piehawker's - Underrated List
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Exiled from their home nations, four strangers from separate corners of the earth agree to undertake a dangerous mission to transport unstable dynamite through the dense jungle of South America in order to earn their passage home. When the slightest bump in the road could equal instant death, the real question is not whether these men will survive this nerve-shredding ordeal but who will they have become if they return at all? - Director:
- William Friedkin
- Cast:
- Roy Scheider, Bruno Cremer, Francisco Rabal
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Joe Huff (Brian Bosworth) is a cop who's angry at the system for handling criminals with kid gloves. Hes on suspension but the FBI gives him an opportunity to go undercover in Mississippi and infiltrate "The Brotherhood", a white supremacist biker gang that runs drugs. In the Brotherhood, each member legally changes his name to his Brotherhood nickname. They're led by a violent psychopath named Chains Cooper (Lance Henriksen) and Joe - begrudgingly accepts the job. As a member of the gang, Joe - renamed "John Stone" - learns that they're plotting a paramilitary assault on the state capitol to rescue a gang member sentenced to execution and it's up to Joe to stop them. - Director:
- Craig R. Baxley
- Cast:
- Brian Bosworth, Lance Henriksen, William Forsythe
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Andy, a frustrated, drug-using New York accountant with a failing marriage to Gina, is in desperate need of some money. He persuades his timid younger brother, to rob their parents' jewellery store and solve all of their monetary problems. But the job goes horribly wrong, triggering a series of events that sends the brothers and their father hurtling towards a shattering climax... - Director:
- Sidney Lumet
- Cast:
- Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Albert Finney
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The story about Rhoda and John, two people whose worlds collide after a tragic accident. Their intimate drama plays out against the astounding discovery of Earth 2, a parallel world that poses provocative and fascinating possibilities. Does a new Earth mean a chance at another life, another destiny, another self. - Director:
- Mike Cahill
- Cast:
- Brit Marling, William Mapother, Matthew-Lee Erlbach
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Lively, illuminating and unexpectedly moving, Noah Baumbach and Jake Paltrow embark on a personal and candid dialogue with iconic director Brian De Palma. As one of the most talented, influential and iconoclastic filmmakers of all time, 'De Palma' details his whole career from his early days as the bad boy of New Hollywood to his more recent years as a respected veteran of the field. With an untouchable filmography including classics like 'Carrie', 'Dressed to Kill', 'Blow Out', 'Scarface', 'The Untouchables', 'Carlito's Way' and 'Mission: Impossible', 'De Palma' is an incisive portrait of a truly one-of-a-kind artist, and an exhilarating behind-the-scenes look at the last 50 years of the film industry through the eyes of someone who has truly seen it all. - Director:
- Noah Baumbach
- Cast:
- Brian De Palma
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"The Peanut Butter Falcon" is a modern adventure starring Shia LaBeouf as Tyler, u a small time outlaw turned unlikely coach, who joins forces with Zak (Zack Gottsagen), a young man with Down Syndrome, who is on the run from a nursing home. Zak has a dream of becoming a professional wrestler, but with Eleanor (Dakota Johnson), Zak's loving yet stubborn carer on his trail, success is less than guaranteed. - Director:
- Tyler Nilson
- Cast:
- Zack Gottsagen, Ann Owens, Dakota Johnson
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Twelve people have walked on the moon, but only one man - Philippe Petit (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) - has ever walked in the immense void between the World Trade Center towers. Guided by his real-life mentor, Papa Rudy (Ben Kingsley), and aided by an unlikely band of international recruits, Petit and his gang overcome long odds, betrayals, dissension and countless close calls to conceive and execute their mad plan. Academy Award winning director Robert Zemeckis uses advanced technology in the service of an emotional, character-driven story. 'The Walk' is a love letter to Paris and New York City in the 1970s, but most of all, to the Towers of the World Trade Center. - Director:
- Robert Zemeckis
- Cast:
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Charlotte Le Bon, Guillaume Baillargeon
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"Used Cars" is a high-octane comic salute to the super-salesmen whose persuasive pitches transformed rattling wrecks into your dream car. Kurt Russell is Rudy Russo, the top salesmen at the New Deal used car lot run by Luke Fuchs (Jack Warden). Caught up in a crazy feud between Luke and his brother Roy (also played by Warden) who runs the rival car lot across the street, Rudy must put his gritting skills into overdrive as the battle for sales supremacy escalates into all-out war! - Director:
- Robert Zemeckis
- Cast:
- Kurt Russell, Jack Warden, Gerrit Graham
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While investigating noises in his house one balmy Texas night in 1989, Richard Dane puts a bullet in the brain of low-life burglar Freddy Russell. Although he's hailed as a small-town hero, Dane soon finds himself fearing for his family's safety when Freddy's ex-con father rolls into town, hell-bent on revenge. - Director:
- Jim Mickle
- Cast:
- Michael C. Hall, Sam Shepard, Don Johnson
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"Dragged Across Concrete" follows two embittered police detectives and recently paroled convict who descend into the criminal underworld.
- Director:
- S. Craig Zahler
- Cast:
- Mel Gibson, Vince Vaughn, Tory Kittles
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Precinct Seven Five (2014)The Seven Five
It all began in a Brooklvn precinct known as The Seven Five in the late 1980s. Brooklyn, New York was the murder capital of America and ground zero for the crack cocaine epidemic. One man led his crew on a rampage through the streets of East New York, robbing drug dealers at gunpoint, stealing countless kilos of cocaine and hundreds of thousands dollars in cash. His name was Officer Michael Dowd, a New York City cop, and his arrest in 1992 led to the largest police corruption scandal in New York City history. This is his story. - Director:
- Tiller Russell
- Cast:
- Michael Dowd, Ken Eurell, Walter Yurkiw
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It has been just 15 minutes after authorities lost contact with the people locked in the building under quarantine. Nobody knows what happens inside. Outside is chaos SWAT unit enters the interior of the house to monitor the situation and determine what is happening. A seemingly quick and easy task. But everyone knows. Sometimes appearances can be deceiving... - Director:
- Jaume Balagueró
- Cast:
- Jonathan D. Mellor, Rafa Parra, Oriol Maymó
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A team of local TV reporters are following a squad of firemen on night duty. The footage is completely live and their task is to make show about on the life of these professionals who work while we are sleeping. The first job of the night is to rescue an old lady who is trapped inside her apartment but the routine rescue soon takes a sinister turn. Something evil is spreading throughout the building, out of control. Trapped inside, the firemen and the TV crew have to confront an unknown and lethal horror. Now, the only thing that matters is hiding, surviving and trying desperately to escape. They must keep on recording. No matter what happens. Until the very last moment. - Director:
- Jaume Balagueró
- Cast:
- Manuela Velasco, Javier Coromina, Pep Sais
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Just out of jail after serving time on an assault rap, Max (Gene Hackman) is headed for Pittsburgh to open a deluxe car wash. Back from five years at sea, Lion (Al Pacino) wants to hit Detroit and visit the child he's never seen. The dreams may not be glorious but you'll want Max and Lion to fulfill them because 'Scarecrow', has a heart as big as its cross-country journey. It's hard-luck drifters drift permanently into our souls. This is due to teamwork of a high order: the moving performances of Hackman and Pacino, the sensitive direction of Jerry Schatzberg and the glowing landscape cinematography of Vilmos Zsigmond. Hit the road with these two. You'll find the trip unforgettable. - Director:
- Jerry Schatzberg
- Cast:
- Gene Hackman, Al Pacino, Dorothy Tristan
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San Francisco architect Max Klein can see clearly now. He's been transformed ever since he stared death in the face - and discovered he was unafraid... Peter Weir directs 'Fearless', the vivid story of how a near-death experience impacts the lives of three people. Jeff Bridges plays Max, more widely alive and Isabella Rossellini is Laura, struggling to find in Max the man she married. Rosie Perez, is a fellow crash survivor Carla: alive, yet devastated by a grievous loss. It seems no one can heal her pain. But then she meets the one person who fearlessly knows how... - Director:
- Peter Weir
- Cast:
- Jeff Bridges, Isabella Rossellini, Rosie Perez
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