The Invasion
The Invasion
Washington, D.C. psychologist Carol Bennell (Nicole Kidman) and her colleague Dr. Ben Driscoll (Daniel Craig) are the only two people on Earth who are aware of an epidemic running rampant through the city. They discover an alien virus aboard a crashed space shuttle that transforms anyone who comes into contact with it into unfeeling drones while they sleep. Carol realizes her son holds the key to stopping the spread of the plague and she races to find him before it is too late.
Initial release: August 17, 2007 (USA)
Directors: Oliver Hirschbiegel, James McTeigue
Budget: 50 million USD
Story by: Jack Finney
Screenplay: Dave Kajganich
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Casino Royale
Casino Royale
After receiving a license to kill, British Secret Service agent James Bond (Daniel Craig) heads to Madagascar, where he uncovers a link to Le Chiffre (Mads Mikkelsen), a man who finances terrorist organizations. Learning that Le Chiffre plans to raise money in a high-stakes poker game, MI6 sends Bond to play against him, gambling that their newest "00" operative will topple the man's organization.
Initial release: November 14, 2006 (London)
Director: Martin Campbell
Running time: 2h 25m
Featured song: You Know My Name
Film series: James Bond Film Series
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Public Enemies
Public Enemies
Depression-era bank robber John Dillinger's (Johnny Depp) charm and audacity endear him to much of America's downtrodden public, but he's also a thorn in the side of J. Edgar Hoover (Billy Crudup) and the fledgling FBI. Desperate to capture the elusive outlaw, Hoover makes Dillinger his first Public Enemy Number One and assigns his top agent, Melvin Purvis (Christian Bale), the task of bringing him in dead or alive.
Initial release: June 18, 2009
Director: Michael Mann
Music composed by: Elliot Goldenthal
Story by: Bryan Burrough
Screenplay: Michael Mann, Ann Biderman, Ronan Bennett
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Ip Man 2
Ip Man 2
In this film inspired by a true story, Wing Chun martial arts master Ip Man (Donnie Yen) and his family are moving from Foshan, China, to Hong Kong, where Ip aspires to create a school so that he may teach his fighting techniques to a new generation. However, he finds resistance from an asthmatic Hung Ga master named Hong Zhen Nan (Sammo Hung). Soon, Ip is drawn into a treacherous world of corruption as well as a fateful showdown with a merciless boxer known as the Twister (Darren Shahlavi).
Release date: January 28, 2011 (USA)
Director: Wilson Yip
Film series: Ip Man series
Music composed by: Kenji Kawai
Screenplay: Edmond Wong, Choi Hiu-Yan, Chan Tai-Li
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The Marine 4: Moving Target
The Marine 4: Moving Target
Jake Carter (Mike Mizanin) must protect a beautiful whistle-blower (Summer Rae) from a team of heavily armed mercenaries sent by a corrupt defense contractor.
Initial release: April 10, 2015
Director: William Kaufman
Film series: The Marine
Initial DVD release: April 21, 2015 (USA)
Music composed by: Jeff Tymoschuk
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Ip Man 3
Ip Man 3
Martial-arts master Ip Man (Donnie Yen) takes on a crooked developer (Mike Tyson) and his gang of brutal thugs.
Release date: January 22, 2016 (USA)
Director: Wilson Yip
Film series: Ip Man
Initial DVD release: May 1, 2016 (Germany)
Screenplay: Edmond Wong, Jill Leung, Chan Tai-Li
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Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) is a young apprentice Jedi knight under the tutelage of Qui-Gon Jinn (Liam Neeson) ; Anakin Skywalker (Jake Lloyd), who will later father Luke Skywalker and become known as Darth Vader, is just a 9-year-old boy. When the Trade Federation cuts off all routes to the planet Naboo, Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan are assigned to settle the matter.
Release date: May 19, 1999 (USA)
Director: George Lucas
Film series: Star Wars
Featured song: Duel of the Fates
Budget: 115 million USD
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The November Man
The November Man
Five years into his retirement, CIA veteran Peter Devereaux (Pierce Brosnan) is pulled back into service to help retrieve a Russian agent -- also his former lover -- who has incriminating evidence on Federov, a corrupt Russian leader. When a different CIA team, led by Devereaux's former protege (Luke Bracey), shows up, the mission goes south and Devereaux's ex-lover is killed. Now a rogue agent, Devereaux drags a relief worker (Olga Kurylenko) along on his mission to settle the score.
Release date: August 27, 2014 (USA)
Director: Roger Donaldson
Music composed by: Marco Beltrami
Executive producers: Pierce Brosnan, Kevan Van Thompson, More
Producers: Beau St. Clair, Sriram Das
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Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
Set ten years after the events of "The Phantom Menace," the Republic continues to be mired in strife and chaos. A separatist movement encompassing hundreds of planets and powerful corporate alliances poses new threats to the galaxy that even the Jedi cannot stem. These moves, long planned by an as yet unrevealed and powerful force, lead to the beginning of the Clone Wars -- and the beginning of the end of the Republic.
Release date: May 16, 2002 (USA)
Director: George Lucas
Film series: Star Wars
Music composed by: John Williams
Costume design: Trisha Biggar
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Die Hard 2
Die Hard 2
A year after his heroics in L.A, detective John McClane (Bruce Willis) is mixed up in another terrorist plot, this time at Washington Dulles International Airport, where he is waiting for his wife (Bonnie Bedelia). That same night, South American politico and drug profiteer Ramon Esperanza (Franco Nero) is arriving in U.S. custody. McClane takes action when a treasonous ex-colonel (William Sadler) seizes control of the airport, threatening to crash every inbound flight unless Esperanza is freed.
Release date: July 4, 1990 (USA)
Director: Renny Harlin
Film series: Die Hard film series
Music composed by: Michael Kamen
Screenplay: Steven E. de Souza, Doug Richardson
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The Delta Force
The Delta Force
Five years after Maj. Scott McCoy (Chuck Norris) resigned from the U.S. Delta Force due to bureaucracy issues, he returns with Col. Alexander (Lee Marvin) to take down Lebanese terrorists who have hijacked a Boeing 707. Terrorist leader Abdul Rifi (Robert Forster) takes the crew and passengers hostage as he reroutes the plane to Beirut. When McCoy and Alexander attempt to save the hostages once the plane lands, they are forced to battle a terrorist group that's larger than expected.
Release date: February 14, 1986 (USA)
Director: Menahem Golan
Music composed by: Alan Silvestri
Screenplay: Menahem Golan, James Bruner
Producers: Menahem Golan, Yoram Globus
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Executive Decision
Executive Decision
When terrorists hijack a plane traveling from Greece to Washington, D.C., U.S. Army specialist David Grant (Kurt Russell) and Lt. Colonel Austin Travis (Steven Seagal) join forces to bring the plane to safety. While terrorists on board the plane claim they hijacked the plane to force the U.S. government to release their leader, who was captured by military forces, David and Austin discover that the plane is carrying a bomb full of nerve gas to be released on Washington, D.C.
Release date: March 15, 1996 (USA)
Director: Stuart Baird
Music composed by: Jerry Goldsmith
Screenplay: Jim Thomas, John Thomas
Producers: Jim Thomas, John Thomas, Joel Silver
When terrorists hijack a plane traveling from Greece to Washington, D.C., U.S. Army specialist David Grant (Kurt Russell) and Lt. Colonel Austin Travis (Steven Seagal) join forces to bring the plane to safety. While terrorists on board the plane claim they hijacked the plane to force the U.S. government to release their leader, who was captured by military forces, David and Austin discover that the plane is carrying a bomb full of nerve gas to be released on Washington, D.C.
Release date: March 15, 1996 (USA)
Director: Stuart Baird
Music composed by: Jerry Goldsmith
Screenplay: Jim Thomas, John Thomas
Producers: Jim Thomas, John Thomas, Joel Silver
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The Bourne Identity
The Bourne Identity
The story of a man (Matt Damon), salvaged, near death, from the ocean by an Italian fishing boat. When he recuperates, the man suffers from total amnesia, without identity or background... except for a range of extraordinary talents in fighting, linguistic skills and self-defense that speak of a dangerous past. He sets out on a desperate search-assisted by the initially rebellious Marie (Franka Potente) - to discover who he really is, and why he's being lethally pursued by assassins.
Release date: June 6, 2002 (USA)
Director: Doug Liman
Film series: The Bourne film series
Adapted from: The Bourne Identity
Story by: Robert Ludlum
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First Blood
First Blood
Vietnam veteran and drifter John J. Rambo (Sylvester Stallone) wanders into a small Washington town in search of an old friend, but is met with intolerance and brutality by the local sheriff, Will Teasle (Brian Dennehy). When Teasle and his deputies restrain and shave Rambo, he flashes back to his time as a prisoner of war and unleashes his fury on the officers. He narrowly escapes the manhunt, but it will take his former commander (Richard Crenna) to save the hunters from the hunted.
Release date: October 22, 1982 (USA)
Director: Ted Kotcheff
Story by: David Morrell
Film series: Rambo
Screenplay: Sylvester Stallone, William Sackheim, Michael Kozoll
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Kingsman: The Secret Service
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Kingsman: The Secret Service is een Brits komische actiefilm uit 2014, geregisseerd door Matthew Vaughn. De film is gebaseerd op de stripboekenserie The Secret Service van Dave Gibbons en Mark Millar. Wikipedia
Releasedatum: 12 februari 2015 (Nederland)
Regisseur: Matthew Vaughn
Dvd-verschijningsdatum: 9 juni 2015 (Verenigde Staten)
Nummers uit de film: Give It Up, Bonkers, Free Bird, Slave to Love, Get Ready for It
Muziek gecomponeerd door: Henry Jackman, Matthew Margeson
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The Aviator
The Aviator
Billionaire and aviation tycoon Howard Hughes (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a successful public figure: a director of big-budget Hollywood films such as "Hell's Angels," a passionate lover of Hollywood leading ladies Katharine Hepburn (Cate Blanchett) and Ava Gardner (Kate Beckinsale), and an aviation pioneer who helps build TWA into a major airline. But in private, Hughes remains tormented, suffering from paralyzing phobias and depression. The higher he rises, the farther has to fall.
Release date: January 6, 2005 (United Kingdom)
Director: Martin Scorsese
Running time: 2h 50m
Screenplay: John Logan
Cinematography: Robert Richardson
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Die Hard with a Vengeance
Die Hard with a Vengeance
Detective John McClane (Bruce Willis) is now divorced, alcoholic and jobless after getting fired for his reckless behaDie Hard with a Vengeance
Detective John McClane (Bruce Willis) is now divorced, alcoholic and jobless after getting fired for his reckless behavior and bad attitude. He is called back into action, however, when a cryptic terrorist (Jeremy Irons) takes New York City hostage in a lethal game of "Simon Says" and refuses to speak with anyone but McClane. Teaming up with a street-savvy electrician named Zeus Carver (Samuel L. Jackson), McClane dashes through the city, trying to stay one step ahead of a murderous plot.
Initial release: May 15, 1995 (New York City)
Director: John McTiernan
Film series: Die Hard film series
Producers: John McTiernan, Andrew G. Vajna, Michael Tadross
Screenplay: Jonathan Hensleigh, Roderick Thorp
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Final Girl
Final Girl
Veronica, the new girl in town, is lured into the woods by a group of senior boys looking to make her a victim. But the boys don't know that Veronica's been trained to handle herself in surprisingly lethal ways.
Initial release: July 8, 2015
Director: Tyler Shields
Music composed by: Marc Canham
Screenplay: Adam Prince
Story by: Alejandro Seri, Stephen Scarlata, Johnny Silver
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Set It Off
Set It Off
After being fired from her job as a bank teller, Frankie (Vivica A. Fox) begins working at a janitorial service with her friends Tisean (Kimberly Elise), a single mother; Cleo (Queen Latifah), a boisterous lesbian; and Stony (Jada Pinkett), who is dealing with the recent death of her brother. The women are struggling with their finances, so they decide to start robbing banks. At first the group is successful, but they soon attract the attention of an obsessive detective (John C. McGinley).
Release date: November 6, 1996 (USA)
Director: F. Gary Gray
Story by: Takashi Bufford
Screenplay: Kate Lanier, Takashi Bufford
Producers: F. Gary Gray, Dale Pollock
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The Fast and the Furious
The Fast and the Furious
A fierce and frenzied look at rival Los Angeles street teams who use street racing as a means of establishing power. Walker stars as a rookie cop who goes undercover, posing as a racing team member, in order to investigate a jewelry heist. Managing to integrate himself with the team's leaders at first, he finds himself in jeopardy when the other members being to suspect an imposter within their ranks, setting the stage for an exciting, climactic showdown.
Release date: June 18, 2001 (USA)
Director: Rob Cohen
Film series: The Fast and the Furious
Featured songs: Rollin, Click Click Boom, Area Codes, Evil Ways, More
Screenplay: David Ayer, Gary Scott Thompson, Erik Bergquist
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The Divergent Series: Allegiant (2016)
The Divergent Series: Allegiant (2016)
Adventure, Sci-Fi | 18 March 2016 (USA)
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Beatrice Prior and Tobias Eaton venture into the world outside of the fence and are taken into protective custody by a mysterious agency known as the Bureau of Genetic Welfare.
Director: Robert Schwentke
Writers: Noah Oppenheim (screenplay), Veronica Roth (based on the novel by), 3 more credits »
Stars: Zoë Kravitz, Shailene Woodley, Theo James
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The Divergent Series: Allegiant-2016 film
The Divergent Series: Allegiant
2016 film
Initial release: March 18, 2016 (USA)
Director: Robert Schwentke
Story by: Veronica Roth
Cinematography: Florian Ballhaus
Film series: Divergent Film Series
The Divergent Series: Allegiant Official Teaser Trailer #1 (2016) - Shailene Woodley Movie HD
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Looper
Looper
In a future society, time-travel exists, but it's only available to those with the means to pay for it on the black market. When the mob wants to eliminate someone, it sends the target into the past, where a hit man known as a looper lies in wait to finish the job. Joe (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is one such hired gun, and he does his job well -- until the day his bosses decide to "close the loop" and send Joe's future self (Bruce Willis) back in time to be killed.
Release date: November 29, 2012 (Netherlands)
Director: Rian Johnson
Running time: 1h 59m
Screenplay: Rian Johnson
Cinematography: Steve Yedlin
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Avatar
Avatar
On the lush alien world of Pandora live the Na'vi, beings who appear primitive but are highly evolved. Because the planet's environment is poisonous, human/Na'vi hybrids, called Avatars, must link to human minds to allow for free movement on Pandora. Jake Sully (Sam Worthington), a paralyzed former Marine, becomes mobile again through one such Avatar and falls in love with a Na'vi woman (Zoe Saldana). As a bond with her grows, he is drawn into a battle for the survival of her world.
Release date: December 17, 2009 (Netherlands)
Director: James Cameron
Running time: 2h 42m
Film series: Avatar Series
Budget: 237 million USD (2009)
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The Mechanic
The Mechanic
One of an elite group of assassins, Arthur Bishop (Jason Statham) may be the best in the business. Bishop carries out his assignments with precision, detachment and adherence to a strict code, but when Harry (Donald Sutherland), his close friend and mentor, is murdered, Bishop vows revenge. Harry's son (Ben Foster) comes to him with vengeance in his heart and a desire to learn Bishop's trade, signaling the birth of a deadly partnership.
Release date: January 28, 2011 (USA)
Director: Simon West
Featured song: Piano Trio No. 2
Film series: The Mechanic film series
Screenplay: Lewis John Carlino, Richard Wenk
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Point Break
After a string of bizarre bank robberies in Southern California, with the crooks donning masks of various former presidents, a federal agent, Johnny Utah (Keanu Reeves), infiltrates the suspected gang. But this is no ordinary group of robbers. They're surfers -- led by the charismatic Bodhi (Patrick Swayze) -- who are addicted to the rush of thievery. But when Utah falls in love with a female surfer, Tyler (Lori Petty), who is close to the gang, it complicates his sense of duty.
Release date: July 12, 1991 (USA)
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Screenplay: W. Peter Iliff
Executive producer: James Cameron
Production company: Largo Entertainment
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