 Smokin' Aces 2007   R, 108 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Joe Carnahan
Cast: Jeremy Piven, Ryan Reynolds, Ray Liotta, Ben Affleck, Andy Garcia, Jason Bateman, Peter Berg, Common, Alicia Keyes, Nestor Carbonell, Taraji P. Henson, Martin Henderson, Joseph Ruskin, Alex Rocco, Wayne Newton
Las Vegas magician-turned-gangster Buddy "Aces" Israel (Jeremy Piven) has agreed to turn state's evidence against the Mob, and FBI agents Richard Messner (Ryan Reynolds) and Donald Carruthers (Ray Liotta) are assigned to protect the witness. But, word spreads that Mob boss Primo Sparazza (Joseph Ruskin) has taken out a contract of $1 million on Buddy. Now, a myriad of bounty hunters, thugs, and wanna-be cons descend on Lake Tahoe where the FBI has put Buddy in a high-roller penthouse to protect their witness while working out the deal. Carruthers and Messner have their work cut out for them. 1 User Review
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| | Anonymous 02/02/2007 | | Very entertaining film. Loved the action, the actors were outstanding in each of there rolls. Not for everybody, but very original and well made. |
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Street Kings 2008 R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: David Ayer
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Forest Whitaker, Hugh Laurie, Chris Evans, Cedric the Entertainer, Jay Mohr, Terry Crews, Naomie Harris, Common, The Game, Amaury Nolasco, Michael Monks, Clifton Powell, Noel Gugliemi
Los Angeles Police Detective Tom Ludlow (Keanu Reeves) is under investigation by Internal Affairs Captain Biggs (Hugh Laurie) for adding corpses to his body count. Meanwhile, his former partner Terry Washington (Terry Crews) is murdered, and Ludlow's supervisor Captain Wander (Forest Whitaker) is trying to tell him to let the matter go and forget about it. Instead, Ludlow teams up with young homicide Detective Paul Diskant (Chris Evans) to track down the killers and bring them to justice in his own unique way.
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Terminator Salvation 2009  PG-13, 130 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Action / Adventure / Thriller
Director: McG
Cast: Christian Bale, Sam Worthington, Anton Yelchin, Moon Bloodgood, Bryce Dallas Howard, Common, Jane Alexander, Helena Bonham Carter, Jadagrace, Michael Ironside, Ivan G'Vera, Chris Browning, Dorian Nkono, Beth Bailey, Victor J. Ho
Set in post-apocalyptic 2018, this fourth installment of the "Terminator" series features John Connor (Christian Bale) organizing a resistance force against Skynet and its army of Terminators that are attempting to take over the world. Marcus Wright (Sam Worthington) appears on the scene, and his last memory is of sitting on death row. John is not sure whether Marcus is being sent from the future or has been rescued from the past, but they join forces and head into the heart of Skynet's operation. Then, and only then, do they discover a terrible secret about the annihilation of mankind.
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Wanted 2008 R, 110 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Timur Bekmambetov
Cast: James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman, Angelina Jolie, Terence Stamp, Thomas Kretschmann, Common, Kristen Hager, Marc Warren, David O'Hara, Konstantin Khabensky, Dato Bakhtadze, Chris Pratt, Lorna Scott
Fox (Angelina Jolie) recruits Wesley Gibson (James McAvoy) into an assassination club, The Fraternity, that devotes itself to maintaining a good balance in life through assassinations. Fox tells Wesley that his father had been a member, and Wesley learns that his father was brutally murdered. The Fraternity leader Sloan (Morgan Freeman) wants Wesley to avenge his father's death. Now, Wesley goes through rigorous training with guns, fists, knives, cars crashing, and blood spewing until he is prepared for his mission. In the process of learning how to destroy lives, will Wesley learn how to control his own destiny?
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| 1. Smokin' Aces (2007)
2. Street Kings (2008)
3. Terminator Salvation (2009)
4. Wanted (2008)
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