The Invasion 2007  PG-13, 98 min.
Genre: Action / Horror / Thriller
Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel, James McTeigue
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Jeremy Northam, Jackson Bond, Jeffrey Wright, Veronica Cartwright, Josef Sommer, Celia Weston, Roger Rees, Eric Benjamin, Susan Floyd, Stephanie Berry, Adam LeFevre, Joanna Merlin, Alexis Raben
A space shuttle crashes in flames on Earth and spreads extraterrestrial spores than ominously transform the actions and emotions of ordinary people who come in contact with them. After pricking his finger on one of the spores, Centers for Disease Control official Tucker Kaufman (Jeremy Northam) goes through a personality transformation. His ex-wife, Washington, D.C. psychiatrist Carol (Nicole Kidman), notices the change and becomes even more concerned when Tucker takes off with their son Oliver (Jackson Bond). Now, Carol and her friend Dr. Ben Driscoll (Daniel Craig) put their heads together looking for a cure before the Earth is devastated by extraterrestrials.
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Ninja Assassin 2009  R, 99 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: James McTeigue
Cast: Rain, Naomie Harris, Ben Miles, Rick Yune, Sho Kosugi, Guido Foehrweisser, Stephen Marcus, Sung Kang, Jonathan Chan-Pensley, Kylie Goldstein, Randall Duk Kim, Yuki Iwamoto, Anna Sawai, Adriana Altaras, Yoon Sungwoong
When he was a young child, Raizo (Rain) was taken from the streets and transformed into a killing machine by the Ozunu Clan. Later, the Ozunu assassins kill Raizo's good friend, and Raizo is now waiting to avenge his friend's murder. Meanwhile, Europol agent Mika (Naomie Harris) is following a money trail that links political murders to the Ozunu Clan. Mika's investigation results in making her an Ozunu Clan target, but Raizo saves her. Now, Mika and Raizo are both targeted as they try to escape and are hunted by the Ozunu Clan throughout the streets of Europe.
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 V for Vendetta 2006   R, 132 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi
Director: James McTeigue
Cast: Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving, Stephen Rea, Stephen Fry, John Hurt, Tim Pigott-Smith, Rupert Graves, Roger Allam, Ben Miles, Sinead Cusack, Natasha Wightman, John Standing, Eddie Marsan
Set in the future after World War III resulted in Great Britain becoming a totalitarian state with Adam Sutler (John Hurt) in charge, this story involves the efforts of a masked man, V (Hugo Weaving), to ignite a revolution. With help from Evey (Natalie Portman) who he had rescued from an assault by government forces, V struggles against the oppressive forces of Britain's government.
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| 1. The Invasion (2007)
2. Ninja Assassin (2009)
3. V for Vendetta (2006)
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