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Kurt Russell
Kurt Russell – born 17th March 1951 in Springfield, Massachusetts – began his acting career as a child star with many bit parts in TV shows and low-budget films. In 1966 Russell signed a ten-year contract with the Walt Disney Company, and became one of the company’s top stars of the 70s. He starred in many Disney films, such as Follow Me, Boys! (1966), The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band (1968), along with Goldie Hawn, The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1969), and The Strongest Man in the World (1975).
In the early 70s Russell stopped acting to concentrate on a baseball career: he played second base for the California Angels' Double-A minor league affiliate, the El Paso Sun Kings. However an injury to his shoulder forced his retirement from baseball in 1973 and he returned to acting.
In 1979, Russell received an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor for the John Carpenter directed television film Elvis. It was because of this role that Russell provided the voice of Elvis Presley in the 1994 film Forrest Gump. Russell collaborated with Carpenter several times, including Escape From New York, in 1982's John Carpenter's The Thing, and 1986’s Big Trouble In Little China. Although the latter wasn’t a financial hit it did gather a huge cult audience. Russell’s career has never been far from critically acclaim though, and in 1984 he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance in Silkwood, starring opposite Meryl Streep.
More recently, Russell appeared as villain Stuntman Mike in Quentin Tarantino's segment Death Proof of the film Grindhouse. He has been in a relationship with Goldie Hawn since 1983. Although they have never married they are thought of as having one of the strongest relationships in Hollywood.
Interesting Fact Alert: Russell auditioned for the role of Han Solo in Star Wars but lost the role to Harrison Ford.
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Poseidon - HD DVD Version
(2006)
Starring: Emmy Rossum, Jimmy Bennett, Kevin Dillon
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
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German-born director Wolfgang Petersen (DAS BOOT, THE PERFECT STORM) returns to the sea for POSEIDON, a gripping remake of Ronald Neame and Irwin Allen's 1972 disaster classic, THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE. As passengers celebrate New Year's Eve aboard the massive ship Poseidon, a rogue wave devastates ..read more »
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Poseidon - BLU-RAY Version
(2006)
Starring: Josh Lucas, Kurt Russell, Richard Dreyfuss
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
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German-born director Wolfgang Petersen (DAS BOOT, THE PERFECT STORM) returns to the sea for POSEIDON, a gripping remake of Ronald Neame and Irwin Allen's 1972 disaster classic, THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE. As passengers celebrate New Year's Eve aboard the massive ship Poseidon, a rogue wave devastates ..read more »
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Poseidon
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Josh Lucas, Kurt Russell, Jacinda Barrett
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
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In this remake of the 1972 disaster classic 'The Poseidon Adventure' (1972) , a luxury ocean liner capsizes from a colossal tidal wave, leaving its survivors to fend for themselves as they find a way out.
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Dreamer
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Kurt Russell, Dakota Fanning, Kris Kristofferson
Director: John Gatins
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Featuring Dakota Fanning (Cale Crane) as the catalyst behind an injured horse's comeback attempt to win the prized Breeder's Cup. Sonador, nicknamed Sonya, is a great horse owned by a small man, who after a severe injury gives the horse to trainer Ben Crane (Kurt Russell). Once a great trainer, Ben ..read more »
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66%
from 8,284 members
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Sky High - BLU-RAY Version
(2005)
Starring: Kurt Russell, Michael Angarano, Bruce Campbell
Director: Mike Mitchell
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Most teenagers cringe at the thought of meeting their parents' high expectations good grades, well-behaved friends, and a plan for the future and none more so than Will Stronghold (Michael Angarano), the son of legendary superheroes Commander (Kurt Russell) and Jetstream (Kelly Preston). This ..read more »
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from 739 members
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Sky High
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Kurt Russell, Michael Angarano, Bruce Campbell
Director: Mike Mitchell
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Most teenagers cringe at the thought of meeting their parents' high expectations good grades, well-behaved friends, and a plan for the future and none more so than Will Stronghold (Michael Angarano), the son of legendary superheroes Commander (Kurt Russell) and Jetstream (Kelly Preston). This ..read more »
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from 16,453 members
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Miracle
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Kurt Russell, Patricia Clarkson, Noah Emmerich
Director: Gavin O'Connor
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From Walt Disney Pictures comes MIRACLE, an inspiring family drama that combines hockey and history in retelling the story of one of sports' all-time greatest upsets. In 1980, amidst the tense political climate of the Cold War, Herb Brooks (Kurt Russell) took over as coach of the U.S. Olympic ..read more »
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Dark Blue
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Kurt Russell, Brendan Gleeson, Scott Speedman
Director: Ron Shelton
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Set amidst the brutal L.A riots, Dark Blue tells the gritty story of crime and corruption within the Los Angeles Police Department. Kurt Russell stars as Sgt. Eldon Perry, a committed but crooked cop who will stop at nothing to rid the streets of crime. But when the old-blooded shootings and ..read more »
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from 4,025 members
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Vanilla Sky
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Tom Cruise, Penelope Cruz, Penelope Cruz
Director: Cameron Crowe
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Director Cameron Crowe (JERRY MAGUIRE, ALMOST FAMOUS) teams up with Tom Cruise once again in an adaptation of Alejandro Amenabar's 1997 Spanish film OPEN YOUR EYES. Cruise plays David Aames, a playboy publisher leading a seemingly charmed life. His most recent playmate is his "friend" Julie Gianni (..read more »
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from 18,751 members
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3000 Miles To Graceland
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Kurt Russell, Kevin Costner, Courteney Cox
Director: Demian Lichtenstein
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Crime Is King. Ladies and gentlemen, Elvis has left the building - with $3.2 million in stolen jack. As leaders of a gang who pull off a daring Las Vegas casino heist while disguised as participants in the town's International Elvis Week, Kurt Russell and Kevin Costner are armed, dangerous and ..read more »
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61%
from 3,379 members
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Tequila Sunrise
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Mel Gibson, Michelle Pfeiffer, Kurt Russell
Director: Robert Towne
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A former drug dealer trying to leave the business once and for all comes up against his best friend, a narcotics cop. Also caught in the net of suspicion is the beautiful restaurant owner with whom they're both in love. Academy Award Nominations: Best Cinematography.
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59%
from 2,709 members
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Soldier
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Kurt Russell, Gary Busey, Jason Scott Lee
Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
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Russell is a futuristic killing machine who becomes the target of a newer, even more vicious breed of killers. After a brutal confrontation, they leave him for dead on a semi-deserted planet. Once there, he begins to learn about the kinder, gentler aspects of life, until the soldiers return to put ..read more »
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from 3,167 members
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Breakdown
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Kurt Russell, J.T. Walsh, Kathleen Quinlan
Director: Jonathon Mostow
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After their new Jeep conks out on a desolate stretch of Arizona highway, a well-heeled Massachusetts couple accepts the help of a polite and seemingly honest trucker (J.T. Walsh), who drives the wife (Kathleen Quinlan) to a diner while the husband (Kurt Russell) stays behind to protect the vehicle. ..read more »
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65%
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Escape From L.A. - BLU-RAY Version
(1996)
Starring: Kurt Russell, Stacy Keach, Steve Buscemi
Director: John Carpenter
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When John Carpenter and Kurt Russell teamed up for this sequel to ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK, the idea was to kick butt and have fun. They do just that in ESCAPE FROM L.A., an explosive film that recalls the classic original in all the best ways. Infamous adventurer Snake Plissken gets another raw deal ..read more »
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53%
from 64 members
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Escape From L.A.
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Kurt Russell, Stacy Keach, Steve Buscemi
Director: John Carpenter
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When John Carpenter and Kurt Russell teamed up for this sequel to ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK, the idea was to kick butt and have fun. They do just that in ESCAPE FROM L.A., an explosive film that recalls the classic original in all the best ways. Infamous adventurer Snake Plissken gets another raw deal ..read more »
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57%
from 4,549 members
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Executive Decision
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Kurt Russell, Halle Berry, John Leguizamo
Director: Stuart Baird
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A ruthless terrorist group are holding hostage the passengers on board a 747 airliner. Using an experimental docking aircraft, an elite team must make an air-to-air transfer to save four hundred lives in a gripping do-or-die mission.
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Stargate
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Kurt Russell, James Spader, Jaye Davidson
Director: Roland Emmerich
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In this visually creative space adventure from the team that would go on to give the world INDEPENDENCE DAY and GODZILLA, a timid, glasses-wearing Egyptologist (Spader) uncovers an ancient portal to another planet and is dispatched there forthwith--along with blundering, clodfooted government ..read more »
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Stargate - BLU-RAY Version
(1994)
Starring: Kurt Russell, James Spader, Jaye Davidson
Director: Roland Emmerich
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In this visually creative space adventure from the team that would go on to give the world INDEPENDENCE DAY and GODZILLA, a timid, glasses-wearing Egyptologist (Spader) uncovers an ancient portal to another planet and is dispatched there forthwith--along with blundering, clodfooted government ..read more »
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from 883 members
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Tombstone
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer, Michael Biehn
Director: George Pan Cosmatos
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Based on the actual events that led to the showdown at O.K. Corral, this is an exciting and old-fashioned western populated by colorful, hard-living heroes and ruthless, black-hatted outlaws.
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71%
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Captain Ron
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: Kurt Russell, Martin Short, Meadow Sisto
Director: Thom Eberhardt
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When a family decide to sell an 'inherited' boat, they decide to sail it to the buyer. But their so called 'captain' turns out to be totally inexperienced in the art of sailing.
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Unlawful Entry
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: Madeline Stowe, Kurt Russell, Ray Liotta
Director: Jonathan Kaplan
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A husband and wife befriend a cop who responds to their call after their house is robbed. The policeman becomes increasingly obsessed with protecting the wife, to the point of believing that her husband is simply incapable of the job. As his obsession grows, man and wife find themselves in ..read more »
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Backdraft
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Kurt Russell, William Baldwin, Robert De Niro
Director: Ron Howard
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Two feuding brothers carry on a heroic family tradition in the Chicago Fire Department. Before the smoke clears, love affairs are rekindled and lives are shattered as the brothers fight to resolve their differences and solve a puzzling series of arson attacks, each ignited by explosive phenomena ..read more »
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Backdraft - HD DVD Version
(1990)
Starring: Kurt Russell, William Baldwin, Robert De Niro
Director: Ron Howard
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Two feuding brothers carry on an heroic family tradition in the Chicago fire Department. Whilst trying to resolve their own differences, they must solve a baffling series of arson attacks. Each fire ignited by the phenomena known as backdraft.
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from 291 members
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Overboard
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell, Edward Herrmann
Director: Garry Marshall
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In Garry Marshall's comedy, Joanna Stayton (Goldie Hawn) is an obnoxious, wealthy woman, who becomes afflicted with amnesia after she slips off her yacht. Dean Proffitt (Kurt Russell) is the gruff, blue-collar woodworker who recently had a nasty run-in with Joanna. Dean spots the memory-free lass ..read more »
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Big Trouble In Little China
on DVD
(1986)
Starring: Kurt Russell, Kim Cattrall, Dennis Dun
Director: John Carpenter
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A cult favorite (and one of director John Carpenter's personal favourites), BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA is a fantasy-action film that is brilliantly imaginative, funny, and absorbing. Kurt Russell plays hard-boiled truck driver Jack Burton, who gets caught in a bizarre conflict within, and ..read more »
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The Mean Season
on DVD
(1984)
Starring: Kurt Russell, Mariel Hemingway, Richard Jordan
Director: Phillip Borsos
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THE MEAN SEASON, based on a novel by John Katzenbach, tells the riveting story of disgruntled Miami newspaper reporter Malcolm Anderson (Kurt Russell), who decides to quit the news game after tiring of writing about murder. But before he leaves, he finds himself in the middle of the biggest story ..read more »
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Silkwood
on DVD
(1983)
Starring: Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell, Cher
Director: Mike Nichols
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Mike Nichols's film is based on the tragic true story of Karen Silkwood, an employee of an Oklahoma plutonium plant who tries to raise public awareness about dangerous conditions at the site. Meryl Streep stars as the title character. The movie received five Academy Award nominations, including ..read more »
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66%
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The Thing
on DVD
(1982)
Starring: Kurt Russell, T.K. Carter, Richard Dysart
Director: John Carpenter
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Based on both the short story by John W. Campbell, Jr. and the 1951 film produced by Howard Hawks, THE THING is John Carpenter's stunning masterpiece of horror. A group of weary scientists enduring the winter in an isolated camp deep in Antarctica chance upon an alien spacecraft buried in the ice. ..read more »
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Thing, The - HD DVD Version
(1982)
Starring: Kurt Russell, T.K. Carter, Richard Dysart
Director: John Carpenter
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Based on both the short story by John W. Campbell, Jr. and the 1951 film produced by Howard Hawks, THE THING is John Carpenter's stunning masterpiece of horror. A group of weary scientists enduring the winter in an isolated camp deep in Antarctica chance upon an alien spacecraft buried in the ice. ..read more »
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79%
from 752 members
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Thing, The - BLU-RAY Version
(1982)
Starring: Kurt Russell, T.K. Carter, Richard Dysart
Director: John Carpenter
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Based on both the short story by John W. Campbell, Jr. and the 1951 film produced by Howard Hawks, THE THING is John Carpenter's stunning masterpiece of horror. A group of weary scientists enduring the winter in an isolated camp deep in Antarctica chance upon an alien spacecraft buried in the ice. ..read more »
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Escape From New York
on DVD
(1981)
Starring: Isaac Hayes, Harry Dean Stanton, Donald Pleasence
Director: John Carpenter
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Another John Carpenter cult classic, 'Escape From New York' was one of the best entries in the once popular post-apocalyptic genre which included 'Road Warrior' and 'The Terminator'. In 1997, the island of Manhattan has been turned into the world's largest maximum-security prison, a place where the ..read more »
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68%
from 7,590 members
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Used Cars
on DVD
(1980)
Starring: Kurt Russell, Gerrit Graham, Frank McRae
Director: Robert Zemeckis
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Jack Warden stars as Luke and Roy L. Fuchs--feuding used car-selling twin brothers who square off in an outrageous, all-out attempt to put each other out of business. Rudy Russo (Kurt Russell), Luke's star salesman, is doing all the lying and cheating that he can in the name of the cause, but only ..read more »
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54%
from 758 members
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Daniel Boone - Season 1
(8 discs)
on DVD
(1964)
Starring: Fess Parker, Ad Ames, Patricia Blair
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This educational animated program explores the fascinating life of Daniel Boone, one of the world's best-known explorers. Richard Crenna (THE SAND PEBBLES) provides the voice of Boone, whose career as a trailblazer and hunter began at an early age. Born in the 1730s to an Englishman who came to ..read more »
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Vanilla Sky
to Watch Now
(2001)
Starring: Tom Cruise, Penélope Cruz, Cameron Diaz
Director: Cameron Crowe
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Run time: 136 minutes
The tale of a young New York City publishing magnate who finds himself on an unexpected roller-coaster ride of romance, comedy, suspicion, love, sex and dreams in a mind-bending search for his soul.
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Escape From L.A.
to Watch Now
(1996)
Starring: Kurt Russell, Stacy Keach, Steve Buscemi
Director: John Carpenter
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Run time: 101 minutes
The man with the patch is back. Call him Snake. Kurt Russell rejoins filmmakers John Carpenter and Debra Hill to do to the Big Orange what they did to the Big Apple in "Escape From New York" with even more futuristic thrills and slam-bang action! Into the 9.6-quaked Los Angeles of 2013 comes Snake ..read more »
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Wow 1 September 2007
...This is an excellent film.
I love Kurt Russell films.
The acting is surperb and I love Robert De Nero.
I would advise anyone to watch this film as its one of the best fi...
Russell, Paxton and Kilmer raise some hell in a small town 5 December 2004
A Genuine Classic 3 March 2004
