Beowulf 1999  R, 95 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Horror
Director: Graham Baker
Cast: Christopher Lambert, Rhona Mitra, Oliver Cotton, Gotz Otto, Charles Robinson, Brent Jefferson Lowe, Roger Sloman, Layla Roberts, Vincent Hammond, Robert Willox
Medieval knight Beowulf (Christopher Lambert) battles the evil, man-eating beast, Grendel (Vincent Hammond), that has been devouring warriors at the Outpost.
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Fortress 1993  R, 95 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi
Director: Stuart Gordon
Cast: Christopher Lambert, Kurtwood Smith, Loryn Locklin, Clifton Collins Jr., Lincoln Kilpatrick, Jeffrey Combs, Tom Towles, Vernon Wells, Carolyn Purdy-Gordon, Alan Zitner, Denni Gordon, Eric Briant Wells, Dragicia Debert, Heidi Stein, Harry Nurmi
Set in the future, this story is about John Henry Brennick (Christopher Lambert) and his wife, Karen (Loryn Locklin), who are thrown into prison for having a baby–in violation of population control laws. Their sentence includes mind control, laser beams for cell bars, and a stomach probe that electronically causes intense pain. Despite the odds, John plots their escape.
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Greystroke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes 1984  PG, 130 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Hugh Hudson
Cast: Ralph Richardson, Ian Holm, Christopher Lambert, Andie MacDowell, James Fox, Glenn Close, Cheryl Campbell, Ian Charleson, Nigel Davenport
The seventh Earl of Greystroke has been raised by apes in West Africa and is now attempting to claim his inheritance of the family mansion in Scotland. (That's Glenn Close's voice rather than Andie MacDowell's.)
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Gunmen 1994 R, 90 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Deran Sarafian
Cast: Christopher Lambert, Mario Van Peebles, Denis Leary, Patrick Stewart, Kadeem Hardison, Sally Kirkland, Richard C. Sarafian, Robert Harper, Brenda Bakke, James Chalke
Smuggler Dani (Christopher Lambert) teams up with DEA cop Cole (Mario Van Peebles) to find $400 million that was stolen from drug boss Loomis (Patrick Stewart) by Dani's brother, who was killed in the process. Now Loomis sends killers after Dani and Cole. Lots of action and some laughs thrown in as the pair bicker their way from one scrape to another.
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 Highlander 1986  R, 110 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Fantasy
Director: Russell Mulcahy
Cast: Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery, Roxanne Hart, Clancy Brown, Beatie Edney, Sheila Gish, Alan North, Jon Polito, Hugh Quarshie, Christopher Malcolm, Peter Diamond, Billy Hartman, Celia Imrie, James Cosmo, Alistair Findlay
A 16th-century Scotsman (Christopher Lambert) from the highlands was exiled from his clan when it was discovered that he is an immortal. Left to his own devices, he meets up with another immortal (Sean Connery) who educates him in the ways of the immortals and teaches him the art of swordsmanship. These skills allow him to survive until 1986–present day–when the day of The Quickening arrives. The immortals must fight to the death, and there can only be one survivor to claim the ultimate prize.
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 Highlander II: The Quickening 1991  R, 88 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Fantasy
Director: Russell Mulcahy
Cast: Christopher Lambert, Virginia Madsen, Sean Connery, Michael Ironside, John C. McGinley, Allan Rich, Rusty Schwimmer, Phil Brock, Ed Trucco, Steven Grives, Jimmy Murray, Pete Antico, Peter Bromilow, Jeff Altman, Peter Bucossi
Special effects are very good in this film; however, the plot is weak. Once again, McLeod (Christopher Lambert) and his mentor, Ramirez (Sean Connery), are on Earth evading the evil dictator (Michael Ironside) who is trying to control their destinies.
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Highlander III: The Sorcerer 1994 PG-13, 99 min.
Genre: Fantasy / Action / Sci-Fi
aka: Highlander III: The Magician
Highlander III: The Final Dimension
Director: Andrew Morahan
Cast: Christopher Lambert, Mario Van Peebles, Deborah Kara Unger, Mako, Raoul Trujillo, Jean-Pierre Perusse, Mark Neufeld, Frederick Y. Okimura, Daniel Do, Gabriel Kakon, Louis Bertignac, Michael Jayston, Zenhu Han, Akira Inoue, Darcy Laurie
In this third Highlander installment, Connor MacLeod/Russell Nash (Christopher Lambert) joins forces with Alex/Sarah (Deborah Kara Unger) to fight the evil Kane (Mario Van Peebles). It isn't long before Connor and Alex realize that they were lovers during the French Revolution.
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Highlander: Endgame 2000 R, 90 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Fantasy
Director: Douglas Aarniokoski
Cast: Christopher Lambert, Adrian Paul, Bruce Payne, Lisa Barbuscia, Donnie Yen, Adam Copeland, Ian Paul Cassidy, Damon Dash, Jim Byrnes, Peter Wingfield, Mihnea Trusca, Beatie Edney, Sheila Gish, Douglas Aarniokoski, Paul Bigley
From the TV series comes those immortal cousins–Connor (Christopher Lambert) and Duncan (Adrian Paul)–in this fourth "Highlander" film. Connor and Duncan join forces against an evil immortal, Kell (Bruce Payne), after Kell invades Connor's chosen sanctuary.
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Love Songs 1984 N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical / Romance
Director: Elie Chouraqui
Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Christopher Lambert, Richard Anconina, Jacques Perrin, Nick Mancuso, Dayle Haddon, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Dominique Lavanant, Franck Ayas, Nelly Borgeaud, Laszlo Szabo, Inigo Lezzi
When Yves (Jacques Perrin) leaves for New York to work on a book, his wife, Margaux (Catherine Deneuve), remains behind in Paris to raise their children. While Yves is working across the Atlantic, Margaux meets and has an affair with rock singer Jeremy (Christopher Lambert). She sends the kids to New York to be with their father, but there is another problem: Jeremy's singing partner Michel (Richard Anconina) doesn't like the fact that Margaux is taking up valuable time with Jeremy. But, with success in the music world just around the corner, who will Jeremy then turn to?
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Mean Guns 1997 R, 104 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Albert Pyun
Cast: Christopher Lambert, Ice-T, Michael Halsey, Deborah Van Valkenburgh, Kimberly Warren, Tina Cote, Yuji Okumoto, Thom Mathews, Hoke Howell, James Mathers, Jahi J.J. Zuri, Jerry Rector
Action abounds in this film involving assassins, weapons, and $10,000,000. Three Syndicate traitors, Marcus (Michael Halsey), Lou (Christopher Lambert), and D (Kimberly Warren) are forced into a survival-of-the fittest contest–the devious plot of Syndicate boss Vincent Moon (Ice-T) to punish those who have screwed up his operations.
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 Mortal Kombat 1995  PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Thriller
Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
Cast: Christopher Lambert, Robin Shou, Linden Ashby, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Talisa Soto, Bridgette Wilson, Trevor Goddard, Gregory Paul Martin, Kenneth Edwards, Gregory McKinney, Chris Casamassa, Francois Petit, Keith Cooke, Hakim Alston, John Fujioka
From the video-game franchise comes this movie in which three characters–Liu Kang, Sonya Blade, and Johnny Cage (Robin Shou, Bridgette Wilson, and Linden Ashby)–participate in a martial arts tournament on an island. The purpose of the violence is to defend the future of the human race.
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Nirvana 1997 R, 112 min.
Genre: Foreign / Sci-Fi
Director: Gabriele Salvatores
Cast: Christopher Lambert, Diego Abatantuono, Stefania Rocca, Sergio Rubini, Emmanuelle Seigner, Amanda Sandrelli, Claudio Bisio, Gigio Alberti, Antonio Catania, Ugo Conti, Silvio Orlando, Leonardo Gajo
Jimi's (Christopher Lambert) latest virtual reality computer game becomes infected with a virus that causes the game's hero, Solo (Diego Abatantuono), to have human consciousness. Solo pleads to be destroyed, but the master copy has been provided to his bosses for distribution. Furthermore, the company has many safeguards to protect their products. Jimi, with help from hackers, must play his own reality game to get to his program and destroy Solo.
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Resurrection 1999 R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Russell Mulcahy
Cast: Christopher Lambert, Leland Orser, Robert Joy, Barbara Tyson, David Cronenberg, Rick Fox, Philip Williams, James Kidnie
Two cops–John Prudhomme (Christopher Lambert) and Andrew Hollingworth (Leland Orser)–find their efforts frustrated as they search for the key that will help them nail a serial killer, Demus (Robert Joy), who leaves mutilated bodies in his wake. The Bible provides the key as the cops begin to realize that Demus is collecting body pieces to reassemble Christ in time for Easter.
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The Sicilian 1987  R, 119 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Cimino
Cast: Christopher Lambert, Terence Stamp, Barbara Sukowa, Giulia Boschi, Joss Ackland, John Turturro, Joe Regalbuto, Aldo Ray, Ray McAnally, Barry Miller, Richard Bauer, Andreas Katsulas
This story by Mario Puzo deserved a far better fate than what happened to it when filmmakers got their hands on the property. It did attempt to tell the story of Salvatore Giuliano, an outlaw leader using Mafia ties to achieve his dreams.
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Southland Tales 2007 R, 144 min.
Genre: Comedy / Sci-Fi / Drama / Thriller
Director: Richard Kelly
Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Seann William Scott, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Curtis Armstrong, Joe Campana, Nora Dunn, Beth Grant, Wood Harris, John Larroquette, Bai Ling, Jon Lovitz, Christopher Lambert, Mandy Moore, Holmes Osborne, Lisa K. Wyatt
A nuclear strike on Texas has resulted in political and environmental disasters that have caused the United States to institute strict security measures to ward off terrorists. Action-movie star Boxer Santaros (Dwayne Johnson) is married to Madeline (Mandy Moore) whose father, Senator Bobby Frost (Holmes Osborne), is a Republican vice-presidential candidate plotting a national takeover. But, Boxer is kidnapped under mysterious circumstances and now, after gaining freedom, suffers amnesia, can not remember Madeline, and has teamed up with porn princess Krysta (Sarah Michelle Gellar). He is also involved with a Hermosa Beach police officer (Sean William Scott) whose identity has split in two–resulting in twins, Roland and Ronald Taverner. Taverner's efforts to find himself just might provide the key to a dangerous conspiracy.
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Subway 1985 R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller / Romance
Director: Luc Besson
Cast: Isabelle Adjani, Christopher Lambert, Richard Bohringer, Michel Galabru, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Jean Bouise, Jean-Claude Lecas, Pierre-Ange Le Pogam, Jean Reno, Eric Serra, Arthur Simms, Alain Guillard, Constantin Alexandrov
Fred (Christopher Lambert) is a safecracker who steals major documents from the safe belonging to Helena's (Isabelle Adjani) husband (Constantin Alexandrov). Now–with the Metro police, the husband's thugs, and Helena in pursuit–Fred takes refuge in the Paris metro where he lives with a strange assortment of characters in a punk sub-culture.
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| 1. Adrenalin: Fear the Rush (1996)
2. Beowulf (1999)
3. Fortress (1993)
4. Greystroke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984)
5. Gunmen (1994)
6. Highlander (1986)
7. Highlander II: The Quickening (1991)
8. Highlander III: The Sorcerer (1994)
aka: Highlander III: The Magician
aka: Highlander III: The Final Dimension
9. Highlander: Endgame (2000)
10. Love Songs (1984)
11. Mean Guns (1997)
12. Mortal Kombat (1995)
13. Nirvana (1997)
14. Resurrection (1999)
15. The Sicilian (1987)
16. Southland Tales (2007)
17. Subway (1985)
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