Category: Action

Patriot Games

Patriot Games VHS cover art. Movie starring Harrison Ford. With Sean Bean, Anne Archer, Patrick Bergin, Thora Birch, James Fox, Samuel L. Jackson, James Earl Jones, Richard Harris. Directed by Phillip Noyce. From a Tom Clancy novel. 1992.

Patriot Games on VHS. Starring Harrison Ford. With Sean Bean, Anne Archer, Patrick Bergin, Thora Birch, James Fox, Samuel L. Jackson, James Earl Jones, Richard Harris. Directed by Phillip Noyce. From a Tom Clancy novel. 1992.

From the box:

Harrison Ford stars as Jack Ryan in this explosive thriller based on Tom Clancy’s international best-seller.

His days as an intelligence agent behind him, former CIA analyst Jack Ryan has traveled to London to vacation with his wife (Anne Archer, Fatal Attraction) and child (Thora Birch, All I Want For Christmas). Meeting his family outside of Buckingham Palace, Ryan is caught in the middle of a terrorist attack on Lord Holmes (James Fox, The Russia House), a member of the Royal Family. Ryan helps to thwart Holmes’ assailants and becomes a local hero. But Ryan’s courageous act marks him as a target in the sights of the terrorist (Sean Bean, Stormy Monday) whose brother he killed. Now Ryan must return to action for the most vital assignment of his life: to save his family.

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The Day After Tomorrow

The Day After Tomorrow VHS cover art. Movie starring Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, Emmy Rossum. With Ian Holm, Arjay Smith, Austin Nichols, Sela Ward, Dash Mihok, Jay O. Sanders. Directed by Roland Emmerich. 2004.

The Day After Tomorrow on VHS. Starring Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, Emmy Rossum. With Ian Holm, Arjay Smith, Austin Nichols, Sela Ward, Dash Mihok, Jay O. Sanders. Directed by Roland Emmerich. 2004.

From the box:

In this pulse-pounding action-thriller, global warming triggers the onset of a new Ice Age. As tornadoes flatten Los Angeles and a tidal wave engulfs New York City, the entire Northern Hemisphere begins to freeze solid. Now, climatologist Jack Hall (Dennis Quaid), his son Sam (Jake Gyllenhaal) and a small band of survivors must ride out the growing superstorm and stay alive.

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Highlander

Highlander VHS cover art. Movie starring Christopher Lambert, Roxanne Hart, Clancy Brown, Sean Connery. Directed by Russell Mulcahy. 1986.

Highlander on VHS. Starring Christopher Lambert, Roxanne Hart, Clancy Brown, Sean Connery. Directed by Russell Mulcahy. 1986.

From the box:

Connor MacLeod is a Scot who should have died in 1536. But he belongs to a race of rare immortals that can only be killed when beheaded with a sword. Their destiny is to duel through history until the Gathering, when the remaining few will battle for supremacy.

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Fortress

Fortress VHS cover art. Movie starring Christopher Lambert, Loryn Locklin, Kurtwood Smith. With Clifton Collins Jr., Lincoln Kilpatrick, Jeffrey Combs. Directed by Stuart Gordon. 1992.

Fortress on VHS. Starring Christopher Lambert, Loryn Locklin, Kurtwood Smith. With Clifton Collins Jr., Lincoln Kilpatrick, Jeffrey Combs. Directed by Stuart Gordon. 1992.

From the box:

After losing their first baby, John and Karen Brennick dare to have another. Caught trying to cross the border, the ex-war hero and his pregnant wife are sentenced to a sadistic futuristic prison buried 33 stories beneath the earth. Computers control inmates’ bodies and minds, and newborn infants are being used to create a new breed of human robots. No one has ever gotten out alive. But can even the most overwhelming technology extinguish one man’s passionate love for his wife and child?

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RoboCop

RoboCop VHS cover art. Movie starring Peter Weller, Nancy Allen. With Dan O'Herlihy, Ronny Cox, Kurtwood Smith, Miguel Ferrer. Directed by Paul Verhoeven. 1987.

RoboCop on VHS. Starring Peter Weller, Nancy Allen. With Dan O’Herlihy, Ronny Cox, Kurtwood Smith, Miguel Ferrer. Directed by Paul Verhoeven. 1987.

From the box:

Part Man, Part Machine, All Cop.

The Future Of Law Enforcement.

A sadistic crime wave is sweeping across America, In Old Detroit, the situation is so bad that a private corporation, Security Concepts, Inc. has assumed control of the police force.

The executives at the company think they have the answer–until the enforcement droid they create kills one of their own. Then an ambitious young executive seizes the opportunity. He and his research team a law enforcement cyborg from the body of a slain officer. They program RoboCop to 1) Serve the public trust. 2) Uphold the law. 3) Protect the innocent.

All goes well at first, RoboCop stops every sleaze ball he encounters with deadly, piercing, and sometimes gruesome accuracy. But there are forces on the street–and within Security Concepts itself–that will stop at nothing to see this super cyborg violently eliminated.

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