Posts Tagged ‘throat-slitting’

Redacted (2007)

Saturday, November 29th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | War
Countries: Canada | USA
Actors: Sahar Alloul | Happy Anderson | Francois Caillaud | Patrick Carroll | Andrew Cullen | Rob Devaney | Izzy Diaz | Mike Figueroa | Qazi Freihat | Paul Hijazin | Suhail Abdel Hussein | Ty Jones | Dhiaa Kahlil | Yanal Kassay | Ohad Knoller
Directors: Brian De Palma
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A montage of stories about U.S. soldiers fighting in the Iraq conflict, focusing on the modern forms of media covering the war.

The Dark Knight (2008)

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Christian Bale | Michael Caine | Heath Ledger | Aaron Eckhart | Maggie Gyllenhaal | Gary Oldman | Morgan Freeman | Eric Roberts | Cillian Murphy | Anthony Michael Hall | Monique Curnen | Nestor Carbonell | Joshua Harto | Michael Jai White | Colin McFarlane
Directors: Christopher Nolan
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Right after taking out Ra’s Al Ghul’s plan and the mysterious disappearance of Dr. Jonathan Crane AKA Scarecrow, Batman continues his seemingly-endless effort to bring justice to Gotham’s crime and corrupt with the help of Lt. James Gordon and new appointed District Attorney Harvey Dent. But this time, The Dark Knight faces a rising psychopathic criminal called The Joker, who’s eerie grin makes him more dangerous than what he has yet to unleash. It becomes an agenda to both enemies that only one of them remains and are willing to break every part of what they believe in to stop the other.

Willow (1988)

Monday, November 10th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Patricia Hayes | Warwick Davis | Val Kilmer | Joanne Whaley | Jean Marsh | Billy Barty
Directors: Ron Howard
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Willow, a small farmer/apprentice magician, meets Madmartigan, a great swordsman, and together they journey through a war-torn land of magic and monsters, to save a baby princess from death at the hands of an evil queen.

Carlito’s Way (1993)

Sunday, November 2nd, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Al Pacino | Sean Penn | Penelope Ann Miller | John Leguizamo | Ingrid Rogers | Luis Guzmán | James Rebhorn | Joseph Siravo | Viggo Mortensen | Richard Foronjy | Jorge Porcel | Frank Minucci | Adrian Pasdar | John Ortiz | Ángel Salazar
Directors: Brian De Palma
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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.

The Wild Bunch (1969)

Sunday, November 2nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Drama | Western
Countries: USA
Actors: William Holden | Ernest Borgnine | Robert Ryan | Edmond O'Brien | Warren Oates | Jaime Sánchez | Ben Johnson | Emilio Fernández | Strother Martin | L. Q. Jones | Albert Dekker | Bo Hopkins | Dub Taylor | Paul Harper | Jorge Russek
Directors: Sam Peckinpah
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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.

Running Scared (2006)

Sunday, November 2nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Paul Walker | Cameron Bright | Vera Farmiga | Chazz Palminteri | Karel Roden | Johnny Messner | Ivana Milicevic | Alex Neuberger | Michael Cudlitz | Bruce Altman | Elizabeth Mitchell | Arthur J. Nascarella | John Noble | Idalis DeLeon | David Warshofsky
Directors: Wayne Kramer
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After a drug-op gone bad, Joey Gazelle is put in charge of disposing the gun that shot a dirty cop. But things goes wrong for Joey after the neighbor kid stole the gun and used it to shoot his abusive father. Now Joey has to find the kid and the gun before the police and the mob find them first.

The Sum of All Fears (2002)

Sunday, November 2nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Drama | Thriller
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Ben Affleck | Morgan Freeman | James Cromwell | Ken Jenkins | Liev Schreiber | Bruce McGill | John Beasley | Russell Bobbitt | Philip Baker Hall | Al Vandecruys | Richard Cohee | Philip Pretten | Alison Darcy | Richard Marner | Ostap Soroka
Directors: Phil Alden Robinson
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When the president of Russia suddenly dies, a man whose politics are virtually unknown succeeds him. The change in political leaders sparks paranoia among American CIA officials, so CIA director Bill Cabot recruits a young analyst to supply insight and advice on the situation. Then the unthinkable happens: a nuclear bomb explodes in a U.S. city, and America is quick to blame the Russians.

Commando (1985)

Friday, October 10th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Arnold Schwarzenegger | Rae Dawn Chong | Dan Hedaya | Vernon Wells | James Olson | David Patrick Kelly | Alyssa Milano | Bill Duke | Drew Snyder | Sharon Wyatt | Michael Delano | Bob Minor | Michael Adams | Gary Cervantes | Lenny Juliano
Directors: Mark L. Lester
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A retired special agent named John Matrix led an elite unit and has left the armed forces to live in a secluded mountain home with his daughter Jenny. But now he is forced out of retirement when his daughter is kidnapped by a band of thugs intent on revenge! Unbeknownst to Matrix, the members of his former unit are being killed one by one. Even though Matrix’ friend General Franklin Kirby gives Matrix armed guards, attackers manage to kidnap Matrix and Jenny. Matrix learns that Bennett, a former member of his Matrix’ unit who was presumed dead has kidnapped him to try to force Matrix to do a political assassination for a man called Arius (who calls himself El Presidente), a warlord formerly bested by Matrix who wishes to lead a military coup in his home country. Since Arius will have Jenny killed if Matrix refuses, Matrix reluctantly accepts the demand.

Doomsday (2008)

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008
Genres: Action | Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: South Africa | UK | USA
Actors: Vernon Willemse | Paul Hyett | Daniel Read | Karl Thaning | Stephen Hughes | Jason Cope | Ryan Kruger | Nathan Wheatley | Cecil Carter | Jeremy Crutchley | Tom Fairfoot | Az Abrahams | Bob Hoskins | Alexander Siddig | David O'Hara
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Great Britain, 2007. A deadly plague, known as the “Reaper Virus,” has broken out, killing hundreds of thousands in its wake. In desperation, the British Government evacuates as many survivors as it can out of the infected area, and then builds a wall, preventing the remainder from escaping. Thirty years later, with the wall still up and the victims all but forgotten, the virus breaks out again. The Government decides to send a crack team of operatives, led by Major Eden Sinclair, into the hot zone to investigate the possibility of a cure.

Creep (2004)

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008
Genres: Horror | Thriller
Countries: Germany | UK
Actors: Vas Blackwood | Ken Campbell | Jeremy Sheffield | Paul Rattray | Sean Harris | Grant Ibbs | Joe Anderson | Sean De Vrind | Ian Duncan | Craig Fackrell | Jonathan Taylor | Morgan Jones | Daniel Joseph Scott | Spencer Hawken | Bonito Senden
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While inspecting the sewage system of London, two workers are attacked by a weird creature. Later, Kate decides to leave a party trying to meet the actor ‘George Clooney’ (qv) who is in London. She waits for the last underground train, but after drinking many alcoholic beverages, she falls asleep accidentally on the platform bench, missing the last train and being trapped in the closed underground station. Later, a train going to the depot stops at the platform. She boards the train and she meets her acquaintance Guy, who tries to sexually assault her in the underground car. Guy is attacked by the creature, dragged off, and Kate leaves the train through the tunnel. This is the beginning of her claustrophobic, scary and gore night running through the Underground of London.