Annal:2007 Saturn Award for Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film
From AwardAnnals
Results of the Saturn Award in the year 2007. For a ranked list of films, try the honor roll.
Casino Royale: A James Bond Film
- 2007 Saturn-Action winner
- 2006 Edgar–Video nominee
- Score: 16.57
Casino Royale introduces James Bond before he holds his license to kill. But Bond is no less dangerous, and with two professional assassinations in quick succession, he is elevated to "00" status. "M" sends the newly-promoted 007 on his first mission that takes him to Madagascar, the Bahamas and eventually leads him to Montenegro to face Le Chiffre, a ruthless financier under threat from his terrorist clientele, who is attempting to restore his funds in a high-stakes poker game at the Casino Royale. Le Chiffre's cunning and cruelty come to bear on them both in a way Bond could never imagine, and he learns his most important lesson: Trust no one.
- 2007 Oscar-Picture winner
- 2006 Edgar–Video winner
- 2007 BAFTA-Film nominee
- 2007 Golden Globe-Drama nominee
- 2007 Saturn-Action nominee
- Score: 38.57
Rookie cop Billy Costigan (Leonardo DiCaprio) grew up in crime. That makes him the perfect mole, the man on the inside of the mob run by boss Frank Costello (Jack Nicholson). It’s his job to win Costello’s trust and help his detective handlers (Mark Wahlberg and Martin Sheen) bring Costello down. Meanwhile, SIU officer Colin Sullivan (Matt Damon) has everyone’s trust. No one suspects he’s Costello’s mole. How these covert lives cross, double-cross and collide is at the ferocious core of the widely acclaimed The Departed. Martin Scorsese directs, guiding a cast for the ages in a visceral tale of crime and consequences. This is searing, can’t-look-away filmmaking: like staring into the eyes of a con—or a cop—with a gun.
- 2007 Saturn-Action nominee
- Score: 6.57
Inspired by the true story of the legendary Lafayette Escadrille, this action-packed epic tells the tale of America’s first fighter pilots. These courageous young men distinguish themselves in a manner that none before them had dared, becoming true heroes who experience triumph, tragedy, love, and loss amid the chaos of World War I. Hang on for the ride of your life!
- 2007 Saturn-Action nominee
- Score: 6.57
Tom Cruise returns as Special Agent Ethan Hunt, who faces the mission of his life in “Mission: Impossible III.” Director J. J. Abrams (“Lost”,“ ”Alias") brings his unique blend of action and drama to the billion-dollar franchise.
- 2007 Saturn-Action nominee
- 2006 Edgar–Video nominee
- Score: 12.57
Academy Award® winners Judi Dench and Cate Blanchett give wickedly entertaining, Oscar-nominated performances—one as a woman consumed by her colleague’s guilty secret, the other, a victim to her own dark obsessions—in this sexy, stylish thriller. Dench mesmerizes as Barbara Covett, a teacher who rules over her classroom with an iron fist, yet leads a desperate, solitary life outside it. That is, until she meets radiant new art teacher Sheba Hart (Blanchett). Although at first overjoyed with her newfound kindred spirit, when Barbara discovers that Sheba is having an affair with a teenage student, her jealously and rage spiral out of control.
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
- 2007 Saturn-Action nominee
- Score: 6.57
Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, orphaned as a newborn in the streets of Paris, is blessed with a remarkable sense of smell. When he apprentices himself to a once-renowned perfumer, he proves to be a savant whose almost mystical knowledge of scent surpasses anything that can be taught to him by masters of the craft.
Grenouille is fearless when it comes to the pursuit of a perfect perfume. When he discovers the most intoxicating scent he has ever experienced—the natural fragrance of a beautiful young girl—he learns that the only method to preserve her innocence and fresh beauty will require murder.
