Shaina Stern


FIVE FAVORITE ACTION MOVIES:
 
 
 

  • Year of Release:  1994
  • Rated R
  • Starring:  Keanu Reeves, Dennis Hopper, Sandra Bullock, Jeff Daniels, Joe Morton
  • Other movies done by Keanu Reeves:  The Matrix (1999), Point Break (1991), Devil’s Advocate (1997), Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventures (1989)
Plot: Harry Temple, played by Jeff Daniels, and Jack Traven, Keanu Reeves, stop an original attempt by Howard Payne, Dennis Hopper, from causing the death of executives in an elevator.  Due to this action Howard Payne tries to retaliate against Jack Traven for foiling his plans.
 
 

  • Year of Release: 1992
  • Rated R
  • Starring:  Steven Seagal, Tommy Lee Jones, Gary Busey, Patrick O’Neal, Erika Eleniak
  • Other movies done by Steven Seagal:  Above the Law (1988), Hard to Kill (1990), Marked for Death (1990), Out for Justice (1991)
Plot:  A group of terrorists lead by William Stranix, Tommy Lee Jones, are trying to unload all of a ship’s nuclear weapons.  Luckily Ryback, played by Steven Seagal, is there to stop them from completing their task.
 
 


 

 
  • Year of Release: 1988
  • Rated R
  • Starring:  Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Alexander Godunov, Bonnie Bedelia, Reginald Velhohnson
  • Other movies done by Bruce Willis: Pulp Fiction (1994), 12  Monkeys (1995), Last Man Standing (1996), The Sixth Sense (1999)

Plot: John Meclane, a New York cop played by Bruce Willis, comes to see his wife on Christmas Eve at her office building in Los Angeles when the building is taken over by terrorists.  It becomes John Meclane’s job to stop the terrorists, lead by Hans Gruber, from killing the hostages and escaping with the money.
 

  • Year of Release: 1984
  • Rated R
  • Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Biehn, Linda Hamilton, Paul Winfield, Lance Henriksen
  • Other movies done by Arnold Schwarzenegger:  Commando (1985), Total Recall (1990), True Lies (1994), Kindergarten Cop (1990)
Plot: There was a cyborg, The Terminator, played by Arnold Schwarzenegger, sent back in time from 2029 to destroy a young woman whose son would become important in the future.  The woman along with another man sent back from the future try to ensure there still is a future by making sure that she survives and that the cyborg is destroyed.
 
 

  • Year of Release: 1973
  • Rated R
  • Starring: Bruce Lee, John Saxon, Jim Kelly, Ahna Capri, Bob Wall
  • Other movies done by Bruce Lee: Fists of Fury (1972), Tower of Death (1981), Game of Death (1978), The Chinese Connection (1972)
Plot: Bruce Lee goes to a martial arts competition to avenge the death of his sister and to shut down a criminal’s opium-smuggling and prostitution activities.
 
 

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