The Abyss 1989  R, 140 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: James Cameron
Cast: Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Michael Biehn, George Robert Klek, John Bedford Lloyd, Christopher Murphy, Adam Nelson, J.C. Quinn, Todd Graff, Chris Elliott
An ex-husband and wife (Ed Harris and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) who hate each other, a crew of engaging oil drillers, and some gung-ho Navy divers find themselves fighting for their lives in the deep ocean while on a mission for the Navy to disarm a missing nuclear submarine. (There's something out there, too). Well deserved Academy Award winner in 1989 for Best Special Effects.
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Aliens 1986  R, 137 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Action / Horror / Thriller
Director: James Cameron
Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Carrie Henn, Michael Biehn, Paul Reiser, Lance Henriksen, Jenette Goldstein, Bill Paxton, William Hope, Mark Rolston, Paul Maxwell, Blain Fairman, Al Matthews, Ricco Ross, Colette Hiller
Fifty-seven years have passed since the last encounter, and Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver)–the only survivor of "Alien"–awakens from hibernation and becomes a member of a crew of soldiers on the trail of the alien in her nest (where she has devoured an entire colony except for one little girl). Intense and scary. Weaver continues her good performances and received an Oscar nomination. The film also received two Oscars (Best Visual Effects and Sound Effects Editing) and was nominated for four others.
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The Art of War 2000  R, 117 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: Christian Duguay
Cast: Wesley Snipes, Anne Archer, Maury Chaykin, Marie Matiko, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Michael Biehn, Donald Sutherland, James Hong, Liliana Komorowska, Paul Hopkins, Glen Chin, Ron Yuan, Bonnie Mak, Uni Park, Erin Selby
Neil Shaw (Wesley Snipes), a special agent working covert operations for the United Nations, is framed as the assassin of the Chinese ambassador. They are both victims of an international threat to destroy the U.N. organization. Now, with the help of Julia Fang (Marie Matiko), Shaw sets out to clear his name.
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Asteroid 1997 TV, 120 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Bradford May
Cast: Michael Biehn, Annabella Sciorra, Zachary Charles, Don Franklin, Anthony Zerbe, Carlos Gomez, Michael Weatherly, Jensen Daggett, Frank McRae, Gerry Becker
Originally a TV miniseries, this filmed version has been pared down by about an hour. A large asteroid is headed for Earth after being kicked out of its orbit by a comet. The asteroid could wipe out the entire population of Earth, so something must be done to destroy it. That something would be weapons fired at it, which does break it up into small pieces. The bad news is that the chunks all fall on Dallas, wreaking havoc. The last half of the film is concerned with the efforts of our heroes to save the people from the devastation.
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Chain of Command 2000  R, 105 min.
Genre: Action
Director: John Terlesky
Cast: Roy Scheider, Michael Biehn, Patrick Muldoon, Maria Conchita Alonso, Ric Young, Sung Hi Lee, William R. Moses, Tom Wright, Philip Tan, Michael Mantell
The briefcase that allows the President to release nuclear weapons has been taken by terrorists, and now it's up to the Secret Service to act before things get way out of hand.
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Cherry Falls 2000  R, 92 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Geoffrey Wright
Cast: Brittany Murphy, Michael Biehn, Jay Mohr, Gabriel Mann, Jesse Bradford, Douglas Spain, Keram Malicki-Sanchez, Natalie Ramsey, Candy Clark, Amanda Anka
This horror/comedy begins with a killer murdering virgins at Cherry Falls High School. As the carnage increases, the remaining virgins arrange a sex party to make themselves ineligible as victims.
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China Rose 1983 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Day
Cast: George C. Scott, Ali MacGraw, Michael Biehn, Denis Lill, Alice Lau, James Hong, Tsin Tsi Eng, David Snell, Tong Lan Hwa, Ray Burrus
An American businessman (George C. Scott) arrives in China in search of the son he hasn't seen for many years. The American Embassy assigns an employee (Ali MacGraw) to assist, and the two head out on the search. Ho, hum. Made for TV.
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 Clockstoppers 2002 PG, 94 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi
Director: Jonathan Frakes
Cast: Jesse Bradford, French Stewart, Paula Garces, Michael Biehn, Robin Thomas, Jason Winston George, Linda Kim, Julia Sweeney, Lindze Letherman, Garikayi Mutambirwa
While his scientist father (French Stewart) is away from home, Zak (Jesse Bradford) impresses his girlfriend, Francesca (Paula Garces), by activating Dad's particle accelerator watch. This results in time appearing to stand still while Zak and Francesca are flung through hypertime by their speeded-up metabolisms. But, as luck would have it, evil assassins want the watch and will stop at nothing to get it.
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Coach 1978  PG, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bud Townsend
Cast: Cathy Lee Crosby, Michael Biehn, Keenan Wynn, Channing Clarkson, Steve Nevil, Jack David Walker, Meridith Baer, Robyn Pohle, Kristine Greco, Brent Huff
The Granger high-school boys' basketball team stinks, so the coach is fired, and, after a computer search, Olympic Gold Medalist Randy (Cathy Lee Crosby) is selected as the new coach. Of course, there is much discontent when they find out that Randy is a woman, and the only way to get rid of her is for poor performance. The problem is, she seems to be shaping up the team.
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Dead Men Can't Dance 1997 R, 95 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Steve Anderson
Cast: Michael Biehn, Kathleen York, Adrian Paul, R. Lee Ermey, Rodney Eastman, Wendy Gazelle, Hiep Thi Le, John Carroll Lynch, Shawnee Smith, Grace Zabriskie
Combat training and later military action in Korea is the theme for this very dull movie.
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Deadfall 1993 R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Christopher Coppola
Cast: Michael Biehn, Sarah Trigger, Nicolas Cage, James Coburn, Peter Fonda, Charlie Sheen, Talia Shire, Angus Scrimm, J. Kenneth Campbell, Michael Constantine
Con artists Joe (Michael Biehn) and his father, Mike (James Coburn), work together until Mike is killed (in the line of "duty"). Mike's last words are that Joe should look in Mike's locker at a bus station. Joe finds that his father has a twin and that the twin had stolen money from Mike. Joe hunts down the twin, Lou (also played by Coburn) and finds that he is into the con game big time. Now, Joe joins Lou and his gang of thugs but still has lessons to learn.
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The Fan 1981 R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Edward Bianchi
Cast: Lauren Bacall, James Garner, Maureen Stapleton, Hector Elizondo, Michael Biehn, Anna Maria Horsford, Kurt Johnson, Dwight Schultz, Dana Delany, Kaiulani Lee, Feiga Martinez, Reed Jones, Charles Blackwell, Terence Marinan, Lesley Rogers
Sally Ross (Lauren Bacall) is a stage star who has a BIG fan, Douglas Breen (Michael Biehn). The trouble is, Douglas is psychotic and is now stalking her since Sally has rejected him. If he can't have her, he will make sure that no one else can, and he attacks her on the subway.
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Grindhouse 2007 R, 140 min.
Genre: Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino
Cast: Rose McGowan, Marley Shelton, Freddy Rodriguez, Josh Brolin, Jeff Fahey, Michael Biehn, Naveen Andrews, Bruce Willis, Kurt Russell, Rosario Dawson, Quentin Tarantino, Michael Parks, Hung Nguyen, Tom Savini, Carlos Gallardo
In this double bill, Robert Rodriguez's offering is "Planet Terror," which takes place in Texas where go-go dancer Cherry's (Rose McGowan) leg is chewed off by a zombie. The situation escalates when zombies fight to take over the human population. Quentin Tarantino presents "Death Proof"–a story about stunt-car driver Mike (Kurt Russell) who is now a psycho killer playing deadly vehicle games. But tables are turned when he targets four women on a road trip and gets more than he bargained for.
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Havoc 2005 R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Barbara Kopple
Cast: Anne Hathaway, Bijou Phillips, Shiri Appleby, Michael Biehn, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Matt O'Leary, Freddy Rodriguez, Laura San Giacomo, Mike Vogel, Raymond Cruz, Alexis Dziena, Channing Tatum, Luis Robledo, Sam Hennings
Wealthy teens–Allison (Anne Hathaway), Emily (Bijou Phillips), Sam (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), and Toby (Mike Vogel)–copy the "gangsta lifestyle" of talk and dress. But they run into real trouble on a trip to East L.A. in search of drugs when they run into Mexican drug dealer Hector (Freddy Rodriguez). Wealthy White girls and LA street thugs just do not mix, and danger is sure to follow.
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In the Kingdom of the Blind, the Man with One Eye Is King 1995 R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: In the Kingdom of the Blind
Director: Nick Vallelonga
Cast: William Petersen, Michael Biehn, Leo Rossi, Paul Winfield, Kristian Alfonso, Nick Vallelonga, Tony DiBenedetto, Khalil Kain, Tony Lip, Michael Cavalieri, James Quattrochi, Jesse Corti
After the brother of a mob boss is killed, police officer Al Scarano (Nick Vallelonga) learns that his own brother, Rudy (James Quattrochi), is the prime suspect. Now, mobster Tony C. (William Petersen) summons Al to Little Italy and makes a deal that will lead to Al risking his own life in an effort to save Rudy.
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Jade 1995 R, 96 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: William Friedkin
Cast: David Caruso, Linda Fiorentino, Chazz Palminteri, Donna Murphy, Richard Crenna, Angie Everhart, Michael Biehn, Kevin Tighe
Three people, including a psychiatrist (Linda Fiorentino), become trapped in a world of passion and deceit after a San Francisco socialite is brutally murdered.
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The Lords of Discipline 1983 R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Franc Roddam
Cast: David Keith, Robert Prosky, G.D. Spradlin, Barbara Babcock, Michael Biehn, Rick Rossovich, Judge Reinhold, Bill Paxton, Matt Frewer
Set at a military academy in the Deep South, racism is the theme of this story as cadets go over the edge to support their out-dated way of life.
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Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 2001 PG-13, 104 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Brian Trenchard-Smith
Cast: Michael York, Michael Biehn, Diane Venora, R. Lee Ermey, Udo Kier, Franco Nero, Jim Metzler, Noah Huntley, Michael Paul Chan, David Hedison
Michael York is back in his role of Stone Alexander whose body Satan has taken over to accomplish its goal of controlling the world–and the battleground between good and evil is set.
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Mojave Moon 1996 R, 95 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy
Director: Kevin Dowling
Cast: Danny Aiello, Anne Archer, Michael Biehn, Angelina Jolie, Alfred Molina, Jack Noseworthy, Zack Norman, Peter MacNicol, John Getz, Mary Joy, Lee Arenberg, Corin Nemec
While hanging out with his friends at a coffee shop, Al (Danny Aiello) flirts with Eli (Angelina Jolie) and ends up driving her to her trailer home in the Mojave Desert where she lives with her mother (Anne Archer) and her mother's psychotic boyfriend (Michael Biehn). Danny delivers Eli home and then sticks around–a very unwise move on his part.
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Planet Terror 2007 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Horror / Thriller
Director: Robert Rodriguez
Cast: Rose McGowan, Freddy Rodriguez, Josh Brolin, Marley Shelton, Jeff Fahey, Michael Biehn, Rebel Rodriguez, Bruce Willis, Naveen Andrews, Julio Oscar Mechoso, Stacy Ferguson, Nicky Katt, Hung Nguyen
An experimental nerve gas is released in Texas, and those exposed to the gas turn into flesh-eating zombies. They attack a Texas town where go-go dancer Cherry's (Rose McGowan) leg is chewed off by a zombie. The zombies are taking over, and Cherry is not the only victim. Now Cherry, armed with a machine-gun leg, and her ex-boyfriend Wray (Freddy Rodriguez) set off to stop the assault.
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The Ride 1997 PG, 87 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael O. Sajbel
Cast: Michael Biehn, Brock Pierce, Jennifer Blanc, Chris Owen, Clarence Felder, Jennifer O'Neill, Franklin Graham, Joseph Neibich, Martin Spanjers
Smokey Banks (Michael Biehn), ex-bullriding rodeo champion, is sentenced to community service after a drunken brawl. He arrives at a ranch camp for orphans and meets Danny, a boy who is terminally ill but recognizes and admires Smokey. Danny wants Smokey to train him for an upcoming competition, and this changes both lives for the better.
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 The Rock 1996 R, 129 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: Michael Bay
Cast: Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage, Ed Harris, David Morse, William Forsythe, Michael Biehn, John Spencer, John C. McGinley, Bokeem Woodbine, Tony Todd, Vanessa Marcil, Gregory Sporleder, Brendan Kelly, Greg Collins
Self-proclaimed patriots, led by Brigadier General Frank Hummel (Ed Harris), hold 81 tourists hostage on Alcatraz and aim deadly nerve gas at San Francisco in an attempt to get funds to support families of those Americans who died performing covert government missions. Navy SEALs–assisted by the only man who ever escaped from Alcatraz, John Patrick Mason (Sean Connery)–are sent in to rescue the hostages. Also helping lead the mission is FBI chemical weapons expert Stanley Goodspeed (Nicolas Cage). The SEALs head out on their mission to break into Alcatraz, but they are ambushed. Now it is up to Mason and Goodspeed to complete the mission.
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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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Susan's Plan 1998 R, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy / Thriller
aka: Dying to Get Rich
Director: John Landis
Cast: Nastassja Kinski, Billy Zane, Michael Biehn, Rob Schneider, Lara Flynn Boyle, Thomas Haden Church, Carl Ballantine, Bill Duke, Lisa Edelstein, Sheree North, Adrian Paul, Dan Aykroyd
Susan (Nastassja Kinski) plots, again and again, to murder her ex-husband, Paul (Adrian Paul), after she learns about his life insurance policy. First, her new lover, Sam (Billy Zane), hires two thugs (Michael Biehn and Rob Schneider), but they fail to kill Paul. Next a biker, Bob (Dan Akyroyd), is paid to finish the job. The problem is that as more people become involved, more want in on the money, and complications ensue.
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The Terminator 1984  R, 108 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Adventure / Thriller
Director: James Cameron
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Michael Biehn, Lance Henriksen, Paul Winfield, Rick Rossovich, Earl Boen, Dick Miller, Bill Paxton, Brian Thompson, Bess Motta, Shawn Schepps, Franco Columbu, Brad Rearden
A Cyborg Terminator (part machine/part man) is played to a tee by Arnold Schwarzenegger. The Terminator is sent from the future back in time to present-day Los Angeles with orders to murder Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) and prevent the birth of her unborn son who is destined to have an impact on the Terminator's world of the future. In close pursuit is Kyle Reese (Michael Biehn) who is determined to stop the Terminator in his tracks. Nonstop action. Schwarzenegger: "I'll be back."
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 Tombstone 1993 R, 128 min.
Genre: Western
Director: George P. Cosmatos
Cast: Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer, Michael Biehn, Powers Boothe, Robert Mitchum, Robert John Burke, Dana Delany, Sam Elliott, Bill Paxton, Joanna Pacula
It's all there–Wyatt Earp (Kurt Russell), Doc Holliday (Val Kilmer), the O.K. Corral, and the gunfight. This time around more attention is given to providing insights into those involved, as well as accuracy in detail. Overall, a good story.
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| 1. The Abyss (1989)
2. Aliens (1986)
3. The Art of War (2000)
4. Asteroid (1997)
5. Chain of Command (2000)
6. Cherry Falls (2000)
7. China Rose (1983)
8. Clockstoppers (2002)
9. Coach (1978)
10. Dead Men Can't Dance (1997)
11. Deadfall (1993)
12. The Fan (1981)
13. Grindhouse (2007)
14. Havoc (2005)
15. In the Kingdom of the Blind, the Man with One Eye Is King (1995)
aka: In the Kingdom of the Blind
16. Jade (1995)
17. The Lords of Discipline (1983)
18. Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 (2001)
19. Mojave Moon (1996)
20. Navy SEALS (1990)
21. Planet Terror (2007)
22. The Ride (1997)
23. The Rock (1996)
24. The Seventh Sign (1988)
25. Susan's Plan (1998)
aka: Dying to Get Rich
26. The Terminator (1984)
27. Tombstone (1993)
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