~ Action/Adventure ~

Title - Description	Critic Rating	MPAA Rating	MPAA Rating Reason
Adventures in Babysitting - After being stood up by her boyfriend, Chris ends up babysitting and having to take the little girl and two teenage boys into the inner city of Chicago in order to save her bestfriend at the airport. This is an adventure they never intended.	♦♦½	PG-13	May include some bad language, violence, nudity, drug abuse, other elements, or a combination thereof.
Air Force One - The President of the United States is left to battle the terrorists up in the air while his wife and children are among the hostages.	♦♦½	R	for violence
Another 48 Hours - Iceman is a drug lord who Cates wants to bring down. The one person who may be able to help him is a convict named Hammond. Will he help?	♦♦	R	Contains at least one or more situations of bad language, violence, nudity, drug abuse, and/or other elements.
Apollo 13 - Apollo 13 depicts the tragedy of the 1970 mission, when the oxygen tank exploded en route to the moon	♦♦♦♦♦	PG	Parents may consider some material unsuitable for their children.
Back to The Future - In order to save the future, Marty travels back to the past and gets to really endure what his parents really were like.	♦♦♦½	PG	Parents may consider some material unsuitable for their children.
Back to the Future Part III - Marty has received a letter from 100 years ago from Doc who has traveled back to the Old West and stating his happiness and to leave him be. Marty learns that Doc will be killed and ventures back to save his life.	♦♦½	PG	Parents may consider some material unsuitable for their children.
Batman - Batman is back to fight off the nasty villain, known as the Joker.	♦♦	PG-13	May include some bad language, violence, nudity, drug abuse, other elements, or a combination thereof.
Batman & Robin - Batman is back. But this time he has a new side kick Robin, to battle the dreaded Mr. Freeze and save Gotham city.	♦♦	PG-13	for some stylized action and innuendos
Batman Returns - Batman has to once again save Gotham City. This time it`s from Penguin, who has one the love of the citizens but has alternate plans.	♦♦	PG-13	for violence
Beverly Hills Cop II - The sequel to Beverly Hills Cop, II shows us another look at Axle Foley`s street cop life.	♦	R	fro profanity and brief nudity
Big Trouble in Little China - A pig tracker is swept into a mystical world underneath San Francisco`s Chinatown. There he must battle a sinister 2,000 year-old ghost that rules this territory.	♦ ½	PG-13	May include some bad language, violence, nudity, drug abuse, other elements, or a combination thereof.
Boy Who Could Fly, The - A modern day Western where a Texas Ranger is faced with hie childhood friend being a drug kingpin across the boder of Mexico. The federal goverenment gets involved and send high tech agents to capture him.	♦♦♦	R	profanity, nudity, drug use, and violence
Broken Arrow - A co-pilot of the top secret B-3 Stealth Bomber uses a practice mission to steal weapons, then uses blackmail toward the U.S. government.	♦♦	R	for strong action violence and language
Cliffhanger - An expert mountain climber`s girlfriend is kidnapped by a criminal. He makes an attempt to save her in this action-pact film.	♦♦♦	R	for violence and language
Colors - A deeper look into gang life is the center attention of this film. Drugs, murders, and life on the streets are all emphasized.	♦♦♦	R	for language, profanity and suggested sex
Con Air - Cameron Poe was wrongly sentenced to jail for a murder he committed in only self-defense. After several years of "hard time", Poe has a chance to reunite with his family, but only with a few obstacles on the way.	♦♦♦♦	R	for strong violence and anguage
Conspiracy Theory - A New York cabby is always speculating theories about the government that no one will listen to until a Justice Department agent thinks he`s on to something.	♦♦½	R	for some violence
Crimson Tide - An under the sea adventure. An American submarine carrying nuclear weapons is galvanized into action when Russian rebels steal a similarity armed vessel.	♦♦♦½	R	for strong language
Crocodile Dundee - An outback from Australia that wrestles crocodiles and battles the outback is convinced to come to the big apple so a newspaper reporter can have her big story. There he must try to tame the big city.	♦♦	PG-13	for profanity and violence
Days of Thunder - A fast car fantasy set at the Daytona 500.	♦♦♦	PG-13	for profanity and violence
Death Wish 3 - The third in four movies, Paul Kersey loses a loved one and goes on another rampage.	♦	R	for violence, profanity, drug use, nudity and sex
Deep Impact - Disaster movie where the heros must save the world.	♦♦♦	PG-13	for intense disaster-related elements and brief language
Devil`s Own, The - The Devil`s Own	♦♦½	R	for strong brutal violence, and for language
Die Hard - Bruce Willis plays an action hero who fends off two terrorists who invade an L.A. highrise.	♦♦	R	for violence, nudity, profanity and drug use.
Die Hard 2: Die Harder - In this sequel, cop Bruce Willis takes on terrorists in a Washington D.C. airport while his wife cirlces overhead in a plane that`s running our of fuel.	♦♦♦½	R	for violence and profanity
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story - The life of martial arts superstar Bruce Lee.	♦♦½	PG-13	for martial arts violence
Dragonheart - A courageous swordsman vows to slay all dragons when the prince he is guarding turns evil after being saved with some "dragon magic". Despite how it sounds, Dragonheart is actually a solid story and made almost believable.	♦♦♦½	PG-13	for action/violence
Empire Strikes Back, The - The third and the best of the Star Wars series. Full of action-packed adventure.	♦♦♦♦♦	PG	Parents may consider some material unsuitable for their children.
Entrapment - Two thieves at the top of their "profession" join forces to pull off a high-risk, action-packed thieving scheme worth 8 billion dollars. Plenty of suspense, action, and plot twists to keep you interested.	♦♦♦½	PG-13	for some language, sensuality, violence and drug content
Eraser - Arnold Schwarzenegger plays a federal marshal working for the Witness Protection Program and destroys half the planet trying to protect his witness.	♦♦♦	R	for violent action throughout and some language
Extreme Prejudice - A modern day western where a Texas Ranger is faced with a drug kingpin who is a childhood friend. The federal government sends high-tech agents to capture him.	♦♦♦	R	profanity, drug use, nudity, and violence
Face/Off - An FBI agent and his notorious "project" switch identities and, with some sophisticated cosmetic surgery, faces!	♦♦♦	R	for intense sequence of strong violence and for strong language
Full Metal Jacket - A Vietnam War movies where it shows the events of bootcamp as well as the stress some of the men go through. Also shows the events of the war from the view of the soilders.	♦♦½	R	violence and profanity
Invasion U.S.A. - The U.S.A. is invaded by a boatload of vicious killers. Chuck Norris brought out of retirement to fight off this vicious attack.	♦ ½	R	Contains at least one or more situations of bad language, violence, nudity, drug abuse, and/or other elements.
Mask of Zorro, The - Well done movie about how Zorro became a legend and exacts revenge.	♦♦♦	PG-13	for some intense action and violence
Platoon - Vietnam is told in the eyes of a young middle-class college student who volunteers for the war.	♦♦♦♦	R	Contains at least one or more situations of bad language, violence, nudity, drug abuse, and/or other elements.
Six Days, Seven Nights - Stranded on an Island by default, the theory of "Opposites Attract" is legitimized.	♦♦♦	PG-13	for strong sexuality and related language
Sling Blade - Weird movie containing violence and sexual behavior.	♦♦♦½	R	for strong language, including descriptions of violent and sexual behavior
Speed 2: Cruise Control - Fast-paced film about an evil man`s desire to destroy a cruise ship and all the people on it.	♦♦♦	PG-13	for frenetic disaster action and violence
To Live and Die in L.A. - What will it be, to be or not to be, to live, or to die -- in LA?	♦♦♦♦	R	Contains at least one or more situations of bad language, violence, nudity, drug abuse, and/or other elements.
Top Gun - Maverick is a student at the navy`s Fighter Weapons School, where fliers are turned into crack fighter pilots. There, he falls in love with his lady instructor.	♦♦½	PG	Parents may consider some material unsuitable for their children.
True Lies - A secret agent`s wife suspects something -- is he the man she married?	♦♦♦	R	for a lot of action/violence and some language
U.S. Marshalls - Similar to The Fugitive, the U.S. Marshall tracks down a fugitive. Pretty good plot.	♦♦♦	PG-13	for some scenes of violence and brief language
Wag the Dog - A president`s cabinet and his aids have hollywood make up a war to help his political clout.	♦♦♦♦♦	R	Contains at least one or more situations of bad language, violence, nudity, drug abuse, and/or other elements.
Wanted: Dead or Alive - Now there`s a new slogan.	♦ ½	R	Contains at least one or more situations of bad language, violence, nudity, drug abuse, and/or other elements.
Willow - Cute movie.	♦♦	PG	Parents may consider some material unsuitable for their children.
Young Blood - hockey players	♦♦	PG-13	May include some bad language, violence, nudity, drug abuse, other elements, or a combination thereof.

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