 After the Sunset 2004  PG-13, 100 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy
Director: Brett Ratner
Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Salma Hayek, Woody Harrelson, Don Cheadle, Naomie Harris, Russell Hornsby, Chris Penn, Obba Babatunde, Troy Garity, Rex Linn, Rachael Harris, Tom McGowan
FBI Agent Stan Lloyd (Woody Harrelson) has vowed to capture master jewel thief Max Burdett (Pierce Brosnan) and has followed his trail for years. Max is now claiming retirement and living in the Bahamas with his lover/accomplice (Salma Hayek). When Stan learns that a valuable diamond is scheduled for display on a cruise ship in the Bahamas, he enlists the aid of island police officer Sophie (Naomie Harris) with plans to nab Max when he tries to steal the diamond.
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The Family Man 2000  PG-13, 125 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Brett Ratner
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Tea Leoni, Don Cheadle, Jeremy Piven, Saul Rubinek, Josef Sommer, Makenzie Vega, Lisa Thornhill, Harve Presnell, Mary Beth Hurt, Jake and Ryan Milkovich, Amber Valletta, Francine York, Ruth Williamson, Robert Downey Sr.
A Wall Street investment broker, bachelor Jack Campbell (Nicholas Cage), wakes up one day to find that he has a wife, Kate (Tea Leoni), and family. This is the life he would have lived if he had married Kate back in their college days when Kate was his sweetheart. Gradually, Jack realizes that not only is his old life as the free-living bachelor over but he now has the opportunity to enjoy a more fulfilling personal life than he has ever known.
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 Money Talks 1997 R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Brett Ratner
Cast: Chris Tucker, Charlie Sheen, Heather Locklear, Gerard Ismael, Paul Sorvino, Paul Gleason, David Warner, Frank Bruynbroek, Veronica Cartwright, Damian Chapa, Larry Hankin, Nathan Anderson, Faizon Love, Ralph W. Odum, Doug Llewelyn
Franklin Hatchett (Chris Tucker) is a small-time crook who gains instant fame following a terrorist bombing of a prison bus to free their leader–Franklin was handcuffed to that leader. Hatchett is wanted by the police; he teams up with TV newsman James Russell (Charlie Sheen), and the chase is on.
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 Red Dragon 2002  R, 124 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Brett Ratner
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Edward Norton, Ralph Fiennes, Harvey Keitel, Emily Watson, Mary-Louise Parker, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Anthony Heald, Ken Leung, Frankie Faison
Early facts surrounding cannibal serial-killer Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins) are brought to the fore in this prequel to "Silence of the Lambs" (1991) and "Hannibal" (2001) when it relates the story behind Lecter's arrest by FBI Agent Will Graham (Edward Norton). The scene then updates to Graham's retirement in Florida when his old boss, Jack Crawford (Harvey Keitel), lures Graham back to track down a new serial killer. Could Hannibal be playing a role in the killings?
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Rush Hour 1998 PG-13, 94 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Comedy / Thriller
Director: Brett Ratner
Cast: Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, Tom Wilkinson, Elizabeth Pena, Tzi Ma, Julia Hsu, Ken Leung, Philip Baker Hall, Chris Penn, Mark Rolston, Robert Littman, Kai Lennox, Larry Sullivan, Yang Lin, Roger Fan
Hong Kong Detective Inspector Lee (Jackie Chan) is called to Los Angeles to work on a kidnapping case involving the Chinese consul's (Tzi Ma) daughter Soo Yung (Julia Hsu). Lee teams up with local cop Detective James Carter (Chris Tucker), and, although neither man likes teamwork, they set out to save the young girl. More of Chan's terrific stunts are displayed.
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Rush Hour 2 2001 PG-13, 85 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy / Drama / Thriller
Director: Brett Ratner
Cast: Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, John Lone, Zhang Ziyi, Roselyn Sanchez, Harris Yulin, Alan King, Kenneth Tsang, Lisa Lo Cicero, Don Cheadle, Maggie Q, Mei Melancon, Patricia Chan, Lucy Lin, Cindy Lu
LAPD Detective James Carter (Chris Tucker) visits Hong Kong with his friend, Detective Inspector Lee (Jackie Chan), where they just happen to get involved in an investigation tracking down smugglers and counterfeiters who have set off a bomb killing two U.S. Customs agents. Jackie Chan, as usual, is fun to watch, and Chris Tucker provides the right chemistry as Chan's joke-cracking cohort.
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Rush Hour 3 2007 PG-13, 90 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy
Director: Brett Ratner
Cast: Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, Max von Sydow, Hiroyuki Sanada, Noemie Lenoir, Yvan Attal, Dana Ivey, Youki Kudoh, Tzi Ma, Roman Polanski, Zhang Jingchu, Julie Depardieu, Simon Rhee, Roselyn Sanchez, Henry O
Hong Kong's Inspector Lee (Jackie Chan) and LAPD Detective James Carter (Chris Tucker) are back and thrown into action after a sniper, Lee's adopted brother Kenji (Hiroyuki Sanada), wounds Chinese Ambassador Han (Tzi Ma), and Lee chases him across Los Angeles during rush hour. When Lee and Carter learn that the Chinese Triads are behind the shooting and have gained a huge influence in Paris, they fly to Paris where their East vs. West culture clash enters a new phase of French vs. American as they vow to protect Han and his daughter Soo Yung (Zhang Jingchu). Genevieve (Noemie Lenoir), on whose head are tattooed details of the Triad, holds the key to solving the case. And the action continues!
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 X-Men: The Last Stand 2006 PG-13, 105 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi
Director: Brett Ratner
Cast: Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Ian McKellen, Famke Janssen, Anna Paquin, Kelsey Grammer, Patrick Stewart, James Marsden, Shawn Ashmore, Aaron Stanford, Vinnie Jones, Rebecca Romijn, Ben Foster, Dania Ramirez, Ellen Page
In this last entry of the X-Men trilogy, those mutant heroes are back and must now face a choice to retain their unique powers or give up those powers and become human. Battle lines are drawn with mutant leader Professor Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart) preaching tolerance versus Magneto (Ian McKellen) who believes in survival of the fittest. Their followers meet on Alcatraz Island–after Magneto levitates the Golden Gate Bridge–and a battle follows involving not only the two mutant armies but the real army that, instead of firing guns, fires needles filled with a potion to cure the mutants.
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| 1. After the Sunset (2004)
2. The Family Man (2000)
3. Money Talks (1997)
4. Red Dragon (2002)
5. Rush Hour (1998)
6. Rush Hour 2 (2001)
7. Rush Hour 3 (2007)
8. X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
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