Top 10 Action Movies of 2010

2010 have witnessed the launch of many great movies. Action is a genre that most people enjoy and there were impressive movie releases in 2010 so, here are some of the best action movies:

1. Inception

Christopher Nolan makes the best movies ever! After seeing the Dark Knight, i hadn’t expected any other movie to come close to what the Dark Knight had provided. But Christopher Nolan proved me wrong. He came up with inception, a brilliant movie which deserves compliments beyond imaginable levels.

The movie is smart, freakishly innovative and thrilling to the utmost level. With great visuals, directing, acting and an incredible story, Inception reaches the top of the charts as the best action movie in 2010.

2. The A Team

From the directors of Smokin Aces and Pride and Glory, Joe Carnahan makes this action packed thriller that is undoubtedly one of the best action movies of 2010. The cast of this movie is great with Niam Neeson, Bradley Cooper and Jessica Biel.

The A Team is about a group of special agents who were framed and is on a mission to clear their names with the US military. The movie may be loud and disoriented, but it is a movie that contains brilliant tactics, adrenaline rushing action and put together by great acting from the cast.

3. Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time

It is not easy to reduce the length of a whole game into a 120 minute movie! But Mike Newell (who had directed Harry Potter and the Goblet of fire) and his crew had done a great job in putting together a great story within the time frame. This Prince of Persia movie is about the quest young prince and princess who were fugitives to stop the villain who threatens to destroy the world unknowingly for his own selfish gains.

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is a well action packed thriller with a great story. The journey they take is fun to watch as they make it a little bit funny. It doesn’t give justice to the game, but it does entertain and is easily one of the best video game adaption of all time.

4. Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part 1

Alas something good from the Harry Potter franchise. We were worried that the Goblet of Fire would be the best in the movie series. But “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I” has surpassed our fear and delivered a brilliant movie. This movie can be termed as the best movie in the Harry Potter franchise with the Goblet of Fire not being far behind.

Harry Potter is on a quest to find all the horcruxes and destroy them. Harry Potter also uncovers the existence of the three most powerful objects, the Deathly Hallows, which would get into the wrong hands.

5. Iron Man 2

The first Iron Man movie was critically praised with Robert Downey JR’s great performance, a great story along with action packed thrilling sequences. The Iron Man 2 was a worthy sequel. The sequel doesn’t disappoint and comes with strong performances from the lead characters.

Iron man 2 has a lot of villains like the Black Widow and Ivan Vanko, an inventor who duplicates tony Starks invention of Iron Man. But at the same time Iron Man gets a sidekick, War Machine played by Don Cheadle. Its fun to see them battle side by side to save the world.

6. The Losers

The Losers may not be the best movie in terms of plot and story. But this movie excels in the relative coolness compared to other movies. The movie is violent, loud and in many areas funny, backed by a crew of great actors.

The Losers is a movie similar to the A team, where some members were betrayed and left for dead. They go back into action and find the person who betrayed them and get their revenge.

7. The Other Guys

The Other Guys starring Mark Wahlberg and Will Ferrell, is one of the best action comedy movie i have ever seen. The whole movie is filled with instances that will throw you off your seat. The movie features strong performances from the lead roles and the supporting actors.

The Other Guys is a movie about tow guys in a police department. One, a wannabe tough guy while the other a guy loyal to his job. It shows the funny action adventures they get themselves into in order to get themselves out from the “other guys” rep. Overall, this is a movie worth watching.

8. Green Zone

Paul Greengrass patch up with Matt Damon again, but this time not for another Bourne movie, but for Green Zone. Green Zone is an Iraq based war movie. When Chief Miller finds out that the intelligence was faulty, he goes rogue in overarch of Weapons of Mass Destruction in a dangerous location.

The movie starts off slow, but it builds up pace as we get to the end. The movie ends greatly with the soldier spreading the truth to the world about the faulty Intel and how the US has framed Iraq in the name of WMD.

9. Kick Ass

Kick Ass is a different movie all together. Its about a teenage boy who wants to change his life by saving the innocent in a scuba diving suit, and a father-daughter duo who are professional trained people who would like to avenge those who had ruined their life.

Kick Ass is action packed and has a fun script. There are instances that will make you laugh but the real fun is seeing the two kids execute the plan skillfully with extreme fighting combat skills. Kick Ass is a fun movie to watch.

10. Unstoppable

Though Unstoppable doesn’t have weapons and robberies to induce the action, it certainly entertains us greatly. Unstoppable is about two guys stranded in a railway track trying to stop an unmanned train going to crash into a highly inflammable factory that could blow up the entire city.

The lead cast of the movie shows great performance along with some laughable moments. Unstoppable is surely a movie to be enjoyed.

Top 10 Most Famous Revolvers

A revolver is a repeating firearm containing a cylinder with many chambers. As the hammer is cocked the cylinder rotates to align the next chamber round with the hammer and the barrel. It is from this action that the revolver gets its name. Let’s look at the world’s most famous revolvers.

1. The Peacemaker colt

The Colt single action army or the Peacemaker is the most famous handgun in history as it is the gun that won the west. It was built by the Colt Manufacturing Company of America and was in service with the US government from 1873 to 1892. . It fires a .45 Colt cartridge and has a six shot cylinder.

2. Webley Mk6

The Webley revolver is of British origin and is manufactured by the Webley & Scott Company and RSAF Enfield.

It is a top break revolver firing a .455 Webley cartridge, has a rate of fire of 20-30 rounds per minute and has an effective range of 50-300 yds.

3. 38 Special Revolver

The .38 Smith & Wesson Special is of American parentage and was manufactured by the Smith & Wesson Company. It fires a rimmed centerfired cartridge (the .38 Special) .and weighs approximately 10 ounces , has an overall length of 8 inches and a capacity for 6 rounds.

4. Smith & Wesson .44 Magnum Model 629

This revolver is of American origin and fires the .44 Magnum cartridges made famous by Clint Eastwood in his Dirty Harry films. . It has a double action and a six round cylinder and has a 3 dot adjustable rear sight.

5. Smith & Wesson model 686

This revolver is of American origin and fires the .357 Magnum cartridges. This cartridge was developed to penetrate automobile cover during the post World War 1 gangster era in the US. The revolver went into production in the 1980’s. It weighs 1.25 Kg is fed by a 6 or 7 round cylinder and has a length of 12 inches.

6. Smith and Wesson Model 10 Victory

This revolver of American origin was in use by the US forces during World War 2 and fires the .38 Special cartridges. It is fed by a 6 round cylinder and has a muzzle velocity of 755 ft per second.  It has a blade front sight and a notched rear sight.

7. Smith &Wesson  Model 500

The Smith & Wesson model 500 is a five shot double action revolver of American parentage. It is built on the Smith & Wesson’s largest frame the X frame and is cited by its manufacturers of being the ‘most powerful production revolver in the world ‘The model 500 fires a bullet weighing 350 gm at a muzzle velocity of 1975 ft per second.

8. Colt Python

The Colt Python is a double action hand gun chambered for the powerful .357 Magnum cartridge. It is of American origin and is manufactured by the Colt Manufacturing Company of Hartford, Connecticut. It is built on  the Colt large’ I’ frame and is renowned for smooth trigger pull, accuracy and tight cylinder lock up.. It was in production from 1955-1996

9. Webley Fosbery Automatic Revolver

The Webley Fosbery Automatic revolver is of British parentage and is manufactured by Webley Scott. . In this revolver the hammer is cocked and the cylinder rotated by sliding the action, cylinder and barrel assembly back on the frame. It fires a .455 Webley Mk2 cartridge and has a muzzle velocity of 620 ft per second.

10. Roger Super Redhawk

The Roger Super Redhawk revolver is of American origin and is a double action Magnum revolver made by Sturm Rogers.  It has a weight of 1190 grams and a length of 8.5 inch. It is an example of a revolver having a swing out cylinder.

Top Ten Handguns

The term handgun usually means a gun meant to be operated by one hand and having a chamber which is integral to the barrel as opposed to the other type of handgun, the revolver, which has a revolving cylinder.

1. FN 57

The Fn 57 is a Belgian made semi automatic pistol manufactured by FN Herstal… The FN 57 is a delayed blowback single action pistol firing a 5.7×2.8mm cartridge. It comes supplied with a 20 round magazine and has an effective range of 50 ms .It is currently supplied with fully adjustable sights or fixed sights.

2. Beretta 92

The Beretta 92 is of Italian origin. It fires a 9x19mm Parabellum cartridge. It has been in production since 1975 and is in service in the Italian, French and US military.

3. Walther P99

The Walther P99 is a semi automatic pistol of German origin. It is manufactured by Carl Walther GmbH Sportwaffen… It is used by the German police, Polish police and the Finnish army. .It fires a 9x19mm Parabellum cartridge. And has short recoil operated, locked breech action. It has a muzzle velocity of 1339ft per second.

4. QSZ -92

The QSZ -92 is recoil operated locked breech pistol and uses a rotating barrel locking system. Its country of origin is The Peoples Republic of China. It uses a 9x19mm Parabellum cartridge and is manufactured by Norinco at the Changfeng Machine Shop. It has an effective range of 50m and has a muzzle velocity of 1148 ft per second.

5. FN-FNP45

The FN Herstal FNP pistol is of joint Belgium and US manufacture. It is manufactured in Columbia by FNH USA. It has been in production since February 2006 and fires amongst others a 9 x 19mm Parabellum cartridge. It comes with a 14-16 round magazine.

6. Mark 23

The Heckler and Koch Mk23 are of German and United States origin and consist of match grade semi automatic pistol, a laser aiming module and suppressor. It is the standard pistol meant for the US Special Forces. It has a short recoil DA\SA action and has an effective range of 50 Ms. It has been in production since 1991 and comes with a 12 round detachable box magazine.

7. Glock-17

Glock is a series of semi automatic pistols designed and produced by Glock GmbH of Deutsh-Wagram, Austria.  It has been in service since 1982. It has an extensive plastic structural content. It has a short recoil locked breech; tiliting barrel action fires amongst others a 9x 19mm Parabellum cartridge is used by the Austrian military and US Law Enforcement agencies.

8. HS2000

The HS 2000 is of Croatian origin and is produced by HS Produkt D.o.o.The Company’s most successful product HS2000 is a polymer framed semi automatic pistol. It is the standard issue of the Croatian army and is popular amongst the US law enforcement agencies.

9. Heckler and Koch USP

The Heckler & Koch USP is of German origin and is known as a Universal Self Loading pistol it is a semi automatic pistol with a mechanically locked breech and uses the short recoil mode of operation. It fires a 9X19mm Parabellum cartridge. And has been in operation since 1992.

10. SIGP250

The SIG P250 pistol is of mixed American and German origin. It is made by JP Sauer and Son and Sig Sauer Exeter. It is a semi automatic pistol. .whose action is based on recoil operation and comes with a 17 round magazine. It has iron sights with a 147 mm base.