About adventure movies

Adventure movies literally take the audience on an adventure. One of the most famous adventure films is Indiana Jones where he and his friends go on a journey looking for treasure. Numerous other films have been made since which take the audience on a journey to find an interesting surprise at the end.

As you decide to watch a fast paced story with intriguing actors and never ending action, pop over to the video store with the following must-watch adventure films on your list.

Point Blank (1967)

This movie is a mimic of the gripping crime novel The Hunter. The story is that of a professional thief who sets on a bloody search to avenge his wife and friend's betrayal. Although the movie was a flop at the box office, it's a great film which will keep you on the edge of your seat as Walker unravels the complexities of modern criminal associations.

Charley Varrick (1973)

Charley Varrick is a low profile burglar who adds onto his small income with occasional bank robberies. As they rob a rural bank, two local cops, one aide and Charley's wife die leaving them with more cash than they expected and more than what the bank manager had reported to the police. They eventually realize they have stolen the proceeds of a mob operation. The rest of the movie is about how Charley runs for his life as the local cops and blood thirsty killer (Joe Don Baker) chase behind him. The pace is gripping and the acting and action are excellent.

The Yakuza (1975)

This film about self-pride, friendship and duty is about a private detective who sets out on a venture to help find an old friend's (Brian Keith) kidnapped daughter. As Robert Mitchum (the private detective) returns to Japan for the first time in three decades, he is also forced to confront his own dark and eerie past. Soon he discovers that Keith's daughter has been taken away by the dark Japanese Mafia, the "Yakuza." The movie takes unexpected twists as values and traditions of the West and East collide head-on.

Sorcerer (1977)

This is William Friedkin's remake of the French film Wage of Fear (Le Salaire de la peur). Roy Scheider is an American who ends up working in a rural oil-drilling site down south as he runs to escape from the Mafia. As one of the company's wells catches fire, four of the site workers including Scheider agree to transport highly flammable nitroglycerine across a deserted land with no roads. The movie then goes onto show how these four desperate men may make enough money to go back to their lives as they try to escape the jungle.

Outland (1981)

Marshall O'Neill (Sean Connery) sets out to investigate some unrealistic and terrifying suicides and deaths of workers at a profitable, rural mining operation. Within no time O'Neill discovers that the head of the mine, Peter Boyle, is giving the employees an enhancing drug which makes them more efficient and then makes them violent and self destructive after a few months. Soon Peter Boyle, fearing that his evil plot will be unraveled, deploys a team of killers to get of Marshall. The rest of the film is about how Marshall escapes and more importantly whether he escapes.