The Mayan Empire is at its peak, the last mighty roar before its cataclysmic fall, and there are no Central American people, however small and nomadic their tribe, that remain free of its murderous grasp. When his people are massacred and Jaguar Paw captured he, with the remnants of his tribe, begins a long and merciless journey to the Mayan capital, a place due to be his last, brief, bloody home. But the knowledge of the survival of his wife and child wills Jaguar on to become more than just an find out more...

1999 and Sierra Leone is in the midst of civil war, the rebels infamously using an army of indoctrinated children to do their genocidal work. In the midst of this bloodshed two unlikely men are drawn together, one a desperate father whose son has become a rebel soldier, the other a self-serving white Rhodesian mercenary in search of an immense uncut diamond. The two are bound together by their wildly divergent, but inextricably linked, quests and it is here that the action of the film lies as th find out more...

Chris Johnson can see into the future, not very far, but hey even a couple of minutes grace could have saved me an awful lot of fallout. Reluctantly conscripted into a government agency Chris uses his gift to help thwart some very bad people from detonating something truly unpleasant in the very heart of the only thing or place that the Chilly Peppers ever sing about, LA. Next is a very silly action thriller, but if you enter in to it with only escapism on your mind it does the job admirably. find out more...

Angelina Jolie slips into action-woman mode as Evelyn Salt, a CIA spy accused of being a Russian spy, which she may indeed be, who is involved in a potentially apocalyptic plot to nuke... who? You'll have to watch 'Salt' to find out.
There is lots of running, jumping and betrayals in this preposterous neo-Cold War actioner, which has been favourably compared to recent Bond movies. Two reputable critics, Roger Ebert and Peter Bradshaw, both raved about 'Salt' ... so check it out. find out more...

A totally seductive knockabout movie with Robert Mitchum 'Duke' and Jane Greer 'Chiquita Graham' in fine form. Duke has to catch the culprit for a payroll heist to prove his own innocence and shake off a pursuing army officer, a chase that takes him to Mexico, where he meets Chiquita, who is independently after the same con-man, and here they find action, adventure and romance. A fast paced narrative with an outstanding supporting cast, especially Ramon Novarro as Inspector General Ortega. find out more...

A suprisingly snappy and intelligent, if Hollywood generic, conspiracy thriller. Clive Owen plays the manically driven British interpol detective determined, along with Naomi Watts' New York DA, to nail the bosses of a powerful international bank that launders dirty money, deals arms and murders to cover its tracks. A classic shoot-up scene takes place in New York's Guggenheim Museum and there's a nifty chase through Istanbul's Grand Bazaar. find out more...