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Paul Walker stars as Michael Woods, a down and out ex-con desperate to turn his life around. With one last chance to salvage his relationship with his estranged girlfriend, he breaks his parole to visit her to try and fix what they have left. A mix up with the car rental company leaves Michael stuck with the wrong car, but his problems are only just beginning. When he finds that the car contains a silenced gun and a hostage hidden in the back, Michael realises he is way out of his depth, and soon finds himself on a dangerous collision course with the corrupt and powerful Chief of Police. Unable to go the police and having already broken parole, it's up to Michael alone to save not only the hostages life, but his own. - Director:
- Mukunda Michael Dewil
- Cast:
- Paul Walker, Naima McLean, Gys de Villiers
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The Hurt Locker is an intense portrayal of elite soldiers who have one of the most dangerous jobs in the world: disarming bombs in the heat of combat. When renegade Sergeant William James (Jeremy Renner) takes command of a highly trained bomb disposal unit, he frequently risks the lives of himself and those around him with his suicidal methods and a complete disregard for danger. Caught in the middle are his subordinates Sergeant J.T. Sanborn (Anthony Mackie) and Specialist Owen Eldridge (Brian Geraghty), who can only watch as their leader descends further into addiction: an addiction to war. - Director:
- Kathryn Bigelow
- Cast:
- Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty
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Jimmy. Dave. Sean. Friends who grew up in working-class Boston, they drift apart after a terrible tragedy. Years later, brutal events reconnect them. Jimmy's 19-year-old daughter is coldly murdered. Dave is a suspect. And Sean, now a cop, scrambles to solve the crime before volatile Jimmy takes the law into his own hands. - Director:
- Clint Eastwood
- Cast:
- Sean Penn, Mikey Kelley, Tim Robbins
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The hardest thing you can do in the Broken City is to try and fit all the pieces back together. Nobody knows this more than Billy Taggart (Mark Wahlberg). An ex-police officer turned streetwise private detective who's desperately trying to make ends meet. That is until Mayor Hostetler (Russell Crowe) offers him $50,000 to investigate his wife (Catherine Zeta-Jones) who he suspects is having an affair. But the Mayor has a few dark secrets of his own and in becoming his eyes and ears Taggart also becomes his scapegoat. Double-crossed and framed, Taggart decides to take action in an unstoppable and explosive crusade for justice and revenge. - Director:
- Allen Hughes
- Cast:
- Mark Wahlberg, James M. Jenkins, Russell Crowe
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After the death of his young daughter, Tom Dunn is a broken man. When his wife falls pregnant again, he cannot believe their luck. However, his joy is short lived, as on the very same day, the people of Earth become plagued with terrifying visions of the end of the world. When a gigantic, all-consuming alien mothership appears in the sky and launches a ruthless attack on Earth's cities, chaos and destruction follow! Tom must find the strength and wisdom to save his wife and unborn child. However, first he must confront a shocking truth. A truth which threatens the key to the survival of the human race. The ultimate war for Planet Earth is about to begin... - Director:
- Simon Cox
- Cast:
- Simon Haycock, Lucy Drive, Julie Hoult
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When a man mysteriously vanishes from an overseas flight, his disappearance sends shockwaves all the way to the nation’s capitol. Desperate for the truth, his wife begins a search for the missing man which leads a CIA unit head and a novice agent into an international web of deceit, conspiracies and top secret truths far more frightening than the lies that conceal them. - Director:
- Gavin Hood
- Cast:
- Reese Witherspoon, Jake Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard
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Jake Gyllenhaal plays Adam Bell, a college history professor who is somewhat dissatisfied with his life. One day when watching a movie he spots a bit-part actor who looks exactly like him and begins investigating who this doppelganger is. Becoming increasingly obsessed, Adam decides he must meet with this mysterious person, but when he does he unearths more than he'd bargained for. - Director:
- Denis Villeneuve
- Cast:
- Jake Gyllenhaal, Mélanie Laurent, Sarah Gadon
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Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood
Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood visits 1969 Los Angeles, where everything is changing, as TV star Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his longtime stunt double Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt) make their way around an industry they hardly recognize anymore. The ninth film from the writer-director features a large ensemble cast and multiple storylines in a tribute to the final moments of Hollywood's golden age. - Director:
- Quentin Tarantino
- Cast:
- Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie
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Captain Sam Cahill (Tobey Maguire) is embarking on his fourth tour of duty, leaving behind his beloved wife (Natalie Portman) and two daughters. When Sam's Blackhawk helicopter is shot down in the mountains of Afghanistan, the worst is presumed, leaving an enormous void in the family. Despite a dark history, Sam's charismatic younger brother Tommy (Jake Gyllenhaal) steps in to fill the family void. - Director:
- Jim Sheridan
- Cast:
- Jake Gyllenhaal, Natalie Portman, Tobey Maguire
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LAPD police officers Brian Taylor and Mike Zavala are bonded by friendship and a crusade to clean up the violent streets of South Central, Los Angeles. Their mission is to serve and protect, their objective is to survive until the end of watch, that last moment in an officer's patrol when he's finally off duty. But when a routine traffic enquiry results in them seizing a large cache of weapons, Brian and Mike are marked for death by a notorious drugs cartel. Thrown into a world of mayhem and carnage, both officers are forced to risk their lives in the name of the law. - Director:
- David Ayer
- Cast:
- Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Peña, Anna Kendrick
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Brendon Fraser (George Of The Jungle) leads an all-star cast including Matt Damon (Good Will Hunting), Ben Affleck (Chasing Amy and Shakespeare In Love) and Chris O'Donnell (Batman Forever) in this acclaimed coming-of-age drama. After receiving a scholarship to an exclusive prep school, working-class teen David Greene (Fraser) becomes a star athlete and wins the attention of a beautiful debutante (Amy Locane). But the ties of his newfound friendships are broken when a student reveals the secret David has tried to conceal - he is Jewish. Now David must take the most important stand of his life, one that will touch the lives of many and forever change the course of his future. - Director:
- Robert Mandel
- Cast:
- Brendan Fraser, Matt Damon, Chris O'Donnell
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Down on his luck Lou Bloom (Jake Gyllenhaal) stumbles upon the dangerous, cut-throat world of underground world of freelance crime journalism - discovering that filming murder and mayhem can be a quick way to make a buck. Aided by Nina (Rene Russo), a ruthless veteran of TV news, Lou combs LA's seedy underbelly for the city's most sensational news footage. He soon discovers he's uniquely suited to his new job, but events begin to spiral out of control as one dark choice leads to another. - Director:
- Dan Gilroy
- Cast:
- Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Bill Paxton
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Based on the true story of the notorious serial killer and the intense manhunt he inspired, Zodiac is a superbly crafted thriller from the director of Se7en and Fight Club. Featuring an outstanding ensemble cast led by Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr. , Mark Ruffalo and Chloe Sevigny, Zodiac is a searing and singularly haunting examination of twin obsessions: one man's desire to kill and another's quest for the truth. - Director:
- David Fincher
- Cast:
- Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr., Mark Ruffalo
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After a zombie apocalypse spreads from a London prison, the UK is brought to its knees. The spread of the virus is temporarily contained but, without a cure, it's only a matter of time before it breaks its boundaries and the biggest problem of all...any zombies with combat skills are now enhanced. With the South East of England quarantined from the rest of the world using fortified borders, intelligence finds that the scientist responsible for the outbreak is alive and well in London. With his recovery being the only hope of a cure, a squad of eight Special Forces soldiers is sent on a suicide mission to the city, now ruled by the undead, with a single task: get him out alive within 72 hours by any means necessary. What emerges is an unlikely pairing on a course to save humanity against ever-rising odds. - Director:
- Chee Keong Cheung
- Cast:
- Oris Erhuero, Carlos Gallardo, Mark Strange
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