Skip over navigation

Wesley Snipes

Wesley Snipes

News | What members say | Filmography

Wesley Snipes - news / articles


  • Lee still keen to make James Brown biopic with Snipes - 28 January 2009
    -Spike Lee insists his James Brown biopic will get made - even though his star, Wesley Snipes, is facing a three-year prison spell. - -Snipes, who was convicted of federal income tax evasion last year (08), is free pending an appeal - and he remains director Lee's firs


  • Kaos for Snipes - 13 July 2006
    Wesley Snipes' (New Jack City, Undisputed, White Men Can't Jump) affection for a spot of vampire bashing appears undaunted, with news that his latest project will see him tooling up with the obligatory garlic, stakes, silver bullets and assorted other paraphernalia in


  • Snipes joins Van Damme in The Hard Corps - 26 October 2005
    ction movie heroes are to share the limelight when filming starts on The Hard Corps next month.-According to Production Weekly, Wesley Snipes and Jean-Claude Van Damme will both be involved in the project that is being directed by Sheldon Lettich.-Lettich is no strange

Wesley Snipes - what members say


  • Money Train
  • Money Train review by from NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
    Rated - 5 stars 24 October 2004
    ...Wesley Snipes & Woody Harleson make a great team of under cover officers in the crime scence on railways headed by a ugly & angry looking boss whom does not like any...  
  • U.S. Marshals
  • U.S. Marshals review by from Wales
    Rated - 4 stars A worthy watch 22 March 2005
    ...f Sam Gerard from The Fugitive, to chase the framed yet innocent Mark Sheridan (Wesley Snipes). Robert Downey Jr. puts in a good performance as S.A. John Royce, a man who ha...  
  • Passenger 57
  • Passenger 57 review by from CORSHAM, Wiltshire
    Rated - 4 stars 16 September 2004
    ...hidden little gem. Freneticly paced right from the start, it never lets up. Wesley Snipes can bust a move with the best of them, and Bruce Payne 'hams it up' to the max....  

Wesley Snipes - filmography


  • Chaos - BLU-RAY Version (2007)
    Starring: Jason Statham,  Ryan Phillippe,  Wesley Snipes
    Director: Tony Giglio
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Detectives Shane Dekker (Ryan Phillippe) and Quentin Conners (Jason Statham) are partnered up and must uncover how five bank robbers escaped from a bank heist with over one billion dollars. The mastermind of the heist begins a cat and mouse game with detectives, leading them to discover a far ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 59% from 145 members
    Sign up
  • The Contractor on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Wesley Snipes,  Lena Headey,  Eliza Bennett
    Director: Josef Rusnak
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A marksman (Snipes) living on his ranch in Montana is coaxed back into action to kill a terrorist whom he missed killing while on duty. He is ultimately double-crossed and framed for killing a high ranking policeman, and is forced into hiding where he meets and befriends a 12 year old girl.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 57% from 10,201 members
    Sign up
  • Chaos on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Jason Statham,  Ryan Phillippe,  Wesley Snipes
    Director: Tony Giglio
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Detectives Shane Dekker (Ryan Phillippe) and Quentin Conners (Jason Statham) are partnered up and must uncover how five bank robbers escaped from a bank heist with over one billion dollars. The mastermind of the heist begins a cat and mouse game with detectives, leading them to discover a far ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 8,337 members
    Sign up
  • Hard Luck on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Mario Van Peebles,  Wesley Snipes,  Cybill Shepherd
    Director: Mario Van Peebles
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Three converging story lines involving bootleggers, a serial killer and drug dealers are followed. A former drug dealer (Snipes) tries to go straight, but comes across a stash of stolen drugs. Meanwhile, a middle-aged suburban housewife (Shephard) hides a sadistic and vicious streak.
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 1,718 member
    Sign up
  • The Marksman on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Wesley Snipes,  Tim Abell,  Richard L. Fox
    Director: Marcus Adams
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    With Russia on the brink of nuclear annihilation, there is only one man who can save it: The Marksman. An elite US Special Forces Operative, he's been ordered to take out a Chechen nuclear power plant before terrorists set off a live reactor...
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 5,499 members
    Sign up
  • Liberty Stands Still on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Linda Fiorentino,  Wesley Snipes,  Oliver Platt
    Director: Kari Skogland
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Liberty Wallace (Linda Fiorentino), heiress and co-president of America's largest gun manufacturer is on the way to meet her lover at a theater. While passing through a public park, a series of events finds her chained to a hotdog car, the long-range laser sight of a gun aimed at her chest. The ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 1,045 member
    Sign up
  • Flix Mix - Ultimate Fights on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Tsui Hark,  Jackie Chan,  Brad Pitt
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A compendium of some of the most exciting fight scenes in recent motion picture history, ULTIMATE FIGHTS provides a whole new perspective on scenes from films such as BLADE, SNATCH, SCARFACE, THE KILLER, FIRST BLOOD, RUMBLE IN THE BRONX, and THE KILLER.
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 40% from 102 members
    Sign up
  • Disappearing Acts on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Sanaa Lathan,  Wesley Snipes
    Director: Gina Prince
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Gina Prince-Bythewood's DISAPPEARING ACTS, based on the novel by Terry McMillan, is a mature look at relationships in the late 1990s. Franklin gets day work in construction, with hopes of someday owning his own business. Zora teaches music and voice but dreams of becoming a successful singer-..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 61% from 324 members
    Sign up
  • The Art Of War on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Wesley Snipes,  Anne Archer,  Maury Chaykin
    Director: Christian Duguay
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    THE ART OF WAR is a suspense-filled action thrill ride. Shaw (Wesley Snipes) is part of a top-secret team working for the United Nations, solving crises and helping maintain world peace. On a new mission involving security for a high-stakes trade pact between China and the United States, the ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 60% from 2,829 members
    Sign up
  • Murder At 1600 on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Wesley Snipes,  Alan Alda,  Daniel Benzali
    Director: Dwight Little
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A mysterious murder report summons a hardened Washington D.C. homicide detective to the shadowy halls of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue--and draws him into a web of conspiracy, cover-ups, and corruption.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 62% from 3,740 members
    Sign up
  • The Fan on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Robert De Niro,  Wesley Snipes,  Ellen Barkin
    Director: Tony Scott
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Quick-tempered Gil Renard (Robert De Niro) has an ex-wife who hates him, a son who fears him, and a job that he's about to lose. The only thing that this down-on-his-luck knife salesman can count on is baseball. He's a loyal, die hard fan, specifically when it comes to his favorite player, Bobby ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 58% from 2,183 members
    Sign up
  • Money Train on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Wesley Snipes,  Woody Harrelson,  Jennifer Lopez
    Director: Joseph Ruben
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A pair of New York City transit cops (Woody Harrelson and Wesley Snipes), who also happen to be constantly bickering foster brothers, try to thwart the theft of the subway system's "money train," while dreaming of someday robbing it themselves. This explosive action flick drew the ire of government ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 60% from 3,878 members
    Sign up
  • Sugar Hill (1994)
    Starring: Wesley Snipes,  Khandi Alexander,  DeVaughn Nixon
    Director: Leon Ichaso
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Roemello Skuggs has seen a lot of pain and tragedy in his life: his mother overdosed on heroin when he was just a child, his father was seriously shot by a vengeful drug lord, and his brother Raynathan has followed in their parents' footsteps, both taking and dealing narcotics. Roemello wants out ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 9 members
    Sign up
  • Drop Zone on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Wesley Snipes,  Gary Busey,  Yancy Butler
    Director: John Badham
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    When U.S. marshals Pete Nessip (Wesley Snipes) and his brother, Terry (Malcolm Jamal Warner), escort Earl Leedy (Michael Jeter), a criminal computer hacker, on a flight headed straight to federal prison, little do they expect terrorist skydivers to foil their mission and capture the hacker. Terry ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 60% from 4,010 members
    Sign up
  • Rising Sun on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Sean Connery,  Wesley Snipes,  Harvey Keitel
    Director: Philip Kaufman
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A Los Angeles special agent (Snipes) must team up with an expert on Japanese culture (Connery) to investigate the murder of a call-girl in the boardroom of a Japanese corporation. The case turns out to be bigger than either of them had thought. Rather loosely based on Michael Crichton's novel.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 62% from 3,067 members
    Sign up
  • Passenger 57 on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Wesley Snipes,  Bruce Payne,  Elizabeth Hurley
    Director: Kevin Hooks
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A crackerjack airplane security agent just happens to be sharing a plane ride with a captured airline terrorist. When the terrorist escapes and attempts a mid-flight takeover only John Cutter can stop him. Cutter finds more ways to hide and attack on the airliner than the terrorist or his band of ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 62% from 7,764 members
    Sign up
  • Boiling Point on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Dennis Hopper,  Wesley Snipes
    Director: James B. Harris
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A U.S. Treasury (Wesley Snipes - DEMOLITION MAN, BLADE) agent is on the trail of a group of murdererous counterfeiters headed by Dennis Hopper (SPEED, APOCALYPSE NOW). He must bring them to justice and gain revenge for the slaying of his partner.
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 692 members
    Sign up
  • Jungle Fever on DVD (1991)
    Starring: Wesley Snipes,  Annabella Sciorra,  Spike Lee
    Director: Spike Lee
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    This critically acclaimed film from Spike Lee explores the provocative consequences of interracial relationships. Wesley Snipes portrays Flipper Purify, a black architect who begins an affair with Angie Tucci (Annabella Sciorra), his working class Italian secretary. Their relationship causes ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 58% from 1,928 member
    Sign up
  • New Jack City on DVD (1991)
    Starring: Wesley Snipes,  Ice-T,  Judd Nelson
    Director: Mario Van Peebles
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Drug baron Nino Brown and his gang hit the streets with the highly addictive drug, crack. Taking over a town building they set up their own crack factory, but all is not lost. Two renegade cops infiltrate the operation and plan Brown's downfall.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 63% from 2,647 members
    Sign up
  • Mo' Better Blues on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Spike Lee,  Denzel Washington,  Wesley Snipes
    Director: Spike Lee
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Opens with Bleek as a child learning to play the trumpet, his friends want him to come out and play but mother insists he finish his lessons. Bleek grows into adulthood and forms his own band - The Bleek Gilliam Quartet.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 392 members
    Sign up

Wesley Snipes facts

5 most recent films

The Art Of War 2 - Betrayal - 2.5 stars
Chaos - BLU-RAY Version - 3.0 stars
The Contractor - 3.0 stars
Chaos - 3.5 stars
The Detonator - 2.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Miami Vice - Series 3 - 3.5 stars
Blade - 3.5 stars
Mo' Better Blues - 3.5 stars
To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything Julie Newmar - 3.5 stars
U.S. Marshals - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Sugar Hill - 2.5 stars
Brooklyn's Finest - 2.5 stars
Hardwood Dreams - Part 1 And 2 - 2.5 stars
Flix Mix - Ultimate Fights - 2.0 stars
Happily Ever After - Collection 2 - 2.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Kris Kristofferson - 3 times - show films
Steve Buscemi - 2 times - show films
Harvey Keitel - 2 times - show films
Mario Van Peebles - 2 times - show films
Tony Giglio - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

none - 2 times - show films
Mario Van Peebles - 2 times - show films
Josef Rusnak - 2 times - show films
Tony Giglio - 2 times - show films
Philip Kaufman - 2 times - show films