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Jake Busey


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  • The Frighteners
  • The Frighteners review by from Tyrone, Northern Ireland
    Rated - 5.0 stars A funny film, mixed with the suspense of horror. 26 September 2010
    ...n Astin), he finds out that the killings are made by a Grim-Reaper-like figure (Jake Busey), who is trying to pin the crimes on Bannister, as some of the victims are peop...   Read customer review
  • The Hitcher 2 - I've Been Waiting
  • The Hitcher 2 - I've Been Waiting review by from Edinburgh
    Rated - 3.0 stars It's happening again! 15 January 2004
    ...l, still has it's moments, with particularly good opening and ending sequences. Jake Busey was pretty good as the hitcher, but not comparable to Hauer. It suffers from...   Read customer review
  • Identity
  • Identity review by from London
    Rated - 3.0 stars who cares whodunnit 12 May 2005
    ...t to die one by one! who will be next? who is the killer? is it ray liotta? Jake Busey? maybe even john cusack? it isn't difficult to spot what the big 'revelation'...   Read customer review

Jake Busey - filmography


  • Cross on DVD (2011)
    Starring: Danny Trejo,  Michael Clarke Duncan,  C. Thomas Howell
    Director: Patrick Durham
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Given incredible power by an ancient Celtic Cross. Callan continues to fight evil... Now, joined by a team of weapons experts, Callan battles an unstoppable empire in Los Angeles.
    2 stars out of 5 39% from 516 members
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  • Road House 2 on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Johnathon Schaech,  Jake Busey,  Will Patton
    Director: Scott Ziehl
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Johnathan Schaech (The Sweetest Thing, 8MM2) stars in this action-packed sequel to the classic action film, Road House. When Nate Tanner, owner of the Black Pelican roadhouse, is beaten up by a local drug runner and his thugs trying to pressure him to sell them his club, his nephew Shane (Johnathan ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 716 members
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  • Death Row on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Danny Arroyo,  Jake Busey,  Claire Coffee
    Director: Kevin VanHook
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A horrifying live action film based on the short story by Kevin VanHook-takes place at Isla de la Roca Penitentiary. Rumor has it the Devil himself spat up the place out of the depths of hell, and man turned it into a prison for the most dangerous prisoners in the South. The monstrous building is ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 42% from 1,919 member
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  • Overnight on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Troy Duffy,  Jake Busey
    Director: Tony Montana,  Mark Brian Smith
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    A documentary on the rise and stumble of Troy Duffy, the bartender-cum-filmmaker who was swept up by Miramax's Harvey Weinstein to turn his script for The Boondock Saints into a feature film.
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 1,845 member
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  • Identity on DVD (2003)
    Starring: John Cusack,  Ray Liotta,  Amanda Peet
    Director: James Mangold
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    IDENTITY, directed by James Mangold, is a thriller set at an isolated motel in rural Nevada during an unrelenting rainstorm. With all roads washed out and all forms of communication dead, a group of people become stranded at the motel along with the shifty manager (John Hawkes). Among the stranded ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 31,621 members
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  • Identity - Blu-ray (2003)
    Starring: John Cusack,  Ray Liotta,  Amanda Peet
    Director: James Mangold
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    IDENTITY, directed by James Mangold, is a thriller set at an isolated motel in rural Nevada during an unrelenting rainstorm. With all roads washed out and all forms of communication dead, a group of people become stranded at the motel along with the shifty manager (John Hawkes). Among the stranded ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 3,047 members
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  • The Hitcher 2 - I've Been Waiting (2003)
    Starring: C. Thomas Howell,  Jake Busey,  Kari Wuhrer
    Director: Louis Morneau
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In this sequel to THE HITCHER, C. Thomas Howell reprises his role as Jim, the young man terrorized by Rutger Hauer's hitchhiker in the original. THE HITCHER II takes place years later, with Jim still haunted by his memories of the experience. When he and his girlfriend Maggie (Wuhrer) decide to ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 1,509 member
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  • First 20 Million on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Adam Garcia,  Rosario Dawson,  Jake Busey
    Director: Mick Jackson
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    THE FIRST $20 MILLION pokes fun at the e-commerce boom of the late 1990s in a fictional story about a young man (Adam Garcia) who gives up a slick marketing job in Silicon Valley in order to pursue his dream job--working for himself, trying to invent and market a $99 personal computer. At his ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 1,196 member
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  • Tomcats on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Jerry O'Connell,  Jake Busey,  Jaime Pressly
    Director: Gregory Poirer
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Tomcats is the outrageously hilarious and sexy comedy about hooking up, hanging out and trying to stay single. Vowing never to get married, six buddies contribute a thousand dollars into a mutual fund with the agreement that the last single man gets it all. Seven years later, there are only two ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 970 members
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  • Tail Lights Fade on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Denise Richards,  Jake Busey,  Breckin Meyer
    Director: Malcolm Ingram
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A quartet of young Canadian classic-auto buffs embark on a cross-country trip, ostensibly to help studious Angie (Allen) clear out the secret marijuana stash grown by her jailed dealer brother. Along the way, however, Angie and narrator/boyfriendCole (Meyer) and their competitors Bruce (Busey) and ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 40% from 182 members
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  • Enemy Of The State - Blu-ray (1998)
    Starring: Will Smith,  Gene Hackman,  Jon Voight
    Director: Tony Scott
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Robert Dean (Will Smith) is a labor lawyer who is unknowingly in possession of evidence related to a serious politically motivated crime. Government agents eager to hide their guilt believe that Dean is on to them, and proceed to turn his life upside-down, ruin his reputation, and frame him for ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 3,720 members
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  • Enemy Of The State on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Will Smith,  Gene Hackman,  Jon Voight
    Director: Tony Scott
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Robert Dean (Will Smith) is a labor lawyer who is unknowingly in possession of evidence related to a serious politically motivated crime. Government agents eager to hide their guilt believe that Dean is on to them, and proceed to turn his life upside-down, ruin his reputation, and frame him for ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 26,787 members
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  • Starship Troopers on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Casper Van Dien,  Denise Richards,  Dina Meyer
    Director: Paul Verhoeven
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Some time in the future, a group of friends joins Earth's military forces after high school graduation to battle the insectoid Klendathu. One fights for the chance to be a renowned pilot (Denise Richards), one for revenge (Casper Van Dien), and one for the love of a good man (Dina Meyer), but ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 21,884 members
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  • The Frighteners - Blu-ray (1996)
    Starring: Michael J. Fox,  Trini Alvarado,  Jeffrey Combs
    Director: Peter Jackson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    For Frank Bannister (Michael J Fox), death is a great way to make a living: ridding haunted houses of their unwelcome "guests". But he's in cahoots with the very ghosts he promises to evict! It's the perfect scam..until frank finds himself at the centre of a dark mystery. A diabolical spirit is on ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 76% from 93 members
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  • The Frighteners - HD (1996)
    Starring: Michael J. Fox,  Trini Alvarado,  Jeffrey Combs
    Director: Peter Jackson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    When his hometown is struck by a series of mysterious deaths that appears to be the work of a malicious supernatural killer, a psychic private investigator (Michael J. Fox) who is able to communicate with the dead attempts to get to the bottom of things and put a stop to the murders. But even with ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 403 members
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  • The Frighteners (3 discs) on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Michael J. Fox,  Trini Alvarado,  Jeffrey Combs
    Director: Peter Jackson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    For Frank Bannister (Michael J Fox), death is a great way to make a living: ridding haunted houses of their unwelcome "guests". But he's in cahoots with the very ghosts he promises to evict! It's the perfect scam..until frank finds himself at the centre of a dark mystery. A diabolical spirit is on ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 8,204 members
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Jake Busey facts

5 most recent films

Cross - 2.0 stars
Road House 2 - 2.5 stars
Death Row - 2.0 stars
Overnight - 3.0 stars
Identity - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Enemy Of The State - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Starship Troopers - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
The Frighteners - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Enemy Of The State - 3.5 stars
The Frighteners - HD - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Straight Time - 3.0 stars
Invasion - 1.5 stars
Cross - 2.0 stars
Tail Lights Fade - 2.0 stars
Fast Sofa - 2.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

John Astin - 6 times - show films
Trini Alvarado - 6 times - show films
Jeffrey Combs - 6 times - show films
Julianna McCarthy - 6 times - show films
Chi McBride - 6 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Peter Jackson - 6 times - show films
Patrick Durham - 3 times - show films
James Mangold - 2 times - show films
Paul Verhoeven - 2 times - show films
Tony Scott - 2 times - show films