Movies directed by Lee Tamahori

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Once Were Warriors

Once Were Warriors, a New Zealand export, is centered upon the touchy yet timely topic of domestic violence. It is not, however, merely another "domestic violence motion picture." With its complex cultural backdrop and its stark view of this soci...

Run Time: 1:39
U.S. Release Date: 1995-02-24
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Sexual Situations, Profanity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Lee Tamahori
Cast: Rena Owen, Temuera Morrison, Mamaengaroa Kerr-Bell, ...
Next

Next represents Nicolas Cage's second superhero movie in the space of two months. However, where Ghost Rider was based on a comic book, Next takes its inspiration from a Philip K. Dick story. The result is not unlike what we have come to expect o...

Run Time: 1:36
U.S. Release Date: 2007-04-27
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Situations)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Lee Tamahori
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Julianne Moore, Jessica Biel, ...
Mulholland Falls

Following several release delays, Mulholland Falls has finally reached theaters. Usually, when a distributor keeps putting off a film's opening, it's a sign that there's something wrong with the production, and, about halfway through Mulholland Fa...

Run Time: 1:47
U.S. Release Date: 1996-04-26
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Lee Tamahori
Cast: Nick Nolte, John Malkovich, Andrew McCarthy, ...
Die Another Day

Imagine, if you will, the dispiriting experience of listening to an awful cover of one of your favorite songs. That's how I felt sitting through Die Another Day, the 20th official outing for Ian Fleming's super-spy. This is a train wreck of an ac...

Run Time: 2:15
U.S. Release Date: 2002-11-22
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Sexual Situations)
Genre: ACTION/THRILLER
Director: Lee Tamahori
Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Halle Berry, Toby Stephens, ...
Edge, The

As "survival in the wilderness" films go, The Edge is a strange example. Leaving the theater, I didn't quite know what to make of it. In fact, I'll even admit to enjoying it on a certain level. I laughed frequently, but the problem is that I'm n...

Run Time: 1:57
U.S. Release Date: 1997-09-26
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Lee Tamahori
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Alec Baldwin, Elle Macpherson, ...
Along Came a Spider

Here's one important rule about film criticism and review writing: the harder you have to think to find something noteworthy or laudable about a motion picture, the less likely it is to get a recommendation. So, although there are some things to ...

Run Time: 1:43
U.S. Release Date: 2001-04-06
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Lee Tamahori
Cast: Morgan Freeman, Monica Potter, Michael Wincott, ...
XXX: State of the Union

Where's the Kryptonite? What many movie producers fail to realize is that one of the keys to making a superhero interesting is to give him an Achilles heel - Kryptonite, so to speak. And one of the big problems with XXX: State of the Union is t...

Run Time: 1:42
U.S. Release Date: 2005-04-29
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Situations)
Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE
Director: Lee Tamahori
Cast: Ice Cube, Willem Dafoe, Samuel L. Jackson, ...