Posts Tagged ‘moral-ambiguity’

Dogma (1999)

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Rock, Chris | Hayek, Salma | Rickman, Alan | Morissette, Alanis | Cort, Bud | Hackney, Barret | Pfennigwerth, Jared | Sakurai, Kitao | Carlin, George | Aberlin, Betty | Damon, Matt | Affleck, Ben | Etheridge, Dan | Fiorentino, Linda | Milosavljevic, Derek | Braden, Lesley | O'Halloran, Brian | O'Brien, Marie Elena | Garofalo, Janeane
Directors: Smith, Kevin
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The great grand niece of Jesus Christ is enlisted to prevent two angels from reentering Heaven and thus undoing the fabric of the universe. Along the way, she is aided by two prophets, Jay and Silent Bob. With the help of Rufus, the 13th Apostle, they must stop those who stand in their way and prevent the angels from entering Heaven.

Blade II (2002)

Monday, June 2nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Horror | Thriller
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Snipes, Wesley | Kristofferson, Kris | Perlman, Ron | Varela, Leonor | Reedus, Norman | Kretschmann, Thomas | Goss, Luke | Schulze, Matt | John-Jules, Danny | Yen, Donnie | Roden, Karel | Kile, Marit Velle | Curran, Tony | Crawford, Daz | Segura, Santiago
Directors: Toro, Guillermo del
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A rare mutation has occurred within the vampire community. The Reaper. A vampire so consumed with an insatiable bloodlust that they prey on vampires as well as humans, transforming victims who are unlucky enough to survive into Reapers themselves. Now their quickly expanding population threatens the existence of vampires, and soon there won’t be enough humans in the world to satisfy their bloodlust. Blade, Whistler (Yes, he’s back) and an armory expert named Scud are curiously summoned by the Shadow Council. The council reluctantly admits that they are in a dire situation and they require Blade’s assistance. Blade then tenuously enters into an alliance with The Bloodpack, an elite team of vampires trained in all modes of combat to defeat the Reaper threat. Blade’s team and the Bloodpack are the only line of defense which can prevent the Reaper population from wiping out the vampire and human populations.

Rundown, The (2003)

Friday, April 18th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Comedy | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Rock, Chris | Rock, The | Scott, Seann William | Dawson, Rosario | Walken, Christopher | Bremner, Ewen | Gries, Jon | Lucking, William | Reyes Jr., Ernie | Wilson, Stuart F. | Keiffer, Dennis | Warren, Garrett | Holguin, Toby | Power, Paul S. | Bishop, Stephen | Norman, Chuck
Directors: Berg, Peter
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In order to get out of hock with mobster Billy Walker, restaraunteur-turned-”retrieval expert” Beck has to go down to Brazil and retrieve Billy’s ne’er-do-well archaeologist-wannabe son Travis, who is searching for an ancient gold idol called the Gato del Diablo. This idol is prized by not only the local population as the path to their salvation, but by Cornelius Hatcher, slavedriving operator of the Helldorado mining town who oppresses said population in the name of profits, and Hatcher just won’t let Beck leave with Travis.

First Blood (1982)

Monday, April 14th, 2008
Genres: Action | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Stallone, Sylvester | Crenna, Richard | Dennehy, Brian | McKinney, Bill | Starrett, Jack | Talbott, Michael | Mulkey, Chris | McLiam, John | Humphreys, Alf | Caruso, David | Crowley, David L. | MacKay, Don | Tamburro, Charles A. | Petersen, David | Huston, Craig
Directors: Kotcheff, Ted
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John Rambo is a disoriented Vietnam Vet. He is hitchhiking from town to town to see friends from the war. A sheriff tries to make him leave town and when he refuses, arrests him for vagrancy. While in jail, a deputy takes delight in abusing him. Rambo escapes showing his old Vietnam fighting skills and takes to the woods as the sheriff and deputies try and find him in his element. Things get out of hand as Colonel Trautman Rambo’s old commander appears to shed light on the situation.

Man on Fire (2004)

Friday, March 21st, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: Mexico | UK | USA
Actors: Washington, Denzel | Fanning, Dakota | Anthony, Marc | Mitchell, Radha | Walken, Christopher | Giannini, Giancarlo | Ticotin, Rachel | Ochoa, Jesús | Rourke, Mickey | Peláez, Angelina | Sánchez Parra, Gustavo | Camilo, Gero | Hernández, Rosa María | Del Castillo, Heriberto | Zaragoza, Mario
Directors: Scott, Tony
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A wave of kidnappings has swept through Mexico, feeding a growing sense of panic among its wealthier citizens, especially parents. In one six-day period, there were twenty-four abductions, leading many to hire bodyguards for their children. Into this world enters John Creasy, a burned-out ex-CIA operative/assassin, who has given up on life. Creasy’s friend Rayburn brings him to Mexico City to be a bodyguard to nine-year-old Pita Ramos, daughter of industrialist Samuel Ramos and his wife Lisa. Creasy is not interested in being a bodyguard, especially to a youngster, but for lack of something better to do, he accepts the assignment. Creasy barely tolerates the precocious child and her pestering questions about him and his life. But slowly, she chips away at his seemingly impenetrable exterior, his defenses drop, and he opens up to her. Creasy’s new-found purpose in life is shattered when Pita is kidnapped. Despite being seriously wounded during the kidnapping, he vows to kill anyone involved in or profiting from the kidnapping. And no one can stop him.

Gone Baby Gone (2007)

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Mystery
Countries: USA
Actors: Affleck, Casey | Monaghan, Michelle | Freeman, Morgan | Harris, Ed | Ashton, John | Ryan, Amy | Madigan, Amy | Welliver, Titus | Williams, Michael K. | Gathegi, Edi | Margolis, Mark | O'Brien, Madeline | Slaine | Goodman, Trudi | Maher, Matthew
Directors: Affleck, Ben
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Dorchester, one of the toughest neighborhoods in all of Boston, is no place for the weak or innocent. Its a territory defined by hard heads and even harder luck, its streets littered with broken families, hearts, dreams. When one of its own, a 4-year-old girl, goes missing, private investigators Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro don’t want the case. But after pleas from the child’s aunt, they open an investigation that will ultimately risk everything — their relationship, their sanity, and even their lives — to find a little girl-lost.

Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

Monday, January 21st, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: France | USA
Actors: Schwarzenegger, Arnold | Furlong, Edward | Patrick, Robert | Boen, Earl | Morton, Joe | Merkerson, S. Epatha | Guerra, Castulo | Cooksey, Danny | Goldstein, Jenette | Berkeley, Xander | Hamilton, Linda | Gibbel, Ken | Winley, Robert | Schrum, Peter
Directors: Cameron, James
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Nearly 10 years have passed since Sarah Connor was targeted for termination by a cyborg from the future. Now her son, John, the future leader of the resistance, is the target for a newer, more deadly terminator. Once again, the resistance has managed to send a protector back to attempt to save John and his mother Sarah.

Exorcism of Emily Rose, The (2005)

Sunday, December 9th, 2007
Genres: Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Linney, Laura | Wilkinson, Tom | Scott, Campbell | Carpenter, Jennifer | Feore, Colm | Close, Joshua | Welsh, Kenneth | Fraser, Duncan | Bourne, JR | Hurt, Mary Beth | Czerny, Henry | Aghdashloo, Shohreh | Archer, Steve | Belcastro, Arlene | Berner, David
Directors: Derrickson, Scott
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The nineteen years old Catholic college girl Emily Rose (Jennifer Carpenter) dies a couple of days after being submitted to an exorcism carried out by her parish priest, Father Moore (Tom Wilkinson). Emily believed she was possessed by six demons, and although authorized by Emily and he parents, Father Moore is accused of negligent homicide, since he had suggested Emily to interrupt the use of medications for epilepsy. In order to avoid a scandal, the Archdiocese hires the successful, ambitious and agnostic lawyer Erin Bruner (Laura Linney), and the prosecution assigns the religious prosecutor Ethan Thomas (Campbell Scott). Along the days, there is a battle between science and religion in the court.

Face/Off (1997)

Saturday, May 5th, 2007
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Travolta, John | Cage, Nicolas | Allen, Joan | Nivola, Alessandro | Gershon, Gina | Swain, Dominique | Cassavetes, Nick | Presnell, Harve | Feore, Colm | Lynch, John Carroll | Pounder, CCH | Wisdom, Robert | Cho, Margaret | Denton, James | Ross, Matt
Directors: Woo, John
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Sean Archer is a government agent who for six years has been trying to apprehend terrorist, Caster Troy, who tried to kill him but ended up killing Archer’s son instead. When Archer corners Troy, Troy tells Archer that he has planted a bomb that will go off, unless he lets him go but Archer thinks that Troy is bluffing so a fight erupts that leaves Troy comatose. But later when they go through some of his brother, Pollux’s things, they discover that Troy was telling the truth. All what they need now is to find out where it is and the only person who knows is Pollux. And the only person that he will talk to about it, is his brother, Caster but unfortunately he is a vegetable. A government official then suggests to Archer that he assume Caster’s identity and ask Pollux about the bomb. So she brings him to a doctor who has perfected a method wherein the face of one individual is removed from him and placed on another. Archer agrees. The operation is a success so Archer as Troy goes to the prison where Pollux is being held and successfully gets him to tell him where the bomb is. Meanwhile, Troy who was believed to be comatose awakens and forces the doctor who operated on Archer to place Archer’s face on him. He then goes to the prison as Archer and taunts Archer by telling him that he has destroyed all documentation of the operation and eliminated everyone who knew about it. He then takes his brother out and leaves Archer in prison. But Archer somehow manages to escape and is now trying to find someone who will believe and help him, while Troy is plotting something.

Silent Hill (2006)

Saturday, May 5th, 2007
Genres: Horror | Thriller
Countries: France | Japan | USA
Actors: Mitchell, Radha | Bean, Sean | Holden, Laurie | Unger, Deborah Kara | Coates, Kim | Allen, Tanya | Krige, Alice | Ferland, Jodelle | Williams, Colleen | Gabriel, Ron | Crawford, Eve | Ritschel, Derek | Hiebert, Amanda | Dumont, Maxine | Britton, Christopher
Directors: Gans, Christophe
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After the continuous sleep walking episodes of Sharon, the young daughter of Rose Da Silva, the decision is made to take Sharon to the place only mentioned in her restless dreams- Silent Hill. However, the road to Silent Hill is anything but easy to access, and Rose creates a high speed chase between herself and a police officer only to end in a crash for them both. When she wakes up, Sharon has disappeared and Rose is at the entrance to the deserted, dream-like town of Silent Hill. As Rose begins the search for her daughter, she does not realize the terror and mystery surrounding her. Rose is led on a blind search for her beloved daughter, finding herself getting more and more entwined into disturbing past of Silent Hill.