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Rise

IMDB Rating: 5.40
2401 votes

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Supernatural thriller in which a female reporter wakes up in a morgue to find herself a member of the undead. She vows revenge against the sect that put her there and hunts them down.
Actors
LloydRobert Forster
ColletteCameron Richardson
Sadie BlakeLucy Liu
Also posted in 2007, Action, Horror, Thriller | Comments (0)

Saw III

IMDB Rating: 6.40
21884 votes

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Jigsaw has disappeared. Now aided by his new apprentice Amanda, the puppet-master behind the cruel, intricate games that have terrified a community and baffled police has once again eluded capture and vanished. While city detectives scramble to locate him, Dr. Lynn Denlon is unaware that she is about to become the latest pawn on his vicious chessboard. One night, after finishing a shift at her hospital, Lynn is kidnapped by the deranged Amanda and taken to an abandoned warehouse where she meets Jigsaw, aka: John Kramer, who's now bedridden and on the verge of death. Lynn is told that she must keep the madman alive for as long as it takes Jeff, another of his victims, to complete a game of his own. Racing against the ticking clock of Jigsaw's own heartbeat, Lynn and Jeff struggle to make it through each of their vicious tests, unaware that Jigsaw and Amanda have a much bigger plan for both of them...
Actors
Jigsaw/JohnTobin Bell
AmandaShawnee Smith
Jeff DenlonAngus Macfadyen
Also posted in 2006, Crime, High IMDB rating, Horror, Thriller | Comments (5)

The Ice Harvest

IMDB Rating: 6.10
6151 votes

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A wickedly funny thriller that takes moviegoers on a wild ride brimming with larceny, lust and lethal behavior. In icebound Wichita, Kansas, it's Christmas Eve, and this year Charlie Arglist (John Cusack) just might have something to celebrate. Charlie, an attorney for the sleazy businesses of Wichita, and his unsavory associate, the steely Vic Cavanaugh (Billy Bob Thornton) have just successfully embezzled $2 million from Kansas City boss Bill Guerrard (Randy Quaid). But the real prize for Charlie is the stunning Renata (Connie Nielsen), who runs the Sweet Cage strip club. Charlie hopes to slip out of town with Renata. But as daylight fades and an ice storm whirls, everyone from Charlie's drinking buddy Pete Van Heuten (Oliver Platt) to the local police begin to wonder just what exactly is in Charlie's Christmas stocking - and the 12 hours of Christmas Eve are filled with surprises.
Actors
Charlie ArglistJohn Cusack
Vic CavanaughBilly Bob Thornton
RenataConnie Nielsen
Also posted in 2005, Comedy, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

A History of Violence

IMDB Rating: 7.50
37871 votes

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Tom Stall, a humble family man and owner of a popular neighborhood restaurant, lives a quiet but fulfilling existence in the Midwest. One night Tom foils a crime at his place of business and, to his chagrin, is plastered all over the news for his heroics. Following this, mysterious people follow the Stalls' every move, concerning Tom more than anyone else. As this situation is confronted, more lurks out over where all these occurrences have stemmed from compromising his marriage, family relationship and the main characters' former relations in the process.
Actors
Tom StallViggo Mortensen
Edie StallMaria Bello
Carl FogartyEd Harris
Also posted in 2005, Action, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

Serenity

IMDB Rating: 8.00
58647 votes

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The crew of the Serenity is getting desperate. They have lain lower and lower to protect their doctor, Simon Tam (Sean Maher), and his telepathic traumatized little sister, River (Summer Glau), from the alliance, whom he rescued her from a year earlier. This has made getting jobs harder and now they are desperate. When they take River on a robbery during which Reavers (humans who have gone crazy and turned into cannibals) attack, Simon decides that its time to leave the crew of the Serenity for his and River's safety. She then mutters "Miranda" and goes berserk and nearly shoots Capt. Malcolm Reynolds (Nathan Fillion), until her brother says the safety word to put her to sleep. Reynolds decides to take them back on board for safety, only now an alliance operative (Chiwetel Ejiofor) is on their tracks and making Reynolds determined to find out what "Miranda" is and what the Alliance is hiding.
Actors
MalNathan Fillion
ZoeGina Torres
WashAlan Tudyk
Also posted in 2005, Action, Adventure, High IMDB rating, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Comments (0)

Danny the Dog

IMDB Rating: 7.10
17347 votes

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A man treated like a dog and raised as a fighting machine his entire life, ends up in a coma and is taken in the care of good people, but his sinister owner is looking to retrieve his most prized possession: a non stop human weapon triggered by the collar leashed on his neck.
Actors
DannyJet Li
SamMorgan Freeman
BartBob Hoskins
Also posted in 2005, Action, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

Gladiator

IMDB Rating: 8.20
147070 votes

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Maximus is a powerful Roman general, loved by the people and the aging Emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Before his death, the Emperor chooses Maximus to be his heir over his own son, Commodus, and a power struggle leaves Maximus and his family condemned to death. The powerful general is unable to save his family, and his loss of will allows him to get captured and put into the Gladiator games until he dies. The only desire that fuels him now is the chance to rise to the top so that he will be able to look into the eyes of the man who will feel his revenge.
Actors
MaximusRussell Crowe
CommodusJoaquin Phoenix
LucillaConnie Nielsen
Also posted in 2000, Action, Adventure, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (50)