Movies produced in 2005

A local criminal authority, cop-killing mobster Marion Bishop is being transferred to soon-to-be-closed Precinct 13 at the New Year's Eve. Few cops and several cons are closed there by a snowstorm, which has stopped the prison bus on its way to a more secure destination. Despite everything, cops are going to celebrate the holiday, but their plans will fail not even due to Bishop's colleagues intending his release. Sudden assault of the men in white upsets his hopes to set himself free and even to survive.

The "Star Wars" saga concludes with this chapter, written and directed by series' creator George Lucas. After three long years of relentless fighting, the Clone Wars are nearly at an end. The noble Jedi Knights have been leading a massive clone army into a galaxy-wide battle against the Separatists. When the sinister Sith unveil a thousand-year-old plot to rule the galaxy, the Republic crumbles and from its ashes rises the evil Galactic Empire. Anakin and his secret wife, Padme Amidala, have been separated for months, and he finally reunites with her to learn that she is pregnant. He is plagued by visions of her dying in childbirth, haunting images of a possible future. His fear to loose her leads Anakin down a dark side of the Force to become the Emperor's new apprentice – Darth Vader. The Jedi are ruined, as Obi-Wan Kenobi and Jedi Master Yoda are forced into hiding. Great political intrigue, tremendous drama and superb visuals are intertwined in the ending part of the Lucas's saga.

Ridley Scott's saga of a peasant blacksmith named Balian (Orlando Bloom), who has lost his family and nearly his faith. During the Crusades - the world shaping 200-year collision between Europe and the East, he wonders in a strange land, he serves a doomed king, falls in love with an exotic and forbidden queen and rises to knighthood. Balian meets a man revealing himself as his father. Ultimately, he must protect the people of Jerusalem from overwhelming forces - while trying to keep a fragile peace.

Set, of course, in the grimiest, toughest city in the world - Las Vegas, this drama by Robert Rodriguez follows a tough guy Marv (Mickey Rourke), who meets the girl of his dreams, Goldie, only to see her murdered on that same night. Marv then searches every bar and shady hide-out in Vegas looking for the killer. Sin City is a series of stories of vengeance and redemption, set in this hellish abyss of crime in the company of strip-dancers, cops and hitmans. The film incorporates storylines from three of Frank Miller's graphic novels. Quentin Tarantino was brought in and reportedly paid one dollar to direct an extended scene between Del Toro and Owen that amounts to one issue of The Big Fat Kill miniseries.

This story is about the little zebra (Muniz) who believed he is a racehorse. He had been found on the road after the traveling circus lost such a precious cargo. He was discovered by Nolan Walsh, a horse trainer and was taken to his farm to live with him and his young daughter Channing. The zebra whom Channing called Stripes, meets the farm inhabitants such as a cranky Shetland pony named Tucker and Franny, a wise old goat; also with Goose, a deranged big-city pelican. The farm borders with the Racetrack, so when Stripes for a first time seen the racing horses he was hooked and decided to win the race first, last and all the time. He devotes himself to training...

You never know what might happen in the future. Successful architect Jonathan Rivers (Michael Keaton) had a good and happy marriage with a best-selling writer, Anna (Chandra West), and a young kid, Mike (Nicholas Elia). Little did he expect that his peaceful life would be shattered some day. After his pregnant wife went missing and was later found dead, Jonathan got in touch with a paranormal expert, Raymond Price (Ian McNeice), who claimed to be communicating with Anna via Electronic Voice Phenomenon. Raymond also informed him that voices and faces of the dead could be heard and seen on a detuned radio and TV. Tormented by grief, Jonathan decided to try to come in contact with the spirit realm.

Alex Hitchens (Will Smith) is a clandestine specialist of an unusual and delicate profession. He helps shy men to date their dream's women, and now he works to help clumsy Albert, who is exactly a very shy person craving for the attention of wealthy and smooth Allegra Cole (Amber Valletta). Ambitious and charismatic Hitch is pretty sure that only three dates should be always enough to win over the every girl's heart. Suddenly Hitch falls for the gossip journalist Sara (Eva Mendes), who was recently assigned to write a story about Allegra. Sara is close to uncover the date machinations and to back the mysterious pander against the wall. This luminous romantic comedy will help you to take a new look at the sexes' relationships.

This movie presents Jennifer Garner as Elektra, a deadly and gracious female ninja. She is forced to make a responsible decision when she is sent to kill Mark Miller and his 13-year old daughter Abby. She rejects her mission and begins to fight against the hand, a powerful ninja syndicate whose members practice the dark martial art of ninjiutsu. Her fantastic abilities help her to struggle: she has a gift to see the future and her fighting skills also is not a trifle!

Gangster-turned-movie producer Chili (John Travolta) has grown tired of the screen trade, especially after his latest project turned out to be a box-office flop. His close friend Tommy Athens (James Woods), a fellow mobster who runs an independent record label, is murdered by Russian gangsters. Chili takes over the recording company of Tommy and begins courting Tommy's girlfriend, Edie (Uma Thurman) and takes patronage over promising young singer (Christina Milian). A wannabe gangster, gay bodyguard and Russian gangsters makes his life more complicated. This film is a sequel to "Get Shorty", Steven Tyler (Aerosmith) co-stars in this movie, which can be of music lovers' interest.

When Tim was eight, some unknown entity has sucked his dad away into the closet. For a constant time, he was obsessed by the nightmares and the phobia of dark corners. If the terrifying "It" has been able to take his father and dozens of other people, it can take Tim himself as well. Life has returned back to normal, Tim is a twenty-something guy having a good job and a nice girl. Everything seems to be alright, but suddenly his mother dies and he is to return to the house of his nightmares, the house his father disappeared. Run-down Victorian gothic building seems to draw all mysterious and terrific. Once again Tim is being experienced how difficult is to fight with something you don't know is real or imagined.

NSA Agent Augustus Gibbons (Jackson), fresh off the success of his last renegade recruitment, once again finds himself in need of an outsider. Gibbons and his new agent (Ice Cube) must track a dangerous military splinter group, led by Willem Dafoe, that is conspiring to overthrow the U.S. Government in the nation's capital.

Ray Ferrier is a working class man living in New Jersey. He's estranged from his family, his life isn't in order, and he's too caught up with himself. But the unthinkable and, ultimately, the unexpected happens to him in an extraordinary sense. His small town life is shaken violently by the arrival of destructive intruders: Aliens which have come en masse to destroy Earth. As they plow through the country in a wave of mass destruction and violence, Ray must come to the defense of his children. As the world must fend for itself by a new and very advanced enemy not of this world, its inhabitants must save humanity from a far greater force that threatens to destroy it.

Bruce Wayne's parents were killed, a young boy received the trauma which led him into obsession to revenge. He travels Asia, where he is trained by a ninja fighter Ra's al Ghul. When Bruce returns home, he finds his native Gotham-city overran with crime and the Wayne Enterprises, his parents' corporation, slipped from his control. The hero is determined to bring peace and safety back to the city. Wayne and his allies develop a secret identity as Batman, a masked fighter for justice. But to defeat the mafia villains will not be so easy.

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie stars as a couple who live a boring life - 6 years in marriage, nothing new. But events unexpectedly take a new turn when the couple turns out to be a pair of highly paid assassins, who know nothing about real life of each other and even working for the competing organizations. Truth is disclosed at the moment when they are both assigned by their employers to kill the same person. While the deceived bosses are trying to ruin the couple, the real fun begins. Lots of dizzy stunts and a bit of a sexy humour are presented in this action thriller laced with comedy.

Arthur Dent is a British everyman. When he finally meets his perfect woman he balks at her request to go some place and she is then stolen away from him by a man claiming to have his own spaceship arrives at the party. Arthur next finds that his home is to be demolished for a bypass. He thinks it is only his house, but later realizes, with the help of Ford Prefect, that his galactic home, Earth, is going to be destroyed as well. Ford and Arthur then catch a ride on a spaceship and are Arthur finds himself on the adventure of a lifetime. He also finds the woman stolen away from him and the man who pilfered her. If Earth can be restored will Arthur want to ease back into his boring life?

"The Ring Two" foregoes the ominous phone calls warning of impending death. Instead, Samara's aim in this film is to possess little Aidan and claim Rachel (Naomi Watts) as her mother. This new angle leads to less suspense – and less pure frightening moments – than in the first movie. When Rachel learns of an unexplained murder, which occurred after a teenager watched a strange videotape with his girlfriend, she suspects her past is following her and she begins looking into the case. Rachel believes that the otherworldly Samara has come back. Rachel realizes that the vengeful Samara is back and more determined than ever to continue her relentless cycle of terror and death.

This animation story tells about the adventures of NY Zoo inhabitants – Alex the Lion (voice of Ben Stiller), Marty the Zebra (voice of Chris Rock), Melman the Giraffe (voice of David Schwimmer) and Gloria the Hippo (voice of Jada Pinkett Smith). They are best friends and when one of them goes missing, the other three break out of the zoo looking for him. They meet again onboard the vessel heading to Africa, but en venue the ship gets capsized and the friends find themselves on the strand of Madagascar. Finally, after the series of adventures they figure out that the wildlife is more difficult than their well-provided life at the Zoo.

This futuristic computer animation story is about a young robot named Rodney (Ewan McGregor) who builds other robots to make the world a better place. "Robots" is an amusing and emotional journey that pushes the boundaries of animation, while introducing characters rich with whimsy, heart and soul. As the story unfolds, Rodney faces opposition from an evil corporation headed by Big Weld (Mel Brooks) and finds some unlikely allies in the form of a ragtag group of misfit robots called the Rusties. Soon Rodney meets Cappy (Halle Berry), a beautiful, dynamic and savvy bot with whom Rodney is instantly smitten.

Jeff Talley (Bruce Willis), an ex-LAPD hostage negotiator, has moved to a smaller town with his family due to dramatic hostage situation he was unable to solve properly: a young mother and her child were killed. Now he is a police officer in a quiet town of Bristo Camino, where he serves as a chief of a police. When three delinquent teenagers follow a family home intending to steal their car, they involuntarily pick the wrong house on the wrong day. Panicked, the teenagers take the family hostage, placing Talley in exactly the kind of situation he never wanted to face again. He is about to take situation off his hands, but a house belongs to a corrupt accountant, cops are in over their heads, so Talley should take the situation under his control again in order to save his own family. The point is that the compound has digital information inside, which is time sensitive and invaluable to the mysterious criminals and critical to the enterprise the accountant is connected with. They will stop at nothing to get what belongs to them, and Talley finds himself being between a rock and a hard place.

Constantine, a supernatural detective, teams up with Angela, a skeptical policewoman to disclose the mysterious suicide of her twin sister, during her investigation Angela figures out that contemporary Los Angeles is inhabited by the world of angels and demons. Constantine was born with an ability to recognize the half-breed angels and demons in human appearance, and tried to get rid of this gift committing suicide. Back from the hell against his will, sending the devil's warriors back to the depths, he hopes to earn his way to salvation.