Posts Tagged ‘fate’

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.”

Planet of the Apes (2001)

Wednesday, May 9th, 2007
Genres: Action | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: Wahlberg, Mark | Roth, Tim | Bonham Carter, Helena | Duncan, Michael Clarke | Giamatti, Paul | Warren, Estella | Tagawa, Cary-Hiroyuki | Warner, David | Kristofferson, Kris | Avari, Erick | Elliott, Lucas | Parke, Evan | Shadix, Glenn | Shen, Freda Foh | Ellis, Chris
Directors: Burton, Tim
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It is the year 2029: Astronaut Leo Davidson (Mark Wahlberg) boards a pod cruiser on a Space Station for a “routine” reconnaissance mission. But an aburupt detour through a space time wormhole lands him on a strange planet where talking apes rule over the human race. With the help of a sympathetic chimpanzee activist named Ari (Helena Bonham-Carter) and a small band of human rebels, Leo leads the effort to evade the advancing Gorilla Army led by General Thade (Tim Roth) and his most trusted warrior Attar (Michael Clarke Duncan). Now the race is on to reach a sacred temple within the planet’s Forbidden Zone to discover the shocking secrets of mankind’s past - and the key to its future.

Matrix Revolutions, The (2003)

Friday, May 4th, 2007
Genres: Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Reeves, Keanu | Weaving, Hugo | Moss, Carrie-Anne | Alice, Mary | Atwal, Tanveer K. | Bakaitis, Helmut | Beahan, Kate | Bell, Francine | Bellucci, Monica | Blackman, Rachel | Blasingame, Henry | Bliss, Ian | Bowers, David | Castelli, Zeke | Chou, Collin | Davis, Essie | Fishburne, Laurence | Gaye, Nona
Directors: Wachowski, Larry | Wachowski, Andy
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The machine army continues to drill towards Zion. Within hours, they will overrun the population of the Zionites and lay extinction to human kind. Meanwhile, Neo is held captive by the Merovingian at a train station. Trinity & Morpheus set out on a journey to release him from a mysterious train operator. Also, Smith resumes his quest to kill “Mr. Anderson” as he reveals his identity into the real world and resumes to replicate his program inside the system of The Matrix, causing it to decay. All hope is placed in the freed Neo, who must travel to the city of the machines in the Logos ship with Trinity and bargain to save each kingdom from destruction by finishing Smith once and for all. But even with his new powers over the sentinels, will he be able to fight them off?

Paycheck (2003)

Friday, May 4th, 2007
Genres: Action | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Affleck, Ben | Eckhart, Aaron | Thurman, Uma | Giamatti, Paul | Feore, Colm | Morton, Joe | Michael C. Hall | Friedman, Peter | Morris, Kathryn | Milicevic, Ivana | Kennedy, Christopher | Cecere, Fulvio | Cassini, John | Rennie, Callum Keith | Harrison, Michelle
Directors: Woo, John
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Michael Jennings is a reverse engineer and what he does is technical jobs for certain companies and as soon as he is done, his memory of the work he has done is wiped out. Now the longest he has been contracted is 2 months. But now billionaire, James Rethrick offers him a job that would last 2 years, maybe 3, and he promises that he will probably earn 8 figures. Michael agrees. Before beginning he turns in all of his personal effects. And when the job is done, his memory is erased and he learns he made over 90 million dollars over the three years. When he goes to claim it and his personal effects, he discovers that prior to the erasure of his memory he waived his rights to the money he earned and that the items that were given to him were not the ones he gave when he began. Later he is arrested by the FBI who say that he committed some act of treason and murder. It’s while he is in custody that he escapes using some the items that he was given. He later meets with a friend who gives him some information that helps him understand what is going on. And at the same time Rethrick for some reason wants him so he is being pursued by Rethrick’s people.

Final Destination 2 (2003)

Friday, May 4th, 2007
Genres: Fantasy | Horror | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Cook, A.J. | Larter, Ali | Landes, Michael | Todd, Tony | Carson, Terrence 'T.C.' | Cherry, Jonathan | Tracy, Keegan Connor | Boyd, Lynda | Kirk, James | Paetkau, David | Machado, Justina | Carter, Sarah | Rae, Alex | Sipos, Shaun | Airlie, Andrew
Directors: Ellis, David R.
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Kimberly Corman, 19, was just taking a trip with her friends.. But when she escapes a horrific car accident, she finds herself in Death’s path of destruction. Now, Kimberly, along with the other survivors, must find a way to save themselves…

Donnie Darko (2001)

Tuesday, March 20th, 2007
Genres: Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Barrymore, Drew | Malone, Jena | Gyllenhaal, Jake | Osborne, Holmes | Gyllenhaal, Maggie | Chase, Daveigh | McDonnell, Mary | Duval, James | Taxier, Arthur | Swayze, Patrick | Hoffman, Mark | St. James, David | Tangen, Tom | Mahannah, Jazzie | Purdy, Jolene | Stone, Stuart | Lundy, Gary
Directors: Kelly, Richard
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Donnie Darko gets along badly with his family, with his teachers and with his classmates; but he does manage to find a sympathetic friend in Gretchen, who agrees to date him; and he has a compassionate psychiatrist, who discovers hypnosis is the means to unlock hidden secrets. His other companion may not be a true ally. Donnie has a friend named Frank, who is either a large purple bunny, or man in a large purple bunny costume. Either way, Donnie is the only one who can see him. When an engine falls off a plane and destroys his room, Donnie is not there. Both the event, and Donnie’s escape, seem to have been caused by supernatural events. Donnie’s mental illness, if such it is, may never allow him to find out for sure.

Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003)

Thursday, March 15th, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Fantasy
Countries: Germany | New Zealand | USA
Actors: Mortensen, Viggo | McKellen, Ian | Wood, Elijah | Appleby, Noel | Astin, Alexandra | Astin, Sean | Aston, David | Bach, John | Bean, Sean | Blanchett, Cate | Bloom, Orlando | Boyd, Billy | Brophy, Sadwyn | Browning, Alistair | Csokas, Marton | Edge, Richard | Fitch, Jason | Hill, Bernard
Directors: Jackson, Peter
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While Frodo & Sam continue to approach Mount Doom to destroy the One Ring, unaware of the path Gollum is leading them, the former Fellowship aid Rohan & Gondor in a great battle in the Pelennor Fields, Minas Tirith and the Black Gates as Sauron wages his last war against Middle-Earth.

Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The (2001)

Thursday, March 15th, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Fantasy
Countries: New Zealand | USA
Actors: Wood, Elijah | Appleby, Noel | Astin, Sean | Baker, Sala | Bean, Sean | Blanchett, Cate | Bloom, Orlando | Boyd, Billy | Csokas, Marton | Edwards, Megan | Elsworth, Michael | Ferguson, Mark | Holm, Ian | McKellen, Ian | Lee, Christopher | Makoare, Lawrence
Directors: Jackson, Peter
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An ancient Ring thought lost for centuries has been found, and through a strange twist in fate has been given to a small Hobbit named Frodo. When Gandalf discovers the Ring is in fact the One Ring of the Dark Lord Sauron, Frodo must make an epic quest to the Cracks of Doom in order to destroy it! However he does not go alone. He is joined by Gandalf, Legolas the elf, Gimli the Dwarf, Aragorn, Boromir and his three Hobbit friends Merry, Pippin and Samwise. Through mountains, snow, darkness, forests, rivers and plains, facing evil and danger at every corner the Fellowship of the Ring must go. Their quest to destroy the One Ring is the only hope for the end of the Dark Lords reign!

Matrix Reloaded, The (2003)

Wednesday, February 14th, 2007
Genres: Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Reeves, Keanu | Fishburne, Laurence | Moss, Carrie-Anne | Anthony, Ray | Anu, Christine | Ashton-Sheibu, Alima | Bakaitis, Helmut | Bastoni, Steve | Battee, Don | Bellucci, Monica | Bernhardt, Daniel | Berry, Valerie | Bliss, Ian | Bogatko, Liliana | Budd, Michael | Burke, Stoney | Butler, Kelly
Directors: Wachowski, Larry | Wachowski, Andy
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Neo, Morpheus, Trinity, and the rest of their crew continue to battle the machines that have enslaved the human race in the Matrix. As their quest unfolds, Neo learns more about his super-heroic abilities, including the ability to see the codes of the people and things around him. Simultaneously, now, more humans are waking up out of the Matrix and attempting to live in the real world. As their numbers grow, the battle moves to Zion—the last real-world city and center of human resistance.

Mummy Returns, The (2001)

Saturday, February 3rd, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Horror | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Dwayne Johnson | Fraser, Brendan | Weisz, Rachel | Hannah, John | Vosloo, Arnold | Fehr, Oded | Rock, The | Boath, Freddie | Abreu, Patrícia | Armstrong, Alun | Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Adewale | Parkes, Shaun | Byron, Bruce | Dixon, Joe | Fisher, Tom | Ipalé, Aharon
Directors: Sommers, Stephen
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Another legend. Another monster. Another quest for the world! The Scorpion King. A legendary warrior who sold his soul to Anubis was erased from record in the ancient kingdom. His existence was lost to the sands, preserved only in mythology. But there is truth to the myth. In the desert of Ahm Shere, in a golden pyramid, sleeps the Scorpion King. And he, or whomsoever may kill him, may command the demonic and undefeatable Army of Anubis! Ten years after the cursed high-priest Imhotep was resurrected and defeated by Rick O’Connell and Evelyn and Jonathon Carnahan, he is resurrected once again by a mysterious woman Meela armed with the knowledge of centuries! Together, Imhotep and Meela have one goal: Defeat the Scorpion King and use his army to destroy mankind! Meanwhile, Rick and his wife, Evelyn, are busy raising their son, Alex. On the Egyptian New Year, Evie begins having dreams about ancient Egypt, which lead her straight to the Bracelet of Anubis. Meela’s henchmem come for it, but Ardeth Bey appears as well. Ardeth explains the legend, the mythos, and the problem. Now it becomes a race against time to get to Ahm Shere. Will Rick defeat the Scorpion King and send the Army back to the underworld? Or will Imhotep do so and rule the world? Or worse… Is the Scorpion King so powerful that he cannot be defeated, and he himself will raise the Army for global victory?