Action Distraction

In a post-apocalyptic wasteland, Imperator Furiosa (Charlize Theron) rebels against a tyrannical ruler and takes off in search for her homeland with the aid of a group of female prisoners, a psychotic worshiper and a drifter named Max (Tom Hardy).

THE SUBSTANCE’s Coralie Fargeat’s ultraviolent, razor-sharp feminist subversion of genre follows the survivor of a shocking act of violence as she reemerges with a relentless, wrathful intent — revenge at all costs.

When the Earp Brothers head west in hopes of retiring from their gunslinging ways in favor of a quieter life in Arizona, they quickly learn that just because you’re done with trouble, sure don’t mean that trouble is done with you. Starring Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer, TOMBSTONE remains the magnum opus of its genre.

A hapless cabbie (Jamie Foxx) reluctantly takes a fare (Tom Cruise) only to find out he’s taxiing an ice-cold contract killer between hits in Michael Mann’s stylish, mile-a-minute neo-noir.

A wayward bomb expert (Dennis Hopper) overtakes a bus full of passengers and arms it with explosives that are set to detonate if the bus speed drops below 50mph. In this nailbiting thriller, officer Jack Traven (Keanu Reeves) and a brave passenger Annie (Sandra Bullock) may be the hostages’ only hope of salvation.

Based on the Chinese legend of Hua Mulan, this epic journey follows a lionhearted girl who is coming to age under an Imperialist Dynasty. To protect her aging father from the draft, Mulan secretly disguises herself as a man and enlists in the army — with the hopes of saving both her family and her nation from the evils of the Hun.

The questionable methods of 13-year veteran Los Angeles narcotics officer (Denzel Washington) blur the line between legal and corrupt — but his new partner (Ethan Hawke) is an idealistic rookie who has one day to prove his mettle to his fiercely charismatic superior. Over 24 hours, both men will risk their careers and their lives to serve conflicting notions of justice.

The jaw-dropping set pieces fly fast and furious in Jackie Chan’s breathtakingly inventive martial arts comedy, a smash hit that made him a worldwide icon of daredevil action spectacle. The director/star/one-man stunt machine plays a Hong Kong police inspector who goes rogue to bring down a drug kingpin and protect the case’s star witness from retribution.

Dylan (Drew Barrymore), Alex (Lucy Liu), and Natalie (Cameron Diaz) are a tantalizing trio of crimefighters who work for the billionaire Charlie Townsend. The agents’ latest mission is to capture the cunning genius Erik Nox, a software engineer up to nefarious deeds in the tech world.

The lines between good and evil fall away in this shockingly violent and diabolically twisted game of cat and mouse between a sadistic serial killer and a special agent bent on vengeance at all costs.