Category 7: The End of the World 2005  TV, 169 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Dick Lowry
Cast: Gina Gershon, Cameron Daddo, Shannen Doherty, Randy Quaid, Robert Wagner, Adam Rodriguez, Sebastian Spence, Nicholas Lea, John Kapelos, Lindy Booth, James Brolin, Tom Skerritt, Swoosie Kurtz, Kenneth Welsh, Suki Kaiser
After Paris, Egypt, and some U.S. cities are devastated by a giant storm that now appears headed to Washington, D.C., discredited scientist Faith Clavell (Shannen Doherty), storm chaser Tommy Tornado (Randy Quaid), and FEMA director Judith Carr (Gina Gershon) venture into the eye of the storm to collect important data. Meanwhile, a pair of televangelists (James Brolin and Swoosie Kurtz) uses the storm as a Biblical curse to make a point of their own. Will this storm mark the end of the world?
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Chaos 2006  R, 106 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Tony Giglio
Cast: Jason Statham, Ryan Phillippe, Wesley Snipes, Henry Czerny, Justine Waddell, Nicholas Lea, Jessica Steen, Rob LaBelle, John Cassini, Damon Johnson, Paul Perri, Keegan Connor Tracy, Natassia Malthe, Terry Chen
Quentin Conners (Jason Statham) is not happy to be assigned rookie Shane Dekker (Ryan Phillippe) as his new partner but finds that they must work together to end a series of bank heists. Lorenz (Wesley Snipes) and his gang of thieves have held hostages and blown up banks but stolen no money. Instead, they have planted a virus in an international bank system and plan to steal billions from accounts. Now, Conners and Decker enter into a game of cat-and-mouse as they try to uncover what is going on.
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Shattered 2007  R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
aka: Butterfly on a Wheel
Director: Mike Barker
Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Maria Bello, Gerard Butler, Claudette Mink, Chris Astoyan, Samantha Ferris, Dustin Milligan, Callum Keith Rennie, Emma Karwandy, Agam Darshi, Aaron Douglas, Jesse Green, Nicholas Lea
Abby and Neil Warner (Maria Bello and Gerard Butler) and their young daughter Sophie (Emma Karwandy) are living ideal lives–until a conniving sociopath Tom Ryan (Pierce Brosnan) kidnaps Sophie. Ryan does not want money; instead, he wants to destroy the Warners' perfect life. Now, for the next 24 hours, Abby and Neil will be the subject of Ryan's mind games as they comply with his demands as the only means to save Sophie's life.
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Vertical Limit 2000 PG-13, 126 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Martin Campbell
Cast: Chris O'Donnell, Bill Paxton, Robin Tunney, Scott Glenn, Izabella Scorupco, Temuera Morrison, Stuart Wilson, Nicholas Lea, Roshan Seth, Ben Mendelsohn
Elliot Vaughn (Bill Paxton) stages a publicity stunt on K2 (the second highest mountain in the world). But plans go awry when an avalanche strands Elliot and two fellow climbers–Annie Garrett (Robin Tunney) and Tom McLaren (Nicholas Lea). Annie's brother, Peter (Chris O'Donnell), leads the rescue team and quickly learns that ingenious methods are needed to save the trapped trio.
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Xtro 2: The Second Encounter 1990  R, 92 min.
Genre: Horror / Sci-Fi
Director: Harry Bromley Davenport
Cast: Jan-Michael Vincent, Paul Koslo, Tara Buckman, Jano Frandsen, Nicholas Lea, W.F. Wadden, Rolf Reynolds, Nic Amoroso, Tracy Westerholm, Rachel Hayward, Thom Schioler
A flesh-eating monster is on the loose after an experiment in a secret, military lab goes awry.
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| 1. Category 7: The End of the World (2005)
2. Chaos (2006)
3. Once a Thief (1996)
aka: John Woo's Once a Thief
4. Shattered (2007)
aka: Butterfly on a Wheel
5. Vertical Limit (2000)
6. Xtro 2: The Second Encounter (1990)
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