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When a ruthless terrorist group kidnaps retired spy, Leonard Turner (Bruce Willis), and threatens to unleash a global catastrophe if its demands are not met, the CIA sends one of its best agents, 'Victoria' (Gina Carano), to hunt them down, rescue Turner, and save the free world. But also on the case is Leonard's son, Harry Turner (Kellan Lutz). Inevitably Victoria's and Harry's paths cross, and they must set aside a troubled history in order to meet their common goal. Together they must evade highly skilled operatives, deadly assassins, and international fugitives to bring Leonard home and save the world from an uncertain fate. - Director:
- Steven C. Miller
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- Bruce Willis, Kellan Lutz, Gina Carano
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In 1937, George Hogg, a young English journalist travels to war ravaged China in search of the frontline and a big story. After the Japanese invade and massacre hundreds of innocent Chinese in front of him, 3nd having barely escaped with his life, Hogg risks everything to lead sixty children, orphaned by the war, across hundreds of miles of treacherous terrain, fending off air and ground attacks by the Japanese invaders and Chinese Nationalist Movement. - Director:
- Roger Spottiswoode
- Cast:
- Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Radha Mitchell, Yun-Fat Chow
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Some people keep allotments because they like the taste of fresh vegetables. Some go there for the company. Some of them are looking for love. Some of them are looking for the perfect manure. Some go there to escape from their marriages. One of them is there to escape from something much, much worse. - Director:
- Richard Laxton
- Cast:
- Benedict Wong, Eddie Marsan, Omid Djalili
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District 13 Ultimatum (2009)Banlieue 13 Ultimatum
Three years after bringing order to the District, Damien and Leito return on a mission to bring peace to the troubled sector that is now controlled by five different gang bosses, before the city's secret services take drastic measures to solve the problem. This second instalment offers a heady mix of gang violence and breathtaking chase sequences, bigger and better than before. Raffaeli and Belle re-team to run, flip, jump, tumble, twist, punch, kick and head-butt their way to saving the slum from destruction. - Director:
- Patrick Alessandrin
- Cast:
- Cyril Raffaelli, Philip Hersh, David Belle
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Join an all-star cast in the most "deliciously funny" (David Edwards) comedy of the year. After young Englishman John Whittaker (Ben Barnes) falls in love with blonde bombshell Larita (Jessica Biel) and marries her on the spot, the next stop on their whirlwind romance is to meet his parents (Colin Firth and Kristin Scott Thomas). Marital bliss descends into all-out bedlam as Jonn's mother develops an instant allergy to Larita and the tension builds hlariously into all-out war that will hve you doubling up in laughter with it's wickedness - Director:
- Stephan Elliott
- Cast:
- Jessica Biel, Ben Barnes, Kristin Scott-Thomas
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Death Riders (2011)True Justice: Brotherhood
Seattle, Washington, a city in the midst of a crisis. While the innocent sleep, lives are being lost on the streets. The Yakuza have raged war on one of the most feared gangs of Mexican drug lords in the world and Seattle has been caught in the crossfire. Meanwhile a local bank has been taken siege by Leroy Jacobs, an armed and dangerous man who's slowly slipping over the edge. The city's only hope for justice is Sheriff Elijah Kane (Steven Seagal) and his elite force of undercover cops, a new breed of extreme law enforcement. - Director:
- Wayne Rose
- Cast:
- Steven Seagal, Meghan Ory, Warren Christie
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David Lurie (John Malkovich), twice-divorced and dissatisfied with his job as an English professor in post-apartheid South Africa, finds his life falling apart. When he seduces one of his students and does nothing to protect himself from the consequences, he is dismissed from his teaching position, and goes to live with his lesbian daughter Lucy, who shares a farm in the Eastern Cape with trusted black worker Petrus. For a time, his daughter's influence and natural rhythms of the farm promise to harmonise his discordant life. But the balance of power in the country is shifting. In the aftermath of a vicious attack by three black youths, he is forced to come to terms with the changes in society - as well as his disgrace. - Director:
- Steve Jacobs
- Cast:
- John Malkovich, Natalie Becker, Jessica Haines
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Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine and Alan Arkin team up as lifelong buddies Willie, Joe and Al, who decide to buck retirement and step off the straight and narrow for the first time in their lives when their pension fund becomes a corporate casualty. Desperate to pay the bills and come through for their loved ones, the three risk it all by embarking on a daring bid to knock off the very bank that absconded with their money. - Director:
- Zach Braff
- Cast:
- Joey King, Morgan Freeman, Peter Serafinowicz
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Deadly Assassin (2012)True Justice: Blood Alley
One man fighting machine and guardian of justice Elijah Kane (Steven Seagal) is a force to be reckoned with. But he's also a man desperately trying to put the past behind him after his elite team of crime fighters - The Special Investigations Unit - have been disbanded. That is until the CIA manage to persuade him to reprise his role as one of the world's best long-range snipers and to take on one of his deadliest missions yet. A mission that may bring him face to face with his arch nemesis, the mysterious public enemy and feared criminal known only as The Ghost. But the more he fits together the pieces of the puzzle and the closer he gets to revealing the true identity of The Ghost, the more apparent it is that Elijah Kane has a few lethal secrets of his own. - Director:
- Wayne Rose
- Cast:
- Steven Seagal, Sarah Lind, Jesse Hutch
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Abigail Clayton (Selma Blair), an attractive heiress, has spent the last 20 years isolated in her Manhattan loft apartment. But when the death of her elderly neighbour prompts a police investigation, Abigail's carefully constructed world begins to fall apart. Soon, a mysterious couple, Charlie (Jason Lee) and Lillian (Amy Smart), move in to the empty apartment causing Abigail to confront both her fear and her past in unexpected and terrifying ways... - Director:
- George Gallo
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- Selma Blair, Amy Smart, Kevin Pollak
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Led by Stephen Meek (Bruce Greenwood) the families are soon lost and start to mistrust each other and their guide. After, days of wandering in the inhospitable landscape and becoming more disorientated, a Native American crosses their path. The group must decide if they can trust this man to lead them to water or a more sinister fate. - Director:
- Kelly Reichardt
- Cast:
- Michelle Williams, Bruce Greenwood, Paul Dano
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Set in Rural Tennessee in the early 1960's, 'Child of God' tells the story of Lester Ballard - a dispossessed, childlike man with no home, family or friends to speak of. Identified as the local menace he retreats with his rifle to the woods, setting up a makeshift home in an abandoned cabin. Alone and far away from any form of human contact he descends further into isolation and becomes even more unhinged. Physically diminished yet unbroken, his crimes become grotesquely unnatural as he regresses in to an almost animal like state. - Director:
- James Franco
- Cast:
- James Franco, Mac Maguire, Tim Blake Nelson
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City of War (2009)John Rabe / City of War: The Story of John Rabe
As the globe stands on the brink of World War II, Shanghai has fallen and deadly Japanese bombers target the infamous city of Nanking. As panic breaks out and savage bombing raids devastate the city, veteran entrepreneur John Rabe, a German living the high life in the social whirl of Nanking, must make a agonizing choice: to flee or give sanctuary to the terrified population within the gates of his factory. When the Imperial Japanese Army discovers rich "Nazi" Rabe's selfless operation, they see it an act of high treason. As a wave of brutality is unleashed on Nanking, Rabe and his comrades find themselves in a race against time to fight for a safety zone to protect the hundreds of thousands of innocent victims of this ultimate act of war. But as the bombings desist, a perilous siege begins. - Director:
- Florian Gallenberger
- Cast:
- Ulrich Tukur, Andrea Sawatzki, Daniel Brühl
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Robert Carlyle stars as Lachlan, a former Britpop rocker who now lives in California and leads a simple life working on a farm. When Lachlan gets caught drunk-driving he faces the threat of deportation and is forced to confront his demons, past and present, if he is to avoid losing the life - and woman - he loves.
'California Solo' is a powerful story about post-fame life and personal redemption.- Director:
- Marshall Lewy
- Cast:
- Robert Carlyle, Alexia Rasmussen, Kathleen Wilhoite
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From the director Phillip Noyce comes 'Catch A Fire', a journey of sabotage, corruption and murder in Apartheid era South Africa. Tim Robbins and Derek Luke star in this gripping thriller based on a true story. Set against a country in flames and two cultures at war, 'Catch A Fire' is the searing story of a lone man driven to stand up and fight for himself, his family, and his people. - Director:
- Phillip Noyce
- Cast:
- Derek Luke, Tim Robbins, Bonnie Henna
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