 The Beach 2000  R, 119 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Thriller
Director: Danny Boyle
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tilda Swinton, Virginie Ledoyen, Guillaume Canet, Robert Carlyle, Paterson Joseph, Jerry Swindall, Lars Arentz-Hansen, Staffan Kihlbom, Peter Youngblood Hills, Weeratham "Norman" Wichairaksakui, Jak Boon, Daniel York, Abhijati "Meuk" Jusakul, Sanya 'Gai' Cheunjit
Based on Alex Garland's bestseller, this thriller is set on an island beach off Thailand. Richard (Leonardo DiCaprio) finds a map that leads to what purports to be an island paradise. It isn't long before he and his companions–Etienne (Guillaume Canet) and Francoise (Virginie Ledoyen)–are headed to what they believe will be a tourist utopia. Surprises await them.
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Rescue Dawn 2006  PG-13, 126 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: Werner Herzog
Cast: Christian Bale, Steve Zahn, Jeremy Davies, Pat Healy, Toby Huss, Evan Jones, Teerawat Mulvilai, Marshall Bell, Francois Chau, Craig Gellis, Zach Grenier, Bonnie Z. Hutchinson, Abhijati "Meuk" Jusakul, Tony B. King, Richard Manning
This film is based on the true story of U.S. Navy Lieutenant Dieter Dengler's (Christian Bale) first mission over North Vietnam in 1966. When he is shot down and captured by Laotian troops, Dieter admits that he is an American, is tortured, and taken to a POW camp where he meets veterans of the camp–Americans Lt. Duane Martin (Steve Zahn) and Eugene DeBruin (Jeremy Davies)–who have been prisoners for two years. Now, Dieter plans a death defying escape in which he will lead fellow POWs through the jungles of Laos in a race to freedom.
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Shutter 2004 R, 92 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Banjong Pisanthanakun, Parkpoom Wongpoom
Cast: Ananda Everingham, Natthaweeranuch Thongmee, Achita Sikamana, Unnop Chanpaibool, Chachchaya Chalemphol, Panitan Mavichak, Sivagorn Muttamara, Kachormsak Naruepatr, Titikarn Tongprasearth, Achita Wuthinounsurasit, Abhijati "Meuk" Jusakul, Jitlada Korsangwichai
Bankok photographer Tun (Ananda Everingham) is riding home with his girlfriend Jane (Natthaweeranuch Thongmee) when she drives over a woman on a dark road. They leave the scene of the accident without aiding the woman. Later, Tun discovers that his latest photographs have mysterious shadows on them and believes that he is being haunted by the ghost of the woman killed that night on the road. But, is that who it really is?
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| 1. The Beach (2000)
2. Rescue Dawn (2006)
3. Shutter (2004)
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