heartbreaking realization that the woman he loves, Lois Lane, has moved on with her life. Or has she? Superman's bittersweet return challenges him to bridge the distance between them while finding a place in a society that has learned to survive without him. In an attempt to protect the world he loves from cataclysmic destruction, Superman embarks on an epic journey of redemption that takes him from the depths of the ocean to the far reaches of outer space.

With Johnny Depp • Keira Knightley • Jerry Bruckheimer • Stellan Skarsgard • Jonathan Pryce • Kevin McNally • Chad Oman • Ted Elliott • Eric McLeod • Jack Davenport • Naomie Harris • Mackenzie Crook • Bill Nighty • Lee Arenberg • Gore Verbinski • Mike Stenson • Terry Rossio • Peter Kohn

This time around, Johnny returns as Captain Jack Sparrow and is caught in yet another tangled web of supernatural intrigue. It turns out, Captain Jack owes a blood debt to the legendary Davey Jones, ruler of the ocean depths and captain of the ghostly Flying Dutchman. If Jack can't figure a crafty way out of this one, he'll be cursed to an afterlife of eternal servitude and damnation. And as if that weren't enough, Captain Jack's problems throw a huge wrench into the wedding plans of the blissful Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann, who quickly find themselves thrust into Jack's misadventures.

With Morgan Freeman • Justin Timberlake • Kevin Spacey • Cary Elwes • Dylan McDermott • Piper Perabo • LL Cool J • John Heard • David Burke

In "Edison", a young journalist (Justin Timberlake) uncovers an elite unit of corrupt cops. Realizing that he's over his head, he makes an uneasy alliance with a burnt-out reporter (Morgan Freeman) and the DA's ace investigator (Kevin Spacey).

With Samuel L. Jackson • Rachel Blanchard • David R. Ellis • Julianna Margulies • David Koechner • Kenan Thompson • Nathan Phillips • Benjamin McKenzie • Adam Behr • Tygh Runyan • Don Granger • David Loucka • John Heffernan

An assassin unleashes lethal snakes aboard a packed passenger jet over the Pacific Ocean in order to eliminate a witness in protective custody. The rookie pilot and frightened passengers must band together to survive.

With Kevin James • Steven Spielberg • Maggie Gyllenhaal • Nick Cannon • Robert Zemeckis • Kathleen Turner • Steve Starkey • Steve Buscemi • Jason Lee • Gil Kenan • Mitchel Musso • Fred Willard • Catherine O'Hara • Spencer Locke • Sam Lerner • Jack Rapke • Jason Clark • Dan Harmon • Rob Schrab

Monster House is an exciting and hilarious thrill-ride tale about three kids (Mitchel Musso, Sam Lerner and Spencer Locke) who must do battle with a mysterious home that is determined to eat every trick or treater in sight on Halloween.

With Robert Downey Jr. • Winona Ryder • Keanu Reeves • George Clooney • Woody Harrelson • Steven Soderbergh • Rory Cochran • Richard Linklater • Philip K. Dick

Set in the future, "A Scanner Darkly" follows an undercover agent, Bob Arctor (Keanu Reeves), who can change his face and identity. But when he ingests too much of the drug Substance D, his personality splits in two.

With Nicolas Cage • Tom Hanks • Regina King • Paul Giamatti • Alan Cumming • Ricardo Montalban • Julia Roberts Meryl Streep • Zach Tyler Eisen • Cheri Oteri • Lily Tomlin • John Davis • Gary Goetzman

"The Ant Bully" is based on a book by John Nickle, which tells the tale of a young boy who floods an ant colony with his water-gun, and is magically shrunken down to insect size and sentenced to hard labor in the ruins. Before returning to half-pint stature, he comes to appreciate the selfless nature of the ants and learns a valuable lesson about tolerance and empathy.

With Colin Farrell • Jamie Foxx • Danny Trejo • Wes Studi • Gong Li • Michael Mann • Naomie Harris • Pieter Jan Brugge • Anthony Yerkovich

The cocaine cowboys of the '80s are gone, but Miami's Casablanca allure, the undercover cops and the attitudes of Michael Mann's culturally influential television series have been enhanced by time in the feature film version of Miami Vice.

Ricardo Tubbs (Academy Award winner Jamie Foxx of "Ray", "Jarhead") is urbane and dead smart. He lives with Bronx-born intel analyst Trudy, played by British actress Naomie Harris ("28 Days Later"), as they work undercover transporting drug loads into South Florida to identify a group responsible for three murders.

Sonny Crockett (Colin Farrell of "S.W.A.T.", "The New World") ]to the untrained eye, his presentation may seem unorthodox, but procedurally he is sound] is charismatic and flirtatious until-while undercover working with the supplier of the South Florida group-he gets romantically entangled with Isabella, the Chinese-Cuban wife of an arms and drugs trafficker. Isabella is played by the Chinese actress Gong Li ("Raise the Red Lantern, Memoirs of a Geisha").

The best undercover identity is oneself with the volume turned up and restraint unplugged. The intensity of this case pushes Crockett and Tubbs out onto the edge where identity and fabrication become blurred, where cop and player become one- especially for Crockett in his romance with Isabella and for Tubbs in the provocation of an assault on those he loves.

"Miami Vice", as a large-scale feature film, liberates what is adult, dangerous and alluring about working deeply undercover...especially when Crockett and Tubbs go to where their badges don't count...

With Jet Li • Collin Chou • Nakamura Shido • Jon T. Benn • Anthony De Longis • Ronny Yu • Bill Kong • Christine To • Chris Chow

Based on the life of Chinese Martial Arts Master Huo Yuanjia (1869-1910), the founder and spiritual guru of the Jin Wu Sports Federation. Set during the late 1800's to early 1900's, a pivotal period in China's history, when the whole country is shrouded under increasing internal turmoil and the imminent threat of foreign invastion.

With Christian Colson • Paul Ritchie • Shauna Macdonald • Natalie Mendoza • Alex Reid • Saskia Mulder • Nora-Jane Noone • Paul Smith

One year after a tragic accident, six girlfriends meet in a remote part of the Appalachians for their annual caving trip. Deep below the surface of the earth, disaster strikes when a rock falls and blocks their route back to the surface. The girls soon learn that Juno, the thrill-seeking leader of the expedition, has brought them to an unexplored cave and that as a result no knows where they are to come rescue them. The group splinters and each push on, praying for another exit. But there is something else lurking under the earth - a race of monstrous humanoid creatures that are adapted perfectly to life in the dark. As the friends realize they are now prey, they are forced to unleash their most primal instincts in an all-out war against an unspeakable horror - one that attacks without warning, again and again and again.

With Tim Allen • Kate Mara • Chevy Chase • Spencer Breslin • Adam Rifkin • Jennifer Todd • David Berenbaum • Jason Lethcoe • Rip Torn • Courteney Cox Arquette • Michael Cassidy • Pete Hewitt • Suzanne Todd • Trevor Engelson • Nick Osborne • Neil A. Machlis

Social outcast Summer Jones (Kate Mara) is ushered away by her mysterious father (Tim Allen) to a new school. She learns that her dad is secretly a superhero, and she's been brought to the academy where she, along with other kids, can develop her special talents. Soon into her training, Summer discovers that an enemy of the academy is plotting against the school ... and her.

With Tony Jaa • Mum Jokmok • Xing Jing • Bongkoj Khongmalai • Johnny Nguyen • Prachya Pinkaew • Somsak Techaratanaprasert • Sukanya Wongsathapat

"The Protector" is the highly anticipated full bodied action film starring International Martial Arts superstar, Tony Jaa (Ong Bak). His world shaped by ancient traditions, a young Thai fighter (Jaa) is called to defend his people and their honor after outsiders ruin all that is sacred. Fueled by desire to protect a way of life and avenge the wrong done to his family, he will bring the fight to their city.