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Germany:12 certified movies
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Jack Morrison (Joaquin Phoenix), a Baltimore firefighter who was trapped in an inferno, in a blazing high rise. His life starts flashing before his eyes as he remembers fighting his first fire, bonding with fellow firefighters, falling in love with a beautiful local girl (Jacinda Barrett), getting married, and having children. He also looks back on forming a close relationship with the first mentor (John Travolta), the man, who helped him realize what it takes to be firefighter. This man, the fire chief Mike Kennedy, now is to lead his rescue. |
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Walter is released from the prison after the 12-years imprisonment and being shunned as he is a sex offender. Was he really guilty or it was a terrible mistake? Now he is to prove his innocence to the people who met him with hate and indifference. To cap it all, a maniac attacks children in the Walter's town and all victims of the villain had been arrogated to Walter. Now he has the only chance to get clear - by attempting to catch the real pervert. Walter begins an all-out war against the dangerous predator. |
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Set in 1890 in America, the breathtaking western adventure tells the story of Frank T. Hopkins (Viggo Mortensen), a Pony Express rider and winner of long-distance horse races. His reputation as the greatest rider in the West reaches the ears of a wealthy Arabian sheik (Omar Sharif) who challenges Hopkins to take part in "The Ocean of Fire," a survival horse race across Middle Eastern deserts. Determined to receive $100,000 as prize money and the honor of being the best rider in the world, Hopkins accepts the invitation from the Sheikh to enter the treacherous competition with his endurance mixed-breed mustang, Hidalgo.
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Despite the fact Van Helsing was commonly a supporting hero in more than forty vampire films, now he becomes a central character. He is to assist beautiful, sword-wielding Anna who is the last descendant of vampire-fighting clan, to slay the ominous count Dracula (Richard Roxburgh) having dispatched his monsters, namely the Wolf Man (Will Kemp), and Frankenstein's Monster (Shuler Hensley). Having convinced the distrustful peasants of his utility as the deliverer from the evil ones, Van Helsing (Hugh Jackman) comes into the fierce confrontation with three Dracula's brides, powerful and dissolute viragos who embellish the movie bringing in a spirit of the perishable lust. Considering an almost immense budget, special-effects in this movie are quite impressive along with admirable Kate Beckinsale's cute character and the handsome long-haired Hugh Jackman in his heydays. |
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The flight over Mongolian desert ended with a crash landing, and the crew is to survive on the waterless planes with almost no chance of rescue. Few men and one woman are under threat of the imminent and slow thirsty death in the midst of the most brutal deserts of the world. Being exhausted by the raging winds, desert smugglers and constant quarrels and diminishing in number, crash survivors realize, that the only way out is to build the new plane using the debris of the crashed one. This movie is a remake of Robert Aldrich classic based on the novel by Elleston Trevor. |
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Wonderful comedy, existential philosophy, corporate satire, and idealistic quest are mixed in this offbeat movie about a married couple of metaphysicians working as private "existentialist" detectives. They fearlessly investigate the mysteries at the core of their clients' secret innermost lives. They help others to solve their existential issues — the kind that keep you up at night, wondering what it all means. Jason Schwartzman plays Albert, an environmental activist with a penchant for bad poetry and self-doubt. During his campaign to stop Huckabees, a suburban superstore, from destroying marshland, Albert's group is taken over by one of the store's vapidly charming salesmen, a pitch-perfect Jude Law. Utterly distraught and questioning the meaning of life, Albert seeks the help of a bizarre husband-and-wife team of "existential detectives." By spying on Albert's daily life, they seek to help him answer that most elemental of human questions, "Why am I here?" |
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The story takes place in China in the 1940s and revolves around Sing (Stephen Chow), a young charming but clumsy hoodlum who aspires to join the legendary "Axe Gang." Meanwhile, the ruthless lord of the most feared gang, Brother Sum (Kwok-Kwan Chan), who wants to dominate everyone, starts terrorizing a slum small neighborhood called Pig Sty Alley. Nevertheless, an old but spry landlord (Wah Yuen), who rules the neighborhood, and his mean wife (Qiu Yuen) go on a warpath to defend their apartment complex and its residents from their villainous usurpers. |
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Ten years ago some of the worst atrocities in the history of mankind took place in the country of Rwanda--and in an era of high-speed communication and round the clock news, the events went almost unnoticed by the rest of the world. In only three months, one million people were brutally murdered. In the face of these unspeakable actions, inspired by his love for his family, an ordinary man summons extraordinary courage to save the lives of over a thousand helpless refugees, by granting them shelter in the hotel he manages. |
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Patience Philips (Halle Berry) inadvertently discoveres a sinister secret of a mammoth cosmetics company she has the misfortune to work for as a graphic designer. She learns that a new beauty product has deadly side effects. Afraid of the disclosure, George Hedare (Lambert Wilson), the mean CEO, and his cold-blooded wife Laurel (Sharon Stone), the longtime "face" of the company, decide to get rid of the unwanted employee. But she was mystically resurrected and granted superhuman powers by an Egyptian cat. With incredible feline agility, strength, speed, heightened reflexes and senses, Patience becomes Catwoman who sets out to wreak vengeance on those who murdered her. |
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The legendary high jacker is actually Dan Cooper. DB Cooper is the name of the man arrested shortly after the real high jacker jumped from the plane but was quickly cleared by the authorities. Unfortunately, the newspapers picked up DB Cooper's name instead of Dan Cooper and the name stuck. |
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"Starsky & Hutch" takes place in the 70s. Two guys played by Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson are stripped of their badges, done by a drug kingpin (Vince Vaughn) and totally ripped off in a disco contest. Vaughn's character is a maniacal drug lord with an absurd moustache who is prone to dramatic outbursts. So, yeah, they got some scores to settle. Driving a red and white Ford Torino and solving cases with the assistance of their informant Huggy Bear (Snoop Dogg), they investigate their latest case, and soon realize that the culprit is none other than Reese Feldman (Vince Vaughn), the criminal involved in their first bust. |
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Archaeologist Ben Franklin Gates (Nicolas Cage), a treasure hunter, promises to locate and protect an ancient treasure hidden 200 years ago in this action-packed adventure movie. His grandfather states that the treasure is buried somewhere in the country, and that the highly cryptic clues are scattered everywhere. Ben thinks that he had obtained some clues which can lead him directly to the treasure, when his ally Ian plots to kill an archaeologist. Ben fortunately evades this threat and soon finds out that the main hint to the treasure location, a map, is hidden on the back cover of the most protected document in U.S. history, the Declaration of Independence. Being pursued by his criminal-minded ally and the FBI, Ben should eventually find the National Treasure. |
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It is the year 1250 B.C. during the late Bronze age. Two emerging nations begin to clash after Paris, the Trojan prince, convinces Helen, Queen of Sparta, to leave her husband Menelaus, and sail with him back to Troy. After Menelaus finds out that his wife was taken by the Trojans, he asks his brother Agamemnom to help him get her back. Agamemnon sees this as an opportunity for power. So they set off with 1,000 ships holding 50,000 Greeks to Troy. With the help of Achilles, the Greeks are able to fight the never before defeated Trojans. But they come to a stop by Hector, Prince of Troy. The whole movie shows their battle struggles, and the foreshadowing of fate in this remake by Wolfgang Petersen of Homer's "The Iliad." |
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The action takes place in the year 2131 – in a war-deserted future the city of Utopia, populated by humans and bioroids, where a very high-powered computer called GIA is a kind of "Big Brother", supporting the city council in controlling every side of life. Deunan Knute, a survivor of numerous global wars, appears in this ideally organized society, and she is destined to carry a heritage that will be crucial for the future of humanity. |
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Set in 1963, a spirited woman turns her world upside down search for her husband who disappeared from his Beirut home. But when she discovers he’s a Russian spy, her love will be put to tests no one should have to face. |
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Two childhood friends face their past relationships, including their own, alongside a new friend in the 1980's in New York City. Their friendship becomes a love triangle as they struggle with a father's death and an unexpected pregnancy. Together, the shall face each other as they realize that everything they have may not be what they expected. |
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What if one day you were told that everything you knew, everything you loved, everything you remembered never really happened? The film starts out several days after a plane crash with a grieving mother, played by Moore, trying to get over the death of her son. When she finally seems to be doing better, strange forces seem to be trying to cause the children to be forgotten, and therefore giving the mother no other choice but to find out why. |
| Million Dollar Baby
[2004,
USA]
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| Beyond his silence, there is a past. Beyond her dreams, there is a feeling. Beyond hope, there is a memory. Beyond their journey, there is a love. |
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Frankie Dunn (Clint Eastwood) is a veteran boxing trainer who has devoted his life to the ring and has precious little to show for it. His daughter is estranged from him, and he spends the twilight years of his life running a small, ramshackle gym in downtown Los Angeles. When Maggie Fitzgerald (Hilary Swank) walks into his gym, things get changed. In a life of constant struggle, Maggie made herself this far on raw talent, unshakable focus and a tremendous force of will. Initially refusing to train Maggie due to her gender and age, Frankie relents when faced with her tenacity, spirit, and burning ambition. They form a sport tandem of great tutelage, and a talent. "Million Dollar Baby" also stars Morgan Freeman, Anthony Mackie, and Mike Colter. The movie is adapted from a short story by F.X. Toole, a former corner man with years of experience in the fight game. |
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After moving into the small town of Stepford, Joanna Eberhart (Nicole Kidman), an ex-TV producer, finds herself and her family in the midst of a kind of American dream – a clean city, amiable neighbors and so on. But one day she noticed, that things are not as perfect as it seems, there's something wrong, something artificial in this town fulfilled by the spirit of glamorous serenity. When her friends Bobbie (Bette Midler) and Roger (Roger Bart) suddenly turned into typical Stepford Philistines, she began to guess if she will she uncover the truth about the Stepford wives ' lot or simply become another insouciant glamour icon. |
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Based on true events, Charles S. Dutton's feature-length directorial debut stars Meg Ryan as boxing promoter Jackie Kallen, a Jewish woman from Detroit who broke through and found success in the world of boxing attempting to make her mark in this male-dominated sport. She works her way up in the world of boxing by believing in the fighting skills of Luther Shaw (Omar Epps) a light-heavyweight contender from the inner-city. The drama focuses on Jackie's relationship with him in attempt to lead him to the summit. Likewise, Kallen's life and career came into focus due to Shaw and his influence on her growth. |
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