Posts Tagged ‘landmine’

Saving Private Ryan (1998)

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
Genres: Action | Drama | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Hanks, Tom | Sizemore, Tom | Burns, Edward | Pepper, Barry | Goldberg, Adam | Diesel, Vin | Ribisi, Giovanni | Davies, Jeremy | Damon, Matt | Danson, Ted | Giamatti, Paul | Farina, Dennis | Stadler, Joerg | Martini, Steven | Bruno, Dylan
Directors: Spielberg, Steven
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Opening with the Allied invasion of Normandy on 6 June 1944, members of the 2nd Ranger Battalion under Cpt. Miller fight ashore to secure a beachhead. Amidst the fighting, two brothers are killed in action. Earlier in New Guinea, a third brother is KIA. Their mother, Mrs. Ryan, is to receive all three of the grave telegrams on the same day. The United States Army Chief of Staff, George C. Marshall, is given an opportunity to alleviate some of her grief when he learns of a fourth brother, Private James Ryan, and decides to send out 8 men (Cpt. Miller and select members from 2nd Rangers) to find him and bring him back home to his mother…

Too Late the Hero (1970)

Friday, March 28th, 2008
Genres: Action | Drama | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Caine, Michael | Robertson, Cliff | Bannen, Ian | Andrews, Harry | Fraser, Ronald | Elliott, Denholm | Percival, Lance | Herbert, Percy | Jordan, Patrick | Kydd, Sam | Beckley, William | Horsey, Martin | Jason, Harvey | Knight, Don | Newman, Roger
Directors: Aldrich, Robert
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A WWII film set on a Pacific island. Japanese and allied forces occupy different parts of the island. When a group of British soldiers are sent on a mission behind enemy lines, things don’t go exactly to plan. This film differs in that some of the ‘heros’ are very reluctant, but they come good when they are pursued by the Japanese who are determined to prevent them returning to base.

28 Days Later… (2002)

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008
Genres: Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: UK
Actors: Palmer, Alex | De Stoppani, Bindu | Hiltunen, Jukka | Schneider, David | Murphy, Cillian | Sedgwick, Toby | Harris, Naomie | Huntley, Noah | Dunne, Christopher | Hitching, Emma | Delamere, Alexander | McGarrity, Kim | Gleeson, Brendan | Burns, Megan | Hackney, Justin
Directors: Boyle, Danny
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A powerful virus escapes from a British research facility. Transmitted in a drop of blood and devastating within seconds, the virus locks those infected into a permanent state of murderous rage. Within 28 days the country is overwhelmed and a handful of survivors begin their attempts to salvage a future, little realising that the deadly virus is not the only thing that threatens them.

No Man’s Land (2001)

Wednesday, August 15th, 2007
Genres: Drama | War
Countries: Belgium | Bosnia-Herzegovina | France | Italy | Slovenia | UK
Actors: Djuric, Branko | Bitorajac, Rene | Sovagovic, Filip | Siatidis, Georges | Valcke, Serge-Henri | Kremer, Sacha | Eloy, Alain | Nadarevic, Mustafa | Diklic, Bogdan | Callow, Simon | Cartlidge, Katrin | Ribic, Tanja | Zavrsan, Branko | Utjesanovic, Djuro | Tanovic, Mirza
Directors: Tanovic, Danis
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After various skirmishes, two wounded soldiers, one Bosnian and one Serb, confront each other in a trench in the no man’s land between their lines. They wait for dark, trading insults and even finding some common ground; sometimes one has the gun, sometimes the other, sometimes both. Things get complicated when another wounded Bosnian comes to, but can’t move because a bouncing mine is beneath him. The two men cooperate to wave white flags, their lines call the UN (whose high command tries not to help), an English reporter shows up, a French sergeant shows courage, and the three men in no man’s land may or may not find a way to all get along.

Windtalkers (2002)

Saturday, May 5th, 2007
Genres: Action | Drama | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Cage, Nicolas | Beach, Adam | Stormare, Peter | Emmerich, Noah | Ruffalo, Mark | Van Holt, Brian | Henderson, Martin | Willie, Roger | O'Connor, Frances | Slater, Christian | Isaacs, Jason | Morts, Billy | Thor, Cameron | Cooney, Kevin | Osborne, Holmes
Directors: Woo, John
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WWII. Joe Enders, a decorated Marine who is by-the-book to a fault, is just coming back on duty (by cheating on his medical tests). “Ox” Anderson, much greener, is also getting the same new task: Protect the Navajo codetalkers (Ben Yahzee and Charles Whitehorse, respectively). While Enders is initially frustrated with his assignment, his respect grows as the codetalkers prove their worth in the brutal battle to take Saipan.

English Patient, The (1996)

Friday, May 4th, 2007
Genres: Drama | Romance | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Fiennes, Ralph | Binoche, Juliette | Dafoe, Willem | Scott Thomas, Kristin | Andrews, Naveen | Firth, Colin | Wadham, Julian | Prochnow, Jürgen | Whately, Kevin | Merrison, Clive | Castelnuovo, Nino | Rostom, Hichem | Rühring, Peter | Johnson, Geordie | Higginson, Torri
Directors: Minghella, Anthony
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Beginning in the 1930’s, “The English Patient” tells the story of Count Almasy who is a Hungarian map maker employed by the Royal Geographical Society to chart the vast expanses of the Sahara Desert along with several other prominent explorers. As World War II unfolds, Almasy enters into a world of love, betrayal, and politics that is later revealed in a series of flashbacks while Almasy is on his death bed after being horribly burned in a plane crash.

Killing Fields, The (1984)

Monday, April 2nd, 2007
Genres: Drama | History | War
Countries: UK
Actors: Waterston, Sam | Ngor, Haing S. | Malkovich, John | Sands, Julian | Nelson, Craig T. | Gray, Spalding | Paterson, Bill | Fugard, Athol | Kennedy, Graham | Chey, Katherine Krapum | Pierpaoli, Oliver | Chey, Edward Entero | Bird, Tom | Sisowath, Monirak | Dtangpaibool, Lambool
Directors: Joffé, Roland
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Sydney Schanberg is a New York Times journalist convering the civil war in Cambodia. Together with local representative Dith Pran, they cover some of the tragedy and madness of the war. When the Americans forces leave, Dith Pran sends his family with them, but stays behind himself to help Schanberg cover the event. As an American, Schanberg won’t have any trouble leaving the country, but the situation is different for Pran; he’s a local, and the Khmer Rouge are moving in.

City of Ghosts (2002)

Saturday, March 17th, 2007
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Dillon, Matt | Caan, James | McElhone, Natascha | Depardieu, Gérard | Sereyvuth, Kem | Skarsgård, Stellan | Byrne, Rose | Andrews, Shawn | Sankhavesa, Chalee | Curry, Christopher | Campbell, Rob | Merklen, Bernard | Shearer, Jack | Fox, Kirk | Kyoza
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A con man flees to Southeast Asia when an international scam he was involved in goes sour. Suspecting he’s been double-crossed by his long-time mentor, he sets off to Cambodia for his promised cut. What he finds there is a mysterious and hostile environment where even the most polished criminal can end up on deadly ground.