Movies starring Rodrigo Santoro
Underwritten yet nevertheless enjoyable on a visceral level, Project Power is the latest Netflix film to use a familiar template: start with an intriguing premise, sign a bankable star (or two), employ an exotic (or at least non-standard) locat...
U.S. Release Date: 2020-08-14
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Drugs)
Genre: Action/Thriller
Director: Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman
Cast: Jamie Foxx, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Dominique Fishback, ...
If one thing is certain, it’s that director Timur Bekmambetov’s remake of Lew Wallace’s Ben-Hur isn’t going to make anyone forget the 1959 Charlton Heston classic. An amateurish effort that boasts direct-to-video characteristi...
U.S. Release Date: 2016-08-19
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence)
Genre: Adventure/Drama
Director: Timur Bekmambetov
Cast: Jack Huston, Toby Kebbell, Rodrigo Santoro, ...
Some material is inherently better suited to documentary (rather than feature film) treatment. That’s the case with The 33, a “based on fact” account of the 2010 Chilean mining disaster that riveted news-watching populations worldwi...
U.S. Release Date: 2015-11-13
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Scenes of Peril)
Genre: Drama/Thriller
Director: Patricia Riggen
Cast: Antonio Banderas, Rodrigo Santoro, Juliette Binoche, ...
With a lighthearted caper movie, the formula is easy to understand if not execute. It's all about conning the viewer as effectively as the on-screen marks while camouflaging enough of the unavoidable plot holes to make things hold up on a second ...
U.S. Release Date: 2015-02-27
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Violence)
Genre: THRILLER/COMEDY
Director: Glenn Ficarra, John Requa
Cast: Rodrigo Santoro, Will Smith, Gerald McRaney, ...
300: Rise of an Empire is one of those unnecessary sequels that exists primarily because the previous installment made a lot of money. The lack of a creative driver behind the film leads to a level of fundamental dissatisfaction. The movie delivers...
U.S. Release Date: 2014-03-07
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Bloody Mayhem, Nudity, Sexual Content)
Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE
Director: Noam Murro
Cast: Sullivan Stapleton, Eva Green, Lena Headey, ...
When one distills Rio to its essentials, it's all about a bird traveling several thousand miles for the express purpose of getting laid. However, since such a reduction of the plot would not go over well with the parents planning to send (or accomp...
U.S. Release Date: 2011-04-15
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: ANIMATED
Director: Carlos Saldanha
Cast: (voices) Jesse Eisenberg, Anne Hathaway, Leslie Mann, ...
I Love You Phillip Morris begins by telling us that it's based on a true story. Then, as if we might be disbelieving of that claim, it reinforces it. Truth, as they say, is stranger than fiction. (Not really, but the phrase sounds good, so we use ...
U.S. Release Date: 2010-12-10
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Glenn Ficarra, John Requa
Cast: Jim Carrey, Ewan McGregor, Leslie Mann, ...
These tough economic times, with the national unemployment rate inching toward double digits, would seem to offer the perfect opportunity to release a movie about the difficulties faced by a recent college graduate in obtaining not merely the "perf...
U.S. Release Date: 2009-08-21
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Situations)
Genre: COMEDY/ROMANCE
Director: Vicky Jenson
Cast: Alexis Bledel, Zach Gilford, Michael Keaton, ...
Whatever else 300 may be, it is destined to become beloved for a group of devotees. The size of that group will determine whether it achieves mainstream acceptance or attains cult status. Distilled to its essence, this is a graphic novel come to li...
U.S. Release Date: 2007-03-09
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Sexual Situations, Nudity)
Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE
Director: Zack Snyder
Cast: Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, Dominic West, ...
What potentially could have been the greatest asset possessed by Che - its unapologetic length - turns into its greatest detriment. One frequent complaint about cinematic biopics is that too much condensation is required and, as a result, key aspe...
U.S. Release Date: 2009-01-09
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Cast: Benicio Del Toro, Demian Bichir, Rodrigo Santoro, ...