2/26/2009
Cinemax Asia Synopses - Month of March 2009
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A SLIGHT CASE OF MURDER
When the married girlfriend of film critic Terry Thorpe dies accidentally during a lovers' quarrel, Thorpe panics and attempts to destroy evidence of the death. But a crafty private detective on the trail of the doomed adulteress witnesses everything – and blackmails Thorpe. Now the cunning writer plans his own plot twist, while parrying the questions of a quirky police officer with screenwriting ambitions and his other girlfriend, who suspects A Slight Case Of Murder.
Starring: William H. Macy, Adam Arkin, James Cromwell
ALREADY DEAD
The life of a successful man and his family changes when they are attacked and the man takes it on himself to hunt down the killers.
Starring: Ron Eldard, Christopher Plummer, Til Schweiger
ASSASSINS
In the world of professional killers, the only retirement is in a body bag. Robert Rath (Stallone, Spy Kids 3-D, Shade) is a master hit-man. But he wants out of the game. One last hit job later, he falls for quirky surveillance expert Electra (Moore, The Forgotten, Laws Of Attraction). But someone is determined not to let him live out the rest of his life in peace. Up-and-coming assassin Miguel Bain (Banderas, The Legend of Zorro, Shrek 2) is out to make a name for himself by taking out both Rath and Electra.
Starring: Julianne Moore, Antonio Banderas, Sylvester Stallone
ASSIGNMENT K
A head honcho of a British spy unit, Philip Scott poses as the successful head of a toy company. Then his cover gets blown and his girlfriend is kidnapped. The ransom – Scott has to reveal the identities of the other secret agents.
Starring: Stephen Boyd, Camilla Sparv, Michael Redgrave
AVALON: BEYOND THE ABYSS
This state-of-the-art action adventure flick stars Parker Stevenson as John Alden, the head of the Abyss, a world-class oceanographic research institute. When a seemingly idyllic island in the Gulf of Mexico mysteriously blows up, Alden and his team of underwater specialists is called in to salvage the situation. But as they attempt to avert a worldwide ecological disaster, the group stumbles upon a bizarre discovery on the ocean floor.
Starring: Parker Stevenson, Billy Rieck
BABY MONITOR: SOUND OF FEAR
Carol Whiston is a wife, mother and successful career woman. When she secretly learns that her husband, Matt is having an affair with the babysitter, she delves into another type of business - murder. Using an upcoming birthday party as an excuse, she coyly invites her husband's mistress, Ann to baby-sit their young son. She hires a couple of thugs to murder Ann and make it look like a robbery gone bad. Unfortunately, the plan doesn't work out as expected and a series of unexpected twists add to the suspense in this well crafted thriller.
Starring: Jason Beghe, Barbara Tyson, Josie Bissett
BABYLON 5: A CALL TO ARMS
Through their dreams, four people are drawn together to restore peace to the galaxy. After five years of peaceful existence, the Alliance now faces its toughest challenge yet - the Drakh, allies of the Shadows and the Alliance's old enemies. President of the Alliance, Sheridan, has previously dealt with a few highly intense conflicts. Now, the Drakhs have decided that they should be the Master race, and using the technology from the Shadows, they plan to destroy the Alliance. But is there more to the Drakh's plan?
Starring: Bruce Boxleitner, Jerry Doyle, Jeff Conaway
BEERFEST
In this comedy, two brothers travel to Germany for the Oktoberfest and stumble upon a super-secret, age-old competition of beer games. After the brothers are dealt a humiliating defeat, they return to the US and assemble a group of all-star beer drinkers in order to make a triumphant return to the Beerfest.
Starring: Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan
BEHIND THE WALL
At the tender age of eight, Katelyn found her mother brutally murdered in their lighthouse home. Katelyn's father, Christopher, was arrested and convicted for the killing. The murder drove Christopher into madness and Katelyn out of town. Now 20 years later, when the abandoned lighthouse is bought by developers, Katelyn is forced to confront the evil that lurks within the lighthouse when some of the developers begin to disappear. What she discovers is a family secret long buried by her Grandfather. It's now up to Katelyn to unearth the truth and find a way to stop the killing spree.
Starring: Linda Booth, James Thomas
BLACK AUGUST
George Jackson (Dourdan) was sent to prison at the age of 18 for stealing $70. He never came out. He studied, became an activist, a leader and a best-selling author - and died behind bars in 1971. Was it the result of a failed prison break or an assassination by the FBI in an attempt to destroy the Black Panthers and their movement? This true drama examines a part of recent United States history that remains controversial to this day.
Starring: Gary Dourdan, Ezra Stanley, Leith M. Burke
BRADDOCK: MISSING IN ACTION III
When Colonel James Braddock is told that his Asian wife and 12-year-old son are still alive in Vietnam, he mounts a one-man assault to free them from the communists. Armed with the latest hi-tech firepower, Braddock fights his way into the heart of the country and outmaneuvers a sadistic Vietnamese officer.
Starring: Chuck Norris
CHARADE
This charming, romantic comedy-thriller that pairs Grant and Hepburn was intelligently scripted by Peter Stone; and directed in distinctly Hitchcockian style by Stanley Donen. The setting is Paris. A young widow, Reggie Lampert (Academy Award® and Golden Globe® winner Hepburn, Roman Holiday), is stalked by the mourners at her husband's funeral. Only later does she realize that they were after the fortune that her late husband had secreted during World War II. With Peter Joshua's (Academy Award® winner Grant, An Affair To Remember) help, she decides to recover it. Look out for the Oscar®-nominated theme song by Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer, as well as an exquisitely filmed rooftop fight scene between Grant and George Kennedy; which can best be described as a harrowing experience.
Starring: Cary Grant, Walter Matthau, Audrey Hepburn
CLOAK & DAGGER
A whiz at computer games, 11-year-old Davey Osborne (Thomas) also has a very lively imagination. His life changes when he stumbles upon a real espionage plot. Soon he's got all the intrigue and danger a boy can handle, but he can't get the adults to believe his seemingly far-fetched story. He calls on an imaginary hero to help him retrieve vital coded documents from the enemy.
Starring: Henry Thomas, Dabney Coleman, Tim Rossovich
CLOVERFIELD
A young Manhattan professional fights to save his family and friends when New York becomes the target of an alien attack.
Starring: Lizzy Caplan, Miller T.J., Jessica Lucas
COOGAN'S BLUFF
Coogan (Clint Eastwood), an Arizona deputy sheriff, travels to New York in order to track down a killer on the loose.
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Susan Clark, Tisha Sterling
DEADLY ENCOUNTER
After cutting off a car on the highway, a restaurant hostess finds herself the target of a stalker.
Starring: Laura Leighton, Frank Schorpion
DEATH WISH 3
Paul Kersey became a one-man vigilante committee when his wife was killed and daughter raped 10 years ago. He swore to rid the streets of the trash that destroyed the lives of others. The media and public adored him; the police banished him not to return to New York. But when his friend is brutally murdered, he cannot help but return to get revenge for the senseless killing. The police are aware of his agenda, but this time, they welcome it.
Starring: Ed Lauter, Charles Bronson
DESERT HAWK
Raw, gritty action at its finest as Joe Nighthawk wrestles to face his inner demons before he ends up wrestling his enemies to death.
Starring: John Haymes Newton, Paul Smith, Judie Aronson
FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH
A hilarious tale of sex, rock n' roll and high school which perfectly captures the spirit of youth, this comedy is full of iconic moments, quotable lines and unforgettable characters.
Starring: Phoebe Cates, Judge Reinhold, Sean Penn
FIRST SHOT
The President's popularity as defender of the free world has shot him onto the wanted list of a militia rebel group for killing their brothers. But there's just one smudge in their grand plan - Agent Alex McGregor - head of the Secret Service and now in charge of the President's safety. While the President's life's at stake, the rebels raise the stakes further, by kidnapping Alex's husband and sending her a clear message that she's their next target for termination. Can Alex protect the two most important men in her life?
Starring: Doug Savant, Mariel Hemingway
FIRST TARGET
A U.S. Secret Service agent, Alex McGregor is charged with safeguarding the life of the President of the United States. Powerful opponents of President Jonathan Hayes are out to assassinate him, after his failure to grant them the election favors they asked for. An opportunity to target him arrives, when he visits Washington State National Park. Now, the ever vigilant Alex must put her life on the line. She is aided every step of the way by her fiancée, outdoor adventure guide, Grant Coleman
Starring: Daryl Hannah, Gregory Harrison, Doug Savant
HARD TO KILL
Corrupt police officials and criminals brutally attack good cop Mason Storm, killing his wife and leaving him in a coma. What the criminals didn't bargain for is the fact that Storm is, indeed, hard to kill.
Starring: Steven Seagal, Kelly Lebrock
HIGH RISK
Can four modern-day Robin Hoods, out to steal from the rich and take for themselves, parachute into a steamy South American jungle, locate the secluded compound of a notorious cocaine dealer, get past an army of his sentries, coolly break into his safe and remove five million dollars? They have to also make it through a rain forest, get pursued by armed guards and attack dogs, zigzag through a hail of bullets at an airstrip and escape in a plane with the money intact, without getting themselves killed.
Starring: Anthony Quinn, James Brolin
HOPE
Amid the threat of the Cuban Missile Crisis and the growing momentum of the Civil Rights Movement, a young girl comes of age through her search for truth and justice in a small town.
Starring: Christine Lahti, Catherine O'Hara, Jena Malone
HOW TO MAKE A MONSTER
Fast to right a wrong that could cost a video game millions in sales, the designers comes up with a mean new monster. A real villain – something kids will pay loads of money to see blown up. And that's exactly what the designers serve up — a mean old killing machine. But the creepy critter has more tasty ideas on its mind than lifting sales when a power surge gives it a breath of life. It starts killing its creators. Only young intern Laura Weaver can defeat the icky, tricky thing.
Starring: Clea DuVall, Steven Culp
JUDICIAL INDISCRETION
Upon her nomination to the United States Supreme Court, respected judge Monica Barrett (Archer) meets Jack Sullivan (Shanks), an Irishman who claims to be a writer. What she discovers about Jack, however, is far worse and Monica is faced with the difficult decision of exposing Jack as a psychopath or a tool of a political plot.
Starring: Anne Archer, Michael Shanks
LIVING WITH THE ENEMY
A new bride thinks her husband might be involved in the death of his first wife.
Starring: Sarah Lancaster, Mark Humphrey
LOOKER
When gorgeous TV models meet violent deaths after treatment by a prominent plastic surgeon, the doctor wants to know why. Albert Finney plays Dr. Larry Roberts who traces the deaths to a powerful conglomerate headed by John Reston (Coburn).
Starring: Albert Finney, James Coburn, Susan Dey
LOS LOCOS
An army scout, Chance, has to lead a squad of mentally handicapped prisoners on a mission across the desert.
Starring: Mario Van Peebles, Melora Walters
LOVE LIES BLEEDING
Trouble arrives when a couple finds a cache of money.
Starring: Christian Slater, Brian Geraghty, Jenna Dewan
MAROONED
Catch Gregory Peck, Gene Hackman and Richard Crenna in this story about NASA trying to get three astronauts back to earth after an accident in space.
Starring: Richard Crenna, Gregory Peck, David Janssen
MARY SHELLEY'S FRANKENSTEIN
Academy Award® winner Robert De Niro stars as the tragic creature in this gothic horror classic.
Starring: Robert De Niro, Kenneth Branagh, Helena Bonham-Carter
MAXIMUM RISK
The ''Muscles from Brussels'' has a new mission. Retired French soldier, Alain Moreau, finds out that he has a brother – and a twin no less. Only it's too late for a reunion, because when Moreau finds him, he is lying dead on a European street. Thirsting to avenge his death, Moreau becomes part of the shadowy underworld that swallowed his brother. Aided by the sultry Alex, Moreau goes on a rampage.
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Natasha Henstridge
MISSING IN ACTION
It's been 10 years since the end of the Vietnam War. But battle-scarred Colonel Jim Braddock - played by action star Chuck Norris - is convinced that there are still a number of American POWs still suffering in the jungles of Southeast Asia. He tries to convince the government to rescue them, but to no avail. He takes matters into his own hands. He re-enters Communist-controlled Vietnam and literally becomes a one-man army, killing anyone against his cause, and stopping at nothing until he finds the American soldiers, and brings them home.
Starring: Chuck Norris, M. Emmet Walsh
OGRE
A group of hikers stumble upon a quaint village where they discover an unholy pact between the villagers and a monster.
Starring: Chelan Simmons, Ryan Kennedy, John Schneider
OUTSIDE THE LAW
Julie's goes on hiatus when her fiancé gets killed during a military mission, but finds a pair of goons from a government agency stalking her. She manages to elude them, but bumps into restaurant owner Annie and her brother Rick, who just minutes after, get whacked by a couple of baddies. Julie takes out the two bad guys. Soon, Annie ends up dead, Rick ends up in hot soup, a new drug ends up in the market, and Julie's motel apartment ends up bombed to smithereens. Realizing that she can't stand on the sidelines, she takes a stand
Starring: Cynthia Rothrock, Jeff Wincott
PRAYING MANTIS
Linda Crandell (Seymour) is not just a beautiful woman. She's also a temptress who manages to marry well – every time. And the next man to let her into his life is Don McAndrews (Bostwick), an attractive widower unprepared for what is about to happen to him. However, his sister-in-law discovers the danger he is in when she recognizes the “Praying Mantis” serial killer he has just been smitten with. Will she be able to convince him in time? Or will she suffer a worse fate before she has a chance to do so?
Starring: Barry Bostwick, Jane Seymour
SAFE HARBOUR
Two grieving souls find each other on a fog-shrouded California Beach. But as their passion grows the darkness of their past threatens to destroy their love.
Starring: Brad Johnson, Melissa Gilbert
SNAKES ON A PLANE
A young man, Sean, is an accidental witness to a murder committed by a crime lord. To silence him forever, the bad guy hides a ton of snakes in the plane that Sean is traveling in. Midway into the flight, the reptiles come out to play and it’s up to super cop Neville Flynn to stop them before they kill everyone on board!
Starring: Samuel Jackson, Julianna Margulies, Nathan Phillips
SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS
Set in the 1920s, this film chronicles the ill-fated romance of working-class high school girl Wilma Loomis (Wood) and rich kid Bud Stamper (Beatty). Trying their best to take their relationship slow, Bud and Wilma go through a series of unsatisfying interim romances. Troubled Wilma subsequently attempts suicide and is sent to a mental institution, while Bud impregnates a freewheeling waitress. Despite the separation, they still carry a torch for one another, but circumstances preclude them from getting together.
Starring: Natalie Wood, Warren Beatty
STREET SMART
Jonathan Fisher (Reeve) is a magazine writer in danger of losing his job. He makes a last-ditch promise to his editor: he will write a riveting story about the world of prostitution in New York's famous Times Square. However, he ends up faking a well-received story of a pimp, which describes his life and crimes. Unfortunately, the police think it's the story of the real life pimp, Fast Black (Freeman), who is wanted for murder. They start pressuring Fisher to reveal the identity of the subject in his story.
Starring: Morgan Freeman, Christopher Reeve
STROKER ACE
Real-life husband and wife team Burt Reynolds and Loni Anderson co-star in this action comedy about the Daytona 500. Reynolds is Stroker Ace, a stock car racing star who makes a frantic dash in order to arrive for the start of one of the world’s biggest stock car races. There is, however, no shortage of people lining up to take his place of prominence in the world of stock car racing. As the race draws nearer, tension runs high with his rivals going all out to make him lose.
Starring: Burt Reynolds, Loni Anderson
SUBLIME
A man prepares for what should be a minor surgical procedure in this supernatural medical thriller that mixes psychological chills with pulse-pounding terror. When complications arise that threaten his sanity and his life in the eerie hospital, he realizes he is trapped in a deadly ward. Now he must solve the mystery behind the murders in this supposed place of healing… before it's too late.
Starring: Thomas Cavanagh, Paget Brewster
THE ASSIGNMENT
Carlos Sanchez is the most notorious terrorist in the world. Known for his ruthlessness and brutality, Sanchez is ranked highly on the CIA's most-wanted list, and agent Jack Shaw is particularly obsessed with catching him. Naval officer Annibal Ramirez is on vacation in Israel when he finds himself arrested and interrogated by Israeli Mossad agents. It turns out that Ramirez is an almost exact double for Sanchez. Following his return to the States, Ramirez finds himself singled out by Shaw to impersonate Sanchez, in hopes of convincing the terrorists' communist employers that their No. 1 terrorist is a traitor.
Starring: Donald Sutherland, Ben Kingsley, Aidan Quinn
THE AVENGING ANGEL
A freelance bodyguard is hired to protect Brigham Young, the founder of the Mormon Church, from a gang of assassins.
Starring: Charlton Heston, James Coburn, Tom Berenger, Fay Masterson
THE BIG RED ONE: THE RECONSTRUCTION
A grizzled World War II sergeant leads a battalion of soldiers through the battlefields of Europe in this sprawling, old-fashioned war drama.
Starring: Lee Marvin, Robert Carradine, Mark Hamill
THE BRIDGES AT TOKO-RI
Based on the best-selling novel by James Michener, The Bridges at Toko-Ri tells the tale of Harry Brubaker, a former military pilot who had served in World War II. Believing he has already served his country, all he wants to do is to devote himself to his wife Nancy and their children. However, Harry soon finds himself in the thick of things when he is sent back into action as a pilot - with a special assignment to blow up five strategically crucial bridges in the Korean territory.
Starring: William Holden, Grace Kelly
THE DAY OF THE LOCUST
Tod Hackett, a fresh grad from Yale, wants to succeed as an art director in late 1930s Hollywood but becomes distracted with neighbor Faye, who harbors secret affections for a lonely accountant.
Starring: Donald Sutherland, Karen Black
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH
Charlton Heston heads the cast in this classic movie filled with big-top thrills, chills and behind-the-scenes rivalry and romance in the circus.
Starring: Charlton Heston, Betty Hutton
THE LAST SUNSET
A sheriff hunts for a philosophy-spouting criminal in the midst of a great cattle drive.
Starring: Rock Hudson, Kirk Douglas, Dorothy Malone
THE LONELY GUY
Steve Martin stars as a lonely guy who is dumped by his girlfriend. He wanders out into the streets of New York and finds there are others just like him. In fact, there's a whole club full of them – The Lonely Hearts Club.
Starring: Steve Martin, Charles Grodin
THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE
The lives of a tenderfoot lawyer and his rancher friend are changed forever by a ruthless killer.
Starring: Vera Miles, John Wayne, James Stewart
THE NUN'S STORY
Audrey Hepburn gives a fine performance as a young woman who enters a convent and learns all that she must relinquish - her possessions, her family and friends, her memories and most of all, her individual will. Her faith and self-restraint are tested during stints in a Belgian insane asylum and a hospital in the Congo. But World War II turns out to be the greatest test of all.
Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Peter Finch
THE PINK JUNGLE
A fashion photographer finds himself trapped in an isolated South American country with a beautiful model, only to get entangled with a bunch of shady characters in search of a lost diamond mine.
Starring: James Garner, Eva Renzi
THE RIPPER
A police detective finds himself playing a cat and mouse game with a dangerous killer by the name of Jack The Ripper. While investigating a series of unexplained murders, Deputy Inspector James Hanson discovers that the suspect could be a member of London’s high society. He soon finds a witness, Florry Lewis, who was attacked by The Ripper, but managed to get away with a good look at the killer’s face. Together, they team up to try and catch The Ripper before he can strike again. A beautifully crafted Victorian mystery thriller filled with foggy backstreets of suspense.
Starring: Gabrielle Anwar, Patrick Bergin, Samuel West
THE SKULLS II
The sequel to the 2000 box office hit about an elite yet sinister college fraternity for future power brokers - and murderers.
Starring: Robin Dunne, Nathan West, Ashley Cafagna
THE UNTOUCHABLES
Chicago. The Prohibition years. Notorious gangster Al Capone rules the roost. Into this scenario steps an honest FBI officer, Eliot Ness. His mission: to destroy Capone. He is aided in his task by Jim Malone, an embittered, worldly-wise cop.
Starring: Robert De Niro, Kevin Costner, Sean Connery
THRILL OF THE KILL
A mystery novelist is hired to investigate a murder and finds himself and his client in great danger.
Starring: Shiri Appleby, Chris Potter
TOUGH GUYS DON'T DANCE
Years of too much drugs, alcohol, and indiscriminate sex are finally beginning to take their toll on luckless writer, Tim Madden (O'Neal). But the worst is yet to come. He is rudely awakened one day to find a woman's severed head in his marijuana stash. He attempts to solve this mystery, aided by his bartender father, Dougy. Enlisting the police chief's help is of no use as Capt. Luther Regency has an axe to grind with Tim. Capt. Regency's wife, Madeline (Rossellini), is sterile - a result of a car accident that happened when she was still Tim's girlfriend. When Tim's and Madeline's relationship is dredged from the past, a sordid underworld of partner-swapping, sexual peccadilloes, murder, and even more severed heads leave Tim racing against time to clear his name and make sense of this gruesome turn of events.
Starring: Isabella Rossellini, Ryan O'Neal, Debra Sandlund
TRESPASS
Two Arkansas firemen Vince (Paxton) and Don (Sadler) go treasure hunting in an abandoned building just in time to witness a gangland hit by druglords Ice T and Ice Cube. Talk about being at the wrong place at the wrong time! They soon find themselves locked in a burned-out factory on the outskirts of town, like mice in a cage. With every possible escape route closed off and no help on the way, Vince and Don face off with the cold-blooded killers on their own to fend for their lives.
Starring: Ice-T, Bill Paxton, William Sadler
TRUE CRIME
Steve Everett is an investigative reporter with a drinking problem. When a colleague is killed in a car accident, Everett is asked to cover his story about the impending execution of a convicted murderer. However, as Everett gets more involved in the case, his instincts tell him that this man has been wrongly accused. He wages a campaign to stay the execution while he gathers evidence that will prove the man’s innocence. However, the odds are against Everett – no one will trust him or believe him because of his reputation, and the clock is ticking relentlessly against him.
Starring: Clint Eastwood, James Woods
UNDER SIEGE
The President, Secretary of State, FBI director and the media respond to foreign terrorism on US soil.
Starring: Peter Strauss, Mason Adams
WALKING TALL: LONE JUSTICE
After cleaning up his hometown, Nick retires as county sheriff and heads to Dallas to start a new life with an FBI Agent and her 12-year old daughter. When a ruthless drug lord targets several key witnesses to a Federal case, Nick finds himself in the middle of a war where no one can be trusted.
Starring: Kevin Sorbo, Yvette Nipar
WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
George is an alcoholic college professor while Martha is his wife of many years. They know just how to push each other's buttons, with George having a special advantage: he only needs to mention the couple's son to send Martha into orbit. This evening, the couple's guests are Nick, a junior professor, and Honey, Nick's child-like wife. After an evening of sadistic "fun and games," the truth about George and Martha's son comes to light.
Starring: Richard Burton, George Segal, Elizabeth Taylor
WHO'S MINDING THE STORE?
Barbara is a rich girl who falls in love with Norman, a poor young man. Her mother won't have her daughter marrying a poor man and gives him the hardest jobs with hope that the duo will break up. Will love prevail against hardship in a courtship that fights against social class?
Starring: Jerry Lewis, Jill St. John
WITHOUT WARNING
A simulated news broadcast inspired by Orson Welles’ classic radio broadcast of ‘The War of the Worlds’, this movie shows what it would be like if aliens invaded Earth. After meteors strike, there is mounting evidence that alien beings are out to destroy major cities and take over the world.
Starring: Jane Kaczmarek, Sander Vanocur, Arthur C. Clarke
When the married girlfriend of film critic Terry Thorpe dies accidentally during a lovers' quarrel, Thorpe panics and attempts to destroy evidence of the death. But a crafty private detective on the trail of the doomed adulteress witnesses everything – and blackmails Thorpe. Now the cunning writer plans his own plot twist, while parrying the questions of a quirky police officer with screenwriting ambitions and his other girlfriend, who suspects A Slight Case Of Murder.
Starring: William H. Macy, Adam Arkin, James Cromwell
ALREADY DEAD
The life of a successful man and his family changes when they are attacked and the man takes it on himself to hunt down the killers.
Starring: Ron Eldard, Christopher Plummer, Til Schweiger
ASSASSINS
In the world of professional killers, the only retirement is in a body bag. Robert Rath (Stallone, Spy Kids 3-D, Shade) is a master hit-man. But he wants out of the game. One last hit job later, he falls for quirky surveillance expert Electra (Moore, The Forgotten, Laws Of Attraction). But someone is determined not to let him live out the rest of his life in peace. Up-and-coming assassin Miguel Bain (Banderas, The Legend of Zorro, Shrek 2) is out to make a name for himself by taking out both Rath and Electra.
Starring: Julianne Moore, Antonio Banderas, Sylvester Stallone
ASSIGNMENT K
A head honcho of a British spy unit, Philip Scott poses as the successful head of a toy company. Then his cover gets blown and his girlfriend is kidnapped. The ransom – Scott has to reveal the identities of the other secret agents.
Starring: Stephen Boyd, Camilla Sparv, Michael Redgrave
AVALON: BEYOND THE ABYSS
This state-of-the-art action adventure flick stars Parker Stevenson as John Alden, the head of the Abyss, a world-class oceanographic research institute. When a seemingly idyllic island in the Gulf of Mexico mysteriously blows up, Alden and his team of underwater specialists is called in to salvage the situation. But as they attempt to avert a worldwide ecological disaster, the group stumbles upon a bizarre discovery on the ocean floor.
Starring: Parker Stevenson, Billy Rieck
BABY MONITOR: SOUND OF FEAR
Carol Whiston is a wife, mother and successful career woman. When she secretly learns that her husband, Matt is having an affair with the babysitter, she delves into another type of business - murder. Using an upcoming birthday party as an excuse, she coyly invites her husband's mistress, Ann to baby-sit their young son. She hires a couple of thugs to murder Ann and make it look like a robbery gone bad. Unfortunately, the plan doesn't work out as expected and a series of unexpected twists add to the suspense in this well crafted thriller.
Starring: Jason Beghe, Barbara Tyson, Josie Bissett
BABYLON 5: A CALL TO ARMS
Through their dreams, four people are drawn together to restore peace to the galaxy. After five years of peaceful existence, the Alliance now faces its toughest challenge yet - the Drakh, allies of the Shadows and the Alliance's old enemies. President of the Alliance, Sheridan, has previously dealt with a few highly intense conflicts. Now, the Drakhs have decided that they should be the Master race, and using the technology from the Shadows, they plan to destroy the Alliance. But is there more to the Drakh's plan?
Starring: Bruce Boxleitner, Jerry Doyle, Jeff Conaway
BEERFEST
In this comedy, two brothers travel to Germany for the Oktoberfest and stumble upon a super-secret, age-old competition of beer games. After the brothers are dealt a humiliating defeat, they return to the US and assemble a group of all-star beer drinkers in order to make a triumphant return to the Beerfest.
Starring: Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan
BEHIND THE WALL
At the tender age of eight, Katelyn found her mother brutally murdered in their lighthouse home. Katelyn's father, Christopher, was arrested and convicted for the killing. The murder drove Christopher into madness and Katelyn out of town. Now 20 years later, when the abandoned lighthouse is bought by developers, Katelyn is forced to confront the evil that lurks within the lighthouse when some of the developers begin to disappear. What she discovers is a family secret long buried by her Grandfather. It's now up to Katelyn to unearth the truth and find a way to stop the killing spree.
Starring: Linda Booth, James Thomas
BLACK AUGUST
George Jackson (Dourdan) was sent to prison at the age of 18 for stealing $70. He never came out. He studied, became an activist, a leader and a best-selling author - and died behind bars in 1971. Was it the result of a failed prison break or an assassination by the FBI in an attempt to destroy the Black Panthers and their movement? This true drama examines a part of recent United States history that remains controversial to this day.
Starring: Gary Dourdan, Ezra Stanley, Leith M. Burke
BRADDOCK: MISSING IN ACTION III
When Colonel James Braddock is told that his Asian wife and 12-year-old son are still alive in Vietnam, he mounts a one-man assault to free them from the communists. Armed with the latest hi-tech firepower, Braddock fights his way into the heart of the country and outmaneuvers a sadistic Vietnamese officer.
Starring: Chuck Norris
CHARADE
This charming, romantic comedy-thriller that pairs Grant and Hepburn was intelligently scripted by Peter Stone; and directed in distinctly Hitchcockian style by Stanley Donen. The setting is Paris. A young widow, Reggie Lampert (Academy Award® and Golden Globe® winner Hepburn, Roman Holiday), is stalked by the mourners at her husband's funeral. Only later does she realize that they were after the fortune that her late husband had secreted during World War II. With Peter Joshua's (Academy Award® winner Grant, An Affair To Remember) help, she decides to recover it. Look out for the Oscar®-nominated theme song by Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer, as well as an exquisitely filmed rooftop fight scene between Grant and George Kennedy; which can best be described as a harrowing experience.
Starring: Cary Grant, Walter Matthau, Audrey Hepburn
CLOAK & DAGGER
A whiz at computer games, 11-year-old Davey Osborne (Thomas) also has a very lively imagination. His life changes when he stumbles upon a real espionage plot. Soon he's got all the intrigue and danger a boy can handle, but he can't get the adults to believe his seemingly far-fetched story. He calls on an imaginary hero to help him retrieve vital coded documents from the enemy.
Starring: Henry Thomas, Dabney Coleman, Tim Rossovich
CLOVERFIELD
A young Manhattan professional fights to save his family and friends when New York becomes the target of an alien attack.
Starring: Lizzy Caplan, Miller T.J., Jessica Lucas
COOGAN'S BLUFF
Coogan (Clint Eastwood), an Arizona deputy sheriff, travels to New York in order to track down a killer on the loose.
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Susan Clark, Tisha Sterling
DEADLY ENCOUNTER
After cutting off a car on the highway, a restaurant hostess finds herself the target of a stalker.
Starring: Laura Leighton, Frank Schorpion
DEATH WISH 3
Paul Kersey became a one-man vigilante committee when his wife was killed and daughter raped 10 years ago. He swore to rid the streets of the trash that destroyed the lives of others. The media and public adored him; the police banished him not to return to New York. But when his friend is brutally murdered, he cannot help but return to get revenge for the senseless killing. The police are aware of his agenda, but this time, they welcome it.
Starring: Ed Lauter, Charles Bronson
DESERT HAWK
Raw, gritty action at its finest as Joe Nighthawk wrestles to face his inner demons before he ends up wrestling his enemies to death.
Starring: John Haymes Newton, Paul Smith, Judie Aronson
FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH
A hilarious tale of sex, rock n' roll and high school which perfectly captures the spirit of youth, this comedy is full of iconic moments, quotable lines and unforgettable characters.
Starring: Phoebe Cates, Judge Reinhold, Sean Penn
FIRST SHOT
The President's popularity as defender of the free world has shot him onto the wanted list of a militia rebel group for killing their brothers. But there's just one smudge in their grand plan - Agent Alex McGregor - head of the Secret Service and now in charge of the President's safety. While the President's life's at stake, the rebels raise the stakes further, by kidnapping Alex's husband and sending her a clear message that she's their next target for termination. Can Alex protect the two most important men in her life?
Starring: Doug Savant, Mariel Hemingway
FIRST TARGET
A U.S. Secret Service agent, Alex McGregor is charged with safeguarding the life of the President of the United States. Powerful opponents of President Jonathan Hayes are out to assassinate him, after his failure to grant them the election favors they asked for. An opportunity to target him arrives, when he visits Washington State National Park. Now, the ever vigilant Alex must put her life on the line. She is aided every step of the way by her fiancée, outdoor adventure guide, Grant Coleman
Starring: Daryl Hannah, Gregory Harrison, Doug Savant
HARD TO KILL
Corrupt police officials and criminals brutally attack good cop Mason Storm, killing his wife and leaving him in a coma. What the criminals didn't bargain for is the fact that Storm is, indeed, hard to kill.
Starring: Steven Seagal, Kelly Lebrock
HIGH RISK
Can four modern-day Robin Hoods, out to steal from the rich and take for themselves, parachute into a steamy South American jungle, locate the secluded compound of a notorious cocaine dealer, get past an army of his sentries, coolly break into his safe and remove five million dollars? They have to also make it through a rain forest, get pursued by armed guards and attack dogs, zigzag through a hail of bullets at an airstrip and escape in a plane with the money intact, without getting themselves killed.
Starring: Anthony Quinn, James Brolin
HOPE
Amid the threat of the Cuban Missile Crisis and the growing momentum of the Civil Rights Movement, a young girl comes of age through her search for truth and justice in a small town.
Starring: Christine Lahti, Catherine O'Hara, Jena Malone
HOW TO MAKE A MONSTER
Fast to right a wrong that could cost a video game millions in sales, the designers comes up with a mean new monster. A real villain – something kids will pay loads of money to see blown up. And that's exactly what the designers serve up — a mean old killing machine. But the creepy critter has more tasty ideas on its mind than lifting sales when a power surge gives it a breath of life. It starts killing its creators. Only young intern Laura Weaver can defeat the icky, tricky thing.
Starring: Clea DuVall, Steven Culp
JUDICIAL INDISCRETION
Upon her nomination to the United States Supreme Court, respected judge Monica Barrett (Archer) meets Jack Sullivan (Shanks), an Irishman who claims to be a writer. What she discovers about Jack, however, is far worse and Monica is faced with the difficult decision of exposing Jack as a psychopath or a tool of a political plot.
Starring: Anne Archer, Michael Shanks
LIVING WITH THE ENEMY
A new bride thinks her husband might be involved in the death of his first wife.
Starring: Sarah Lancaster, Mark Humphrey
LOOKER
When gorgeous TV models meet violent deaths after treatment by a prominent plastic surgeon, the doctor wants to know why. Albert Finney plays Dr. Larry Roberts who traces the deaths to a powerful conglomerate headed by John Reston (Coburn).
Starring: Albert Finney, James Coburn, Susan Dey
LOS LOCOS
An army scout, Chance, has to lead a squad of mentally handicapped prisoners on a mission across the desert.
Starring: Mario Van Peebles, Melora Walters
LOVE LIES BLEEDING
Trouble arrives when a couple finds a cache of money.
Starring: Christian Slater, Brian Geraghty, Jenna Dewan
MAROONED
Catch Gregory Peck, Gene Hackman and Richard Crenna in this story about NASA trying to get three astronauts back to earth after an accident in space.
Starring: Richard Crenna, Gregory Peck, David Janssen
MARY SHELLEY'S FRANKENSTEIN
Academy Award® winner Robert De Niro stars as the tragic creature in this gothic horror classic.
Starring: Robert De Niro, Kenneth Branagh, Helena Bonham-Carter
MAXIMUM RISK
The ''Muscles from Brussels'' has a new mission. Retired French soldier, Alain Moreau, finds out that he has a brother – and a twin no less. Only it's too late for a reunion, because when Moreau finds him, he is lying dead on a European street. Thirsting to avenge his death, Moreau becomes part of the shadowy underworld that swallowed his brother. Aided by the sultry Alex, Moreau goes on a rampage.
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Natasha Henstridge
MISSING IN ACTION
It's been 10 years since the end of the Vietnam War. But battle-scarred Colonel Jim Braddock - played by action star Chuck Norris - is convinced that there are still a number of American POWs still suffering in the jungles of Southeast Asia. He tries to convince the government to rescue them, but to no avail. He takes matters into his own hands. He re-enters Communist-controlled Vietnam and literally becomes a one-man army, killing anyone against his cause, and stopping at nothing until he finds the American soldiers, and brings them home.
Starring: Chuck Norris, M. Emmet Walsh
OGRE
A group of hikers stumble upon a quaint village where they discover an unholy pact between the villagers and a monster.
Starring: Chelan Simmons, Ryan Kennedy, John Schneider
OUTSIDE THE LAW
Julie's goes on hiatus when her fiancé gets killed during a military mission, but finds a pair of goons from a government agency stalking her. She manages to elude them, but bumps into restaurant owner Annie and her brother Rick, who just minutes after, get whacked by a couple of baddies. Julie takes out the two bad guys. Soon, Annie ends up dead, Rick ends up in hot soup, a new drug ends up in the market, and Julie's motel apartment ends up bombed to smithereens. Realizing that she can't stand on the sidelines, she takes a stand
Starring: Cynthia Rothrock, Jeff Wincott
PRAYING MANTIS
Linda Crandell (Seymour) is not just a beautiful woman. She's also a temptress who manages to marry well – every time. And the next man to let her into his life is Don McAndrews (Bostwick), an attractive widower unprepared for what is about to happen to him. However, his sister-in-law discovers the danger he is in when she recognizes the “Praying Mantis” serial killer he has just been smitten with. Will she be able to convince him in time? Or will she suffer a worse fate before she has a chance to do so?
Starring: Barry Bostwick, Jane Seymour
SAFE HARBOUR
Two grieving souls find each other on a fog-shrouded California Beach. But as their passion grows the darkness of their past threatens to destroy their love.
Starring: Brad Johnson, Melissa Gilbert
SNAKES ON A PLANE
A young man, Sean, is an accidental witness to a murder committed by a crime lord. To silence him forever, the bad guy hides a ton of snakes in the plane that Sean is traveling in. Midway into the flight, the reptiles come out to play and it’s up to super cop Neville Flynn to stop them before they kill everyone on board!
Starring: Samuel Jackson, Julianna Margulies, Nathan Phillips
SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS
Set in the 1920s, this film chronicles the ill-fated romance of working-class high school girl Wilma Loomis (Wood) and rich kid Bud Stamper (Beatty). Trying their best to take their relationship slow, Bud and Wilma go through a series of unsatisfying interim romances. Troubled Wilma subsequently attempts suicide and is sent to a mental institution, while Bud impregnates a freewheeling waitress. Despite the separation, they still carry a torch for one another, but circumstances preclude them from getting together.
Starring: Natalie Wood, Warren Beatty
STREET SMART
Jonathan Fisher (Reeve) is a magazine writer in danger of losing his job. He makes a last-ditch promise to his editor: he will write a riveting story about the world of prostitution in New York's famous Times Square. However, he ends up faking a well-received story of a pimp, which describes his life and crimes. Unfortunately, the police think it's the story of the real life pimp, Fast Black (Freeman), who is wanted for murder. They start pressuring Fisher to reveal the identity of the subject in his story.
Starring: Morgan Freeman, Christopher Reeve
STROKER ACE
Real-life husband and wife team Burt Reynolds and Loni Anderson co-star in this action comedy about the Daytona 500. Reynolds is Stroker Ace, a stock car racing star who makes a frantic dash in order to arrive for the start of one of the world’s biggest stock car races. There is, however, no shortage of people lining up to take his place of prominence in the world of stock car racing. As the race draws nearer, tension runs high with his rivals going all out to make him lose.
Starring: Burt Reynolds, Loni Anderson
SUBLIME
A man prepares for what should be a minor surgical procedure in this supernatural medical thriller that mixes psychological chills with pulse-pounding terror. When complications arise that threaten his sanity and his life in the eerie hospital, he realizes he is trapped in a deadly ward. Now he must solve the mystery behind the murders in this supposed place of healing… before it's too late.
Starring: Thomas Cavanagh, Paget Brewster
THE ASSIGNMENT
Carlos Sanchez is the most notorious terrorist in the world. Known for his ruthlessness and brutality, Sanchez is ranked highly on the CIA's most-wanted list, and agent Jack Shaw is particularly obsessed with catching him. Naval officer Annibal Ramirez is on vacation in Israel when he finds himself arrested and interrogated by Israeli Mossad agents. It turns out that Ramirez is an almost exact double for Sanchez. Following his return to the States, Ramirez finds himself singled out by Shaw to impersonate Sanchez, in hopes of convincing the terrorists' communist employers that their No. 1 terrorist is a traitor.
Starring: Donald Sutherland, Ben Kingsley, Aidan Quinn
THE AVENGING ANGEL
A freelance bodyguard is hired to protect Brigham Young, the founder of the Mormon Church, from a gang of assassins.
Starring: Charlton Heston, James Coburn, Tom Berenger, Fay Masterson
THE BIG RED ONE: THE RECONSTRUCTION
A grizzled World War II sergeant leads a battalion of soldiers through the battlefields of Europe in this sprawling, old-fashioned war drama.
Starring: Lee Marvin, Robert Carradine, Mark Hamill
THE BRIDGES AT TOKO-RI
Based on the best-selling novel by James Michener, The Bridges at Toko-Ri tells the tale of Harry Brubaker, a former military pilot who had served in World War II. Believing he has already served his country, all he wants to do is to devote himself to his wife Nancy and their children. However, Harry soon finds himself in the thick of things when he is sent back into action as a pilot - with a special assignment to blow up five strategically crucial bridges in the Korean territory.
Starring: William Holden, Grace Kelly
THE DAY OF THE LOCUST
Tod Hackett, a fresh grad from Yale, wants to succeed as an art director in late 1930s Hollywood but becomes distracted with neighbor Faye, who harbors secret affections for a lonely accountant.
Starring: Donald Sutherland, Karen Black
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH
Charlton Heston heads the cast in this classic movie filled with big-top thrills, chills and behind-the-scenes rivalry and romance in the circus.
Starring: Charlton Heston, Betty Hutton
THE LAST SUNSET
A sheriff hunts for a philosophy-spouting criminal in the midst of a great cattle drive.
Starring: Rock Hudson, Kirk Douglas, Dorothy Malone
THE LONELY GUY
Steve Martin stars as a lonely guy who is dumped by his girlfriend. He wanders out into the streets of New York and finds there are others just like him. In fact, there's a whole club full of them – The Lonely Hearts Club.
Starring: Steve Martin, Charles Grodin
THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE
The lives of a tenderfoot lawyer and his rancher friend are changed forever by a ruthless killer.
Starring: Vera Miles, John Wayne, James Stewart
THE NUN'S STORY
Audrey Hepburn gives a fine performance as a young woman who enters a convent and learns all that she must relinquish - her possessions, her family and friends, her memories and most of all, her individual will. Her faith and self-restraint are tested during stints in a Belgian insane asylum and a hospital in the Congo. But World War II turns out to be the greatest test of all.
Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Peter Finch
THE PINK JUNGLE
A fashion photographer finds himself trapped in an isolated South American country with a beautiful model, only to get entangled with a bunch of shady characters in search of a lost diamond mine.
Starring: James Garner, Eva Renzi
THE RIPPER
A police detective finds himself playing a cat and mouse game with a dangerous killer by the name of Jack The Ripper. While investigating a series of unexplained murders, Deputy Inspector James Hanson discovers that the suspect could be a member of London’s high society. He soon finds a witness, Florry Lewis, who was attacked by The Ripper, but managed to get away with a good look at the killer’s face. Together, they team up to try and catch The Ripper before he can strike again. A beautifully crafted Victorian mystery thriller filled with foggy backstreets of suspense.
Starring: Gabrielle Anwar, Patrick Bergin, Samuel West
THE SKULLS II
The sequel to the 2000 box office hit about an elite yet sinister college fraternity for future power brokers - and murderers.
Starring: Robin Dunne, Nathan West, Ashley Cafagna
THE UNTOUCHABLES
Chicago. The Prohibition years. Notorious gangster Al Capone rules the roost. Into this scenario steps an honest FBI officer, Eliot Ness. His mission: to destroy Capone. He is aided in his task by Jim Malone, an embittered, worldly-wise cop.
Starring: Robert De Niro, Kevin Costner, Sean Connery
THRILL OF THE KILL
A mystery novelist is hired to investigate a murder and finds himself and his client in great danger.
Starring: Shiri Appleby, Chris Potter
TOUGH GUYS DON'T DANCE
Years of too much drugs, alcohol, and indiscriminate sex are finally beginning to take their toll on luckless writer, Tim Madden (O'Neal). But the worst is yet to come. He is rudely awakened one day to find a woman's severed head in his marijuana stash. He attempts to solve this mystery, aided by his bartender father, Dougy. Enlisting the police chief's help is of no use as Capt. Luther Regency has an axe to grind with Tim. Capt. Regency's wife, Madeline (Rossellini), is sterile - a result of a car accident that happened when she was still Tim's girlfriend. When Tim's and Madeline's relationship is dredged from the past, a sordid underworld of partner-swapping, sexual peccadilloes, murder, and even more severed heads leave Tim racing against time to clear his name and make sense of this gruesome turn of events.
Starring: Isabella Rossellini, Ryan O'Neal, Debra Sandlund
TRESPASS
Two Arkansas firemen Vince (Paxton) and Don (Sadler) go treasure hunting in an abandoned building just in time to witness a gangland hit by druglords Ice T and Ice Cube. Talk about being at the wrong place at the wrong time! They soon find themselves locked in a burned-out factory on the outskirts of town, like mice in a cage. With every possible escape route closed off and no help on the way, Vince and Don face off with the cold-blooded killers on their own to fend for their lives.
Starring: Ice-T, Bill Paxton, William Sadler
TRUE CRIME
Steve Everett is an investigative reporter with a drinking problem. When a colleague is killed in a car accident, Everett is asked to cover his story about the impending execution of a convicted murderer. However, as Everett gets more involved in the case, his instincts tell him that this man has been wrongly accused. He wages a campaign to stay the execution while he gathers evidence that will prove the man’s innocence. However, the odds are against Everett – no one will trust him or believe him because of his reputation, and the clock is ticking relentlessly against him.
Starring: Clint Eastwood, James Woods
UNDER SIEGE
The President, Secretary of State, FBI director and the media respond to foreign terrorism on US soil.
Starring: Peter Strauss, Mason Adams
WALKING TALL: LONE JUSTICE
After cleaning up his hometown, Nick retires as county sheriff and heads to Dallas to start a new life with an FBI Agent and her 12-year old daughter. When a ruthless drug lord targets several key witnesses to a Federal case, Nick finds himself in the middle of a war where no one can be trusted.
Starring: Kevin Sorbo, Yvette Nipar
WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
George is an alcoholic college professor while Martha is his wife of many years. They know just how to push each other's buttons, with George having a special advantage: he only needs to mention the couple's son to send Martha into orbit. This evening, the couple's guests are Nick, a junior professor, and Honey, Nick's child-like wife. After an evening of sadistic "fun and games," the truth about George and Martha's son comes to light.
Starring: Richard Burton, George Segal, Elizabeth Taylor
WHO'S MINDING THE STORE?
Barbara is a rich girl who falls in love with Norman, a poor young man. Her mother won't have her daughter marrying a poor man and gives him the hardest jobs with hope that the duo will break up. Will love prevail against hardship in a courtship that fights against social class?
Starring: Jerry Lewis, Jill St. John
WITHOUT WARNING
A simulated news broadcast inspired by Orson Welles’ classic radio broadcast of ‘The War of the Worlds’, this movie shows what it would be like if aliens invaded Earth. After meteors strike, there is mounting evidence that alien beings are out to destroy major cities and take over the world.
Starring: Jane Kaczmarek, Sander Vanocur, Arthur C. Clarke
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