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The 6th Day

Director: Roger Spottiswoode
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Rapaport, Tony Goldwyn, Michael Rooker, Sarah Wynter
Genre: Action
Studio: Release date: 2000 Rated: PG-13
Language (Country): English, French, Musical Score (USA)
Summary: Futuristic action about a man who meets a clone of himself and stumbles into a grand conspiracy about clones taking over the world.
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8 Heads in a Duffel Bag

Director: Tom Schulman
Starring: Kristy Swanson, Andy Comeau, George Hamilton, Ernestine Mercer, Todd Louiso
Genre: Comedy
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD) Release date: 1997 Rated: R
Language (Country): English, French (USA)
Summary: A mob bagman finds that his luggage, containing the proof of his latest hit, has been switched.
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12 Monkeys

Director: Terry Gilliam
Starring: Bruce Willis, Madeleine Stowe, Brad Pitt, Christopher Plummer, Jon Seda
Genre: Drama
Studio: Release date: 1995 Rated: R
Language (Country): German, (USA)
Summary: A convict, sent back in time to stop a devastating plague, is sent too far back and is hospitalized as insane.
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13 Tzameti

Director: Géla Babluani
Starring: George Babluani, Pascal Bongard, Aurélien Recoing, Fred Ulysse, Nicolas Pignon
Genre: Art House & International
Studio: Palm Pictures / Umvd Release date: 2005 Rated: NR
Language (Country): French (France)
Summary: 22 year-old Sébastien (Georges Babluani) leads an impoverished life constantly struggling to support his immigrant family. While repairing the roof of a neighbor's house, he overhears a conversation about a forthcoming package which promised to make the household rich. Sensing the opportunity of a lifetime, Sébastien intercepts the package which contains a series of veiled instructions. Following the cryptic clues, he assumes a false identity and manages to slip through the grasp of the encroaching police as he ventures deeper towards the unknown. The closer he gets to his destination, the less he understands. Ultimately, he comes face to face with a disreputable ring of clandestine gamblers placing bets on a depraved game of chance where the spoils are unimaginable millions, and the losses are counted in lives.
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My Review: Do yourself a favor. Don't watch a trailer for this movie. The trailer is a spoiler, and I'll do my best not to repeat that mistake. Set in France. Starring French and Georgian actors. This movie is a powerful tale (in black and white) of desperation, risk and deadly consequences. An immigrant worker (an unremarkable man with ordinary ambitions) overhears a conversation about some risky business, with the possibility of a high payoff. In a twist of fate, he takes someone else's place in a mysterious gambit, and places himself in great danger for the chance to collect on a huge payoff. When the stakes turn out to be higher than he expected, there's no escape from this deadly game. An incredibly tense thriller, superbly paced and acted. The writing was excellent. Tight, taught and well thought out. Written and directed by Géla Babluani, this director did a fantastic job of moving writing into realization using this film. I'll be on the look-out for more by this talented man.

The 13th Warrior

Director: John McTiernan
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Vladimir Kulich, Dennis Storhøi, Daniel Southern, Neil Maffin
Genre: Action
Studio: Release date: 1999 Rated: R
Language (Country): German, (USA)
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My Review: I own this, but I had no idea that it was a screen adaptation of a Michael Crichton novel. Based on the book "Eaters of the Dead". There are pletnty of references to cannibalism in the movie, but I'll bet that the book focuses much more on cannibalism. After all, a movie about cannibalism would be quite shocking! Overall it was a pretty good movie. I enjoyed it immensely, the only drawback are the stereotypical depiction of an Arab by Antonio Banderas. His drinking 'Mead' - It's not made with grapes or wheat... His sleeping with a Viking woman? I liked the performance of the actor playing the lead viking (Vladimir Kulich). Stoic, strong, no-nonsense, willing to take a stand - to defend his people despite any personal danger. The plot, despite being based on Crichton's "Eaters of the Dead", was very much a "Beowulf" movie. The beast like enemy, the 'Wendel" are a fairly direct translation of the mysterious beast like "Grendel" that plagued the Scandanavian inhabitants of "Beowulf". The lead Norseman is named "Buliwyf", umm, sounds sort of like "Beowulf" to me.. It would have been better if the story was more original. Another problem was the use of language in the film. Switching from Arabic to Norse to English was definitely a challenge, but I don't think they pulled it off very well. In the begining, the Norseman speaking 'Greek' was actually speaking 'Latin', and it was unrealistic to expect that the Arab prince learned the Norse language by listening to it for a few minutes. I liked the Norse burial ceremony, and it's use in the climactic coflict. The costumes, sets and locations made this movie feel like a Conan classic - and that's a good thing. That's why I own a copy, that's why I rate it 4 out of 5.

15 Minutes

Director: John Herzfeld
Starring: Robert De Niro, Edward Burns, Kelsey Grammer, Avery Brooks, Melina Kanakaredes
Genre: Crime
Studio: Release date: 2001 Rated: R
Language (Country): English, French, (USA)
Summary: A homicide detective and a fire marshall must stop a pair of murderers who commit videotaped crimes to become media darlings.
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28 Days Later

Director: Danny Boyle
Starring: Alex Palmer, Bindu De Stoppani, Jukka Hiltunen, David Schneider, Cillian Murphy
Genre: Sci-Fi
Studio: Release date: 2002 Rated: R
Language (Country): English, Spanish, French, (UK)
Summary: Four weeks after a mysterious, incurable virus spreads throughout the UK, a handful of survivors try to find sanctuary.
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My Review: A modern day zombie flick. An excellent thriller with a bit of drama thrown in. The unknown cast was an added plus. I liked it a lot.

The 39 Steps

Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Starring: Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll, Lucie Mannheim, Godfrey Tearle, Peggy Ashcroft
Genre: Mystery
Studio: Release date: 1935 Rated:
Language (Country): English (UK)
Summary: A man in London tries to help a counterespionage agent, and is soon finding himself in one jam after another.
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My Review: An Alfred Hitchcock espionage thriller. Produced in 1935, this black and white movie is a great spy thriller. If only the sound production was better. The acting was pretty good (for the time). With Robert Donat and Madelline Carroll playing in the lead roles. These two complemented each other nicely, and they played more than one role in the movie. Robert Donat actually played four different characters! The story begins in a somewhat contrived manner, but it gets better in a hurry. Foreign agents are planning to smuggle vital secrets out of the country, and someone's got to stop them. A thrilling mystey, and grand adventure across the length and breadth of Great Britain. The secret reveal makes for a fantastic ending twist.

The 39 Steps

Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Starring: Peggy Ashcroft, Ivor Barnard, Wilfrid Brambell, Madeleine Carroll, Frank Cellier
Genre: Mystery & Suspense
Studio: Digiview Release date: 1935 Rated: Unrated
Language (Country): English ()
Summary: This tremendously entertaining spy film from director Alfred Hitchcock's British period set the standard for all man-on-the-run films. Based on John Buchan's novel of an innocent Canadian tourist in Britain thrust unexpectedly into the world of spies, it's hard to find a better one than this.

Robert Donat is the Canadian, Richard Hanney, who gets more than he's bargained for when a woman named Annabella Smith (Lucie Mannheim) in fear for her life is killed in his flat after revealing to Hanney that she is a Secret Agent protecting the secrets of her country from a dangerous network of spies known only as the 39 Steps.

With a murder charge hanging over his head he must heed her words and make his way to Scotland and get to the bottom of the 39 Steps in order to clear his name. But when a misguided guess leads him right into the hands of the dangerous head of the network, Professor Gordon (Godfrey Tearle), the hunter now becomes the hunted.

He is helped along the way by a few kind souls who believe in his innocence. Peggy Ashcroft is memorable as a lonely farmer's wife who risks everything to help him escape. A kiss given by Hanney for her kindness is a poignant moment in a film both enjoyable and exciting. When he and a much more reluctant young woman named Pamela (Madeleine Carroll) are hancuffed together there is a shift in the film's tone as romance enters into the story.

The classy Carroll was a perfect match for Donat and the back and forth between the two is still enjoyable today. Sneaking off into the night while he is sleeping she overhears the men after him and comes back to help him, finally believing his colorful story of murder and spies. A tune stuck in Hanney's head will finally lead him to the "Memory Man" and a grand finale.

This is most definitely a film classic. Another good screenplay from Charles Bennet and good work from photographer Bernard Knowles, who always made the most of the sometimes meager budgets given he and Hitchcock in Britain, enhance a story with both tension and a dash of romance. A must see film.
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