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One fateful day Lance Bishop's (Adam Baldwin) peaceful life turns into a nightmare. While walking down the street, he is attacked by a total stranger who commits suicide saying: 'If only you knew what I know.' After the tragedy the hapless Bishop notices that weird things start happening to him. He becomes tormented by terrifying visions and voices in his head. To his dismay the mysterious voices tell him to kill his beloved wife, Karen (Elizabeth Berkley)... |
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Jack & Jennifer take a private cruise with friends, such as Captain Richards and his wife Maggie. Manuel is a staff member who catches Jen's eye. Thanks to chain of events sparked off between a dispute concerning Jack and Manuel, a fire breaks out and the ship blows up and sinks. Jen and Mannuel seem to be the only survivors to wash up on an island...but before long Jack shows lying in a rock pool...and here's where the tale turns nasty |
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In 1692, in the Ipswich Colony of Massachusetts, five families of powerful witches commit to a covenant of silence to protect themselves against the witch hunters, but one of the families transgress their pact and is banished from their lands. Along the centuries, the power and the covenant are transmitted through their descendants and when the eldest son is eighteen years old, he ascends to a higher power. However, the use of magic addicts and if used in excess, ages the warlock. In the present days, four wizards teenage friends are in high school and their leader Caleb Danvers is close to his eighteenth birthday and consequently to ascend. He has just met Sarah Wenham and they are dating, when the appearance of darkling and supernatural dreams haunt the group. Sooner they find an evil warlock, descendant of the fifth ancient family that wants to strip Caleb's power. |
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After the crucial decision to finish with the dirty dealings, Frankie (Armand Assante) betrays his cronies and then lives under the federal protection, now he has a new name, new address and a quite calm state of mind. But suddenly his new girlfriend-next-door gets to know about his past. She has a loose tongue and a sister who wants to use such a fortuity for her own enrichment: mafia has charged a hearty price for Frank's head. |
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One night in Detroit, during a shoot-out at a chop shop, Detroit cop Axel Foley sees his boss, Inspector Douglas Todd, getting killed by a well dressed man. Using his last breath, Inspector Todd tells Axel to get the man who shot him, and Axel says that he will do that. Axel does some looking around, and finds the killer's vehicle at Wonder World, a theme park in Beverly Hills, California. In Beverly Hills, Axel is reunited with his friend Billy Rosewood, who tells Axel that John Taggart is now retired and living in Arizona. Billy is now the deputy director of operations for joint systems interdepartmental operational command (JSIOC). Billy also has a new partner named Jon Flint. Axel checks out Wonder World, which is owned by Dave "Uncle Dave" Thornton. At Wonder World, Axel rescues two kids who are stuck on a ride that broke down, and after this, Axel is taken to see the park's head of security, Ellis DeWald, and Axel recognizes DeWald as Inspector Todd's killer. Jon refuses to believe this, because DeWald is one of Jon's friends. Ellis runs a counterfeiting ring that uses the theme park as a front. Axel is also falling in love with Janice Perkins, who works at the park. When Dave gets shot by DeWald's men, Axel is accused of being the man who shot Dave. With the help of Billy and Jon, Axel sets out to prove his innocence and get revenge on DeWald. |
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In the near future, earth's fossil resources are about to be used up. In an attempt to save the human race, scientists have begun building a gate, through which faster than light travel will be possible - but only if there is a gate at the destination to receive the travelers. The Robinson Family has been chosen to travel to Alpha Prime - the only other inhabitable planet known - at normal speed, ten years, cryogenically frozen. But Dr. Smith, a sinister man, sabotages their spaceship, Jupiter 2, but is also betrayed by his people. So, he has to work together with the Robinsons in order to survive himself. When Jupiter 2 is falling into the sun, the only chance to survive is to activate the hyperdrive - without a gate at the other end. Soon, the Robinsons are someplace really unknown, where they meet unfriendly silicon-based space spiders, take in a little ape-like creature and name new star systems after Bugs Bunny and Porky Pig. They have to reach Alpha Prime in order to build the second gate, or earth's only hope is gone. |
| Specialist, The
[1994,
Peru, USA]
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| The government taught him to kill. Now he's using his skills to help a woman seek revenge against the Miami underworld. |
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Ray Quick is an ex-CIA bomb expert now living as an high-tech outsider somewhere in Miami, Florida. May Munro has heard of his skills and tries over and over to convince Ray to bomb the guys who killed her parents once. Ray begins to overshadow May. He is interested in May's case, but still is of the opinion to never use his skills again. The situation changes dramatically when a former CIA comrade of Ray appears on the scene. |
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Tom Beckett (Tom Berenger) is a living legend not because he had accomplished the most difficult and dangerous missions, but since he had returned from these assignments safe and sound. Now he is to stand the most complicated strength test without making any mistake, now his aim is to reach one of the East-European countries to assassinate the local dictator. Tom is teamed up with a death row convict B.J. Cole (Bokeem Woodbine) who will win freedom if the operation will end with success. But when they get there, they turn from the hunters to the prey, it turns out to be that they simply are pawns in a larger game, as the circumstances get dramatically change. |
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To be a cop is a boy’s dream. To be an officer is a police cadet’s dream. Meanwhile, to be a National Security officer means to be a loser. Earl Montgomery (Martin Lawrence) is expelled from The Los Angeles Police Department due to his systematic violation of discipline and he has no choice but to take a job as a lowly security guard with ‘National Security’. Owing to a twist of fate, Earl teams up with Hank Rafferty (Steve Zahn), who has been framed by Earl and also kicked out of police academy. Needless to say, Earl and Hank don’t get on with each other, and what is more, they may kill each other. But when they uncover a metal alloy smuggling operation led by Nash (Eric Roberts), they must make differences to catch the criminals red-handed and bring them o justice. |
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Thorold Stone's family was among those who vanished three months ago, and he is still stung by that fact. Since childhood, he has always been logical and suspicious, and, of course, he's uncertain whether Franco Macalousso is the Messiah he claims he is. Stone works for Len Parker, who runs One Nation Earth, the organization that rounds up the Haters who stand in Macalousso's way. Soon, however, he realises that the Christians have been framed, and he has been set up. To prove Macalusso's true colours, he must band with his own enemies - the Haters themselves, led by Helen Hannah. |
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The plot revolves around Hope Cassidy (Nikki Deloach), a computer systems analyst who leaves Los Angeles for Istanbul to start her career from scratch. She expects to have a successful life, and instead she discovers her identity stolen, her bank account blocked, and her credit cards cancelled. What is more, authorities indict her for murdering a cop and stealing $14 million dollars. With the help of her friend from Los Angeles, she tries to convince authorities of her innocence.
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Jack Tulliver (Wesley Snipes) is a professional thief who is able to disarm even the most sophisticated alarm system. He tries to make no mistakes, but nobody’s perfect. One day a well-planned heist goes haywire when Tulliver accidentally makes off with a case containing a painting by Van Gogh worth millions of dollars. But what promises a large sum of money sometimes gets you into trouble. Shortly afterwards Tulliver’s associate is taken hostage, and Jack discovers that he has crossed the track of Russian gangsters chasing after the enduring masterpiece. Knowing that gangsters always rub out a witness, he wrestles with the question how to save both his partner and himself. And then Tulliver comes up with a bold and ingenious rescue plan. There is not a second to lose!
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This tense crime thriller tells the story of Sam (Edward Furlong) and Nadia (Bai Ling), two hapless bank robbers who reluctantly become involved in an explosive hostage situation after their perfect heist is botched. To make matters worse, two of their hostages turn out to be sadistic killers who begin slaying the hostages one by one. The thieves desperately try to defend themselves from a trigger-happy cop (Michael Madsen) and protect the innocent from the deranged killers. |
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Daryl Chase (Orlando Jones), a prosperous New York investment banker, considers the idea of stealing another man's passport and assuming his identity to be very good. He goes on the run after being wrongly charged with laundering Mexican drug cartel money and desperately tries to take shelter. But the hapless man soon comes to realize that he has jumped out of the frying-pan into the fire. Freddy Tiffany (Eddie Griffin), whose name he is using, proves to be a tough street hustler who is even more wanted by the police than he is. Chase must find a way to get out of a scrape before he has to pay a heavy price for Tiffany's sins. |
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GABRIEL tells the story of an archangel who fights to bring light back to purgatory - a place where darkness rules - and save the souls of the city's inhabitants. |
| Diamond Dogs
[2007,
Canada, China]
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| Meet Ronson: Adventurer, world traveler, always short of money, a man of a few words, a gun for hire. The solution to your problem. |
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"Diamond Dogs" is the story of a group of American fortune hunters, who come to China looking for a long-lost-treasure. During the Soviet crack-down on religion in the 1930's, a priceless Buddhist artifact, a Tangka was taken across the border to China and hidden in the mountains. The diamonds alone, decorating this huge gold-inlaid textile, are thought to be worth $50 million. The fortune hunters need a guide and protection on the trip, so they hire an American ex-pat, Ronson. He's ex-Army and living an existence in Inner-Mongolia of drinks, women and bare-knuckle fights. The group takes off into the Mongolian mountains on a trek that will change their lives forever. For not only is this Tangka wanted by ruthless Russian mercenaries, but it's also protected by something much more sinister. Something that even Ronson can't imagine... |
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When the assistant district attorney of San Francisco investigates the mysterious death of an important millionaire he discovers that the first suspect in this case is a friend of his who is married to an important lawyer. Now it is difficult for him to distinguish between what is reality and what should be reality. |
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World War II should be ended before Christmas. In this daring attempt 35,000 British troops are dropped behind the enemy lines in occupied Holland. Meanwhile, a small top-secret group of skilled men, codename "Matchbox", is shot down on its way to the landing zone where they should carry out an order to get hold the valuable booty and bring it back to the US war effort. "Matchbox" soldiers suddenly ran into three renegade Germans who also intended to get the hidden cache of Nazi gold and, further, to lay claim to the horde. |
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In this spectacular action movie Chuck Norris stars as Scott James, a retired martial artist who is hired by wealthy woman Justine (Karen Carlson) to protect her from a ninja death squad. At first he is reluctant to accept the assignment, but when he learns that the ruthless and violent crime ring is headed by his archenemy Tadashi Yamashita (Lee Van Cleef), he sets out on a perilous mission to wipe out the vicious ninjas. |
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The comedy of situations follows the incredible adventures of an indomitable Hong Kong cop, Eddie Yang (Jackie Chan). After catching kidnappers Eddie happens to get a mysterious medallion which grants him superhuman powers. Teamed up with his British Interpol partner Arthur Watson (Lee Evans) and bewitching British agent Nicole James (Claire Forlani), the immortal detective tries to discover the secret of the medallion and put up resistance against the Highbinders intent on taking the powerful relic away. |
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