Cut Off 2006  N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Gino Cabanas, Dick Fisher
Cast: Amanda Brooks, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Malcolm McDowell, Kurupt, Clint Howard, Patricia Rae, James Russo, Stephen Spacek, Faye Dunaway, Anne Archer
Growing up in the lap of luxury as the daughter of wealthy James and Marilyn Burton (Malcolm McDowell and Faye Dunaway), Patricia's (Amanda Brooks) life takes a giant turn-around when James cuts her off from the fortune she has been enjoying. What is Patricia to do? Her solution: join forces with her boyfriend, Joker (Kurupt), and rob a bank. The bank scheme fails, and they hijack an ambulance that happens to be carrying drug dealer Pauly (Thomas Ian Nicholas). Now, Patricia and Joker are backed into a corner, and their lives are in peril–unless Patricia can put things together and come up with a solution that will change her life.
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D-War 2007  PG-13, 105 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Fantasy
aka: Dragon Wars
Director: Hyung-rae Shim
Cast: Jason Behr, Amanda Brooks, Robert Forster, Aimee Garcia, Craig Robinson, Chris Mulkey, John Ales, Elizabeth Pena, Billy Gardell, Holmes Osborne, Cody Arens, Kevin Breznahan, Geoffrey Pierson
Young Ethan (Cody Arens) enters a Los Angeles antiques shop run by Jack (Robert Forster) and is zapped by something emanating from an old Korean Chest. It turns out that Ethan has absorbed the spirit of a warrior from 500 years ago who had saved his beloved from the monstrous Buraki–Serpents and Dragons that devastated the land. Jack presents a pendant that has powers and tells Ethan to seek out the modern-day incarnation of the warrior's lover, which, after she reaches age 20, they will be able to call up Imoogi dragons to take on the Buraki. Later, Ethan (now played by Jason Behr) does meet up with the woman, Sarah (Amanda Brooks). And yes, the Buraki are released on Los Angeles, wreaking havoc, and yes, the Ethan/Sarah duo take on the monsters via the Imoogi.
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| 1. Cut Off (2006)
2. D-War (2007)
aka: Dragon Wars
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