 Armageddon 1998  PG-13, 150 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Michael Bay
Cast: Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Liv Tyler, Ben Affleck, Will Patton, Peter Stormare, Keith David, Steve Buscemi, Owen Wilson, William Fichtner, Michael Clarke Duncan
At the beginning of this nonstop action film, it is learned that an asteroid is headed on a course that will hit Earth. Oil driller Harry S. Stamper (Bruce Willis) becomes involved on behalf of the U.S. government when he is hired to take a space shuttle and land on the asteroid where he will drill holes and deposit explosives so the asteroid can be blasted off course.
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Bad Boys 1995 R, 126 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Comedy / Thriller
Director: Michael Bay
Cast: Martin Lawrence, Will Smith, Tea Leoni, Tcheky Karyo, Theresa Randle, Michael Imperioli, Marg Helgenberger, Nestor Serrano, Julio Oscar Mechoso, Joe Pantoliano, Saverio Guerra, Karen Alexander, Anna Levine, Vic Manni, Frank John Hughes
Evidence in the form of $100 million worth of heroin has been stolen by French drug kingpin Fouchet (Tcheky Karyo). Two Miami cops, Marcus Burnett (Martin Lawrence) and Mike Lowrey (Will Smith), team up to recover the loot, and the only witness, Julie Mott (Tea Leoni) comes to their aid. Problems develop, and Mike is forced to impersonate Marcus and move in with Marcus' wife Theresa (Theresa Randle) and family. Meanwhile, Marcus moves into Mike's bachelor pad. While on the trail of the loot, Julie is kidnapped by Fouchet. Car chases ensue amidst Marcus' and Mike's bantering.
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 Bad Boys II 2003  R, 144 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Michael Bay
Cast: Martin Lawrence, Will Smith, Gabrielle Union, Peter Stormare, Theresa Randle, Joe Pantoliano, Jordi Molla, Michael Shannon, Henry Rollins, Yul Vazquez, Jason Manuel Olazabal, Otto Sanchez, Jon Seda, Antoni Corone, Gary Nickens
Miami cops Marcus Burnett (Martin Lawrence) and Mike Lowrey (Will Smith) are still patrolling the streets of Miami. This time around, the drug Ecstasy is being smuggled into the city by Cuban drug dealers, and our two heroes head up the investigation.
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 The Island 2005 PG-13, 127 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi
Director: Michael Bay
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Scarlett Johansson, Djimon Hounsou, Sean Bean, Steve Buscemi, Michael Clarke Duncan, Ethan Phillips, Brian Stepanek, Noa Tishby, Siobhan Flynn
In the year 2019 an installation houses clones whose body parts are destined to go to the rich and famous who count on them as insurance against physical incapacities. The clones, however, have no clue of their situation and live for the nightly lottery drawing when the winner is promised a new beginning on a fabled "island." One clone, Lincoln (Ewan McGregor), becomes suspicious and escapes with a friend (Scarlett Johansson). When the installation manager (Sean Bean) discovers them missing, he sends a commando (Djimon Hounsou) to track them down, and the perilous chase is on.
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 Pearl Harbor 2001 PG-13, 184 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Romance
Director: Michael Bay
Cast: Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett, Kate Beckinsale, Cuba Gooding Jr., Alec Baldwin, William Lee Scott, Greg Zola, Catherine Kellner, Ewen Bremner, Jon Voight, Tom Sizemore, Dan Aykroyd
Best friends Rafe (Ben Affleck) and Danny (Josh Hartnett)–two parts of a romantic triangle–go off to join the war in this love story. Devoting a total of 40 out of 184 minutes to the attack on Pearl Harbor and its aftermath hardly does justice to the Japanese bombing that killed 3,000 Americans and rallied U.S. citizens into an all-out effort to win World War II. For a much better focus on Pearl Harbor, watch Richard Fleischer's "Tora! Tora! Tora!" An Academy Award was received for Best Sound Editing, and the film was nominated for three other awards.
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 The Rock 1996  R, 129 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: Michael Bay
Cast: Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage, Ed Harris, David Morse, William Forsythe, Michael Biehn, John Spencer, John C. McGinley, Bokeem Woodbine, Tony Todd, Vanessa Marcil, Gregory Sporleder, Brendan Kelly, Greg Collins
Self-proclaimed patriots, led by Brigadier General Frank Hummel (Ed Harris), hold 81 tourists hostage on Alcatraz and aim deadly nerve gas at San Francisco in an attempt to get funds to support families of those Americans who died performing covert government missions. Navy SEALs–assisted by the only man who ever escaped from Alcatraz, John Patrick Mason (Sean Connery)–are sent in to rescue the hostages. Also helping lead the mission is FBI chemical weapons expert Stanley Goodspeed (Nicolas Cage). The SEALs head out on their mission to break into Alcatraz, but they are ambushed. Now it is up to Mason and Goodspeed to complete the mission.
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Transformers 2007 PG-13, 144 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi
Director: Michael Bay
Cast: Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, Rachael Taylor, Anthony Anderson, Jon Voight, John Turturro, Michael O'Neill, Kevin Dunn, Julie White, Peter Cullen, Amaury Nolasco, Zack Ward
A giant robot ambushes a camp of American Special Forces Rangers, hacks into the Pentagon's mainframe, and uploads top military secrets. The survivors–Capt. Lennox (Josh Duhamel) and Sgt. Epps (Tyrese Gibson)–set out to warn Defense Secretary John Keller (Jon Voight) that there is a threat to the world. Meanwhile, teenager Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) has managed to purchase a 1970s' Camaro that, magically, can drive itself. One night, the Camaro sneaks away and turns into a huge robot, and Sam and cool classmate Makaela (Megan Fox) are caught in the middle of a centuries-old battle between the good Autobots and the bad Decepticons. Three Academy Award nominations were received.
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Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen 2009 PG-13, 150 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Adventure
Director: Michael Bay
Cast: Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, John Turturro, Peter Cullen, Hugo Weaving, Ramon Rodriguez, Kevin Dunn, Julie White, Tony Todd, Isabel Lucas, America Olivo, Frank Welker, Rainn Wilson
The battle with the mechanical aliens, the Transformers, has ended on Earth, but now the evil Transformers, the Decepticons, are attempting to control the universe. The good Transformers, the Autobots, discover that Decepticon Megatron's (voice of Hugo Weaving) dead body has been revived, and Megatron seeks revenge. Meanwhile, Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) has left his girlfriend Mikaela Banes (Megan Fox) at home and is attending college when he receives a cryptic message holding the map to the energon source. The message will serve Sam well when Megatron returns and goes after Sam's family (Kevin Dunn and Julie White) and the heroic Autobot, Optimus Prime (voice of Peter Cullen). Megalon's aim is to suck energy from the Sun with a vaporizer hidden in Egypt, which will destroy the Sun and humanity forever. Sam and Makaela set out on a trek in search of the energon source, and the battles rage between the Decepticons and the Autobots.
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| 1. Armageddon (1998)
2. Bad Boys (1995)
3. Bad Boys II (2003)
4. The Island (2005)
5. Pearl Harbor (2001)
6. The Rock (1996)
7. Transformers (2007)
8. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
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