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UK:15 certified movies
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American Special Forces arrest Russian General Ivan Radek (Jürgen Prochnow) who has taken over Kazakhstan and set up a dictatorship that has resulted in the death of thousands of people. James Marshall (Harrison Ford), the President of the USA, visits Moscow and makes a speech on the USA's get-tough policy with regard to the dictatorial regime and terrorism. On the flight back to Washington, a group of Russian nationalists disguised as newspaper reporters and led by the Ivan Korshunov (Gary Oldman) seize the plane and take the passengers hostage. They want the President to release General Radek from prison and threaten to kill the hostages unless their demands are met. Everybody is sure that the President manages to escape from the plane in an emergency capsule. However, Marshall, a combat hero in the Vietnam War, considers it to be his duty to stay on board to rescue the hostages and regain control of the plane. |
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200 years after the conclusion of Alien 3, the company is able to resurrect Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) through the process of cloning and the scientists successfully take the Queen Alien out of her. But, Ripley's DNA gets mixed up with the Queen's and she begins to develop certain alien characteristics. The scientists begin breeding the aliens, but they later escape. Soon the Xeno-morphs are running amok on the ship, which is on course to earth. The Queen then gives birth to a deadly new breed of alien, which could spell disaster for the entire human race. It's up to Ripley and a band of space pirates to stop the ship before it reaches earth. |
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Nicholas Van Orton (Michael Douglas) – rich and aging American banker, celebrates his 48-th birthday absolutely alone, as he usually spends his leisure time knowing well that his father committed suicide at the same age. Suddenly returns Conrad, Nicholas's brother, who was noted by a shady reputation, and had disappeared years ago. He gave Nicholas a card providing membership in some strange community, named Consumer Recreation Services. Yielding to temptation, Nicholas visits this doubtful entertainment, and many unpleasant, annoying and bad things start to happen to him. |
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Jackie Brown (Pam Grier), a 44-year old flight attendant, used to augment her modest income by smuggling - until the day she was caught right at the airport. Under the threat of being sent to jail she agrees to help the agents to trap the gun dealer Ordell (Samuel L. Jackson). Eventually, the witty lady comes up with an almost impeccable plan to play off the struggling forces - the cops and the criminals - against each other and misappropriate a half million dollar. So will Jackie be able to outfox everybody? |
| Mad City
[1997,
USA]
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| One man will make a mistake. The other will make it a spectacle. |
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Max Brackett (Dustin Hoffman), a brilliant journalist has to leave his job after a large-scale scandal at the tv-channel he worked. He can stay at work in only one case: if he will find a Sensation, a country-scale one. He gets a chance, meeting Sam Baily (Travolta, John), a guard who tries to fight for justice having a gun and turning it against his former chiefs and takes some people hostage. Max finds out that these occurence is nothing but a pure coincidence, he is surprised to find himself became the only friend of Sam. The journalist tries to save the man but the colleague reporter from NY wants to place all in a bad light.
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Based on a popular video game, this Japanese animated movie revolves around a family feud between a powerful and merciless tycoon, Heihachi Mishima (John Paul Shepard), and his son, Kazuya (Adam Dudley), whom he abandoned as a kid at the bottom of a deep ravine. When Heihachi organizes the Tekken Iron Fist Tournament on an isolated Chinese island and invites the world's most brutal fighters, his son, who managed to survive the pit, also arrives to participate in the contest. Kazuya is not interested in the prize of 1 billion dollars; all he cares about is taking revenge on his fierce father. |
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This political thriller tells about how the train which was to transport the russian nuclear missils was blown up by terrorists to steal the arms from aboard. When the information about what was happen reached the White House of US, now is to nuclear physics specialist (Nicole Kidman) and the US Army colonel (George Clooney) to take control over the situation. The missils are in hands of the terrorists, and these guys should be stopped at any cost.
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American Special Forces arrest Russian General Ivan Radek (Jürgen Prochnow) who has taken over Kazakhstan and set up a dictatorship that has resulted in the death of thousands of people. James Marshall (Harrison Ford), the President of the USA, visits Moscow and makes a speech on the USA's get-tough policy with regard to the dictatorial regime and terrorism. On the flight back to Washington, a group of Russian nationalists disguised as newspaper reporters and led by the Ivan Korshunov (Gary Oldman) seize the plane and take the passengers hostage. They want the President to release General Radek from prison and threaten to kill the hostages unless their demands are met. Everybody is sure that the President manages to escape from the plane in an emergency capsule. However, Marshall, a combat hero in the Vietnam War, considers it to be his duty to stay on board to rescue the hostages and regain control of the plane. |
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After an AWAC crew has been held hostage by the North Koreans for six months, the U.S. President Jack Neil is about to give the order to attack the communistic country. Meantime, the nude corpse of a young female staffer is found in a White House restroom. Homicide detective Harlan Regis (Wesley Snipes) is assigned to investigate the murder. When he shows up in the White House, he meets the wall of silence as the Secret Service, headed by Nick Spikings (Daniel Benzali), are unwelcoming of the interloper into what they consider a local matter. They conceal all the evidence to avoid a political scandal because the list of suspects includes the President himself and his son Kyle (Tate Donovan). However, Regis enlists the aid of Secret Service Agent Nina Chance (Diane Lane) to unlock the dark secrets of the crime scene. |
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The time is the future. Johnny Rico joins the military after graduation to become a citizen and for the love of his high school sweetheart. In the war against the bug aliens of Klendathu, the military is a very dangerous place to be. Johnny works his way through several battles and with the help of his friends and comrades, helps turn the tide of the war, and save the human race. |
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Mel Gibson is a New York taxi driver, who has a strange habit. He makes complicated scenarios of conspiracies and publishes them in a newsletter sent out to five recipients. He keeps doing that, until something unbelievable happens: One of his "conspiracy theories" turns out to be real, and so he finds himself chased by the man hiding behind the whole thing. |
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Bond's new foe is Elliot Carver (Jonathan Pryce), just another super-villain craving for the domination over the world; he is to be defeated by the valiant Agent 007. Carver is a powerful media-tycoon who never has to search for the news because he always used to make them. Pierce Brosnan incarnates the Superspy again after his successful debut as Bond in "007: The Golden Eye"; the movie "Tomorrow never dies" keeps the tradition of involving the most intricate spy gadjets and contemporary defense technologies along with the most beautiful actresses participation (in this series, action star Michelle Yeoh, who has the "Miss Malaysia" title). Bond is to prevent the Third World War which looms closer and closer as Carver weaves his devilish plot to embroil the world's superpowers with each other using PR technologies and crimninal talents of his ally called Mr. Stamper (Gotz Otto).
The soundtrack of "Tomorrow Never Dies" is the song of the same name, brilliantly performed by Sheryl Crow, who also is an author of this heartfelt hit.
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Wally Sparks is a tabloid TV show reporter who's trying to boost ratings on his show. He goes to the governor's mansion to uncover a sex scandal. |
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New York based freelance journalist John Kelso (John Cusack) arrives in the small town of Savannah to write a feature on an extravagant Christmas party held by local wealthy socialite James 'Jim' Williams (Kevin Spacey). Later that night, the host of the party acting in self-defence shoots dead his gay lover, Billy Carl Hanson (Jude Law), a troublesome young man. Clint Eastwood depicts the murder trial in great detail and states two different versions of the incident without giving any definite answer how the murder was committed. |
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A THOUSAND ACRES is a drama about an American family who meets with tragedy on their land. It is the story of a father, his daughters, and their husbands, and their passion to subdue the history of their land and its stories. |
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Vincent is one of the last "natural" babies born into a sterile, genetically-enhanced world, where life expectancy and disease likelihood are ascertained at birth. Myopic and due to die at 30, he has no chance of a career in a society that now discriminates against your genes, instead of your gender, race or religion. Going underground, he assumes the identity of Jerome, crippled in an accident, and achieves prominence in the Gattaca Corporation, where he is selected for his lifelong desire: a manned mission to Saturn. Constantly passing gene tests by diligently using samples of Jerome's hair, skin, blood and urine, his now-perfect world is thrown into increasing desperation, his dream within reach, when the mission director is killed - and he carelessly loses an eyelash at the scene! Certain that they know the murderer's ID, but unable to track down the former Vincent, the police start to close in, with extra searches, and new gene tests. With the once-in-a-lifetime launch only days away, Vincent must avoid arousing suspicion, while passing the tests, evading the police, and not knowing whom he can trust... |
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Melvin Udall (Jack Nicholson), an eccentric, sarcastic writer, suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder which shows itself in many different ways. For example, he avoids stepping on the crack in the sidewalk. Every time he wants to wash his hands, he takes a new bar of soap. Melvin brings a plastic spoon and fork in a hermetically sealed bag to the café where he eats every day. He generally hates people and the only person he befriends is Carol Connelly (Helen Hunt), a single-mother waitress. Melvin finally comes out of his shell when his neighbor, Simon Bishop (Greg Kinnear), ends up in hospital after being brutally beaten and left penniless by muggers. He is forced to look after Simon's dog that teaches him to be kind-hearted and devoted. |
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Romy and Michele are two former schoolmates who have also been roommates for ten years after the time they graduated, and their lives are far from successful, they can't even get a date. As the 10-year class reunion approaches they try to do something to make an impression on other former schoolmates and finally decide to act as though they are very rich business women who invented Post-Its. |
| Amistad
[1997,
USA]
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| Freedom is not given. It is our right at birth. But there are some moments when it must be taken. |
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Amistad is the name of a slave ship traveling towards the New World in 1839. It is carrying a cargo of Africans who have been captured, taken on board, and chained in the cargo hold of the ship. As the ship is crossing the Atlantic, Cinque, who was a tribal leader in Africa, leads a mutiny and takes over the ship. They continue to sail, hoping to find help when they land. Instead, when they reach the United States, they are imprisoned as runaway slaves. They don't speak a word of English, and it seems like they are doomed to die for killing their captors when an abolitionist lawyer decides to take their case, arguing that they were free citizens of another country and not slaves at all. The case finally gets to the Supreme Court, where John Quincy Adams makes an impassioned and eloquent plea for their release. |
| Postman, The
[1997,
USA]
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| It is 2013. War has crippled the Earth. Technology has been erased. Our only hope is an unlikely hero. |
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This anti-utopia tells about the war-ravaged world where the violence and banditism hold few remaining people at bay. Kevin Costner's hero becomes a postman of the new incipient world, trying to join people of the former US against the tyranny of general Betlehem (Patton). The final showdown depicts the battle between the forces of General and the troops of the new-born Freedom army.
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