Balls of Fury 2007  PG-13, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Action
Director: Ben Garant
Cast: Dan Fogler, Christopher Walken, George Lopez, Maggie Q, James Hong, Terry Crews, Robert Patrick, Diedrich Bader, Aisha Tyler, Thomas Lennon, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Bret DelBuono, Jason Scott Lee, Toby Huss, David Holmes
It is 1988, and American pre-teen, ping-pong champion Randy Daytona (Bret DelBuono) competes in the Summer Olympics. His father, Pete (Robert Patrick), borrows money from Chinese triad boss Feng (Christopher Walken) and bets it all on Randy. But Randy loses the match, and Feng orders Pete's murder. Now it is nineteen years later, and Randy (now played by Dan Fogler) is approached by FBI agent Ernie Rodriguez (George Lopez) who wants him to infiltrate Feng's invitation-only ping-pong tournament. Randy agrees because he wants to help bring down Feng. But, he must get back in shape, and blind ping-pong master Wong (James Hong) and his niece Maggie (Maggie Q.) take on the task. The road leads to the film's climax in Central America where the deadly ping-pong games transpire.
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Deception 2008 R, 108 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Marcel Langenegger
Cast: Hugh Jackman, Ewan McGregor, Michelle Williams, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Maggie Q, Natasha Henstridge, Lynn Cohen, Danny Burstein, Malcolm Goodwin, Charlotte Rampling, Frank Girardeau, Bill Camp, Bruce Altman, Stephanie Roth Haberle
Jonathan McQuarry's (Ewan McGregor) profession as an auditor of corporate accounts keeps him working long hours with little time for socializing. When he meets attorney Wyatt Bose (Hugh Jackman), his life changes. They form a friendship that leads to Jonathan joining a sex club, The List, where he meets "S" (Michelle Williams). Jonathan believes "S" is the woman of his dreams, they go out on a date, and "S" is abducted. Police identify Jonathan as the prime suspect as well of the perpetrator in the theft of $20 million. Could Wyatt be using Jonathan as his pawn in a deadly game?
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Live Free or Die Hard 2007  PG-13, 130 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: Len Wiseman
Cast: Bruce Willis, Timothy Olyphant, Justin Long, Maggie Q, Cliff Curtis, Jonathan Sadowski, Andrew Friedman, Kevin Smith, Yorgo Constantine, Cyril Raffaelli, Christopher Palermo, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Sung Kang, Zeljko Ivanek, Jake McDorman
In this fourth installment of the "Die Hard" films, NYPD detective John McClane (Bruce Willis) takes part in an FBI operation when he picks up hacker Matt Ferrell (Justin Long) and drives him to Washington, D.C.. It is the Fourth of July, and the U.S. transportation system is under attack. Other government departments are next in line in the plot devised by former government security agent/now computer terrorist Thomas Gabriel (Timothy Olyphant) after no one heeded his warnings that America could be destroyed by hackers. Farrell had unknowingly written a computer program that will help Gabriel, and the FBI needs his help to save America's infrastructure. As Gabriel seeks his revenge fights, chases, more fights, and more chases ensue in this action-packed thriller.
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 Mission: Impossible III 2006  PG-13, 126 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: J.J. Abrams
Cast: Tom Cruise, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ving Rhames, Billy Crudup, Michelle Monaghan, Keri Russell, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Maggie Q, Simon Pegg, Eddie Marsan, Laurence Fishburne, Bahar Soomekh, Jeff Chase, Carla Gallo
In this third entry of the "Mission: Impossible" franchise, super-spy Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) has retired from active duty, is training new Impossible Mission Force agents, and is engaged to Julia (Michelle Monaghan) who knows nothing about his perilous past. But dangers escalate when Hunt is called on to assemble a team–Luther Strickell (Ving Rhames), Declan (Jonathan Rhys Meyers), and Zhen (Maggie Q)–whose mission is to track down evil international weapons provider Owen Davian (Philip Seymour Hoffman) and, in the process, rescue Hunt's prize pupil, Lindsey (Keri Russell).
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Rush Hour 2 2001 PG-13, 85 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy / Drama / Thriller
Director: Brett Ratner
Cast: Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, John Lone, Zhang Ziyi, Roselyn Sanchez, Harris Yulin, Alan King, Kenneth Tsang, Lisa Lo Cicero, Don Cheadle, Maggie Q, Mei Melancon, Patricia Chan, Lucy Lin, Cindy Lu
LAPD Detective James Carter (Chris Tucker) visits Hong Kong with his friend, Detective Inspector Lee (Jackie Chan), where they just happen to get involved in an investigation tracking down smugglers and counterfeiters who have set off a bomb killing two U.S. Customs agents. Jackie Chan, as usual, is fun to watch, and Chris Tucker provides the right chemistry as Chan's joke-cracking cohort.
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| 1. Balls of Fury (2007)
2. Deception (2008)
3. Live Free or Die Hard (2007)
4. Mission: Impossible III (2006)
5. Rush Hour 2 (2001)
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