O legendă pe care a prevăzut-o profetul Merlin: după aproape un secol de război, o tânără femeie va uni poporul francez divizat și îl va conduce spre libertate... În anul 1412, într-un sat sărac, se naște Ioana D`Arc, cea care va fi condusă de Dumnezeu spre a-și împlini destinul și profeția lui Merlin. Deși condiția ei umilă și faptul că este femeie sunt impedimente serioase, credința ei o va ajuta să ajungă pană la Regele Charles și să-l convingă pe acesta să o lase să lupte în numele său pentru poporul francez...
After kidnapping a father and his two kids, the Gecko brothers head south to a seedy Mexican bar to hide out in safety, unaware of its notorious vampire clientele.
In 1937, eight hundred Chinese soldiers fight under siege from a warehouse in the middle of the Shanghai battlefield, completely surrounded by the Japanese army.
Veronika and Boris come together in Moscow shortly before World War II. Walking along the river, they watch cranes fly overhead, and promise to rendezvous before Boris leaves to fight. Boris misses the meeting and is off to the front lines, while Veronika waits patiently, sending letters faithfully. After her house is bombed, Veronika moves in with Boris' family, into the company of a cousin with his own intentions.
Kingdom of Goguryeo, ancient Korea, 645. The ruthless Emperor Taizong of Tang invades the country and leads his armies towards the capital, achieving one victory after another, but on his way is the stronghold of Ansi, protected by General Yang Man-chu, who will do everything possible to stop the invasion, even if his troops are outnumbered by thousands of enemies.
The early Middle Ages. A time of heavy swords and dark blood law. The ruling clan is in discord. The guilt for the accidental death of the brother has fallen on the Grand Duke. According to the law, revenge must be taken by the younger brother, a bastard. For the refusal to kill, he has to pay with eve- rything he had, because “for peace you need more swords than for a war”...
Diplomats, soldiers and other representatives of a dozen nations fend off the siege of the International Compound in Peking during the 1900 Boxer Rebellion. The disparate interests unite for survival despite competing factions, overwhelming odds, delayed relief and tacit support of the Boxers by the Empress of China and her generals.
An ex-convict must undertake a perilous, violent journey in order to meet his daughter after ten years of imprisonment.
În timp ce Spania renunță la ultimele sale colonii, un avanpost deja secătuit de lupte intră într-o confruntare lungă, violentă și uneori bizară cu insurgenți filipinezi.
In the summer of 1683, 300 000 Ottoman Empire's warriors begin the siege of Vienna. City's fall, will open way to conquer the Europe. The Sept 11 is the day of main battle between Polish cavalry under the King Jan III Sobieski and Turks.
In 370 B.C, China was separated as seven nations and several other small tribes, one of these being the city state of Liang. The nation of Zhao is led by the terrifying Xiang Yangzhong who orders his troops to conquer the small city. Leaping to the defense of the people of Liang is 'Ge Li' from the Mo-Tsu tribe, their last hope from the terrors of Yangzhong's troops.
When a comet passes close to the earth, machines all over the world come alive and go on homicidal rampages. A group of people at a desolate truck stop are held hostage by a gang of homicidal 18-wheelers. The frightened people set out to defeat the killer machines ... or be killed by them.
Rufus T. Firefly is named president/dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of wealthy Mrs. Teasdale.
English General Charles George Gordon is appointed military governor of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan by the Prime Minister. Ordered to evacuate Egyptians from the Sudan, Gordon stays on to protect the people of Khartoum, who are under threat of being conquered by a Muslim army.
Syracuse lies between the warring nations of Rome and Carthage; as long as the balance of power between the nations remains intact, both nations are willing to preserve the neutrality of Syracuse. However, Rome has now gotten the upper hand in its struggle for power. The fate of Syracuse lies in the hands of its leader, the famed inventor and scientist Archimedes.
Richard Widmark leads an all star cast of marine leathernecks including Jack Palance, Robert Wagner, Karl Malden, Richard Boone and Jack Webb into battle on a heavily fortified island. This action-packed story follows the squad as they pick their way through enemy-infested jungles on a time sensitive mission to find the source of the enemy rockets. As the mission progresses, the squad and leader overcome many challenges as they are transformed into an effective and efficient fighting unit.
La țară, după moartea vițelului multi-premiat al fermierului Walter Colby, veterinarul Rack Hansen trimite probe de sânge spre analiză la Universitate. După câteva zile, femeia de știință Diane Ashley vine în oraș și anunță că animalul a fost mușcat de păianjeni și a fost ucis de o doză enormă de venin. Neîncrezător, Rack o duce pe Diane la ferma lui Walter și cei doi găsesc în câmp un cuib enorm de păianjeni. Ca și cum nu era destul, orașul e acum încercuit de un număr enorm de taranture ucigașe și nu există scăpare.
O bandă înarmată până în dinți ia cu asalt o secție de politie, asediindu-i atât pe polițiști cât și pe deținuții de acolo. Vor trebui să lupte toți din greu pentru viața lor.
A quartet of murderous psychopaths break out of a mental hospital during a power blackout and lay siege to their doctor's house.
While escaping from a foiled robbery attempt, three thieves find themselves surrounded by police at a New Orleans bar--only they're not the people the police are searching for.