With the holiday shopping season in full swing, it's good to know what you're looking for before heading into the great retail wilderness. If you're looking for some great DVDs or Blu-ray discs to give this season, we've compiled a list of suggestions for the action aficionados on your list!
Fight Club
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The 10th Anniversary Edition of Fight Club includes new bonus materials and a cool little slipcase to show all your friends - before you beat the hell out of each other. Based on the book by twistedly-awesome novelist Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club was directed by Golden Globe-nominee David Fincher (Se7en, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) and stars Edward Norton and Brad Pitt, whose characters bond over a mutual disgust for corporate imperialistic hypocrisy and find a version of enlightenment in a new form of therapy: Fight Club. Packed to the gills with special features, this Blu-Ray release will keep fans entertained long past the movie's playtime.
Terminator: Salvation
Judgment Day has come and gone, and the machines have systematically wiped out most of mankind in a nightmare future brought on by reckless technological advancement. Resistance leader John Connor (Christian Bale) must rally his band of allies to defeat Skynet’s goal of human extinction, realizing that to save the future he must rescue his own father Kyle Reese (Anton Yelchin). But the most shocking discovery comes with the arrival of Marcus Wright (Sam Worthington), a mysterious loner from the past who challenges Connor with an impossible choice and leads them both on a harrowing journey to the heart of Skynet's operations - and to a horrible truth that could ruin everything.
Jumper
If you could have any superpower, what would it be? David Rice (Hayden Christensen) is a Jumper, born with the ability to teleport instantly to any place on Earth. He's unwittingly thrust into an ancient war while being hunted by a deadly organization out to destroy those like David. Based on the best selling science-fiction novel by Steven Gould.
AVP Requiem
Two classic extra-terrestrial film franchises collide again in Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem, out now on Blu-ray. Predators and Aliens wage war in a small Colorado town, in the meantime spawning a ferocious Alien-Predator hybrid monster. The cheese is laid on relatively thick, but if you're looking for some otherworldly monster wars, you've come to the right place.
Boondock Saints
This 1999 cult favorite stars Sean Patrick Flannery and Norman Reedus as fraternal-twin Irish Americans who kill two members of the Russian mafia in self-defense and quickly adapt to a new life of vigilantism. Pursued by the awesomely eccentric Special Agent Paul Smecker (played brilliantly by Willem Dafoe), the brothers execute their way through Boston's criminal underground, finding that they've got a particular knack for righteous killing - and for a reason: their father is the infamous Il Duce, a legendary assassin-for-hire.
Die Hard 4: Live Free Or Die Hard
The best of the best is back and better than ever in this fourth installemt of the Die Hard action film franchise. New York City detective John McClane (Bruce Willis) takes on a new breed of terrorists when a massive computer attack on the U.S. infrastructure threatens to shut down the entire country over the Fourth of July weekend. The best of all the Die Hard films is here!
X-Men Trilogy
Packed with special features and add-ons, the X-Men Trilogy on Blu-ray offers fans of the legendary Marvel title the total package. All three movies, digitally remastered, loaded with all the extra goodies we've come to expect from a Fox franchise done right! Follow Wolverine, Storm, Rogue and Professor Xavier as they fight for mutant rights - and their own survival - against Magneto and his wayward minions.
Independence Day
Pick up one of the biggest box office hits of all time this holiday season! Extraterrestrials launch an all-out invasion against the human race, blasting destructive beams of fire down on cities all over the planet. Now the world's only hope lies with a determinded band of survivors - and Will Smith, of course.
Quantum of Solace
James Bond's latest installment picks up just moments after its predecessor, Casino Royale, left off. Featuring a breakneck pace and breathless action and chase scenes that highlight the free-running art of parkour, Quantum of Solace is a darker spin on the Bond franchise, made possible by the stoic, no-nonsense approach by actor Daniel Craig. Packed with suspense, gorgeous new Bond girls and a new spin on traditional Bond flare, Quantum of Solace is a perfect spy-action flick for modern times.
Mel Brooks Collection
Mel Brooks in an action category? What? Well, not exactly, but this incredible nine-disc set spans the most memorable of the multifaceted star's films under the control of MGM/Fox. Six of them - Silent Movie, History Of The World Part 1, High Anxiety, To Be or Not to Be, Twelve Chairs, and Robin Hood: Men with Tights - are making their Blu-ray debut in this set, while the other three included films - Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, and Spaceballs have already seen release. A career-spanning collection that cements Brooks' reputation as a one-of-a-kind comedy legend, and introduces younger fans to the genius that is Mel Brooks.
