Keyword: rebellion
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House of Flying Daggers
There’s a reason House of Flying Daggers keeps resurfacing in conversations about the best action films of its era: it simply refuses to be dated. The setup is straightforward enough on paper: In 9th century China, a corrupt government wages war against a rebel army called the Flying Daggers. A romantic warrior breaks a beautiful…
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Star Wars
Not every film needs to reinvent its genre to be worth your time, and “Star Wars”, an action and adventure and science fiction entry, proves the point. It is the kind of film that tends to outlast whatever else came out the same year. “A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away….” That…
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The Empire Strikes Back
There is a reason “The Empire Strikes Back” keeps coming up in conversations about action and adventure and science fiction filmmaking since its 1980 release. It is easy to see why it keeps getting recommended long after its initial release. Everything the film wants you to feel is right there in its tagline: “The Star…