 Beverly Hills Ninja 1997  PG-13, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Dennis Dugan
Cast: Chris Farley, Nicollette Sheridan, Robin Shou, Nathaniel Parker, Chris Rock, Soon-Tek Oh, Keith Cooke, Francois Chau, Dale Ishimoto, Daming Chen
The funny, bumbling Chris Farley is an overweight, sub-standard Ninja who takes a job to spy on Nicollette Sheridan's boyfriend in Beverly Hills. This one's okay for Farley fans, but many others will find it stupid.
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The Lodger 2009  R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Thriller / Mystery
Director: David Ondaatje
Cast: Alfred Molina, Hope Davis, Shane West, Rachael Leigh Cook, Simon Baker, Philip Baker Hall, Michael Agostini, Michael Albala, J.P. Foster Jr., Donal Logue, Rebecca Pidgeon, Michael O'Hagan, Francois Chau, Roy Werner, Stephen Steelman
In this animated documentary, Ari Folman listens as his friend tells him that he suffers from a nightmare in which 26 ferocious dogs chase him. The two men reason that the nightmares must be related to a mission they participated in during the first Lebanon War. Ari realizes that his memory of that time is very poor, and he travels to find old comrades from those days to refresh his memory. As he interviews old friends and acquaintances, Ari's memory emerges, and his recollections of his participation in the war leads, finally, to his denunciation of all wars.
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No Way Back 1996 R, 91 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Frank A. Capello
Cast: Russell Crowe, Helen Slater, Etsushi Toyokawa, Michael Lerner, Kyusaku Shimada, Kristopher Logan, Kelly Hu, Andrew J. Ferchland, Ian Ziering, Monty Bane, Christian Keiber, Patti Davis Suarez, Caroline Lagerfelt, Todd Jeffries, Francois Chau
FBI agent Zack Grant (Russell Crowe) tries to find those responsible for his partner's death during a sting operation that did not go off entirely as planned.
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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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 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze 1991  PG, 88 min.
Genre: Family / Action / Adventure / Comedy / Fantasy
Director: Michael Pressman
Cast: Paige Turco, David Warner, Michelan Sisti, Leif Tilden, Kenn Scott, Mark Caso, Ernie Reyes Jr., Francois Chau, Raymond Serra, Frank Welker, Toshiro Obata, Kevin Clash, Mark Ginther, Kurt Bryant, Kevin Nash
The teenage mutant ninja turtles–Michelangelo (Michelan Sisti), Donatello (Leif Tilden), Leonardo (Mark Caso), and Raphael (Ken Scott)–are living with television reporter April O"Neil (Paige Turco). April interviews Professor Jordan Perry (David Warner) who has information on the ooze that transformed the mutated turtles into teenagers. The evil Shredder (Francois Chau) is still the leader of the Foot gang, and they kidnap Perry along with the last canister of the ooze as part of their plot to create dangerous mutants. Armed with Perry's anti-mutant antidote, the turtles set out, once again, to stop Shredder from performing his dastardly deeds.
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| 1. Beverly Hills Ninja (1997)
2. The Lodger (2009)
3. No Way Back (1996)
4. Rescue Dawn (2006)
5. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991)
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