Posts Tagged ‘nuclear-weapons’

Mouse That Roared, The (1959)

Friday, February 22nd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | War
Countries: UK
Actors: Sellers, Peter | Seberg, Jean | Hartnell, William | Kossoff, David | Leo McKern | Parke, MacDonald | Willis, Austin | Bateson, Timothy | Landis, Monte | Gifford, Alan | Gordon, Colin | Kasket, Harold | Brown, Wally | Cey, Jacques | Clay, Charles
Directors: Arnold, Jack
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The best laid plans of mice and men … A cold war satire emphasising the new emerged American Superpower’s use of foreign aid to buy friends and keep then away from the USSR’s influence. Peter Sellers, as the scheming Prime Minister of Grand Fenwick, plots with Peter Sellers, as the scheming Grand Duchess, to declare war on the USA, lose and get that foreign aid. Unfortunately, they forget to tell Peter Sellers, as Tully Bascombe, commander of their mediaeval army. This honourable man does his best for his country and through a series of unbelievable circumstances (well, this is a comedy) to win. Now, who has to give aid to whom?

Hunt for Red October, The (1990)

Sunday, February 17th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Connery, Sean | Baldwin, Alec | Glenn, Scott | Neill, Sam | Jones, James Earl | Ackland, Joss | Jordan, Richard | Firth, Peter | Curry, Tim | Vance, Courtney B. | Skarsgård, Stellan | Jones, Jeffrey | Carhart, Timothy | Ferguson, Larry | Thompson, Fred Dalton
Directors: McTiernan, John
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Based on the Best Selling novel by Tom Clancy this film tells the story of Captain Marko Ramius, the skipper of the Soviet Union’s newest nuclear sub. Jack Ryan of the CIA gets involved in a tense, tangled hunt for this sub, when Ramius defects, taking the “Red October” with him. The story is an action packed techno-thriller.

Under Siege (1992)

Sunday, February 17th, 2008
Genres: Action | Drama | Thriller
Countries: France | USA
Actors: Seagal, Steven | Chapa, Damian | Evans, Troy | McKnight, David | Hinton, Lee | O'Neal, Patrick | Busey, Gary | Morshower, Glenn | Alexander, Leo | Rottger, John | Rea, Brad | Welden, Michael | Casey, Bernie | Pierre, Rickey | Cruz, Raymond
Directors: Davis, Andrew
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The battleship Missouri is about to be decomissioned. Casey Ryback is Captain Adam’s personal cook. And Ryback is always butting heads with the ship’s XO Commander Krill but the Captain always intercedes. One day, after the President visits the Missouri, which is also the Captain’s birthday, the Captain learns that a helicopter has been cleared to land on the ship by Commander Krill, which he was not informed of. When questioned Krill tells the Captain that it’s a surprise for his birthday, the Captain then allows it. Later after another one of their scuffles, Krill has Ryback locked in the freezer. During the party, the rock band reveals themselves to be mercenaries, led by William Stranix, a CIA operative, who is in league with Krill to unload all of the ship’s nuclear warheads. They lock up all of the crew and make preparations to remove the warheads. And Krill remembers Ryback, Stranix sends two of his men to take care of Ryback, only thing is that Ryback took care of them. Upon discovering their bodies, Stranix deduces that Ryback is more than a cook. He then sends Krill to check on him, and Krill discovers that Ryback’s a NAVY SEAL, who got busted down to a cook after an incident in Panama. And Ryback continues to create trouble for them, so Stranix tries to hunt him down. Along the way, Ryback meets Jordan, a former playmate, who was supposed to entertain at the party but was also forgotten.

Peacemaker, The (1997)

Saturday, February 16th, 2008
Genres: Action | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Clooney, George | Kidman, Nicole | Iures, Marcel | Baluyev, Aleksandr | Medvesek, Rene | Werntz, Gary | Batinkoff, Randall | Haynie, Jim | Strobele, Alexander | McCallany, Holt | Boatman, Michael | Copeland, Joan | Gómez, Carlos | Mueller-Stahl, Armin | Juraga, Slavko
Directors: Leder, Mimi
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Two trains crash somewhere in Russia, one carrying a nuclear payload. A nuclear explosion follows the crash and the world is on alert… However, White House nuclear expert Dr. Julia Kelly (Nicole Kidman) doesn’t think it was an accident… Special Forces Intelligence Officer Colonel Thomas Devoe (George Clooney) doesn’t think so either… Together they must unravel a conspiracy that goes from Europe to New York, to stop a terrorist who has no demands…

Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000 (2000)

Saturday, February 16th, 2008
Genres: Action | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: Travolta, John | Pepper, Barry | Whitaker, Forest | Coates, Kim | Karsenti, Sabine | Byrne, Michael | Tessier, Christian | Landry, Sylvain | Tyson, Richard | Freeman, Christopher | Topor, John | Austin-Olsen, Shaun | Post, Tim | Pastko, Earl | Perron, Michel
Directors: Christian, Roger
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In the year 3000, man is no match for the Psychlo’s, a greedy, manipulative race of aliens on a quest for ultimate profit. Led by the seductive and powerful Terl (Travolta), the Psychlo’s are stripping Earth clean of its natural resources, using the broken remnants of humanity as slaves. What is left of the human race has descended into a near primitive state, believing the invaders to be demons and technology to be evil. After humanity has all but given up any hope of freeing themselves from alien oppression, a young man named Tyler (Pepper) decides to leave his desolate home high in the Rocky Mountains to discover the truth, whereupon he is captured and enslaved. It is then that he decides to fight back, leading his fellow man in one final struggle for freedom.

Abyss, The (1989)

Saturday, February 16th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Harris, Ed | Mastrantonio, Mary Elizabeth | Biehn, Michael | Burmester, Leo | Graff, Todd | Bedford Lloyd, John | Quinn, J.C. | Scott, Kimberly | Brewer Jr., Captain Kidd | Klek, George Robert | Murphy, Christopher | Nelson, Adam | Warlock, Dick | Weeks, Jimmie Ray | Campbell, J. Kenneth
Directors: Cameron, James
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An American nuclear submarine is attacked (during the cold war) and crashes underwater. The navy asks the workers of a nearby underwater oil rig who are joined by a number of navy SEALS to locate and investigate the cause of the crash. As the crew embark on their mission, they encounter a number of difficulties and discover that they may not be alone. There is something else down there.

Deep Impact (1998)

Friday, February 15th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Duvall, Robert | Leoni, Téa | Wood, Elijah | Redgrave, Vanessa | Freeman, Morgan | Schell, Maximilian | Cromwell, James | Eldard, Ron | Favreau, Jon | Innes, Laura | McCormack, Mary | Schiff, Richard | Sobieski, Leelee | Underwood, Blair | Scott, Dougray
Directors: Leder, Mimi
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As a comet is on a collision course with earth, humans have to prepare for their survival. They randomly select eight hundred thousand people to be saved in order to keep the human race alive.

Thirteen Days (2000)

Friday, February 15th, 2008
Genres: Drama | History | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Costner, Kevin | Greenwood, Bruce | Culp, Steven | Baker, Dylan | Fairman, Michael | Strozier, Henry | Wood, Frank | Conway, Kevin | Kelleher, Tim | Cariou, Len | Smitrovich, Bill | Matthews, Dakin | Mason, Madison | Lawford, Christopher | Lauter, Ed
Directors: Donaldson, Roger
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In October, 1962, U-2 surveillance photos reveal that the Soviet Union is in the process of placing nuclear weapons in Cuba. These weapons have the capability of wiping out most of the Eastern and Southern United States in minutes if they become operational. President John F. Kennedy and his advisors must come up with a plan of action against the Soviets. Kennedy is determined to show that he is strong enough to stand up to the threat, and the Pentagon advises U.S. military strikes against Cuba—which could lead the way to another U.S. invasion of the island. However, Kennedy is reluctant to follow through, because a U.S. invasion could cause the Soviets to retaliate in Europe. A nuclear showdown appears to be almost inevitable. Can it be prevented?

Space Cowboys (2000)

Friday, February 15th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Jones, Tommy Lee | Sutherland, Donald | Garner, James | Cromwell, James | Harden, Marcia Gay | Devane, William | Dean, Loren | Vance, Courtney B. | Babcock, Barbara | Serbedzija, Rade | Brown, Blair | Leno, Jay | Stewart, Nils Allen | Jolly, Deborah
Directors: Eastwood, Clint
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Negli anni ‘50 erano stati allontanati dalla NASA per motivi politici ed oggi questi quattro anziani astronauti, ormai in pensione e con qualche acciacco, sono richiamati per una missione difficile: bisogna andare a rimettere in sesto l’Ikon, un vecchio satellite russo in orbita sopra la Terra, che si si è guastato e rischia di lasciare la Terra priva di collegamenti e telecomunicazioni. I nostri eroi sono i disegnatori di un vecchio sistema satellitare identico a quello russo e sarebbero i soli a poter affrontare l’emergenza. In pensione da tempo, sono richiamati al lavoro dal loro capo, Frank Corvin, un anziano astronauta, che conosce il satellite al punto da poterlo riparare. Così la squadra dei ‘nonnetti’ parte alla conquista di gloria e fama. La pensione e l’ospizio possono attendere.

007 The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)

Friday, February 15th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Thriller
Countries: UK
Actors: Moore, Roger | Bach, Barbara | Jürgens, Curd | Kiel, Richard | Munro, Caroline | Gotell, Walter | Keen, Geoffrey | Baker, George | Billington, Michael | Bisera, Olga | Llewelyn, Desmond | de Souza, Edward | Dobtcheff, Vernon | Leon, Valerie
Directors: Gilbert, Lewis
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The British discover that someone has perfected a way of tracking submerged submarines and is offering the technology to the highest bidder. An international crisis breaks when a Royal Navy Polaris submarine equipped with sixteen nuclear warheads disappears while on patrol. The British send agent James Bond to secure the tracking device and locate the missing vessel before its missiles are launched at the West.