Posts Tagged ‘murder-of-family’

War (2007)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Jet Li | Jason Statham | John Lone | Devon Aoki | Luis Guzmán | Saul Rubinek | Ryo Ishibashi | Sung Kang | Mathew St. Patrick | Nadine Velazquez | Andrea Roth | Kenneth Choi | Mark Cheng | Kane Kosugi | Kennedy Montano
Directors: Philip G. Atwell
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After his partner Tom Wynne (Terry Chen) and family are killed apparently by the infamous and elusive assassin Rogue (Jet Li), FBI agent Jack Crawford (Jason Statham) becomes obsessed with revenge as his world unravels into a vortex of guilt and betrayal. Rogue eventually resurfaces to settle a score of his own, setting off a bloody crime war between Asian mob rivals Chang (John Lone) of the Triad’s and Yakuza boss Shiro (Ryo Ishibashi). When Jack and Rogue finally come face to face, the ultimate truth of their pasts will be revealed.

Manhunter (1986)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Drama | Horror | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: William L. Petersen | Kim Greist | Joan Allen | Brian Cox | Dennis Farina | Tom Noonan | Stephen Lang | David Seaman | Benjamin Hendrickson | Michael Talbott | Dan Butler | Michele Shay | Robin Moseley | Paul Perri | Patricia Charbonneau
Directors: Michael Mann
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Retired FBI agent Will Graham (William L. Petersen) returns to action to hunt down a serial killer by using his ability to get inside the psychopath’s mind. However, it was this ability that drove him into retirement in the first place. The process of tracking and capturing the infamous Hannibal Lecter (Brian Cox) took a tremendous psychic toll on Graham, causing him to spent time in a mental hospital. With another madman on the loose, Graham has no choice but to return to duty, though he knows that it might cost him his family and his sanity.

To get the old mind-set back, Graham visits Hannibal Lecter in his high-security jail cell. However, the manipulative Lecter plays both sides and warns the new killer that Graham is on his trail, telling him to destroy Graham’s family to protect himself. In order to save his own family, Graham must risk everything to once again enter into the mind of the criminally insane.

With MANHUNTER, Mann raises the bar for serial killer films, imbuing his killer with an almost sympathetic quality while keeping him extremely menacing and clearly dangerous. Based on the Thomas Harris novel RED DRAGON, which serves as the prequel to THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, MANHUNTER is a masterpiece of gripping storytelling and psychological horror.

Messenger of Death (1988)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Charles Bronson | Trish Van Devere | Laurence Luckinbill | Daniel Benzali | Marilyn Hassett | Charles Dierkop | Jeff Corey | John Ireland | Penny Peyser | Gene Davis | John Solari | Jon Cedar | Tom Everett | Duncan Gamble | Bert Williams
Directors: J. Lee Thompson
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Wifes and children of the Mormon Orville Beecham become victims of a massacre in his own house. The police believes the crime had a religious motive. Orville doesn’t give any comment on the case, is taken into protective custody. Journalist Smith persuades him to help him in the investigation - and finds out about economic motives for the murder.

The Amityville Horror (2005)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Drama | Horror | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Ryan Reynolds | Melissa George | Jesse James | Jimmy Bennett | Chloe Moretz | Rachel Nichols | Philip Baker Hall | Isabel Conner | Brendan Donaldson | Annabel Armour | Rich Komenich | David Gee | Danny McCarthy | Nancy Lollar | José Taitano
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George & Kathy Lutz and Kathy’s 3 children are moving into an elegant Long Island home. What they don’t know is that 6 gruesome murders were committed there the year before - Ronald DeFeo Jr., the oldest son in the family, murdered his parents, his 2 brothers & 2 sisters by shooting them with a .35 caliber in November of 1974. No sooner are the Lutzes moved into the house than they begin seeing horrible things - the ghost of Jodie DeFeo, horribly disfigured bodies - and hearing ghostly voices throughout the house. George seems to notice it the most, and it isn’t long before he becomes a danger to those around him. When the local priest, called in to bless the house, comes charging out in horror after being swarmed by flies, he issues a dire warning to Kathy - ‘Leave that house’. But will they be able to escape before the house and its vengeful spirits take control of George - and make him into a deadly menace?

Caligula (1979)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Drama | History
Countries: Italy | USA
Actors: Malcolm McDowell | Teresa Ann Savoy | Helen Mirren | Peter O'Toole | John Steiner | Guido Mannari | Paolo Bonacelli | Leopoldo Trieste | Giancarlo Badessi | Mirella D'Angelo | Anneka Di Lorenzo | Lori Wagner | Adriana Asti | John Gielgud | Bruno Brive
Directors: Tinto Brass | Bob Guccione
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The rise and fall of the notorious Roman Emperor Caligula, showing the violent methods that he employs to gain the throne, and the subsequent insanity of his reign - he gives his horse political office and humiliates and executes anyone who even slightly displeases him. He also sleeps with his sister, organises elaborate orgies and embarks on a fruitless invasion of England before meeting an appropriate end. There are various versions of the film, ranging from the heavily- truncated 90-minute version to the legendary 160-minute hardcore version which leaves nothing to the imagination (though the hardcore scenes were inserted later and do not involve the main cast members).

The Punisher (2004)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Roy Scheider | Will Patton | John Travolta | Rebecca Romijn | A. Russell Andrews | Omar Avila | James Carpinello | Mark Collie | Russ Comegys | Antoni Corone | Rick Elmhurst | Ben Foster | Laura Harring | Michael Reardon | Will Hasenzahl | Thomas Jane | Eddie Jemison | Marco St. John | Marcus Johns
Directors: Jonathan Hensleigh
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Special agent Frank Castle had it all: A loving family, a great life, and an adventurous job. But when his life is taken away from him by a ruthless criminal and his associates, Frank has become reborn. Now serving as judge, jury, and executioner, he’s a new kind of vigilante out to wage a one man war against those who have done him wrong.

The Usual Suspects (1995)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Crime | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Stephen Baldwin | Gabriel Byrne | Benicio Del Toro | Kevin Pollak | Kevin Spacey | Chazz Palminteri | Pete Postlethwaite | Giancarlo Esposito | Dan Hedaya | Suzy Amis | Paul Bartel | Carl Bressler | Phillip Simon | Jack Shearer | Christine Estabrook
Directors: Bryan Singer
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After a waterfront explosion, Verbal (Kevin Spacey), an eye-witness and participant tells the story of events leading up to the conflagration. The story begins when five men are rounded up for a line-up, and grilled about a truck hijacking (the usual suspects). Least pleased is Keaton (Gabriel Byrne) a crooked cop - exposed, indicted, but now desperately trying to go straight. The cops won’t leave him alone, however, and as they wait for their lawyers to post bail, he is talked into doing one more job with the other four. All goes tolerably well until the influence of the legendary, seemingly omnipotent “Keyser Soze” is felt. Although set in the modern day, it has much of the texture of the forties, plus suspense, intrigue (a fairly high body count), and lots of twists in the plot.

Leon (Professional, The) (1994)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: France
Actors: Jean Reno | Gary Oldman | Natalie Portman | Danny Aiello | Peter Appel | Willi One Blood | Don Creech | Keith A. Glascoe | Alan Randolph Scott | Michael Badalucco | Ellen Greene | Elizabeth Regen | Carl J. Matusovich | Frank Senger | Lucius Wyatt Cherokee
Directors: Luc Besson
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Mathilda, a twelve-year old New York girl, is living an undesirable life among her half-family. Her father stores drugs for two-faced cop Norman Stansfield. Only her little brother keeps Mathilda from breaking apart. One day, Stansfield and his team take cruel revenge on her father for stretching the drugs a little, thus killing the whole family. Only Mathilda, who was out shopping, survives by finding shelter in Léon’s apartment in the moment of highest need. Soon, she finds out about the strange neighbour’s unusual profession - killing - and desperately seeks his help in taking revenge for her little brother. Léon, who is completely unexperienced in fatherly tasks, and in friendships, does his best to keep Mathilda out of trouble - unsuccessfully. Now, the conflict between a killer, who slowly discovers his abilities to live, to feel, to love and a corrupt police officer, who does anything in his might to get rid of an eye witness, arises to unmeasurable proportions - all for the sake of a little twelve-year old girl, who has nearly nothing to lose.

Red Dragon (2002)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Crime | Horror | Thriller
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Anthony Hopkins | Edward Norton | Ralph Fiennes | Harvey Keitel | Emily Watson | Mary-Louise Parker | Philip Seymour Hoffman | Anthony Heald | Ken Leung | Frankie Faison | Tyler Patrick Jones | Lalo Schifrin | Tim Wheater | John Rubinstein | David Doty
Directors: Brett Ratner
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FBI Agent Will Graham has been called out of early retirement to catch a serial killer, known by authorities as “The Tooth Fairy”. He asks for the help of his arch-nemesis, Dr. Hannibal “The Cannibal” Lecter, so that he can be able to catch “The Tooth Fairy” and bring him to justice. The only problem is that “The Tooth Fairy” is getting inside information about Graham and his family from none other than Dr. Lecter.

Dogville (2003)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: Denmark | Finland | France | Germany | Netherlands | Norway | Sweden | UK | USA
Actors: Nicole Kidman | Harriet Andersson | Lauren Bacall | Jean-Marc Barr | Paul Bettany | Blair Brown | James Caan | Patricia Clarkson | Jeremy Davies | Ben Gazzara | Philip Baker Hall | Thom Hoffman | Siobhan Fallon | John Hurt | Zeljko Ivanek
Directors: Lars von Trier
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The beautiful fugitive, Grace (Nicole Kidman), arrives in the isolated township of Dogville on the run from a team of gangsters. With some encouragement from Tom (Paul Bettany), the self-appointed town spokesman, the little community agrees to hide her and in return, Grace agrees to work for them. However, when a search sets in, the people of Dogville demand a better deal in exchange for the risk of harbouring poor Grace and she learns the hard way that in this town, goodness is relative. But Grace has a secret and it is a dangerous one. Dogville may regret it ever began to bare its teeth…