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Filmography
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The Brazilian Job (2006)
Charlie Croker and his fellow crew
of expert thieves head to Rio de Janeiro to pull off another heist
in this follow up to The Italian Job.
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Revolver
(2006)
Hotshot Las Vegas gambler Jake
Green is rarely allowed to play in the casinos because he's a
winner. Jake has taken in so much money, in fact, that he's the
only client of his accountant and older brother, Billy. Jake,
Billy and their other brother Joe are invited to sit in on a
private game. Crime boss and casino owner, Dorothy Macha is
sitting in on the game, too. Though he's a terrible player he
always wins because people are scared to lose to him. Jake not
only beats Dorothy but insults the man. Macha puts out a hit on
Jake, but Jake ends up working for and being protected by a pair
of brothers, Avi and Zack, who are out to take Dorothy down.
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The
Pink Panther (2006)
A prequel to the 1964 Peter
Sellers original film, where the detective must solve the murder
of a famous soccer coach and find out who stole the infamous Pink
Panther diamond.
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Chaos
(2006)
Two cops, a rookie (Phillippe) and
a grizzled vet (Statham), pursue an accomplished bank robber.
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London
(2006)
Hunter Richards
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The
Transporter 2 (2005)
Retired in Miami, ex-Special
Forces operative, Frank Martin, makes a living driving for the
wealthy Billings family. He's a huge favorite with their two small
boys, but when the kids are kidnapped and injected with a
potentially fatal virus, Frank defies the FBI and works
relentlessly to get the boys to safety and discover the
kidnapper's master plan.
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Cellular
(2004)
Thriller
1 hr. 35 min. A random wrong number to his cell phone sends a
young man into a high-stakes race against time to save a woman's
life in the action thriller Cellular. With no knowledge of Jessica
Martin (Kim Basinger) other than her hushed, panicked voice on the
other end of the tenuous cell phone connection, Ryan (Chris Evans)
is quickly thrown into a world of deception and murder on his
frantic search to find and save her. Jessica's life is in his
hands, but what is waiting for him on the other side of the line,
and what will it cost him to find out?
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Collateral
(2004)
Thriller and Crime/Gangster
1 hr. 56 min. Max (Foxx) is a failed comedy writer living in
Los Angeles who makes a living as a cab driver. This movie focuses
on one very tumultuous day for Max, as he figures out that the
fare (Cruise) he's been driving around all day is a contract
killer, committing a series of hits. Now, it's up to him to
somehow stop the killer from executing the last witness... as well
as himself.
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The
Italian Job (2003)
Action/Adventure and
Crime/Gangster
A band of thieves, led by Charlie Croker (Wahlberg), pulls off
the ultimate heist by rigging the stoplights of the city of Los
Angeles so that they can drive right out of the city with a carful
of gold (in a safe that they're stealing back after Croker's
double-crossing ex-partner, played by Edward Norton, stole it from
Croker first), with nothing but green lights, while everyone else
gets red lights, thus keeping the roads plugged with the largest
traffic jam in L.A. history, and the police from pursuing them.
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Mean
Machine (2002)
Comedy and Drama
1 hr. 39 mins. Vinnie Jones steps into Burt Reynolds' shoes as
a professional footballer detained at her Majesty's pleasure in
this re-creation of the 1974 film "The Longest Yard."
Danny Meehan (Jones) had it all - captain of the England soccer
team, fast cars, money and fame - until he was banned from the
team following accusations of match fixing and jailed for three
years for drunken assault on a police officer. The Governor (David
Hemmings) has pulled strings to get Danny assigned to his prison.
He's put a lot of money into the prison guards' semi-professional
soccer team with little result, and he wants Danny to train the
team to win the league. Siding with the Governor is a one way
ticket to prison hell, and so Danny proposes to train a team of
cons to play against the guards as a pre-season warm-up. The
Governor agrees, believing a bunch of cons to be no match for his
guards.
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The
Transporter (2002)
Action/Adventure, Drama,
Thriller and Crime/Gangster
1 hr. 32 min. Dangerous complications ensue when a former U.S.
Special Forces soldier-turned expatriate mercenary is hired to
kidnap the feisty daughter of a lethal Chinese cook who's
smuggling his fellow countrymen into France.
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John
Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars (2001)
Action/Adventure, Science
Fiction/Fantasy and Suspense/Horror
1 hr. 55 min. Set in the year 2025, humans have moved to Mars.
They have organized a division of labor and they are mining the
planet for natural resources. However, when one mining team digs
up a long-buried pod full of aliens, and the bodies of the human
workers are instantly inhabited by the strange beings, a war
ignites. What first seems to be a battle against crime for justice
suddenly turns into a human battle for survival against the
haunting alien force.
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The
One (2001)
Action/Adventure and Science
Fiction/Fantasy
1 hr. 36 min. THE ONE, a supernatural action bonanza from
director James Wong, stars martial arts expert Jet Li. With
high-tech special effects and innovative choreography, the film
places Li in various battle scenarios fighting against his
equal--actually, his double, an evil version of himself living
from another reality.
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Snatch
(2001)
Art/Foreign, Thriller and
Crime/Gangster
1 hr. 43 min. In SNATCH, a botched diamond heist leads to a
wild and tangled adventure involving gangsters, boxers, and a
detailed look at the London underground. A stylized work with a
gritty urban soundtrack and a cast of intricately developed
characters, this film is a welcome follow-up to director Guy
Ritchie's earlier LOCK, STOCK, AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS.
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Lock,
Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1999)
Comedy and Thriller
1 hr. 48 min. Best mates Eddie, Tom, Bacon,and Soap are
cocks-of-the-walk in and around the East End. And why not? They're
virile, handsome lads who can hold their own. With this lot, it's
all for one and more for all. So, everyone stakes Eddie, a sharp
cardshark, for the biggest card game in town. Eddie can't
lose...until he does: the game is a setup. Fleeced, Eddie finds
himself and his mates in debt to the game's host,
never-to-be-crossed underworld boss Hatchet Harry, for a whopping
$800,000. If the money isn't on Harry's desk in a week, then
Eddie's fingers (to start with) will be, thanks to fearsome debt
collector Big Chris. Unless Eddie's father, JD, forfeits his
popular bar to his old adversary, Harry. Not bloody likely! So,
Eddie and the boys put their heads together and brainstorm a caper
that will enable them to pay off Harry and make out like...
bandits, as it were. The foursome keeps focused on the big grab,
even as all hell breaks loose around them, when a rogues! '
gallery of miscreants gets in their way. The gang of four finds
more big-time trouble, and craziness, than they ever imagined. To
save their skins, they'll have to demonstrate that rare trait:
honor among thieves. However, making good use of the two barrels
of that pair of vintage shotguns couldn't hurt...
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