Posts Tagged ‘assassination’

War and Peace (1956)

Sunday, February 17th, 2008
Genres: Drama | History | Romance | War
Countries: Italy
Actors: Hepburn, Audrey | Fonda, Henry | Ferrer, Mel | Gassman, Vittorio | Lom, Herbert | Homolka, Oskar | Ekberg, Anita | Dantine, Helmut | Carminati, Tullio | Jones, Barry | Vitale, Milly | Seidl, Lea | Ferrero, Anna-Maria | Lawson, Wilfrid | Britt, May
Directors: Vidor, King
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At the beginning of the 19th century, Napoleon’s forces controlled much of Europe. In Russia, one of the few countries still unconquered, the army prepares to face Napoleon’s troops in Austria. Among the soldiers are Nicholas Rostov (Jeremy Brett) and Prince Andrei Bolkonsky (Mel Ferrer). Pierre Bezukhov (Henry Fonda), a friend of Andrei’s and self-styled intellectual who “knows what’s right but still does wrong,” is not interested in fighting. Pierre’s life changes when his father dies, leaving him a vast inheritance. He is attracted to Natasha Rostov (Audrey Hepburn), Nicholas’s sister, but gives in to baser desires and marries the shallow, materialistic Princess Helene (Anita Ekberg). The marriage quickly ends when Pierre discovers his wife’s true nature. Andrei is captured and later released by the French, and returns home only to watch his wife die in childbirth. During a visit to the country months later, Pierre and Andrei meet again. Andrei sees Natasha and falls in love, but his father will only permit the marriage if they postpone it for one year. While Andrei is away in Poland on a military mission, Natasha is drawn to Anatole Kuragin (Vittorio Gassmann), a scoundrel and libertine. Pierre tells Natasha of Anatole’s past before she can elope with him. Napoleon (Herbert Lom) invades Russia. Pierre visits Andrei on the eve of the battle, and observes the battle that follows. Traumatized by the carnage, he vows to kill Napoleon himself.

Quicksand (2001)

Sunday, February 17th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: France | UK
Actors: Keaton, Michael | Caine, Michael | Godrèche, Judith | Serbedzija, Rade | Marsh, Matthew | Berkeley, Xander | Wilhoite, Kathleen | Ferjani, Rachel | Löwensohn, Elina | Thomas, Clare | Norris, Hermione | Beck, William | Berteloot, Jean-Yves | Castaldi, Jean-Pierre | Stinton, Colin
Directors: Mackenzie, John
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The workaholic head of the compliance section of a New York bank flies to Monaco to investigate unusual deposits from an offshore bank and meets a down-on-his-luck international film star who has become embroiled in criminal activities.

Sicilian, The (1987)

Sunday, February 17th, 2008
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Lambert, Christopher | Stamp, Terence | Ackland, Joss | Turturro, John | Bauer, Richard | Sukowa, Barbara | Boschi, Giulia | McAnally, Ray | Miller, Barry | Katsulas, Andreas | Wincott, Michael | Branche, Derrick | Venture, Richard | Bieri, Ramon | Molnar, Stanko
Directors: Cimino, Michael
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Giuliano robs from the rich conservative landowners to give to the poor, serf-like peasants, who in turn hail him as their savior. As his popularity grows, so does his ego, and he eventually thinks he is above the power of his backer, Mafia Don Masino Croce. The Don, in turn, sets out to kill the upstart by convincing his cousin and closest advisor Pissciota to assassinate him

The Contract Killer (1998)

Saturday, February 16th, 2008
Genres: Action | Comedy
Countries: Hong Kong
Actors: Li, Jet | Tsang, Eric | Yam, Simon | Leung, Gigi | Sato, Keiji | Rapovski, Paul
Directors: Tung, Wei
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Financially troubled, a newbie hitman reluctantly takes the job of finding the plotted killer of a Japanese tycoon, but things complicate when the tycoon is killed and he is forced to ally with a misfortunate hitman to find the “King of the Hitman.”

Clear and Present Danger (1994)

Saturday, February 16th, 2008
Genres: Action | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Ford, Harrison | Dafoe, Willem | Archer, Anne | de Almeida, Joaquim | Czerny, Henry | Yulin, Harris | Moffat, Donald | Sandoval, Miguel | Bratt, Benjamin | Cruz, Raymond | Jones, Dean | Birch, Thora | Magnuson, Ann | Lange, Hope | Tammi, Tom
Directors: Noyce, Phillip
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Based upon the Tom Clancy novel of the same name, Jack Ryan, a CIA analyst, is thrust right in the middle of a power struggle within the Colombian drug cartel after one of the President’s “life long” friends is murdered, apparently in retaliation for stealing money as part of a money laundering scheme for the cartel. Jack is then appointed acting Deputy Director of Intelligence, CIA, upon the terminal illness of Admiral James Greer, former DDI, and quickly gets in over his head due to his political naivete. The situation rapidly deteriorates when some of the presidents men convince the President to conduct covert actions against the cartel, in direct violation of congress. Felix Cortez, the security chief of Ernesto Escobeda, the “victim” of the missing money, is one of the cartel boss’s. Cortez tries to play both sides, appearing to inform Escobeda about the CIA’s involvement in the covert operations against him, while trying to orchestrate a coup to take over the cartel, with Cortez as it’s sole boss. James Cutter, the President’s National Security Advisor, makes his own deal with Cortez, with the Presidents knowledge, and halts communications to the covert troops still in Colombia, through the Deputy Director of Operations, CIA, Robert Ritter. Ryan ends up going to Colombia to rescue the covet ops troops with the help of field agent John Clark, but not before some fence mending between the two, being that Ritter blamed Ryan for the comm outage, with Clark’s men subsequently being captured by Cortez’s mercenaries.

Sentinel, The (2006)

Saturday, February 16th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Douglas, Michael | Sutherland, Kiefer | Basinger, Kim | Longoria, Eva | Rasche, David | Bhaneja, Raoul | Reynolds, Simon | Gonzales, Danny A.
Directors: Johnson, Clark
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Special Agent Pete Garrison is convinced that a Neo-Nazi Aryan Disciple has managed to infiltrate the White House. When a White House Agent is murdered, Garrison is framed and blackmailed over an affair with the First Lady Sarah Ballentine. He is relieved of his duties, but Garrison won’t stop in trying to prove his innocence, and save the life of the President. While attempting to uncover the person behind it all, he comes into confrontation with his protege, Agent Breckinridge.

Layer Cake (2004)

Saturday, February 16th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: UK
Actors: Craig, Daniel | Hardy, Tom | Foreman, Jamie | Hawkins, Sally | Gorman, Burn | Harris, George | Hassan, Tamer | Meaney, Colm | Iures, Marcel | Magee, Francis | Andreas, Dimitri | Cranham, Kenneth | Tubbs, Garry | Lunghi, Nathalie | Benoit, Marvin
Directors: Vaughn, Matthew
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A successful cocaine dealer, who has earned a respected place among England’s Mafia elite, plans an early retirement from the business. However, big boss Jimmy Price hands down a tough assignment: find Charlotte Ryder, the missing rich princess daughter of Jimmy’s old pal Edward, a powerful construction business player and gossip papers socialite. Complicating matters are two million pounds’ worth of Grade A ecstasy, a brutal neo-Nazi sect and a whole series of double crossings. The title “LAYER CAKE” refers to the layers or levels anyone in business goes through in rising to the top. What is revealed is a modern underworld where the rules have changed. There are no ‘codes’, or ‘families’ and respect lasts as long as a line. Not knowing who he can trust, he has to use all his ’savvy’, ‘telling’ and skills which make him one of the best, to escape his own. The ultimate last job, a love interest called Tammy, and an international drug ring threaten to draw him back into the ‘cake mix’. But, time is running out and the penalty will endure a lifetime..

Godfather, The (1972)

Saturday, February 16th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Brando, Marlon | Pacino, Al | Caan, James | Castellano, Richard S. | Duvall, Robert | Hayden, Sterling | Conte, Richard | Lettieri, Al | Keaton, Diane | Vigoda, Abe | Shire, Talia | Russo, Gianni | Marley, John | Bond, Rudy
Directors: Coppola, Francis Ford
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The story begins as “Don” Vito Corleone, the head of a New York Mafia “family”, oversees his daughter’s wedding. His beloved son Michael has just come home from the war, but does not intend to become part of his father’s business. Through Michael’s life the nature of the family business becomes clear. The business of the family is just like the head of the family, kind and benevolent to those who give respect, but given to ruthless violence whenever anything stands against the good of the family. Don Vito lives his life in the way of the old country, but times are changing and some don’t want to follow the old ways and look out for community and “family”. An up and coming rival of the Corleone family wants to start selling drugs in New York, and needs the Don’s influence to further his plan. The clash of the Don’s fading old world values and the new ways will demand a terrible price, especially from Michael, all for the sake of the family.

Nick of Time (1995)

Friday, February 15th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Depp, Johnny | Chase, Courtney | Walken, Christopher | Maffia, Roma | Mason, Marsha | Strauss, Peter | Reuben, Gloria | Smitrovich, Bill | Spradlin, G.D. | Vazquez, Yul | Diaz, Edith | Ortega, Armando | Bau, C.J. | Sanders, Cynthena
Directors: Badham, John
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Gene Watson (Johnny Depp) is an ordinary public accountant returning home from his ex-wife’s funeral and is met by Mr Smith (Christopher Walken) and Ms. Jones (Roma Maffia) who kidnap his daughter (Courtney Chase) and give him a gun, six bullets, a name-tag that will give him access to anywhere in a specific hotel, and the itinerary of Governor Grant (Marsha Mason) and is informed that he must kill the Governor in 1 hour and 15 minutes or his daughter will die. The rest of the movie follows Mr. Watson as he desperately attempts to warn the Governor without the knowledge of the two and finds out that the conspiracy against her reaches all the way to those she trusts most.

Adventures of Baron Munchausen, The (1988)

Friday, February 15th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy
Countries: UK | West Germany
Actors: Neville, John | Idle, Eric | Polley, Sarah | Reed, Oliver | McKeown, Charles | Dennis, Winston | Purvis, Jack | Cortese, Valentina | Pryce, Jonathan | Paterson, Bill | Jeffrey, Peter | Thurman, Uma | Steadman, Alison | Cooper, Ray | Henderson, Don
Directors: Gilliam, Terry
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Baron Munchausen is a character of European myth that might be considered the predecessor of American tales of Pecos Bill or Paul Bunyan. The Baron’s stories are taken to be outrageous and fanciful lies. This is the origin of the name of the psychiatric diagnosis of “Munchausen’s Syndrome”, a particularly bizzare form of hypochondria.