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Hong Kong:IIA certified movies
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On the gigantic space station Captain Leo Davidson (Mark Wahlberg), an Air Force astronaut, teaches apes to aviate. One of the chimpanzees unexpectedly loses control of the spacecraft and flies away through a space time wormhole. Without even a hover of hesitation, Leo rushes to the rescue of the chimpanzee but he suffers the same fate. Leo finds himself on a strange planet where humans are enslaved by intelligent apes. Taken captive by the militant primates, Leo takes efforts to assert the humanity's right to freedom. But how can the humans armed with sticks battle against the armoured ape army? The only chance to survive and defeat the brutal chimpanzees is to reach the Forbidden Zone which keeps the secret of the origins of the ape society. |
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Prot is a patient at a mental hospital who claims to be from a far away planet. His psychiatrist tries to help him, only to begin to doubt his own explanations. |
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Set in the 1930's in England, the story takes place at Gosford Park, the majestic country estate where Sir William McCordle (Michael Gambon) and his wife, Lady Sylvia (Kristin Scott Thomas), are giving a splendid party for their relatives and friends, aristocrats and celebrities. The guests intend to spend the weekend enjoying the luxurious decor of the gilded drawing rooms and indulging in gluttony. The personal maids and servants are ready to satisfy every wish and caprice of the carefree Corinthians. The party is about to begin but the host is unexpectedly found dead, and what is worse is that somebody has had a hand in dispatching him to the next world. |
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Paleontologist Dr. Alan Grant (Sam Neill) accepts the offer of well-to-do adventurer Paul Kirby (William H. Macy) and his wife Amanda (Téa Leoni) to make a sightseeing flight over infamous Isla Sorna. In fact the Kirbys want Alan Grant to find their missing son Eric (Trevor Morgan) who crashed on the island while paragliding. When they land on the island, they encounter fierce flesh-eating prehistoric creatures. As a result, Dr. Grant and his company have to start a terrible race for survival... Will the heroes be able to find the boy and survive? |
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Based loosely on "The Canterbury Tales", the movie follows the story of a young peasant squire, William Thatcher (Heath Ledger), who, after the death of his master, Sir Ector, takes the road with his buddies, Roland (Mark Addy) and Wat Falhurst (Alan Tudyk). Along the way, they encounter an obscure writer, Geoffrey Chaucer (Paul Bettany). William, the underprivileged commoner, decides to assume the identity of a knight and asks Chaucer to fake his genealogy papers. Under his new title, Sir Ulrich of Liechtenstein, William has to prove his noble birth at the country's tournaments. Gallant and determined, William wins jousts on the trot. However, where there is success there is envy. Count Adhemar of Anjou (Rufus Sewell), a dangerous rival, is able to learn William's true identity and ruin him. Adhemar and William will meet face to face in the decisive joust. |
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In 1899 a young talented poet, Christian (Ewan McGregor), comes to Paris, Montmarte, where he plunges into the bohemian world of freedom, sex, drugs and love. Soon enough, Christian falls fathoms deep in love with Satin (Nicole Kidman), the most gorgeous Parisian courtesan and the Moulin Rouge's highest paid star. Meanwhile, the Duke (Richard Roxburgh), a wealthy nobleman, is also obsessed with Satin. He is determined to invest in the Moulin Rouge's latest musical in order to have Satin. However, Satin reciprocates Christian's affection, and they must conceal their love affair. Unfortunately, they are fated never to be happy: Satin is ill with consumption so she is not long for this world... |
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Based on true events, the extraordinary movie won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2001. The movie tells the story of John Nash (Russell Crowe) who starts grad school at Princeton in 1947. Some people consider him to be mentally ill, others regard him as a math genius. He is very lonely as he doesn't much like people, and they don't like him either. John often misses classes and spends his time working on game theory. As a result, Nash gains a prestigious post at MIT's Wheeler House. Some time later he gets married to brilliant student Alicia (Jennifer Connelly) and is recruited by the CIA for top-secret code-breaking activities. Eventually, Nash's brilliance leads him to madness making him lose control of reality. Alicia wants to help her husband; drugs and shock therapy, however, turn Nash into a listless, crest-fallen person. But Nash starts struggling to gain some control over his mental state. After hard years of insanity John Nash ultimately manages to overcome his schizophrenia and win international recognition. |
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24 hours after Danny Ocean (George Clooney), a cunning and smart thief, has released from prison in New Jersey, he is already planning the most sophisticated and high-tech casino heist in history. He decides to rob three prosperous Las Vegas casinos owned by a dapper, unscrupulous and ruthless mogul, Terry Benedict (Andy Garcia), who happens to date Danny's ex-wife Tess (Julia Roberts). In one night, Danny assembles professionals from all over the country. The gang is comprised of Rusty Ryan (Brad Pitt), a card fraud; Linus Caldwell (Matt Damon), a perfect pickpocket; Frank Catton (Bernie Mac), a cardsharper; Saul Bloom (Carl Reiner), a retired swindler who will play a weaponry dealer; Basher Tarr (Don Cheadle), an explosives expert, and others. Eveyone plays his own part in the classic game of Gambit. Ocean's accomplices will do their utmost to steal $150 million during a big boxing event on New Year's Eve. |
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Sam Dawson has the mental capacity of a 7-year-old. He works at a Starbucks and is obsessed with the Beatles. He has a daughter with a homeless woman; she abandons them as soon as they leave the hospital. He names his daughter Lucy Diamond (after the Beatles song), and raises her. But as she reaches age 7 herself, Sam's limitations start to become a problem at school; she's intentionally holding back to avoid looking smarter than him. The authorities take her away, and Sam shames high-priced lawyer Rita Harrison into taking his case pro bono. In the process, he teaches her a great deal about love, and whether it's really all you need. |
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On his 11th birthday, young Harry Potter discovers the life he never knew he had, the life of a wizard. In his first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, he meets his two best friends Ron Weasley, an expert at Wizard Chess, and Hermione Granger, a girl with non-magic parents. Harry learns the game of Quiditch and Wizard Chess on his way to facing a Dark Arts teacher who is bent on destroying him. |
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Rafe McCawley (Ben Affleck) and Danny Walker (Josh Hartnett) are best friends who grew up like brothers in Tennessee. Now they both are pilots of the U.S. Army Air Corps. When Rafe meets a beautiful and valiant nurse, Evelyn Johnson (Kate Beckinsale), the two fall in love. But before they had time to start a romance, Rafe is forced to join the British Royal Air Force during the Second World War. Meanwhile, Danny and Evelyn are relocated to the naval base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. When they hear that Rafe has been killed, they become close friends and find comfort in each other; the romantic sparks eventually start to fly between them. But when Rafe comes back alive, the childhood friends become enemies. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. Government plans to take retaliatory measures and assigns Rafe and Danny for a top-secret mission to bomb Tokyo. Can this highly dangerous task help them to reconcile their conflict? |
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He is Brian O'Conner (Paul Walker). He is keen on muscle cars. His burning ambition is to be a member of the street racing gang led by legendary Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel), an unbeaten racer. The other side of truth is that Brian is a FBI agent assigned to gain confidence of Toretto who is suspected of complicity in bold truck hijacking and equipment stealing. But the more the charismatic Dom trusts a sassy new guy, the more Brian becomes imbued with the Road Angels’ ideals. And the less he wants to carry out his mission... |
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Commander Luke Graham is selected to lead the first manned mission to Mars. Upon setting foot on the red planet, the team discovers an ancient, domelike structure which appears to be a beacon. The dome destroys the team and leaves Luc injured. The recently widowed Jim McConnell leads the rescue mission. When they arrive, they find Lke surprisingly alive, and he has spent the time alone learning the secrets of the mysterious construct. The question now becomes: do they enter the dome and answer humanity's oldest question, perhaps risking their lives in doing so, or return to Earth with what they do know and return in force with equipment and supplies? |
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Hanks stars as Chuck Noland, a FedEx systems engineer whose personal and professional life are ruled by the clock. His fast-paced career takes him, often at a moment's notice, to far-flung locales - and away from his girlfriend Kelly, played by Helen Hunt. Chuck's manic existence abruptly ends when, after a plane crash, he becomes isolated on a remote island - cast away into the most desolate environment imaginable. Stripped of the conveniences of everyday life, he first must meet the basic needs of survival, including water, food and shelter. Chuck, the consummate problem solver, eventually figures out how to sustain himself physically. But then what? Chuck begins his true personal journey. After four years, fate gives Chuck a chance to fight his way back to civilization, only to find an unexpected emotional challenge greater than all the earlier physical ones. His ability to persevere and to hope are a product of his life-changing experience. |
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It happens that the beautiful Princess Pei Pei (Liu) is abducted from the Forbidden City and taken to America by villainous white men. The Emperor of China sends three of his most reliable, bravest and skilful guards to pay a ransom and retrieve his daughter he loves with all his soul. Chon Wang (Jackie Chan), an athletically built yet gawky imperial guard, is not among one of the three. He, however, insists on accompanying the guards and travels to the West to rescue Pei Pei he has affection for. On arrival in Nevada, the train the Imperial Guards are on is attacked by Roy O'Bannon (Owen Wilson) and his well-armed gang. Both Roy and Chon happen to be separated from their groups and reluctantly become companions to find the Princess. Along the way, the unlikely duo plunges into a string of various mishaps and curious incidents. |
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The Devil (Elizabeth Hurley) has never been so seductive. This time, he assumes the aspect of a gorgeous woman and forces a man to do reckless things. A hapless computer programmer, Elliot Richards (Brendan Fraser), is a perfect person to make a deal with. The perfidious Devil makes a tempting offer to Elliot: she promises to fulfill seven wishes in exchange for his soul. However, there is no such thing as a free lunch. It's no wonder that Elliot's life is turned into a hell when he sells his soul to the Devil. He can't enjoy the bargain because each time he makes a wish, the results are regrettable... |
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The action takes place in a small French town where its residents lead a hopeless life full of restrictions, rules and regulations. They are blamed and faced with a boycott for any irregularity. Regular church services and masses give no joy to the townspeople but strengthen dogmatism and prejudices in their hearts.
One winter day a mysterious young woman, Vianne Rocher (Juliette Binoche), and her 6-year-old daughter, Anouk (Victoire Thivisol), move to the conservative town. A stranger to fear and prejudice, she dares to open a chocolate shop during Lent and offer the customers to enjoy her delicious candies they've never tasted. Vianne is immediately met with bitter censure and resistance. But, vivacious and persistent, she doesn't lose heart and continues to work her magic giving love and comfort to those around her. It's no wonder that the locals are gradually won-over by this cordial, responsive woman and her delectable chocolates.
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Rannulph Junnah is the best golfer in Savannah. He's living well and has a girl, Adele Invergordon, who's the daughter of a wealthy landowner. The First World War starts, though, and Junnah goes to Europe to fight. The only survivor of a dangerous mission, Junnah doesn't return to Savannah for 15 years. In 1930, he returns, and Adele's father has already committed suicide during the Depression. Pressured by tax collectors to sell the golf course her father built to pay off debts, Adele, now older, vows to bring to Savannah the greatest match ever played on the greatest golf course, her late father's. She's able to round up the 2 greatest golfers of their time, Bobby Jones and Walter Hagen to play for $10,000. The townspeople insist on having "one of their own" compete also, and Rannulph Junnah is rounded up. Junnah now hangs out with bums and is an alcoholic, as he has lost his authentic swing from 15 years ago. At first he turns down the offer. He gets his old clubs and balls and starts practicing. He has lost his ability. Suddenly, Bagger Vance shows up. He offers to be Junnahs's caddy and help him regain his "authentic swing". He does, and Junnah agrees to play in the big match. |
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In this light-hearted romantic comedy, Alfred Connelly (Freddie Prinze Jr.) and Imogen (Julia Stiles) take turns narrating their bittersweet love story. When sophomore Al and freshman Imogen meet amid the chaos of a New York university, they fall in love at first sight and become deeply involved in a whirlwind romance. They seem to be a perfect match. He likes cooking, she enjoys making love. As their affair intensifies, the young couple must come to grips with the reactions of their mischievous friends to their romance, as well as Imogen's pregnancy scare. The sparkle of their love begins to fade and they eventually go their separate ways... |
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In 1958, four top Air Force pilots from Team Daedalus, Frank Corvin (Clint Eastwood), William Hawkins (Tommy Lee Jones), Jerry O'Neill (Donald Sutherland) and Reverend Sullivan (James Garner), were ready to be the first Americans in space. But due to intrigues they were grounded and fell into total oblivion but a chimpanzee named Mary Ann was given the honour of flying into space. Now, 40 years later, a malfunctioning Russian communications satellite is about to fall out of orbit at any point. There are only three weeks to avert a calamity and the only man who can fix its operating system is Frank Corvin, the satellite constructor. NASA wants to recruit Frank for a special mission but he agrees to place the satellite in orbit on condition that he can take his old team. |
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