Seven Ways From Sundown (1960), Sealed Cargo (1951), Forbidden Trails (1941), Backlash (1956), Roughshod (1949), The Nest (2002), Drum Beat (1954), Many Rivers to Cross (1955) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Ambush movies.
Storyline: Chief of Scouts Ed Bannon narrowly avoids an Apache ambush while working with the cavalry stationed at Fort Clark, Texas. The US Army is trying to talk peace with the Apaches and move them to reservations in Florida, and they take Bannon's efforts as detrimental to their new policies, so they fire him. When the Apache chief's son Torinada returns from an Eastern education, Bannon becomes highly suspicious of his motives based run-ins with Torinada in the past. Bannon continues shadowing the proceedings to the chagrin of both the US Army and the Apache warrior.—Ed Sutton <esutton@mindspring.com>
Plot Keywords: chief, scout, cavalry captain, apache, native american, native american chief, amusing ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Captain Foster plans on raiding German-occupied Tobruk with hand-picked commandos, but a mix-up leaves him with a medical unit containing a Quaker conscientious objector. Despite all odds they succeed with their mission. On the way they pick up and drug the mistress of an Italian general, blow up the entire fuel supply for the Afrika Korps, and swap philatelic gossip with Field Marshal Erwin Rommel.—Col_Hessler
Plot Keywords: captain, sailor, nazi, prisoner of war, medic, soldier, tense ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: In an underground fight club, blackbelt Travis Brickley is killed after losing to the evil martial arts master Brakus. Travis' death is witnessed by Walter Grady, the son of his best friend Alex Grady. Alex and his partner, Tommy Lee, vow to avenge their friend's death by defeating Brakus and shutting down the fight club.—Jean-Marc Rocher <rocher@fiberbit.net>
Plot Keywords: martial artist, friend, texan, son, german, grandmother, unrestrained ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Allan Lemaire, an American O.S.S. agent, masquerading as a Frenchman, in the Maquis underground during World War Two, is called on to assist the in the escape to London of the heinous Nazi General Bruger, responsible for, among other war crimes, the cold-blooded murder of Lemaire's fiancee and eleven other French hostages. Bruger has bought his escape with the promise of vital information to the Allies. However, it soon comes clear that he has been indulging in a counter-espionage plot, at which point Lemaire, unhappy at having to assist Bruger anyway, provides a vindictive solution.—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
Plot Keywords: government agent, war criminal, nazi, general, sergeant, resistance fighter, tense ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Ray Keene (John Cusack), a father who wants to redeem himself in the eyes of his son (Jamie Anderson), is trying to bring Carden (Morgan Freeman), a world-class assassin to justice. All the while, he must protect his son and evade the assassin's team who are methodically hunting them down in the wilderness.
Plot Keywords: assassin, ex-cop, partner, father, son, suspenseful, thrilling ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: It's 1848 and a wagon train with an Army escort is heading west through Indian territory, It's scout is Davy Crockett, nephew of his more famous namesake. There is spy amongst them informing the Indians. They survive the first Indian attack and then push on. They have a choice of two passes through the mountains. Learing of the pass to be defended by the Indians, they head for the other. But upon ariving, the Indians attack. Somehow they have been informed.—Maurice VanAuken <mvanauken@a1access.net>
Plot Keywords: scout, partner, army colonel, native american, driver, teacher, engaging ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: When the young Texas Ranger, John Reid (Klinton Spilsbury), is the sole survivor of an ambush arranged by the outlaw leader, Bartholomew "Butch" Cavendish (Christopher Lloyd), he is rescued by an old childhood Comanche friend, Tonto (Michael Horse). When he recovers from his wounds, he dedicates his life to fighting the crime that Cavendish represents. To this end, John Reid disguises himself and becomes the great masked western hero, The Lone Ranger. With the help of Tonto, the pair go to rescue President Ulysses S. Grant (Jason Robards, Jr.) when Cavendish takes him hostage. We learn that Cavendish was an officer in the United States military before he was court-martialled and dishonorably discharged.—Kenneth Chisholm <kchishol@execulink.com>
Plot Keywords: lawyer, texas ranger, tonto, outlaw, ulysses s. grant, spirited, rousing ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: In 1867, Nebraska becomes a state, but still has no permanent peace with the Indians. Federal scout Wade Harper has a peace mission cut short when chief Thundercloud is murdered, supposedly by Harper's Indian comrade Wingfoot. Harper's efforts to get justice for Wingfoot are sabotaged by escaping murderer Reno. Finally, Harper and five others (including Harper's former girlfriend Paris) are besieged in a remote trading post by the warlike Chief Spotted Bear...—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
Plot Keywords: scout, native american, colonel, prisoner, soldier, ex-girlfriend, suspenseful ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: With his reliability in tatters after the audacious theft of a priceless Van Gogh painting while under his supervision, the down-on-his-luck private security agent, Danny Stratton, has been given a shot at redemption. Now, along with his partners, brawny, Mach Ren, no-nonsense, J.Jae An, and tech-savvy, Ding Dong, the members of the Security Management Action Recovery Team, Danny will have to transport a rare ancient Chinese vase out of Shanghai, all the way to London. However, history repeats itself, and once again, Danny's old nemesis, the villainous art-thief, Long Fei, and his murderous henchmen ambush the team. Can Danny protect those he loves, retrieve the precious artefact, and in the process, restore his damaged reputation?—Nick Riganas
Plot Keywords: private detective, security expert, englishman, chinese man, thief, crime boss, frenetic ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Two women and some children travel across the mid-west. The elements are rough but then things get worse when they are pursued by two outlaws.
Plot Keywords: american indian, bandit, sibling, gunslinger, singer, chief, thrilling ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A team of Interpol agents goes to Hong Kong to testify in the trial of a crime lord. However, the accused escapes when the convoy taking him to court is ambushed. The agents cooperate with local police, led by a burned-out cop (Sammo Hung), to track down the fugitive.
Plot Keywords: agent, teammate, cop, fugitive, american, terrorist, thrilling ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: In 1906, Col. Hatch (Roy Gordon) is stationed in the Philippines and ordered to withdraw his forces from the island of Mindanao. Worried that an insurgent army headed by the ruthless Alipang (Tetsu Komai) will slaughter Filipinos and seize power, Hatch recruits a group of tested military officers -- including Bill Canavan (Gary Cooper), a military doctor, and McCool (David Niven) and Larson (Broderick Crawford), two rambunctious Lieutenants -- to train the locals.
Plot Keywords: colonel, native, military officer, wife, daughter, doctor, thrilling ...
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