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Filmography
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The Breed (2006)
A group of five college kids are
forced to match wits with unwelcoming residents when they fly to a
"deserted" island for a party weekend.
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Sian Ka'an
(2006)
A young girl must save a magical
golden snail, which is the key to the survival of all living
things.
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Bloodrayne
(2006)
In 18th century Romania, Rayne (a
girl with a human mother and vampire father) possesses superhuman
strength but a soft side for humans. She decides to find her
vampire father who is the powerful vampire Kagan. On her journey,
she is befriended by two vampire hunters and learns that there are
three Talisman organs -- a heart, an eye and a rib from her
ancestor vampire, Beliar -- which Kagan covets, that will make him
so powerful that he will throw the earth into darkness and
vampires will rule forever.
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Control
(2004)
After a sociopath is placed into
an experimental medical program, the doctor in charge must take
drastic measures when the patient's violent past comes back to
haunt him.
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Lost (2004)
After a somewhat mysterious
sequence of events, an oceanic flight from Sydney to LA crashes on
what appears to be a deserted island. The chance of being found
and rescued are fairly small, so the survivors have to cope with a
set of challenges. They have to learn to survive on the island, a
mysterious place with enough dangers on it's own. Also, they have
to learn to live with each other if any success is to be expected.
And finally, they have to live with themselves and their pasts.
Interwoven with the events on the islands are flashbacks to the
pasts of some 10 main characters. Step by step, we learn a little
more about their diverse and unexpected pasts as the group's quest
to survive takes shape.
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S.W.A.T.
(2003)
The tables are turned when the Los
Angeles Police Department's S.W.A.T. (Special Weapons and Tactics)
unit must protect a dangerous criminal. A grizzled veteran SWAT
officer (Jackson) is given a second chance to cobble together a
new SWAT team to protect the high-profile baddie.
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Blue
Crush (2002)
Nothing gets between Anne Marie
(Kate Bosworth) and her board. Living in a beach shack on Oahu
with three roommates including her rebellious younger sister, she
is up before dawn every morning to conquer the waves and count the
days until the Pipe Masters surf competition. Working as a hotel
maid to pay the bills, Anne Marie finds everything else she needs
in the adrenaline-charged surf scene ... until pro quarterback
Matt Tollman (Matthew Davis) comes along. Like it or not, Anne
Marie starts losing her balance - and finding it - as she falls
for Matt.
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Resident
Evil (2002)
Based on the popular video game of
the same name, Alice (Milla
Jovovich) and Rain (Michelle Rodriguez) are the leaders of a
commando-team who must break into "the hive," a vast
underground genetics laboratory operated by the powerful Umbrella
Corporation. There, a deadly virus has been unleashed, killing the
lab's personnel and resurrecting them as the evil Un-Dead. The
team has just three hours to shut down the lab's supercomputer and
close the facility before the virus threatens to overrun the
Earth.
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3 A.M.
(2001)
Using the precarious world of New
York City cabbies as a backdrop, 3 A.M . tells the story of three
very different characters who are brought together in a
microcosmic amalgam of cultures and who share universal fears and
desires. Hershey, an ex-basketball player, struggles to make ends
meet following a failed career; Rasha, a Bosnian refugee, is
haunted by the war crisis in his homeland; and Salgado, a tough
young Latino cab driver, is tormented by violent memories from her
childhood. All work for the low-rent cab company owned by Box, an
Indian woman struggling to keep her business afloat.. Each has a
personal struggle to overcome. Hershey needs fares to help build a
financial foundation for him and his love interest George, a
hardworking waitress who's growing weary of waiting for him to
commit. Rasha must support the family he left behind in Bosnia,
and Salgado spends sleepless nights behind the cab wheel rather
than deal with the memories of her painful past. Their problems
are complicated further by a serial killer that is systematically
preying on cabbies.
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The
Fast and the Furious (2001)
A rookie cop goes undercover,
posing as a racing team member, in order to investigate a jewelry
heist. Managing to ingratiate himself with to the team's leaders
at first, he finds himself in jeopardy when the other members
begin to suspect an imposter within their ranks, setting the stage
for an exciting, climactic showdown.
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Girlfight
(2000)
In GIRLFIGHT, Diana Guzman
(Michelle Rodriguez) is a tough high school girl with a violent
streak. Between problems at school, a father who belittles her,
and a lonely social life, she searches for some way to find
respect, love, and challenge. Diana finds all those things in the
boxing ring at a gritty Brooklyn gym, where she begins training
against her father's will and eventually earns the gym's
championship for female boxers.
Rodriguez's performance is what carries the film, as she makes the
character of Diana Guzman real in every sense. Guzman is an
awkward teenage girl whose only advantage is that she's angry. As
she channels this anger into determination, she doesn't become a
flawless heroine--when she gets punched in the face, it hurts--but
the way she grows internally is visible, and that is the truly
beautiful thing about this film. Director Karyn Kusama should also
be commended for the film's subtle communication of difficult
family issues and its objectivity in telling this slightly
feminist tale. The inspiring soundtrack features a terrific title
song by Theodore Shapiro as well as hits by artists such as Queen
Latifah. A story of willpower, strength, and endurance, GIRLFIGHT
wins on all fronts.
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Summer of Sam (1999)
Spike Lee's take on the "Son
of Sam" murders in New York City during the summer of 1977
centering on the residents of an Italian-American South Bronx
neighborhood whom live in fear and distrust of one another.
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Cradle Will Rock (1999)
In 1930s New York Orson Welles
tries to stage a musical on a steel strike under the Federal
Theater Program despite pressure from an establishment fearful of
industrial unrest and red activity. Meanwhile Nelson Rockefeller
gets the foyer of his company headquarters decorated and an
Italian countess sells paintings for Mussolini.
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