Urtarrila 29, 2010 | Egilea: kawatarou
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John Dahl directed and co-wrote (along with his brother Rick Dahl) this quirky and energetic film noir that, after a well-received screening at the Toronto Film Festival, was consigned to oblivion before resurfacing on cable television. When the owner of a San Francisco movie theater, who was a big fan of the film, arranged for a theatrical release, the film clicked and toured the country as an art house hit. The film concerns eternal loser Michael (Nicolas Cage), down to his last five dollars and looking for work. He finds himself at a bar in the town of Red Rock. The bartender, Wayne (J. T. Walsh) eyes him suspiciously and asks him, “You must be Lyle, from Dallas. ” Michael, eager to earn some cash, agrees. It seems Wayne has a job for Michael, but what Michael doesn’t realize until too late is that the job is to kill Wayne’s wife for $10,000. Michael heads out to Wayne’s farm with the cash to warn Wayne’s wife, Suzanne (Lara Flynn Boyle). Suzanne responds by offering to double Michael’s fee if he will kill her husband instead. Michael takes the money and tries to leave town, but when a thunderstorm comes up, he runs over a man who was trying to flag him down. The sheriff arrives on the scene to attend to matters — who turns out to be Wayne. Wayne proceeds to drive Michael out of town for an execution, but Michael manages to elude him. Flagging down a driver on the road who is driving back into Red Rock, they return to the bar, where the driver offers to buy Michael a drink. As Michael accepts the offer of a drink, he realizes that he is drinking with the real “Lyle from Dallas” (Dennis Hopper) who is awaiting Wayne’s return. |
| Also Known As: |
Red Rock West |
| Genres: |
Crime, Post-Noir (Modern Noir), Crime Thriller, |
| Running Time: |
97:00 |
| Actor List: |
Nicolas Cage, Dennis Hopper, Lara Flynn Boyle, J.T. Walsh, Timothy Carhart, Dan Shor, Dwight Yoakam, Robert Beecher, Jeff Levine, Michael Rudd, |
Atalak: Crime, Crime Thriller, Post-Noir (Modern Noir) |
Urtarrila 5, 2010 | Egilea: kawatarou
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Ray Liotta and Cuba Gooding, Jr. star in this tense crime thriller concerning a small town trash collector whose dangerous plan to impress a pretty girl goes tragically awry. Liam Case (Gooding, Jr. ) is a garbage man whose life hasn’t quite turned out the way he expected it would. In order to impress the girl of his dreams, Liam plans an elaborate heist that will culminate with him jumping in to save the day at the last minute. When the day of the heist arrives, however, the plan takes an unexpected turn and Liam winds up in the hospital. Upon learning that a mysterious killer has slain the criminal that left both himself and the bank teller for dead during the chaos of the robbery, Liam realizes that the associates of the murdered thief won’t stop until they have avenged the death of their fallen partner in crime. |
| Also Known As: |
Hero Wanted |
| Genres: |
Thriller, Crime Thriller, |
| Running Time: |
95:00 |
| Actor List: |
Cuba Gooding, Jr., Ray Liotta, Norman Reedus, Tommy Flanagan, Christa Campbell, Kim Coates, Ben Cross, Steven Kozlowski, Paul Sampson, Jean Smart, |
Atalak: Crime Thriller, Thriller |
Abendua 11, 2009 | Egilea: kawatarou
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Producer Aditya Chopra teams with writer/director Vijay Krishna Acharya for this bullet-strewn action flick starring Akshay Kumar, Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor, and Anil Kapoor. |
Atalak: Action, Crime Thriller, Road Movie, Thriller |
Urria 22, 2009 | Egilea: kawatarou
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Director Woody Allen continued to work in the dark mold of his 2005 thriller Match Point with this suspenseful tale of two brothers (Colin Farrell and Ewan McGregor) transformed into mortal enemies after scheming to alleviate their financial difficulties by turning to crime. Ian (McGregor) and Terry Blaine (Farrell) are two Cockney siblings whose lives seem to have simply fallen apart. While hard-drinking auto mechanic Terry lives with his girlfriend, Kate (Sally Hawkins), and suffers all the financial hardships that go with being a chronic gambler, his slightly more respectable sibling Ian helps their father maintain the family restaurant. Thanks to the steady income that the restaurant provides and the occasional help of their wealthy uncle Howard (Tom Wilkinson) the family has always managed to scrape by, but when Ian learns of a potentially lucrative California real estate deal, he can’t help but dream about moving on to bigger and better things. One day, Terry wins big at the tracks by betting on a speedy greyhound named “Cassandra’s Dream,” and promptly uses his winnings to purchase a small yacht that he names after the winning dog. Right around the same time, things also start looking up for Ian — who falls under the seductive spell of ambitious actress Angela (Hayley Atwell). But the brothers’ good-luck spell doesn’t last long, because when Terry winds up owing a tidy sum to some violent local loan sharks, he’s given the option of promptly paying up or suffering some particularly painful consequences. Just then, Uncle Howard shows up in London looking to settle the score with a whistle-blowing business associate. While agreeing to take part in Uncle Howard’s diabolical revenge scheme could easily earn Terry the cash needed to pay off his substantial debt, the consequences — should he get caught — will be far greater than those of any small-time scam he has ever resorted to in the past. |
| Also Known As: |
Cassandra\’s Dream |
| Genres: |
Thriller, Crime Thriller, Post-Noir (Modern Noir), |
| Running Time: |
105:00 |
| Actor List: |
Hayley Atwell, Colin Farrell, Sally Hawkins, Ewan McGregor, Tom Wilkinson, John Benfield, Paul Davis, Peter Hugo, Clare Higgins, Ashley Medekwe, Andrew Howard, Keith Smee, Steve Noonan, Dan Carter, Richard Lintern, Jennifer Higham, Lee Whitlock, Michael Harm, Hugh Rathbone, Allan Ramsey, Terry Budin Jones, Franck Viano, Tommy Mack, Milo Bodrozic, Emily Gilchrist, Phil Davis, George Richmond, Phyllis Roberts, Tamzin Outhwaite, Cate Fowler, David Horovitch, Matt Barlock, Jim Carter, Tom Fisher, Paul Gardner, Mark Umbers, Maggie McCarthy, Richard Graham, Ross Boatman, |
Atalak: Crime Thriller, Post-Noir (Modern Noir), Thriller |