48 Hrs. 1982  R, 97 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy / Drama / Thriller
Director: Walter Hill
Cast: Nick Nolte, Eddie Murphy, Annette O'Toole, Frank McRae, James Remar, David Patrick Kelly, Brion James, Sonny Landham, Jonathan Banks, Kerry Sherman, James Keane, Tara King, Greta Blackburn, Marot Rose, Denise Crosby
Convict Reggie Hammond (Eddie Murphy) is granted a two-day furlough in which he is told to aid a San Francisco police detective Jack Cates (Nick Nolte) in the search for cop killers. This unlikely couple works well together as they intersperse comedy with violence, and the result is a top-notch Comedy/Action film. This is Eddie Murphy's screen debut.
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Best of the Best II 1993  R, 100 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Robert Radler
Cast: Eric Roberts, Phillip Rhee, Chris Penn, Edan Gross, Ralf Moeller, Meg Foster, Sonny Landham, Wayne Newton, Betty Carvalho, Simon Rhee, Claire Stansfield, Hayward Nishioka
Our heroes just led the U.S. martial arts team to a world championship, and now they are in Las Vegas where the secret, no-holds-barred Coliseum is in operation. After one of the team is killed in the ring by Brakus (Ralph Moeller), the good guys train for revenge. Wayne Newton plays the ringmaster.
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The Dirty Dozen: The Next Mission 1985 TV, 95 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
Cast: Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Ken Wahl, Larry Wilcox, Sonny Landham, Richard Jaeckel, Wolf Kahler, Gavan O'Herlihy, Ricco Ross, Jay Benedict, Stephen Hattersley, Rolf Saxon, Michael John Paliotti, Paul Herzberg, Jeff Harding
Nearly 20 years after the first "Dirty Dozen" was filmed, this story begins when Maj. Gen. Warden (Ernest Borgnine) orders Major John Reisman (Lee Marvin) on another mission. Convicts–the Dirty Dozen–are again rounded up and, this time, led by Reisman to parachute behind enemy lines during World War II in order to kill a Nazi general and foil his plot to assassinate Hitler. You'll have to watch the film to understand why they would be ordered to do that!
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Fleshburn 1984  R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Gage
Cast: Sonny Landham, Steve Kanaly, Karen Carlson, Macon McCalman, Robert Chimento, Robert Alan Browne, Duke Stroud, Larry Vigus, Newton John Skinner
American Indian/Vietnam vet Calvin Duggoi (Sonny Landham) deserted, was captured, deemed mentally incompetent, and committed to a hospital. Unhappy with this arrangement, Sonny escapes, captures his psychologists (Karen Carlson, Robert Chimento, Steve Kanaly, and Macon McCalman), and abandons them in a desert. From a safe distance, Sonny keeps an eye on the four victims as they attempt to survive in the unforgiving environment.
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Lock Up 1989 R, 115 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: John Flynn
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Donald Sutherland, John Amos, Darlanne Fluegel, Sonny Landham, Tom Sizemore, Frank McRae, William Allen Young, Larry Romano, Jordan Lund, John Lilla, Dean Duval, Jerry Strivelli, David Anthony Marshall, Kurek Ashley
Prison Warden Drumgoole (Donald Sutherland) had refused to give prisoner Frank Leone (Sylvester Stallone) a weekend pass to visit his dying father when Frank escaped and told the media about Drumgoole's evil treatment of prisoners. Frank is now back in prison serving the last six months of his sentence, and Warden Drumgoole is determined to exact revenge on Leone for ruining his "good" name.
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 Predator 1987  R, 107 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Horror / Thriller
Director: John McTiernan
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers, Jesse Ventura, Sonny Landham, Sven-Ole Thorsen, Elpidia Carrillo, Bill Duke, R.G. Armstrong, Kevin Peter Hall, Richard Chaves, Shane Black, Steve Boyum, William H. Burton, Henry Kingi
United States Major Dutch Schaeffer (Arnold Schwarzenegger) and his commando unit are sent to the jungles of Latin America on a mission to rescue other commandos. A creature has been attacking the commandos, one-by-one. Dutch figures out that the creature is an alien, appears to be heavily armed, able to make itself invisible, and is attacking them for sport. But, it is not until the end of their race to safety that Dutch is able to confirm his suspicions when he comes face to face with the Predator. There is a sequel.
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| 1. 48 Hrs. (1982)
2. Best of the Best II (1993)
3. The Dirty Dozen: The Next Mission (1985)
4. Firewalker (1986)
5. Fleshburn (1984)
6. Lock Up (1989)
7. Predator (1987)
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