Death Race 2008  R, 89 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
Cast: Jason Statham, Joan Allen, Ian McShane, Tyrese Gibson, Natalie Martinez, Max Ryan, Jason Clarke, Frederick Koehler, Jacob Vargas, Justin Mader, Robert LaSardo, Robin Shou, Benz Antoine, Danny Blanco, Christian Paul
It is the future, and America's economy has collapsed. Prisons are now privatized, and Warden Hennessy (Joan Allen) at Terminal Island Penitentiary has come up with a scheme to raise funds for running the prison: a three day pay-per-view "Death Race" and promises that the winner of the race will be released from prison. Terminal Island prisoner Jenson Ames (Jason Stratham) had been a race car driver, and Hennessy forces him to don the mask of dead racing hero "Frankenstein" and enter the race. Ames is in prison wrongly accused of murdering his wife and, if released, could once again be with his baby daughter. And the race is on–a combination of NASCAR and demolition derby with prison drivers accompanied by navigators from a women's prison. Racers are armed with grenade launchers, machine guns, flame throwers, and napalm as Ames and his navigator Case (Natalie Martinez) set out against other prison drivers–along with their chief opponent Machine Gun Joe (Tyrese Gibson)–in what is truly a race to the death.
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Public Enemies 2009   R, 143 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Michael Mann
Cast: Johnny Depp, Christan Bale, Marion Cotillard, Channing Tatum, Giovanni Ribisi, Billy Crudup, Stephen Dorff, David Wenham, Stephen Graham, James Russo, Jason Clarke, John Judd, Rory Cochrane, John Kishline, Shawn Hatosy
During the 1930s, bank robber John Dillinger (Johnny Depp) obtains folk-hero status as he successfully robs banks and eludes the police. F.B.I. Director J. Edgar Hoover (Billy Crudup) is determined to put an end to a wave of bank robberies being performed by Dillinger as well as by others such as Baby Face Nelson (Stephen Graham) and Pretty Boy Floyd (Channing Tatum). This story shows how Hoover names Dillinger the first "Public Enemy Number One" and assigns top F.B.I. agent Melvin Purvis (Christian Bale) to use any means necessary to end the crime wave. Purvis gets help from reinforcements and directs F.B.I. forces toward the capture of Dillinger in a battle that ends outside the Biograph Theater. 1 User Review
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| | not good | Anonymous 07/09/2009 | | the acting was great, that's about it. |
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 Rabbit-Proof Fence 2002  PG, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Phillip Noyce
Cast: Everlyn Sampi, Tianna Sansbury, Laura Monaghan, David Gulpilil, Kenneth Branagh, Ningali Lawford, Myarn Lawford, Deborah Mailman, Jason Clarke, Garry McDonald, Roy Billing
In 1931, the Australian government endorsed taking aboriginal girls away from their families to train as domestics. Those children became known as the Stolen Generation. Fourteen-year-old Molly (Everlyn Sampi), 10-year-old sister Daisy (Tianna Sansbury), and 10-year-old cousin Gracie (Laura Monaghan) escaped from one government camp in 1931 and set out on a 1,500 mile trek in search of a rabbit-proof fence that would lead them home. This film is based on their true story.
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 Twilight 1998 R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Robert Benton
Cast: Paul Newman, Susan Sarandon, Gene Hackman, Stockard Channing, Reese Witherspoon, Giancarlo Esposito, James Garner, Liev Schreiber, M. Emmet Walsh, Margo Martindale, John Spencer, Peter Gregory, Patrick Malone, Jason Clarke, Rene Mujica
Retired detective Harry Ross (Paul Newman) is living with movie star friends Jack and Catherine Ames (Gene Hackman and Susan Sarandon) in Santa Monica. When Harry delivers a package for Jack, he finds Lestar Ivar (M. Emmet Walsh) dying after being shot. Harry looks around Ivar's apartment and finds 20-year-old newspaper articles about Catherine's first husband who disappeared 20 years ago. Now, Harry's curiosity is peaked, and he asks LAPD detective Verna Hollander (Stockard Channing) for help in finding answers to the unsolved case. The trail leads to other unsolved cases–including one involving Harry's old colleague Raymond Hope (James Garner) who also runs errands for Jack and just might have the answers that Harry seeks.
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| 1. Death Race (2008)
2. Public Enemies (2009)
3. Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)
4. Twilight (1998)
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