Breaking In 1989  R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Bill Forsyth
Cast: Burt Reynolds, Casey Siemaszko, Sheila Kelley, Lorraine Toussaint, Albert Salmi, Harry Carey Jr., Maury Chaykin, Stephen Tobolowsky, Alan Fudge
Burt Reynolds does a great job as a veteran safe-cracker who encounters a young hoodlum while robbing a wealthy home and decides to teach him his art. The two form a partnership of sorts and plan on stealing the Fourth of July take of an amusement park. A clever, well done film.
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The Cherokee Kid 1996  PG-13, 90 min.
Genre: Western / Comedy
Director: Paris Barclay
Cast: Sinbad, James Coburn, Gregory Hines, A Martinez, Ernie Hudson, Mark Pellegrino, Burt Reynolds, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Hal Williams, Obba Babatunde, Dawnn Lewis, Lorraine Toussaint
After the dastardly Cyrus (James Coburn) ruined his family by grabbing their land, young Isaiah (Sinbad) vowed revenge after he learned the lessons of life and gunfighting. Later, having accomplished that, he is now ready for the showdown.
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Hudson Hawk 1991  R, 95 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy
Director: Michael Lehmann
Cast: Bruce Willis, Danny Aiello, Andie MacDowell, James Coburn, Richard E. Grant, Sandra Bernhard, Donald Burton, Don Harvey, David Caruso, Lorraine Toussaint
In an effort to take over the world, the Mayflowers–Darwin (Richard E. Grant) and Minerva (Sandra Bernhard)–blackmail Hudson Hawk (Bruce Willis) into stealing three Leonardo da Vinci works of art. Not Willis' best effort, but the film does contain some good action scenes amidst off-the-wall comedy.
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Nightjohn 1996 PG-13, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Charles Burnett
Cast: Beau Bridges, Carl Lumbly, Allison Jones, Lorraine Toussaint, Kathleen York, Patty Mack, Robin McLamb-Vaughn
During the early 19th century, African slave Nightjohn (Carl Lumbly) teaches a young slave girl, Sarny (Allison Jones), that knowledge is power–despite the fact that literacy among slaves is not allowed on plantations in the South.
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 Point of No Return 1993  R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama / Action / Romance / Thriller
Director: John Badham
Cast: Bridget Fonda, Gabriel Byrne, Dermot Mulroney, Miguel Ferrer, Anne Bancroft, Olivia d'Abo, Richard Romanus, Harvey Keitel, Geoffrey Lewis, Lorraine Toussaint, Michael Rapaport, Mic Rodgers, Ray Oriel, Lieux Dressler, Spike McClure
Maggie (Bridget Fonda) has lived on the seamier side of life–she was a drug addict. Sentenced to death after she killed a policeman, Maggie is given a second chance through recruitment as a hired assassin. During training, she begins to come to grips with her true self, which is not quite so dark as she previously thought. A remake of "La Femme Nikita."
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| 1. Breaking In (1989)
2. The Cherokee Kid (1996)
3. Hudson Hawk (1991)
4. Nightjohn (1996)
5. Point of No Return (1993)
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