Action Movies

A match-up made in tough-guy heaven — Jason Statham, Clive Owen and Robert De Niro star in Killer Elite. Based on a shocking true story, Killer Elite pits two of the world’s most elite operatives – Danny, an ex-special ops agent (Jason Statham) and Hunter, his longtime mentor (Robert De Niro) – against the cunning leader of a secret military society (Clive Owen).

Killer Elite opens in theaters everywhere September 23, 2011 – we’re giving away a movie poster, signed by Jason Statham, Clive Owen, Yvonne Strahovski and director Gary McKendry! Enter to win now!

When will criminals learn? Stick to your guns, stick to your rules, and things will be fine. Deviate from your simple guidelines, mix in a love interest and let things get personal, and all things will go to hell. Then again, if you’re the bad guys you know you should never mess with the quiet guy who’s the protagonist in a movie, especially if he looks like Ryan Gosling and is featured in the movie Drive. Because he’ll f**k them up, and the movie will blow audiences away.

Read FilmJabber’s full Drive movie review.

Though the genre was submitted to the historical archives several years ago, Roman era-based action dramas continue to rear their ugly heads, typically with much lower budgets and B-grade actors. Such is the case with Focus Features’ The Eagle, a valiant but ultimately futile effort.

Read FilmJabber’s full The Eagle movie review.

It was the summer of comic book movies, but few if any received the critical praise that X-Men: First Class received. Whether it was due to lowered expectations set by the last two movies – X-Men: The Last Stand and X-Men Origins: Wolverine – or something else, audiences and critics alike lapped up Matthew Vaughn’s prequel like slobbering dogs, lavishing it with praise that, frankly, it doesn’t deserve.

Nevertheless, despite its glaring flaws, X-Men: First Class is an entertaining movie that will fit nicely in a home collection. It’s now available on DVD and Blu-Ray.

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No, we’re not giving one lucky [presumably female] fan a date with Ryan Gosling, but we are giving away a cool prize pack to one lucky winner – worth $75 in anticipation of the September 16 release of the movie Drive, which stars Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston, among others. The precision-crafted action caper is about a stunt man who also happens to steer getaway vehicles for armed heists by night.

Learn more about this great giveaway and the movie, and enter today!

What happens when you combine James Bond, Indiana Jones, the director of Iron Man, cowboys and aliens – oh, and Olivia Wilde – stir them all up in a $160-million-budgeted pot and launch the resulting sci-fi western to the big screen? Not what you’d think. Mildly enjoyable but ultimately disappointing, Cowboys & Aliens has the elements of success, except director Jon Favreau forgot to make it fun.

Read FilmJabber’s full Cowboys & Aliens movie review.

Joe Johnston, move over. Chris Evans, throw down your shield. The 90′s badass version of Captain America has returned, the red, white and blue invading DVD players for the first time. If you liked this summer’s big budget blockbuster, you’ll love the 1990/1992 version, a superbly written, highly entertaining and expertly crafted action film starring big names like Matt Salinger, Kim Gillingham and Scott Paulin as the Red Skull.

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The first teaser trailer for The Hunger Games has debuted, but it’s not making me thirsty for more.

The Jennifer Lawrence-starring futuristic action movie has so far been marketed as the next Harry Potter franchise we should be so desperately wanting to see.

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It’s 2011. Before this year, I had never seen The Man with No Name trilogy.

What kind of movie critic am I?

Don’t answer that.

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Evil lords are evil. They like to torture, kill and rape their subjects and have fun doing it. Shooting children with arrows? They love that, too. Why? Because they’re evil. But evil lords sometimes need to be put in their place – by the good guys. And often that means killing them. Enter 13 Assassins.

Read FilmJabber’s full 13 Assassins movie review.

When it comes to quantity, the theatrical division of Marvel Comics, a subsidiary of the Walt Disney Company, owned this summer. With Thor, X-Men: First Class and Captain America: The First Avenger all looking to jump-start new or rebooted franchises, Marvel had just about every month of summer covered.

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The most legendary Barbarian of all time is back this Summer. Having thrived and evolved for eight consecutive decades in the public imagination- in prose and graphics, on the big screen and small, in games and properties of all kinds- Conan’s exploits in the Hyborian Age now come alive like never before in a colossal 3D action-adventure film.

Conan the Barbarian may have been slayed himself at the box office, but that just means your odds for winning a great prize pack are even higher. Learn more and enter here!