Danger Beneath the Sea 2001  TV, 93 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: Jon Cassar
Cast: Casper Van Dien, Gerald McRaney, Stewart Bick, Ron White, Tammy Isbell, Vince Corazza, Paul Essiembre, Dominic Zamprogna, Michael McLachlan, Jim Thorburn, Joel Gordon
The Executive Officer, Commander Albert Kenner (Stewart Bick), of a nuclear fast attack submarine is upset that Commander Miles Sheffield (Casper Van Dien) was named the Commanding Officer. Kenner's opportunity to take over the ship (with sympathetic crew members) arrives when it appears that a nuclear exchange has taken place, though it was a failed missile test. Sheffield is drugged, and Kenner is about to launch nuclear weapons from their position in the Western Pacific. Can the Commanding Officer stop this, or can the Admiral have the ship sunk before launch? Made for TV.
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Max Payne 2008 PG-13, 100 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: John Moore
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Beau Bridges, Ludacris, Chris O'Donnell, Donal Logue, Amaury Nolasco, Kate Burton, Olga Kurylenko, Joel Gordon, Jamie Hector, Rothaford Gray, Andrew Friedman, Marianthi Evans, Nelly Furtado
Police detective Max Payne's (Mark Wahlberg) wife and baby were killed three years ago, and he is obsessed with finding the killer. He gets his first clue when Natasha (Olga Kurylenko) is murdered, and Max believes her murder is tied to that of his wife. He talks to Natasha's sister, Mona Sax (Mila Kunis), who leads him to a pharmaceutical company that makes drugs, which cause soldiers to hallucinate and believe that they are invincible. Now, Max is even more determined to uncover the truth as he searches New York City's dark streets stopping at nothing to deliver justice.
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Night of the Demons III 1997  R, 85 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Jim Kaufman
Cast: Amelia Kinkade, Kris Holdenried, Gregory Calpakis, Tara Slone, Christian Tessier, Joel Gordon, Vlasta Vrana, Patricia Rodriguez, Stephanie Bauder, Larry Day
This installment went direct to video as teens, one of whom thought he had killed a cop, take refuge in their favorite funeral home. Angela (Amelia Kinkade) is waiting, and the blood flows freely.
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Vendetta 1999 R, 117 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Nicholas Meyer
Cast: Christopher Walken, Clancy Brown, Bruce Davison, Joaquim de Almeida, Edward Herrmann, Kenneth Welsh, Luke Askew, Richard Libertini, Andrea Di Stefano, Joel Gordon, Chris Benson, Wayne Robson, Pierrino Mascarino, Daragh O'Malley, Richard Blackburn
In the 1890s, cotton exporter James Houston (Christopher Walken) masterminds a plot to take over the New Orleans docks. When police chief David Hennessy (Clancy Brown) stands in the way, he is killed. As a result of the homicide, Sicilian immigrants who work on the New Orleans docks are rounded up for questioning. Eventually, nine go on trial, but all are acquitted. However, the populace does not agree with the verdicts, and a series of lynchings result. This made-for-HBO film is based on a true story.
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| 1. Danger Beneath the Sea (2001)
2. Max Payne (2008)
3. Night of the Demons III (1997)
4. Vendetta (1999)
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