Posts Tagged ‘hero’

Hero (2002)

Friday, March 14th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Drama
Countries: China | Hong Kong
Actors: Li, Jet | Leung Chiu Wai, Tony | Cheung, Maggie | Zhang, Ziyi | Chen, Daoming | Yen, Donnie | Yuan, Liu Zhong | Yong, Zheng Tia | Qin, Yan | Xiao Yang, Chang | Ya Kun, Zhang | Hua, Ma Wen | Ming, Jin | Hua, Xu Kuang | Xin, Wang Shou
Directors: Zhang, Yimou
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In ancient China, before the reign of the first emperor, warring factions throughout the Six Kingdoms plot to assassinate the most powerful ruler, Qin. When a minor official defeats Qin’s three principal enemies, he is summoned to the palace to tell Qin the story of his surprising victory.

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?

Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

Monday, January 21st, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: France | USA
Actors: Schwarzenegger, Arnold | Furlong, Edward | Patrick, Robert | Boen, Earl | Morton, Joe | Merkerson, S. Epatha | Guerra, Castulo | Cooksey, Danny | Goldstein, Jenette | Berkeley, Xander | Hamilton, Linda | Gibbel, Ken | Winley, Robert | Schrum, Peter
Directors: Cameron, James
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Nearly 10 years have passed since Sarah Connor was targeted for termination by a cyborg from the future. Now her son, John, the future leader of the resistance, is the target for a newer, more deadly terminator. Once again, the resistance has managed to send a protector back to attempt to save John and his mother Sarah.

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.”

Dr. No (1962)

Sunday, May 6th, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Thriller
Countries: UK
Actors: Connery, Sean | Lee, Bernard | Ursula Andress | Joseph Wiseman | Jack Lord | Gayson, Eunice | John Kitzmiller | Margaret Le Wars | Marshall, Zena
Directors: Young, Terence
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An agent of the British Secret Service, James Bond (007), is sent out to the West Indies in order to find out why another of his number was killed. His arrival is not welcomed by everyone, but it is not long before he is on the trail of the killer. The trail leads to a secretive scientist, Dr. No, but the discovery has wider implications…

Groundhog Day (1993)

Saturday, May 5th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Fantasy | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Murray, Bill | MacDowell, Andie | Elliott, Chris | Tobolowsky, Stephen | Doyle-Murray, Brian | Geraghty, Marita | Paton, Angela | Ducommun, Rick | Overton, Rick | Duke, Robin | Bivins, Carol | Garson, Willie | Campbell, Ken Hudson | Podewell, Les | Sell, Rod
Directors: Ramis, Harold
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A weather man is reluctantly sent to cover a story about a weather forecasting “rat” (as he calls it). This is his fourth year on the story, and he makes no effort to hide his frustration. On awaking the ‘following’ day he discovers that it’s Groundhog Day again, and again, and again. First he uses this to his advantage, then comes the realisation that he is doomed to spend the rest of eternity in the same place, seeing the same people do the same thing EVERY day.

Fantastic Four (2005)

Saturday, May 5th, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: Gruffudd, Ioan | Alba, Jessica | Evans, Chris | Chiklis, Michael | McMahon, Julian | Linklater, Hamish | Washington, Kerry | Holden, Laurie | Parker, David | McNulty, Kevin | Menounos, Maria | Kopsa, Michael | Airlie, Andrew | Hutton, Pascale | Gray, G. Michael
Directors: Story, Tim
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When an experimental space voyage goes awry, four people are changed by cosmic rays. Reed Richards, inventor and leader of the group gains the ability to stretch his body, and takes the name, Mr. Fantastic. His girlfriend, Sue Storm, gains the ability to turn invisible and create force fields, calling herself the Invisible Woman. Her younger brother Johnny Storm gains the ability to control fire, including covering his own body with flame, becoming the Human Torch. Pilot Ben Grimm is turned into a super-strong rock creature calling himself Thing. Together, they use their unique powers to explore the strange aspects of the world, and to foil the evil plans of Doctor Doom.

Shrek (2001)

Saturday, May 5th, 2007
Genres: Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Myers, Mike | Murphy, Eddie | Diaz, Cameron | Lithgow, John | Cassel, Vincent | Dennis, Peter | Pearse, Clive | Cummings, Jim | Block, Bobby | Miller, Chris | Cameron, Cody | Freeman, Kathleen | Galasso, Michael | Knights, Christopher | Smith, Simon J.
Directors: Adamson, Andrew | Jenson, Vicky
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Shrek is a big ogre who lives alone in the woods, feared from all the people in the land of Duloc. When Lord Farquaad, the ruler of Duloc, exiles all the fairy-tale beings in the woods, Shrek looses his peaceful life and his home becomes a refugees camp. So, he sets to find Lord Farquaad and convince him to take the fairy-tale beings back where they belong, and leave him alone. Lord Farquaad accepts, under one condition. Shrek must first go and find the beautiful young princess Fiona, who will become Farquaad’s bride. So, the big Ogre begins his quest, along with his newfound donkey friend…

Unbreakable (2000)

Saturday, May 5th, 2007
Genres: Drama | Fantasy | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Willis, Bruce | Jackson, Samuel L. | Wright Penn, Robin | Clark, Spencer Treat | Woodard, Charlayne | Walker, Eamonn | Stefanson, Leslie | Jamison, Johnny Hiram | Carroll, Michaelia | Christopher, Bostin | Lawrence, Elizabeth | Duffield, David | Regan, Laura | Kelly, Chance | Kelly, Michael
Directors: Shyamalan, M. Night
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This suspense thriller unfolds as the audience is introduced to David Dunn, played by Willis. Not only is he the sole survivor of a horrific train-crash that killed 131 people he doesn’t have a scratch on him. Samuel L Jackson plays an obscure character who approaches Dunn with a seemingly far fetched theory behind it all rocketing off an enticing thriller with a sci fi twist

Enemy at the Gates (2001)

Friday, May 4th, 2007
Genres: Action | Drama | Romance | Thriller | War
Countries: Germany | Ireland | UK | USA
Actors: Law, Jude | Harris, Ed | Weisz, Rachel | Fiennes, Joseph | Hoskins, Bob | Perlman, Ron | Mattes, Eva | Thomson, Gabriel | Habich, Matthias | Rois, Sophie | Shvedoff, Ivan | Bandi, Mario | Stier, Hans Martin | Schick, Clemens | Matveyev, Mikhail
Directors: Annaud, Jean-Jacques
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During the WWII battle of Stalingrad, two snipers, a Russian (Law), and a German (Harris), are locked in a battle of wills and marksmenship, while the Russian is boosted to the status of hero by a political official (Fiennes).