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Hong Kong:IIB certified movies
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Oppositionist Michael Moore ("Bowling for Columbine") defiantly criticizes the Bush administration in this documentary analysis of what happened at the day the World Trade Center was attacked and what followed. The documentary uncovers the probable relationships between President George W. Bush and the family of terrorist Osama bin Laden, and casts some light on the both-ways dependence binding the American power structures and the Saudi terrorists together. You have a rare opportunity to know the Bush Administration's ways of using the tragic event to push its own plans and to serve financial and political ambitions of the backers. |
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The action takes place in the USA in the 1930s. Grace (Nicole Kidman), a beatiful woman on the run from gangsters, arrives in the small Rocky Mountain town of Dogville. Town philosopher Tom Edison (Paul Bettany) takes her in and convinces the townsfolk to hide her. In exchange for shelter, Grace has to work for the townspeople all hours: she teaches math to the local kids, takes care of the blind old man, helps the apple farmer (Stellan Skarsgård) and the shopkeeper (Lauren Bacall). Eventually, the townspeople, egoistic and ruthless, begin demanding more and more from poor Grace. Tired of working double shifts, Grace decides to leave the town, but the escape fails, and she has to pass through a black ordeal. As a slave she is forced to toil from dawn to dusk, and raped by every man in Dogville night after night. Finally, Tom calls up Grace’s father (James Caan) to rescue his daughter from her inexorable torturers. |
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Jim proposes to Michelle and she accepts. Now their families are looking forward to it as is Jim's friends, Kevin and Finch. They do their best to keep Stifler from knowing but he does and all he sees is the bachelor party that goes with it. However Jim is more concerned about whether or not Michelle's parents will like him and he is also worried that he can learn how to dance before the wedding. |
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Willie (Billy Bob Thornton), a lonely drunkard, and his midget friend Marcus (Tony Cox) work the Holiday seasons as Santa Claus and his elf in department stores. However, their intent is to rob malls so as to hit the jackpot. When Christmas shoppers, satisfied with their purchaces, leave the mall, Santa and his Elf crack the store safe and make off with their own holiday presents. But in Phoenix their annual robbery gets endangered by a pesky store manager, a sharp mall detective, and a precocious 8-year-old boy who believes that Willie—as intoxicated and felonious as he seems to be—is the real Santa he's been looking for. The innocent, ingenuous little boy evokes inner change in Santa. |
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The action takes place in Japan in the 1870s. Captain Nathan Algren (Tom Cruise), a respected American military officer and Civil War veteran, accepts an offer to travel to the Land of the Rising Sun to train the country's regular army in the art of modern warfare. Preparing for more Westernized policy, the Emperor of Japan wants to extirpate the hereditary class system of the samurai warriors who rule the provinces. All of a sudden Algren takes part in the sanguinary civil war between the radical samurais and the new westernized troops. The gallant officer will have to choose which side to fight on and to learn about the code of honor. |
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Once upon a time in Mexico, there lived a legendary gun-toting guitar player, El Mariachi (Antonio Banderas), whose name resounded throughout the country. Now the Avenger in Black no longer wishes to fight and leads a quiet solitary life in an obscure country village. But there comes a day when he is recruited by a corrupt CIA agent, Sands (Johnny Depp), to thwart drug lord Armando Barillo (Willem Dafoe) and General Marquez (Gerardo Vigil) to assassinate the Mexican President. Mariachi agrees to come out of retirement for the reason that he wants to wreak vengeance upon his archenemy Marquez who killed his wife, Carolina (Salma Hayek), and his beloved daughter. With a guitar in his hand and blood revenge in his heart, El Mariachi sets out on a warpath for the last time... |
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Mike Lowrey (Will Smith) and Marcus Burnett (Martin Lawrence) who are detective lieutenants of the Tactical Narcotics Team of the Miami Police Department head up a task force assigned to investigate the flow of record amounts of ecstasy into the city. Their search leads to a giant criminal conspiracy involving a ruthless Cuban drug kingpin, Hector Juan Carlos "Johnny" Tapia (Jordi Mollà). Tapia is determined to take control of the entire ecstasy trade in the USA killing anyone who stands in his way. To make matters worse, Marcus’ beautiful sister Syd (Gabrielle Union) who also happens to be an undercover DEA agent gets caught in the crossfire, forcing our heroes to the edge of the law. The assignment takes on further complications because of a relationship between Mike and Syd, provoking her overprotective brother’s rage. But Marcus and Mike must resolve the conflict to bring down Tapia. And when Syd’s cover is jeopardized, it’s up to the Bad Boys to rescue her. |
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By day, Matt Murdock (Ben Affleck) represents as a Hell's Kitchen defense attorney. By night Matt becomes Daredevil, a man with no fear, fighting for justice in the dark streets of the city. Wearing a red leather suit and mask, Daredevil skips from high skyscrapers to pursue his enemies with his radar-like vision. The radioactive chemical accident left Matt blind but also granted him a "radar sense" which, combined with his superhuman senses of hearing, smell, taste and touch, allows him to perceive his environment far better than a sighted person. He is able to distinguish individuals by their natural odors, to sense a human body at a long distance, his heartbeat, blood circulation, to react to physical movements, etc. Daredevil’s enemies include Wilson "Kingpin" Fisk, the biggest crime lord in New York, involved in extensive illegal activities such as drug running, smuggling, murder and dozens of other crimes. "Kingpin" is determined to hold the post of Mayor of New York but there is just one hitch. It is Daredevil who attempts to hamper him. Wanting to kill Daredevil standing in his way, Kingpin recruits psychotic killer Bullseye (Colin Farrell) who is famous for his targeting skills. Daredevil fights their powerful forces alone, until he meets Elektra Natchios (Jennifer Garner), a skilled martial artist and sexy superheroine who believes Daredevil to be responsible for her father's death and wants to take revenge on him. Sparks fly between the two heroes in this action-packed adventure fantasy. |
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In the second chapter of the trilogy, the crew of the Nebuchadnezzar consisting of Neo (Keanu Reeves), Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss) and Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne) go to Zion, the last human city on the planet Earth. On their arrival the heroes discover that the Machine Army is digging towards the city in order to destroy it and wipe out its population. While the inhabitants of Zion take measures for the defence, Neo, Morpheus and Trinity leave to make an attempt to destroy the Matrix from the inside. But they must first find the Keymaker who keeps the keys to all the "back doors" of the Matrix. To reach the Source is no easy matter as Neo and his crew confront new upgraded Agents, a mob of Agent Smith clones and other evil programs. |
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Coleman Silk (Anthony Hopkins), a classics professor at a small New England college town, is fired after accusations of racism. His wife Iris (Phyllis Newman) takes it to heart and passes away. Coleman, broken-hearted and depressed, tries to redeem his honour but he soon finds consolation in a love affair with a local janitor, Faunia Farely (Nicole Kidman), a tempting woman half his age. The relations get strained when it turns out that both Coleman and Faunia have the dark secrets they have kept for many years. It’s high time they revealed all the secrets. |
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They are adversaries by code but allies by circumstance. Anthony Fait (DMX) is the leader of a crew of professional urban thieves. Su (Jet Li) is a Taiwanese Intelligence officer. They join forces to make war against their common enemy Yao Ling (Mark Dacascos). Tony’s sole object is to rescue his daughter Vanessa (Paige Hurd) kidnapped and held in exchange for priceless diamonds, meanwhile Su aims at taking revenge on the man who once tried to take his life. |
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The movie tells the story of a love affair between two lonely Americans – Bob Harris (Bill Murray), a middle-aged movie actor burdened with his unloved wife and kids, and Charlotte (Scarlett Johansson), a young woman bored of her unloving husband. They meet in the Tokyo hotel and spend together an unforgettable weekend. Their love is not one of passion but rather one of emotional need. The relation is motivated by loneliness and melancholy. It’s probably a passing infatuation that provides long hoped-for comfort and companionship... |
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The story follows a University of Austin professor, Dr. David Gale (Kevin Spacey). In a twist of fate this anti-death-penalty activist is convicted and condemned to death for the rape and murder of colleague Constance Hallaway (Laura Linney). Three days before his execution, he grants an exclusive interview to Elizabeth "Bitsey" Bloom (Kate Winslet), the brave reporter who sets out to learn the truth behind Gale's crime. Bitsey, full of skepticism and scorn for the convict, soon finds herself believing in David's innocence as he reveals his tragic tale to her. Can Bitsey find out who framed the professor? |
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It’s impossible to cheat Death. Sometimes potential victims manage to escape their fates, but it is only a matter of time before Old Reaper that doesn't like being outwitted comes back and takes revenge on them. Kimberly Corman (A.J. Cook) and 8 random strangers could hardly avoid a horrific car crash. Now Death's plot is not only to harm the survivors, but every single person they've come in contact with. They must find a way to stop Death before it's to late... but how will they stop it? |
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As Neo (Keanu Reeves) somehow becomes trapped in a train station between The Matrix and the real world, Morpheus, Trinity, and Seraph set out to rescue him by means of the Merovingian. As this is going on, the Machines are approaching Zion with the intent of laying waste to every human there, but they do not realize that something is taking over The Matrix, with the intent of destroying everything: Smith. After Neo is freed, he and Trinity take the Logos and make a beeline for the Machine City. The Machines have reached Zion and the battle of a lifetime rages on. However, there is one way to save Zion and put an end to the war, and that is Neo. He must venture into the Matrix and put an end to Smith's evil plans once and for all, and if he succeeds, Zion will live to see another day. It's like the Oracle says, "Everything that has a beginning has an end." |
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Set in England during the Victorian age, the tale brings together well-known figures from classic literature. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is a team of superheroes led by intrepid adventurer Allan Quatermain (Sean Connery) and comprised of invisible man Rodney Skinner (Tony Curran), Captain Nemo (Naseeruddin Shah), Dracula vampiress Mina Harker (Peta Wilson), Dorian Gray (Stuart Townsend), American secret service agent Tom Sawyer (Shane West), and Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde (Jason Flemyng). The League members have an urgent assignment to scotch the mysterious Phantom who is intent on turning the nations of the world against one another so as to rule the world. Using Captain Nemo’s submarine, the Nautilus, the superheroes go to Venice, Italy where the villain is up to sabotage a conference of world leaders by blowing up the city to sink. Needless to say, this will have catastrophic consequences for all life on Earth. The Extraordinary Gentlemen have only 96 hours to prevent him from reaching his menacing aim. |
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During the night a young boy, Kyle Walsh (Chaney Kley), accidentally wakes up and sees a creepy winged creature in the porcelain mask of the Tooth Fairy standing at the bedside and trying to kill him. Years later, Kyle gets more and more haunted by the vengeful spirit of Matilda Dixon (Antony Burrows) but the residents of Darkness Fall consider him to be insane. The only people who believe him are his childhood sweetheart Caitlin Greene (Emma Caulfied) and her younger brother Michael (Lee Cormie). However, it turns out that the townspeople shouldn't have been so skeptical about Kyle's stories because "the Tooth Fairy" comes back to town in order to take his new victim to her world of terrible nightmares. |
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In the second part of the saga, John Connor (Nick Stahl) helped to prevent Judgment Day and keep the human race from mass destruction. Since then Connor has been living on the run having no cell phone, no credit cards and no job. Two terminators are once again sent back through time: a female Terminator, the T-X (Kristanna Loken), is anxious to kill John and a reprogrammed T-800 (Arnold Schwarzenegger), his former assassin, has a mission to protect him and his future wife, Kate Brewster (Claire Danes), in the upcoming lethal battle. To resist Terminatrix is no easy matter, for the relentless killing machine is much more powerful and advanced than her predecessor, the T-1000. The liquid metal-based Terminatrix has a right arm that transforms into different weapons; she can take on the form of other people and even become invisible. Connor and the T-800 must triumph over the destructive machine by joining forces. |
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A retired special operations instructor, L.T. Bonham (Tommy Lee Jones), gets recruited to join the FBI agents tracking down a brutal assassin who slaughters poachers in the green woods of Oregon. An elusive killer skilled in hand-to-hand combat proves to be Aaron Hallam (Benicio Del Toro), one of Bonham's best students, who has become unhinged after four years of his successful assassination in Kosovo. He needs no house in the woods because he feels invulnerable. He wants no money as he can get everything necessary for life himself. He needs no weapon because a stick or a stone in his hand is more dangerous than a machinegun. He is a perfect soldier, and Bonham who taught the cool-headed tough guy how to stalk, hunt and kill prey is the only man able to stop the man hunter. |
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Roving reporter Cindy Campbell sets out to find a hard news story in the middle of television sweeps. She soon uncovers an outrageous onslaught of globe-threatening developments including alien invaders, killer videotapes, freaky crop circles, prophecies of The One, eerie-eyed children, ambitious white rappers and even a run-in with Michael Jackson. Faced with conspiracies of massive proportions, and a crew of very strange people following her around, Cindy must fight to stop evil from taking over the world yet again. |
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