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  • Donnie Brasco
  • Donnie Brasco review by A customer from windsor england
    Rated - 5.0 stars Donnie Brasco 2 June 2005
    ... a secret. An excellent supporting cast including Al Pacino, Michael Madsen and James Russo make this a definate rental in my opinion. ...   Read customer review
  • Open Range
  • Open Range review by from Truth or Consequences, Scotland
    Rated - 4.0 stars Simple yet rewarding tale of friendship and honour authentically steered in from the Wild West. 17 April 2004
    ...mall town in the American West. Unable to count on corrupt local Sheriff Poole (James Russo), the duo look to oppressed locals for support, most notably that of Doctor Bar...   Read customer review

James Russo - filmography


  • Nazi Dawn on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Gary Stretch,  James Russo,  Lance Henriksen
    Director: Roel Reiné,  Roel Reine
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A dark and ghostly secret is about to be uncovered after battle between good and evil breaks out. After a World War II battleship has been annihilated by terrorists, an Elite Marine task force is called upon to seize the men responsible for the bloody butchery of almost the entire crew. The few ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 38% from 653 members
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  • Girl Crazy on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Mercedes McNab,  Sarah Thompson,  Mackenzie Firgens
    Director: Brian Scott Miller
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Feeling a bit hard done by and unlucky in love, Dave is convinced that he has uncovered a conspiracy by all the women in his life to drive him totally insane. But Dave is fighting back and he embarks on a series of romantic adventures in an attempt to get his life back on track. But unfortunately ..read more »
    1.5 stars out of 5 30% from 319 members
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  • Stiletto on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Tom Sizemore,  Michael Biehn,  Tom Berenger
    Director: Nick Vallelonga
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    A deadly seductress sets out to avenge her sister, in the process uncovering a dark conspiracy that makes her question everything she's been fighting for in this action thriller featuring Tom Berenger, Tom Sizemore, William Forsythe, and Michael Biehn. Raina (Stana Katic) was deeply in love with ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 741 members
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  • Kings of the Evening (2008)
    Starring: Tyson Beckford,  Lynn Whitfield,  Glynn Turman
    Director: Andrew P. Jones
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Homer Hobbs, home after two years in jail, discovers that life on the outside can be crueler than the back-breaking injustice of the chain gang. He returns to a bleak urban town caught in the depths of the Great Depression - no jobs, no prospects, no hope - where he is thrown together with four ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 No ratings yet. Be the first.
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  • Break (2008)
    Starring: Frank Krueger,  Sarah Thompson,  Chad Everett
    Director: Marc Clebanoff
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    "Break" is a stylistic noir drama about an introverted hit man named Frank who is contracted to carry out an unusual job. When the city's crime boss, known only as "The Man", discovers that he's terminally ill, he enlists Frank to carry out his own assassination. "The Man", however, is selfish and ..read more »
    0.5 stars out of 5 10% from 1 member
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  • All In on DVD (2006)
    Starring: James Russo,  Dominique Swain,  Louis Gossett Jr.
    Director: Nick Vallelonga
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    An experienced female gambler tries to leave the card tables and high-risk lifestyle behind her by going to medical school. Mounting debts soon force her back into the betting world--but this time she has a grand scheme in mind that should allow her to win enough money to live comfortably for the ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 43% from 23 members
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  • Chill (2006)
    Starring: James Russo,  Thomas Calabro,  Ashley Laurence
    Director: Serge Rodnunsky
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    An aspiring writer and inner city grocery clerk discovers a dark secret about the elderly former scientist who employs him in this chilly shocker inspired by H.P. Lovecraft's COOL AIR. Attempting to make ends meet while he works on his latest novel, Sam Jackson lands a job in a run-down grocery ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 No ratings yet. Be the first.
    Due for release on 28th May 2012
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  • Satanic on DVD (2006)
    Starring: James Russo,  Angus Scrimm,  Annie Sorell
    Director: Dan Golden
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Michelle wakes up from a car accident with bandages over her face and no memory of what has happened. When she begins having horrific nightmares, she suspects that she has done something terrible. As people around her begin to get murdered, she must solve the mystery of her past before she's ..read more »
    1.5 stars out of 5 33% from 127 members
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  • Blackwater Valley Exorcism on DVD (2006)
    Starring: James Russo,  Kristin Erickson,  Cameron Daddo
    Director: Ethan Wiley
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A troubled priest finds himself in mortal danger when called to an isolated ranch to help his old flame, whose younger sister is exhibiting signs of diabolic possession. Father Jacob's feelings for his ex are rekindled, but too late he realises that his love is the one possessed--not her sister.
    2 stars out of 5 38% from 150 members
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  • Open Range (2004)
    Starring: Kevin Costner,  Robert Duvall,  Annette Bening
    Director: Kevin Costner
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Packed with epic action and breathtaking gunfights, Kevin Costner's Open Range is a powerful, gripping Western. Four cowboys, trying to escape their pasts, are driving cattle and living off the land on the open range - free grazing outside of the law. When ruthless, evil rancher Denton Baxtor (..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 15,977 members
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  • The House Next Door (2002)
    Starring: Frederic Forrest,  Theresa Russell,  James Russo
    Director: Joey Travolta
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Young marrieds Lori and Tom relocate from Chicago to the country where they end up living next to Carl, a right-wing radical who beats his wife, Helen. When Tom goes away for a few days, Lori, with the help of best friend, Monica, investigates the disappearance of Helen. Of course, this isn't the ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 35% from 4 members
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  • Redemption (2002)
    Starring: Don 'The Dragon' Wilson,  Chris Penn,  James Russo
    Director: Art Camacho
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    SWAT cop Collins (Wilson) becomes more and more dangerous on the job until his reclkess actions lead to the death of a colleague. After being demoted, Collins goes underground where his life of crime collides with his former friends (Norton, Rothrock) on the force.
    2 stars out of 5 37% from 328 members
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  • 24 Hours To Die (2001)
    Starring: Louis Mandylor,  James Russo,  Rei Kikukawa
    Director: Shundo Ohkawa
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    When police bodyguard Luke Campbell (Louis Mandylor) is hired to look after the daughter of a powerful Japanese businessman named Mr. Ozaki, he inadvertently enters a world of crime and deception. Without the bodyguard's knowledge, Mr. Ozaki hires a body double named Maria to pose as his daughter ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 37% from 192 members
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  • Panic on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Rachel Hunter,  James Russo,  Matt Battaglia
    Director: James D. Deck
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Rachel Hunter, the former model and ex-spouse of Rod Stewart, stars in this thrilling cop drama. Hunter plays undercover detective Amanda Reeve, a hard-as-nails cop who must fight against the wealthiest, most powerful men in her city in order to solve a series of bloody murders. James Russo and ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 35% from 225 members
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  • Deep Core on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Wil Wheaton,  Bruce McGill,  Terry Farrell
    Director: Rodney McDonald
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    The future of Earth is in question when a strange reaction deep beneath its surface causes a massive rupture in the planet's inner structure. Fortunately, one scientist (Craig Sheffer) possesses the bravery and the knowledge to attempt to get to the bottom of the situation.
    2.5 stars out of 5 46% from 145 members
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  • American Samurai on DVD (1999)
    Starring: James Russo,  William McNamara,  Nicole Bilderback
    Director: Serge Rodnunsky
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    In AMERICAN SAMURAI, tough-as-nails cop John Rourke (James Russo) is pushed to the edge when a mysterious Chinese hitman opens fire at a police conference and some of Rourke's closest friends are killed. Before long, he finds hinself training in the fighting methods of his enemies in order to ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 41% from 107 members
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  • The Ninth Gate on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Johnny Depp,  Lena Olin,  Frank Langella
    Director: Roman Polanski
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Based on a novel by Arturo Perez-Reverte (THE CLUB DUMAS) and coscripted by director Roman Polanski, THE NINTH GATE was Polanski's first feature after a long break following the release of 1995's DEATH AND THE MAIDEN--in between, there was an aborted project that faltered when designated star John ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 10,217 members
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  • Felons (1998)
    Starring: C. Thomas Howell,  Jack Scalia,  James Russo
    Director: Stephen Eckelberry
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    FELONS combines dark humour with sex and violence to create an edgy thriller. At a company barbecue, one of the guests, Barry (Jack Scalia) decides to seduce the host's wife and kill the obnoxious next door neighbour. From there, things continue to get worse as the friends and coworkers plot ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 37% from 8 members
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  • The Postman on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Olivia Williams,  James Russo,  Tom Petty
    Director: Kevin Costner
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In a post-apocalyptic, totally anarchic America, circa 2013, a defector from the ranks of murderous despot General Bethlehem masquerades as a representative of the good old U.S. Postal Service. But his ruse so delights the weary, oppressed people he meets that it indeed becomes real--and he finds ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 4,671 members
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  • Love To Kill on DVD (1997)
    Starring: James Russo,  Michael Madsen,  Tony Danza
    Director: James Bruce
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Two-bit hoods Moe and Franco are planning that proverbial one last job when the sister of Moe's girlfriend Monica inconveniently turns up dead in Moe's house. Oops! Now Moe's dreams of retirement are rent asunder by pistol-packin' Monica's deadly vendetta, and double-crosses by his lowlife cousin ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 39% from 76 members
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  • Donnie Brasco (1997)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Johnny Depp,  Michael Madsen
    Director: Mike Newell
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Joe Pistone (Johnny Depp) is an FBI who ingratiates himself into the Mafia pecking order by posing as "jewel man" Donnie Brasco. He finds his loyalties divided when Lefty Ruggiero, a jaded hit man, takes him on as a protege and places real trust in him. The two men form a friendship--and a ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 25,925 members
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  • No Way Home on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Tim Roth,  Deborah Unger,  James Russo
    Director: Buddy Giovinazzo
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    When Joey is released from prison, his older brother, Tommy, and his wife, Lorrain, take him in. Lorrain soon realises that Joey isn't the kind of person to commit murder but her husband Tommy may not be as innocent as he seems...
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 136 members
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  • Cold Heaven (1994)
    Starring: Mark Harmon,  James Russo,  Will Patton
    Director: Nicolas Roeg
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Marie is torn between her husband Alex and her lover Daniel. She decides to tell her husband that she is leaving him when he is killed in a boating aaccident. His body then disappears from the hospital morgue...
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 3 members
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  • Bad Girls on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Madeline Stowe,  Mary Stuart Masterson,  Drew Barrymore
    Director: Jonathan Kaplan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A gang of beautiful women ride the dusty range slinging sixshooters in this rollicking western. The open frontier was the land of opportunity for many cowboys and landowners; for women, though, the West held only two choices: marriage or prostitution. But an outlaw, a widowed farmer, a loner ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 1,835 member
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  • Trauma on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Christopher Rydell,  Asia Argento,  Laura Johnson
    Director: Dario Argento
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    From the acclaimed Italian horror master Dario Argento comes an eerie, unforgettable tale of terror. Aura (Dario's daughter, Asia), a suicidal anorexic preparing to jump off a bridge, is rescued by David (Christopher Rydell), an artist whom takes an interest in the beautiful girl, and makes it his ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 942 members
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  • Dangerous Game (1993)
    Starring: Harvey Keitel,  Madonna,  James Russo
    Director: Abel Ferrara
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Director Abel Ferrara followed up the triumph of BAD LIEUTENANT with this quasi-autobiographical film. Harvey Keitel stars as Eddie Israel, a director whose current project, MOTHER OF MIRRORS, seems to parallel his own life (which in turn parallels Ferrara's). The film-within-a-film stars Sarah ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 42% from 289 members
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  • Intimate Stranger (1992)
    Starring: Deborah Harry,  James Russo
    Director: Allan Holzman
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Cory Wheeler/ phone name "Angel" is a struggling bar singer who also works as a phone sex operator to make ends meet. He life is endangered when one of her callers turns out to be a psychopath.
    3 stars out of 5 54% from 10 members
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  • My Own Private Idaho on DVD (1991)
    Starring: River Phoenix,  Keanu Reeves,  James Russo
    Director: Gus Van Sant
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Gus Van Sant's dreamtime riff on Shakespeare's Henry IV, Parts I and II features River Phoenix as Mike Waters, a narcoleptic male hustler who is first seen drifting on a stretch of highway in Idaho. Mike shifts from Seattle to Portland, where he has taken up with Scott Favor (Keanu Reeves), who is ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 8,327 members
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  • A Kiss Before Dying on DVD (1991)
    Starring: Max Von Sydow,  Matt Dillon,  Sean Young
    Director: James Dearden
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Matt Dillon (THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY, THE OUTSIDERS) stars as a handsome and ambitious young man who marries the daughter of a wealthy copper miner feels his future is quite secure, until his new wife begins to investigate the mysterious circumstances of her twin sister's death.
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 48 members
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  • China Girl on DVD (1987)
    Starring: James Russo,  David Caruso,  Sari Chang
    Director: Abel Ferrara
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    A street-smart Italian youth falls in love with a shy Chinese girl. Their romance blossoms, igniting an ugly, all-out gang war led by his hot-head brother and her own brother, the leader of the reigning Chinese gang. Set in New York's Lower East Side.
    2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 147 members
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  • Extremities on DVD (1986)
    Starring: Farrah Fawcett,  James Russo,  Diana Scarwid
    Director: Robert M. Young
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A young woman, Marjorie (Farah Fawcett), terrorised by an obsessed rapist, fights back and manages to turn the tables of fate on her very surprised attacker. But after capturing her would-be assailant, is Marjorie's planned revenge going too far
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 196 members
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  • Beverly Hills Cop on DVD (1984)
    Starring: Eddie Murphy,  James Russo,  Lisa Eichhorn
    Director: Martin Brest
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Eddie Murphy rose to stardom as Axel Foley, a streetwise and brash young Detroit cop in this comic blockbuster that combined frenetic action, hysterical rough-edged comedy, and a chart-topping rock & roll soundtrack. When his best friend is murdered, Axel heads off to Beverly Hills in an effort to ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 20,241 members
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  • Beverly Hills Cop - Blu-ray (1984)
    Starring: Eddie Murphy,  James Russo,  Lisa Eichhorn
    Director: Martin Brest
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Eddie Murphy rose to stardom as Axel Foley, a streetwise and brash young Detroit cop in this comic blockbuster that combined frenetic action, hysterical rough-edged comedy, and a chart-topping rock & roll soundtrack. When his best friend is murdered, Axel heads off to Beverly Hills in an effort to ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 79% from 297 members
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James Russo facts

5 most recent films

Nazi Dawn - 2.0 stars
Charlie Valentine - 2.5 stars
Girl Crazy - 1.5 stars
Stiletto - 2.5 stars
Kings of the Evening - 3 stars

5 highest-rated films

Beverly Hills Cop - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Donnie Brasco - 3.5 stars
Beverly Hills Cop - 3.5 stars
Open Range - 3.5 stars
The Ninth Gate - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Chill - 3 stars
Kings of the Evening - 3 stars
Break - 0.5 stars
The House Next Door - 2.0 stars
All-In - 2.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Michael Madsen - 6 times - show films
Tom Berenger - 4 times - show films
Dominique Swain - 4 times - show films
Johnny Depp - 3 times - show films
Will Patton - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Nick Vallelonga - 4 times - show films
Abel Ferrara - 3 times - show films
Mike Newell - 2 times - show films
Marc Clebanoff - 2 times - show films
Brian Scott Miller - 2 times - show films