12 Rounds 2009  PG-13, 108 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Renny Harlin
Cast: John Cena, Steve Harris, Ashley Scott, Aidan Gillen, Brian J. White, Gonzalo Menendez, Taylor Cole, Kyle Russell Clements, Peter Navy Tuiasosopo, Travis Davis, Nick Gomez, Brian Stanton, Rosalind Rubin, Kim Collins, Billy Slaughter
New Orleans Detective Danny Fisher (John Cena) stops a thief, Miles Jackson (Aidan Gillen), from committing a heist during which Miles' girlfriend is accidentally killed. Miles is sent to prison but escapes and sets out to exact revenge against Danny for his girlfriend's death. Miles kidnaps Danny's girlfriend Molly Parker (Ashley Scott) and demands that Danny complete 12 tasks–12 rounds–in one day in order to save Molly's life.
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Beyond the City Limits 2002  R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Rip It Off
Director: Gigi Gaston
Cast: Jennifer Esposito, Nastassja Kinski, Alyson Hannigan, Steve Harris, Brian McCardie, Todd Field, Michael Cole, Alexis Denisof, Chris Ellis, Marcos A. Ferraez
Three women (Nastassja Kinski, Alyson Hannigan, and Jennifer Esposito), two of which are living with thugs, plan to rob a casino without the boyfriends and do it on their own. Things don't go too well in this weak effort.
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 Diary of a Mad Black Woman 2005 PG-13, 116 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Darren Grant
Cast: Kimberly Elise, Steve Harris, Shemar Moore, Tamara Taylor, Lisa Marcos, Tiffany Evans, Cicely Tyson, Tyler Perry, Terrell Carter, Carole Mitchell-Leon, Avery Knight, Vickie Eng
Based on Tyler Perry's hit stage play, this story switches back and forth from comedy to melodrama. Helen (Kimberly Elise) thinks she is living the perfect life: married 18 years to successful attorney Charles (Steve Harris), beautiful mansion, and wealth–until Charles kicks her out and wants to marry her best friend (Lisa Marcos). Helen returns to her ghetto roots and tries, successfully and unsuccessfully, to put her past with Charles behind her.
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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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The Mod Squad 1999  R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Scott Silver
Cast: Claire Danes, Omar Epps, Giovanni Ribisi, Dennis Farina, Josh Brolin, Steve Harris, Michael Lerner, Toby Huss, Richard Jenkins, Larry Brandenburg
The Mod Squad–Julie Barnes (Claire Danes), Lincoln Hayes (Omar Epps), and Peter Cochran (Giovanni Ribisi)–are redeemed souls serving on the LAPD. As an updated version of the 1960's TV show, the Mod Squad is still investigating crime. This time around, it is a conspiracy behind the murder of their boss that draws the attention. From its opening scene, this film suffers from a downhill slide into mediocrity.
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Quarantine 2008  R, 89 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Mystery
Director: John Erick Dowdle
Cast: Jennifer Carpenter, Steve Harris, Jay Hernandez, Johnathon Schaech, Columbus Short, Rade Serbedzija, Greg Germann, Dania Ramirez, Joey King, Andrew Fiscella, Bernard White, Elaine Kagan, Marin Hinkle, Sharon Ferguson, Jermaine Jackson
Television reporter Angela Vidal (Jennifer Carpenter) and her crew follow L.A. firefighters for an overnight shoot. Early in the A.M., the firefighters are called to an apartment complex where they find police on the scene responding to a call because some of the residents are infected by a rare strain of rabies that turns them into infected cannibals. The government cordons off the building, and now without cell phones, TVs, internet, and telephones, Angela fights to stay alive in the midst of the hysterical residents who are being attacked–one after the other.
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The Skulls 2000 PG-13, 105 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Rob Cohen
Cast: Joshua Jackson, Paul Walker, Hill Harper, Leslie Bibb, Christopher McDonald, Steve Harris, William Petersen, Craig T. Nelson, David Asman, Scott Gibson, Nigel Bennett, Jennifer Melino, Andrew Kraulis, Derek Aasland, Noah Danby
Luke McNamara (Joshua Jackson) enters a secret society, "The Skulls," at Yale. After numerous questionable episodes (including the suspicious suicide of Luke's roommate Will Beckford (Hill Harper), Luke realizes that his own life is in danger.
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| 1. 12 Rounds (2009)
2. Beyond the City Limits (2002)
aka: Rip It Off
3. Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2005)
4. Minority Report (2002)
5. The Mod Squad (1999)
6. Quarantine (2008)
7. The Skulls (2000)
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