88 Minutes 2007  R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Jon Avnet
Cast: Al Pacino, Alicia Witt, Leelee Sobieski, Amy Brenneman, William Forsythe, Deborah Kara Unger, Benjamin McKenzie, Neal McDonough, Leah Cairns, Stephen Moyer, Christopher Redman, Brendan Fletcher, Michael Eklund
Professor of Forensic Psychology Jack Gramm (Al Pacino) testified against Jon Forster (Neal McDonough) at his murder trial nine years ago. Forster has claimed ever since that he is innocent. On the eve of Forster's execution, the Seattle police find an identical crime to the one Forster has been found guilty of, and the F.B.I. has information that the victim was one of Gramm's students. Now, Gramm receives a threat that he has only 88 minutes left to live, and he must use his own forensic skills and those of his cohorts in order to save his own life.
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Ambush in Waco: In the Line of Duty 1993  R, 95 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Dick Lowry
Cast: Tim Daly, Dan Lauria, William O'Leary, Neal McDonough, Lewis Smith, Marley Shelton, Jeri Ryan, Geoffrey Rivas, Debra Jo Rupp, Clu Gulager, Gordon Clapp, Susanna Thompson
This action/drama is based on the 1993 Waco, Texas, tragedy when David Koresh (Tim Daly) and his religious fanatics barricaded themselves for 51 days while surrounded by Federal agents. The stand-off ended when police raided their building, and Koresh's followers chose death over captivity.
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 Angels in the Outfield 1994  PG, 103 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Drama / Fantasy
Director: William Dear
Cast: Danny Glover, Brenda Fricker, Tony Danza, Christopher Lloyd, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ben Johnson, Jay O. Sanders, Dermot Mulroney, Matthew McConaughey, Taylor Negron, Milton Davis Jr., Tony Longo, Neal McDonough, Stony Jackson, Adrien Brody
Eleven-year-old Roger (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is a foster child of Maggie (Brenda Fricker) who hears his irresponsible father (Dermot Mulroney) claim that the chances of reuniting his family are just as good as the last-place California Angels winning the pennant. Roger wants his family to get back together so that he can move out of his foster home and prays that the Angels will win the pennant. Roger's prayers are answered in the form of angel Al (Christopher Lloyd) who heads up a group of angels (appearing as glowing special effects) that arrive to help the team–much to the amazement of the Angels' manager George Knox (Danny Glover) and the long-suffering owner Hank Murphy (Ben Johnson).
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Balloon Farm 1999 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Family
Director: William Dear
Cast: Rip Torn, Mara Wilson, Roberts Blossom, Fredric Lehne, Richard Riehle, Laurie Metcalf, Neal McDonough, Lee Garlington, Ernie Lively, Arnetia Walker, Guy Boyd, Adam Wylie
Harvey H. Potter (Rip Torn) arrives in the drought-stricken farming town of Waterston and begins raising a new crop: magical, colorful balloons that bring new hope to the town. Disney fare.
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 Band of Brothers 2001  TV, 600 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Various Directors
Cast: Damian Lewis, Donnie Wahlberg, Ron Livingston, Matthew Settle, Rick Warden, David Schwimmer, Frank John Hughes, Scott Grimes, Neal McDonough, Rick Gomez, Eion Bailey, Kirk Acevedo
Based on Stephen Ambrose's nonfiction book, this TV miniseries relates the World War II experiences of a U.S. Army Airborne Paratrooper Division–from basic training through D-Day when its members parachuted onto French soil.
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 Flags of Our Fathers 2006 R, 132 min.
Genre: Drama / Action
Director: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Ryan Phillippe, Adam Beach, Jesse Bradford, Jamie Bell, John Benjamin Hickey, Paul Walker, Neal McDonough, Ned Eisenberg, John Slattery, Barry Pepper, Joseph Cross, Robert Patrick, Melanie Lynskey, Thomas McCarthy, Judith Ivey
This story, which is built around the battle of Iwo Jima, cuts back and forth between the actual battle and the three surviving soldiers–John "Doc" Bradley (Ryan Phillippe), Rene Gagnon (Jesse Bradford), and Ira Hayes (Adam Beach)–of six who raised the flag depicted in the powerful picture taken by Joe Rosenthal (Ned Eisenberg). Rosenthal's picture was used to raise the spirits of a war-worn American public, and the soldiers were sent on a tour to sell war bonds. The story begins in the present when Bradley's son, James (Thomas McCarthy), interviews Rosenthal trying to get information on how the soldiers coped with the attention received from his photograph. Superb directing by Clint Eastwood. An Oscar was received for Best Sound Editing.
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 The Guardian 2006  PG-13, 138 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Andrew Davis
Cast: Kevin Costner, Ashton Kutcher, Sela Ward, Melissa Sagemiller, Neal McDonough, Clancy Brown, John Heard, Bonnie Bramlett, Dule Hill, Omari Hardwick, Alex Daniels
After losing his entire crew during a helicopter crash in the Bering Sea, U.S. Coast Guard Rescue Swimmer Ben Randall (Kevin Costner) is transferred to the Coast Guard's Aviation Survival Center where he is to teach cadets +survival training. Hotshot high-school swim champion Jake Fischer (Ashton Kutcher) is among the students in Ben's class, and they are destined to clash. However, by the time graduation rolls around, the two reach a common bond and Jake joins Ben as a Coast Guard Rescue Swimmer. 1 User Review
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| | RascalBrat 02/25/2007 | | Oustanding entertainment! This was an excellent drama ... holding the viewers attention to the end. It was also fun to see Kevin Costner and Ashton Kutcher perform together in a film. |
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 The Hitcher 2007 R, 83 min.
Genre: Thriller
Director: Dave Meyers
Cast: Sean Bean, Sophia Bush, Zachary Knighton, Neal McDonough, Kyle Davis, Skip O'Brien, Travis Schuldt, Danny Bolero, Jeffrey Hutchinson, Yara Martinez, Lauren Cobb, Michael J. Fisher
On a stormy New Mexico night, carefree college students Grace Andrews (Sophia Bush) and Jim Halsey (Zachary Knighton) head off in their car on the way to Spring Break. Along the way, they pick up hitchhiker John "The Hitcher" Ryder (Sean Bean). But their gift of benevolence was not a good decision as "The Hitcher" is a serial killer, and now he uses Grace and Jim by planting evidence as he leaves a trail of corpses that implicates them as the killers.
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I Know Who Killed Me 2007 R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Chris Sivertson
Cast: Lindsay Lohan, Julia Ormond, Neal McDonough, Brian Geraghty, Marc Senter, Garcelle Beauvais, Spencer Garrett, David Figlioli, Art Bell, Jane Galloway Heitz, Cornelia Guest, Gregory Itzin, Paula Marshall
Aubrey (Lindsay Lohan) has it all: top grades in college, multiple talents, looks, and money. She also has a dark side–writing stories about a girl who feels she is only half a person. Aubrey is kidnapped by a serial killer and is tortured, losing an arm and a leg. Two weeks later, Aubrey is found, but the look-alike insists she isn't Aubrey, but Dakota, the girl created by Aubrey. Dakota, now with artificial limbs, takes on a life of porn while her parents and police try to figure out what's going on. A disappointing film.
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Invasion 1997 TV, 180 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Armand Mastroianni
Cast: Luke Perry, Rebecca Gayheart, Kim Cattrall, Christopher Orr, Jon Polito, Jason Schombing, Neal McDonough, Rosanna DeSoto, Castulo Guerra, Louis Crugnali
Based on a story by Robin Cook, this made-for-TV miniseries follows a small group who attempts to find a cure for a deadly virus, latent in all humans, that is triggered when a pebble that fell from the sky is touched. All but these people have been mutated into subservient creatures who worship the aliens who now control them. Not much good about this movie–and it goes on and on and on.
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 Minority Report 2002   PG-13, 145 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Tom Cruise, Max von Sydow, Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton, Kathryn Morris, Tim Blake Nelson, Peter Stormare, Lois Smith, Steve Harris, Mike Binder, Neal McDonough, Patrick Kilpatrick, Jessica Capshaw, Richard Coca
Based on one of Philip K. Dick's great short stories, the plot adopts the premise that investigators can find and arrest killers before they commit murders. In a twist of fate, Detective John Adderton (Tom Cruise), who heads up the department in charge of predicting murders, is identified as a future killer. Now, he must uncover the circumstances to clear his name.
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 Ravenous 1999  R, 100 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Antonia Bird
Cast: Guy Pearce, Robert Carlyle, Jeremy Davies, David Arquette, Jeffrey Jones, John Spencer, Stephen Spinella, Neal McDonough, Bill Brochtrup, Sheila Tousey
This story begins when a nearly dead man, Col. Ives/F.W. Colqhoun (Robert Carlyle) staggers into a U.S. Army camp during the Mexican-American War. He tells the story of cannibalism that he just encountered when his party of settlers began to eat each other while stranded in the snow. Convinced they should look for other survivors, the "rescuers" are not prepared for what they find.
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Star Trek: First Contact 1996 PG-13, 112 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Action / Adventure / Thriller
Director: Jonathan Frakes
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, James Cromwell, Alfre Woodard, Alice Krige, Michael Horton, Neal McDonough, Robert Picardo, Marnie McPhail, Dwight Schultz
It is the 24th century, and the Enterprise is on a mission in space when Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) and his crew become involved in a battle between a Borg Cube and Federation ships. The Enterprise destroys the Cube, but part of it escapes. Now, the alien Borgs, led by Borg Queen (Alice Krige), are set to attack Earth. The Enterprise chases the Borgs but end up in a time distortion and are now in the 21st century. The only hope is for warp drive inventor Zefram Cochran (James Cromwell) to make a faster-than-light trip to the stars.
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Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-LI 2009 PG-13, 96 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Andrzej Bartkowiak
Cast: Kristin Kreuk, Chris Klein, Neal McDonough, Robin Shou, Moon Bloodgood, Josie Ho, Michael Clarke Duncan, Edmund Chen, Taboo, Pei-pei Cheng, Inez Yan, Elizaveta Kiryukhina, Emilze Jungueira, Katherine Pemberton, Siri Sinjane
This adaptation of the video game features Kristin Kreuk as Chun-Li, the young woman who searches for her long-lost father and travels to Bangkok where she joins forces with the leader of the Order of the Web, Gen (Robin Shou) in her quest. Chun-Li finds Gen, and, together, they rescue her father and battle criminal mastermind Bison (Neal McDonough) and members of his powerful syndicate, Shadaloo–Balrog (Michael Clarke Duncan), Vega (Taboo), and Cantana (Josie Ho). The syndicate is taking over the slums of Bangkok, and Chun-Li is determined to save the city. Also fighting for the city are Interpol agent Nash (Chris Klein) and homicide detective Maya Sunee (Moon Bloodgood) who, like Chun-Li, are also more than ready to fight the battle against Bison and his syndicate. Who will prove to be the most skilled and powerful warrior? 1 User Review
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| | Can't Wait for the DVD to come out! | GinChi 03/04/2009 | As a martial artist myself, I am seldom impressed by movies of that genre however; this movie was a nice mixture of fantasy with incredibly trained and spectacular martial artists specifically Ms. Kreuk and Robin Shou who have obviously spent a great deal of time refining their arts. In addition, Mr. Shou portrays the sage/mentor to perfection!
I attended the movie not so much to be entertained but to treat my visual sense to what is possible within the martial arts world.
If you enjoy martial arts, acrobatics or just plain action fliks, this is the one although, there is nothing plain about it.
Warm Regards,
GinChi |
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 Timeline 2003 PG-13, 115 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Action / Adventure / Fantasy
Director: Richard Donner
Cast: Paul Walker, Frances O'Connor, Gerard Butler, Billy Connolly, Ethan Embry, Anna Friel, Marton Csokas, Michael Sheen, Lambert Wilson, Matt Craven, David La Haye, David Thewlis, Neal McDonough, Rossif Sutherland, Steve Kahan
A teleportation machine, developed by the International Technology Corporation, sends a group of archaeologists back in time to medieval France where a war between England and France is raging. Will the scientists survive the battle, and, if so, will they be able to return to the 21st century?
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Tin Man 2007 TV, 265 min.
Genre: Adventure / Sci-Fi / Fantasy
Director: Nick Willing
Cast: Zooey Deschanel, Alan Cumming, Neal McDonough, Kathleen Robertson, Raoul Trujillo, Callum Keith Rennie, Anna Galvin, Ted Whittall, Ian A. Wallace, Donny Lucas, Gwynyth Walsh, Kevin McNulty, Richard Dreyfuss, Jason Schombing
In this updated version of L. Frank Baum's "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz," D.G. (Zooey Deschanel) has grown up and is working as a waitress when her dreams call her to embark on an adventure through the Outer Zone (O.Z.) to search for her missing mother. Along the way, she befriends brainless Glitch (Alan Cumming), cowardly Raw (Raoul Trujillo), and "Tin Man" Cain (Neal McDonough). The evil Azkadellia (Kathleen Robertson) has cast a spell on the Outer Zone and is determined to prevent D.G. and her friends from breaking that spell. Finally, when they meet the Mystic Man (Richard Dreyfuss), D.G. and her group realize that there is more to themselves than they had ever imagined.
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Traitor 2008 PG-13, 113 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jeffrey Nachmanoff
Cast: Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce, Jeff Daniels, Said Taghmaoui, Neal McDonough, Aly Khan, Archie Panjabi, Raad Rawi, Hassam Ghancy, Mozhan Marno, Adeel Akhtar, Lorena Gale, Scali Delpeyrat, Mehdi Ortelsberg, Aizoun Abdelkader
At age 12, he saw his father killed in a car bombing in Sudan and then was raised by his mother in Chicago. Now, 30 years later, Samir Horn (Don Cheadle) is a Muslim jihad attempting to sell plastic explosives in Yemen. Samir is arrested and jailed where Omar (Said Taghmaoui) is also being held. Samir had served as a military advisor to Omar in the past. Now, Omar is part of an international terrorist ring recruiting young Muslims to fight a holy war against the West. FBI agents Roy Clayton (Guy Pearce) and Max Archer (Neal McDonough) offer Samir his freedom if he will talk, but Samir refuses the deal. When Omar's cohorts break him out of jail, Samir joins them, but now Clayton and Archer are on Samir's trail hoping to prevent an attack on American soil.
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 Walking Tall 2004 PG-13, 86 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Comedy / Thriller
Director: Kevin Bray
Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Neal McDonough, Johnny Knoxville, John Beasley, Barbara Tarbuck, Kristen Wilson, Khleo Thomas, Ashley Scott, Michael Bowen, Patrick Gallagher, John Stewart, Mark Houghton, Kevin Durand, Andrew Tarbet, Ryan Robbins
After retiring from the U.S. Army, Chris Vaughn (Dwayne Johnson) returns home where he finds that drugs, violence, and crime now reign. The root cause of the problem is the new gambling casino owned by his high-school rival, Jay Hamilton Jr. (Neal McDonough). Chris believes it is his responsibility to clean up the town. He takes the job of sheriff and begins work.
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| 1. 88 Minutes (2007)
2. Ambush in Waco: In the Line of Duty (1993)
3. Angels in the Outfield (1994)
4. Balloon Farm (1999)
5. Band of Brothers (2001)
6. Flags of Our Fathers (2006)
7. The Guardian (2006)
8. The Hitcher (2007)
9. I Know Who Killed Me (2007)
10. Invasion (1997)
11. Minority Report (2002)
12. Ravenous (1999)
13. Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
14. Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-LI (2009)
15. Timeline (2003)
16. Tin Man (2007)
17. Traitor (2008)
18. Walking Tall (2004)
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