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Starring: Mark Strong, Nicolas Cage
Director: Matthew Vaughn
Category: Action & Adventure
Rated: R

How come nobody’s ever tried to be a superhero? When Dave Lizewski – ordinary New York teenager and rabid comic-book geek dons a green-and-yellow internet-bought wetsuit to become the no-nonsense vigilante, “Kick-Ass”, he soon finds an answer to his own question: Because it hurts. But, overcoming all the odds, the eager yet inexperienced Dave quickly becomes a phenomenon, capturing the imagination of the public. However, he’s not the only superhero out there – the fearless and highly-trained father-daughter crime-fighting duo, Big Daddy and Hit Girl have been slowly but surely taking down the criminal empire of the local Mafioso, Frank D’Amico. And, as Kick-Ass gets drawn into their no-holds-barred world of bullets and bloodletting with Frank’s son, Chris, now reborn as Kick-Ass’s arch-nemesis, Red Mist – the stage is set for a final showdown between the forces of good and evil – in which the DIY hero will have to live up to his name. Or die trying. (Publisher)

Summary of critic reviews:

Chicago Tribune: *1/2 (out of four)
New York Post: ***1/2 (out of four)
USA Today: *** (out of four)

Overall: **1/2 (out of four)

Starring: Columbus Short, Jeffrey Dean Morgan
Director: Sylvain White
Category: Action & Adventure
Rated: PG-13

An explosive action tale of betrayal and revenge, “The Losers” centers around the members of an elite Special Forces unit sent to the Bolivian jungle on a search and destroy mission. But the team – Clay, Jensen, Roque, Pooch and Cougar – soon find that they have become the target of a deadly double cross, instigated from the inside by a powerful enemy known only as Max. Making good use of the fact that they are now presumed dead, the group goes deeply undercover in a dangerous plot to clear their names and even the score with Max. They are joined by the mysterious Aisha, a beautiful operative with her own agenda, who is more than capable of scoring a few points of her own. Working together, when they’re not arguing amongst themselves, they have to stay one step ahead of the globetrotting Max – a ruthless man bent on embroiling the world in a new high-tech global war for his own benefit. If they can take down Max and save the world at the same time, it’ll be a win/win for the team now known as “The Losers”. (Publisher)

Summary of critic reviews:

Chicago Tribune: **1/2 (out of four)
New York Post: 1/2 (out of four)
USA Today: ** (out of four)

Overall: *1/2 (out of four)

Starring: Matt Damon, Amy Ryan
Director: Paul Greengrass
Category: Action & Adventure
Rated: R

Academy Award nominees Matt Damon reteam with director Paul Greengrass (“The Bourne Supremacy”, “The Bourne Ultimatum”) in this action-packed thriller. Damon stars as Roy Miller, a rogue U.S. Army officer who must hunt through covert and faulty intelligence hidden on foreign soil before war escalates in an unstable region. Also starring Academy Award nominees Greg Kinnear and Amy Ryan, “Green Zone” is “one hell of a thriller” (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun Times). (Publisher)

Summary of critic reviews:

Chicago Tribune: **1/2 (out of four)
New York Post: *** (out of four)
Rolling Stone: **1/2 (out of four)
USA Today: **1/2 (out of four)

Overall: **1/2 (out of four)

Starring: Denzel Washington, Gary Oldman
Director: Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes
Category: Action & Adventure
Rated: R

Eli walks alone in post-apocalyptic America. He heads west along the Highway of Death on a mission he doesn’t fully understand but knows he must complete. In his backpack is the last copy of a book that could become the wellspring of a revived society. Or in the wrong hands, the hammer of a despot. Denzel Washington is Eli, who keeps his blade sharp and his survival instincts sharper as his quest thrusts him into a savage wasteland…and into explosive conflict with a resourceful warlord (Gary Oldman) set on possessing the book. “We walk by faith, not by sight,” quotes Eli. Under the taut direction of the Hughes Brothers (“Menace II Society”), those words hit home with unexpected meaning and power. (Publisher)

Summary of critic reviews:

Chicago Tribune: *** (out of four)
Rolling Stone: **1/2 (out of four)
USA Today: ** (out of four)

Overall: **1/2 (out of four)

Starring: John Travolta, Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Director: Pierre Morel
Category: Action & Adventure
Rated: R

James Reece (Jonathan Rhys-Meyers), personal aide to the U.S. Ambassador to France, is secretly moonlighting as a low-level CIA operative. Looking for more action, Reece accepts a job that teams him with wise-cracking special agent Charlie Wax (John Travolta), a trigger-happy loose cannon sent to Paris on a mission of international importance. Now, Reece finds himself on the wildest ride of his life as the new partners pull out all the stops to annihilate the enemy in this explosive, white-knuckle, non-stop thriller. (Publisher)

Summary of critic reviews:

Chicago Tribune: *** (out of four)
New York Post: * (out of four)
Rolling Stone: * (out of four)
USA Today: *1/2 (out of four)

Overall: *1/2 (out of four)