Posts Tagged ‘betrayal’

Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

Friday, March 14th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: Hamill, Mark | Ford, Harrison | Fisher, Carrie | Williams, Billy Dee | Daniels, Anthony | Prowse, David | Mayhew, Peter | Baker, Kenny | Oz, Frank | Guinness, Alec | Bulloch, Jeremy | Hollis, John | Purvis, Jack | Webb, Des | Revill, Clive
Directors: Kershner, Irvin
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The story of Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Princess Leia and the others didn’t end with the destruction of the Death Star - it continues in THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK. Imperial forces have since driven the Rebels to hide on the ice world Hoth. But even on such an icy, backwater world, they cannot escape the wicked Darth Vader’s eye for long, and he devastates the Rebel base in an assault with the horrible AT-AT walkers. Luke flees to Dagobah to begin Jedi Knight training with Yoda, while Han Solo, Chewbacca, Princess Leia and C-3PO run the blockade of Imperial Star Destroyers in the Millenium Falcon. The Imperials pursue them across the galaxy and eventually catch up with them at Bespin. Now Darth Vader plans to use them as bait to lure Luke Skywalker to him, and turns Han Solo over to Boba Fett as a prize to be delivered to crime lord Jabba the Hutt. Luke learns a terrible family secret after losing a swordfight with Vader. Will he - and the others - escape the Empire’s clutches?

Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004)

Thursday, February 14th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Horror | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Chestnut, Morris | Messner, Johnny | Strickland, KaDee | Marsden, Matthew | Gonzalez, Nicholas | Byrd, Eugene | Yune, Karl | Richardson, Salli | Anderson, Andy | Nicholas Hope | Peter Curtin | Arndt, Denis | Do, Khoa | Aireti | Tandjung, Andre
Directors: Dwight H. Little
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In New York, the ambitious Dr. Jack Byron and his associate Gordon Mitchell present the research of his assistant Sam Rogers to the CEO and board of directors of a corporation to sponsor a scientific expedition to Borneo. The objective is to find a flower, Blood Orchid, that flourishes for a couple of weeks every seven years and could be a fountain of youth, prolonging the expectation of life of human beings. They are succeeded and once in Borneo, they realize that it is the raining season and there is no boat available to navigate on the river. They pay US$ 50,000.00 to convince Captain Bill Johnson and his partner Tran to sail to the location. After an accident in a waterfall, the survivors realize that a pack of anacondas have gathered for mating and their nest is nearby the plantation of Blood Orchid, which made them bigger and bigger.

Blow (2001)

Friday, January 18th, 2008
Genres: Biography | Crime | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Depp, Johnny | Cruz, Penélope | Potente, Franka | Griffiths, Rachel | Reubens, Paul | Mollà, Jordi | Curtis, Cliff | Sandoval, Miguel | Suplee, Ethan | Liotta, Ray | Gage, Kevin | Perlich, Max | James, Jesse | Pérez, Miguel | Ferro, Dan
Directors: Demme, Ted
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George Jung is the son of a struggling small business owner. Seeing his family struggle to make ends meet and failing, George vows never to share a similar fate. Moving to California, he starts his own pot pushing operation in which he finds both success and imprisonment. In prison, he meets a cellmate who introduces him into a partnership to the lucrative new market in cocaine. Upon release, George Jung quickly becomes instrumental in establishing the exploding US market for cocaine in which he claimed that he handled about 85% of the supply in the 1970’s. However, for all the fabulous wealth and power he gained, the true costs of his dangerously treacherous occupation catch up with him in ways from which he would never recover.

Dragonheart (1996)

Friday, January 18th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Drama | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Connery, Sean | Quaid, Dennis | Christie, Julie | Thewlis, David | Postlethwaite, Pete | Meyer, Dina | Isaacs, Jason | Thompson, Brian | Oakes, Lee | Christian, Wolf | O'Neill, Terry | Vejmelková, Eva | Bahúl, Milan | Hric, Peter | Kovacicova, Sandra | Cohen, Kyle | Baker, Thom
Directors: Cohen, Rob
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Set in the 10th Century, a man (Bowen) teams up with the last dragon to remind the people of a long lost code of honor, and inspire them to fight for their freedom from a tyrannical king.

28 Days Later… (2002)

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008
Genres: Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: UK
Actors: Palmer, Alex | De Stoppani, Bindu | Hiltunen, Jukka | Schneider, David | Murphy, Cillian | Sedgwick, Toby | Harris, Naomie | Huntley, Noah | Dunne, Christopher | Hitching, Emma | Delamere, Alexander | McGarrity, Kim | Gleeson, Brendan | Burns, Megan | Hackney, Justin
Directors: Boyle, Danny
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A powerful virus escapes from a British research facility. Transmitted in a drop of blood and devastating within seconds, the virus locks those infected into a permanent state of murderous rage. Within 28 days the country is overwhelmed and a handful of survivors begin their attempts to salvage a future, little realising that the deadly virus is not the only thing that threatens them.

District 13 (2004)

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008
Genres: Action | Comedy | Sci-Fi
Countries: France
Actors: Raffaelli, Cyril | Belle, David | D'Amario, Tony | Naceri, Bibi | Verissimo, Dany | Chattot, François | Woirion, Nicolas | Olivier, Patrick | Guesmi, Samir | Gadner, Jérôme | Boucekhine, Tarik | Jean, Grégory | Zavatta, Warren | Dorol, Dominique | Berthillot, Ludovic
Directors: Morel, Pierre
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In the near future, the worst ghettos of Paris, France are literally walled off and among the worst is District B13. Controlled by the ruthless crime lord, Taha, a young righteous punk named Leïto is determined to bring him down. When the boss retaliates by kidnapping his sister, Lola, a rescue attempt by Leïto is destroyed by betrayal that gets him arrested and Lola kept in the clutches in Taha. Six months later, a crackerjack undercover cop named Damien is given a urgent mission: a neutron bomb has been stolen by Taha in District B13 which has an automatic timer function engaged and set to detonate in less than 24 hours. Now with time running out, Damien and Leïto must work together to find and stop the bomb, but there is far more to this crisis than any of the field players realize.

Bourne Supremacy, The (2004)

Sunday, December 9th, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Damon, Matt | Potente, Franka | Cox, Brian | Stiles, Julia | Urban, Karl | Mann, Gabriel | Allen, Joan | Csokas, Marton | Gallop, Tom | Bedford Lloyd, John | Sandler, Ethan | Monaghan, Michelle | Roden, Karel | Arana, Tomas | Akinshina, Oksana
Directors: Greengrass, Paul
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When a CIA operation to purchase classified Russian documents is blown by a rival agent—who then shows up in the sleepy seaside village where Bourne (Damon) and Marie (Potente) have been living under assumed names—the pair collapse their lives and head out. Bourne, who promised retaliation should anyone from his former life attempt contact, is forced to once again take up his life as a trained assassin to survive.

Lords of Dogtown (2005)

Thursday, October 4th, 2007
Genres: Action | Biography | Drama | Sport
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Robinson, John | Hirsch, Emile | De Mornay, Rebecca | Mapother, William | Mechoso, Julio Oscar | Rasuk, Victor | Reed, Nikki | Ledger, Heath | Laresca, Vincent | Zarate, Brian | Schreiber, Pablo | Henson, Elden | Angarano, Michael | Hedberg, Mitch | Nurick, Benjamin
Directors: Hardwicke, Catherine
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A fictionalized take on the group of brilliant young skateboarders raised in the mean streets of Dogtown in Santa Monica, California. The Z-Boys, as they come to be known, perfect their craft in the empty swimming pools of unsuspecting suburban homeowners, pioneering a thrilling new sport and eventually moving into legend.

Lord of War (2005)

Thursday, October 4th, 2007
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: France | USA
Actors: Cage, Nicolas | Moynahan, Bridget | Leto, Jared | Tukhmanyan, Shake | Nshanian, Jean-Pierre | Burke, Jared | Uys, Eric | Shumbris, David | Morgan, Stewart | Lenz, Jasper | Marx, Kobus | De Abreu, Stephan | Crutchley, Jeremy | Holm, Ian | Finch, Tanya
Directors: Niccol, Andrew
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This film charts the rise and fall of Yuri Orlov, from his early days in the early 1980s in Little Odessa, selling guns to mobsters in his local neighbourhood, through to his ascension through the decade of excess and indulgence into the early 90s, where he forms a business partnership with an African warlord and his psychotic son. The film also charts his relationship through the years with his younger brother, his marriage to a famous model, his relentless pursuit by a determined federal agent and his inner demons that sway between his drive for success and the immorality of what he does.

Troy (2004)

Thursday, October 4th, 2007
Genres: Action | Drama | History | Romance
Countries: Malta | UK | USA
Actors: Glover, Julian | Cox, Brian | Jones, Nathan | Maropis, Adoni | Smith, Jacob | Pitt, Brad | Shrapnel, John | Gleeson, Brendan | Kruger, Diane | Bana, Eric | Bloom, Orlando | Svegler, Siri | Barat, Lucie | Bones, Ken | Cauchi, Manuel
Directors: Petersen, Wolfgang
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It is the year 1250 B.C. during the late Bronze age. Two emerging nations begin to clash after Paris, the Trojan prince, convinces Helen, Queen of Sparta, to leave her husband Menelaus, and sail with him back to Troy. After Menelaus finds out that his wife was taken by the Trojans, he asks his brother Agamemnom to help him get her back. Agamemnon sees this as an opportunity for power. So they set off with 1,000 ships holding 50,000 Greeks to Troy. With the help of Achilles, the Greeks are able to fight the never before defeated Trojans. But they come to a stop by Hector, Prince of Troy. The whole movie shows their battle struggles, and the foreshadowing of fate in this remake by Wolfgang Petersen of Homer’s “The Iliad.”