Archive for the ‘Thriller’ Category
Thursday, October 23rd, 2008
All Genres:
Crime, Horror, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA | Canada
Runtime: 92 min | 95 min (unrated director's cut)
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: You won't believe how it ends.
Writers: Patrick Melton (screenplay) & Marcus Dunstan (screenplay)
Cast: Tobin Bell … Jigsaw / John Kramer
Costas Mandylor … Mark Hoffman
Scott Patterson … Agent Peter Strahm
Betsy Russell … Jill
Julie Benz … Brit
Meagan Good … Luba
Mark Rolston … Dan Erickson
Carlo Rota … Charles
Greg Bryk … Mallick
Laura Gordon … Ashley
Joris Jarsky … Seth
Mike Butters … Paul
Al Sapienza … Chief of Police
Mike Realba … Detective Fisk
Lyriq Bent … Rigg (archive footage)
Plot: Following Jigsaw’s grisly demise, Mark Hoffman, the final apprentice to the serial killer is deigned a hero. Meanwhile, Agent Strahm is tested and follows all the leads he can get until it boils down to a gruesome and bone-crushing finale.
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Monday, October 13th, 2008
All Genres:
Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: Canada | USA
Runtime: 100 min | 103 min (unrated version)
Languages: English | Russian | Spanish
Director:
Tagline:
Cast: Mark Wahlberg … Max Payne
Mila Kunis … Mona Sax
Beau Bridges … BB Hensley
Ludacris … Lt. Jim Bravura (as Chris 'Ludacris' Bridges)
Chris O'Donnell … Jason Colvin
Donal Logue … Det. Alex Balder
Amaury Nolasco … Jack Lupino
Kate Burton … Nicole Horne
Olga Kurylenko … Natasha Sax
Rothaford Gray … Joe Salle
Joel Gordon … Owen Green
Jamie Hector … Lincoln DeNeuf
Andrew Friedman … Trevor Duncan
Marianthi Evans … Michelle Payne
Nelly Furtado … Christa Balder
Plot: Coming together to solve a series of murders in New York City are a police detective whose family was slain as part of a conspiracy and an assassin out to avenge her sister’s death. The duo will be hunted by the police, the mob, and a ruthless corporation.
Awards: 2 nominations
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Friday, October 10th, 2008
All Genres:
Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 89 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: On March 11 2008, the government sealed off an apartment complex in Los Angeles. The residents were never seen again. No details. No witnesses. No evidence. Until now.
Cast: Jennifer Carpenter … Angela Vidal
Steve Harris … Scott Percival
Jay Hernandez … Jake
Johnathon Schaech … George Fletcher
Columbus Short … Danny Wilensky
Andrew Fiscella … James McCreedy
Rade Serbedzija … Yuri Ivanov (as Rade Sherbedgia)
Greg Germann … Lawrence
Bernard White … Bernard
Dania Ramirez … Sadie
Elaine Kagan … Wanda Marimon
Marin Hinkle … Kathy
Joey King … Briana
Jermaine Jackson … Nadif
Sharon Ferguson … Jwahir
Plot: A television reporter and her cameraman are trapped inside a building quarantined by the CDC after the outbreak of a mysterious virus which turns humans into bloodthirsty killers.
Awards: 1 win & 2 nominations
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Sunday, October 5th, 2008
All Genres:
Action, Drama, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 128 min
Languages: English | Arabic
Director:
Tagline: Trust no one. Deceive everyone.
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio … Roger Ferris
Russell Crowe … Ed Hoffman
Mark Strong … Hani
Golshifteh Farahani … Aisha
Oscar Isaac … Bassam
Ali Suliman … Omar Sadiki
Alon Aboutboul … Al-Saleem
Vince Colosimo … Skip
Simon McBurney … Garland
Mehdi Nebbou … Nizar
Michael Gaston … Holiday
Kais Nashif … Mustafa Karami
Jamil Khoury … Marwan (as Jameel Khoury)
Lubna Azabal … Aisha's Sister Cala
Ghali Benlafkih … Aisha's Nephew Rowley
Plot: Roger Ferris uncovers a lead on a major terrorist leader suspected to be operating out of Jordan.
Awards: 2 nominations
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Wednesday, October 1st, 2008
All Genres:
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA | Germany
Runtime: 98 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: Greed is good. Sex is easy. Youth is forever.
Cast: Jon Foster … Graham Sloan
Austin Nichols … Martin
Amber Heard … Christie
Lou Taylor Pucci … Tim Price
Fernando Consagra … Bruce
Aaron Himelstein … Raymond
Mel Raido … Bryan Metro
Rhys Ifans … Roger
Germán Tripel … Bryan's Guitarist (as Germán Tripel)
Billy Bob Thornton … William Sloan
Kim Basinger … Laura Sloan
Winona Ryder … Cheryl Moore
Brad Renfro … Jack
Suzanne Ford … Bruce's Mother
Cameron Goodman … Susan Sloan
Plot: A multi-strand narrative set in early 1980’s Los Angeles, centered on an array of characters who represent both the top of the heap (a Hollywood dream merchant, a dissolute rock star, an aging newscaster) and the bottom (a voyeuristic doorman, an amoral ex-con). Connecting the intertwining strands are a group of beautiful, blonde young men and women who sleep all day and party all night, doing drugs — and one another –with abandon, never realizing that they are dancing on the edge of a volcano.
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Wednesday, October 1st, 2008
All Genres:
Action, Biography, Drama, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: UK
Runtime: 92 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: The Man. The Myth. The Celebrity.
Writers: Brock Norman Brock (screenplay) and Nicolas Winding Refn (screenplay)
Cast: Tom Hardy … Charles Bronson
Matt King … Paul rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kelly Adams … Irene
Katy Barker … Julie
Edward Bennett-Coles … Brian
June Bladon … Party guest
Amanda Burton … Mum
William Darke … Charles Bronson – Age 13
Mark Devenport … Nurse
Andrew Forbes … Joe Peterson
Helen Grayson … Uncle Jack's Party Guest (as China-Black)
Anna Griffin … Train Girl
Kate Hesketh … Uncle Jack's Party Guest
Leah Hinton-Fishlock … Uncle Jack's Party Guest
Mandy Kay … Boxing Crowd Member
James Lance … Phil
Matt Legg … Prisoner
Brendan McCoy … Prisoner
Jane McLennan … Uncle Jack's Party Guest
Juliet Oldfield … Alison
Jonathan Phillips
Hugh Ross … Uncle Jack
Dean Spicksley … Prisoner
Mark Stocks … Gangster
Joe Tucker … John White
Plot: A young man who was sentenced to 7 years on prison for robbing a post office ends up spending 30 years in solitary confinement. During this time, his own personality is supplanted by his alter ego, Charles Bronson. add synopsis
Awards: 2 wins & 3 nominations
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Friday, September 26th, 2008
All Genres:
Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA | Canada
Runtime: 93 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: The Truth Can't Hide Forever
Cast: Anne Hathaway … Claire
Patrick Wilson … Eric
Andre Braugher … Perry
Dianne Wiest … Toni
David Morse … Arkin
William B. Davis … Jack
Ryan Robbins … Dean
Clea DuVall … Shannon
Don Thompson … Norman
Andrew Wheeler … Blonde Man
Chelah Horsdal … Janice
Karen Austin … Hospital Receptionist
Elzanne Fourie … Young Emma
Stacy Grant … Emma
Conner Dwelly … Young Claire
Plot: A grief counselor working with a group of plane-crash survivors finds herself at the root of a mystery when her clients begin to disappear. add synopsis
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Tuesday, September 16th, 2008
All Genres:
Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA | Germany
Runtime: 118 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: If you want to live you will obey
Cast: Shia LaBeouf … Jerry Shaw
Michelle Monaghan … Rachel Holloman
Rosario Dawson … Zoe Perez
Michael Chiklis … Defense Secretary Callister
Anthony Mackie … Major William Bowman
Ethan Embry … Agent Toby Grant
Billy Bob Thornton … Agent Thomas Morgan
Anthony Azizi … Ranim Khalid
Cameron Boyce … Sam Holloman
Lynn Cohen … Mrs. Wierzbowski
Bill Smitrovich … Admiral Thompson
Charles Carroll … Mr. Miller
William Sadler … Jerry's Dad
Deborah Strang … Jerry's Mom
Dariush Kashani … Translator
Plot: Jerry and Rachel are two strangers thrown together by a mysterious phone call from a woman they have never met. Threatening their lives and family, she pushes Jerry and Rachel into a series of increasingly dangerous situations, using the technology of everyday life to track and control their every move.
Awards: 1 win & 7 nominations
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Monday, September 15th, 2008
All Genres:
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 110 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: What could be safer than living next to a cop?
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson … Abel Turner
Patrick Wilson … Chris Mattson
Kerry Washington … Lisa Mattson
Ron Glass … Harold Perreau
Justin Chambers … Donnie Eaton
Jay Hernandez … Javier Villareal
Regine Nehy … Celia Turner
Jaishon Fisher … Marcus Turner
Robert Pine … Captain Wentworth
Keith Loneker … Clarence Darlington
Caleeb Pinkett … Damon Richards
Robert Dahey … Jung Lee Pak
Ho-Jung … Sang Hee Pak
Bitsie Tulloch … Nadine
Michael Sean Tighe … Manager
Plot: An LAPD officer will stop at nothing to force out the interracial couple who just moved in next door. add synopsis
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Wednesday, September 10th, 2008
All Genres:
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 101 min
Languages: English | Spanish | Russian
Director:
Tagline: Most people respect the badge. Everybody respects the gun.
Cast: Robert De Niro … Tom 'Turk' Cowan
Al Pacino … David 'Rooster' Fisk
50 Cent … Spider (as Curtis Jackson)
Carla Gugino … Karen Corelli
John Leguizamo … Det. Simon Perez
Donnie Wahlberg … Det. Ted Riley
Brian Dennehy … Lieutenant Hingis
Trilby Glover … Jessica
Saidah Arrika Ekulona … Gwen Darvis
Alan Rosenberg … Stein
Sterling K. Brown … Rogers
Barry Primus … Dr. Prosky
Melissa Leo … Cheryl Brooks
Alan Blumenfeld … Martin Baum
Shirly Brener … Natalya
Plot: Two veteran New York City detectives work on a case of serial executions of criminals who escaped justice.
Awards: 1 nomination
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Tuesday, September 9th, 2008
All Genres:
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA | Germany
Runtime: 130 min
Languages: English | Spanish
Director:
Tagline: The last thing you want to uncover…is the truth.
Cast: Edward Norton … Ray Tierney
Colin Farrell … Jimmy Eagan
Jon Voight … Francis Tierney, Sr.
Noah Emmerich … Francis Tierney, Jr.
Jennifer Ehle … Abby Tierney
John Ortiz … Sandy
Frank Grillo … Eddie Carbone
Shea Whigham … Kenny Dugan
Lake Bell … Megan Egan
Carmen Ejogo … Tasha
Manny Perez … Coco Dominguez
Wayne Duvall … Bill Avery
Ramon Rodriguez … Angel Tezo
Rick Gonzalez … Eladio Casado
Maximiliano Hernández … Carlos Bragon
Plot: A saga centered on a multi-generational family of New York City Police officers. The family’s moral codes are tested when Ray Tierney, investigates a case that reveals an incendiary police corruption scandal involving his own brother-in-law. For Ray, the truth is revelatory, a Pandora’s Box that threatens to upend not only the Tierney legacy but the entire NYPD.
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Monday, September 8th, 2008
All Genres:
Drama, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 108 min | Canada:108 min (Toronto International Film Festival)
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: Don't Reveal the Source
Cast: Kate Beckinsale … Rachel Armstrong
Matt Dillon … Patton Dubois
Angela Bassett … Bonnie Benjamin
Alan Alda … Alan Burnside
Vera Farmiga … Erica Van Doren
David Schwimmer … Ray Armstrong
Courtney B. Vance … Agent O'Hara
Noah Wyle … Avril Aaronson
Preston Bailey … Timmy Armstrong
Floyd Abrams … Judge Hall
Kristen Bough … Allison Van Doren
Julie Ann Emery … Agent Boyd
Robert Harvey … Warden
Michael O'Neill … CIA Director
Kristen Shaw … Angel Rabinowitz
Plot: In Washington, D.C., a female reporter faces a possible jail sentence for outing a CIA agent and refusing to reveal her source. add synopsis
Awards: 2 nominations
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Sunday, September 7th, 2008
All Genres:
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, War
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA | Italy
Runtime: 160 min
Languages: English | German | Italian
Director:
Tagline: World War II has its heroes and its miracles.
Cast: Derek Luke … 2nd Staff Sergeant Aubrey Stamps
Michael Ealy … Sergeant Bishop Cummings
Laz Alonso … Corporal Hector Negron (Young / Old)
Omar Benson Miller … Private First Class Sam Train
Pierfrancesco Favino … Peppi 'The Great Butterfly' Grotta
Valentina Cervi … Renata
Matteo Sciabordi … Angelo Torancelli (The Boy)
John Turturro … Detective Antonio 'Tony' Ricci
Joseph Gordon-Levitt … Tim Boyle
John Leguizamo … Enrico
Kerry Washington … Zana Wilder
D.B. Sweeney … Colonel Driscoll
Robert John Burke … General Ned Almond
Omari Hardwick … Platoon Commander Huggs
Omero Antonutti … Ludovico
Plot: Set in 1944 Italy, the story of four black American soldiers who get trapped in a Tuscan village during WWII. add synopsis
Awards: 9 nominations
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Thursday, September 4th, 2008
All Genres:
Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 131 min
Languages: English | Arabic
Director:
Tagline: You'll know when you're in it.
Cast: Jeremy Renner … SFC William James
Anthony Mackie … Sgt. JT Sanborn
Brian Geraghty … Spc. Owen Eldridge
Guy Pearce … SSG Matt Thompson
Ralph Fiennes … Contractor Team Leader
David Morse … Colonel Reed
Evangeline Lilly … Connie James
Christian Camargo … Lt. Col. John Cambridge
Suhail Aldabbach … Black Suit Man (as Suhail Al-Dabbach)
Christopher Sayegh … Beckham
Nabil Koni … Professor Nabil
Sam Spruell … Contractor Charlie
Sam Redford … Contractor Jimmy
Feisal Sadoun … Contractor Feisal
Barrie Rice … Contractor Chris
Plot: Iraq. Forced to play a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse in the chaos of war, an elite Army bomb squad unit must come together in a city where everyone is a potential enemy and every object could be a deadly bomb.
Awards: Nominated for 9 Oscars. Another 53 wins & 50 nominations
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Thursday, August 28th, 2008
All Genres:
Drama, Thriller, War
Release Year: 2008
Country: UK | USA
Runtime: 94 min | Israel:93 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: A timeless story of innocence lost and humanity found.
Writers: John Boyne (novel) Mark Herman (screenplay)
Cast: Asa Butterfield … Bruno
Zac Mattoon O'Brien … Leon (as Zac Mattoon-O'Brien)
Domonkos Németh … Martin
Henry Kingsmill … Karl
Vera Farmiga … Elsa – Mother
Cara Horgan … Maria
Zsuzsa Holl … Berlin Cook
Amber Beattie … Gretel
László Áron … Lars
David Thewlis … Father
Richard Johnson … Grandpa
Sheila Hancock … Grandma
Charlie Baker … Palm Court Singer
Iván Verebély … Meinberg
Béla Fesztbaum … Schultz
Plot: Set during World War II, a story seen through the innocent eyes of Bruno, the eight-year-old son of the commandant at a concentration camp, whose forbidden friendship with a Jewish boy on the other side of the camp fence has startling and unexpected consequences.
Awards: 2 wins & 5 nominations
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Friday, August 22nd, 2008
All Genres:
Action, Crime, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 99 min
Languages: English | Thai
Director: Oxide Pang Chun
Danny Pang
Tagline: The hitman has become the target
Cast: Nicolas Cage … Joe
Shahkrit Yamnarm … Kong
Charlie Yeung … Fon (as Charlie Young)
Panward Hemmanee … Aom
Nirattisai Kaljaruek … Surat
Dom Hetrakul … Aran
Tuck Napaskorn … Kong's Brother
Steve Baldocchi … Michigan
Chris Heebink … USC
James With … Chicago
Peter Shadrin … Anton
Arthajid Puengvicha … Official
Duangjai Srisawang … Man in Arena
Veerasak Boonchard … Winai
Joe Sakol Palvanichkul … Tuk Tuk Driver (as Sakol Palvanichkul)
Plot: A hitman who’s in Bangkok to pull off a series of jobs falls for a local woman and bonds with his errand boy.
Awards: 1 nomination
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Thursday, August 21st, 2008
All Genres:
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 114 min
Languages: English | Arabic
Director:
Tagline: The truth is complicated.
Cast: Don Cheadle … Samir Horn
Guy Pearce … Roy Clayton
Saïd Taghmaoui … Omar
Neal McDonough … Max Archer
Alyy Khan … Fareed
Archie Panjabi … Chandra Dawkin
Raad Rawi … Nathir
Hassam Ghancy … Bashir
Mozhan Marnò … Leyla (as Mozhan Marno)
Adeel Akhtar … Hamzi
Jeff Daniels … Carter
Lorena Gale … Dierdre Horn
Scali Delpeyrat … Inspector Gilles
Mehdi Ortelsberg … Ali (as Medhi Ortelsberg)
Aizoun Abdelkader … Ahmed
Plot: When straight arrow FBI agent Roy Clayton heads up the investigation into a dangerous international conspiracy, all clues seem to lead back to former U.S. Special Operations officer, Samir Horn.
Awards: 5 nominations
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Thursday, August 21st, 2008
All Genres:
Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA | Germany | UK
Runtime: USA:111 min (unrated version) | 98 min (theatrical version)
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: Get ready for a killer ride.
Cast: Jason Statham … Jensen Ames
Joan Allen … Warden Hennessey
Ian McShane … Coach
Tyrese Gibson … Machine Gun Joe Mason
Natalie Martinez … Elizabeth Case
Max Ryan … Pachenko
Jacob Vargas … Gunner
Jason Clarke … Guard Ulrich
Frederick Koehler … Lists
Justin Mader … Travis Colt
Robert LaSardo … Hector Grimm
Robin Shou … 14K
Benz Antoine … Joe's Navigator #1
Danny Blanco … Joe's Navigator #2 (as Danny Blanco Hall)
Christian Paul … Joe's Navigator #3
Plot: Ex-con Jensen Ames is forced by the warden of a notorious prison to compete in our post-industrial world’s most popular sport: a car race in which inmates must brutalize and kill one another on the road to victory.
Awards: 1 win & 2 nominations
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Wednesday, August 20th, 2008
All Genres:
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA | France | UK
Runtime: 90 min | 101 min (extended version)
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline:
Writers: Maurice G. Dantec (novel) Mathieu Kassovitz (scenario and dialogue) …
Cast: Vin Diesel … Toorop
Michelle Yeoh … Sister Rebeka
Mélanie Thierry … Aurora
Lambert Wilson … Darquandier
Mark Strong … Finn
Jérôme Le Banner … Killa
Charlotte Rampling … High Priestess
Gérard Depardieu … Gorsky
Joel Kirby … Dr. Newton
Souleymane Dicko … Jamal
David Belle … Kid with Tattoos
Radek Bruna … Karl
Jan Unger … Fight Promoter
Abraham Belaga … Assistant to High Priestess
Gary Cowan … Neolite Executive
Plot: Veteran-turned-mercenary Toorop takes the high-risk job of escorting a woman from Russia to America. Little does he know that she is host to an organism that a cult wants to harvest in order to produce a genetically modified Messiah.
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Thursday, August 14th, 2008
All Genres:
Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA | Romania
Runtime: 110 min | 112 min (unrated version)
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: There Is Evil……..On The Other Side
Cast: Kiefer Sutherland … Ben Carson
Paula Patton … Amy Carson
Cameron Boyce … Michael Carson
Erica Gluck … Daisy Carson
Amy Smart … Angela Carson
Mary Beth Peil … Anna Esseker
John Shrapnel … Lorenzo Sapelli
Jason Flemyng … Det. Larry Byrne
Tim Ahern … Dr. Morris
Julian Glover … Robert Esseker
Josh Cole … Gary Lewis
Ezra Buzzington … Terrence Berry
Aida Doina … Rosa (as Doina Aida Stan)
Ioana Abur … Front Desk Sister
Darren Kent … Jimmy Esseker
Plot: An ex-cop and his family are the target of an evil force that is using mirrors as a gateway into their home.
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