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In my original, unpublished review of Basic Instinct (dated March 21, 1992), I wrote the following: "There's a fine line between eroticism and exploitation, and Basic Instinct treads it, using nudity, sex, and violence to cover up the limitations o...
U.S. Release Date: 1992-03-20
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Situations, Violence, Nudity, Profanity, Drugs)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Cast: Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone, George Dzundza, ...
Die Hard represents the class of modern action pictures and the standard by which they must be judged. Few films falling into the "mindless entertainment" genre have as much going for them as this movie. Not only is it a thrill-a-minute ride, but...
U.S. Release Date: -
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Nudity)
Genre: ACTION/THRILLER
Director: John McTiernan
Cast: Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Bonnie Bedelia, ...
The original The Haunting, a low-budget 1963 haunted house film from director Robert Wise, is a chilling little movie that offers a primer in scaring audiences without graphic bloodshed. It's a lesson that has largely been ignored by filmmakers ov...
U.S. Release Date: 1999-07-23
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: HORROR
Director: Jan de Bont
Cast: Lili Taylor, Liam Neeson, Catherine Zeta Jones, ...
The original The Haunting, a low-budget 1963 haunted house film from director Robert Wise, is a chilling little movie that offers a primer in scaring audiences without graphic bloodshed. It's a lesson that has largely been ignored by filmmakers ov...
U.S. Release Date: 1999-07-23
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: HORROR
Director: Jan de Bont
Cast: Lili Taylor, Liam Neeson, Catherine Zeta Jones, ...
When Paramount Pictures greenlit production for The Hunt for Red October, there was no thought of it becoming the first film in a “Jack Ryan” series. Red October, Tom Clancy’s debut as an author, became an international best-seller but wa...
U.S. Release Date: 1990-03-02
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Violence)
Genre: Thriller
Director: John McTiernan
Cast: Sean Connery, Courtney B. Vance, Tim Curry, ...
Place your foot on the accelerator. Press down. Watch the needle on the speedometer creep above fifty. Now you're trapped. Whatever happens, you can't drop below that level - if you do, you're dead, and everyone on the bus with you. It might n...
U.S. Release Date: 1994-06-10
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: ACTION/THRILLER
Director: Jan De Bont
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Dennis Hopper, Sandra Bullock, ...
If there was ever an action movie that didn't warrant a sequel, it's Speed. However, the film grossed enough money to be numbered among the big summer hits of 1994, and the unfortunate result is this film, which reunites director Jan de Bont wit...
U.S. Release Date: 1997-06-13
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Jan de Bont
Cast: Sandra Bullock, Jason Patric, Willem Dafoe, ...
Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life arrives stillborn, the misbegotten offspring of filmmakers who are so greedy that they probably wouldn't hesitate to plunder a grave or two. I would be tempted to recommend this movie as being entertainment of the "...
U.S. Release Date: 2003-07-25
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Sexual Situations)
Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE
Director: Jan de Bont
Cast: Angelina Jolie, Gerard Butler, Ciaran Hinds, ...
As movie-goers, we expect different things from big-budget summer blockbusters than we do from "normal" films. Considerations of theme and character become secondary to action and mind- numbing excitement. The plot is expected to be very basic...
U.S. Release Date: 1996-05-10
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Mayhem)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Jan De Bont
Cast: Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, Cary Elwes, ...