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The provocative and challenging Together is the sophomore effort from director Lukas Moodysson. Show Me Love, his feature debut, achieved a certain amount of worldwide acclaim during its international theatrical run during late 1999 and early 2000....
U.S. Release Date: 2001-09-14
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Situations, Nudity, Profanity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Lukas Moodysson
Cast: Lisa Lindgren, Michael Nyqvist, Emma Samuelsson, ...
It's a hard thing for a filmmaker, even an accomplished one, to make a project "his own" when the original is well remembered as a vehicle for a star as big as Arnold Schwarzenegger. A mere 22 years have passed since the Schwarzenegger/Paul Vehoeve...
U.S. Release Date: 2012-08-03
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Sexual Content, Profanity, Nudity)
Genre: SCIENCE FICTION/ACTION
Director: Len Wiseman
Cast: Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale, Jessica Biel, ...
Traitor is an uncommonly intelligent espionage thriller that explores the moral and ethical dilemmas faced by agents who go deep undercover in the service of their country. For movies that revolve around terrorist organizations and acts, there a...
U.S. Release Date: 2008-08-27
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity, Mature Themes)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Jeffrey Nachmanoff
Cast: Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce, Neal McDonough, ...
I don't have a lot to say about Transporter 2. It's a sequel that outdoes the original in terms of flair and outrageousness, but it will appeal to much the same audience. If James Bond is too tame for you, Frank Martin (Jason Stratham) is your ma...
U.S. Release Date: 2005-09-02
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Sexual Situations, Nudity)
Genre: ACTION/THRILLER
Director: Louis Leterrier
Cast: Jason Statham, Alessandro Gassman, Amber Valletta, ...
The Transporter movies remind me of the Bond films of the '70s and '80s, in which each new installment tried to one-up its predecessor in terms of inventive and outrageous action set pieces. Without a doubt, Transporter 3 offers more innovative wa...
U.S. Release Date: 2008-11-26
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Sexual Situations)
Genre: ACTION
Director: Olivier Megaton
Cast: Jason Statham, Natalya Rudakova, Robert Knepper, ...
The Transporter is cinematic extravaganza for everyone who disdains wimpy movie elements like "plot" and "character development". This balls-to-the-walls action/adventure makes the average James Bond film look like something by Eric Rohmer. It’s...
U.S. Release Date: 2002-10-11
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Sexual Situations)
Genre: ACTION/THRILLER
Director: Corey Yuan
Cast: Jason Stratham, Qi Shu, Matt Schulze, ...
With today’s cinematic focus squarely on gender-balanced films, it almost feels odd to encounter something so testosterone-driven. Nevertheless, Triple Frontier is less a shrine to masculinity than a callback to the themes embraced by the Jo...
U.S. Release Date: 2019-03-15
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Thriller
Director: J.C. Chandor
Cast: Ben Affleck, Oscar Isaac, Charlie Hunnam, ...
When a director can take a reprehensible monster and, over the course of a scant 90 minutes, turn audience reaction from distaste to sympathy, that's the mark of an adept filmmaker. This occurs in Tsotsi, an emotionally honest tale of redemption t...
U.S. Release Date: 2006-02-24
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Nudity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Gavin Hood
Cast: Presley Chweneyagae, Mothusi Magano, Zenzo Ngqobe, ...
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, ...
From the outside looking in, I was dubious about how the filmmakers behind Twisters were going to handle a sequel-not-sequel to the 1996 blockbuster, Twister. With Bill Paxton dead and Helen Hunt not participating, there seemed to be no real p...
U.S. Release Date: 2024-07-19
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Intense Action, Profanity)
Genre: Action/Adventure
Director: Lee Isaac Chung
Cast: Daisy Edgar-Jones, Glen Powell, Anthony Ramos, ...