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  • Tombstone
  • Tombstone review by from England
    Rated - 4 stars Russell, Paxton and Kilmer raise some hell in a small town 5 December 2004
    ...t in the excellent 'Frailty'. Then there's Billy Bob Thornton, Charlton Heston, Michael Rooker and we've even got Robert Mitchum doing the narrating! The film is very dram...  
  • JFK
  • JFK review by from Durham
    Rated - 5 stars a must see film 21 July 2004
    ... masterfully populates his movie with an all star cast (joe pesci, kevin bacon, Michael Rooker, wayne knight, jack lemon, are a few) to deal with the many characters that wav...  
  • Mississippi Burning
  • Mississippi Burning review by from DERBYSHIRE
    Rated - 5 stars Hackman's finest performance? 15 May 2005
    ... Mayor. With career defining performances from Frances Mcdormand, Brad Dourif, Michael Rooker and Gailard Sartain & Pruitt Taylor Vince. Watch is again and again. It wil...  

Michael Rooker - filmography


  • Jumper on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Hayden Christensen,  Samuel L. Jackson,  Diane Lane
    Director: Doug Liman
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Based on Steven Gould's critically acclaimed novel, JUMPER leaps onto the screen courtesy of director Doug Liman. David (Hayden Christiansen, STAR WARS - EPISODE 3 - REVENGE OF THE SITH) has inexplicably been given the power to teleport himself, or jump. He can jump into a bank vault, then to the ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 61% from 55,189 members
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  • Slither on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Nathan Fillion,  Elizabeth Banks,  Gregg Henry
    Director: James Gunn
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Here's a gooey, hilarious, creepy horror film for the whole mutant, cannibal family. Michael Rooker (HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER) stars as Grant, a big bald guy from a small southern town who gets possessed by a meat-hungry parasite-worm creature from space. Even under the alien influence he ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 56% from 20,657 members
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  • The 6th Day on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger,  Michael Rapaport,  Michael Rooker
    Director: Roger Spottiswoode
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In the not-too-distant future, when pets can be cloned after they die and 'virtual girlfriends' can be installed and programmed, Adam Gibson (Arnold Schwarzenegger) works as a helicopter tour pilot. On his birthday he comes home to discover an identical version of himself--an illegal human clone--..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 59% from 7,749 members
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  • Newsbreak on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Michael Rooker,  Judge Reinhold,  Robert Culp
    Director: Serge Rodnunsky
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    John McNamara is a tough and reckless newspaper reporter with a lot of enemies. Soon he gets involved in the murder investigation of another reporter which leads to the discovery of city-wide web of corruption that even includes his own father. McNamara must uncover the truth before the powers that ..read more »
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 38% from 87 members
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  • The Bone Collector on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Denzel Washington,  Angelina Jolie,  Queen Latifah
    Director: Phillip Noyce
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In Phillip Noyce's gripping thriller, Denzel Washington is Lincoln Rhyme, a decorated New York City police officer and successful author of crime novels. After a freak accident on the job, Rhyme is left paralyzed from the neck down (except for his index finger). Angelina Jolie is Amelia Donaghy, a ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 11,849 members
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  • Brown's Requiem on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Michael Rooker,  Selma Blair,  Kevin Corrigan
    Director: Jason Freeland
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Fritz Brown, an ex-LAPD officer and recovering alcoholic, makes a shabby living as a repo-man and occasional private eye. When Fat Dog, a shady golf caddy, wabbles into Brown's office and offers him an unseemly amount of cash to tail Jane (Fat Dog's 17 year-old little sister), Brown thinks that he'..read more »
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 39% from 109 members
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  • Mallrats on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Shannen Doherty,  Jeremy London,  Jason Lee
    Director: Kevin Smith
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    The "sophmore jinx" hit hard for this second film by Kevin Smith, whose debut Clerks transcended the limits of its setting and budget to become memorably funny and a cult classic. (Smith followed Mallrats with the wonderful Chasing Amy, only to be cursed again with the appalling Dogma. Clearly he's ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 12,157 members
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  • Tombstone on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Kurt Russell,  Val Kilmer,  Michael Biehn
    Director: George Pan Cosmatos
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    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.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 6,055 members
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  • Cliffhanger on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Sylvester Stallone,  John Lithgow,  Michael Rooker
    Director: Renny Harlin
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    After a ranger (Sylvester Stallone) fails to rescue his partner's girlfriend from a tragic death in the Rocky Mountains, he leaves the rescue team to wrestle with his guilt. When he returns to reconcile his relationship with his own girlfriend (Janine Turner), also a rescue ranger, he is drawn into ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 61% from 14,730 members
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  • JFK (1991)
    Starring: Kevin Costner,  Sissy Spacek,  Tommy Lee Jones
    Director: Oliver Stone
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Oliver Stone's self-proclaimed 'countermyth', JFK mocks the doubtful veracity of the Warren Commission's findings on the Kennedy assassination and summarizes some of the myriad theories that have been proposed in its stead. Focusing on the investigation by New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 14,030 members
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  • Days Of Thunder on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Tom Cruise,  Nicole Kidman,  Robert Duvall
    Director: Tony Scott
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Cole Trickle (Tom Cruise) is a young, cocky hotshot with little stock car driving experience and a lot of raw talent. Trickle's uncanny ability to make all the right moves on the racetrack wins him the backing of Tim Dolan (Randy Quaid), who wants to put him in a car. Eventually he wins the support ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 59% from 8,119 members
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  • L.A. Takedown on DVD (1989)
    Starring: Scott Plank,  Michael Rooker,  Alex McArthur
    Director: Michael Mann
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Michael Mann's (HEAT, MIAMI VICE) gutsy telefilm tells the tale of two skilled professionals--one a cop, the other a criminal--who aren't as different as they think.Vincent Hanna (Scott Plank) is an intense cop on the trail of ruthless armed robber Patric McLaren (Alex McArthur). After a botched ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 55% from 402 members
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  • Table One
    Starring: Stephen Baldwin,  Michael Rooker,  Luis Guzman
    Director: Michael Scott Bregman
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    A mismatched group of misfits have been struggling through both the gay and straight dating scenes of Delaware. They come up with an idea to bring the mates to them by opening up a trendy restaurant. Cobbling funds, they find they need an additional partner using mob connections to open the eatery. ..read more »
    Rate this: 1.5 stars out of 5 32% from 8 members
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  • Super Capers
    Starring: Doug Jones,  Tom Sizemore,  Christine Lakin
    Director: Ray Griggs
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Ed Gruberman, a normal guy with superhero aspirations, is sued for superhero brutality and ordered by a judge to join a team of heroes-in-training. The Super Capers, a misfit group including the semi-capable likes of Felicia Freeze, Will Powers, Herman Brainard and Puffer Boy. In his first mission ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 46% from 3 members
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Michael Rooker facts

5 most recent films

Jumper - BLU-RAY Version - 3.0 stars
Jumper - 3.0 stars
Slither - 3.0 stars
Undisputed - 3.0 stars
Replicant - 2.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Mississippi Burning - 3.5 stars
Tombstone - 3.5 stars
Bone Collector, The - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
Mallrats - 3.5 stars
The Bone Collector - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Table One - 1.5 stars
Super Capers - 2.5 stars
Hope and Redemption - The Lena Baker Story - 3.0 stars
The Trigger Effect - 3.0 stars
Brown's Requiem - 2.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Nicole Kidman - 3 times - show films
Joe Pesci - 3 times - show films
Donald Sutherland - 3 times - show films
Kevin Costner - 3 times - show films
John C. Reilly - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Oliver Stone - 3 times - show films
Tony Scott - 3 times - show films
Phillip Noyce - 2 times - show films
Antoine Fuqua - 2 times - show films
Roger Spottiswoode - 2 times - show films