Ratings: 5.1/10
Directed by: Dito Montiel
Released On: 30 August 2013
Genre(s): Crime | Drama | Thriller
Star Cast: Liam Hemsworth, Michael Angarano, Dwayne Johnson
Synopsis: After failing
to get into the police academy, Chris Potamitis (Liam Hemsworth),
settles for a security guard job with the EMPIRE STATE Armored Truck
Company. Chris makes the mistake of mentioning the company’s lax
security to his best friend, Eddie (Michael Angarano), and is soon
unwittingly drawn into an elaborate scheme to rob the abundant amounts
of cash being stored there – resulting in the largest cash heist in U.S.
History. As the stakes continue to rise, Chris and Eddie must outwit
James Ransone (Dwayne Johnson), the veteran NYPD Detective that is hot
on their trail, as well as the local crime bosses that want to know who
pulled a job on their turf, or suffer the consequences.
Ratings: 7.8/10
Directed by: Zack Snyder
Released On: 9 March 2007
Genre(s): Action | Fantasy | History
Star Cast: Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, David Wenham
Synopsis: In the Battle
of Thermopylae of 480 BC an alliance of Greek city-states fought the
invading Persian army in the mountain pass of Thermopylae. Vastly
outnumbered, the Greeks held back the enemy in one of the most famous
last stands of history. Persian King Xerxes lead a Army of well over
100,000 (Persian king Xerxes before war has about 170,000 army) men to
Greece and was confronted by 300 Spartans, and several hundred
Arcadians. Xerxes waited for 10 days for King Leonidas to surrender or
withdraw left with no options he moved. The battle lasted for about 3
days and after which all 300 Spartans were killed. The Spartan defeat
was not the one expected, as a local shepherd, named Ephialtes, defected
to the Persians and informed Xerxes of a separate path through
Thermopylae, which the Persians could use to outflank the Greeks.
Ratings: 7.2/10
Released On: 6 May 2005
Directed by: Ridley Scott
Genre(s): Action | Adventure | Drama
Star Cast: Orlando Bloom, Eva Green, Liam Neeson
Synopsis: It is the
time of the Crusades during the Middle Ages – the world shaping 200-year
collision between Europe and the East. A blacksmith named Balian has
lost his family and nearly his faith. The religious wars raging in the
far-off Holy Land seem remote to him, yet he is pulled into that immense
drama. Amid the pageantry and intrigues of medieval Jerusalem he falls
in love, grows into a leader, and ultimately uses all his courage and
skill to defend the city against staggering odds. Destiny comes seeking
Balian in the form of a great knight, Godfrey of Ibelin, a Crusader
briefly home to France from fighting in the East. Revealing himself as
Balian’s father, Godfrey shows him the true meaning of knighthood and
takes him on a journey across continents to the fabled Holy City. In
Jerusalem at that moment–between the Second and Third Crusades–a fragile
peace prevails, through the efforts of its enlightened Christian king,
Baldwin IV, aided by his advisor Tiberias, and the military …
Ratings: 8.8/10
Directed by: Peter Jackson
Released On: 19 December 2001
Genre(s): Action | Adventure | Fantasy
Star Cast: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom
Synopsis: An ancient
Ring thought lost for centuries has been found, and through a strange
twist in fate has been given to a small Hobbit named Frodo. When Gandalf
discovers the Ring is in fact the One Ring of the Dark Lord Sauron,
Frodo must make an epic quest to the Cracks of Doom in order to destroy
it! However he does not go alone. He is joined by Gandalf, Legolas the
elf, Gimli the Dwarf, Aragorn, Boromir and his three Hobbit friends
Merry, Pippin and Samwise. Through mountains, snow, darkness, forests,
rivers and plains, facing evil and danger at every corner the Fellowship
of the Ring must go. Their quest to destroy the One Ring is the only
hope for the end of the Dark Lords reign!
