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Sci Fi movies
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What would you do if you knew that a gigantic comet was about to slam into the earth and wipe out all life? President of the United States, Tom Beck (Morgan Freeman), announces to the world that there is only one year left before the fatal collision. He gives an order to a team of astronauts to travel to the comet and use nuclear bombs to blow it to bits. Unfortunately, the explosion only splits the comet into two halves. Then the president declares martial law and informs that one million Americans can take shelter in underground caverns. Two hundred people will be chosen for their intellectual value, others will be selected by a national lottery. |
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Jackie Chan, a top secret militant soldier, crashes into the South African jungle after his mission of kidnapping three scientists (who were experimenting with a powerful mineral) has gone array. Waking up in a village of local natives, Chan has no memory of who he is, thus being addressed as "Who Am I". His journey with aid from two female sidekicks to find out his identity leads him all the way to Rotterdam where he coincidentally discovers the location of the organization that kidnapped the three scientists. With no memory, Chan is thirsty for answers by any means necessary. |
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In the not-too-distant future, brilliant Japanese geneticist Hiroshi (Yoshitaka Amano) becomes a bone of contention between two multinational rival corporations. Hiroshi works for a German company, Maas, to which he is devoted body and soul. His microbiological inventions can turn the world upside down and bring profits running into billions. Therefore a Japanese zaibatsu, Hosaka, enlists help from two cynical head-hunters, Fox (Christopher Walken) and X (Willem Dafoe), in persuading the top scientist to defect from Maas. If they succeed in getting him, they will be paid $100 million. In order to seduce Hiroshi, they hire a young sexy girl, Sandii (Asia Argento), promising $1 million. But things go haywire when X has a huge crush on the gorgeous girl... |
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The year is AC 196. A year has past since the Gundam pilots fought for peace between the colonies and Earth. Now a new threat has arisen and threatens to take over the Earth. The result: Relena is kidnapped by Trieze's daughter and the Gundam pilots must fight for peace...one last time. The Endless Waltz has begun. |
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A luxurious cruise liner sets sail on its maiden voyage with many rich passengers. When sailing through the South China Sea, the ship is unexpectedly boarded by a gang of armed bandits, led by Hanover (Wes Studi), to grab jewellery and money. The mercenaries, who have taken the crew hostage, are utterly shocked to find the shattered remnants of the party and no passengers in sight. The fact is that the sea vessel has collided with a gigantic underwater object shortly before the intruders board the liner. The unknown object turns out to be a formidable sea monster which sucks the water from its preys, leaving only their skeletons. Among survivors is a gorgeous pickpocket, Trillian Jamesen (Famke Janssen), who is caught red-handed and locked up in the safe room, and the liner owner, Simon Canton (Anthony Heald). Thus begins a struggle for survival. The pirates were armed to the teeth but there are only three of them. |
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A gigantic asteroid is on a direct collision course with Earth. There is little time left before the fatal crash. Only a miracle can save life on Earth. In order to make a miracle, NASA Administrator Dan Truman (Billy Bob Thornton) sends the world's foremost deep core driller, Harry S. Stamper (Bruce Willis), and his courageous crew to land on the asteroid, drill into its center and drop a nuclear explosive device. The detonation of the bomb will crack the asteroid into two halves which will pass Earth on both sides. The drilling team must complete their highly important mission before the deadline; otherwise the halves will not fly by but slam into the planet. |
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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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In this thought-provoking science-fiction drama, student math whiz Joan Leaven (Nicole deBoer), ex-con Rennes (Wayne Robson), former cop Quentin (Maurice Dean-Wint), office worker David Worth (David Hewlett), free clinic doctor Helen Holloway (Nicky Guadagni), and autistic man Kazan (Andrew Miller) have nothing in common with each other. But they suddenly find themselves embayed in a seemingly endless labyrinth of interlocking cube-like cells. They have neither water nor food and thus they don't have long to live. None of them knows how and why they were imprisoned but they come to realize that they are pawns in someone's diabolical game where their imprudent actions may cost lives. Some time later they discover that each of them has a unique skill that may aid in their escape. What they must do is to learn to cooperate and coordinate their actions with each other so that they can find a way out. |
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Fred Z. Randall is geeky and obnoxious spacecraft designer, who gets the chance to make his dream come true and travel to Mars as a member of the first manned flight there. |
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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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Extraterrestrial beings are here: Earth is the common place for ETs to dwell. Illegal immigrants, intergalactic offenders and various monsters are living in NY being disguised as usual people. Man In Black is a terrestrian top-secret organization which is to control and to confine the variety of aliens. Will Smith's hero pursues a very fast-running offender when this criminal turns out to be a undoubtly extraterrestrian, a cefalopoid! Later the smart and fast cop gets enlisted to MIB, becomes agent J and helps this organization to stop the evil alien Beetle with the help of Agent K (Tommy Lee Jones). The beetle is in search for the Galaxy which is hidden directly on the earth. |
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A prototype enhanced human, on the run from Chinese-hired hit men, hooks up with a dread-locked bystander, and the two of them elude their pursuers narrowly each time. |
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A young Mormon missionary named Joe Young (Trey Parker) finds himself fortuitously on the set of a new porno movie directed by Maxxx Orbison (Michael Dean Jacobs) who immediately offers him the part of noble Captain Orgazmo, a superhero who fights against enemies using his ' Orgazmorator'. Both the movie and Joe become an overnight success with audiences. All his dreams seem to have materialized: he has won hordes of fans worldwide, and money flows like water. Maxxx is about to make the movie into a series, but Joe's fiancée, Lisa (Robyn Lynne Raab), tells him to quit his scandalous job. Joe decides to leave the porn industry for the sake of love. But the perfidious film-maker abducts Lisa and thus forces Joe to take part in further filming. |
| Contact
[1997,
USA]
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| From the Academy Award-winning director of "Forrest Gump" and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Contact" take you on a journey to the heart of the universe (3 more taglines...) |
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Contact, based on the novel of the same name by Carl Sagan, is the story of a free thinking radio astronomer (Jodie Foster) who discovers an intelligent signal broadcast from deep space. She and her fellow scientists are able to decipher the Message and discover detailed instructions for building a mysterious Machine. Will the Machine spell the end of our world, or the end of our superstitions? Will we take our place among the races of the Galaxy, or are we just an upstart species with a long way to go? |
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Two hundred and fifty years in the future, life as we know it is threatened by the arrival of Evil. Only the fifth element (played by Milla Jovovich) can stop the Evil from extinguishing life, as it tries to do every five thousand years. She is helped by ex-soldier, current-cab-driver, Corben Dallas (played by Bruce Willis), who is, in turn, helped by Prince/Arsenio clone, Ruby Rhod. Unfortunately, Evil is being assisted by Mr. Zorg (Gary Oldman), who seeks to profit from the chaos that Evil will bring, and his alien mercenaries. |
| 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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Set in 2057, the science fiction horror movie follows the flight of a rescue spaceship sent to reach the outer limits of the solar system and investigate what happened to an experimental ship called Event Horizon seven years before. The ship was designed by Dr. William Weir (Sam Neill) for faster than light travel and mysteriously went missing on its maiden voyage. With its unexpected reappearance in Neptune's orbit comes even more mystery. When the astronauts board the ship, they are perplexed to find that the entire crew has vanished. They start exploring Event Horizon only to discover the terrifying truth. |
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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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Swackhammer, owner of the amusement park planet Moron Mountain is desperate get new attractions and he decides that the Looney Tune characters would be perfect. He sends his diminutive underlings to get them to him, whether Bugs Bunny & Co. want to go or not. Well armed for their size, Bugs Bunny is forced to trick them into agreeing to a competition to determine their freedom. Taking advantage of their puny and stubby legged foes, the gang selects basketball for the surest chance of winning. However, the Nerdlucks turn the tables and steal the talents of leading professional basketball stars to become massive basketball bruisers known as the Monstars. In desperation, Bugs Bunny calls on the aid of Micheal Jordan, the Babe Ruth of Basketball, to help them have a chance at winning their freedom. |
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President James Dale of the United States and his right-hand man, Jerry Ross discover that an army of Martian UFOs are hovering around the Earth, and everyone has a different response. Some, like Texan alcohol dealer Art Land and slimy nesman Jason Black, just want to make a profit out of it. Others, such as TV hostess Nathalie Lake, Land's spiritualist wife Barbara, and the Southern-like Norris family, are excited, and some, like Dale's wife, Marsha, and daughter, Taffy, don't care. Richie Norris is extremely intelligent but is only respected by his insane grandmother, while his older brother Billy is favored for joining the army. General Decker doesn't trust the Martians and insist they fight, but General Casey is more optimistic. The Martians appear to come in peace but suddenly begin to use their super-powerful and technologically advanced weapons to wipe out the population and great structures. Soon, they attack Las Vegas, where the Norrises are living, where former heavyweight champion Byron Williams is visiting, where an obnoxious lawyer is gambling, and where Tom Jones is performing in concerts. |
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