Assault on Precinct 13 2005 R, 109 min. Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Jean-Francois Richet Cast: Ethan Hawke, Laurence Fishburne, Maria Bello, Ja Rule, Drea de Matteo, Matt Craven, John Leguizamo, Brian Dennehy, Gabriel Byrne, Aisha Hinds, Fulvio Cecere, Kim Coates, Currie Graham, Peter Bryant, Hugh Dillon
In the midst of a blizzard, four prisoners–Beck (John Leguizamo), Smiley (Ja Rule), Anna (Aisha Hinds), and crime lord Marion Bishop (Laurence Fishburne)–are delivered to Precinct 13 in Detroit on New Year's Eve. A SWAT team is concerned that Bishop will testify against their chief Marcus Duvall (Gabriel Byrne), and the team arrives at the isolated police station plotting to destroy Duvall. Landlines are cut, and cell-phone channels are cut off. Inside the station, in an effort to survive, Sergeant Jake Roenick (Ethan Hawke) and his staff–Jasper O'Shea (Brian Dennehy) and Iris Ferry (Drea de Matteo)–are forced into becoming allies with the prisoners to fight off the assault.
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Blade: House of Chthon 2006 TV, 88 min. Genre:
Director: Alex Chapple, Felix Enriguez Alcala, Michael Robison Cast: Sticky Fingaz, Jill Wagner, Jessica Gower, Neil Jackson, Nelson Lee, Larry Poindexter, P. Lynn Johnson, Emily Hirst, John DeSantis, Sahar Biniaz, Don Thompson, Bill Mondy, Todd Thomson, William MacDonald, Fulvio Cecere
Half-human/half-vampire Blade (Sticky Fingaz) tries to rid the world of vampires. The House of Chthon is where vampires gather hoping to create a super breed of vampires. Blade meets Krista Starr (Jill Wagner) who is trying to find the facts behind her twin brother's murder, and the trail leads to vampires. Blade uses Krista as a double agent, and they infiltrate vampire Marcus Van Sciver's (Neil Jackson) world at the House of Chthon where Marcus tries to use Krista in his battle against Blade.
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Dead in a Heartbeat 2002 TV, 90 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Paul Antier Cast: Judge Reinhold, Penelope Ann Miller, Timothy Busfield, Fulvio Cecere, Matthew Walker, Jeffrey Ballard, Sarah-Jane Redmond, Zachary Ansley, Alvin Sanders, Mary Black, Ingrid Tesch, Bill Mondy
Noted heart surgeon Dr. Gillian Hayes' (Penelope Ann Miller) patients are exploding. Seattle bomb squad Lt. Tom Royko (Judge Reinhold) is assigned to the case and, with the help of Gillian, races against the clock to catch the killer. Made for TV.
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Outrage 1998 TV, 90 min. Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Robert Allan Ackerman Cast: Rob Lowe, Jennifer Grey, Eric Michael Cole, Shane Meier, Cyrus Thiedeke, Kathryn Harrold, Nathaniel DeVeaux, Jerry Wasserman, Fulvio Cecere, Colin Lawrence, Robert Wisden, Jennifer Clement, Bob Morrisey, Lesley Ewen, Christine Willes
A trio of teens breaks into insurance salesman Tom Casey's (Rob Lowe) car, and Tom calls the police. But the teens are well-connected, get just a slap on the wrist, and now start to intimidate Tom and his pregnant wife (Jennifer Grey). Weak made-for-TV thriller.
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Paycheck 2003 PG-13, 110 min. Genre: Sci-Fi / Action / Thriller / Mystery
Director: John Woo Cast: Ben Affleck, Aaron Eckhart, Uma Thurman, Paul Giamatti, Colm Feore, Joe Morton, Michael C. Hall, Peter Friedman, Kathryn Morris, Ivana Milicevic, John Cassini, Fulvio Cecere, Christopher Kennedy, Callum Keith Rennie, Michelle Harrison
Reverse engineer Michael Jennings (Ben Affleck) disassembles cutting-edge technology in order to improve on it for the competition. He wakes up one day with no recollection of the past two years because his memory has been erased so he cannot expose his employers. Worse yet, it appears that those employers are out to kill him, and Jennings must put together pieces of a puzzle to save his own life.
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Shadow of a Doubt 1995 TV, 92 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Brian Dennehy Cast: Brian Dennehy, Bonnie Bedelia, Fairuza Balk, Mike Nussbaum, Joe Grifasi, Michael MacRae, Kevin Dunn, Ken Pogue, Brent Jennings, Bruce McGill, Donnelly Rhodes, Fulvio Cecere, Don MacKay
Over-the-hill, alcoholic attorney Charlie Sloan (Brian Dennehy) has a chance to get back in the courtroom when an old flame, Robin (Bonnie Bedelia), asks him to defend her daughter, Angel (Fairuza Balk), who has been charged with murder. The prosecution not only takes on the defendant but also takes on Charlie in the courtroom. Can Charlie come through? Made for TV.
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Valentine 2001 R, 95 min. Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Jamie Blanks Cast: David Boreanaz, Denise Richards, Marley Shelton, Jessica Capshaw, Jessica Cauffiel, Katherine Heigl, Fulvio Cecere, Daniel Cosgrove, Johnny Whitworth, Benita Ha
Valentine's Day 2001 looms in the near future, and it is the date that Victor plans to kill the last survivor of four women who played a nasty practical joke on him 16 years ago.
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| 1. Assault on Precinct 13 (2005)
2. Blade: House of Chthon (2006)
3. Dead in a Heartbeat (2002)
4. Outrage (1998)
5. Paycheck (2003)
6. Shadow of a Doubt (1995)
7. Valentine (2001)
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