Posts Tagged ‘corruption’

Bordertown (2006)

Sunday, October 21st, 2007
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Jennifer Lopez | Antonio Banderas | Kate del Castillo | John Norman | Irineo Alvarez | Richard Barela | Randall Batinkoff | Juan Diego Botto | Julio Cedillo | Dave Colon | Peter Gonzales Falcon | Juanes | Rene Rivera | Martin Sheen | Chris Talley
Directors: Gregory Nava
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Lauren (Jennifer Lopez), an impassioned American reporter for the Chicago Sentinel heads to Juarez, a Mexican bordertown, in order to investigate a series of mysterious slayings involving young factory women from all over Mexico. As she discovers hundreds of victims, she gains the trust of local factory workers but falls into danger.

Bobby (2006)

Thursday, October 18th, 2007
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
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The Ambassador Hotel, 1968: the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy will soon take place here but none of the hotel residents and employees knows about it yet. Everyone at the hotel is busy with his own affairs, and their paths never seem to cross, not even in this closed space. However, it only seems so and twenty two individuals who will become unwitting witnesses to the tragedy will make a lot of startling discoveries and have strange meetings.

Syriana (2005)

Thursday, October 4th, 2007
Genres: Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Kayvan Novak | George Clooney | Amr Waked | Christopher Plummer | Jeffrey Wright | Chris Cooper | Robert Foxworth | Nicky Henson | Nicholas Art | Matt Damon | Amanda Peet | Steven Hinkle | Daisy Tormé | Peter Gerety | Richard Lintern
Directors: Stephen Gaghan
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A missile disappears in Iran, but the CIA has other problems: the heir to an Emirate gives an oil contract to China, cutting out a US company that promptly fires its immigrant workers and merges with a small firm that has landed a Kazakhstani oil contract. The Department of Justice suspects bribery, and the oil company’s law firm finds a scapegoat. The CIA also needs one when its plot to kill the Emir-apparent fails. Agent Bob Barnes, the fall guy, sorts out the double cross. An American economist parlays the death of his son into a contract to advise the sheik the CIA wants dead. The jobless Pakistanis join a fundamentalist group. All roads start and end in the oil fields.

Troy (2004)

Thursday, October 4th, 2007
Genres: Action | Drama | History | Romance
Countries: Malta | UK | USA
Actors: Julian Glover | Brian Cox | Nathan Jones | Adoni Maropis | Jacob Smith | Brad Pitt | John Shrapnel | Brendan Gleeson | Diane Kruger | Eric Bana | Orlando Bloom | Siri Svegler | Lucie Barat | Ken Bones | Manuel Cauchi
Directors: Wolfgang Petersen
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It is the year 1250 B.C. during the late Bronze age. Two emerging nations begin to clash after Paris, the Trojan prince, convinces Helen, Queen of Sparta, to leave her husband Menelaus, and sail with him back to Troy. After Menelaus finds out that his wife was taken by the Trojans, he asks his brother Agamemnom to help him get her back. Agamemnon sees this as an opportunity for power. So they set off with 1,000 ships holding 50,000 Greeks to Troy. With the help of Achilles, the Greeks are able to fight the never before defeated Trojans. But they come to a stop by Hector, Prince of Troy. The whole movie shows their battle struggles, and the foreshadowing of fate in this remake by Wolfgang Petersen of Homer’s “The Iliad.”

The Border (1982)

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007
Genres: Crime | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Jack Nicholson | Harvey Keitel | Valerie Perrine | Warren Oates | Elpidia Carrillo | Shannon Wilcox | Manuel Viescas | Jeff Morris | Mike Gomez | Dirk Blocker | Lonny Chapman | Stacey Pickren | Floyd Levine | James Jeter | Alan Fudge
Directors: Tony Richardson
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A border agent involved in drug smuggling decides to clean up his act when an impoverished woman’s baby is put up for sale on the black market.

Proof of Life (2000)

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007
Genres: Action | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Meg Ryan | Russell Crowe | David Morse | Pamela Reed | David Caruso | Anthony Heald | Stanley Anderson | Gottfried John | Alun Armstrong | Michael Kitchen | Margo Martindale | Mario Ernesto Sánchez | Pietro Sibille | Vicky Hernández | Norma Martínez
Directors: Taylor Hackford
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In a mountainous South American country, drug-dealing rebels kidnap Peter Bowman, a US engineer who works for an oil company’s subsidiary. The company calls in a negotiator, Terry Thorne, an Aussie ex-soldier based in London. When the subsidiary goes bankrupt, the oil company washes its hands of the matter and pulls Thorne. Bowman’s wife Alice begs him to stay. She and Peter’s sister cobble together some money, Thorne talks ransom terms with the cash-strapped rebels, and Peter, chained high in the mountains, is sustained by a photo of Alice. When the politics of the situation change, so must Thorne’s strategy. And what can Alice and he do about the attraction growing between them?

All the King’s Men (2006)

Saturday, August 18th, 2007
Genres: Drama
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Sean Penn | Jude Law | Anthony Hopkins | Kate Winslet | Mark Ruffalo | Patricia Clarkson | James Gandolfini | Jackie Earle Haley | Kathy Baker | Talia Balsam | Travis Champagne | Frederic Forrest | Paul Desmond | Kevin Dunn | Kevin McCarthy
Directors: Steven Zaillian
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In the 50’s, in Louisiana, the smart populist, manipulative and wolf hick Willie Stark is elected governor with the support of the lower social classes. He joins a team composed of his bodyguard and friend Sugar Boy; the journalist from an aristocratic family Jack Burden; the lobbyist Tiny Duffy; and his mistress Sadie Burke, to face the opposition of the upper classes. When the influent Judge Irwin supports a group of politicians in their request of impeachment, Stark assigns Jack to find some dirtiness along the life of Irwin, leading to a tragedy in the end.

Basic (2003)

Saturday, August 18th, 2007
Genres: Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: John Travolta | Connie Nielsen | Samuel L. Jackson | Timothy Daly | Giovanni Ribisi | Brian Van Holt | Taye Diggs | Dash Mihok | Cristián de la Fuente | Roselyn Sanchez | Harry Connick Jr. | Georgia Hausserman | Margaret Travolta | Dena Johnston | Nick Loren
Directors: John McTiernan
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An Army sergeant (Samual Jackson) takes six of his special troops on a training mission into the rain-soaked Colombian jungles and only two come out alive. When the rescue mission arrives, they see one soldier (Brian Van Holt) killing another and carrying a wounded comrade (Giovanni Ribisi). As the interrogation begins, the soldier refuses to talk to anyone other than another Ranger. The investigating officer (Connie Nielsen) protests, but her commanding officer (Timothy Daly) nonetheless brings in a former Ranger and current DEA agent (John Travolta) to help. The agent is currently on suspension from DEA for allegedly accepting a bribe. From this point on, the plot continues to twist and turn and offers numerous surprises that keeps the story interesting.

Kingdom of Heaven (2005)

Sunday, May 6th, 2007
Genres: Action | Drama | History | War
Countries: Germany | Spain
Actors: Martin Hancock | Eva Green | Michael Sheen | Brendan Gleeson | Nathalie Cox | Jeremy Irons | Edward Norton | Eriq Ebouaney | Jouko Ahola | David Thewlis | Liam Neeson | Philip Glenister | Orlando Bloom | Bronson Webb | Kevin McKidd | Nikolaj Coster-Waldau | Steven Robertson | Marton Csokas | Alexander Siddig
Directors: Ridley Scott
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It is the time of the Crusades during the Middle Ages - the world shaping 200-year collision between Europe and the East. A blacksmith named Balian has lost his family and nearly his faith. The religious wars raging in the far-off Holy Land seem remote to him, yet he is pulled into that immense drama. Amid the pageantry and intrigues of medieval Jerusalem he falls in love, grows into a leader, and ultimately uses all his courage and skill to defend the city against staggering odds. Destiny comes seeking Balian in the form of a great knight, Godfrey of Ibelin, a Crusader briefly home to France from fighting in the East. Revealing himself as Balian’s father, Godfrey shows him the true meaning of knighthood and takes him on a journey across continents to the fabled Holy City. In Jerusalem at that moment–between the Second and Third Crusades–a fragile peace prevails, through the efforts of its enlightened Christian king, Baldwin IV, aided by his advisor Tiberias, and the military restraint of the legendary Muslim leader Saladin. But Baldwin’s days are numbered, and strains of fanaticism, greed, and jealousy among the Crusaders threaten to shatter the truce. King Baldwin’s vision of peace–a kingdom of heaven–is shared by a handful of knights, including Godfrey of Ibelin, who swear to uphold it with their lives and honor. As Godfrey passes his sword to his son, he also passes on that sacred oath: to protect the helpless, safeguard the peace, and work toward harmony between religions and cultures, so that a kingdom of heaven can flourish on earth. Balian takes the sword and steps into history.

Walking Tall (2004)

Sunday, May 6th, 2007
Genres: Action | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: The Rock | Johnny Knoxville | Neal McDonough | Kristen Wilson | Ashley Scott | Khleo Thomas | John Beasley | Barbara Tarbuck | Michael Bowen | Kevin Durand | Andrew Tarbet | Patrick Gallagher | John Stewart | Eric Breker | Ryan Robbins
Directors: Kevin Bray
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When a former member of the U.S. Army Special Forces returns to his small hometown in rural Washington State hoping to realise a childhood dream of working in the local lumber mill, he discovers that much has changed, as the normally tranquil town is now besieged by drugs, outbreaks of violence and a general feeling of malaise and terror, with many pointing a finger at the influence of a crooked casino where his ex-girlfriend now works as a dancer. Seeking to wreak vengeance, with a four-foot-long 4-by-4 in his hand, and righteousness in his heart, the highly-trained soldier, now the county’s sheriff, and his deputy, realizes it’s time to bust some heads with a very hard piece of wood.