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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Air America 1990  R, 112 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy
Director: Roger Spottiswoode
Cast: Mel Gibson, Robert Downey Jr., Nancy Travis, Ken Jenkins, David Marshall Grant, Lane Smith, Burt Kwouk, Art LaFleur, Tim Thomerson, Ned Eisenberg, Marshall Bell, David Bowe, Harvey Jason, Sinjai Plengpanit, Natta Nantatanti
Pilots Billy Covington (Robert Downey Jr.) and Gene Ryack (Mel Gibson) team up to fly for Air America Airlines in Laos. They fly CIA secret documents over Cambodia during the Vietnam War and become involved in rescue missions, drug trafficking, and corruption.
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The Best of Times 1986  PG-13, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Roger Spottiswoode
Cast: Kurt Russell, Robin Williams, Pamela Reed, Holly Palance, Donald Moffat, Margaret Whitton, M. Emmet Walsh, Donovan Scott, R.G. Armstrong, Dub Taylor
This movie has a good cast; however, the premise is weak. Two men try to overcome their past failings by reliving a missed pass at a high-school football game in which their team lost.
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The Children of Huang Shi 2008 R, 125 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Roger Spottiswoode
Cast: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Radha Mitchell, Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, David Wenham, Li Guang, Ji Lin, Matt Walker, Su Ping, Imai Hideaki, Sciichiro Hashimoto, Anastasia Kolpakova
Loosely based on a true story during the Japanese invasion of China in the 1930s, this film involves the adventures of British journalist George Hogg (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) who slips into China during the Japanese occupation. After photographing evidence of mass slaughters of civilians by the Japanese, he barely escapes. Chinese communist resistance leader "Jack" Chen Hansheng (Chow Yun-Fat) and American nurse Lee Pearson (Radha Mitchell) save him and convince Hogg to recuperate at the Huang Shi orphanage where he ends up helping to care for 60 starving young boys who were orphaned by the war. When Hogg learns that the Japanese plan to force the boys into the army, he leads them on a 700-mile trek across the desert and to their ultimate safety.
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Hiroshima 1995  PG, 190 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Koreyoshi Kurahara, Roger Spottiswoode
Cast: Kenneth Welsh, Jeffrey DeMunn, Richard Masur, Wesley Addy, Sheena Larkin, Leni Parker, Timothy West, Mark Camacho, Tatsuo Matsumura, Naohiko Umewaka, David Hemblen, David Gow
Events leading up to Harry Truman's decision to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki are presented blending archival footage and interviews with those involved.
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Mesmer 1994  N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Roger Spottiswoode
Cast: Alan Rickman, Amanda Ooms, Gillian Barge, Anna Thalbach, Peter Dvorsky, David Hemblen, Simon McBurney, Heinz Trixner, Petra Koberl, Peter Janisch
In the late 18th century, modern hypnosis originated in the work of Viennese physician Franz Anton Mesmer (Alan Rickman) who claimed he could cure illnesses by transmitting a form of energy he called "animal magnetism." Unpopular among his fellow physicians, Mesmer really overstepped his bounds when he engaged in a love affair with a patient. He was exiled, left for France, and became the rage of Paris and the toast of King Louis XVI's Court. 1 User Review
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| | Brilliant | Anonymous 01/20/2008 | | Absolutely thrilling. Although the movie itself may be bad in quality, the acting is ridiculously, excuse the expression, mesmerizing. Alan Rickman is flawless as always and his co stars are, although minor in comparison, great as well. If you are a fan of costume dramas and/or Alan Rickman, this movie is a must see. |
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The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper 1981 PG, 100 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Roger Spottiswoode
Cast: Robert Duvall, Treat Williams, Kathryn Harrold, Ed Flanders, Paul Gleason, R.G. Armstrong, Dorothy Fielding, Nicolas Coster, Cooper Huckabee, Christopher Curry
Based on an actual story, this is the tale of a man who parachuted out of a hijacked plane with $200,000 and was never found.
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 Shoot to Kill 1988 R, 110 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Roger Spottiswoode
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Tom Berenger, Kirstie Alley, Clancy Brown, Richard Masur, Andrew Robinson, Kevin Scannell, Frederick Coffin, Robert Lesser, Michael Chapman
An FBI agent (Sidney Poitier) heads for the Pacific Northwest where he enlists the aid of a rugged woodsman (Tom Berenger) in pursuit of a vicious killer.
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Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot 1992  PG, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Roger Spottiswoode
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Estelle Getty, JoBeth Williams, Roger Rees, Martin Ferrero, Gailard Sartain, Ving Rhames, Dennis Burkley, Richard Schiff, John Wesley
Los Angeles cop Joe Bomowski (Sylvester Stallone) is a grown man whose mother, Tutti (Estelle Getty), will not stop interfering in his life. The situation gets out of hand when Tutti is assigned to help Joe with a murder case in which she witnessed the crime.
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Terror Train 1980 R, 97 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Roger Spottiswoode
Cast: Ben Johnson, Jamie Lee Curtis, Hart Bochner, David Copperfield, Derek McKinnon, Sandee Currie, Vanity, Timothy Webber, Anthony Sherwood, Greg Swanson, Sandee Currie, Howard Busgang, Steve Michaels, Donald Lamoureux, Victor Knight
Fraternity brothers board a train for a costume party that turns into a terror-filled excursion when a mentally disturbed former fraternity member takes advantage of this opportunity to kill his former friends. Among the students on the train is Alana Maxwell (Jamie Lee Curtis) who, along with the other women students, panics when members of the fraternity are killed off, one by one. The conductor, Carne (Ben Johnson) tries to calm things down, but it is a train ride destined to be filled with terror.
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 Tomorrow Never Dies 1997 PG-13, 119 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Thriller
Director: Roger Spottiswoode
Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Jonathan Pryce, Michelle Yeoh, Teri Hatcher, Gotz Otto, Judi Dench, Desmond Llewelyn, Samantha Bond, Joe Don Baker, Vincent Schiavelli, Ricky Jay, Colin Salmon, Geoffrey Palmer, Julian Fellowes, Terence Rigby
This top-flight James Bond adventure stars Pierce Brosnan as Agent 007 battling media baron Elliot Carver (Jonathan Pryce) who will stop at nothing to boost his ratings–even starting World War III as he and his cohorts plot to sink a British naval ship and then place the blame on China. Bond teams up with Chinese External Security Force agent Wai Lin (Michelle Yeoh) to bring an end to Carver's madness. Carver is married to Paris (Teri Hatcher) who just happens to be one of Bond's former lovers, and his superior, M (Judi Dench), ensures that the past relationship is exploited as Bond and Wai Lin go after the ruthless Carver.
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Under Fire 1983  R, 128 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Roger Spottiswoode
Cast: Nick Nolte, Gene Hackman, Joanna Cassidy, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Ed Harris, Alma Martinez, Holly Palance, Hamilton Camp, Richard Masur, Enrique Lucero
Journalists (Nick Nolte and Joanna Cassidy) cover the revolution in Nicaragua and end up coming to the aid of the guerilla cause. Good stars do a good job in a better than good film.
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| 1. The 6th Day (2000)
2. Air America (1990)
3. The Best of Times (1986)
4. The Children of Huang Shi (2008)
5. Hiroshima (1995)
6. Mesmer (1994)
7. The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper (1981)
8. Shoot to Kill (1988)
9. Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992)
10. Terror Train (1980)
11. Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
12. Turner and Hooch (1989)
13. Under Fire (1983)
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