With his city a conflict-strewn gangland, charismatic chancer Martin is arrested and recruited by Special Branch and coerced into performing the most terrifying assignment imaginable: to infiltrate a splinter group as a double agent.
Inspired by Martin McGartland's incredible autobiography Fifty Dead Men Walking is the stunning new action thriller by Karl Skogland about a secret agent working undercover for British security services in Northern Ireland during the late eighties. Over the course of four years until his betrayal and subsequent discovery it was estimated that McGartland was responsible for saving the lives of up to fifty men.
I think they're contesting our place in the food chain", quips an Imperilled teen at an especially low moment of Komodo, a regulation trapped-with-monsters straight-to-video quickie. There was a millennial blip of such nature-on-the-rampage horrors in the year 2000 and Komodo settles comfortably onto the shelf with King Cobra, Blood Surf, They Nest, Crocodile, Spiders and Octopus. If you've seen all of them, you'll probably want to see this too--but don't say we didn't warn you. Komodo familiarly packs a few no-name actors to an island supposedly off the shore of Carolina (actually somewhere in Australasia and has them menaced by CGI creatures, then fighting back and beating the beasts. Though the title gives away the nature of the menace, ex-effects technician-turned-director Michael Lantieri keeps the monsters off-screen and purportedly mysterious for half the running time. Teenage Patrick (Kevin Zegers) is traumatised by the deaths of parents (and his dog) and retreats into an amnesiac fugue, but his psychiatrist Victoria (Jill Hennessy) brings him back to the site of the tragedy to stir his memories. It turns out that the local evil oil company has always known that a bunch of giant, flesh-eating lizards were on the loose but kept quiet about it for nebulously nefarious purposes. Oates (Billy Burke), a rebellious company minion, hooks up with Patrick (who shows unexpected resourcefulness in whipping up lizard traps) and the shrink and they have a last-reel confrontation with the monsters that allow for some very distant echoes of Jurassic Park. The CGI and model work is seamless but the monsters have too little personality and, despite their voracious appetites, require all manner of contrivances to bring their victims within snapping distance. Nice bit at the end though with a gory if not dramatic finale. --Kim Newman
Santiago, 1973. Mario Cornejo works at a morgue, typing out reports on autopsies performed by the coroners. On the days leading up to the military coup resulting in Salvador Allende's death, he gets involved with a dancer from the cabaret Bim Bam Bum.
A teen angst thriller at a high school gripped by an apparent curse that claims the life of a senior every year. Story follows a senior, Chrissie, who is skeptical, and another, Tracy, who believes that she may be the next victim This violent teen revenge thriller is co-scripted by ˜American Psycho' author Bret Easton Ellis. Set in the Chicago suburb where a supposed curse is a icting the local high school in that one member of each senior class will su er a gruesome death just before graduation day, the most recent example being a druggie who fell to his death after climbing a tower. This year, it seems to be Chrissie Swanson's (Bella Heathcote) turn, after the serious-minded young woman is nearly raped by Mike (Kevin Zegers), the school's star quarterback, during a raucous party. To free herself from his attack, she practically gouges out his eye, destroying his and his abusive father's (Tom Arnold) dreams of his ascending to a pro football career...
After constant fights detentions and suspensions from high school Charlie Proud is heading in one direction - a prison sentence. However a disciplinary meeting between Charlie's parents and the School Principal Dewitt (James Caan) convinces the principal that if he can remove the boy from the bad influences of both the local gangs and his dysfunctional family there may yet be a future for Charlie. Forced to work for the elderly and eccentric Mrs Ritchie (Gena Rowlands) the pensioner he robbed Charlie slowly learns to respect his victim. Conflicted by the love and kindness he sees in Mrs Ritchie's family Charlie is forced to deal with the dark secrets of his own life as well as the destructive influence of his gang mates.
This time out Buddy the hoop-shooting hotshot canine tackles a new sport - American football. When his teenage owner reluctantly becomes the school's new quarterback Buddy catches the spirit and joins theiteam. Soon the two find themselves leading the Timberwolves to the state championship. But victory hopes are sidelined when two sinister Russian circus owners take a bite out of everyone's plans and dognap Buddy for their star attraction! Give three cheers for Air Bud full o
Two films from the Chilean director, Pablo Larran.Post Mortem: Following the remarkable and critically-acclaimed Tony Manero, multiple award-winning director Pablo Larran returns to the 'sealed box' of Chile during one of its darkest periods - 1973's military coup. Against this terrifying and murderous backdrop Post Mortem tells the story of an apparently insignificant and charmless couple whose poignant relationship is played out amid the death and destruction that results from military ideals imposed with no care for their cost or consequences.Employing a still, dream-like cinematography, Larran weaves a complex and poetic tale from this terrifyingly tragic situation which affected an entire country and still resonates to this day.Tony Manero:Santiago de Chile, 1978. As Pinochet's oppressive dictatorship continues to stamp down hard on civil liberties, Ral Peralta escapes the tedium of everyday life by leading a small group of dancers and obsessing about Tony Manero, John Travolta's character in Saturday Night Fever. He lives for Saturday nights, when he unleashes his passion for the film's music by imitating his idol. His dream of becoming a successful showbiz star takes a step closer to reality when the national television station announces a Tony Manero impersonation contest.But it's a rocky road to fulfilling his dreams. Prepared to go to any lengths to win, the sociopathic Ral's urge to become Tony Manero drives him to commit a series of crimes while his dancing partners - who are involved in clandestine activities against Pinochet's regime - continue to be persecuted by the government's secret police...
Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale of dastardly pirates swashbuckling heroes buried treasure and a young boy's courage during the adventure of a lifetime. We begin with young Jim Hawkins living with his grandmother at the Admiral Inn and all is quite as it should be... Until the fateful day a stranger named Billy Bones stumbles into the inn with a wild tale. He is being pursued by a man named Blind Pew who hands him a piece of paper with the 'black spot' on it. Bones tells J
Jack is a three year old chimpanzee who has been the subject of an experiment by Dr. Kendall to teach him sign language. When funding for the project is cut off by the impatient Dr. Peabody Jack is sold to a medical research lab. Afraid of what may happen to his simian friend Dr. Kendall breaks Jack out of the laboratory. However Jack is accidentally sent to Canada where in a strange twist of circumstance he establishes himself as a superb hockey player.
A deadly car accident brings together a group of previously unrelated people each of whom is forced to deal with the emotional fallout.
Ian Cranston returns to Sleepy Hollow unaware that he is the great-great-grandson of Ichabod Crane. His return stirs the spirit of the Headless Horseman and Ian must settle an old score to save his town. Featuring The Backstreet Boys' Nick Carter in his first starring role.
Zoom - Academy For Superheroes: Jack Shepard a.k.a. 'Zoom' is an out-of-shape auto shop owner far removed from the man who once protected the world's freedom. Reluctantly called back into action by the government Jack is charged with turning a rag tag group of kids with special powers into a new generation of superheroes to save the world from certain destruction. Based on Jason Lethcoe's popular graphic novel Zoom's Academy for the Super Gifted. Thunderbirds: Thunderbirds are GO! International Rescue run in secret by the Tracy family and led by Jeff (Bill Paxton) is permamently on standby to offer assistance when accidents and incidents threaten lives across the world. However when the villainous Hood (Ben Kingsley) infiltrates the Tracy's clandestine island base and imprisons most of the family who will rescue the rescuers? It's left to teenage Alan (Brady Corbet) and his similarly young friends to save the day! The Adventures Of Sharkboy And Lavagirl: Smaller heroes. Just as super. Max is a ten year old outcast who escapes his lonely world when his dreams magically come to life. Max and his two imaginary friends Sharkboy - a half-breed of boy and shark - and Lavagirl with flaming hair and hands that melt everything she touches embark on a mission to prove to the world that all it takes is a dream to make anything a reality.
Without the security of the job he wants or the future he dreamed of, Paul Dynan (Kevin Zegers), plans the perfect crime to help his struggling family - extort a fortune from three wealthy men (Ray Liotta, Victor Garber, Stephen McHattie).The plan: to abduct their socialite children (Laura Vandervoort, Dustin Milligan, John Bregar) and collect a healthy ransom of $3-million dollars. Over the course of one long night, Paul and his accomplices hold the rich kids hostage awaiting the ransom with little idea of the secrets that will surface between the fathers when they are forced to choose between their children and their money. Once blood is shed and things go horribly wrong, Paul must fight to stay one step ahead of his own twisted game.
12 year old Brian Billings is gripped by fear of the dark tormented by nightmares that feed off his terror. His brother dismisses the visions as attention seeking. But then one night they are left alone at home as a storm rages and a power cut plunges the house into pitch blackness. Now the two brothers must unite in a battle against the malevolent forces of darkness.
Father Vassey (Michael Rooker) has a problem. Using his two 9mm, laser-sighted cannons, he has tracked down and killed the holders of a heretic ceremony meant to bring a demon into the world. Not just any demon, for this one's reason to be is nothing less than uncreating creation. The problem is, Vassey's too late. The demon has manifested and escaped, and is now on the hunt for the soul of a young boy who is believed to be saint material, due to the stigmata he had at birth. The film is directed by Jamie Dixon, heretofore a special effects supervisor, who shows canny restraint where special effects are concerned. The shadowy demon of the title is depicted often by a fluid black cloud, which is functional without losing its eeriness or credibility. The acting is solid, never campy, though Michael Rooker sometimes feels out of place. And the climactic scenes, built up to with good pacing, are fraught with peril and excitement. All in all, this is a worthwhile effort for a first-time director, and that makes it one of the best direct-to-video releases I've seen in quite a long time. I just wish I could locate the Bram Stoker story it's supposed to be based on. --Jim Gay, Amazon.com
A 19 year old Brooklyn boy who is torn between two worlds when his photography portfolio wins him a partial scholarship to NYU.
Without the security of the job he wants or the future he dreamed of, Paul Dynan (Kevin Zegers), plans the perfect crime to help his struggling family - extort a fortune from three wealthy men (Ray Liotta, Victor Garber, Stephen McHattie).The plan: to abduct their socialite children (Laura Vandervoort, Dustin Milligan, John Bregar) and collect a healthy ransom of $3-million dollars. Over the course of one long night, Paul and his accomplices hold the rich kids hostage awaiting the ransom with little idea of the secrets that will surface between the fathers when they are forced to choose between their children and their money. Once blood is shed and things go horribly wrong, Paul must fight to stay one step ahead of his own twisted game.
An animated classic tale of a shipwreck and some treasure!
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