Thread: Recommended Movies

Movie: Gran Torino
Year: 2008
Language: English
Genre: Drama
Director: Clint Eastwood
Cast:

• Clint Eastwood as Walt Kowalski
• Christopher Carley as Father Janovich
• Bee Vang as Thao Vang Lor
• Ahney Her as Sue Lor
• Brian Haley as Mitch Kowalski
• Geraldine Hughes as Karen Kowalski
• Dreama Walker as Ashley Kowalski
• Brian Howe as Steve Kowalski
• John Carroll Lynch as Barber Martin
• William Hill as Tim Kennedy
• Brooke Chia Thao as Vu
• Chee Thao as Grandma
• Choua Kue as Youa
• Scott Eastwood as Trey (as Scott Reeves)
• Xia Soua Chang as Kor Khue

Story Line: Walt Kowalski is a widower who holds onto his prejudices despite the changes in his Michigan neighborhood and the world around him. Kowalski is a grumpy, tough-minded, unhappy an old man, who can't get along with either his kids or his neighbors, a Korean War veteran whose prize possession is a 1972 Gran Torino he keeps in mint condition. When his neighbor Thao, a young Hmong teenager under pressure from his gang member cousin, tries to steal his Gran Torino, Kowalski sets out to reform the youth. Drawn against his will into the life of Thao's family, Kowalski is soon taking steps to protect them from the gangs that infest their neighborhood

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Movie: Rise of the footsoldier
Year: 2007
Language: English
Genre: Action, Biography, Crime
Director: Julian Gilby
Rating: Rated R for strong bloody/brutal violence, torture and language throughout, drug use, sexuality, and some graphic nudity.
Cast:

• Billy Murray
  Mickey Steele
• Craig Fairbrass
  Pat Tate
• Dave Legeno
  Big John
• Ricci Harnett
  Carlton Leach
• Roland Manookian
  Craig Rolfe
• Emily Beecham
  Kelly
• Kierston Wareing
  Kate Carter
• Ian Virgo
  Jimmy Gerenuk
• Frank Harper
  Jack Whomes
• Kieran Bew
  Ricky
• Terry Stone
  Tony Tucker

Story Line: Rise of the Footsoldier follows the inexorable rise of Carlton Leach from one of the most feared generals of the football terraces to becoming a member of a notorious gang of criminals who rampaged their way through London and Essex in the late eighties and early nineties. It is three decades of his life following him from football hooliganism, through to his burgeoning career as a bouncer, his involvement in the criminal aspects of the early 'rave' scene and subsequently to his rise to power as one of the most feared and respected criminals in the country.

Movie: Vantage Point
Year: 2008
Language: English, Spanish
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director: Pete Travis
Rating: PG-13 for sequences of intense violence and action, some disturbing images and brief strong language
Cast:

• Dennis Quaid
  Thomas Barnes
• Ayelet Zurer
  Veronica
• Leonardo Nam
  Kevin Cross
• Holt McCallany
  Ron Matthews
• Said Taghmaoui
  Suarez
• Richard T. Jones
  Holden
• Eduardo Noriega
  Enrique
• Edgar Ramirez
  Javier
• James LeGros
  Ted Heinkin
• Bruce McGill
  Phil McCullough
• Forest Whitaker
  Howard Lewis
• William Hurt
  President Ashton
• Zoë Saldaña
  Angie Jones
• Sigourney Weaver
  Rex Brooks
• Matthew Fox
  Kent Taylor
• Shelby Fenner
  Grace Riggs
• Sean O`Bryan
  Cavic

Story Line: The President of the United States is in Salamanca, Spain, about to address the city in a public square. We see a plain-clothes cop, his girlfriend with another man, a mother and child, an American tourist with a video camera, and a Secret Service agent newly returned from medical leave. Shots ring out and the President falls; a few minutes later, we hear a distant explosion, then a bomb goes off in the square. Those minutes are retold, several times, emphasizing different characters' actions. Gradually, we discover who's behind the plot. Is the Secret Service one step ahead, or have the President's adversaries thought of everything?

Movie:
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust/ Banpaia hantâ D

Year: 2000

Language: Japanese

Genre: Animation/Horror/Action/Adventure/Suspense

Director:Yoshiaki Kawajiri (Also directed 'Ninja Scroll', 'X' the series, 'The Animatrix' - segment 'Program')

Cast: (Japanese version)

Hideyuki Tanaka ... D
Ichirô Nagai ... Left Hand
Kôichi Yamadera ... Meier Link
Megumi Hayashibara ... Leila (voice)
Emi Shinohara ... Charlotte Elbourne

Rating : Rated R for violence/gore.

Synopsis:

Combining romance, gothic horror, science fiction, and bloody action into a dazzling anime production, VAMPIRE HUNTER D (2000) takes the vampire mythos to a new level. This movie is not a remake or... Combining romance, gothic horror, science fiction, and bloody action into a dazzling anime production, VAMPIRE HUNTER D (2000) takes the vampire mythos to a new level. This movie is not a remake or a continuation of the 1985 movie of the same title. That movie was loosely based on the first of Kikuchi Hideyuki's VAMPIRE HUNTER D books, set 10,000 years in the future. VAMPIRE HUNTER D (2000) takes its cue from the third book in the series, though there are significant deviations in plot. Here, the charismatic vampire, Meier Link, arrives in town in the middle of the night and spirits away a beautiful woman. D, the child of a human and a vampire, is hired to retrieve her. Racing against time and against another group of bounty hunters who were also contracted to perform the rescue, D fights a bizarre cast of Meier's henchmen, each of whom has his own unique and horrific way of killing. Both of the VAMPIRE HUNTER D films benefit from the participation of fantasy artist Yoshitaka Amano, whose character designs for both films drip with the eroticism and decadence of a Gustav Klimt painting. Director Yoshiaki Kawajiri adds his talent at dreaming up gruesome enemies, which was also evidenced in his previous work, NINJA SCROLL.

IMDB LINK: Vampire Hunter D (2000)
AniDB link : http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=anime&aid=66
RottenTomatoes link: Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust Movie Reviews, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes

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Movie:
Dark City

Year: 1998

Language: English

Genre: Crime/Mystery/Sci-Fi

Director:Alex Proyas (also Directed The Crow, I Robot, Knowing)

Cast:

Rufus Sewell ... John Murdoch
William Hurt ... Inspector Frank Bumstead
Kiefer Sutherland ... Dr. Daniel P. Schreber
Jennifer Connelly ... Emma Murdoch / Anna
Richard O'Brien ... Mr. Hand

Rating: Rated R for violent images and some sexuality

Synopsis:

Upon awakening with a start in an icy bathtub in a strange room--with a woman's dead body inconveniently nearby--John Murdoch can't remember how he got there. With a police detective hot on his... Upon awakening with a start in an icy bathtub in a strange room--with a woman's dead body inconveniently nearby--John Murdoch can't remember how he got there. With a police detective hot on his trail and a psychiatrist skulking around, Murdoch discovers that the key to his mystery is the presence of strange extraterrestrial creatures, the Strangers, who are experimenting with the memories of the humans in his city--from which there may be no escape. Ambitious sci-fi noir, with rich production design and a dense, Kafkaesque concept.

IMDB link : Dark City (1998)
RT link: Dark City Movie Reviews, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes

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Movie:
Pi

Year: 1997

Language: English

Genre: Sci-Fi / Thriller / Fantasy

Director: Darren Aronofsky (Also Directed 'Requiem For a Dream', 'The Fountain', 'The Wrestler')

Cast:

Sean Gullette ... Maximillian Cohen
Mark Margolis ... Sol Robeson
Ben Shenkman ... Lenny Meyer
Pamela Hart ... Marcy Dawson
Stephen Pearlman ... Rabbi Cohen
Samia Shoaib ... Devi

Rating: Rated R for language and some disturbing images.

Synopsis:

Low-budget film that won Darren Aronofsky "Best Director" at 1998's Sundance Film Festival. Gritty, inventive black-and-white photography drives this story of genius mathematician Max Cohen who is... Low-budget film that won Darren Aronofsky "Best Director" at 1998's Sundance Film Festival. Gritty, inventive black-and-white photography drives this story of genius mathematician Max Cohen who is exploring the possible existence of discernible patterns in the stock market. With the aid of Euclid, his home grown supercomputer, Max stumbles upon a bug that crashes his system and spits out a seemingly meaningless number. A knowledgeable friend gives him insight using the ancient game of Go and warns of the spiritual ramifications of powerful numbers. A Hasidic cabalistic sect and representatives from an extremely powerful Wall Street firm then attempt to extract the number from him, by whatever means necessary, for their own ill-gotten gains.

IMDB LINK: Pi (1998)
RT link: Pi Movie Reviews, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes

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Movie: GoodFellas
Year: 1990
Language: English,
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Biography
Director: Martin Scorsese
Cast:
Robert De Niro ... James 'Jimmy' Conway
Ray Liotta ... Henry Hill
Joe Pesci ... Tommy DeVito
Lorraine Bracco ... Karen Hill
Paul Sorvino ... Paul Cicero
Frank Sivero ... Frankie Carbone
Tony Darrow ... Sonny Bunz
Mike Starr ... Frenchy
Frank Vincent ... Billy Batts
Chuck Low ... Morris 'Morrie' Kessler
Frank DiLeo ... Tuddy Cicero
Henny Youngman ... Himself
Gina Mastrogiacomo ... Janice Rossi
Catherine Scorsese ... Tommy's Mother

Storyline: This film views the mob lives of three pivotal figures in the 1960's and 70's New York. Henry Hill is a local boy turned gangster in a neighborhood full of the roughest and toughest. Tommy Devito is a pure bred gangster, who turns out to be Henry's best friend. Jimmy Conway puts the two of them together, and runs some of the biggest hijacks and burglaries the town has ever seen. After an extended jail sentence, Henry must sneak around the back of the local mob boss, Paulie Cicero, to live the life of luxury he has always dreamed of. In the end, the friends end up in a hell of a jam, and must do anything they can to save each other, and stay alive.

Movie: Batoru Rowaiaru
Year: 2000
Language: Japanese
Genre: Action, Thriller
Director: Kinji Fukasaku
Cast:
Tatsuya Fujiwara ... Shuya Nanahara - otoko 15-ban
Aki Maeda ... Noriko Nakagawa - onna 15-ban
Tarô Yamamoto ... Shôgo Kawada - otoko 5-ban
Chiaki Kuriyama ... Takako Chigusa - onna 13-ban
Sosuke Takaoka ... Hiroki Sugimura - otoko 11-ban
Takashi Tsukamoto ... Shinji Mimura - otoko 19-ban
Yukihiro Kotani ... Yôshitoki Kuninobu - otoko 7-ban
Eri Ishikawa ... Yukie Utsumi - onna 2-ban
Sayaka Kamiya ... Satomi Noda - onna 17-ban
Aki Inoue ... Fumiyo Fujiyôshi - onna 18-ban
Takayo Mimura ... Kayoko Kotôhiki - onna 8-ban
Yutaka Shimada ... Yûtaka Seto - otoko 12-ban
Ren Matsuzawa ... Keita Îjima - otoko 2-ban
Hirohito Honda ... Kazushi Nîda - otoko 16-ban
Ryou Nitta ... Kyôichi Motobuchi - otoko 20-ban
Story Line:
Forty-two delinquent students, three days, one deserted Island: welcome to Battle Royale. A group of delinquent students from a Japanese high school have been forced by legislation to compete in a new forum of reality television.The students are each given a bag with a randomly selected weapon and a few rations of food and water and sent off to kill each other in a no-holds-barred (with a few minor rules) game to the death, which means that the students have three days to kill each other until one survives--or they all die. The movie focus on a few of the students and how they cope. Some decide to play the game like the psychotic Kiriyama or the sexual Mistuko, while others like the heroes of the movie--Shuya, Noriko, and Kawada--are trying to find a way to get off the Island without violence. However, as the numbers dwell down lower and lower on an hourly basis, is there any way for Shuya and classmates to survive?




Movie: Snatch
Year: 2000
Language: English
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Director: Guy Richie
Cast:
Ade ... Tyrone
William Beck ... Neil
Andy Beckwith ... Errol
Ewen Bremner ... Mullet
Jason Buckham ... Gary
Mickey Cantwell ... Liam
Nicola Collins ... Alex (as Nikki Collins)
Teena Collins ... Susi
Charles Cork ... MC
James Cunningham ... Horrible Man
Sorcha Cusack ... Mum O'Neil
Mickey Dee ... Jack The All Seeing Eye
Benicio Del Toro ... Franky Four Fingers
Sam Douglas ... Rosebud
Dennis Farina ... Avi
Story Line:
Turkish and his close friend/accomplice Tommy get pulled into the world of match fixing by the notorious Brick Top. Things get complicated when the boxer they had lined up gets the shit kicked out of him by Pitt, a 'pikey' ( slang for an Irish Gypsy)- who comes into the equation after Turkish, an unlicensed boxing promoter wants to buy a caravan off the Irish Gypsies. They then try to convince Pitt not only to fight for them, but to lose for them too. Whilst all this is going on, a huge diamond heist takes place, and a fistful of motley characters enter the story, including 'Cousin Avi', 'Boris The Blade', 'Franky Four Fingers' and 'Bullet Tooth Tony'. Things go from bad to worse as it all becomes about the money, the guns, and the damned dog!



Movie: Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Year: 2001
Language: English
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Director: Kevin Smith
Cast:
Jason Mewes ... Jay
Kevin Smith ... Silent Bob
Ben Affleck ... Holden McNeil / Himself
Jeff Anderson ... Randal Graves
Brian O'Halloran ... Dante Hicks (as Brian Christopher O'Halloran)
Shannon Elizabeth ... Justice
Eliza Dushku ... Sissy
Ali Larter ... Chrissy
Jennifer Schwalbach Smith ... Missy (as Jennifer Schwalbach)
Will Ferrell ... Federal Wildlife Marshal Willenholly
Jason Lee ... Brodie Bruce / Banky Edwards
Judd Nelson ... Sheriff
George Carlin ... Hitchhiker
Carrie Fisher ... Nun
Seann William Scott ... Brent
Story Line:
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back is a tale of adventure on the open road. When Dante and Randal (of Clerks fame) get a restraining order to keep the punchy Jay and his hetero life-mate, Silent Bob, from selling drugs in front of the Quick Stop convenience store, their lives are suddenly empty. They find new purpose when their friend, Brodie, informs them a movie is being made featuring two infamous characters based on their likenesses. After visiting one of the creators of the Bluntman and Chronic, Holden McNeil, they set out to get what fat movie cash they deserve and hopefully put an end to people slandering them on the Internet. Along the way, they learn the rules of the road from a hitchhiking George Carlin, ride with a group of gorgeous jewel thieves, and incur the wrath of a hapless wildlife marshal for liberating an orangutan named Suzanne. The quest takes them from New Jersey to Hollywood where a showdown involving the police, the jewel thieves, and the Bluntman and Chronic filmmakers will decide the fate of Suzanne, Jay, Silent Bob, and their good names.

Movie: A Man Apart
Year: 2003
Language: English,
Genre: Action, Action, Crime, Drama, B
Director: F. Gary Grey
Cast:
Vin Diesel ... Sean Vetter
Larenz Tate ... Demetrius Hicks
Timothy Olyphant ... Hollywood Jack
Geno Silva ... Memo Lucero
Jacqueline Obradors ... Stacy Vetter
Steve Eastin ... Ty Frost
Juan Fernández ... Mateo Santos
Jeff Kober ... Pomona Joe
Marco Rodríguez ... Hondo (as Marco Rodriguez)
Mike Moroff ... Gustavo Leon
Emilio Rivera ... Garza
George Sharperson ... Big Sexy
Malieek Straughter ... Overdose
Alice Amter ... Marta
Jim Boeke ... Bad Cop

Storyline: Sean Vetter and Demetrius Hicks are members of the DEA who are fighting an ongoing drug war on the California/Mexico border, they are most successful at it because of their edge of growing up on the street and being thugs converted to cops. The DEA busts one of the major players by the name of "Memo" Lucero and imprison him in the United States but then a major player named Diablo then takes over the business and now he is now the major player targeted by Vetter and his team. But when Vetter's wife is killed in a botched hit organized by Diablo, he seeks revenge against those responsible and in the process has to seek help from the imprisoned Lucero in order to catch Diablo. But in the process, Vetter and Hicks have to fight their way up the chain to get to Diablo but it's easier said than done when all Vetter can focus on is revenge... Written by Anonymous