Posts Tagged ‘power’

New Jack City (1991)

Monday, June 23rd, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Snipes, Wesley | Ice-T | Payne, Allen | Rock, Chris | Michele, Michael | Nunn, Bill | Wong, Russell | Cobbs, Bill | Williams, Christopher | Nelson, Judd | Williams, Vanessa | Johns, Tracy Camilla | DeSando, Anthony | Ashford, Nick
Directors: Van Peebles, Mario
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In 1989, Nino Brown, a small time drug dealer, is convinced by one of his fellow thugs that the wave of the future is in the cocaine derivative, crack. Brown sees potential in crack and sets out to establish himself as chief kingpin by killing off his rivals and even going as far as to take over a whole apartment complex. Out to stop him are undercover cops Scottie Appleton and Nick Paretti. Appleton especially wants to get Nino because of the fact that he murdered Scottie’s mother as part of a gang initiaton. Also involved is Pookie, a former crackhead who wants to bring down Nino as well.

Edmond (2005)

Monday, June 23rd, 2008
Genres: Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Macy, William H. | Bay, Frances | Pidgeon, Rebecca | Mantegna, Joe | Richards, Denise | Thompson, Wendy | Guastaferro, Vincent | Bai, Ling | Landers, Matt | Hill, Dulé | Hornsby, Russell | Hodge, Aldis | Mazar, Debi | Suvari, Mena | Combs, Jeffrey
Directors: Gordon, Stuart
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A man in a suit at a Manhattan firm leaves work on Friday; he looks unhappy. He stops at a fortune teller’s for a Tarot reading: “You are not where you belong,” she tells him. That evening he quits his marriage and walks the streets of New York, passing from a classy bar to a gentleman’s club, then to a high-class bordello, a mugging, a pawnshop, and a diner where someone does listen. He shares his insights with her and later with others. Violence, disappointment, and musings entwine as Edmond loses his moorings while believing he’s found them. Where does he belong?

Seeker: The Dark Is Rising, The (2007)

Monday, June 23rd, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Drama | Fantasy | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Ludwig, Alexander | Eccleston, Christopher | McShane, Ian | Conroy, Frances | Cosmo, James | Piddock, Jim | Warner, Amelia | Hickey, John Benjamin | Crewson, Wendy | Lockhart, Emma | Bell, Drew Tyler | Entin, Edmund | Entin, Gary | Smith, Gregory | Dale, Jordan J.
Directors: Cunningham, David L.
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The film tells the story of Will Stanton, a young man who learns he is the last of a group of warriors who have dedicated their lives to fighting the forces of the Dark. Traveling back and forth through time, Will discovers a series of clues which lead him into a showdown with forces of unimaginable power. With the Dark once again rising, the future of the world rests in Will’s hands.

Juice (1992)

Monday, June 23rd, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Epps, Omar | Shakur, Tupac | Hopkins, Jermaine 'Huggy' | Kain, Khalil | Herron, Cindy | Laresca, Vincent | Jackson, Samuel L. | Gore II, George | Garland, Grace | Latifah, Queen | Harris, Bruklin | Campos, Victor | Payne, Eric | Cook, Sharon | Berry, Darien
Directors: Dickerson, Ernest R.
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4 Harlem teens, Q, Bishop, Raheem and Steel, are out skipping school one day when they find out an old friend was killed in a shootout at a bar. After this, Bishop tells his friends that they have no respect, or juice. To get some, they rob a corner grocery store, but the lunatic Bishop intentionally shoots the clerk for no apparent reason. They run into an alley where Raheem tells Bishop to give him the gun, they fight, and Raheem gets shot. Only the other 3 know what happened, and Bishop wants to get rid of them too.

Bound by Honor (aka “Blood in, blood out”) (1993)

Monday, June 23rd, 2008
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Chapa, Damian | Borrego, Jesse | Bratt, Benjamin | Castillo, Enrique | Rivers, Victor | Lindo, Delroy | Towles, Tom | Carrasco, Carlos | Wilson, Teddy | Cruz, Raymond | Rodriguez, Valente | Flaherty, Lanny | Thornton, Billy Bob | Rivas, Geoffrey | Murcelo, Karmin
Directors: Hackford, Taylor
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Based on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on half-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial cousin Miklo. It opens in 1972, as the three are members of an East L.A. gang known as the “Vatos Locos”, and the story focuses on how a violent crime and the influence of narcotics alter their lives. Miklo is incarcerated and sent to San Quentin, where he makes a “home” for himself. Cruz becomes an exceptional artist, but a heroin addiction overcomes him with tragic results. Paco becomes a cop and an enemy to his “carnal”, Miklo.

Curse of the Golden Flower (2006)

Monday, June 23rd, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Drama | Romance
Countries: China | Hong Kong
Actors: Chow, Yun-Fat | Gong, Li | Chou, Jay | Liu, Ye | Ni, Dahong | Qin, Junjie | Li, Man | Chen, Jin
Directors: Zhang, Yimou
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China, Later Tang Dynasty, 10th Century. On the eve of the Chong Yang Festival, golden flowers fill the Imperial Palace. The Emperor (Chow Yun Fat) returns unexpectedly with his second son, Prince Jai (Jay Chou). His pretext is to celebrate the holiday with his family, but given the chilled relations between the Emperor and the ailing Empress (Gong Li), this seems disingenuous. For many years, the Empress and Crown Prince Wan (Liu Ye), her stepson, have had an illicit liaison. Feeling trapped, Prince Wan dreams of escaping the palace with his secret love Chan (Li Man), the Imperial Doctor’s daughter. Meanwhile, Prince Jai, the faithful son, grows worried over the Empress’s health and her obsession with golden chrysanthemums. Could she be headed down an ominous path? The Emperor harbors equally clandestine plans; the Imperial Doctor (Ni Dahong) is the only one privy to his machinations. When the Emperor senses a looming threat, he relocates the doctor’s family from the Palace to a remote area. While they are en route, mysterious assassins attack them. Chan and her mother, Jiang Shi (Chen Jin) are forced back to the palace. Their return sets off a tumultuous sequence of dark surprises. Amid the glamour and grandeur of the festival, ugly secrets are revealed. As the Imperial Family continues its elaborate charade in a palatial setting, thousands of golden armored warriors charge the palace. Who is behind this brutal rebellion? Where do Prince Jai’s loyalties lie? Between love and desire, is there a final winner? Against a moonlit night, thousands of chrysanthemum blossoms are trampled as blood spills across the Imperial Palace.

Wicker Man, The (2006)

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008
Genres: Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Cage, Nicolas | Burstyn, Ellen | Beahan, Kate | Conroy, Frances | Parker, Molly | Sobieski, Leelee | Delano, Diane | Wiseman, Michael | Gair, Erika-Shaye | Campbell, Christa | Holmes, Emily | Gosling, Zemphira | Walker, Matthew | Black, Mary | Willes, Christine
Directors: LaBute, Neil
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While recovering from a tragic accident on the road, the patrolman Edward Malus receives a letter from his former fiancée Willow, who left him years ago without any explanation, telling that her daughter Rowan is missing. Edward travels to the private island of Summerisle, where Willow lives in an odd community that plant fruits, and she reveals that Rowan is actually their daughter. Along his investigation with the hostile and unhelpful dwellers, Edward discloses that the locals are pagans, practicing old rituals to improve their harvest, and Rowan is probably alive and being prepared to be sacrificed. When he locates the girl, he finds also the dark truth about the wicker man.

Reaping, The (2007)

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008
Genres: Horror | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Swank, Hilary | Morrissey, David | Elba, Idris | Robb, AnnaSophia | Rea, Stephen | Ragsdale, William | McConnell, John | Jensen, David | Landry, Yvonne | Garland, Samuel | Cleveland, Myles | Frankle, Andrea | Lynch, Mark | Greer, Stuart | Grice, Lara
Directors: Hopkins, Stephen
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The death of a child in mysterious circumstances; sparks of a series of events that seem to represent biblical plagues, start occurring in of all places a town called *Haven* located deep in the bowels of bible belt country in the bayous of Louisiana. A former Christian missionary turned religious phenomena debunker and her top open minded student turned personnel assistant is sent to investigate.

Godfather: Part II, The (1974)

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008
Genres: Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Pacino, Al | Duvall, Robert | Keaton, Diane | De Niro, Robert | Cazale, John | Shire, Talia | Strasberg, Lee | Gazzo, Michael V. | Spradlin, G.D. | Bright, Richard | Moschin, Gastone | Rosqui, Tom | Kirby, Bruno | Sivero, Frank | De Sapio, Francesca
Directors: Coppola, Francis Ford
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The continuing saga of the Corleone crime family tells the story of a young Vito Corleone growing up in Sicily and in 1910s New York; and follows Michael Corleone in the 1950s as he attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.

Godfather: Part III, The (1990)

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Pacino, Al | Keaton, Diane | Shire, Talia | Garcia, Andy | Wallach, Eli | Mantegna, Joe | Hamilton, George | Fonda, Bridget | Coppola, Sofia | Vallone, Raf | D'Ambrosio, Franc | Donnelly, Donal | Bright, Richard
Directors: Coppola, Francis Ford
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In the final instalment of the Godfather Trilogy, an aging Don Michael Corleone seeks to legitimize his crime family’s interests and remove himself from the violent underworld but is kept back by the ambitions of the young. While he attempts to link the Corleone’s finances with the Vatican, Michael must deal with the machinations of a hungrier gangster seeking to upset the existing Mafioso order and a young protoge’s love affair with his daughter.