Beyond the Clouds 1995  N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni, Wim Wenders
Cast: John Malkovich, Kim Rossi Stuart, Ines Sastre, Sophie Marceau, Chiara Caselli, Peter Weller, Fanny Ardant, Irene Jacob, Vincent Perez, Jean Reno
Four short stories linked with an underlying theme of "the true image of that absolute and mysterious reality that nobody will ever see" make up this complex effort. Unfortunately, the beautiful cinematography is marred by the film's unbelievable tales.
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The Big Blue 1988 PG, 119 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Luc Besson
Cast: Rosanna Arquette, Jean-Marc Barr, Jean Reno, Paul Shenar, Sergio Castellitto, Marc Duret, Griffin Dunne
Boyhood friends (and rivals) meet again during free diving championships, both having held deepest dive records. Thus, the old rivalry heats up again. Meanwhile, Joanna (Rosanna Arquette) had met Jacques (one of the divers) and now follows him to the competition in the Mediterranean off Italy in attempts to gain his love. So-so, but the underwater photography is good.
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Couples Retreat 2009 PG-13, 107 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Peter Billingsley
Cast: Vince Vaughn, Jason Bateman, Faizon Love, Jon Favreau, Malin Ackerman, Kristen Bell, Kristin Davis, Kali Hawk, Jean Reno, Tasha Smith, Carlos Ponce, Peter Serafinowicz, Temuera Morrison, Jonna Walsh, Gattlin Griffith
In order to qualify for the "group rate," four, 30-something" couples go together to an island resort where they plan to enjoy the surf and sun. The resort provides a marriage workshop, and therapy, under Marcel's (Jean Reno) leadership, is mandatory. Now, the couples learn alot about their relationships–some of which provide more than a few moments of embarrassment.
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The Crimson Rivers 2: Angels of the Apocalypse 2004 R, 99 min.
Genre: Foreign / Thriller
Director: Olivier Dahan
Cast: Jean Reno, Benoit Magimel, Camille Natta, Christopher Lee, Johnny Hallyday, Serge Riaboukine, Augustin Legrand, Gabrielle Lazure, Andre Penvern, Cyril Raffaelli
In the process of investigating a series of murders, Commissaire Niemans (Jean Reno) teams up with young policeman Reda (Benoit Magimel), and they uncover a superhuman group dressed as monks and calling themselves "The Angels of the Apocalypse."
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 The Da Vinci Code 2006  PG-13, 150 min.
Genre: Mystery / Thriller / Drama
Director: Ron Howard
Cast: Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Ian McKellen, Alfred Molina, Jurgen Prochnow, Paul Bettany, Jean Reno, Etienne Chicot, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Seth Gabel, Jean-Yves Berteloot, Clive Carter
Dan Brown's best-selling–and controversial to many Christians– novel is brought to the screen by Ron Howard. Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks), a Harvard professor/symbologist, is visiting Paris when he is called to the Louvre after the curator is found murdered in the museum. A cipher found near the body begins Langdon's and cryptologist Sophie Neveu's (Audrey Tautou) thrilling race for the secrets of the cipher, which includes Leonardo Da Vinci's hidden meanings in his paintings and encounters with secret societies. This film version tiptoes around the more controversial parts of the novel.
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The Empire of the Wolves 2005  R, 128 min.
Genre: Foreign / Thriller
Director: Chris Nahon
Cast: Jean Reno, Arly Jover, Jocelyn Quivrin, Laura Morante, Philippe Bas, David Kammenos, Didier Sauvegrain, Patrick Floersheim, Vernon Dobtcheff, Albert Dray, Elodie Navarre, Philippe Du Janerand
Jean-Louis (Jean Reno) is called out of retirement and teamed with a rookie police officer (Jocelyn Quivrin) to investigate murders in the Turkish district of Paris. Meanwhile, Anna (Arly Jover) has recurring dreams of horrible murders and has developed amnesia as well. Upon going to the doctor, Anna learns that she had undergone extensive plastic surgery. Does she hold the key to the murder investigation?
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 Flushed Away 2006 PG, 86 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Comedy
Director: David Bowers, Sam Fell
Cast: Hugh Jackman, Kate Winslet, Ian McKellen, Andy Serkis, Jean Reno, Bill Nighy, Shane Richie, Kathy Burke, David Suchet, Miriam Margolyes, Susan Duerden, Miles Richardson
Roddy (voice of Hugh Jackman) is a mouse living the good life in a posh London apartment–until a sewer rat, Sid (voice of Shane Richie), arrives on the scene, lures Roddy into a "whirlpool," and flushes him down the toilet. From that drain pipe, Roddy enters London's sewer world of Ratropolis where he becomes involved in quite an adventure with rats, toads, and frogs that include scavenger Rita (voice of Kate Winslet) and the evil Toad (voice of Ian McKellen).
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 Flyboys 2006   R, 134 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama
Director: Tony Bill
Cast: James Franco, Martin Henderson, Jean Reno, David Ellison, Tyler Labine, Philip Winchester, Abdul Salis, Lex Schrapnel, Michael Jibson, Jennifer Decker, Mac McDonald, Tim Pigott-Smith, Augustin Legrand, Todd Boyce
Before the United States entered World War I, flyboys Blaine Rawlings (James Franco) and Reed Cassidy (Martin Henderson) volunteer to join the French squadron, Lafayette Escadrille, where their leader is Captain Thenault (Jean Reno). Through their courageous dogfights against the German pilots, Blaine and Reed become heroes in the Allied resistance. 1 User Review
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| | OMG | ellie 03/05/2007 | | this movie was realy good loved it |
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 French Kiss 1995 PG-13, 117 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Paris Match
Director: Lawrence Kasdan
Cast: Meg Ryan, Kevin Kline, Timothy Hutton, Susan Anbeh, Jean Reno, Francois Cluzet, Renee Humphrey
Kate (Meg Ryan) pushes down her fear of flying in order to take off for Paris where her fiance Charlie (Timothy Hutton) has fallen in love with a beautiful Parisian. Her seat partner on the airplane turns out to be Luc (Kevin Kline), a not-so-very-successful smuggler. In fact, he is smuggling a package into France and has hidden it in Kate's luggage. Alas, Kate's luggage is stolen by a con man, and Luc has to pretend to help Kate to get back his smuggled goods. Weak script.
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 Godzilla 1998 PG-13, 139 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Horror / Thriller
Director: Roland Emmerich
Cast: Matthew Broderick, Jean Reno, Hank Azaria, Maria Pitillo, Michael Lerner, Harry Shearer, Arabella Field, Philippe Bergeron, Malcolm Danare, Kevin Dunn, Vicki Lewis, Doug Savant, Lorry Goldman, Christian Aubert, Frank Bruynbroek
Godzilla is resurrected following French nuclear tests in the South Pacific, and the 90-foot monster crosses Panama and heads north where he lays waste to NYC's Wall Street and the subway system–all this with the U.S. Army in close pursuit. Also on Godzilla's trail is NRC biologist Dr. Nick Tatopoulos (Matthew Broderick), and close behind are Nick's ex-girlfriend Audrey Timmonds (Maria Pitillo), who is looking for a big news story, and French secret service agent Philippe Roach (Jean Reno), who is trying to protect his country's reputation. 1 User Review
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| | Roland Emmerich Strikes Again! | 1fatts 04/13/2009 | It is perfectly justifiable not to like Roland Emmerich movies. He seems to believe that subtlety involves using only a two-ton sledgehammer instead of a ten-ton sledgehammer, when a tack hammer will do.
He does to "the monster movie" in Godzilla what he did to "the alien movie" in Indpendence Day and would later do to "the ecology movie" in The Day After Tomorrow." Good special effects; a plot that comes out of a blender; and dialogue written by a ten-year-old and spoken with deep commitment to the "Omigosh, Batman!" school of acting.
But that's the fun of the thing. If you want more, don't spend the money. If you want to watch things blow up or crash or crack or whatever which make no more demands of your wit or intelligence than a Hardy Boys book, you can have some fun. It's like Jackie Chan movies with better special effects and no sense of humour. |
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Jet Lag 2002 R, 91 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Daniele Thompson
Cast: Jean Reno, Juliette Binoche, Sergi Lopez, Scali Delpeyrat, Karine Belly, Nadege Beausson-Diagne, Alice Taglioni, Jerome Keen, Sebastien Lalanne, Michel Lefriol, Raoul Billerey
Felix (Jean Reno) and Rose (Juliette Binoche) meet accidentally at a Paris airport where both are stranded due to weather and a utility strike. Although they represent direct opposites, love conquers all in this amusing, romantic offering.
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Just Visiting 2001 PG-13, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jean-Marie Poire
Cast: Jean Reno, Christian Clavier, Christina Applegate, Matt Ross, Tara Reid, Bridgette Wilson, Malcolm McDowell, John Aylward, George Plimpton, Sarah Badel
A 12th-century French knight (Jean Reno) and his servant (Christian Clavier) are transported in time to contemporary Chicago where they experience a variety of puzzling events. This is a remake of the very popular French film, "Les Visiteurs."
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Le Dernier Combat 1983  R, 92 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
aka: The Last Battle
Director: Luc Besson
Cast: Pierre Jolivet, Jean Bouise, Fritz Wepper, Jean Reno, Christiane Kruger, Maurice Lamy, Petra Muller, Pierre Carrive, Bernard Havet, Michel Doset
Only a few people remain on the devastated Earth after the big war, and those people can't talk. Thus, in Luc Besson's first film, there is no dialog. It is a story of the struggle for survival, shown from the standpoint of "The Man" (Pierre Jolivet). Nicely directed but slow, and the low budget shows.
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Leon 1994 R, 110 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
aka: The Professional
Director: Luc Besson
Cast: Gary Oldman, Jean Reno, Danny Aiello, Natalie Portman, Peter Appel, Michael Badalucco, Ellen Greene, Frank Senger, Geoffrey Bateman, Tommy Hollis, Elizabeth Regan, Carl J. Matusovich, Lucius Wyatt Cherokee, Luc Bernard, Kent Broadhurst
Twelve-year old Mathilda (Natalie Portman) lives with her family in a slum, and her father (Michael Badalucco) works for drug agents. One day, Mathilda returns home to find that most of her family has been killed in a botched drug deal. Corrupt Drug Enforcement Administration boss, Stansfield (Gary Oldman), ordered her family's murder. Mathilda takes refuge in the apartment of hit man Leon (Jean Reno) from whom she hopes to learn how to exact revenge on the killers. Leon becomes transfixed by Mathilda, and his life appears to be changing. Mathilda's intended victim is Stansfield, but her plans to avenge the murder of her family fail, and Mathilda is captured. Now, Leon must rescue Mathilda.
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Les Rivieres Pourpres 2000 R, 106 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: The Crimson Rivers
Director: Mathieu Kassovitz
Cast: Jean Reno, Vincent Cassel, Nadia Fares, Dominique Sanda, Karim Belkhadra, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Didier Flamand, Francois Levantal, Francine Berge, Philippe Nahon
Two French policemen–Commissaire Pierre Niemans (Jean Reno) and Lieutenant Max Kerkerian (Vincent Cassel)–follow clues in separate investigations that converge on the perpetrator of grisly serial killings.
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Les Visiteurs 1993 R, 106 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action / Comedy / Fantasy
aka: The Visitors
The Corsican File
Director: Jean-Marie Poire
Cast: Christian Clavier, Jean Reno, Valerie Lemercier, Marie-Anne Chazel, Didier Pain, Didier Benureau, Christian Bujeau, Isabelle Nanty, Gerard Sety, Jean-Paul Muel
A 12th-century knight (Jean Reno) and his squire (Christian Clavier) drink a magician's potion and are catapulted into the 20th century. In this comedic adventure from France, their castle is now a swanky hotel in the future.
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 Mission: Impossible 1996 PG-13, 111 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Thriller
Director: Brian De Palma
Cast: Tom Cruise, Jon Voight, Emmanuelle Beart, Henry Czerny, Jean Reno, Ving Rhames, Kristin Scott-Thomas, Vanessa Redgrave, Dale Dye, Ingeborga Dapkunaite, Marcel Iures, Ion Caramitru, Valentina Yakunina, Marek Vasut, Nathan Osgood
Tom Cruise stars as government agent Ethan Hunt whose mission is to find a stolen, top-secret computer disk that lists spies and their whereabouts. The evidence has pointed to Hunt as the one responsible for the theft, but he sets out to clear his name. Off he heads with his group of special agents from Eastern Europe to CIA headquarters–always on guard against terrorist attacks against U.S. citizens and searching for the mole.
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 Nikita 1990 R, 115 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Thriller / Romance
aka: La Femme Nikita
Director: Luc Besson
Cast: Anne Parillaud, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Tcheky Karyo, Jeanne Moreau, Jean Reno, Jean Bouise, Philippe Du Janerand, Roland Blanche, Philippe Leroy, Marc Duret, Patrick Fontana, Alain Lathiere, Philippe Leroy
A drug addict who commits robbery and murder, Nikita (Anne Parillaud), is tried, convicted, and then sent to a school for special operatives. She is given a second chance when she is recruited as a hired assassin, then is pronounced dead and presumed buried. One night, Nikita is enjoying a dinner at a restaurant when she is handed a gun and told to kill the man seated next to her. She does and heads back to headquarters where she is told she has graduated. Thus begins her double life, but she is torn between this new life and leading a normal one. Remade in 1993 as "Point of No Return."
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The Pink Panther 2 2009 ', 92 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Adventure / Mystery
Director: Harald Zwart
Cast: Steve Martin, Jean Reno, Emily Mortimer, Andy Garcia, Alfred Molina, Yuki Matsuzaki, Aishwarya Rai, John Cleese, Lily Tomlin, Jeremy Irons, Johnny Hallyday, Geoffrey Palmer, Phillip Goodwin, Armel Bellec, Jack Metzger
Steve Martin is back in his role as Inspector Clouseau. This time around, a master thief, "The Tornado," has stolen the Magna Carta, the pope's ring, and the Pink Panther diamond. Chief Inspector Dreyfus (John Cleese) assigns Clouseau to head up an international "dream team"–Vincenzo (Andy Garcia), Pepperidge (Alfred Molina), Kenji (Yuki Matsuzaki), and Sonia (Aishwarya Rai)–and they set out to solve the case. Clouseau's partner Ponton (Jean Reno) and Clouseau's love interest, Nicole (Emily Mortimer), are also along on the trip from Paris to Rome and help in the bumbling search for the stolen artfacts.
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 The Pink Panther 2006 PG, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy / Adventure
Director: Shawn Levy
Cast: Steve Martin, Kevin Kline, Beyonce Knowles, Jean Reno, Emily Mortimer, Henry Czerny, Kristin Chenoweth, Roger Rees, William Abadie, Scott Adkins, Dexter Bell, Monty C. Floyd, Beyonce Knowles, Phillip Goodwin, Henri Garcin
In this prequel to the original "Pink Panther" (1964), the bumbling Inspector Clousseau (Steve Martin) is working on a murder case in which a diamond ring has been stolen from a murdered soccer coach. That ring just happens to be the famous Pink Panther diamond, and Chief Inspector Dreyfus (Kevin Kline) promotes Clousseau to inspector in the quest to find the diamond. Dreyfus then places Gendarme Gilbert Ponton (Jean Reno) on the case with instructions to report back all actions taken by Clousseau–and the search is on.
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 Rollerball 2002 PG-13, 98 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi
Director: John McTiernan
Cast: Chris Klein, Jean Reno, LL Cool J, Rebecca Romijn, Naveen Andrews, Oleg Taktarov, David Hemblen, Paul Heyman, Janet Wright, Andrew Bryniarski, Kata Dobo, Eugene Lipinski
The year is 2005, and rollerball–a renegade sport combining roller derby, motocross, and lacrosse–is all the rage. When team owner Alexi (Jean Reno) sacrifices his players to raise ratings, the team members try to expose the corruption.
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 Ronin 1998 R, 121 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: John Frankenheimer
Cast: Robert De Niro, Jean Reno, Jonathan Pryce, Natascha McElhone, Stellan Skarsgard, Skipp Sudduth, Sean Bean, Michael Lonsdale, Jan Triska, Bernard Bloch, Feodor Atkine, Tolsty, Ron Perkins, Amadou, Leopoldine Serre
Irish activist Dierdre (Natascha McElhone) hires a team to track down a mysterious briefcase–contents unknown. They do not know who hired them, but former CIA agent Sam (Robert De Niro), former Euro intelligence agent Vincent (Jean Reno), former KGB agent Gregor (Stellan Skarsgard), British demolitions expert Spence (Sean Bean), and driver Larry (Skipp Sudduth) set out to track down the briefcase. And the chase is on, with a few twists and turns, car chases, and action scenes as they travel from Paris, to Cannes, and then to Nice.
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Roseanna's Grave 1997 PG-13, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: For Roseanna
Director: Paul Weiland
Cast: Jean Reno, Mercedes Ruehl, Polly Walker, Mark Frankel, Giuseppe Cederna, Renato Scarpa, Luigi Diberti, Trevor Peacock, Fay Ripley, George Rossi
Roseanna is dying and wants to be buried next to her daughter. BUT, there are only three plots left in the local cemetery, so her husband campaigns to keep fellow townsfolk alive. Meanwhile, Roseanna makes plans for her family's futures.
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Subway 1985 R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller / Romance
Director: Luc Besson
Cast: Isabelle Adjani, Christopher Lambert, Richard Bohringer, Michel Galabru, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Jean Bouise, Jean-Claude Lecas, Pierre-Ange Le Pogam, Jean Reno, Eric Serra, Arthur Simms, Alain Guillard, Constantin Alexandrov
Fred (Christopher Lambert) is a safecracker who steals major documents from the safe belonging to Helena's (Isabelle Adjani) husband (Constantin Alexandrov). Now–with the Metro police, the husband's thugs, and Helena in pursuit–Fred takes refuge in the Paris metro where he lives with a strange assortment of characters in a punk sub-culture.
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The Tiger and the Snow 2005 N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Roberto Benigni
Cast: Roberto Benigni, Jean Reno, Nicoletta Braschi, Tom Waits, Emilia Fox, Chiara Pirri, Anna Pirri, Gianfranco Varetto, Giuseppe Battiston, Lucia Poli, Francesco Cutolo, Andrea Renzi, Abdelhafid Metalsi, Amid Farid
In Roberto Benigni's slapstick comedy, Attilio (Roberto Benigni) travels into wartime Iraq after hearing that Vittoria (Nicoletta Braschi), who is the woman he loves, is dying after being injured by American bombs falling on Baghdad. Attilio's mission is to find and deliver the only medicine that might save Vittoria's life.
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Wasabi 2001 R, 94 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Gerard Krawczyk
Cast: Jean Reno, Michel Muller, Ryoko Hirosue, Carole Bouquet, Ludovic Berthillot, Yan Epstein, Michel Scourneau, Christian Sinniger, Jean-Marc Montalto, Alexandre Brik
After French police inspector Hubert Fiorentini (Jean Reno) was reprimanded by his chief and ordered to take two months off, Hubert receives a message from Japan that Miko, the lover who left him 20 years earlier, has died. Hubert, as executor and heir to the $200 million estate, is named to take care of their 19-year-old daughter, Yumi (Ryoko Hirosue), for two days–when she turns 20. Once in Japan to meet the daughter he had not known existed until now, Hubert begins to suspect foul play concerning Miko's death, and it isn't long for his questionable police tactics to come to the fore.
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| 1. Beyond the Clouds (1995)
2. The Big Blue (1988)
3. Couples Retreat (2009)
4. The Crimson Rivers 2: Angels of the Apocalypse (2004)
5. The Da Vinci Code (2006)
6. The Empire of the Wolves (2005)
7. Flushed Away (2006)
8. Flyboys (2006)
9. French Kiss (1995)
aka: Paris Match
10. Godzilla (1998)
11. Jet Lag (2002)
12. Just Visiting (2001)
13. Le Dernier Combat (1983)
aka: The Last Battle
14. Leon (1994)
aka: The Professional
15. Les Rivieres Pourpres (2000)
aka: The Crimson Rivers
16. Les Visiteurs (1993)
aka: The Visitors
aka: The Corsican File
17. Mission: Impossible (1996)
18. Nikita (1990)
aka: La Femme Nikita
19. The Pink Panther 2 (2009)
20. The Pink Panther (2006)
21. Rollerball (2002)
22. Ronin (1998)
23. Roseanna's Grave (1997)
aka: For Roseanna
24. Subway (1985)
25. The Tiger and the Snow (2005)
26. Wasabi (2001)
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