Posts Tagged ‘shot-in-the-head’

Fido (2006)

Saturday, April 12th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Horror | Thriller
Countries: Canada
Actors: Connolly, Billy | Skorzewski, Jan | Moss, Carrie-Anne | Baker, Dylan | Tyell, Kevin | Ray, K'Sun | Czerny, Henry | Nelson, Tim Blake | Bennett, Sonja | Clement, Jennifer | Kepinski, Raphael | Brown, Aaron | Olds, Brandon | Fast, Alexia | Cuffling, Bernard
Directors: Currie, Andrew
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Timmy Robinson’s best friend in the whole wide world is a six-foot tall rotting zombie named Fido. But when FIDO eats the next-door neighbor, Mom and Dad hit the roof, and Timmy has to go to the ends of the earth to keep Fido a part of the family. A boy-and-his-dog movie for grown ups, “FIDO” will rip your heart out.

Pale Rider (1985)

Friday, March 28th, 2008
Genres: Action | Western
Countries: USA
Actors: Moriarty, Michael | Snodgress, Carrie | Penn, Chris | Dysart, Richard | Penny, Sydney | Kiel, Richard | McGrath, Doug | Russell, John | Hallahan, Charles | McIntyre, Marvin J. | Ryan, Fran | Hamilton, Richard | Paul, Graham | Lafont, Chuck
Directors: Eastwood, Clint
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Clint Eastwood is a mysterious preacher who comes to a gold mining camp near a small town in the mountains. The miners are in grave danger as a ruthless landowner decides to take their land, with the support of the sheriff. The only one who seems brave enough to save them is this preacher who came from nowhere and nobody knows his past or his real name. Why is the sheriff afraid of him? Why is he such a good shooter? Is he really a preacher?

Shoot ‘Em Up (2007)

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Comedy | Crime | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Owen, Clive | Giamatti, Paul | Bellucci, Monica | McHattie, Stephen | Bryk, Greg | Pilon, Daniel | Mende-Gibson, Sidney | Mende-Gibson, Lucas | Yellowlees, Kaylyn | Pringle, Ramona | Richings, Julian | Munch, Tony | McCord, Scott | Pickett, Wiley M. | Hart, Stephen R.
Directors: Davis, Michael
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Late at night, in an unnamed U.S. city, a solitary man sits at a bus stop. A pregnant woman runs by, pursued by a man with a gun. With reluctance, the man at the bus stop rescues her and assists with the baby’s delivery, while additional pursuers fire at them, including the gang’s particularly nasty leader, an intuitive man named Hertz. Our hero, known only as Smith, determines to save the child and find out why Hertz wants the baby dead. At a local bordello, he tries to employ a lactating hooker to watch the child, but things quickly escalate, and this makeshift family is soon on the run. Heavy metal music calms the baby. Why? A laboratory, a gun factory, and a presidential campaign all figure in Smith’s search for the child’s ultimate safety.

One Night at McCool’s (2001)

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Crime
Countries: USA
Actors: Dillon, Matt | Smith, Mary Jo | Douglas, Michael | Reiser, Paul | McEntire, Reba | Goodman, John | Jenkins, Richard | Martin, Sandy | Tyler, Liv | Clay, Andrew Dice | Sarabia, Ric | De Zarn, Tim | Leo Rossi | Neukirch, Rob | Bendewald, Andrea
Directors: Zwart, Harald
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After another hard night at McCool’s, bartender Randy runs into Jewel. The seductive lady seems to have evaded a rape pretty closely, and when the man comes back, she puts a bullet in his head. After all these events (and others), Randy takes Jewel home, and the two become a couple. Yet Jewel begins to develop into a very demanding girlfriend and drives Randy into committing crimes for her and her elaborate lifestyle. Randy’s cousin Carl is driven crazy by Randy’s incredibly sexy girl as well as the investigating officer, Detective Dehling.

Reservoir Dogs (1992)

Friday, March 21st, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Keitel, Harvey | Roth, Tim | Madsen, Michael | Buscemi, Steve | Penn, Chris | Tierney, Lawrence | Brooks, Randy | Baltz, Kirk | Tarantino, Quentin | Bunker, Edward | Wright, Steven | Turner, Rich | Steen, David | Cosmo, Tony | Polyi, Stevo
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Six criminals, who are strangers to each other, are hired by a crime boss Joe Cabot to carry out a diamond robbery. Right at the outset, they are given false names with an intention that they won’t get too close and concentrate on the job instead. They are completely sure that the robbery is going to be a success. But when the police show up right at the time and the site of the robbery, panic spreads amongst the group members and one of them is killed in the subsequent shootout along with a few policemen and civilians. When the remaining people assemble at the premeditated rendezvous point (a warehouse), they begin to suspect that one of them is an undercover cop.

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 | Rudrüd, 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.

Double Take (2001)

Friday, March 21st, 2008
Genres: Action | Comedy | Crime | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Jones, Orlando | Griffin, Eddie | Grubbs, Gary | Roebuck, Daniel | Macer Jr., Sterling | Nieves, Benny | Beauvais, Garcelle | Navedo, Andrea | Herrmann, Edward | Elliott, Shawn | Briscoe, Brent | Eskra, Donna | Carrasco, Carlos | Pesce, Frank | Lott, Julie
Directors: Gallo, George
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The governor of a Mexican state is assassinated. Soon after, junior executive Daryl Chase’s life turns upside down: after he flags a huge transfer of funds from a Mexican account as probably illegal, he’s attacked in his apartment, rescued by a CIA agent, finds his secretary shot dead, and witnesses two cops get killed. He calls the CIA guy who tells him to grab the next train to Mexico. Leaving Manhattan, Daryl can’t shake a jive-talking street punk named Freddy, and soon he’s traded clothes with Freddy to escape the police. Within days, his girlfriend, his boss, his client, Freddy, the FBI, and the dead governor’s dog are tangled in a web of deceit and danger. Who’s who?

Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)

Monday, March 17th, 2008
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Banderas, Antonio | Hayek, Salma | Depp, Johnny | Rourke, Mickey | Mendes, Eva | Trejo, Danny | Iglesias, Enrique | Leonardi, Marco | Marin, Cheech | Blades, Rubén | Dafoe, Willem | Vigil, Gerardo | Armendáriz Jr., Pedro | Mechoso, Julio Oscar | Larriva, Tito
Directors: Rodriguez, Robert
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A drug lord who pretends to overthrow the Mexican government. A corrupt CIA agent (Johnny Depp) who at that time, demands retribution from his worst enemy to carry out the drug lord’s uprising against the government.

Hero (2002)

Friday, March 14th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Drama
Countries: China | Hong Kong
Actors: Li, Jet | Leung Chiu Wai, Tony | Cheung, Maggie | Zhang, Ziyi | Chen, Daoming | Yen, Donnie | Yuan, Liu Zhong | Yong, Zheng Tia | Qin, Yan | Xiao Yang, Chang | Ya Kun, Zhang | Hua, Ma Wen | Ming, Jin | Hua, Xu Kuang | Xin, Wang Shou
Directors: Zhang, Yimou
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In ancient China, before the reign of the first emperor, warring factions throughout the Six Kingdoms plot to assassinate the most powerful ruler, Qin. When a minor official defeats Qin’s three principal enemies, he is summoned to the palace to tell Qin the story of his surprising victory.