The Air I Breathe 2007  R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance / Thriller
Director: Jieho Lee
Cast: Kevin Bacon, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Brendan Fraser, Forest Whitaker, Julie Delpy, Clark Gregg, Emile Hirsch, Andy Garcia, Kelly Hu, Evan Parke, Taylor Nichols, Victor Rivers, Cecilia Suarez, Todd Stashwick, Jon Bernthal
Four stories–based on the Chinese proverb that happiness, sorrow, pleasure, and love are the four cornerstones of emotions and make up the air we breathe–interconnect as people come to crossroads in their lives. Crime boss Fingers (Andy Garcia) is at the center as the one in a position to control destinies of four people. Happiness (Forest Whitaker) is a business executive who is told a race is rigged and bets everything. Sorrow (Sara Michelle Gellar) is pop singer Trista who faces losing her career when she cuts off all ties to her manager. Love (Kevin Bacon) is a doctor who must treat Gina (Julie Delpy) who had turned him down romantically. Last but not least, Pleasure (Brendan Fraser) is a criminal who deals with his premonitions and his failure to change the future.
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Cradle 2 the Grave 2003 R, 100 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Andrzej Bartkowiak
Cast: Jet Li, DMX, Anthony Anderson, Kelly Hu, Tom Arnold, Mark Decascos, Gabrielle Union, Drag-On, Paolo Seganti, Paige Hurd, Michael Jace, Richard Trapp
Jet Li and DMX star in this nonstop action-filled story that begins with a diamond heist and continues through–among other things–a kidnapping, motorcycle and car races, speeding subway trains, and an exploding helicopter.
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The Librarian: Quest for the Spear 2004 TV, 90 min.
Genre: Action / Fantasy
Director: Peter Winther
Cast: Noah Wyle, Sonya Walger, Bob Newhart, Jane Curtin, Olympia Dukakis, Kyle MacLachlan, Kelly Hu, David Dayan Fisher, Lisa Brenner, Mario Ivan Martinez, Clyde Kusatsu
Thirty-something student living with his mother (Olympia Dukakis), Flynn (Noah Wyle) is forced out of school and takes a job at a library where Judson (Bob Newhart) and Charlene (Jane Curtin) give him the job of overseeing the library's mythical artifacts. When one of the artifacts is stolen, Flynn, with reluctant help from martial-arts-skilled Nicole (Sonya Walger), searches for the artifact to retrieve it from the villains.
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No Way Back 1996  R, 91 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Frank A. Capello
Cast: Russell Crowe, Helen Slater, Etsushi Toyokawa, Michael Lerner, Kyusaku Shimada, Kristopher Logan, Kelly Hu, Andrew J. Ferchland, Ian Ziering, Monty Bane, Christian Keiber, Patti Davis Suarez, Caroline Lagerfelt, Todd Jeffries, Francois Chau
FBI agent Zack Grant (Russell Crowe) tries to find those responsible for his partner's death during a sting operation that did not go off entirely as planned.
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 The Scorpion King 2002 PG-13, 93 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Thriller / Romance
Director: Chuck Russell
Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Steven Brand, Michael Clarke Duncan, Kelly Hu, Grant Heslov, Peter Facinelli, Ralf Moeller, Bernard Hill, Branscombe Richmond, Roger Rees, Sherri Howard, Conrad Roberts, Nils Allen Stewart, Joseph Ruskin, Esteban Cueto
WWF wrestling star Dwayne Johnson stars in this prequel to "The Mummy Returns" (2001). The story reveals how a professional assassin (Johnson) manages to overpower the evil warrior king (Steven Brand).
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Underclassman 2005 PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy
Director: Marcos Siega
Cast: Nick Cannon, Roselyn Sanchez, Shawn Ashmore, Angelo Spizzirri, Cheech Marin, Hugh Bonneville, Ian Gomez, Kelly Hu, Brandy Heidrick, Johnny Lewis
Underachieving LAPD bicycle cop Tracy Stokes (Nick Cannon) goes undercover at the elite Westbury School to investigate a student's murder that is tied to a stolen-car ring.
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 X2 2003  PG-13, 133 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Thiller
aka: X2: X-Men United
X-Men 2
Director: Bryan Singer
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellen, Halle Berry, Famke Janssen, James Marsden, Rebecca Romijn, Brian Cox, Alan Cumming, Bruce Davison, Anna Paquin, Kelly Hu, Aaron Stanford, Shawn Ashmore, Cotter Smith
The X-Men return. This time they search for mutant assassin Nightcrawler (Alan Cumming) whose attempt on the President's (Cotter Smith) life has led to the government's cracking down on all mutants. This even includes the X-Men who attend Charles Xavier's (Patrick Stewart) school that trains mutants to peacefully exist. Because the government believes that the X-Men are responsible for the attack, the President appoints military scientist William Stryker (Brian Cox) to investigate the school. Stryker uses foul means to get information from the X-Men's old foe Magneto (Ian McKellan) and leads an attack on the school. Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) is the only adult at the school for the time being, and his overwhelming job is to defend the school and save the students as the war escalates between the mutants and humans.
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| 1. The Air I Breathe (2007)
2. Cradle 2 the Grave (2003)
3. The Librarian: Quest for the Spear (2004)
4. No Way Back (1996)
5. The Scorpion King (2002)
6. Underclassman (2005)
7. X2 (2003)
aka: X2: X-Men United
aka: X-Men 2
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