 Air Force One 1997  R, 124 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Cast: Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman, Glenn Close, Wendy Crewson, Paul(2) Guilfoyle, William H. Macy, Liesel Matthews, Dean Stockwell, Xander Berkeley, Tom Everett, Jurgen Prochnow, Donna Bullock, Carl Weintraub, Michael Ray Miller, Elester Latham
President James Marshall (Harrison Ford) is returning from the USSR after delivering a speech deploring terrorists led by Ivan Korshunov (Gary Oldman) when all aboard Air Force One including Marshall's wife and daughter (Wendy Crewson and Liesel Matthews) are taken hostage. This daring act leaves Vice President Kathryn Bennett (Glenn Close) in the position of trying to maintain world peace until the President and his entourage can be rescued.
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 Beerfest 2006  R, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jay Chandrasekhar
Cast: Erik Stolhanske, Paul Soter, Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, M.C. Gainey, Cloris Leachman, Jurgen Prochnow, Eric Christian Olsen, Mo'Nique, Nat Faxon, Bjorn Johnson, Will Forte
This film from the Broken Lizard comedy group involves a family feud through which Todd (Erik Stolhanske) and Jan (Paul Soter) want to beat the German branch of the family in bouts of beer drinking. To that end, Todd and Jan return home to America and recruit their beer-drinking buddies to travel to Germany with them and win the next beer-drinking contest.
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Beverly Hills Cop II 1987  R, 102 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy / Drama / Thriller
Director: Tony Scott
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, Jurgen Prochnow, Ronny Cox, John Ashton, Brigitte Nielsen, Dean Stockwell, Allen Garfield, Paul Reiser, Robert Ridgely, Gilbert R. Hill, Paul Guilfoyle, Brian O'Connor, Alice Adair, Eugene Butler
Axel Foley (Eddie Murphy) is back in this sequel to the first movie. When Axel learns that Captain Andrew Bogomil (Ronny Cox) had been shot, he heads back to Beverly Hills and visits Bogomil in the hospital. Again, he teams up with Detective Billy Rosewood and Sergeant John Taggart (Judge Reinhold and John Ashton). Now Axel is up against arms dealer Maxwell Dent (Jurgen Prochnow) who has made the mistake of sending Karla Fry (Brigitte Nielsen) to shoot Bogomil. Lots of guns and action.
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Body of Evidence 1993  R, 99 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Uli Edel
Cast: Madonna, Willem Dafoe, Julianne Moore, Joe Mantegna, Anne Archer, Jurgen Prochnow, Charles Hallahan, Frank Langella, Stan Shaw
When her rich lover dies, Rebecca Carlson (Madonna) inherits $8 million. The police are suspicious because they know that Rebecca enjoys rough sex and think that she may have caused her lover's death.
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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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Dark Asylum 2001 R, 100 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Gregory Gieras
Cast: Paulina Porizkova, Judd Nelson, Jurgen Prochnow, Larry Drake, Radu Banzaru, Jules Cezar Botokoly, Florin Busuioc, Jeff Burr, Mircea Caraman, Earl Carroll
A serial killer, "The Thrasher" (Larry Drake), is captured and is now in an asylum. Maggie (Paulina Porizkova), a psychiatrist, is on night duty when he frees himself from his high-tech lockup and goes after her. There doesn't seem to be a way out of the place for Maggie in this cat-and-mouse game.
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DNA 1997 R, 97 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi
Director: William Mesa
Cast: Mark Dacascos, Jurgen Prochnow, Robin McKee, Thomas Taus Jr., Roger Aaron Brown, John H. Brennan, Mark McCracken, Joel Torre, Susan Africa, Kris Anguilar
Dr. Ash Mattley (Mark Dacascos) and CIA scientist Claire Sommers (Robin McKee) trek through the jungle in Borneo tracking down a mad scientist (Jurgen Prochnow) who resurrected a prehistoric monster, Balacau, and now wants to sell it as a war machine.
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Dune 1984  PG-13, 140 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: David Lynch
Cast: Kyle MacLachlan, Francesca Annis, Jurgen Prochnow, Jose Ferrer, Brad Dourif, Dean Stockwell, Linda Hunt, Paul L. Smith, Max von Sydow, Silvana Mangano
Based on Frank Herbert's sci-fi novel, this is the story of struggle for control of a distant planet–all for a monopoly of the inter-galactic spice trade.
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 The English Patient 1996  R, 162 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Anthony Minghella
Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Kristin Scott-Thomas, Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe, Naveen Andrews, Colin Firth, Julian Wadham, Jurgen Prochnow, Clive Merrison, Kevin Whately, Nino Castelnuovo, Hichem Rostom, Peter Ruhring, Torri Higginson, Geordie Johnson
Based on Michael Ondaatje's novel, this is the story of the changing of Count Laszlo de Almasy's (Ralph Fiennes) life by aristocrat Katharine Clifton (Kristin Scott-Thomas) in 1938. Now, in 1944, following his World War II plane crash, the count, nursed by Canadian Hana (Juliette Binoche), remembers events leading to the accident in which he was badly burned. The movie won an impressive nine Oscars, including Best Picture, Director, and Supporting Actress (Binoche).
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The Fire Next Time 1993 PG, 195 min.
Genre: Drama / Sci-Fi
Director: Tom McLoughlin
Cast: Craig T. Nelson, Bonnie Bedelia, Richard Farnsworth, Jurgen Prochnow, Justin Whalin, Ashley Jones, Sal Lopez, Shawn Toovey, Charles Haid, Odetta, John Vernon
This made-for-TV propaganda film is set in 2017. Pollution and global warming have resulted in disasters such as floods, hurricanes, and other unpredictable weather–as well as oppressive pollution in parts of the Earth. The tale is told through the eyes of a Louisiana shrimp fisherman and his family who were victims of a hurricane.
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 House of the Dead 2003  R, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Uwe Boll
Cast: Jonathan Cherry, Tyron Leitso, Clint Howard, Ona Grauer, Ellie Cornell, Will Sanderson, Enuka Okuma, Kira Clavell, Jurgen Prochnow, Sonya Salomaa, Michael Eklund, David Palffy
Based on a popular video game, a group of teens heads for the big weekend rave party on a nearby island. But they miss the boat and must convince a local captain to take them. On arrival, they find no party, but they do find very hungry zombies and other creatures. Seeking refuge in an old house, they make a last stand. Yuk.
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In the Mouth of Madness 1995 R, 94 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: John Carpenter
Cast: Sam Neill, Julie Carmen, Jurgen Prochnow, Charlton Heston, David Warner, Frances Bay, Peter Jason, John Glover, Bernie Casey
No one believes John Trent (Sam Neill) when he raves on about an evil force. Trent had been an insurance investigator, but he ran into some bad luck at Hobbs End–in the form of a MONSTER!
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Jewels 1992 TV, 240 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Danielle Steel's 'Jewels'
Director: Roger Young
Cast: Annette O'Toole, Anthony Andrews, Jurgen Prochnow, Corinne Touzet, Sheila Gish, Simon Oates, Robert Wagner, Bradley Cole, Ursula Howells, Geoffrey Whitehead
Sarah Thompson (Annette O'Toole) and nobleman William Whitfield (Anthony Andrews) wed, move to France, and start a family. After World War II, they help war survivors by buying their jewelry and eventually have a thriving jewel business. But descendents of the survivors and their own children become players in the future of the thriving business. Originally a TV miniseries.
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Judge Dredd 1995 R, 101 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Danny Cannon
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Diane Lane, Rob Schneider, Armand Assante, Joan Chen, Jurgen Prochnow, Max von Sydow, James Earl Jones, Joanna Miles, Mitch Ryan
The popular British comic strip comes to life with Sylvester Stallone in the title role. Spectacular sets contribute to the glitz as Judge Dredd fights his evil brother, Rico (Armand Assante). In this futuristic fantasy, Earth's populations in Mega City I and Mega City II fight denizens of "Cursed Earth" in a desperate attempt at survival of civilization.
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Kill Cruise 1990 R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Keglevic
Cast: Jurgen Prochnow, Patsy Kensit, Elizabeth Hurley, Franz Buchrieser, Grazyna Szapolowska, Mario Stock, Carmel S. Aquilina, Manuel Cauchi, John Suda, Elton Mamo, John Ciantar
It's been months since Skipper's (Jurgen Prochnow) best friend was lost overboard from his boat off Gibraltar, and Skipper's wife left him. So, Skipper visits the local bar nightly, drunkenly telling of his troubles. When two bar employees, Sue and Lou (Patsy Kensit and Elizabeth Hurley), talk him into sailing them to the Caribbean, he accepts. But the trip will be more than he bargained for.
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Killing Cars 1986 N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Foreign / Thriller
aka: Blitz
Director: Michael Verhoeven
Cast: Jurgen Prochnow, Senta Berger, Agnes Soral, Daniel Gelin, Stefan Meinke, Bernhard Wicki, Peter Matic, William Conrad, Osman Ragheb, Axel Scholz
After inventing an electric/chemical car, Ralph Korda (Jurgen Prochnow) encounters corporate managers as well as oil men who employ strong-arm tactics against him that add to the intrigue as he tries to get his car into production.
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The Last Stop 2000 R, 94 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Mark Malone
Cast: Adam Beach, Jurgen Prochnow, Rose McGowan, Callum Keith Rennie, Winston Rekert, P. Lynn Johnson, William S. Taylor, Amy Adamson, Damon Johnson
The plot in this direct-to-video film involves strangers caught in a snowstorm at a mountaintop motel. When State Trooper Jason (Adam Beach) discovers a fresh corpse at the motel, he knows that the murderer is one of the stranded travelers. Now it is up to Jason to solve the mystery before the roads clear.
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The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum 1975 R, 104 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Volker Schlondorff, Margarethe von Trotta
Cast: Angela Winkler, Mario Adorf, Dieter Laser, Jurgen Prochnow, Heinz Bennent, Hannelore Hoger, Harald Kuhlmann, Rolf Becker, Herbert Fux, Regine Lutz, Werner Eichhorn, Karl Heinz Vosgerau, Angelika Hellebrecht, Horatius Haberle, Henry van Lyck
Based on Heinrich Boll's novel, this is a film denouncing the German press and police as the story appeals for respect for human rights. The story evolves around Katharina Blum (Angela Winkler) who falls in love and, naively, lets her new lover, Ludwig (Jurgen Prochnow) spend the night. The next morning, he has disappeared, the police are at her door, and she is arrested. Too late, Katharina learns that her lover is a terrorist and traitor, and she will be the victim of persecution.
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 Primeval 2007 R, 94 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Michael Katleman
Cast: Dominic Purcell, Brooke Langton, Orlando Jones, Jurgen Prochnow, Gideon Emery, Gabriel Malema, Linda Mpondo, Lehlohonolo Makoko, Dumisani Mbebe, Eddy Bekombo, Chris April, Ernest Ndhlovu
Three hundred victims have fallen prey to a legendary 25-foot crocodile in South Africa. Now, in search of a big story, an American TV crew–Tim Manfrey (Dominic Purcell), Aviva Masters (Brooke Langton), and Steven Johnson (Orlando Jones)–head to the area with plans to capture the crocodile alive. They are accompanied by crocodile hunter Jacob Krieg (Jurgen Prochnow) and herpetologist Matthew Collins (Gideon Emery). But all their expertise goes for naught when the expedition runs into problems in the area, which is in the midst of a civil war, and now they must deal not only with the giant crocodile but with warring factions as well.
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 The Replacement Killers 1998 R, 92 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Antoine Fuqua
Cast: Chow Yun-Fat, Mira Sorvino, Michael Rooker, Jurgen Prochnow, Kenneth Tsang, Carlos Gomez, Til Schweiger, Danny Trejo, Clifton Collins Jr., Frank Medrano, Leo Lee, Patrick Kilpatrick, Randall Duk Kim, Andrew J. Marton, Sydney Coberly
Hit-man John Lee (Chow Yun-Fat) turns down an assignment because his target is a seven-year-old boy. Because of his refusal to kill the boy, his bosses send in hit men to get Lee, and the chase is on with Meg Coburn (Mira Sorvino) soon joining in the fray as John Lee and Meg try to escape from "The Replacement Killers."
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 Robin Hood 1991 TV, 116 min.
Genre: Adventure / Action / Drama / Romance
Director: John Irvin
Cast: Patrick Bergin, Uma Thurman, Jeroen Krabbe, Jurgen Prochnow, Edward Fox, Owen Teale, Jeff Nuttal, David Morrissey, Alex Norton, Danny Webb, Conrad Asquith, Barry Stanton, Phelim McDermott, Carolyn Backhouse, Caspar De La Mare
This made-for-TV retelling of the classic tale is a good one– about as good as the other 1991 effort starring Kevin Costner. It stays close to historical accuracy in the tale of Robin Hood (Patrick Bergin) and his group of thieves who rob the rich and give to the poor. But, the film takes interesting liberties with some of the characters–including Uma Thurman's portrayal of Maid Marian as Marian is turned from the helpless maiden in distress into a bratty young woman. Good "mood" photography.
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The Seventh Sign 1988 R, 97 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Carl Schultz
Cast: Demi Moore, Michael Biehn, Jurgen Prochnow, Peter Friedman, Manny Jacobs, John Taylor, Lee Garlington, Akosua Busia, Harry Basil, Arnold Johnson
Although Father Lucci (Peter Friedman) has been sent to Venice, California, by the Vatican to investigate signs of the apocalypse, he finds no overwhelming evidence to support a claim. But housewife Abby Quinn (Demi Moore), who is dealing with a mysterious boarder (Jurgen Prochnow), doesn't agree and fears for the future of her unborn child.
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Wing Commander 1999 PG-13, 100 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi
Director: Chris Roberts
Cast: Freddie Prinze Jr., Matthew Lillard, Saffron Burrows, Jurgen Prochnow, Tcheky Karyo, David Warner, David Suchet, Ginny Holder, John Bondi, Ken Bones
Based on a video game, this movie is set in the year 2654 (or so) and involves a plot by the dreaded Kilrathi to destroy the universe. Not so fast; first those noble Earthlings–Christopher "Maverick" Blair (Freddie Prinze Jr.), Todd "Maniac" Marshall (Matthew Lillard), and Jeanette "Angel" Devereaux (Saffron Burrows)–must be dealt with, and they are well prepared for all-out battle.
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| 1. Air Force One (1997)
2. Beerfest (2006)
3. Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)
4. Body of Evidence (1993)
5. The Da Vinci Code (2006)
6. Dark Asylum (2001)
7. Das Boot (1981)
aka: The Boat
8. DNA (1997)
9. A Dry White Season (1989)
10. Dune (1984)
11. The English Patient (1996)
12. The Fire Next Time (1993)
13. Forbidden (1985)
14. House of the Dead (2003)
15. In the Mouth of Madness (1995)
16. Jewels (1992)
aka: Danielle Steel's 'Jewels'
17. Judge Dredd (1995)
18. The Keep (1983)
19. Kill Cruise (1990)
20. Killing Cars (1986)
aka: Blitz
21. The Last Stop (2000)
22. The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum (1975)
23. Primeval (2007)
24. The Replacement Killers (1998)
25. Robin Hood (1991)
26. The Seventh Sign (1988)
27. Wing Commander (1999)
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