D-War 2007  PG-13, 105 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Fantasy
aka: Dragon Wars
Director: Hyung-rae Shim
Cast: Jason Behr, Amanda Brooks, Robert Forster, Aimee Garcia, Craig Robinson, Chris Mulkey, John Ales, Elizabeth Pena, Billy Gardell, Holmes Osborne, Cody Arens, Kevin Breznahan, Geoffrey Pierson
Young Ethan (Cody Arens) enters a Los Angeles antiques shop run by Jack (Robert Forster) and is zapped by something emanating from an old Korean Chest. It turns out that Ethan has absorbed the spirit of a warrior from 500 years ago who had saved his beloved from the monstrous Buraki–Serpents and Dragons that devastated the land. Jack presents a pendant that has powers and tells Ethan to seek out the modern-day incarnation of the warrior's lover, which, after she reaches age 20, they will be able to call up Imoogi dragons to take on the Buraki. Later, Ethan (now played by Jason Behr) does meet up with the woman, Sarah (Amanda Brooks). And yes, the Buraki are released on Los Angeles, wreaking havoc, and yes, the Ethan/Sarah duo take on the monsters via the Imoogi.
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 The Grudge 2004 PG-13, 96 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Takashi Shimizu
Cast: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jason Behr, William Mapother, Clea DuVall, KaDee Strickland, Grace Zabriskie, Bill Pullman, Rosa Blasi, Ted Raimi, Ryo Ishibashi, Yoko Maki, Takashi Matsuyama
An American nurse working in Tokyo, Karen (Sarah Michelle Gellar), is plagued by a supernatural curse "the grudge," which has traveled from person to person and then has killed each victim. It will continue until someone achieves freedom from it while still alive. Will Karen be the one to free herself from its control and bring an end to the curse?
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Rites of Passage 1999 PG-13, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Victor Salva
Cast: Dean Stockwell, James Remar, Jason Behr, Robert Glen Keith, Jaimz Woolvett, Joseph Kell, Thomas G. Waites, Rondell Sheridan, Marianna Elliott, Brenda James
After D.J. (Robert Glen Keith) catches his father, Del (Dean Stockwell), with a mistress, father and son decide to go their cabin to talk it out. Upon arrival, D.J.'s estranged brother, Campbell (Jason Behr), is already there. It has been some time since Del had seen the gay son after past confrontations, but Campbell joins in the discussion. When two convicts show up, one of whom knows Campbell things are really get dicey.
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The Shipping News 2001 R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Lasse Hallstrom
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Julianne Moore, Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett, Pete Postlethwaite, Scott Glenn, Rhys Ifans, Gordon Pinsent, Jason Behr, John Dunsworth, Larry Pine, Marc Lawrence, Jeanetta Arnette, Robert Joy, Alyssa/Kaitlyn/Lauren Gainer
Down-on-his-luck Quoyle (Kevin Spacey), with young daughter Bunny (Alyssa, Kaitlyn, and Lauren Gainer) in tow, follows the advice of his Aunt Agnis (Judi Dench) to join her in the ancestral home in Newfoundland. He gets a job writing a shipping news column for the local newspaper and, with the help of widow Wavey (Julianne Moore), finds that new, better life.
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Skinwalkers 2007 PG-13, 110 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: James Isaac
Cast: Jason Behr, Elias Koteas, Rhona Mitra, Kim Coates, Natassia Malthe, Matthew Knight, Sarah Carter, Tom Jackson, Rogue Johnston, Barbara Gordon, Shawn Roberts, Lyriq Bent, Todd Schroeder, Scott Anderson
Bad skinwalkers (werewolves)–Varek (Jason Behr), Zo (Kim Coates), and Sonja (Natassia Malthe)–converge on the town of Huguenot where Timothy (Matthew Knight) is preparing to celebrate his 13th birthday. Timothy is being raised by his widowed mother Rachel (Rhona Mitra) and her husband's family (Sarah Carter, Elias Koteas, and Barbara Gordon). Katherine is unaware that the family members are werewolves and that they protect Timothy because the family knows that Timothy holds the power to control the good skinwalkers' destiny. But, those bad skinwalkers know of the prophecy and, having just learned of where Timothy lives, are determined to kill him.
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| 1. D-War (2007)
aka: Dragon Wars
2. The Grudge (2004)
3. Rites of Passage (1999)
4. The Shipping News (2001)
5. Skinwalkers (2007)
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