10,000 Black Men Named George 2002  R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Townsend
Cast: Andre Braugher, Mario Van Peebles, Charles S. Dutton, Brock Peters, Carla Brothers, Karen Eyo, Ellen Holly, Ardon Bess, Kedar Brown, Ernestine Jackson
This made-for-TV film is a biographical account of journalist Asa Philip Randolph (Andre Braugher) and railway porter Ashley Totten (Mario Van Peeples) who had a major impact on labor and race relations in the 1920s when they fought to organize a porters' union.
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44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out 2003  R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Yves Simoneau
Cast: Michael Madsen, Ron Livingston, Mario Van Peebles, Andrew Bryniarski, Oleg Taktarov, Ray Baker, Douglas Spain, Jullian Dulce Vida, Dale Dye, Clare Carey, Alex Meneses, Katrina Law
This made-for-cable TV film is based on a real event that is often considered to have been the most intense shootout in Los Angeles Police history. On February 28, 1997, two bank robbers–who were known as "The High Incident Bandits" due to their crime spree–attempted to rob a bank in North Hollywood. The heavily armed pair kept numerous police and S.W.A.T. team members at bay for 44 minutes. This film recreates (with some fictionalization) that event. 1 User Review
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| | THE BEST | WISH I WAS THER 05/08/2007 | | THEY SHOULD OF DONE MORE DAMAGE FUCK THE POLICE.THATS WHAT U CALL GAME I BET IT WOKE ALL THEM FUCKING COPS UP THAT DAY EH |
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Ali 2001 R, 158 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Mann
Cast: Will Smith, Jamie Foxx, Jon Voight, Mario Van Peebles, Ron Silver, Jeffrey Wright, Mykelti Williamson, Jada Pinkett Smith, Nona Gaye, Michael Michele
Will Smith takes on the persona of three-time Heavyweight Champion Muhammad Ali in this biography of the man who was a legend in his own time. Will Smith received a Best Actor Academy Award nomination, and Jon Voight was nominated for Best Supporting Actor.
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Baadasssss! 2004 R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mario Van Peebles
Cast: Mario Van Peebles, Joy Bryant, T.K. Carter, Terry Crews, Ossie Davis, David Alan Grier, Nia Long, Paul Rodriguez, Saul Rubinek, Vincent Schiavelli, Khleo Thomas, Rainn Wilson
In this homage to his father, Melvin, wrote, directed, and independently produced the first blaxploitation film, "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song." Mario Van Peebles shows how Melvin was able to get away with showing his 1971 anti-establishment film, which opened Hollywood studios to Blacks.
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Carlito's Way: Rise to Power 2005  R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Scott Bregman
Cast: Jay Hernandez, Mario Van Peebles, Luis Guzman, Sean "P. Diddy" Combs, Michael Kelly, Jaclyn DeSantis, Mtume Gant, Burt Young, Juan Carlos Hernandez, Domenick Lombardozzi, Nelson Vasquez, Giancarlo Esposito, Eric Nieves, Jaime Tirelli, Casper Martinez
This prequel to "Carlito's Way" relates the early years of Puerto Rican Carlito Brigante (Jay Hernandez) as he begins his rise in the 1960s' drug world of Harlem. After being released from prison, Carlito joins his prison friends Afro-American Earl (Mario Van Peebles) and Italian-American Rocco (Michael Kelly), and they begin their drug empire. They hook up with Mafia lord Lerob "Hollywood Nicky" Barnes (Sean "P.Diddy" Combs) and are on their way. But problems lie ahead with Carlito's girlfriend Leticia (Jaclyn DeSantis), Earl's family, and the Mafia.
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Full Eclipse 1993 R, 93 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Anthony Hickox
Cast: Mario Van Peebles, Patsy Kensit, Bruce Payne, Jason Beghe, John Verea, Anthony John Denison, Paula Marshall, Dean Norris, Scott Paulin, Victoria Rowell
Originally shown on HBO and later released on video and DVD with additional gore, this action/horror film involves a special team of policemen who just happen to be werewolves. That ought to cut the L.A. crime rate.
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Gang in Blue 1996 R, 99 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: Mario Van Peebles, Melvin Van Peebles
Cast: Mario Van Peebles, Josh Brolin, Melvin Van Peebles, Cynda Williams, J.T. Walsh, Stephen Lang, Sean McCann, Zach Grenier, Bruce Smolanoff, William MacDonald, Peter Kosaka, Sandi Ross, Michael Tough, Michael Copeman
Racism and corruption reign supreme within an inner-city police force, and Black policeman Michael Rhoades (Mario Van Peebles) ends up the target of a set-up when he launches a campaign to expose his fellow officers.
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Gunmen 1994 R, 90 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Deran Sarafian
Cast: Christopher Lambert, Mario Van Peebles, Denis Leary, Patrick Stewart, Kadeem Hardison, Sally Kirkland, Richard C. Sarafian, Robert Harper, Brenda Bakke, James Chalke
Smuggler Dani (Christopher Lambert) teams up with DEA cop Cole (Mario Van Peebles) to find $400 million that was stolen from drug boss Loomis (Patrick Stewart) by Dani's brother, who was killed in the process. Now Loomis sends killers after Dani and Cole. Lots of action and some laughs thrown in as the pair bicker their way from one scrape to another.
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Hard Luck 2006  R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Mario Van Peebles
Cast: Wesley Snipes, Cybill Shepherd, Mario Van Peebles, Kevin Thoms, Jackie Quinones, Tony Hua, Luis Guzman, Kevin Chapman, Aubrey Dollar, Tom Kemp, Gavin J. Behrman, James Hiroyuki Liao
Ex-con, drug dealer Lucky (Wesley Snipes) runs into more than his share problems–including a police set up and a drug deal gone bad, which lead to a collision course with police, serial killers, and a hit man. 1 User Review
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| | Very good with some great twists. | blessyea 02/04/2007 | | watched this as a friend loaned it me. I was very surprised, No reviews seen so I was very surprised with the contant. I like the film in film contant. Reminded me of Prime Suspect series in the UK. |
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The Hebrew Hammer 2003  N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jonathan Kesselman
Cast: Adam Goldberg, Andy Dick, Judy Greer, Mario Van Peebles, Peter Coyote, Nora Dunn, Sean Whalen, Tony Cox, Richard Riehle, Melvin Van Peebles, Rachel Dratch, Harrison Chad
After Santa Claus' evil son (Andy Dick) murders him in a plot to narrow the holiday season back to Christmas by excluding Hanukkah and Kwanzaa, a Jewish superhero (Adam Goldberg)–aided by the head of the Jewish Justice League (Peter Coyote) and Mohammed from the Kwanzaa Liberation Front (Mario Van Peebles)–steps in to save the day.
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Highlander III: The Sorcerer 1994  PG-13, 99 min.
Genre: Fantasy / Action / Sci-Fi
aka: Highlander III: The Magician
Highlander III: The Final Dimension
Director: Andrew Morahan
Cast: Christopher Lambert, Mario Van Peebles, Deborah Kara Unger, Mako, Raoul Trujillo, Jean-Pierre Perusse, Mark Neufeld, Frederick Y. Okimura, Daniel Do, Gabriel Kakon, Louis Bertignac, Michael Jayston, Zenhu Han, Akira Inoue, Darcy Laurie
In this third Highlander installment, Connor MacLeod/Russell Nash (Christopher Lambert) joins forces with Alex/Sarah (Deborah Kara Unger) to fight the evil Kane (Mario Van Peebles). It isn't long before Connor and Alex realize that they were lovers during the French Revolution.
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In the Line of Duty: Street War 1992 PG-13, 96 min.
Genre: Action
aka: Urban Crossfire
Director: Dick Lowry
Cast: Mario Van Peebles, Ray Sharkey, Peter Boyle, Courtney B. Vance, Michael Boatman, Morris Chestnut, Laurie Morrison, Kenny Leon, Damon Pooser, Trazana Beverley
When a black policeman is killed in a tough part of NYC, "conventional" police tactics may not be effective in this area where the murderous drug boss reigns supreme.
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Jaws: The Revenge 1987  PG-13, 89 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Joseph Sargent
Cast: Lorraine Gary, Lance Guest, Mario Van Peebles, Karen Young, Michael Caine, Judith Barsi, Lynn Whitfield, Mitchell Anderson, Jay Mello, Cedric Scott
Police Chief Brody's (from the original "Jaws") son has taken over his father's job and is killed by a shark. His mother, Ellen (Lorraine Gary), decides to leave the horrors of Amity behind and heads to the Bahamas to join her other son and his family. But–the shark follows her, wanting, presumably, to finish off the family. Terrible ending to the series.
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Judgment Day 1999 R, 95 min.
Genre: Action
Director: John Terlesky
Cast: Ice-T, Suzy Amis, Mario Van Peebles, Coolio, Linden Ashby, Tommy "Tiny" Lister, Max Gail, Mark Deakins, James Eckhouse, David Wells
In this taking-advantage-of-successful-storylines, a large piece of interstellar debris is headed to Earth, and the only man who can help is a scientist who has invented a system to deal with such matters. But–there is a cult group out there headed by Payne (Mario Van Peebles) who does not want man interfering with "God's will" and is out to stop the scientist by capturing him. Now it's up to a convicted murderer (Ice-T) and an FBI agent (Suzy Amis) to recover the scientist. Watchable.
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Love Kills 1998 R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mario Van Peebles
Cast: Mario Van Peebles, Lesley Ann Warren, Loretta Devine, Donovan Leitch, Louise Fletcher, Daniel Baldwin, Robert LaSardo, Alexis Arquette, Senen Reyes, Lucy Liu, Susan Ruttan, Melvin Van Peebles
Poe Finklestein (Mario Van Peebles) poses as a masseur in his plan to steal the family jewels belonging to recently widowed Evelyn Heiss (Lesley Ann Warren). But once inside the Heiss mansion, Finklestein finds himself in the middle of a myriad of plots by family members to steal the jewels themselves.
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Mama Flora's Family 1998 TV, 150 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Werner
Cast: Cicely Tyson, Blair Underwood, Queen Latifah, Erika Alexander, Mario Van Peebles, Hill Harper, Preston Brant, Della Reese, Sharon Blackwood, DJ Qualls
This TV miniseries is based on Alex Haley's book and is the saga of a large family during a 50-year span with Mama Flora (Cicely Tyson) at the center during a time of great change in the U.S.
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 New Jack City 1991  R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mario Van Peebles
Cast: Wesley Snipes, Ice-T, Allen Payne, Chris Rock, Mario Van Peebles, Michael Michele, Bill Nunn, Russell Wong, Bill Cobbs, Judd Nelson, Vanessa Williams, Anthony DeSando
The leader of NYC drug gang "Cash Money Brothers," gangster Nino Brown (Wesley Snipes), fights to retain power in his million-dollars-a-week crack cocaine business. 1 User Review
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| | tempt93 06/06/2009 | | This movie is a classic. It is also an accurate depiction of the horror that crack cocaine represents. |
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Panther 1995 R, 124 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mario Van Peebles
Cast: Kadeem Hardison, Bokeem Woodbine, Courtney B. Vance, Marcus Chong, Joe Don Baker, Robert Culp, Richard Dysart, M. Emmet Walsh, James Russo, Mario Van Peebles
This is a fictionalized version of the 1960's Black Panthers and their movement to encourage guns in the fight against racial oppression.
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Posse 1993 R, 109 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Mario Van Peebles
Cast: Mario Van Peebles, Stephen Baldwin, Charles(3) Lane, Tommy "Tiny" Lister, Big Daddy Kane, Billy Zane, Melvin Van Peebles, Pam Grier, Isaac Hayes, Blair Underwood
Black soldiers go AWOL from the Army following the Spanish-American War. Along with them is a fortune in Spanish gold. They end up in a town about to be eliminated by the coming railroad and await the showdown.
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Rappin' 1985 PG, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joel Silberg
Cast: Mario Van Peebles, Charles Flohe, Tasia Valenza, Harry Goz, Leo O'Brien, Eriq La Salle, Richie Abanes, Kadeem Hardison, Rutanya Alda, Melvin Plowden
Released from jail after doing his time, John (Mario Van Peebles) heads back home where he finds that his girlfriend (Tasia Valenza) is now running around with gangster Duane (Charles Flohe). Duane and his goons have plans for the neighborhood, which includes tearing it down. Being a good break dancer, John puts on a rap session to get the citizens involved in saving their neighborhood.
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Raw Nerve 1999 R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Avi Nesher
Cast: Mario Van Peebles, Nicollette Sheridan, Zach Galligan, Monica Trombetta, Cheryl "Salt" James, Scott Getlin, John Griesemer, Cari Stahler, Steven Randazzo
A dishonest cop, Detective Blair Valdez (Mario Van Peebles), involves his girlfriend Izabel (Nicolette Sheridan) in his sleazy deeds and uses her as a cover-up. Bad guy, bad film.
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Riot in the Streets 1997 R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Riot
Director: Galen Yuen, Richard Di Lello, David C. Johnson, Alex Munoz
Cast: Mario Van Peebles, Luke Perry, Melvin Van Peebles, Cicely Tyson, Douglas Spain, Mako, Peter Dobson, Kieu Chinh, Alexis Cruz, Lucy Liu
Four stories are interwoven into the theme of events that surrounded the 1992 Los Angeles riots when citizens, learning of the Rodney King court verdict, took to the streets.
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 Solo 1996 PG-13, 94 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi
Director: Norberto Barba
Cast: Mario Van Peebles, Barry Corbin, William Sadler, Adrien Brody, Norberto Barba, Seidy Lopez, Jaime Gomez, Demian Bichir, Abraham Verduzco, Joaquin Garrido, William Wallace, Brent Schaeffer, Lucas Dudley, Christopher Michael, Rafael Velasco
An android, Solo (Mario Van Peebles), has been designed by the Pentagon and is programmed to kill. Solo is sent to Central America to kill guerillas. When he disobeys an order that would result in the killing of innocent civilians, Solo is marked for reprogramming and escapes to a village where he comes to the aid of oppressed villagers.
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South Bronx Heroes 1985 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama / Action / Mystery
aka: Revenge of the Innocents
Director: William Szarka
Cast: Brendan Ward, Melissa Esposito, Mario Van Peebles, Megan Van Peebles, Martin Zurla, Barry Lynch, Dan Lauria, Bo Rucker, Sean Ward, Jordan Abeles, Claude Vincent, Alysson Chiodi, Trujillo, John Szarka, Thomas Anderson
As youngsters, Paul and Michelle ( Brendan Ward and Melissa Esposito) had run away from a cruel foster father, taking with them evidence of sexual abuse and the murder of a fellow foster child. Hiding out in the streets of the Bronx, they run across another pair of siblings–Tony and Christy (Mario and Megan Van Peebles). Tony, recently out of a Mexican jail, decides that revenge is the appropriate course of action when he sees the evidence.
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Stag 1997 R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Gavin Wilding
Cast: Mario Van Peebles, Andrew McCarthy, Kevin Dillon, Taylor Dayne, John Stockwell, John Henson, William McNamara, Jerry Stiller, Ben Gazzara, Jenny McShane, Mark Blum, William Prael
Victor Mallick's (John Stockwell) bachelor party is in full swing, until an accident results in the death of a stripper performing for the young, successful men attending the party. Now, each of the party-goers reacts in his own way of facing, or not facing, the consequences.
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Sweet Sweetback's Baad Asssss Song 1971 R, 97 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Melvin Van Peebles
Cast: Melvin Van Peebles, Simon Chuckster, Hubert Scales, John Dallaghan, Rhetta Hughes, West Gale, Niva Rochellle, Nick Ferrari, John Amos, Mario Van Peebles
This powerful, angry attack on Whites begins with Sweetback (Melvin Van Peebles) performing his job as a prostitute. When he observes two policemen beating up a Black man, he brutally attacks the policemen. Now, he is on the run making his way from L.A. to Mexico. This violent film was originally rated 'X'
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Valentine's Day 1998 R, 90 min.
Genre: Action
aka: Protector
Director: Duane Clark
Cast: Mario Van Peebles, Zehra Leverman, Randy Quaid, Rae Dawn Chong, Stewart Bick, Ben Gazzara, John Bourgeois, Frank Crudele, Susan Kottman, David Hemblen, Sandi Ross, Nicholas Pasco
Detective Jack Valentine (Mario Van Peebles), recently put back on the streets after a desk job, fails to protect a mob witness from being murdered. Jack suspects the man's girlfriend, Alma (Zehra Leverman), but falls for her. Thus begins a deadly game where Jack just may be in over his head.
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| 1. 10,000 Black Men Named George (2002)
2. 44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out (2003)
3. Ali (2001)
4. Baadasssss! (2004)
5. Carlito's Way: Rise to Power (2005)
6. Full Eclipse (1993)
7. Gang in Blue (1996)
8. Gunmen (1994)
9. Hard Luck (2006)
10. Heartbreak Ridge (1986)
11. The Hebrew Hammer (2003)
12. Highlander III: The Sorcerer (1994)
aka: Highlander III: The Magician
aka: Highlander III: The Final Dimension
13. Hot Shot (1986)
14. In the Line of Duty: Street War (1992)
aka: Urban Crossfire
15. Jaws: The Revenge (1987)
16. Judgment Day (1999)
17. Love Kills (1998)
18. Mama Flora's Family (1998)
19. New Jack City (1991)
20. Panther (1995)
21. Posse (1993)
22. Rappin' (1985)
23. Raw Nerve (1999)
24. Riot in the Streets (1997)
aka: Riot
25. Solo (1996)
26. South Bronx Heroes (1985)
aka: Revenge of the Innocents
27. Stag (1997)
28. Sweet Sweetback's Baad Asssss Song (1971)
29. Valentine's Day (1998)
aka: Protector
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