Quan els Rangers dels Estats Units i un equip d'elit de la Delta Force intenten segrestar dos subordinats d'un senyor de la guerra somali, els seus helicòpters Black Hawk són abatuts i els nord-americans pateixen nombroses baixes, enfrontant-se en un intens combat terrestre amb la milícia.
A la història de la humanitat, els temps més recordats són aquells de les grans gestes i fantàstiques aventures. Aquesta és l'època de Conan el Bàrbar. Conan és capturat quan només era un nen després que els seus pares fossin assassinats pel malvat Thulsa Doom, el capitost d'una secta d'adoradors a la Serp. Quinze anys d'agonia van forjar Conan com un guerrer insuperable. Alliberat pel seu amo, Conan, en companyia dels seus amics Subotai, Mongol i Valeria, Reina dels Lladres, emprenen un viatge a la recerca de venjança i saviesa.
Basada en una història real, situada al món internacional del tràfic d'armes. La pel·lícula explora una conseqüència poc coneguda del final de la Guerra Freda, l'enorme quantitat d'armes que de sobte va quedar disponible als antics estats soviètics per vendre els països en desenvolupament (sobretot d'Àfrica) i les immenses sumes de diners pastades per els traficants d'armes que les van vendre. Molts pensen que és el atracament més gran del segle 20. Només a Ucraïna, entre 1982 i 1992 es van robar més de trenta-dos mil milions de dòlars en armes. Cap culpable ha estat mai atrapat ni processat.
The Scorpion King teams up with a female warrior named Tala, who is the sister of The Nubian King. Together they search for a legendary relic known as The Book of Souls, which will allow them to put an end to an evil warlord.
El mestre explorador i aventurer Dirk Pitt (Matthew McConaughey) treballa per a una agència del govern que protegeix els fons marins i s'embarca en la gran aventura de la vida quan decideix recórrer les regions més perilloses de l'oest d'Àfrica a la caça d'un tresor. Pitt busca el que els vilatans anomenen "El vaixell de la mort", una nau de la Guerra Civil perduda fa molt de temps. Quan ell i el seu ajudant (Steve Zahn) s'adonen que el vaixell pot estar relacionat amb misterioses morts a la mateixa zona, han d'usar la seva intel·ligència i totes les seves habilitats per ajudar la Doctora Eva Rojas (Penelope Cruz), també involucrada a el cas. La doctora Rojas investiga l'expansió d'un virus que pot afectar no només el continent africà, sinó tothom.
A story of lost love, young love, a legendary sword and one last opportunity at redemption.
Akira Kurosawa's lauded feudal epic presents the tale of a petty thief who is recruited to impersonate Shingen, an aging warlord, in order to avoid attacks by competing clans. When Shingen dies, his generals reluctantly agree to have the impostor take over as the powerful ruler. He soon begins to appreciate life as Shingen, but his commitment to the role is tested when he must lead his troops into battle against the forces of a rival warlord.
China is plunged into strife as feuding warlords try to expand their power by warring over neighboring lands. Fuelled by his success on the battlefield, young and arrogant Hao Jie sneers at Shaolin's masters when he beats one of them in a duel. But the pride comes before a fall. When his own family is wiped out by a rival warlord, Hao is forced to take refuge with the monks. As the civil unrest spreads and the people suffer, Hao and the Shaolin masters are forced to take a fiery stand against the evil warlords. They launch a daring plan or rescue and escape.
During the warring period of the three kingdoms, ancient China is in turmoil. To unify the country, general Cao Cao, the real power behind the Emperor, enlists the aid of the greatest warrior in the land, Guan Yu. However, Guan Yu is a loyal friend of Cao Cao's enemy Liu Bei so to persuade the peerless warrior to fight, Cao Cao takes his beloved Qi Lan hostage. After leading Cao Cao's forces to victory Guan Yu sets out with Qi Lan to rejoin Liu Bei. Now Cao Cao has deemed him too great a threat to live, and on the journey he must face all the forces at the Emperor's command sent to destroy him.
Lt. Col. Michael Strobl, a volunteer military escort accompanies the body of Lance Cpl. Chance Phelps to his hometown in Wyoming.
In the year 198, Cao Cao, Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty, ventured to the east and defeated China's greatest warrior Lu Bu, terrifying every ambitious warlord across the country. Several years later, after taking the Han Emperor under his wing, Cao crowns himself King of Wei. He built a magnificent Bronze Sparrow Island to symbolize his power and rumors spread that he would replace the Emperor. Meanwhile, young lovers Mu Shun and Ling Ju are taken from a prison camp to a hidden tomb, where they spend five cruel years together, training as assassins for a secret mission. In the year 220 astronomical signs predict dramatic change. As a result, Cao's son Cao Pi and Cao's followers urge Cao to become the new Emperor - but unknown opposing forces plot against him.
In a mission in China in 1935, a group of women are preyed on by Mongolian bandits, led by Warlord chief Tunga Khan.
A l'antiguitat, es creia que hi havia set pergamins sagrats que atorgaven poder i prosperitat als qui els posseïen. La profecia deia que un nadó de sang reial pura, algun dia aprofitaria el poder i governaria les nacions. Mentre els homes lluitaven pels pergamins, un rei els va obtenir i els lliurà al Consell cristià perquè els guardés. Quan es va estendre la notícia, els senyors de la guerra el van assassinar a sang freda i la seva filla, com els pergamins, es van haver d’amagar esperant el dia que es compliria la profecia.
On a future earth where 98% of the surface is underwater, a Warlord who controls an army of sharks meets his match when he captures the daughter of a mysterious shark caller who must learn to marshal a supernatural ability if she is to free her people from the Warlord's dominion.
Wind and Cloud find themselves up against a ruthless Japanese warlord intent on invading China.
A knight in the service of a duke goes to a coastal village where an earlier attempt to build a defensive castle has failed. He begins to rebuild the duke's authority in the face of the barbarians at the border and is making progress until he falls in love with one of the local women.
Set in 1920s Shanghai, Ma Zouri and Xiang Feitian establish a notorious beauty pageant called the Flowers Competition. All of the city's elite attend the gala event, but when Wanyan Ying unexpectedly wins, it sets into motion a series of tragic events that change their destinies.
Three people are transported into a parallel universe. There they find that they must use modern technology, but medieval weapons, in order to save the citizenry from a murderous warlord.
China is in unrest, as the Republic falls prey to Warlords like Kahn Xin, who holds an entire province hostage to the opium trade—and destroys all who oppose him. Only the revered Wudang monks dare stand in Kahn’s way in order to protect the very soul of China. Among them is the Westerner, White Crane, a spiritual master of the martial arts and protector of the innocent. Revenge is not in Crane’s heart—until a mercenary army storms the temple and slaughters the beloved female Grandmaster Myling. Out of the ashes of the temple ruins, Crane rises—with vengeance in his heart. Crane comes upon Jane Marshall, a New York lounge singer and her gangster boss Bingo Quo. But it’s Bingo’s dangerous professional ties to Kahn that draw both Crane and Jane deep into the Warlord’s lair. Now torn between the spiritual Wudang teaching and the cold-blooded life of an assassin, Crane is about the cross the fine line between justice and revenge.
In the middle of the 16th century, Hideyoshi, a power hungry warlord sets out to destroy the Momochi clan. He sends his war commander in search of the clan's hidden gold only to find that two daggers are the key to the hiding place of the treasured gold. Spanning decades, the quest for the missing daggers takes Shiranui through war and ancient tradition.