Taglines: In the face of an enemy, in the Heart of One Man, Lies the Soul of a Warrior. Set in Japan during the 1870s, The Last Samurai tells the story of Capt. Nathan Algren (Tom Cruise), an American military officer hired by the Emperor of Japan to train the country’s first army in the…
Category: Action and Adventure Movies
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Tagline: The Journey Ends. The Fellowship’s journey is coming to an end. Sauron’s forces have attacked Gondor’s capital of Minas Tirith in final siege against mankind. Watched over by a fading steward, once great kingdom has never been in more desperate need of its king. But will Aragorn find the strength to become what he…
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)
Based on the best-selling novels of Patrick O’Brian, the film stars Russell Crowe as “Lucky” Jack Aubrey, who pits his crew of the H.M.S. Surprise against a much better armed and ruthless privateer, in a chase that takes him all the way to the far side of the world. Rising newcomer Paul Bettany plays the…
Open Range (2003)
Tagline: No place to run. No reason to hide. Following the day-to-day encounters of four wandering cattle ranchers living in the final years of the Wild West, this film tells the story of how they eventually team up to rid a burgeoning remote town, Harmonville, from the machinations of a ruthlessly evil rancher, Baxter, who…
The Rundown (2003)
Taglines: Bulls, guns, whips, gold and one sacred cat. Beck (The Rock) doesn’t look for or try to make trouble for anyone. But trouble is what he’s hired to clean up, and there’s one final mess he’s got to get out of before he can leave it all behind. And this one just keeps getting…
S.W.A.T. (2003)
Taglines: You’re either S.W.A.T. or you’re not. Based on the 1970s TV series of the same title, this film follows a squad of Los Angeles’ Special Weapons and Tactics assigned to protect a drug kingpin who has offered a $100 million reward to anyone who can free him. Samuel L. Jackson plays a grizzled S.W.A.T….