Posts Tagged ‘kidnapping’

48 Hrs. (1982)

Saturday, April 12th, 2008
Genres: Action | Comedy | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Nolte, Nick | Murphy, Eddie | O'Toole, Annette | McRae, Frank | Remar, James | Kelly, David Patrick | Landham, Sonny | James, Brion | Sherman, Kerry | Banks, Jonathan | Keane, James | King, Tara | Blackburn, Greta | Rose, Margot | Crosby, Denise
Directors: Hill, Walter
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Oddball cop and tough guy, Jack Cates is the only survivor of a cop shooting and in hunting down the murderer collects Reggie Hammond from jail for 48 hours. Hammond is oddly motivated to help. The killer is searching for his stash of cash. Cates and Hammond who have the Black-white, cop-crook thing to work out make surprisingly good partners as they navigate through the city looking for their suspect.

Order, The (2001)

Monday, April 7th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Van Damme, Jean-Claude | Heston, Charlton | Milos, Sofia | Thompson, Brian | Cross, Ben | Dobtcheff, Vernon | Gabai, Sasson | Abutbul, Alon | Tomaska, Joey | Malota, Peter | Reginiano, Sharon | Huri, Sami | Widerker, Jack | Leitch, David | Qissi, Abdel
Directors: Lettich, Sheldon
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In the year 1099, during the Crusades in the 11th Century, Christian soldiers arrive in Jerusalem and slaughter the local population. Christian soldier Charles Le Vaillant becomes demoralized by the horrors of war and decides to create a new religious order. This new order brings together, in a peaceful manner, members from the three religions of the region: Christians, Jews, and Muslims. As a self-imposed leader and messiah, Charles writes the sacred texts of the Order. The Christian Crusaders accuse Charles of heresy, and attack him and his disciples. During the attack, the last chapter from the sacred texts becomes lost in the desert. Now, in modern-day Israel, a devout contingent of Le Vaillant’s followers continues to practice his peaceful teachings. But a disciple named Cyrus has a distorted view of the Order’s peaceful intention. Rudy Cafmeyer is a thief and smuggler of valuable historical artifacts. Rudy manages to break into a high security building where he steals a Faberge Egg, the kind decorated with precious stones and manufactured expressly for the Russian Tsars. Needless to say, the alarm goes off, and Rudy has to fight his way out of the building. Despite this theft, Rudy is not really a bad guy. He stole the egg from the personal collection of a powerful Russian mafia boss. Rudy is a loving son who would do anything for his father Oscar “Ozzie” Cafmeyer. Ozzie, an archaeologist and museum curator, discovers the manuscripts that were lost during the crusades. The manuscripts clearly extol interfaith harmony. In those manuscripts, there is also an ancient map of Jerusalem, which shows the location of a mythical Jewish treasure. Ozzie travels to Israel, where Cyrus has him kidnapped. Rudy, who heard the kidnapping take place while talking to Ozzie on the phone, travels to Jerusalem to rescue Oscar. Oscar’s associate, Professor Walt Finley, hands Rudy the key to a safe-deposit box in East Jerusalem before being gunned down by unknown assailants. Israeli Police Chief Ben Ner views Rudy’s arrival with hostility and takes steps to have Rudy deported, but police lieutenant Dalia Barr risks her life and career to help Rudy — she was once a disciple of the Order, but she left when she was 18-years-old. Cyrus uses a car bomb to assassinate the Order’s leader, Pierre Gaudet, and Cyrus steps up his own rhetoric, hoping to inflame his followers. Rudy opens the safe-deposit box and finds a map that shows a series of tunnels and a treasure room beneath Jerusalem. Ben Ner, who has partnered with Cyrus, covets the gold that the underground tunnels lead to, but Cyrus hopes to plant a bomb during Ramadan that will turn the Israelis against the Palestinians. Dalia and Rudy must get to the Order’s monastery, free Ozzie, and prevent an explosion that could push tensions in the area way past the boiling point.

Frantic (1988)

Monday, April 7th, 2008
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: France | USA
Actors: Ford, Harrison | Buckley, Betty | Soumare, Djiby | Seigner, Emmanuelle | Virton, Dominique | Klein, Gérard | D'Audeville, Stéphane | Spielvogel, Laurent | Alain Doutey | Ciron, Jacques | Leibovici, Roch | Vincent, Louise | Melennec, Patrice | Jaroszewicz, Ella | Lagneau, Joëlle
Directors: Polanski, Roman
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Ford plays an American doctor whose wife (Betty Buckley) suddenly vanishes while the couple is visiting Paris. To recover her, he navigates a puzzling web of language, locale, laissez-faire cops and triplicate-form bureaucrats. Ultimately - and relunctantly - he must try a defaint, mysterious waif (Emmanuelle Seigner) who knows more than she tells about the woman’s kidnappers.

Mystery Men (1999)

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
Genres: Action | Comedy | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Azaria, Hank | Stiller, Ben | Macy, William H. | Rush, Geoffrey | Garofalo, Janeane | Kinnear, Greg | Waits, Tom | Reubens, Paul | Forlani, Claire | Izzard, Eddie | Mitchell, Kel | Studi, Wes | Olin, Lena | Jay, Ricky | Lasser, Louise
Directors: Usher, Kinka
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In Champion City, would be superheroes like The Shoveler, The Blue Raja and Mr. Furious can’t seem to make a difference and impress either the city or its greatest superhero, Captain Amazing. However, when Captain Amazing is captured by his greatest enemy, Cassanova Frankenstein, these stumblebum heroes must join with other superhero hopefuls to save the Captain and the city.

Saving Silverman (2001)

Friday, March 21st, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Crime | Romance
Countries: Australia | USA
Actors: Zahn, Steve | Black, Jack | Biggs, Jason | Peet, Amanda | Detmer, Amanda | Ermey, R. Lee | Diamond, Neil | Gass, Kyle | Armour, Norman | Foo, Colin | Logan, Chris | Lambert, Esme | Fomitchev, Max | Parsons, Tony | Armstrong, Brett
Directors: Dugan, Dennis
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Two dim-witted former high school buddys and Neil Diamond fanactics, Wayne and J.D., plot to keep their friend Darren from marrying the wrong woman, a domineering and spiteful psychologist named Judith by kidnapping her and trying to set Darren up with his old high school girlfriend Sandy who plans to become a nun.

Man on Fire (2004)

Friday, March 21st, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: Mexico | UK | USA
Actors: Washington, Denzel | Fanning, Dakota | Anthony, Marc | Mitchell, Radha | Walken, Christopher | Giannini, Giancarlo | Ticotin, Rachel | Ochoa, Jesús | Rourke, Mickey | Peláez, Angelina | Sánchez Parra, Gustavo | Camilo, Gero | Hernández, Rosa María | Del Castillo, Heriberto | Zaragoza, Mario
Directors: Scott, Tony
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A wave of kidnappings has swept through Mexico, feeding a growing sense of panic among its wealthier citizens, especially parents. In one six-day period, there were twenty-four abductions, leading many to hire bodyguards for their children. Into this world enters John Creasy, a burned-out ex-CIA operative/assassin, who has given up on life. Creasy’s friend Rayburn brings him to Mexico City to be a bodyguard to nine-year-old Pita Ramos, daughter of industrialist Samuel Ramos and his wife Lisa. Creasy is not interested in being a bodyguard, especially to a youngster, but for lack of something better to do, he accepts the assignment. Creasy barely tolerates the precocious child and her pestering questions about him and his life. But slowly, she chips away at his seemingly impenetrable exterior, his defenses drop, and he opens up to her. Creasy’s new-found purpose in life is shattered when Pita is kidnapped. Despite being seriously wounded during the kidnapping, he vows to kill anyone involved in or profiting from the kidnapping. And no one can stop him.

Fargo (1996)

Friday, March 21st, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Macy, William H. | Buscemi, Steve | Stormare, Peter | RudrĂĽd, Kristin | Presnell, Harve | Denman, Tony | Houston, Gary | Wingert, Sally | Schweickhardt, Kurt | Kokernot, Larissa | Peterman, Melissa | Reevis, Steve | Keith, Warren | Edelman, Steve | Anderson, Sharon
Directors: Coen, Joel | Coen, Ethan
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Fargo is based on true events that occurred in Minnesota in 1987 with the names changed to protect the victims. Jerry works in his father-in-law’s car dealership and has gotten himself in financial problems. He tries various schemes to come up with money needed for a reason that is never really explained. It has to be assumed that his huge embezzlement of money from the dealership is about to be discovered by father-in-law. When all else falls through, plans he set in motion earlier for two men to kidnap his wife for ransom to be paid by her wealthy father (who doesn’t seem to have the time of day for son-in-law). From the moment of the kidnapping, things go wrong and what was supposed to be a non-violent affair turns bloody with more blood added by the minute. Jerry is upset at the blood shed, which turns loose a pregnant sheriff from MN who is tenacious in attempting to solve the three murders in her jurisdiction.

Master of Disguise, The (2002)

Friday, March 21st, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Family
Countries: USA
Actors: Carvey, Dana | Esposito, Jennifer | Gould, Harold | Brolin, James | Spiner, Brent | McClurg, Edie
Directors: Perry Andelin Blake
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A sweet-natured Italian waiter named Pistachio Disguisey at his father Fabbrizio’s restaurant, who happens to be a member of a family with supernatural skills of disguise. But moments later the patriarch of the Disguisey family is kidnapped Fabbrizio’s former arch-enemy, Devlin Bowman, a criminal mastermind in an attempt to steal the world’s most precious treasures from around the world. And it’s up to Pistachio to track down Bowman and save his family before Bowman kills them!

Underdog (2007)

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: Lee, Jason | Dinklage, Peter | Belushi, James | Warburton, Patrick | Neuberger, Alex | Momsen, Taylor | Slattery, John | Adams, Amy | Garrett, Brad | Bee, Samantha | Crowe, Timothy | Vigus, Larry | Mariani, Mario | Wilder, Bates | Garde, Alexander
Directors: Du Chau, Frederik
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A lab accident gives a hound named Shoeshine some serious superpowers — a secret that the dog eventually shares with the young boy who becomes his owner and friend.

Mr. Brooks (2007)

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Costner, Kevin | Moore, Demi | Cook, Dane | Hurt, William | Helgenberger, Marg | Santiago-Hudson, Ruben | Panabaker, Danielle | Aisha Hinds | Crouse, Lindsay | Lewis, Jason | Aylesworth, Reiko | Schulze, Matt | Delawari, Yasmine | Dinwiddie, Traci | Cole, Michael
Directors: Evans, Bruce A.
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The story follows a man with a murderous alter ego. Tracy Atwood is a tough detective whose devotion to her craft catches the attention and respect of the serial killer she is hunting, which leads to a symbiotic relationship.