Iron Man is a 2008 film starring Robert Downey Jr. The film follows Tony Stark (Downey) as he goes to Afghanistan to try and sell the military deadlier weapons. After his demonstration, he’s kidnapped by a gang of terrorists. While in their custody, he develops the Iron Man, so that he can escape. When he returns home, he fine tunes the Iron Man, and begins to use it against people that would terrorize others. Soon he discovers that his kidnapping was the idea and plan of his partner Obadiah Stane (Bridges).

Overall, it is a very good movie, one to watch again and again. Soon, the sequel will b hitting the theaters, then the DVD market shortly after that.

Budget: $140 million
Director: Jon Favreau
Starring:
Robert Downey Jr.
Jeff Bridges
Gwyneth Paltrow
Terrence Howard
Clark Gregg
Jon Favreau
Leslie Bibb

Courage Under Fire is a 1996 film, starring Denzel Washington and Meg Ryan. The story is about a LTC investigating the validity of a pending Medal of Honor award for a female pilot, during her tour in Iraq. The medal is highly politicized, since Ryan’s character would be the first woman in history to receive the medal.

During the course of his investigation, Washington’s character is also under investigation – for the accidental fratricide that killed one of his closest friends in Iraq.

This is a really great film with an all star cast. Great film to own.

Budget: $46 million
Director:Edward Zwick
Starring:
Denzel Washington
Meg Ryan
Matt Damon
Lou Diamond Philip
Michael Moriarty
Sean Astin
Scott Glenn
Tim Guinee

This 1990 film was at the high end of special effect, action, and sci-fi back in the day. Way back in the day. Even with it’s age, it’s still a great and entertaining film. It star Arnold Schwarzenegger as an average guy who dreams of going on a real vacation. Since he can’t get that, he does the next best thing, he takes a virtual vacation. This trip of a lifetime quickly turns into a real life nightmare, as Schwarzenegger soon discovers that the people closest to him can’t be trusted, including his wife.

The quickly picks up pace as the guy tries to figure out if he’s just having a bad trip from his virtual vacation or if what’s happening to him is real. The plot comes to a head when he makes it to Mars and discovers that he is the one that had his own memories erased and sent to earth.

Budget: $65 million
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Starring:
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Rachel Ticotin
Sharon Stone
Ronny Cox
Michael Ironside

This 1997 film was a great and highly anticipated film. It stars Harrison Ford as the President of the United States and his plane (Air Force One) is taken over by hijackers pretending to Russian reporters. The film is nonstop action as President Marshall (Ford), an ex-soldier, manages to allude the attacker, freeing as many people as possible and retaking the plane not only from the hijackers, but a secret double agent working in his midst.

Even to this day, the film hasn’t aged with the times and is a must see.

Budget: $85 million
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Starring:
Harrison Ford
Gary Oldman
Glenn Close
Wendy Crewson
William H. Macy
Liesel Matthews

What a great film – it’s been out since 2008 and you can buy for a good price at almost any store now. The film is about Indiana Jones being kidnapped by the Russian and made to help them find a particular skull that he had helped excavate years earlier. Like the previous films, he escapes, only to find out someone he cars about has been kidnapped in his place, so now he’s unwittingly forced to help the Russian, though he doesn’t want too.

The skull itself, as it alludes to in the title is made of a solid piece of Krystal and is is magnetic. This makes the viewer wonder where it came from. The whole film is filled with action and back references to previous films, which make is fun.

You can’t see it in theaters anymore, so if you can, rent it or buy. It’s a really good film.

Budget: $185 million
Director: Steven Spielberg
Starring:
Harrison Ford
Cate Blanchett
Karen Allen
Shia LaBeouf
Ray Winstone
John Hurt

This is a great film that is now available on DVD. If you get a chance to rent it, you should. It’s the story of an EOD Sergeant and his comrades as they deploy to Iraq after the invasion. It follows them as they all react differently to the war and emotions around them. It’s an action packed and emotional film.

This film has also been nominated for an Oscar award this year. It climb to success is something that doesn’t seem to happen all that often anymore. The film, made for a modest 11 million, shot in Jordan, just miles from Iraq, went through the festival circuit before being picked up by Summit Entertainment and given a proper theatrical release.

Budget: $11 million
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Starring:
Jeremy Renner
Anthony Mackie
Brian Geraghty
Guy Pearce
Ralph Fiennes
David Morse
Evangeline Lilly