The 6th Day 2000  PG-13, 124 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Roger Spottiswoode
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Rapaport, Tony Goldwyn, Michael Rooker, Sarah Wynter, Wendy Crewson, Rodney Rowland, Terry Crews, Ken Pogue, Robert Duvall, Colin Cunningham, Wanda Cannon, Taylor Anne Reid, Jennifer Gareis, Don McManus
In this futuristic action thriller, helicopter pilot Adam Gibson (Arnold Schwarzenegger) arrives home one day to find he has been cloned and replaced by the sinister forces of Michael Drucker (Tony Goldwyn). Once Gibson understands the conspiracy secret of having clones take over the world, Drucker issues a contract on his life. This leaves Gibson with no choice but to escape from his would-be assassins and, at the same time, uncover Drucker's evil plan.
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Bastard Out of Carolina 1996  R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Anjelica Huston
Cast: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Ron Eldard, Glenne Headly, Lyle Lovett, Jena Malone, Dermot Mulroney, Christina Ricci, Michael Rooker, Diana Scarwid, Grace Zabriskie
Set during the 1950s, this is the story of child abuse involving a preteen (Jena Malone) who suffers at the hands of her stepfather (Ron Eldard) while her mother (Jennifer Jason Leigh) looks the other way. This sensitively told tale marks Anjelica Huston's directorial debut. 1 User Review
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| | Anonymous 09/28/2009 | | very well done. |
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The Bone Collector 1999  R, 118 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Horror / Thriller
Director: Phillip Noyce
Cast: Denzel Washington, Angelina Jolie, Queen Latifah, Michael Rooker, Mike McGlone, Luis Guzman, Leland Orser, John Benjamin Hickey, Bobby Cannavale, Ed O'Neill, Gary Swanson, Frank Fontaine, Richard Zeman, Olivia Birkelund, James Bulleit
A serial killer is on the loose in New York City with a modus operandi of torturing first, killing next, and finally removing a bone from the victim to save as a souvenir. Lincoln Rhyme (Denzel Washington), a bedridden paraplegic, becomes interested in locating the killer and recruits Amelia Donaghy (Angelina Jolie) to help. Working against the clock–and Rhyme's seizures–the two cohorts set out on the trail of the brutal killer.
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 Cliffhanger 1993 R, 118 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Thriller
Director: Renny Harlin
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Michael Rooker, John Lithgow, Janine Turner, Rex Linn, Leon, Max Perlich, Paul Winfield, Ralph Waite, Caroline Goodall, Craig Fairbrass, Gregory Scott Cummins, Denis Forest, Michelle Joyner, Trey Brownell
Treasury Department officers, along with $100 million, are skyjacked and crash in the mountains. Along come Gabe Walker (Sylvester Stallone) out of retirement and his ex-partner Hal Tucker (Michael Rooker) as guides. They are ready to save the day. Unfortunately, they end up captured by a gang, led by Qualen (John Lithgow), whose intention is to find the crash site first and plan to use Gabe as their guide. Good photography, stunts, and action.
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The Dark Half 1993 R, 124 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: George A. Romero
Cast: Timothy Hutton, Amy Madigan, Michael Rooker, Julie Harris, Robert Joy, Rutanya Alda, Chelsea Field, Kent Broadhurst, Royal Dano, Beth Grant
Stephen King's novel is brought to life in this film about author Thad Beaumont (Timothy Hutton), who uses the pseudonym "George Stark" when he writes horror stories. Beaumont learns that "Stark" does not want to be put away between stories.
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 Days of Thunder 1990 PG-13, 108 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Romance
Director: Tony Scott
Cast: Tom Cruise, Robert Duvall, Nicole Kidman, Randy Quaid, Cary Elwes, Michael Rooker, John C. Reilly, Don Simpson, Donna W. Scott, Fred Dalton Thompson, J.C. Quinn, Caroline Williams, Chris Ellis, Peter Appel, Stephen Michael Ayers
"Top Gun" (Tom Cruise) tactics have moved from the air to the racetrack in this fast-paced film about a young rookie who tries to unseat the champion. Cole Trickle (Cruise) is discovered by businessman Tim Daland (Randy Quaid) who commissions former stock-car racer Harry Hogge (Robert Duvall) to build a car and then hires Cole to drive it. Cole wins the respect of Hogge who teaches him the intricacies of winning on the stock car circuit. But, a crash lands Cole in the hospital with his rival Rowdy Burns (Michael Rooker), and Cole and Rowdy now become friends after Rowdy's injuries force him to bow out of racing. At the same time, Cole is attracted to his doctor, Claire Lewicki (Nicole Kidman), who gives him the courage to race again.
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Deceiver 1997 R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Jonas Pate, Josh Pate
Cast: Chris Penn, Ellen Burstyn, Tim Roth, Renee Zellweger, Michael Rooker, Rosanna Arquette, Don Winston, Mark Damon, J.C. Quinn, Michael Parks, Genevieve Butler, Chelsea Butler, Jody Wilhelm, Ocie Pouncie, Bob Hungerford
James Walter Wayland (Tim Roth) is a wealthy heir accused of murdering prostitute Elizabeth (Renee Zellweger). When tough cop Detective Edward Kennesaw (Michael Rooker) and his partner, Phillip Braxton (Chris Penn), investigate, Wayland tries to shift the blame and interferes by revealing flaws in Kennesaw's marriage and gambling debts incurred by Braxton.
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 Eight Men Out 1988 PG, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Sayles
Cast: D.B. Sweeney, David Strathairn, Charlie Sheen, John Cusack, John Sayles, Perry Lang, Michael Rooker, John Mahoney, Michael Lerner, Christopher Lloyd, Clifton James, Don Harvey, Jace Alexander, James Read, Gordon Clapp
In 1919, members of the Chicago White Sox conspired to lose the World Series for personal gain. Known as the "Black Sox" scandal, this is the story of how eight team members deliberately lost the World Series because of a labor dispute with the White Sox owner, Charles Comiskey (Clifton James). Third baseman Buck Weaver (John Cusack) spent years trying to prove his innocence after the eight players were suspended for life.
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Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer 1986  N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Thriller
Director: John McNaughton
Cast: Michael Rooker, Tracy Arnold, Tom Towles, Mary Demas, Anne Bartoletti, Elizabeth Kaden, Ted Kaden, Denise Sullivan, David Katz, Pamela Fox, Bruce Quist, Ray Atherton, Eric Young
This is a powerful, but very disturbing, story based on the true life of serial killer Henry Lee Lucas. This low budget film used Chicago unknowns. No humor relieves the tension as Henry (Michael Rooker) goes about his business of killing people for no apparent reason. It is very graphic and may be too violent for some viewers.
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 Here on Earth 2000 PG-13, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mark Piznarski
Cast: Chris Klein, Leelee Sobieski, Josh Hartnett, Michael Rooker, Annie Corley, Bruce Greenwood, Annette O'Toole, Elaine Hendrix, Stuart Wilson, Ronni Saxon
Rich-boy Kelley (Chris Klein) falls in love with poor-girl Samantha (Leelee Sobieski), and they do NOT live happily ever after in this low-credibility film about teenage perils.
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 JFK 1991  R, 189 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
Director: Oliver Stone
Cast: Kevin Costner, Sissy Spacek, Joe Pesci, Tommy Lee Jones, Gary Oldman, Jay O. Sanders, Michael Rooker, Laurie Metcalf, Kevin Bacon, Jack Lemmon, John Candy, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Walter Matthau, Sally Kirkland, Edward Asner
Oliver Stone received Oscar nominations for Best Picture and Director in presenting questions about the Warren Commission and its investigation of the murder of John F. Kennedy. The questions arise when New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison (Kevin Costner) has doubts about the FBI's official story concerning the murder and begins his own investigation. The movie achieved its aim of making citizens more politically aware. Two Academy Awards (Best Cinematography and Film Editing) and four other nominations were received.
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Jumper 2008  PG-13, 88 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Doug Liman
Cast: Hayden Christensen, Jamie Bell, Rachel Bilson, Diane Lane, Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Rooker, AnnaSophia Robb, Max Thieriot, Jesse James, Tom Hulce, Kristen Stewart, Teddy Dunn, Barbara Garrick
Teenager David Rice (Hayden Christensen) learns that he is capable of teleporting anywhere in the world. As a "jumper" he can land on any spot that he imagines and can reach forbidden corners. But, the "paladins" have a vendetta against the "jumpers," and Roland (Samuel L. Jackson) is determined to put a stop to the "jumpers" journeys. Now, eight years after David discovered his gift, he is living the good life–until Roland appears in David's living room armed with gyzmos to immobilize him. Roland is unsuccessful, and David escapes. He reconnects with childhood friend Millie (Rachel Bilson) and takes her to Rome. While visiting Rome, he meets another "jumper" Griffin (Jamie Bell), and David learns that he is not alone and that he is in the middle of a war between "jumpers" and "paladins." And the chase is on–with Roland in hot pursuit. 1 User Review
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| | Jumper 02/18/2008 | | great movie ! |
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Keys to Tulsa 1997 R, 113 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Leslie Greif
Cast: Eric Stoltz, James Spader, Deborah Kara Unger, Joanna Going, Michael Rooker, Mary Tyler Moore, James Coburn, Randy Graff, Cameron Diaz, Peter Strauss
Ne'er-do-well Richter Boudreau (Eric Stoltz) returns home to Tulsa as a movie critic for the local newspaper. The son of a wealthy and influential mother (Mary Tyler Moore), he soon gets involved with blackmail, an old girlfriend, a stripper, and other difficult situations.
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Light of Day 1987 PG-13, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul Schrader
Cast: Michael J. Fox, Joan Jett, Gena Rowlands, Jason Miller, Michael McKean, Thomas G. Waites, Cherry Jones, Del Close, Michael Rooker
A brother and sister are struggling band members who take different views on the purity of their art as their family is being torn apart. Rocker Joan Jett can act, too.
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Mallrats 1995 R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Kevin Smith
Cast: Shannen Doherty, Jason Lee, Jeremy London, Claire Forlani, Kevin Smith, Jason Mewes, Priscilla Barnes, Michael Rooker, Ben Affleck, Joey Lauren Adams, Renee Humphrey, Ethan Suplee, Stan Lee, Carol Banker, Kyle Boe
This teen movie is about one day in the life of 17-year-olds who hang out at the Eden Prairie Center Mall. Brodie (Jason Lee) and T.S. (Jeremy London) both broke up with their girlfriends, Rene (Shannen Doherty) and Brandi (Claire Forlani). Now, they are wandering around the mall looking for anything to do and manage to appear on Stan Lee's (playing himself) game show, and all is going well–until Brandi and Rene come to the mall.
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Mississippi Burning 1988 R, 127 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Alan Parker
Cast: Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe, Frances McDormand, Brad Dourif, R. Lee Ermey, Gailard Sartain, Stephen Tobolowsky, Michael Rooker, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Badja Djola, Frankie Faison, Kevin Dunn, Tom Mason, Geoffrey Nauffts, Rick Zieff
This is a very good film about three civil rights workers who were killed in Mississippi during the height of racial problems of the 1960s. FBI agents Ward (Willem Dafoe) and Anderson (Gene Hackman), with different backgrounds, arrive to investigate. They overcome their differences and work together, and information from the town sheriff's wife (Frances McDormand) helps in solving the case. The film won an Oscar for Best Cinematography and was nominated for six others, including Best Picture, Actor (Hackman), Supporting Actress (Frances McDormand) and Director.
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Music Box 1989 PG-13, 123 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Costa-Gavras
Cast: Jessica Lange, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Frederic Forrest, Donald Moffat, Lukas Haas, Michael Rooker, Cheryl Lynn Bruce, Albert Hall, Mari Torocsik, J.S. Block, Sol Frieder, Elzbieta Czyzewska, Magda Szekely Marburg, Felix Shuman, Michael Shillo
Following her father Michael Laszlo's (Armin Mueller-Stahl) arrest for being a Nazi sympathizer, Ann Talbot (Jessica Lange) agrees to defend her father. Laszlo was a Hungarian immigrant who came to the United States during World War II, claiming to be a farmer. It is now 50 years later, and he faces deportation because he has lied about his occupation. A trial awaits him in Hungary for wartime atrocities. Ann is convinced that her father is innocent, but as the trial progresses, she struggles emotionally as her father's guilt becomes more and more evident. Lange received an Oscar nomination for Best Actress.
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 Rent-a-Cop 1988  R, 97 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Jerry London
Cast: Burt Reynolds, Liza Minnelli, James Remar, Dionne Warwick, Robby Benson, Richard Masur, Bernie Casey, Michael Rooker
After a Chicago cop (Burt Reynolds) is kicked off the force for dishonesty (a bum charge), he goes to work as a department store security man (dressed as Santa Claus). Liza Minnelli plays a hooker who Reynolds saves from the bad guy (James Remar). She knows a good thing when she sees it and latches on to Reynolds as her hero and protector. etc., etc., etc.
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 The Replacement Killers 1998 R, 92 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Antoine Fuqua
Cast: Chow Yun-Fat, Mira Sorvino, Michael Rooker, Jurgen Prochnow, Kenneth Tsang, Carlos Gomez, Til Schweiger, Danny Trejo, Clifton Collins Jr., Frank Medrano, Leo Lee, Patrick Kilpatrick, Randall Duk Kim, Andrew J. Marton, Sydney Coberly
Hit-man John Lee (Chow Yun-Fat) turns down an assignment because his target is a seven-year-old boy. Because of his refusal to kill the boy, his bosses send in hit men to get Lee, and the chase is on with Meg Coburn (Mira Sorvino) soon joining in the fray as John Lee and Meg try to escape from "The Replacement Killers."
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Replicant 2001 R, 101 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Ringo Lam
Cast: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Michael Rooker, Catherine Dent, Ian Robison, Brandon James Olson, Pam Hyatt, Marnie Alton, Allan Gray, Jayme Knox, Paul McGillion, James Hutson, Chris Kelly, Peter Flemming, Margaret Ryan, Lillian Carlson
Edward "The Torch" Garrotte (Jean-Claude Van Damme) is a serial killer who murders mothers and then sets them on fire. Recently retired Seattle police detective Jake Riley (Michael Rooker) is hired by a secret government agency to track down Garrotte. After they clone Garrotte as the Replicant (also played by Van Damme), Jake and the Replicant work together to get the job done.
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Rosewood 1997 R, 142 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Singleton
Cast: Jon Voight, Ving Rhames, Don Cheadle, Bruce McGill, Loren Dean, Esther Rolle, Robert Patrick, Michael Rooker, Akosua Busia, Paul Benjamin
The recreation of the tragic 1922 race riots in Rosewood, Florida, goes beyond the actual event and insightfully uncovers the story of how racial hatred takes years to teach, and–once learned–it has the potential of leading to violence.
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Sea of Love 1989 R, 110 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Harold Becker
Cast: Al Pacino, Ellen Barkin, John Goodman, William Hickey, Michael Rooker, Richard Jenkins, Paul Calderon, Gene Canfield, Larry Joshua, John Spencer
The newspaper's lonely-hearts column is somehow connected to a number of serial killings in New York. Two cops, Detectives Keller and Sherman (Al Pacino and John Goodman) are given the case, and Keller, in particular, goes after the solution with a vengeance.
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 Slither 2006 R, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy / Horror
Director: James Gunn
Cast: Nathan Fillion, Elizabeth Banks, Gregg Henry, Michael Rooker, Don Thompson, Tania Saulnier, Dustin Milligan, Haig Sutherland, Jennifer Copping, Xantha Radley, Brenda James, Lloyd Kaufman, Rob Zombie
When a slug from outer space arrives in the town of Little Wheelsy and infects local businessman Grant Grant (Michael Rooker), mutates him into a flesh-eating squid-man that turns his victims into zombies, his wife Starla (Elizabeth Banks) and a police officer (Nathan Fillion) flee for their lives.
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A Table for One 1999 R, 110 min.
Genre: Thriller
aka: Wicked Ways
Director: Ron Senkowski
Cast: Rebecca De Mornay, Michael Rooker, Mark Rolston, Lisa Zane, Shareen Mitchell, Dale Dye, Ari Barak, Peter Dobson, Diane Robin, Keli Daniels, Patrick O'Neal, Adele Yoshioka
Bigamist Matt (Michael Rooker) plays a deadly game of jealousy with his psychotic wife, Ruth (Rebecca De Mornay), that involves their neighbor, Tom (Mark Rolston), who is playing his own game.
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The Trigger Effect 1996 R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David Koepp
Cast: Kyle MacLachlan, Elisabeth Shue, Dermot Mulroney, Richard T. Jones, Bill Smitrovich, Michael Rooker, Tori & Tyra Kristiansen, Rick Worthy, Edham Barker, Tyrone Tann
Matt (Kyle MacLachlan) and Annie (Elisabeth Shue) are a young couple who represent problems inherent in today's society when some are capable of taking responsibility and others cannot. One night the power goes out in Matt and Annie's neighborhood, and the vulnerable couple becomes victimized by would-be robbers.
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Undisputed 2002 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Walter Hill
Cast: Wesley Snipes, Ving Rhames, Peter Falk, Michael Rooker, Jon Seda, Wes Studi, Fisher Stevens, Dayton Callie, Amy Aquino, Johnny Williams, Joe D'Angerio
Top-ranked heavyweight boxer James "Iceman" Chambers (Ving Rhames) begins serving a prison sentence when he learns he is infringing on the world of another inmate, prison boxing champ Monroe Hutchen (Wesley Snipes). It isn't long before a fight is arranged. by fellow convict Emmanuel "Mendy" Ripstein (Peter Falk).
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| 1. The 6th Day (2000)
2. Bastard Out of Carolina (1996)
3. The Bone Collector (1999)
4. Cliffhanger (1993)
5. The Dark Half (1993)
6. Days of Thunder (1990)
7. Deceiver (1997)
8. Eight Men Out (1988)
9. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986)
10. Here on Earth (2000)
11. JFK (1991)
12. Jumper (2008)
13. Keys to Tulsa (1997)
14. Light of Day (1987)
15. Mallrats (1995)
16. Mississippi Burning (1988)
17. Music Box (1989)
18. Rent-a-Cop (1988)
19. The Replacement Killers (1998)
20. Replicant (2001)
21. Rosewood (1997)
22. Sea of Love (1989)
23. Slither (2006)
24. A Table for One (1999)
aka: Wicked Ways
25. The Trigger Effect (1996)
26. Undisputed (2002)
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