Posts Tagged ‘anti-hero’

Big Trouble in Little China (1986)

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Russell, Kurt | Cattrall, Kim | Dun, Dennis | Hong, James | Wong, Victor | Burton, Kate | Li, Donald | Wong, Carter | Kwong, Peter | Pax, James | Pai, Suzee | Chi, Chao Li | Imada, Jeff | Mor, Rummel | Ng, Craig
Directors: Carpenter, John
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Somewhere in the 80s, trucker Jack Burton arrives in a small town to deliver his cargo and win a few bucks playing cards with the locals down at the Chinese market. Practically bankrupting nearly all of his opponents, his friend Wang bets him a game of “double or nothing” to try and regain his cash and loses. Jack wants his well earned money, but Wang explains he doesn’t have the cash on him and that’ll he pay later because he’s due to pick up a long, lost girlfriend from the airport. Convinced Wang’s pulling something sly, Jack insists he drive Wang to the airport so they can stick together. However, at the airport Wang’s girlfriend is captured by the Lords of Death, a streetwise Chinatown gang. She is essential for an upcoming plan to revive a thousand year old Chinese sorcerer and bring him back to the world as a mortal again. So begins a daring adventure to rescue Wang’s girl and stop the ruthless operation that’s going on down in Little China. Teaming up with a cast of very different individuals, Jack and Wang delve deep into an uncovering conspiracy in which everything’s not exactly as it seems. Here comes big trouble…

Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)

Sunday, November 16th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: Perlman, Ron | Blair, Selma | Jones, Doug | Dodd, James | Tambor, Jeffrey | Goss, Luke | Walton, Anna | Hurt, John | Alexander, John | Dotrice, Roy | Elek, Ferenc | Herring, Brian | Kamarás, Iván | MacFarlane, Seth | Nagy, Sandor Istvan
Directors: Toro, Guillermo del
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The mythical world starts a rebellion against humanity in order to rule the Earth, so as Hellboy and his team returns they must save the world from the rebellious creatures. Now, as the creatures who inhabit the spiritual realm gear-up for an all out attack on the human plane, the only one capable of saving the Earth is a tough-talking hellspawn rejected by both worlds.

Wild Bunch, The (1969)

Sunday, October 26th, 2008
Genres: Action | Drama | Western
Countries: USA
Actors: Holden, William | Borgnine, Ernest | Ryan, Robert | O'Brien, Edmond | Oates, Warren | Sánchez, Jaime | Johnson, Ben | Fernández, Emilio | Martin, Strother | Jones, L. Q. | Dekker, Albert | Hopkins, Bo | Taylor, Dub | Harper, Paul | Russek, Jorge
Directors: Peckinpah, Sam
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A few months before World War I, an aging band of outlaws led by Pike Bishop rob a Texas bank intent on using the money to retire. When the robbery goes wrong, the gang is forced to flee to Mexico with Bishop’s reformed ex-partner, Deke Thornton, in hot pursuit. With nothing to show for the failed robbery, Bishop’s gang agrees to steal a shipment of guns for General “Mapache” Juerta, to restore their fortunes. With Thornton closing in, and their association with the evil Juerta trying their conscience, Bishop and co. prepare for their lawless past to catch up with them.

Thing, The (1982)

Sunday, October 26th, 2008
Genres: Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Russell, Kurt | Brimley, Wilford | Carter, T.K. | Clennon, David | David, Keith | Dysart, Richard A. | Hallahan, Charles | Maloney, Peter | Masur, Richard | Moffat, Donald | Polis, Joel | Waites, Thomas G. | Weisser, Norbert | Franco, Larry J. | Irwin, Nate
Directors: Carpenter, John
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An American scientific expedition to the frozen wastes of the Antarctic is interrupted by a group of seemingly mad Norwegians pursuing and shooting a dog. The helicopter pursuing the dog crashes leaving no explanation for the chase. During the night, the dog mutates and attacks other dogs in the cage and members of the team that investigate. The team soon realises that an alien life-form with the ability to take over other bodies is on the loose and they don’t know who may already have been taken over.

Carlito’s Way (1993)

Saturday, October 11th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Pacino, Al | Penn, Sean | Miller, Penelope Ann | Leguizamo, John | Rogers, Ingrid | Guzmán, Luis | Rebhorn, James | Siravo, Joseph | Mortensen, Viggo | Foronjy, Richard | Porcel, Jorge | Minucci, Frank | Pasdar, Adrian | Ortiz, John | Salazar, Ángel
Directors: De Palma, Brian
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Carlito Brigante is released from jail after serving five years of a much longer stretch. He vows to go straight and to live life as a fine, upstanding citizen. He even rekindles a romance with his ex-lover. However, Carlito’s associates cannot seem to leave him in peace…his nephew involves him a pool-room gunfight, his lawyer asks him for “favours” which spiral out of control, and even an old friend (now a wheelchair bound paraplegic) tries to get him into trouble with the law. Carlito decides to make a run for Florida and the promise of a new life, but has one final dramatic escape to make from some hoods who believe (wrongly) that he was behind the murder of their boss.

Madigan (1968)

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Widmark, Richard | Fonda, Henry | Stevens, Inger | Guardino, Harry | Whitmore, James | Clark, Susan | Dunn, Michael | Ihnat, Steve | Stroud, Don | North, Sheree | Stevens, Warren | St. Jacques, Raymond | Freed, Bert | Bellaver, Harry | Marth, Frank
Directors: Siegel, Don
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Policemen Bonaro and Madigan lose their guns to fugitive Barney Benesch. As compensation, the two NYC detectives are given a weekend to bring Benesch to justice. While Bonaro and Madigan follow up on various leads, Police Commissioner Russell goes about his duties, including attending functions, meeting with aggrieved relatives, and counseling the spouses of fallen officers.

To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)

Monday, August 4th, 2008
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: William Petersen | Petersen, William L. | Dafoe, Willem | Pankow, John | Feuer, Debra | Turturro, John | Fluegel, Darlanne | Stockwell, Dean | James, Steve | Downey Sr., Robert | Greene, Michael | Allport, Christopher | Hoar, Jack | de Vargas, Valentin | Brown, Dwier | Chong, Michael
Directors: Friedkin, William
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Two cops in Los Angeles try to track down the vicious criminal Eric Masters. Then, one of them is killed by Masters and the other one swears revenge no matter what the cost. After that, the hunt becomes an ob- session and the law he once swore to uphold becomes meaningless to him.

V for Vendetta (2005)

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: Germany | UK | USA
Actors: Portman, Natalie | Weaving, Hugo | Rea, Stephen | Fry, Stephen | Hurt, John | Pigott-Smith, Tim | Graves, Rupert | Allam, Roger | Miles, Ben | Cusack, Sinéad | Wightman, Natasha | Standing, John | Marsan, Eddie | Ashborn, Clive | Field-Rayner, Emma
Directors: McTeigue, James
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The futuristic tale unfolds in a Great Britain that’s a fascist state. A freedom fighter known as V (Weaving) uses terrorist tactics to fight the oppressive society. He rescues a young woman (Portman) from the secret police, and she becomes his unlikely ally.

Sudden Impact (1983)

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Eastwood, Clint | Hingle, Pat | Dillman, Bradford | Drake, Paul | Thibeau, Jack | Currie, Michael | Popwell, Albert | Keyloun, Mark | Howard, Kevyn Major | Bellan, Joe | Wellman, Wendell | McCubbin, Russ | Sutton, Robert | Argenziano, Carmen | Reddick, Bill
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After destroying a case involving a crime lord, Harry Callahan is sent down to San Paulo to investigate the killing of a man found dead in a car. Jennifer (the killer of the man in the car) is murdering all the rapists who brutally raped both her and her sister 10 years ago, and she has returned to San Paulo to exact her revenge. Harry becomes inadvertently involved in Jennifer’s own troubles during his investigations, all the while not suspecting she is the killer.

Species II (1998)

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
Genres: Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Madsen, Michael | Justin Lazard | Harris, Baxter | Williamson, Mykelti | Helgenberger, Marg | Dzundza, George | Cromwell, James | Wynter, Sarah | Henstridge, Natasha | Myriam Cyr
Directors: Medak, Peter
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Mykelti Williamson and Justin Lazard are a pair of astronauts who make the first successful manned mission to Mars. Lazard’s character gets infected by an alien and slowly begins to mutate. When they get back to Earth all he has on his mind is to have sex with Henstridge!