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James Bond has a mission to recover the 'Goldeneye' access key. A Russian computer programmer called Natalya Siminova survives a murder spree by Xenia Onatopp and General Ourumov. Bond must work with Natalya to find this key and uncovers a sinister secret. His fellow agent, Alec Trevelyan who was believed to have been shot and killed 9 years ago re-surfaces. Bond soon realizes that Trevelyan is behind everything. Bond must now battle his former friend, in order to stop him from destroying London with the Goldeneye satellite.
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Pierce Brosnan |
Sean Bean |
Izabella Scorupco |
Famke Janssen |
Joe Don Baker |
Judi Dench |
Gottfried John |
Robbie Coltrane |
Alan Cumming |
Tchéky Karyo |
Desmond Llewelyn |
Samantha Bond |
Michael Kitchen |
Serena Gordon |
Simon Kunz |
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Martin Campbell |
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Jack Mosley, a burnt-out detective, is assigned the unenviable task of transporting a fast-talking convict from jail to a courthouse 16 blocks away. However, along the way he learns that the man is supposed to testify against Mosley's colleagues, and the entire NYPD wants him dead. Mosley must choose between loyalty to his colleagues and protecting the witness, and never has such a short distance seemed so long...
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Bruce Willis |
Mos Def |
David Morse |
Steve Nuke |
Jim Lavin |
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Richard Donner |
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48 Hrs.
The boys are back in town. Nick Nolte is a cop. Eddie Murphy is a convict. They couldn't have lik...
[1982,
USA] from $1.99
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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.
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Nick Nolte |
Eddie Murphy |
Annette O'Toole |
Frank McRae |
James Remar |
David Patrick Kelly |
Sonny Landham |
Brion James |
Kerry Sherman |
Jonathan Banks |
James Keane |
Tara King |
Greta Blackburn |
Margot Rose |
Denise Crosby |
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Walter Hill |
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After a successful last score, a master thief retires to an island paradise. His lifelong nemesis, a crafty FBI agent, washes ashore to ensure he's making good on his promise. The pair soon enters into a new game of cat-and-mouse.
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Pierce Brosnan |
Salma Hayek |
Woody Harrelson |
Don Cheadle |
Naomie Harris |
Chris Penn |
Troy Garity |
Mykelti Williamson |
Obba Babatundé |
Russell Hornsby |
Rex Linn |
Robert Curtis-Brown |
Mark Moses |
Michael Bowen |
Tony Ledard |
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Brett Ratner |
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Harrison Ford and Gary Oldman star in this thriller about a steadfast U.S. President who has just told the world he will not negotiate with terrorists. Now, Russian neo-nationalists have hijacked Air Force One and the President is faced with a nearly impossible decison: give in to terrorist demands or sacrifice not only the country's dignity, but the lives of his wife and daughter.
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Harrison Ford |
Gary Oldman |
Glenn Close |
Wendy Crewson |
Liesel Matthews |
Paul Guilfoyle |
Xander Berkeley |
William H. Macy |
Dean Stockwell |
Tom Everett |
Jürgen Prochnow |
Donna Bullock |
Michael Ray Miller |
Carl Weintraub |
Elester Latham |
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Wolfgang Petersen |
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The President of the United States is on a journey home after making a speech in Moscow. But on the journey, Russian hi-jakers take over the plane, disguising themselves as newspaper reporters. They want the President to ring Moscow and release General Redek. But they think that the President has escaped in the pod. But the president is really still on board air force One attempting to regain control of the plane and to rescue his wife and daughter.
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Harrison Ford |
Gary Oldman |
Glenn Close |
Wendy Crewson |
Liesel Matthews |
Paul Guilfoyle |
Xander Berkeley |
William H. Macy |
Dean Stockwell |
Tom Everett |
Jürgen Prochnow |
Donna Bullock |
Michael Ray Miller |
Carl Weintraub |
Elester Latham |
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Wolfgang Petersen |
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A charismatic convict (Bruce Willis) and a hypochondriac inmate (Billy Bob Thornton) break out of prison in a cement truck and immediately start a bank robbing spree. Becoming known as the "Sleepover Bandits", the two kidnap bank managers the night before their robbery, spend the night with their families, and then all go to the bank in the morning to get the dough. Using a dim-witted stunt man (Troy Garrity) as their getaway driver and lookout, the three successfully pull off several jobs that gets them recognition on a tv show about America's criminals. When a bored housewife (Cate Blanchett) with a failing marriage decides to runaway, she ends up in the hands of the criminals. Initially attracted to Willis, she nonetheless also ends up in bed with Thornton and a confused romantic relationship begins. Continuing along with their spree, the bandits hit the wall when the bank managers realize that they are non-violent and therefore no threat to them or their employees. This leads to one more big score at the Alamo Bank, where in the very opening scenes, things appear to go awry.
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Bruce Willis |
Billy Bob Thornton |
Cate Blanchett |
Troy Garity |
Brian F. O'Byrne |
Stacey Travis |
Bobby Slayton |
January Jones |
Azura Skye |
Peggy Miley |
William Converse-Roberts |
Richard Riehle |
Micole Mercurio |
Scott Burkholder |
Anthony Burch |
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Barry Levinson |
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An Army sergeant (Samual Jackson) takes six of his special troops on a training mission into the rain-soaked Colombian jungles and only two come out alive. When the rescue mission arrives, they see one soldier (Brian Van Holt) killing another and carrying a wounded comrade (Giovanni Ribisi). As the interrogation begins, the soldier refuses to talk to anyone other than another Ranger. The investigating officer (Connie Nielsen) protests, but her commanding officer (Timothy Daly) nonetheless brings in a former Ranger and current DEA agent (John Travolta) to help. The agent is currently on suspension from DEA for allegedly accepting a bribe. From this point on, the plot continues to twist and turn and offers numerous surprises that keeps the story interesting.
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John Travolta |
Connie Nielsen |
Samuel L. Jackson |
Timothy Daly |
Giovanni Ribisi |
Brian Van Holt |
Taye Diggs |
Dash Mihok |
Cristián de la Fuente |
Roselyn Sanchez |
Harry Connick Jr. |
Georgia Hausserman |
Margaret Travolta |
Dena Johnston |
Nick Loren |
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John McTiernan |
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Melvin Smiley, a successful young hitman, is living a normal all-day life for his jewish fiancé Pam, but kills for money in Paris' organization. In addition, he has a relationship with a beauty from the neighbourhood and gets bothered by a pimply video store guy, because he did not return "King Kong Lives" for two weeks. He and his three teammates Cisco, Crunch and Vince one day decide to kidnap the daughter of super-rich businessman Jiro Nishi - off the record. What they do not know, is that Jiro just went completely bankrupt due to a successless movie production, and, even worse, that his daughter Keiko is the god-daughter of Paris, the boss of the kidnappers. He and his men are now searching for the kidnappers in order to grind them up properly. Meanwhile, handcuffed Keiko falls in love with killer Melvin while both preparing a kosher meal in order to satisfy Pam's visiting parents, who are out of the house with Pam - with a body in the trunk.
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Mark Wahlberg |
Lou Diamond Phillips |
Christina Applegate |
Avery Brooks |
Bokeem Woodbine |
Antonio Sabato Jr. |
China Chow |
Lainie Kazan |
Elliott Gould |
Sab Shimono |
Robin Dunne |
Lela Rochon |
Danny Smith |
Joshua Peace |
David Usher |
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Kirk Wong |
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Martin Lawrence returns as FBI agent Malcolm Turner, a master of disguise who again goes deep undercover as the sassy septuagenarian "Big Momma." The FBI has learned that a computer software developer named Tom Fuller has created a computer virus that allows access to classified US government files, Fuller is planning to sell the virus to terrorist organizations all over the world. Upon hearing this, the FBI's best lead is Fuller's wife. So Malcolm goes undercover again as Big Momma in order to pose as Mrs. Fuller's nanny. and as always, Big Momma once again turns the house upside down.
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Martin Lawrence |
Elton LeBlanc |
Nia Long |
Michelle Parylak |
Sarah Brown |
Mark Joy |
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John Whitesell |
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