The Cassandra Crossing 1977  R, 126 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: George P. Cosmatos
Cast: Sophia Loren, Ava Gardner, Richard Harris, Burt Lancaster, Martin Sheen, Ingrid Thulin, Lee Strasberg, John Phillip Law, O.J. Simpson, Lionel Stander
Set amidst the beautiful scenery of Italy and France, this disaster film is about a deadly virus that has created an epidemic among the train passengers. Conflicts occur between Dr. Chamberlain (Richard Harris) who tries to save his patients, and MacKenzie (Burt Lancaster) who wants to wreck the train to stop the virus' spread.
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 Cobra 1986  PG-13, 88 min.
Genre: Action
Director: George P. Cosmatos
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Brigitte Nielsen, Reni Santoni, Andrew Robinson, Lee Garlington, John Herzfeld, Val Avery, Art LaFleur, Brian Thompson, David Rasche, Marco Rodriguez, Ross St. Phillip, Nick Angotti, Nina Axelrod, John Hauk
L.A. cop Marion Cobretti, alias Cobra (Sylvester Stallone), helps track down a serial killer in this extremely violent film.
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Escape to Athena 1979   PG, 101 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure
Director: George P. Cosmatos
Cast: Roger Moore, Telly Savalas, David Niven, Claudia Cardinale, Richard Roundtree, Stefanie Powers, Sonny Bono, Elliott Gould, William Holden, Anthony Valentine, Siegfried Rouch, Michael Sheard, Richard Wren, Philip Locke, Steve Ubels
Allied POWs get help from a Nazi (Roger Moore) and a Greek resistance leader (Telly Savalas) in a daring attempt to escape from their prison and to locate a hidden treasure on Mount Athena. But, problems arise concerning the fact that a secret German rocket installation is also located on the mountain.
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Massacre in Rome 1973 PG, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George P. Cosmatos
Cast: Richard Burton, Marcello Mastroianni, Leo McKern, John Steiner, Robert Harris, Anthony Steel, Peter Vaughan, Renzo Montagnani, Delia Boccardo, Renzo Palmer, Giancarlo Prete, Duilio Del Prete
Based on a true incident of World War II, when 33 members of the S.S. brigade were assaulted and killed in Nazi-occupied Rome, Nazi Lt. Col. Kappler (Richard Burton) orders the execution of 333 Roman citizens. A local priest, Father Pietro Antonelli (Marcello Mastroianni), chooses death over acting as a liaison between the Romans and Germans and fights to save them.
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 Rambo: First Blood Part II 1985 R, 93 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama / Thriller
Director: George P. Cosmatos
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Charles Napier, Richard Crenna, Martin Kove, Steven Berkoff, Julia Nickson-Soul, George Cheung, Andy Wood, William Ghent, Voyo Goric, Dana Lee, Baoan Coleman
In this sequel, Rambo's (Sylvester Stallone) former superior officer Col. Samuel Trautman (Richard Crenna) is authorized to release Rambo from prison and send him on a journey to Vietnam searching for POWs. Rambo teams up with Vietnamese freedom fighter Co Bao (Julia Nickson-Soul), and he falls in love with her. After Co Bao is killed by Captain Vinh (William Ghent), Rambo goes on a killing spree, and the action accelerates.
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Shadow Conspiracy 1997  R, 103 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: George P. Cosmatos
Cast: Charlie Sheen, Linda Hamilton, Donald Sutherland, Stephen Lang, Sam Waterston, Ben Gazzara, Nicholas Turturro, Stanley Anderson, Theodore Bikel, Charles Cioffi
Conspiracy in the highest levels of government is the theme of this story featuring Charlie Sheen as the president's (Sam Waterston) special assistant and Linda Hamilton as a reporter who are the objects standing in the way of a hired killer (Stephen Lang). They must be silenced at all cost. So should this film.
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 Tombstone 1993 R, 128 min.
Genre: Western / Action / Drama / Romance
Director: George P. Cosmatos
Cast: Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer, Michael Biehn, Powers Boothe, Robert Mitchum, Robert John Burke, Dana Delany, Sam Elliott, Bill Paxton, Joanna Pacula, Charlton Heston, Jason Priestley, Jon Tenney, Stephen Lang, Thomas Haden Church
It's all there–Wyatt Earp (Kurt Russell), Doc Holliday (Val Kilmer), and the gunfight at the O.K. Corral in 1879 when the Earp brothers–Virgil (Sam Elliott) and Morgan (Bill Paxton) join their brother Wyatt in a battle against the outlaw gang, the Cowboys. After the Cowboys take revenge by killing Morgan and injuring Virgil, Wyatt leaves town. But, Wyatt returns as a U.S. marshal and hunts down the Cowboys, which results in their leader, Johnny Ringo (Michael Biehn), challenging Wyatt to a duel. This time around, more attention is given to providing insights into those involved, as well as accuracy in detail. Overall, a good story.
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| 1. The Cassandra Crossing (1977)
2. Cobra (1986)
3. Escape to Athena (1979)
4. Massacre in Rome (1973)
5. Of Unknown Origin (1983)
6. Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)
7. Shadow Conspiracy (1997)
8. Tombstone (1993)
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