Breakdown 1997  R, 96 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller / Drama
Director: Jonathan Mostow
Cast: Kurt Russell, J.T. Walsh, Kathleen Quinlan, M.C. Gainey, Jack Noseworthy, Rex Linn, Ritch Brinkley, Moira Harris, Kim Robillard, Thomas Kopache, Vincent Berry, Helen Duffy, Jack McGee, Ancel Cook, Gene Hartline
Jeff and Amy Taylor (Kurt Russell and Kathleen Quinlan) leave Massachusetts to embark on a cross-country trip. Their new Jeep breaks down in a Southwest desert, and Amy accepts a ride from truck driver Red Barr (J.T. Walsh) who offers to take her to a diner where she can call for help. Jeff manages to fix the Jeep, but Amy has not returned. After driving to the diner, Jeff meets Red who claims that he never saw Amy. Jeff files a missing person's report and learns that there are others who have disappeared while traveling that stretch of desert. Now, the question is: Who can Jeff trust?
|  | |
Surrogates 2009  PG-13, 89 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Jonathan Mostow
Cast: Bruce Willis, Radha Mitchell, Rosamund Pike, James Francis Ginty, Boris Kodjoe, Michael Cudlitz, Ving Rhames, James Cromwell, Jack Noseworthy, Devin Ratray, Jeffrey De Serrano, Helena Mattsson, Michael Phillip, Danny F Smith, Brian A. Parrish
In this story, which is set in the future, people are living in the comfort and safety of their homes and communicate with others through robot surrogates. When two surrogates and their owners are killed, FBI agents Greer (Bruce Willis) and Peters (Radha Mitchell) are assigned the case and, in the process, must abandon their surrogate world and venture outside their homes for the first time in years. Clues lead to The Prophet (Ving Rhames) who leads a group of people who have chosen to live their lives together–unlike those in the rest of the world who communicate only through surrogates.
| | |
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines 2003 R, 110 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Adventure / Thriller
Director: Jonathan Mostow
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Nick Stahl, Claire Danes, Kristanna Loken, David Andrews, Mark Famiglietti, Earl Boen, Moira Harris, Chopper Bernet, Christopher Lawford, Jay Acovone, M.C. Gainey, Carolyn Hennesy, Susan Merson, Elizabeth Morehead
This time around, John Connor (Nick Stahl)–the future leader of the anti-machine army– is out of his teens, but danger still surrounds him as he is threatened by an advanced Terminator, T-X (Kristanna Loken). Her mission: kill John and his future wife. But never fear, Terminator T-101 (Arnold Schwarzenegger) travels back through time to protect John again and stop the rise of the machines.
| | |
U-571 2000  PG-13, 115 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Jonathan Mostow
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Bill Paxton, Harvey Keitel, Jon Bon Jovi, David Keith, Jake Weber, Thomas Kretschmann, Jack Noseworthy, Tom Guiry, Will Estes, Terrence "T.C." Carson, Erik Palladino, Dave Power, Derk Cheetwood, Matthew Settle
Set during World War II, this is the story of problems encountered when U.S. submarine Captain Mike Dahlgren (Bill Paxton) sends a small crew, led by his Executive Officer Lt. Andrew Tyler (Matthew McConaughey), out to board a stranded German U-Boat and capture a code machine: Enigma. Tyler and his crew complete their mission but now find themselves stranded on the U-Boat and must use their skills to pilot the U-Boat and find safety.
| | |
| 1. Breakdown (1997)
2. Surrogates (2009)
3. Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)
4. U-571 (2000)
In The News
|
