Oct 06
Plot:
Annie Porter is thrilled when her boyfriend Alex Shaw presents her with two tickets for a cruise to the Bahamas on a Norwegian luxury liner. The trip is a peace offering presented because Annie has just learned that Alex is a police officer who’s been lying to her about his choice of profession. Alex lied because Annie didn’t want to date any more cops after what happened with the bus in Los Angeles. The cruise ship’s passengers include members of a diamond dealers’ association, who have filled the ship’s vault with valuable diamonds. Little do they know that passenger John Geiger, the designer of the ship’s computer system, has planned to take over the ship, steal the diamonds, and set the ship on a collision course with an oil tanker anchored at the island of St. Martin. Geiger was fired and cast aside by the computer company he worked for, and he wants revenge. Now it’s up to Alex to stop him.
IMDB rating: 3.30 out of 10.0 (15067 votes) Continue reading »
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boat,
chase,
computer,
computer-cracker,
cruise,
cruise-ship,
deafness,
diamond,
driving-test,
explosive,
leech,
police,
revenge,
scene-during-end-credits,
seaplane,
sequel,
sign-language,
sociopath,
studio-logo-segues-into-film,
vacation
Oct 01
Plot:
Sean Archer is a government agent who for six years has been trying to apprehend terrorist, Caster Troy, who tried to kill him but ended up killing Archer’s son instead. When Archer corners Troy, Troy tells Archer that he has planted a bomb that will go off, unless he lets him go but Archer thinks that Troy is bluffing so a fight erupts that leaves Troy comatose. But later when they go through some of his brother, Pollux’s things, they discover that Troy was telling the truth. All what they need now is to find out where it is and the only person who knows is Pollux. And the only person that he will talk to about it, is his brother, Caster but unfortunately he is a vegetable. A government official then suggests to Archer that he assume Caster’s identity and ask Pollux about the bomb. So she brings him to a doctor who has perfected a method wherein the face of one individual is removed from him and placed on another. Archer agrees. The operation is a success so Archer as Troy goes to the prison where Pollux is being held and successfully gets him to tell him where the bomb is. Meanwhile, Troy who was believed to be comatose awakens and forces the doctor who operated on Archer to place Archer’s face on him. He then goes to the prison as Archer and taunts Archer by telling him that he has destroyed all documentation of the operation and eliminated everyone who knew about it. He then takes his brother out and leaves Archer in prison. But Archer somehow manages to escape and is now trying to find someone who will believe and help him, while Troy is plotting something.
IMDB rating: 7.10 out of 10.0 (42598 votes) Continue reading »
Tags:
airplane-accident,
black-comedy,
blockbuster,
blood,
blood-splatter,
boat-chase,
body-swap,
bomb,
bravery,
brother,
brother-sister-relationship,
butterfly-knife,
child-murder,
church,
cocaine,
coma,
criminal,
date-rape,
death-of-child,
doctor,
drugs,
dysfunctional-family,
escape,
exploding-boat,
exploding-ship,
fall-from-height,
father-daughter-relationship,
father-son-relationship,
fbi,
fight,
funeral,
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gunfight,
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identity-swapping,
jail,
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knife-in-thigh,
los-angeles-california,
love,
marriage,
martial-arts,
mass-murder,
mexican-standoff,
mirror,
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murder,
mythological,
neo-noir,
plastic-surgery,
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prison,
psychopath,
revenge,
secret-service,
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severed-face,
shooting,
shootout,
shot-in-the-arm,
shot-in-the-back,
shot-in-the-ear,
shot-in-the-foot,
shot-in-the-forehead,
shot-in-the-head,
shot-in-the-leg,
shot-to-death,
showdown,
slow-motion,
smoking,
stabbed-in-the-face,
stabbed-in-the-leg,
swat-team,
swimming,
switchblade,
terrorism,
tragedy,
twist-in-the-end,
violence,
violent-movie,
weapon
Sep 14
Plot:
EPA agent Jack Taggart is Stunned to hear from his boss Phil Pratt that his best friend and fellow agent Frank Elkins has been found dead in Kentucky after Frank’s truck plunged into a river. The Kentucky State Police believes that it was an accident, but the EPA believes it was no accident. It all began with an anonymous letter from the small town of Jackson, Kentucky. Frank was sent to Jackson to investigate what the letter described as some kind of pollution that is causing fish to die and causing people to get sick enough to die. Frank sent back water and soil samples that all tested off the charts for toxic substances. After Frank discovered that the Hanner Coal Company, owned by Orin Hanner Sr., is being paid to dump toxic waste into an abandoned coal mine shaft, Frank ended up dead. Jack is assigned to go to Jackson, where his contact will be Reverend Bob Goodall, who runs a church in Jackson. After arriving in Jackson, Jack finds out that he’ll be staying in a room in the church’s basement, and as Jack’s contact, of course Bob knows that Jack will be going undercover as a carpenter. Jack begins by repairing the roof at a house where he meets Henry Carr, his wife, and his kids Edie, Alberta, Christine, and Walter. Walter is sick because of the pollution. That night, Hanner’s son Orin Hanner Jr., also known as Junior, spies on the church along with corrupt Sheriff Lloyd, who is on Hanner’s payroll. On the next day, when Jack goes into downtown Jackson, he meets Betsy Hamill and her twin sister Patsy Hamill. Jack then walks down the street and introduces himself to Cotton Harry. Then Jack takes some water samples. At church on Sunday, Bob introduces Jack to everyone, and tells everyone that Jack is a carpenter. During lunchtime at the church, Jack introduces himself to Sarah Kellogg, a local outcast who is a beekeeper. Sarah has a brother named Earl. Jack goes to Sarah’s house and offers to repair the steps on her front porch. Over time, Jack comes to believe that something is bothering Sarah, and it’s something dark. Jack wants to save her from whatever it is, while trying to bring Hanner and his crew down.
IMDB rating: 4.30 out of 10.0 (2735 votes) Continue reading »
Tags:
environmental,
forklift,
hit-in-crotch,
reverse-footage,
sawn-off-shotgun
Sep 14
Plot:
After Zeus fights and sends the Titans to the underworld, he becomes the ruler of Mount Olympus, home of all greek gods. Hades is sent to rule the underworld, but he makes plans to throw Zeus out of Mount Olympus with the Titans’ help. The three Fates warn him that his plans would be endangered if Hercules, Zeus newborn child, is still around by the time he tries to take over Mount Olympus. Hades sends Pain and Panic to turn Hercules into a mortal and kill him, but they fail in their attempt and leave him on earth with his divine strength to be raised as a human. Hercules grows up but later learns he is the son of gods, and in order to return to Mt. Olympus he must turn into a “true hero”. He is trained by Phil the satyr and becomes the most famous hero in ancient Greece after battling monsters of all kinds. He even saves Mt. Olympus from Hade’s take-over, but he only becomes a god again after he offers to exchange his life in order to save Meg, his love, from Hades’ underworld and shows that a true hero must have a strong heart and not only physical strength.
IMDB rating: 6.50 out of 10.0 (6377 votes) Continue reading »
Tags:
blockbuster,
death,
disney-animated-feature,
greece,
greek-god,
greek-mythology,
helicopter,
hercules,
kids-and-family,
legend,
love,
monster,
mythological,
mythology,
pegasus,
pitchfork,
planetary-alignment,
title-spoken-by-character,
underworld
Sep 13
Plot:
Contact, based on the novel of the same name by Carl Sagan, is the story of a free thinking radio astronomer (Jodie Foster) who discovers an intelligent signal broadcast from deep space. She and her fellow scientists are able to decipher the Message and discover detailed instructions for building a mysterious Machine. Will the Machine spell the end of our world, or the end of our superstitions? Will we take our place among the races of the Galaxy, or are we just an upstart species with a long way to go?
IMDB rating: 7.30 out of 10.0 (40350 votes) Continue reading »
Tags:
alien,
alien-contact,
alien-technology,
astronomy,
atheist,
based-on-novel,
beach,
blindness,
bomb,
bravery,
career,
child-prodigy,
cosmic-zoom,
cover-up,
eccentric,
expectations,
faith,
father-daughter-relationship,
flashback-sequence,
gender-clash,
god,
helicopter,
heroine,
hope,
intelligence,
intrigue,
laptop,
mathematics,
méxico,
military,
nasa,
news-report,
philosophy,
physics,
plans-for-alien-technology,
prime-numbers,
radio,
radio-telescope,
religion,
research,
sacrifice,
science,
scientist,
sect,
space,
spirituality,
suicide,
time-lapse-photography,
tragedy,
travel,
twist-in-the-end,
u.s.-president,
universe,
video-footage,
virtuality,
wormhole
Sep 13
Plot:
A prototype enhanced human, on the run from Chinese-hired hit men, hooks up with a dread-locked bystander, and the two of them elude their pursuers narrowly each time.
IMDB rating: 6.60 out of 10.0 (1219 votes) Continue reading »
Tags:
accident,
against-the-odds,
asia,
bar,
beer,
best-friend,
boarding-house,
boat-chase,
bugs-bunny,
california,
chainsaw,
china,
electrocution,
golden-gate-bridge,
independent-film,
reverse-footage,
virtual-reality,
whip
Sep 13
Plot:
Nicholas Van Orton is a very wealthy San Francisco banker, but he is an absolute loner, even spending his birthday alone. In the year of his 48th birthday (the age his father committed suicide) his brother Conrad, who has gone long ago and surrendered to addictions of all kinds, suddenly returns and gives Nicholas a card giving him entry to unusual entertainment provided by something called Consumer Recreation Services (CRS). Giving up to curiosity, Nicholas visits CRS and all kinds of weird and bad things start to happen to him.
IMDB rating: 7.60 out of 10.0 (41222 votes) Continue reading »
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ambulance,
birthday,
brother,
brother-brother-relationship,
business-tycoon,
businessman,
car-in-water,
cell-phone,
character's-point-of-view-camera-shot,
chase,
claustrophobic,
control-freak,
disturbing,
dog,
elevator,
fall-from-height,
flat-tire,
free-fall,
game,
graffiti,
gun,
hallucination,
happy-birthday-to-you,
hotel,
hotel-lobby,
hotel-room,
humiliation,
identity-crisis,
independent-film,
isolation,
jump-from-car,
key,
kidnap,
loss-of-control,
manipulation,
midlife-crisis,
millionaire,
mind-game,
neo-noir,
office,
paranoia,
paranoid,
persecution-mania,
phone-booth,
product-placement,
psycho-thriller,
psychological-thriller,
restaurant,
rich-snob,
san-francisco-california,
shower,
suicide,
suicide-attempt,
surprise-ending,
taxi,
tense,
title-spoken-by-character,
tragedy,
twist-ending,
twist-in-the-end,
underwater,
waitress,
watch,
white-rabbit,
yellow-book,
yuppie,
zoo
Sep 13
Plot:
When their father dies, Ernie & Lars inherit an old house and the family string factory. Lars, the loyal son, refuses to sell out the factory, which angers his wife so she kicks him out. Ernie, who runs a five-star restaurant, is suddenly fired when a man dies in while eating there. With no other place to go, the brothers shack up at the old house, suddenly realizing the place is worth a fortune! The boys decide to fix up the place and sell it in an auction, but first, they have to get rid of a mouse living in the walls. Sounds easy enough, right? Think again…
IMDB rating: 5.90 out of 10.0 (5430 votes) Continue reading »
Tags:
auction,
bathtub-scene,
cat,
cheese,
exterminator,
flood,
funeral,
heritage,
kids-and-family,
mouse,
mouse-trap,
old-house,
part-computer-animation,
slapstick,
string-factory
Sep 13
Plot:
LA in the 50’s: someone’s killing imprisoned mob boss Mickey Cohen’s gang. The police, led by Captain Dudley, convince wiseguys from Jersey, Cleveland, and elsewhere to go home. Rich developer, Pierce Patchett, runs a stable of high-class hookers who are ringers for movie stars. The plot to replace Cohen blindsides three plainclothes cops: White watched his father beat his mother to death then vanish, he punishes abusers with quick violence; Exley’s father was a hero cop killed mysteriously, he seeks justice by the book; Vicennes, a clothes horse, consults for a Dragnet-like TV show. Will they escape corruption and murder, will they find their own morality?
IMDB rating: 8.40 out of 10.0 (78925 votes) Continue reading »
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1950s,
abuse-of-power,
actor,
affair,
african-american,
alderman,
anger,
bad-smell,
based-on-novel,
birthmark,
bisexual,
blackmail,
blonde,
blood-splatter,
boxer,
brutality,
cadaver,
call-girl,
celebrity,
celebrity-look-alike,
christmas,
christmas-party,
closeted-homosexual,
comic-relief,
corpse,
corruption,
crawl-space,
crime-scene,
crotch-grab,
cynicism,
diner,
district-attorney,
domestic-violence,
drink-thrown-in-face,
drug-addiction,
drug-dealing,
drug-overdose,
drunkeness,
elevator,
ensemble,
ensemble-cast,
eyeglasses,
face-slap,
famous-score,
female-nudity,
femme-fatale,
fight,
film-making,
film-noir,
flashback-sequence,
frame-up,
good-cop-bad-cop,
gunfight,
handcuffs,
heroin,
hollywood,
hollywood-sign,
hostage,
humor,
interrogation,
jail,
justice,
knife-in-thigh,
liquor-store,
los-angeles-california,
loss-of-daughter,
love,
male-prostitute,
mass-murder,
mexican-american,
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motel,
movie-star,
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murder-scene,
mystery,
neo-noir,
noir,
organized-crime,
pantages-theater,
pimp,
plastic-surgery,
police,
police-brutality,
police-chase,
police-corruption,
police-coverup,
police-detective,
police-drama,
police-officer,
police-officer-killed,
police-raid,
police-vigilantism,
politics,
pornographer,
power,
premarital-sex,
profanity,
prostitute,
racism,
rage,
rainstorm,
rape-victim,
redemption,
redhead,
reporter,
restaurant,
revenge,
rivalry,
russian-roulette,
scandal,
scene-during-end-credits,
sex,
shootout,
shot-in-the-back,
shot-in-the-chest,
shot-in-the-face,
shot-to-death,
shotgun,
slide-locked-back,
slit-throat,
stabbed-in-the-leg,
surprise-after-end-credits,
switchblade,
tabloid,
technicolor,
toilet,
tommy-gun,
tv-show-in-film,
twist-in-the-end,
two-way-mirror,
urination,
violence,
voice-over-narration,
vulgarity,
wealth,
wetting-pants
Sep 13
Plot:
The President of the USA goes to Moscow and gives a stirring speech outlining the USA’s new “Zero-tolerance” policy with respect to terrorism. On the flight home, terrorists take over Air Force One (the President’s official plane) and take the passengers (including his wife and daughter) hostage. The terrorists plan to execute one hostage every half-hour unless/until their demands are met. However, the President is a former Medal of Honor winner, so the terrorists may be in for a surprise…
IMDB rating: 6.30 out of 10.0 (29455 votes) Continue reading »
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