Posts Tagged ‘child-in-peril’

Gone Baby Gone (2007)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Mystery
Countries: USA
Actors: Casey Affleck | Michelle Monaghan | Morgan Freeman | Ed Harris | John Ashton | Amy Ryan | Amy Madigan | Titus Welliver | Michael K. Williams | Edi Gathegi | Mark Margolis | Madeline O'Brien | Slaine | Trudi Goodman | Matthew Maher
Directors: Ben Affleck
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Dorchester, one of the toughest neighborhoods in all of Boston, is no place for the weak or innocent. Its a territory defined by hard heads and even harder luck, its streets littered with broken families, hearts, dreams. When one of its own, a 4-year-old girl, goes missing, private investigators Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro don’t want the case. But after pleas from the child’s aunt, they open an investigation that will ultimately risk everything — their relationship, their sanity, and even their lives — to find a little girl-lost.

The Host (2006)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: South Korea
Actors: Kang-ho Song | Hie-bong Byeon | Hae-il Park | Ah-sung Ko | Du-na Bae | David Joseph Anselmo | Philip Hersh | Paul Lazar | Clinton Morgan | Dal-su Oh | No-shik Park | Brian Rhee | Scott Wilson | Pil-Sung Yim
Directors: Joon-ho Bong
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The film revolves around Park Hee-bong, a man in his late 60s. Park runs a small snack bar on the banks of the Han River and lives with his two sons, one daughter, and one granddaughter. The Parks seem to lead a quite ordinary and peaceful life, but maybe a bit poorer than the average Seoulite. Hee-bong’s elder son Gang-du is an immature and incompetent man in his 40s, whose wife left home long ago. Nam-il is the youngest son, an unemployed grumbler, and daughter Nam-joo is an archery medalist and member of the national team. One day, an unidentified monster suddenly appears from the depths of the Han River and spreads panic and death, and Gang-du’s daughter Hyun-seo is carried off by the monster and disappears. All the family members are in a great agony because they lost someone very dear to them. But when they find out she is still alive, they resolve to save her.

Atonement (2007)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Drama | Romance | War
Countries: France | UK
Actors: Saoirse Ronan | Brenda Blethyn | Julia West | James McAvoy | Harriet Walter | Keira Knightley | Juno Temple | Felix von Simson | Charlie von Simson | Alfie Allen | Patrick Kennedy | Benedict Cumberbatch | Peter Wight | Peter O'Connor | Daniel Mays
Directors: Joe Wright
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In the summer of 1935, 13-year-old Briony Tallis observes a flirtation between a servant’s son, Robbie, and her older sister, Cecilia, that she childishly misconstrues. Briony’s misunderstanding leads to a terrible crime whose consequences follow them through World War II.

The Brave One (2007)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: Australia | USA
Actors: Jodie Foster | Terrence Howard | Nicky Katt | Naveen Andrews | Mary Steenburgen | Ene Oloja | Luis Da Silva Jr. | Blaze Foster | Rafael Sardina | Jane Adams | Gordon MacDonald | Zöe Kravitz | John Magaro | Victor Colicchio | Jermel Howard
Directors: Neil Jordan
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A woman struggles to recover from a brutal attack by setting out on a mission for revenge.

300 (2006)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Drama | History | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Gerard Butler | Lena Headey | Dominic West | David Wenham | Vincent Regan | Michael Fassbender | Tom Wisdom | Andrew Pleavin | Andrew Tiernan | Rodrigo Santoro | Giovani Cimmino | Stephen McHattie | Greg Kramer | Alex Ivanovici | Craig Kelly
Directors: Zack Snyder
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It is spring 480 BC, Persian King Xerxes, continuing his father Darius’ master plan to conquer the Hellenic city-states, arrives in Hellas. The previous Persian invasion and diplomatic attempts have already turned most northern Hellas tribes and states to the Persian side. But the people of Athens and Sparta, the largest Hellenic powers at the time, feel quite insulted by the Persian emissaries’ request to surrender to Xerxes, and so slay them. In Sparta, King Leonidas consults the local oracle, who gives two options: Either a spartan king will have to be sacrificed, or Sparta will be burned to the ground. A year earlier (481, BC) a Panhellenic consortium of all southern city-states had already recognized the superiority of the Spartan army (the best organized and trained army at the time) and had declared King Leonidas as supreme commander of the combined Hellenic army. It is then decided that a small force should block Xerxes’ way to southern Hellas in the Thermopylae passage. This passage was, at that time, 12 meters wide. The great historian Herodotus, possibly exaggerating, states that there were 1,700,000 Persians (their true number could have been anywhere from 100,000 to 1,000,000) against 7,000 Hellenic hoplites and slaves, including the 300 men of the Spartan King elite guard. King Xerxes waited four days for the Hellenes to be frightened and eventually surrender and was quite astonished by his opponents’ complete apathy. Xerxes tried to convince Leonidas to drop weapons, give up his position, kneel before him and live on as a local governor under Xerxes. King Leonidas replied “molon lave,” which means “Come and get them.” The three-day battle began, with the 300 Spartans and 700 Thespians (the other Hellenes where sent by Leonidas to protect passages to their flanks) slaying thousands of Persians with minimal losses. The whole Persian campaign would have failed if it hadn’t been for Efialtes, who showed Xerxes a secret passage to the Hellenic flanks. After a final battle led by King Xerxes himself, the Hellenic force was slain and their heroism and glory was written forever in history. From the beginning of the battle, the Hellenes buried their dead in the spot where they fell. Then battle signs where made for the dead of each Hellenic faction. For the Pelloponisians, (including the 300 Spartans) the sign generally read (free translation) “In this place 4,000 Pelloponisians fought 30 millions).” For the 300 Spartans (Lakaedaemonians), the sign reads (free translation) “Oh foreigner, tell the Lakaedaemonians that we are buried here obeying their laws,” meaning that they never hesitated and never retreated from the enemy. The impact of the battle was enormous for both sides. The Persians’ morale dropped to zero, and the Hellenes lost their fear for the Persian conqueror and organized their defense. After several successful battles, the Hellenes ultimately defeated the Persian army and repelled their invasion in the Battle of Plataea in 479 BC.

Stay Alive (2006)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Horror | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Jon Foster | Samaire Armstrong | Frankie Muniz | Jimmi Simpson | Wendell Pierce | Milo Ventimiglia | Sophia Bush | Adam Goldberg | Billy Slaughter | Nicole Oppermann | April Wood | Monica Monica | Rio Hackford | Billy Louviere | J. Richey Nash
Directors: William Brent Bell
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After the brutal death of a friend, a group of friends find themselves in possession of a video-game called “Stay Alive,” a blood-curdling true story of a 17th century noblewoman known as the Blood Countess. After playing the game when they know they shouldn’t, however, the friends realize that once they die in the game—they die for real. As their numbers begin dropping and as they begin dying in the ways they died in the game, the remaining friends realize they must defeat the Blood Countess or accept their fates.

Children of Men (2006)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: Japan | UK | USA
Actors: Juan Gabriel Yacuzzi | Michelle Hussain | Rob Curling | Jon Chevalier | Rita Davies | Kim Fenton | Chris Gilbert | Phoebe Hawthorne | Rebecca Howard | Atalanta White | Laurence Woodbridge | Clive Owen | Maria McErlane | Michael Haughey | Paul Sharma
Directors: Alfonso Cuarón
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With this dystopian world ravished by war, paranoia and the frustrations of Man the Orwellian vision of Nineteen Eighty-Four, the totalitarian future is now complete and amongst us. With female fertility becoming obsolete, Man cannot reproduce, and no child has been born on the face of the planet for eighteen years. Man, and his future, is dying. Soon he shall be extinct. Theo, the beaten, downtrodden and middle-aged ex-political activist will, unwittingly, become involved in a war of an underground revolt. Here he is active once more, in the perilous journey across England’s Home Counties, with a young girl, Kee, who, to Theo’s bewilderment is pregnant. The first pregnant woman for more than eighteen years. This secret must be protected, at all cost, and mother and child must flee to the mysterious and enigmatic Human Project, across the seas. Their flight is a constant fight for survival. Who can be trusted? Who can keep a secret?

Snakes on a Plane (2006)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Thriller
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Samuel L. Jackson | Julianna Margulies | Nathan Phillips | Rachel Blanchard | Flex Alexander | Kenan Thompson | Keith Dallas | Lin Shaye | James Bruce | Sunny Mabrey | Casey Dubois | Daniel Hogarth | Gerard Plunkett | Terry Chen | Elsa Pataky
Directors: David R. Ellis
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When Sean Jones witnesses a murder, he is asked to fly from Hawaii to Los Angeles to testify against the notorious gangster Eddie Kim. However, Kim has paid an assassin to release a crate-full of deadly snakes loose when the plane is 30,000 feet in the air. Only FBI agent Neville Flynn can protect Sean and rally the passengers together in hope of landing in L.A. alive.

Blood Diamond (2006)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Leonardo DiCaprio | Djimon Hounsou | Jennifer Connelly | Kagiso Kuypers | Arnold Vosloo | Antony Coleman | Benu Mabhena | Anointing Lukola | David Harewood | Basil Wallace | Jimi Mistry | Michael Sheen | Marius Weyers | Stephen Collins | Ntare Mwine
Directors: Edward Zwick
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Set against the backdrop of civil war and chaos in 1990’s Sierra Leone, Blood Diamond is the story of Danny Archer (Leonardo DiCaprio) - an ex Mercenary from Zimbabwe - and Solomon Vandy (Djimon Hounsou) - a Mende fisherman. Both men are African, but their histories as different as any can be, until their fates become joined in a common quest to recover a rare pink diamond that can transform their lives. While in prison for smuggling, Archer learns that Solomon - who was taken from his family and forced to work in the diamond fields - has found and hidden the extraordinary rough stone. With the help of Maddy Bowen (Jennifer Connelly), an American journalist whose idealism is tempered by a deepening connection with Archer, the two men embark on a trek through rebel territory, a journey that could save Solomon’s family and give Archer the second chance he thought he would never have.

Executive Decision (1996)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Kurt Russell | Steven Seagal | Halle Berry | John Leguizamo | Oliver Platt | Joe Morton | B. D. Wong | Len Cariou | Whip Hubley | Andreas Katsulas | Mary Ellen Trainor | Marla Maples | J. T. Walsh | Ingo Neuhaus | William James Jones
Directors: Stuart Baird
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Some Arabs hijack an airliner and demand the release of their leader who is in American custody. They also intend to land in Washington for refueling. At the Pentagon, everyone there advises the National Security Advisor that they should let the plane land and then let the counter terrorist team of Colonel Austin Travis take them out. But David Grant, an intelligence expert believes that this whole thing is a smokescreen. Grant believes that the Arab leader was abducted by his second in command, who is a fanatic. And that he has in his possession a biological weapon that could wipe out Washington and that it’s on the plane. Now they have only two choices let them land and hope Grant is wrong or shoot the plane down along with every one onboard. Then Colonel Travis suggests that they use this new plane that the military uses to transport men from onto another aircraft while in flight. With no other option Travis is given the go ahead. He then asks that Grant be allowed to!