Posts Tagged ‘cover-up’

Shooter

Tuesday, November 13th, 2007
Genres: Action | Drama | Thriller
Actors: Wahlberg, Mark | Pena, Michael | Glover, Danny | Mara, Kate | Koteas, Elias | Mitra, Rhona | Beatty, Ned | Walker, Jonathan | Louis, Justin | Donovan, Tate | Serbedzija, Rade | Peterson, Alan C. | Garrison, Lane | Santiago, Zak | Connor, Michael-Ann
Directors: Fuqua, Antoine
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Bob Lee Swagger, one of the world’s great marksmen and the son of a Congressional Medal of Honoree, is a loner living in the Rockies. He’s left the military, having been hung out to dry in a secret Ethiopian mission a few years before, when he’s recruited by a lisping colonel to help find a way that the President of the US might be assassinated in one of three cities in the next two weeks. He does his work, but the shot is fired notwithstanding and Bob Lee is quickly the fall guy: wounded and hunted by thousands, he goes to ground and, aided by two unlikely allies, searches for the truth and for those who double-crossed him. All roads lead back to Ethiopia.

Syriana

Thursday, October 4th, 2007
Genres: Drama | Thriller
Actors: Novak, Kayvan | Clooney, George | Waked, Amr | Plummer, Christopher | Wright, Jeffrey | Cooper, Chris | Foxworth, Robert | Henson, Nicky | Art, Nicholas | Damon, Matt | Peet, Amanda | Hinkle, Steven | Tormé, Daisy | Gerety, Peter | Lintern, Richard
Directors: Gaghan, Stephen
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A missile disappears in Iran, but the CIA has other problems: the heir to an Emirate gives an oil contract to China, cutting out a US company that promptly fires its immigrant workers and merges with a small firm that has landed a Kazakhstani oil contract. The Department of Justice suspects bribery, and the oil company’s law firm finds a scapegoat. The CIA also needs one when its plot to kill the Emir-apparent fails. Agent Bob Barnes, the fall guy, sorts out the double cross. An American economist parlays the death of his son into a contract to advise the sheik the CIA wants dead. The jobless Pakistanis join a fundamentalist group. All roads start and end in the oil fields.

Clear and Present Danger

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007
Genres: Action | Drama | Thriller
Actors: Ford, Harrison | Dafoe, Willem | Archer, Anne | de Almeida, Joaquim | Czerny, Henry | Yulin, Harris | Moffat, Donald | Sandoval, Miguel | Bratt, Benjamin | Cruz, Raymond | Jones, Dean | Birch, Thora | Magnuson, Ann | Lange, Hope | Tammi, Tom
Directors: Noyce, Phillip
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Based upon the Tom Clancy novel of the same name, Jack Ryan, a CIA analyst, is thrust right in the middle of a power struggle within the Colombian drug cartel after one of the President’s “life long” friends is murdered, apparently in retaliation for stealing money as part of a money laundering scheme for the cartel. Jack is then appointed acting Deputy Director of Intelligence, CIA, upon the terminal illness of Admiral James Greer, former DDI, and quickly gets in over his head due to his political naivete. The situation rapidly deteriorates when some of the presidents men convince the President to conduct covert actions against the cartel, in direct violation of congress. Felix Cortez, the security chief of Ernesto Escobeda, the “victim” of the missing money, is one of the cartel boss’s. Cortez tries to play both sides, appearing to inform Escobeda about the CIA’s involvement in the covert operations against him, while trying to orchestrate a coup to take over the cartel, with Cortez as it’s sole boss. James Cutter, the President’s National Security Advisor, makes his own deal with Cortez, with the Presidents knowledge, and halts communications to the covert troops still in Colombia, through the Deputy Director of Operations, CIA, Robert Ritter. Ryan ends up going to Colombia to rescue the covet ops troops with the help of field agent John Clark, but not before some fence mending between the two, being that Ritter blamed Ryan for the comm outage, with Clark’s men subsequently being captured by Cortez’s mercenaries.

Dark Blue

Sunday, August 19th, 2007
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Actors: Russell, Kurt | Speedman, Scott | Michele, Michael | Gleeson, Brendan | Rhames, Ving | Kurupt | Mihok, Dash | Banks, Jonathan | Davidovich, Lolita | Alexander, Khandi | Lee, Dana | Way, Chapman Russell | Hinkle, Marin | Williams, Jim Cody | Casados, Eloy
Directors: Shelton, Ron
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Set in the Los Angeles Police Department in April 1992, Dark Blue is a dramatic thriller that takes place just days before the acquittal of four white officers in the beating of black motorist Rodney King and the subsequent L.A. riots. In this racially-charged climate,the LAPD’s elite Special Investigations Squad (SIS) is assigned a high-profile quadruple homicide. As they work the case, veteran detective Eldon Perry, known for his tough street tactics and fiery temper, tutors SIS rookie Bobby Keough in the grim realities of police intimidation and corruption. Meanwhile, Assistant Chief Holland, the only man in the department willing to stand up to the SIS, threatens to end Perry’s brand of singlehanded “justice” on the Los Angeles streets. While navigating through the tumultuous neighborhoods of South Central L.A., Perry and Keough must track down cold-blooded killers and face their own demons, which prove to be more ruthless than the criminals they pursue.

Few Good Men, A

Wednesday, August 15th, 2007
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Actors: Cruise, Tom | Nicholson, Jack | Moore, Demi | Bacon, Kevin | Sutherland, Kiefer | Pollak, Kevin | Marshall, James | Walsh, J. T. | Guest, Christopher | Preston, J.A. | Craven, Matt | Bodison, Wolfgang | Berkeley, Xander | Jackson, John M. | Wyle, Noah
Directors: Reiner, Rob
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In this dramatic courtroom thriller, Lt. Daniel Kaffee (Tom Cruise), a Navy lawyer who has never seen the inside of the courtroom, defends two stubborn Marines (Wolfgang Bodison and James Marshall) who have been accused of murdering a colleague. He (Cruise) is known as being lazy and had arranged for a plea bargain. Downey’s (Marshall) Aunt Ginny appoints Cmdr. Galloway (Demi Moore) to represent him. Also on the legal staff is Lt. Sam Weinberg (Kevin Pollak). The team rounds up many facts and Kaffee is discovering that he is really cut out for trial work. The defense is originally based upon the fact that PFC Santiago, the victim, was given a “CODE RED”. Santiago was basically a screw-up. At Gitmo, screw-ups aren’t tolerated. Especially by Col. Nathan Jessup (Jack Nicholson). In Cuba, Jessup and two senior officers (J.T. Walsh and Kiefer Sutherland) try to give all the help they can, but Kaffee knows something’s fishy. In the conclusion of the film, the fireworks are set off by a confrontation between Jessup and Kaffee.

Batman Returns

Monday, May 7th, 2007
Genres: Action | Crime | Fantasy | Romance | Thriller
Actors: Keaton, Michael | DeVito, Danny | Pfeiffer, Michelle | Walken, Christopher | Gough, Michael | Murphy, Michael | Conaway, Cristi | Bryniarski, Andrew | Hingle, Pat | Schiavelli, Vincent | Hooks, Jan | Witting, Steve | Strong, John | Zumwalt, Rick | Katarina, Anna
Directors: Burton, Tim
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Having defeated the Joker, Batman now faces the Penguin - a warped and deformed individual who is intent on being accepted into Gotham society. Crooked businessman Max Schreck is coerced into helping him become Mayor of Gotham and they both attempt to expose Batman in a different light. Earlier however, Selina Kyle, Max’s secretary, is thrown from the top of a building and is transformed into Catwoman - a mysterious figure who has the same personality disorder as Batman. Batman must attempt to clear his name, all the time deciding just what must be done with the Catwoman.

Another 48 Hrs.

Monday, May 7th, 2007
Genres: Action | Comedy | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Actors: Murphy, Eddie | Nolte, Nick | James, Brion | Tighe, Kevin | O'Ross, Ed | Marshall, David Anthony | Divoff, Andrew | Casey, Bernie | Jennings, Brent | Markland, Ted | Campbell, Tisha | Orlandi, Felice | Walsh, Edward | Leong, Page | Haase, Cathy
Directors: Hill, Walter
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For the past four years, San Francisco cop Jack Cates has been after an unidentified drug kingpin who calls himself the “Ice Man”. At the Hunter’s Point Raceway, Jack confronts Tyrone Burroughs and Arthur Brock. Jack kills Brock in self defense, but Burroughs escapes, and Jack is in danger of going to prison because Brock’s gun can’t be found. Jack finds a picture that proves that the Ice Man has put a price on the head of Reggie Hammond, who is scheduled to be released from prison on the next day. Jack tries to convince Reggie to help him clear his name and find the Ice Man, but Reggie says he won’t help unless Jack gives Reggie the $500,000 that Jack has been holding on to for Reggie. Jack refuses to give Reggie the money unless Reggie helps him. After the bus that is transporting Reggie away from the prison is forced to crash by two bikers and Jack gets shot by the same two bikers, Jack forces Reggie to help him by having the hospital release Reggie into his custody. Reggie recognized one of the bikers as Richard “Cherry” Ganz, the brother of Albert Ganz, the escaped convict Jack killed years ago. Jack got shot because Cherry wants revenge for Albert’s death, and Cherry and his partner Willie Hickok are the hitmen who have been hired to kill Reggie. Burroughs, who works for the Ice Man, was trying to hire Brock as insurance, just in case Cherry and Hickok fail. Blake Wilson, the head of the Internal Affairs division, obviously doesn’t like Jack, because Wilson will stop at nothing to prosecute Jack for manslaughter in Brock’s death, and it turns out that the Ice Man put a price on Reggie’s head because Reggie knows who the Ice Man is someone Jack never expected it to be.

Hellboy

Saturday, May 5th, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Comedy | Horror | Sci-Fi
Actors: Perlman, Ron | Hurt, John | Blair, Selma | Evans, Rupert | Roden, Karel | Tambor, Jeffrey | Jones, Doug | Steele, Brian | Beran, Ladislav | Hodson, Biddy | Johnson, Corey | Trainor, Kevin | Caspe, Brian | Babson, James | Fisher, Stephen
Directors: Toro, Guillermo del
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In the final days of World War II, the Nazis attempt to use black magic to aid their dying cause. The Allies raid the camp where the ceremony is taking place, but not before a demon - Hellboy - has already been conjured. Joining the Allied forces, Hellboy eventually grows to adulthood, serving the cause of good rather than evil.

Resident Evil: Apocalypse

Friday, May 4th, 2007
Genres: Action | Horror | Sci-Fi
Actors: | Mabius, Eric | Jovovich, Milla | Guillory, Sienna | Fehr, Oded | Kretschmann, Thomas | Vavasseur, Sophie | Adoti, Razaaq | Harris, Jared | Epps, Mike | Holt, Sandrine | Taylor, Matthew G. | Ward, Zack | Glen, Iain | Nichols, Dave | Hayes, Stefan | Pounsett, Geoffrey
Directors: Witt, Alexander
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The nightmare isn’t over, General Cain ordered The Hive to be reopened, and in doing so contaminated all of Raccoon City, a city of the dead, with Alice stuck right in the middle. Now, along with other surviors, Jill Valentine, Carlos Oliviera and his Captain, Nicholai, they must fight to survive, to escape the nightmare that has plaqed Raccoon City. But now there is a new threat: Matt Addison has fully mutated into a seemingly unstoppable creature, code named Nemesis, who will stop at nothing until everything around it is dead, but it also has another agenda…

Underworld: Evolution

Friday, May 4th, 2007
Genres: Action | Drama | Fantasy | Horror
Actors: Beckinsale, Kate | Speedman, Scott | Nighy, Bill | Brolly, Shane | Sheen, Michael
Directors: Wiseman, Len
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This movie continues the saga of war between the Death Dealers (vampires) and the Lycans (werewolves). The film traces the beginnings of the ancient feud between the two tribes as Selene (Kate Beckinsale) and Michael (Scott Speedman), the lycan hybrid, try to discover the secrets of their bloodlines. All of this takes them into the battle to end all wars as the immortals must finally face their retribution.