Archive for the ‘Thriller’ Category

The Absent

Friday, January 7th, 2011

Genre: Thriller

Release Year: 2011

Runtime: 102

Language: English, Spanish

Director: Sage Bannick

Plot: A High School science teacher falls for his prize student. The list of absentees grow as his murderous twin brother tries to keep his secret hidden.

 

And Soon the Darkness

Friday, December 17th, 2010

Genre: Thriller

Release Year: 2010

Runtime: 111

Language: English

Director: Marcos Efron

Plot: Stephanie (Amber Heard) and Ellie’s (Odette Yustman) vacation to an exotic village in Argentina is a perfect ‘girl’s getaway’ to bask in the sun, shop and flirt with the handsome locals. After a long night of bar-hopping, the girls get into an argument, and Stephanie heads out alone in the morning to cool off. But when she returns, Ellie has disappeared. Finding signs of a struggle, Stephanie fears the worst, and turns to the police for help. But the local authorities have their hands full already – with a string of unsolved kidnappings targeting young female tourists. Skeptical of the sheriff’s competency, she enlists help from Michael (Karl Urban), an American ex-pat staying at their hotel. Together they go on a frantic search for Ellie, but Stephanie soon realizes that trusting his seemingly good intentions may drag her farther from the truth. With danger mounting, and time running out, Stephanie must find her friend before darkness falls.

 

Jonah Hex

Thursday, June 17th, 2010

All Genres:
Action, Drama, Thriller, Western See  »

Release Year: 2010

Country: USA

Runtime:

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline:

 

Cast: Megan Fox … Leila
Josh Brolin … Jonah Hex
John Malkovich … Turnbull
Will Arnett
Michael Fassbender … Burke
Julia Jones … Cassie
Thomas Lennon … Annoying Customer
Aidan Quinn … President McKinley
Michael Shannon … Doc Cross Williams
David Patrick Kelly … Prospector
Lance Reddick
Seth Gabel
Brandi Coleman … Olean
John Gallagher Jr. … Second Lieutenant Evan
Natacha Itzel … Jonah's Wife
Clint James … Dead Body / Spectator
Lisa Rotondi … The Lovely Prostitute
Jamie Alyson Caudle … Brothel Prostitute
Matt Lasky … 'Dead' Turnbull Prisoner
J.D. Evermore … Union Officer on train
Sean Michael Cunningham … Young Boy
Amy Stipkovich … Saloon Hooker
David Jensen … Turnbull's Guard
Mark Casimir Dyniewicz … Turnbull Henchman #2
Veronica Russell … Red Haired Prostitute
Thomas Tah Hyde III … Alvin
Topher Jones … Train Passenger
Rod Keller … Telegrapher
Tom Townsend … Bruno
Antal Kalik … Huge bar patron
Sean Boyd … The Preacher
Eric Scott Woods … Seargent Sam
Brian Elerding … Lookout
Luke James Fleischmann … Travis Hex
Paul Zies … Henchman #1
Danny Cosmo … Grimey Local
Kesia Elwin … Saloon Hooker
Jim Henry … First Class Train Passenger
Brian Graham … Turnbull Henchman
Earl Maddox … Skeptic Outlaw
Jake Radaker … Town Boy
Sean M. Sellers … Turnbull Man
Michael Arnona … Train Engineer
Mills Allison … Union Soldier
Matthew Temple … Telegrapher
T.J. Toups … Stunk Crick Deputy
Ty Holland … Dumbass Outlaw
Jay Bird … Turnbull Henchman
Victor Aminger … Turnbull Man
Justin Accardo … Coal Miner Boss
David Slatten … Union Engineer
David W. McCracken … Turnbull Man

 

Plot: The U.S. military makes a scarred bounty hunter with warrants on his own head an offer he cannot refuse: in exchange for his freedom, he must stop a terrorist who is ready to unleash Hell on Earth. Add synopsis »

Repo Men

Friday, March 19th, 2010

All Genres:
Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Release Year: 2010

Country: USA | Canada

Runtime: 113 min

Languages:

Director:

Tagline: Consider them your final notice.

 

Cast: Liev Schreiber … Frank
Jude Law … Remy
Forest Whitaker … Jake Freivald
Alice Braga … Beth
Carice van Houten … Carol
Liza Lapira … Alva
RZA
Yvette Nicole Brown … Rhodesia
Chandler Canterbury … Peter
Tanya Clarke … Hooker
Joe Pingue … Raymond Pearl
Ashleigh Hubbard … Hot Girlfriend
Lina So … Sexy Asian Bride
Erin Reese … Hot Commercial Girl (as Erin Lokitz)
Jessica Rimmer
Bashar Rahal … Commercial Terrorist
Sima Fisher … Stewardess
Tiffany Espensen … Lil'Alva
Kristina Pesic … Dancing Girl #2
Michelle Santoro … Jacks soda girl
Olya Milova … Russian Bride
Dorly Jean-Louis … Hooker
Kathryn Michelle … Commercial Jogging Woman
Neil Whitely … Passenger
Laytrel McMullen … Jump Rope Girl #1
Will McFadden … New Stomach Man
Imali Perera … Q's Nurse
Marty Adams
Simon Northwood … TSA Agent
Christina Giuseppe Silva … Sexy Cuban Bride
Christian Lloyd … Addict
Jim Annan … TSA Guard
Emily Lineham … Hooker #5
Devon Tucker … Jack Soda Party Boy
Greg Lanzillotta … Super Special Tough Guy #5
Zoe Doyle … Technician (as Zoe Mugford)
Sarah Maxwell … Hooker special #3
Rebecca Applebaum … Dancing Girl #1
Keith Arthur Bolden … Salesman
Amie Alexia

 

Plot: Set in the near future when artificial organs can be bought on credit, it revolves around a man who… add synopsis

Season of the Witch

Thursday, March 18th, 2010

All Genres:
Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller

Release Year: 2010

Country: USA

Runtime:

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: Not all souls can be saved.

 

Cast: Nicolas Cage … Behman
Ron Perlman … Felson
Stephen Campbell Moore … Debelzaq
Robert Sheehan … Kay
Claire Foy … The Girl
Ulrich Thomsen … Eckhardt
Stephen Graham … Hagamar rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Matt Devere
Christopher Lee … Cardinal D'Ambroise
Peter Linka … Grand Master
Nick Thomas-Webster … Villager

 

Plot: 14th-century knights transport a suspected witch to a monastery, where monks deduce her powers could be the source of the Black Plague. add synopsis

Green Zone

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

All Genres:
Action, Drama, Thriller, War

Release Year: 2010

Country: France | USA | Spain | UK

Runtime: 115 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller is done following orders

 

Cast: Matt Damon … Roy Miller
Jason Isaacs … Maj. Briggs
Brendan Gleeson
Greg Kinnear … Clark Poundstone
Amy Ryan … Lawrie Dayne
Said Faraj … Seyyed
Khalid Abdalla … Freddy
Michael O'Neill … Colonel Bethel
Antoni Corone … Col. Lyons
Yigal Naor … Al Rawi
Raad Rawi … Zubaidi
Paul Karsko … Paul Sims
Sean Huze … Conway
Nicoye Banks … Perry
Jerry Della Salla … SFC Jerry Wilkins
Lewis Alsamari … Righteous Ali
Martin McDougall … Mr. Sheen
Bijan Daneshmand … Mazin Aide Zubaidi
Amar Adatia … Zain
William Meredith … Stan Dreygill / CPA Presser
Paul Rieckhoff … Major Gonzalez
Tommy Campbell … Comms Chopper Commander
Allen Vaught … Jonathan Vaught
Edouard H.R. Gluck … Ed Johnson
Adam Wendling … Adam Michaels
Brian VanRiper … Brian Bronner
Soumaya Akaaboune … Sanaa
Aymen Hamdouchi … Ayad
Alex Moore … CIA Technician 1

 

Plot: Discovering covert and faulty intelligence causes a U.S. Army officer to go rogue as he hunts for Weapons of Mass Destruction in an unstable region. add synopsis

The Crazies

Friday, February 26th, 2010

All Genres:
Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Release Year: 2010

Country: USA | United Arab Emirates

Runtime: 101 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: Fear Thy Neighbor

 

Cast: Timothy Olyphant … David Dutton
Radha Mitchell … Judy Dutton
Joe Anderson … Russell Clank
Danielle Panabaker … Becca Darling
Christie Lynn Smith … Deardra Farnum
Brett Rickaby … Bill Farnum
Preston Bailey … Nicholas
John Aylward … Mayor Hobbs
Joe Reegan … Pvt. Billy Babcock
Glenn Morshower … Intelligence Officer
Larry Cedar … Ben Sandborn
Gregory Sporleder … Travis Quinn
Mike Hickman … Rory Hamill
Lisa K. Wyatt … Peggy Hamill
Justin Welborn … Curt Hammil

 

Plot: About the inhabitants of a small Iowa town suddenly plagued by insanity and then death after a mysterious toxin contaminates their water supply. add synopsis

Shutter Island

Saturday, February 13th, 2010

All Genres:
Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Release Year: 2010

Country: USA

Runtime: 138 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: Someone is missing.

 

Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio … Teddy Daniels
Mark Ruffalo … Chuck Aule
Ben Kingsley … Dr. John Cawley
Emily Mortimer … Rachel Solando
Michelle Williams … Dolores Chanal
Max von Sydow … Dr. Jeremiah Naehring
Patricia Clarkson … Ethel Barton
Jackie Earle Haley … George Noyce
Ruby Jerins … Little Girl rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Drew Beasley … Henry
Ken Cheeseman … Doctor 1
Curtiss Cook … Trey Washington
Christopher Denham … Peter Breene
Gary Galone … Gate Guard
Tom Kemp … Ward C Guard
Elias Koteas … Andrew Laeddis
Ted Levine … Warden
Dennis Lynch … Red Headed Man
John Carroll Lynch … Deputy Warden McPherson
Robert Masiello … Doctor
Joseph McKenna … Billings
Aidan Cole Mitchell … Teddy jr.
Nellie Sciutto … Nurse Marino
Gregory Seymore … Soldier 1
Joseph Sikora … Glen Miga
Damian Zuk … Elijah Tookey

 

Plot: Drama is set in 1954, U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels is investigating the disappearance of a murderess who escaped from a hospital for the criminally insane and is presumed to be hiding on the remote Shutter Island. add synopsis

 

Awards: 1 nomination

Centurion

Friday, February 12th, 2010

All Genres:
Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Thriller, War See  »

Release Year: 2010

Country: UK

Runtime: 97 min | Finland:130 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: Fight or die.

 

Cast: Michael Fassbender … Quintus Dias
Dominic West … Virilus
Olga Kurylenko … Etain
Noel Clarke … Macros
David Morrissey … Bothos
JJ Feild … Thax
Axelle Carolyn … Aeron
Riz Ahmed
Dave Legeno … Vortix
Ulrich Thomsen … Gorlacon rest of cast listed alphabetically:
James Currie … Maximus
Dhaffer L'Abidine … Vigo
Hamish Moir … Pictish Warrior
Imogen Poots … Arian
Rachael Stirling … Drusilla

 

Plot: A splinter group of Roman soldiers fight for their lives behind enemy lines after their legion is decimated in a devastating guerrilla attack. Full summary » Add synopsis »

The Ghost Writer

Sunday, February 7th, 2010

All Genres:
Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Release Year: 2010

Country: France | Germany | UK

Runtime: Germany:128 min (Berlin International Film Festival)

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline:

 

Writers: Robert Harris (novel) Robert Harris (adaptation) …

 

Cast: Ewan McGregor
Pierce Brosnan … Adam Lang
Kim Cattrall … Amelia
Olivia Williams … Ruth Lang
Timothy Hutton
Eli Wallach … Vineyard old man
Tom Wilkinson
James Belushi
Jon Bernthal … Rick
Robert Pugh … Richard Rycart
Daphne Alexander … Connie
Nyasha Hatendi … Josh
Jaymes Butler … F.B.I Officer
Marianne Graffam … Lucy
Anne Wittman … CNN Newscaster #2
Angelique Fernandez … War Crime Prosecutor
Glenn Conroy … Barman
Michael S. Ruscheinsky … The Island Reporter
Kate Copeland … Alice
James McNeill … CNN Newscaster #1
Eben Young … FBI Agent #1

 

Plot: A ghostwriter hired to complete the memoirs of a former British prime minister uncovers secrets that put his own life in jeopardy. add synopsis

From Paris with Love

Friday, February 5th, 2010

All Genres:
Action, Crime, Thriller

Release Year: 2010

Country: France

Runtime: 92 min

Languages: English | French

Director:

Tagline: Two agents. One city. No merci.

 

Cast: John Travolta … Charlie Wax
Jonathan Rhys Meyers … James Reece
Kasia Smutniak … Caroline
Richard Durden … Ambassador Bennington
Yin Bing … M. Wong
Amber Rose Revah … Nichole
Eric Gordon … Foreign Minister
François Bredon … The Thug
Chems Dahmani … Rashid (as Chems Eddine Dahmani)
Sami Darr … The Pimp
Julien Hagnery … Chinese Punk
Mostéfa Stiti … Dir Yasin
Rebecca Dayan … Foreign Minister's Aide
Michaël Vander-Meiren … Airport Security Official
Didier Constant … Customs Official

 

Plot: In Paris, a young employee in the office of the US Ambassador hooks up with an American spy looking to stop a terrorist attack in the city.

Edge of Darkness

Thursday, January 28th, 2010

All Genres:
Drama, Thriller

Release Year: 2010

Country: UK | USA

Runtime: 117 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: Some secrets take us to the edge

 

Cast: Mel Gibson … Thomas Craven
Ray Winstone … Jedburgh
Danny Huston … Jack Bennett
Bojana Novakovic … Emma Craven
Shawn Roberts … Burnham
David Aaron Baker … Millroy
Jay O. Sanders … Whitehouse
Denis O'Hare … Moore
Damian Young … Senator Jim Pine
Caterina Scorsone … Melissa
Frank Grillo … Agent One
Wayne Duvall … Chief of Police
Gbenga Akinnagbe … Detective Darcy Jones
Gabrielle Popa … Young Emma
Paul Sparks … Northampton Police Detective

 

Plot: As homicide detective Thomas Craven investigates the death of his activist daughter, he uncovers not only her secret life, but a corporate cover-up and government collusion that attracts an agent tasked with cleaning up the evidence.

The Wolfman

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

All Genres:
Horror, Thriller

Release Year: 2010

Country: UK | USA

Runtime: USA:125 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: When the moon is full the legend comes to life

 

Cast: Simon Merrells … Ben Talbot
Gemma Whelan … Gwen's Maid
Emily Blunt … Gwen Conliffe
Benicio Del Toro … Lawrence Talbot
Mario Marin-Borquez … Young Lawrence
Asa Butterfield … Young Ben
Cristina Contes … Solana Talbot
Anthony Hopkins … Sir John Talbot
Art Malik … Singh
Malcolm Scates … Butcher
Nicholas Day … Colonel Montford
Michael Cronin … Dr. Lloyd
David Sterne … Kirk
David Schofield … Constable Nye
Roger Frost … Reverend Fisk

 

Plot: Upon his return to his ancestral homeland, an American man (Del Toro) is bitten, and subsequently cursed by, a werewolf.

Frozen

Sunday, January 24th, 2010

All Genres:
Drama, Thriller

Release Year: 2010

Country: USA

Runtime: USA:94 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: No one knows you're up there

 

Cast: Emma Bell … Parker O'Neil
Shawn Ashmore … Joe Lynch
Kevin Zegers … Dan Walker
Ed Ackerman … Jason
Rileah Vanderbilt … Shannon
Kane Hodder … Cody
Adam Johnson … Rifkin
Chris York … Ryan
Peder Melhuse … Driver

 

Plot: Three skiers are stranded on a chairlift and forced to make life-or-death choices that prove perilous than staying put and freezing to death add synopsis

The Killer Inside Me

Sunday, January 24th, 2010

All Genres:
Crime, Drama, Thriller, Western See  »

Release Year: 2010

Country: USA

Runtime: 109 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline:

 

Writers: John Curran (screenplay) Jim Thompson (novel) See »

 

Cast: Casey Affleck … Lou Ford
Kate Hudson … Amy Stanton
Jessica Alba … Joyce Lakeland
Ned Beatty … Chester Conway
Elias Koteas … Joe Rothman
Tom Bower … Sheriff Bob Maples
Simon Baker … Howard Hendricks
Bill Pullman … Billy Boy Walker
Brent Briscoe … Bum / The Stranger / Visitor
Matthew Maher … Deputy Jeff Plummer
Liam Aiken … Johnnie Pappas
Jay R. Ferguson … Elmer Conway rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Blake Brigham … Young Lou Ford
Noah Crawford … Young Mike
Michael Gibbons … Turnkey
Zach Josse … 14 year old Lou Ford
Blake Lindsley … Max's Diner Waitress
Rosa Pasquarella … Nurse

 

Plot: A West Texas deputy sheriff is slowly unmasked as a psychotic killer. Add synopsis »

 

Awards: 1 nomination See »

Legion

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

All Genres:
Action, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller

Release Year: 2010

Country: USA

Runtime: 100 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: When the last angel falls, the fight for mankind begins.

 

Cast: Paul Bettany … Michael
Lucas Black … Jeep Hanson
Tyrese Gibson … Kyle Williams
Adrianne Palicki … Charlie
Charles S. Dutton … Percy Walker
Kevin Durand … Gabriel
Jon Tenney … Howard Anderson
Willa Holland … Audrey Anderson
Kate Walsh … Sandra Anderson
Dennis Quaid … Bob Hanson
Jeanette Miller … Gladys Foster
Cameron Harlow … Minivan Boy
Doug Jones … Ice Cream Man
Josh Stamberg … Burton
Yancey Arias … Estevez

 

Plot: An out-of-the-way diner becomes the unlikely battleground for the survival of the human race. When God loses faith in humankind… add synopsis

The Book of Eli

Monday, January 11th, 2010

All Genres:
Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Western

Release Year: 2010

Country: USA

Runtime: 118 min

Languages: English

Director: Albert Hughes

Allen Hughes

Tagline: Some will kill to have it. He will kill to protect it.

 

Cast: Denzel Washington … Eli
Gary Oldman … Carnegie
Mila Kunis … Solara
Ray Stevenson … Redridge
Jennifer Beals … Claudia
Evan Jones … Martz
Joe Pingue … Hoyt
Frances de la Tour … Martha
Michael Gambon … George
Tom Waits … Engineer
Chris Browning … Hijack Leader
Richard Cetrone … Hijacker
Lateef Crowder … Highjacker / Construction Thug
Keith Davis … Hijacker
Don Tai … Hijacker (as Don Theerathada)

 

Plot: A post-apocalyptic tale, in which a lone man fights his way across America in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind.

Sherlock Holmes

Thursday, December 24th, 2009

All Genres:
Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA | Germany

Runtime: 128 min

Languages: English | French

Director:

Tagline: Nothing Escapes Him

 

Cast: Robert Downey Jr. … Sherlock Holmes
Jude Law … Dr. John Watson
Rachel McAdams … Irene Adler
Mark Strong … Lord Blackwood
Eddie Marsan … Inspector Lestrade
Robert Maillet … Dredger
Geraldine James … Mrs. Hudson
Kelly Reilly … Mary Morstan
William Houston … Constable Clark
Hans Matheson … Lord Coward
James Fox … Sir Thomas
William Hope … Ambassador Standish
Clive Russell … Captain Tanner
Oran Gurel … Reordan
David Garrick … McMurdo

 

Plot: Detective Sherlock Holmes and his stalwart partner Watson engage in a battle of wits and brawn with a nemesis whose plot is a threat to all of England. add synopsis

 

Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 1 win & 4 nominations

Armored

Friday, December 4th, 2009

All Genres:
Action, Drama, Thriller

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA

Runtime: 88 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: They have a plan that's going to catch EVERYBODY off-guard.

 

Cast: Matt Dillon … Mike Cochrone
Jean Reno … Quinn
Laurence Fishburne … Baines
Amaury Nolasco … Palmer
Fred Ward … Duncan Ashcroft
Milo Ventimiglia … Eckehart
Skeet Ulrich … Dobbs
Columbus Short … Ty Hackett
Andre Kinney … Jimmy Hackett (as Andre Jamal Kinney)
Andrew Fiscella … Dispatcher #1
Nick Jameson … Homeless Man
Glenn Taranto … Joe the Cook
Lorna Raver … Child Welfare Agent
Garry Guerrier … Federal Guard
Robert Harvey … Bank Guard

 

Plot: A newbie guard for an armored truck company is coerced by his veteran coworkers to steal a truck containing $42 million. But a wrinkle in their supposedly foolproof plan divides the group, leading to a potentially deadly resolution.

Brothers

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

All Genres:
Drama, Thriller, War

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA

Runtime: 104 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: There are two sides to every family

 

Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal … Tommy Cahill
Natalie Portman … Grace Cahill
Tobey Maguire … Capt. Sam Cahill
Clifton Collins Jr. … Major Cavazos
Bailee Madison … Isabelle Cahill
Sam Shepard … Hank Cahill
Mare Winningham … Elsie Cahill
Taylor Geare … Maggie Cahill
Patrick Flueger … Private Joe Willis
Jenny Wade … Tina
Carey Mulligan … Cassie Willis
Omid Abtahi … Yusuf
Navid Negahban … Murad
Ethan Suplee … Sweeney
Arron Shiver … A.J.

 

Plot: A young man comforts his older brother’s wife and children after he goes missing in Afghanistan. add synopsis

 

Awards: Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 2 nominations