2009 Action Movie List
Although summer is the peak action movie period, there are simply too many action flicks to fit into just three months these days. Instead, the high-adrenaline adventures continue through the fall, into winter, right back to spring, and then culminate in another summer.
Regardless of the season, you can expect these movies to have several explosions, a car chase or two, a bunch of guns, and a nearly deafening soundtrack – the better to disguise the crunching of your popcorn as you bask in the actiony goodness.
2009 Action Movies
The major blockbusters start arriving in May, but the schedule has become more varied over the years.
Obsessed - April 24
More thriller than action, this one features Beyonce as the devoted wife of a successful businessman. When that man slips up with his sexy office temp (Ali Larter, hot blonde from Heroes), you can probably guess what happens next. It’s Fatal Attraction taken to a whole new level.
X-Men Origins: Wolverine - May 1
If you loved the first three X-Men movies, then you’ll love this newest film revealing how Wolverine came to be. When the previous movies hinted that he was older than the rest, they weren’t kidding. We have to go back about 150 years to find out where this tough guy came from. It’s totally worth it.
Star Trek - May 8
The Enterprise is back, but this time we’re starting well before the original TV series that kicked off the franchise. We’ll see how young Captain Kirk, Spock, and the rest of the gang became the characters we know and love in this sci-fi action extravaganza. We have but one request: but Uhura in pants, for Pete’s sake! Who wears dresses, on duty, in space?.
Angels and Demons - May 15
A slimmed down Tom Hanks returns in the prequel to The DaVinci Code. Ewan McGregor plays a pretty dreamy Pope, which we think will get most of the women in the audience thinking pretty impure thoughts about him. At least the Church isn’t the villain this time. No, it’s the ever-mysterious Illuminati assuming that honor. Expect much action and mysteriousness to ensue.
Terminator: Salvation - May 21
In the fourth installment of the franchise, we leap forward to 2018, as Skynet prepares to unleash it’s final assault on humanity. This time, Christian Bale steps into the role of John Connor and there are no less than 10 Terminator models. Expect non-stop action and thrills.
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 - June 12
Denzel Washington, John Travolta, and James Gandofini together in a crime caper? Be still our hearts. The plot is pretty simple: armed men hijack a subway car, and the dispatcher tasked with the job of negotiating the ransom and tracking down the escaped hijacker.
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - June 24
The robots and the humans are back to fight another day in this sequel to the 2007 blockbuster. This time, we learn the history of the Transformers, specifically their involvement with ancient Egypt, but there’s lots of modern-day action featuring the deadly Decepticons and noble Autobots, too.
Public Enemies - July 1
Johnny Depp. Christian Bale. What more do you need? How about an action-crime movie set in the era of J. Edgar Hoover. If ever there dapper criminal masterminds, it was then. The rest of the plot doesn’t much matter at this point, but it involves brilliant bank robberies if you’re interested.
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra - August 7
It’s not enough to just be an All-American Hero anymore. Now you have to be a member of a super-secret band of specially-trained military heroes. The fight an evil Scottish guy of some sort. The rest of the details are top secret, except that Paris bites it, again. What is it with action movies and Paris?
