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Wesley Snipes - news / articles
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Prosecutors call for immediate Snipes imprisonment -
22 July 2010
-Prosecutors are demanding Wesley Snipes' bail is revoked and the movie star is sent to prison immediately for failing to file tax returns.-
-On Friday (16Jul10) officials in an Atlanta, Georgia appeals court upheld a judge's decision to put Snipes behind bars for thre
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Snipes loses battle to stay out of jail -
18 July 2010
-Actor Wesley Snipes' hopes of staying out of jail have been dashed - a federal appeals panel has upheld a three-year prison sentence on federal tax charges against him.-
-On Friday (16Jul10) officials in an Atlanta, Georgia court ruled the Blade star was properly sent
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Snipes' tax troubles help land him gritty movie role -
6 March 2010
-Wesley Snipes has his much-publicised tax troubles to thank for his latest movie role in cop drama Brooklyn's Finest - because director Antoine Fuqua hired him after watching the actor handle himself in the midst of the crisis. -
-The Blade star has become a Hollywoo
Wesley Snipes - what members say
review by from Wales
A worthy watch 22 March 2005
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A Great Film 13 November 2008
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Action with Irony 22 April 2004
Wesley Snipes - filmography
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Game of Death - Blu-ray
(2010)
Starring: Wesley Snipes, Zoe Bell, Robert Davi
Director: Giorgio Serafini
Certificate: 
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Action film starring Wesley Snipes. CIA secret agent Marcus Jones (Snipes) is assigned to infiltrate a Detroit arms dealer and take down the head of the hedge fund operation behind it. But as he closes in on his target, Jones finds himself up against an unexpected adversary.
 
47%
from 2,484 members
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Gallowwalker
(2010)
Starring: Wesley Snipes, Riley Smith, Patrick Bergin
Director: Andrew Goth
Certificate: 
A mysterious gunman, Aman, is the son of a nun who breaks her covenant with God to ensure his survival. This act brings a curse upon Aman - all those that die by his gun will return. Soon, he is hunted by a gang of his undead former victims, led by the vicious Kansa. Aman enlists Fabulos, a new ..read more »
67%
from 11 members
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Game of Death
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Wesley Snipes, Zoe Bell, Robert Davi
Director: Giorgio Serafini
Certificate:
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Action film starring Wesley Snipes. CIA secret agent Marcus Jones (Snipes) is assigned to infiltrate a Detroit arms dealer and take down the head of the hedge fund operation behind it. But as he closes in on his target, Jones finds himself up against an unexpected adversary.
51%
from 2,062 members
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Brooklyn's Finest - Blu-ray
(2009)
Starring: Don Cheadle, Richard Gere, Ethan Hawke
Director: Antoine Fuqua
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Burned out veteran Eddie Dugan is just one week away from his pension and a fishing cabin in Connecticut. Narcotics officer Sal Procida has discovered there's no line he won't cross to provide a better life for his long-suffering wife and seven children. And Clarence "Tango" Butler has been ..read more »
61%
from 4,913 members
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Brooklyn's Finest
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Don Cheadle, Richard Gere, Ethan Hawke
Director: Antoine Fuqua
Certificate:
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Burned out veteran Eddie Dugan is just one week away from his pension and a fishing cabin in Connecticut. Narcotics officer Sal Procida has discovered there's no line he won't cross to provide a better life for his long-suffering wife and seven children. And Clarence "Tango" Butler has been ..read more »
61%
from 20,600 members
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The Art Of War 2 - Betrayal
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Wesley Snipes, Athena Karkanis, Lochlyn Munro
Director: Josef Rusnak
Certificate: 
When Agent Neil Shaw (Wesley Snipes) comes out of hiding to avenge his former mentor's murder, he winds up on the trail of betrayal and lethal corruption. Under the charge of his friend and Senatorial candidate, his mission is to set things straight. But when more people turn up dead, Shaw realizes ..read more »
50%
from 2,600 members
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Chaos - Blu-ray
(2007)
Starring: Tony Giglio, Ryan Phillippe, Jason Statham
Director: Tony Giglio
Certificate:
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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 »
63%
from 1,597 member
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The Contractor
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Wesley Snipes, Lena Headey, Eliza Bennett
Director: Josef Rusnak
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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.
57%
from 11,714 members
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Chaos
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Tony Giglio, Ryan Phillippe, Jason Statham
Director: Tony Giglio
Certificate:
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Crime thriller about two cops on the trail of a criminal mastermind. Forced to team up with new rookie partner Shane Dekker (Ryan Phillippe) when a shooting goes badly wrong, veteran detective Quentin Connors (Jason Statham) has to grin and bear it. But they soon have to forget about personality ..read more »
66%
from 12,278 members
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The Detonator
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Randall Batinkoff, Elizabeth Berkley, Stan Shaw
Director: Jonathan Winfrey
Certificate:
Action starring Wesley Snipes. Undercover C.I.A. agent Sonni Griffith (Snipes) travels alone to Poland to expose an arms dealer and stop the sale of a nuclear weapon. When the arms dealer is tipped off to Griffith's identity, he lands himself in prison but is quickly released by the C.I.A. only to ..read more »
52%
from 5,109 members
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Hard Luck
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Cybill Shepherd, Tony Hua, Mario Van Peebles
Director: Mario Van Peebles
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High-octane crime thriller directed by Mario Van Peebles, starring Wesley Snipes and Cybill Shepherd. An infamous ex-con on the road to redemption finds his quest unexpectedly complicated by the police, the mafia, and two of the nation's most vicious serial killers.
52%
from 1,851 member
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The Marksman
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Tim Abell, Richard L. Fox, William Hope
Director: Marcus Adams
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High-octane action thriller starring Wesley Snipes. When the US is tricked into targeting an 'armed' nuclear reactor captured by Chechen rebels, a Chechen leader is killed and rebel leaders capture the nuclear power plant. Enter Painter (Snipes), a special agent known as 'The Marksman'. Painter and ..read more »
48%
from 5,873 members
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7 Seconds
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Tamzin Outhwaite, Wesley Snipes
Director: Simon Fellows
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Explosive crime thriller starring Wesley Snipes as a professional thief whose high-stakes caper goes murderously wrong. Captain Jack Tolliver (Snipes) is an ex-Delta Force commando leading what should have been a clockwork-perfect armoured car heist. Instead, he ends up with a priceless Van Gogh ..read more »
49%
from 7,367 members
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Blade Trinity - Blu-ray
(2004)
Starring: Kris Kristofferson, Parker Posey, Wesley Snipes
Director: David S. Goyer
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Wesley Snipes returns as Blade, the daywalking half-human/half-vampire who has dedicated his life to fighting the threat posed by the undead. Blade faces a new challenge when a group of vampires resurrect 'Drake' (Dominic Purcell), the ancient and all-powerful Count Dracula. Teaming up with a group ..read more »
69%
from 132 members
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Blade: Trinity
(2004)
Starring: Kris Kristofferson, Parker Posey, Wesley Snipes
Director: David S. Goyer
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As an apocalyptic event takes place that could shift the control of the planet Earth from the hands of humanity to the claws of vampires, the Daywalker, Blade (Snipes) is the only person who can turn the tide of the crisis against the undead blood suckers and prevent the world from becoming a "..read more »
59%
from 33,170 members
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Unstoppable
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Kim Coates, Stuart Wilson, Jacqueline Obradors
Director: David Carson
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Action thriller starring Wesley Snipes as former Special Ops soldier Dean Cage, who, after being mistaken for a CIA agent, is injected with a sinister new drug. Now locked into a race against time to find the antidote before he dies, Cage must also fight off the effects of the drug, which causes ..read more »
52%
from 7,068 members
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Undisputed
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Michael Rooker, Peter Falk, Ving Rhames
Director: Walter Hill
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Action thriller starring Wesley Snipes and Ving Rhames. When the world's heavyweight boxing champion (Rhames) is sent to prison, everything points to an inevitable showdown with the penitentiary's undefeated champ (Snipes). But to make sure the meeting will happen, a former mob boss (Peter Falk) ..read more »
64%
from 1,462 member
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Liberty Stands Still
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Martin Cummins, Jonathan Scarfe, Oliver Platt
Director: Kari Skogland
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Liberty Wallace (Linda Fiorentino) is an arms manufacturer who has made a fortune out of trading in weapons. She receives a phone call from a man named Joe (Wesley Snipes) whose daughter was killed by one of Liberty's guns in a high school shooting, and he tells Liberty that he currently has a high-..read more »
50%
from 1,134 member
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Blade 2 - Blu-ray
(2002)
Starring: Daz Crawford, Kris Kristofferson, Matt Schulze
Director: Guillermo del Toro
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Wesley Snipes returns as Blade, the daywalking half-human/half-vampire who has dedicated his life to fighting the threat posed by the undead. This time he enters into an alliance with vampire chief Damaskinos in order to eradicate a new strain of vampire which preys on both the living and the ..read more »
76%
from 161 members
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Blade 2
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Daz Crawford, Kris Kristofferson, Matt Schulze
Director: Guillermo del Toro
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Wesley Snipes returns as Blade, the daywalking half-human/half-vampire who has dedicated his life to fighting the threat posed by the undead. This time he enters into an alliance with vampire chief Damaskinos in order to eradicate a new strain of vampire which preys on both the living and the ..read more »
67%
from 26,594 members
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Disappearing Acts
(2000)
Starring: Sanaa Lathan, Wesley Snipes
Director: Gina Prince
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Franklin Swift (Wesley Snipes) is a construction worker whose job is always on the line. Zora Banks (Sanaa Lathan) is a music teacher who longs to become a successful singer/songwriter. A chance encounter throws the two together and they embark on a passionate affair. But their love is tested when ..read more »
61%
from 370 members
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The Art of War
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Marie Matiko, Anne Archer
Director: Christian Duguay
Certificate:
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Neil Shaw (Wesley Snipes) is an American agent working undercover for the United Nations in order to uncover a plot to bring the UN down, on the eve of historic talks with China in the New York harbour. When Chinese refugees are found dead in a container a series of events culminates in the killing ..read more »
60%
from 3,321 members
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U.S. Marshals
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Robert Downey Jr., Joe Pantoliano
Director: Stuart Baird
Certificate:
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Sequel to 'The Fugitive' sees Tommy Lee Jones reprising his role as US Marshal Sam Gerrard. Here he is on the look out for a mysterious assassin (Wesley Snipes), on the run after trying to find out who implicated him in two murders. Gerrard and his team are joined by an arrogant government agent (..read more »
68%
from 12,722 members
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The Big Hit - Blu-ray
(1998)
Starring: Bokeem Woodbine, Antonio Sabato Jr., Mark Wahlberg
Director: Kirk Wong
Certificate:
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After the brutal execution of a pimp, Melvin Smiley (Mark Wahlberg) and his three fellow assassins are sent to kidnap Keiko (China Chow), the young daughter of a powerful film producer. When it emerges that there has been a mistake, Melvin is left to pick up the pieces and is forced to hold Keiko ..read more »
56%
from 735 members
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Blade
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Kris Kristofferson, Sanaa Lathan, Stephen Dorff
Director: Stephen Norrington
Certificate:
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Blade (Wesley Snipes) is every vampire's nightmare: possessed of the same powers as his bloodsucking brethren, but without the weaknesses that can destroy them. Acting as a modern day Van Helsing, Blade sets out to foil a plan for a legion of the undead to wipe out mankind, masterminded by vampire ..read more »
72%
from 31,255 members
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The Big Hit
(1998)
Starring: Bokeem Woodbine, Antonio Sabato Jr., Mark Wahlberg
Director: Kirk Wong
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After the brutal execution of a pimp, Melvin Smiley (Mark Wahlberg) and his three fellow assassins are sent to kidnap Keiko (China Chow), the young daughter of a powerful film producer. When it emerges that there has been a mistake, Melvin is left to pick up the pieces and is forced to hold Keiko ..read more »
54%
from 1,672 member
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Blade - Blu-ray
(1998)
Starring: Kris Kristofferson, Sanaa Lathan, Stephen Dorff
Director: Stephen Norrington
Certificate:
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Blade (Wesley Snipes) is every vampire's nightmare: possessed of the same powers as his bloodsucking brethren, but without the weaknesses that can destroy them. Acting as a modern day Van Helsing, Blade sets out to foil a plan for a legion of the undead to wipe out mankind, masterminded by vampire ..read more »
79%
from 233 members
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One Night Stand
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Nastassja Kinski, Kyle MacLachlan, Robert Downey Jr.
Director: Mike Figgis
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Commercial director Max Carlyle (Wesley Snipes) is on a business trip to New York when he meets Karen (Nastassja Kinski). Although both are married, they cannot resist their mutual attraction, and end up spending a night of passion together. Mike returns to his wife and two children, but becomes ..read more »
55%
from 681 members
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Murder at 1600
(1997)
Starring: Diane Lane, Ronny Cox, Daniel Benzali
Director: Dwight Little
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Homicide detective Harlan Regis (Wesley Snipes) is called in to investigate when the body of a murdered 25-year-old woman is found in one of the bathrooms at the White House. At first it is thought that a janitor is responsible, but Regis suspects a cover-up. Partnered with the reluctant Secret ..read more »
63%
from 4,598 members
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The Fan
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Robert De Niro, Wesley Snipes, Ellen Barkin
Director: Tony Scott
Certificate:
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Gil Renard (Robert De Niro) is a failed knife salesman and San Francisco Giants fanatic, whose wife has put a restraining order on him after he abandoned his son at a match. He becomes obsessed with new player Bobby Rayburn (Wesley Snipes) and when Rayburn has a streak of bad luck, Gil goes over ..read more »
59%
from 2,745 members
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Money Train
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Robert Blake, Woody Harrelson, Chris Cooper
Director: Joseph Ruben
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Woody Harrelson and Wesley Snipes, the stars of 'White Men Can't Jump' are reunited as foster brother cops who plan to rob the 'money train' which collects millions of dollars from New York subway stations. Their boss regards the train as his responsibility, and he prides himself on the having the ..read more »
60%
from 4,623 members
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Sugar Hill
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Wesley Snipes, Khandi Alexander, DeVaughn Nixon
Director: Leon Ichaso
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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 »
51%
from 53 members
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Drop Zone
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Michael Jeter, Gary Busey, Malcolm Jamal Warner
Director: John Badham
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A sky-diving, action film starring Gary Busey and Wesley Snipes. Former DEA agent Busey leads a group sky-diving bad-boys who break into the offices of the police and then steal vital undercover agents files in order to sell them to the drug lords. Only former US Marshall (Snipes), suspended when ..read more »
60%
from 4,576 members
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Demolition Man
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Nigel Hawthorne, Dan Cortese, Sandra Bullock
Director: Marco Brambilla
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The plot of this action film begins in 1996, with Los Angeles in a violence-crazed conflagration. One of the LAPD's most notorious cops, John Spartan (Sylvester Stallone), known as the demolition man, is in hot pursuit of blonde-haired psychopath Simon Phoenix (Wesley Snipes), who is so nasty he ..read more »
67%
from 22,937 members
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Rising Sun
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Sean Connery, Wesley Snipes, Harvey Keitel
Director: Philip Kaufman
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Web Smith (Wesley Snipes) is the LAPD detective investigating the death of a beautiful woman in the boardroom of one of the most prominent Japanese companies in America. Assisted by wise John Connor (Sean Connery), a golf-playing expert in Japanese culture, Smith's investigation takes him into the ..read more »
62%
from 3,546 members
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Demolition Man - Blu-ray
(1993)
Starring: Nigel Hawthorne, Dan Cortese, Sandra Bullock
Director: Marco Brambilla
Certificate:
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LA cop John Spartan (Sylvester Stallone), nicknamed 'Demolition Man' due to his hands-on approach to law enforcement, is condemned to 70 years in the penal freezer after being set up by Simon Phoenix (Wesley Snipes), Public Enemy Number One. Halfway through his sentence, however, both he and ..read more »
75%
from 674 members
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Rising Sun - Blu-ray
(1993)
Starring: Sean Connery, Wesley Snipes, Harvey Keitel
Director: Philip Kaufman
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Web Smith (Wesley Snipes) is the LAPD detective investigating the death of a beautiful woman in the boardroom of one of the most prominent Japanese companies in America. Assisted by wise John Connor (Sean Connery), a golf-playing expert in Japanese culture, Smith's investigation takes him into the ..read more »
61%
from 1,091 member
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White Men Can't Jump
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: John Marshall Jones, Cylk Cozart, John Marsha
Director: Ron Shelton
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Sidney Deane (Wesley Snipes) thinks he's the hottest basketball player on the streets of down-town Los Angeles. But one day Billy Hoyle (Woody Harrelson) wanders onto Deane's court and forces him to reconsider. The two players then proceed to fight it out, on and off the court, both against each ..read more »
64%
from 6,150 members
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Boiling Point
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: Dennis Hopper, Wesley Snipes
Director: James B. Harris
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Thriller starring Wesley Snipes as a police detective specialising in busting counterfeiters. When his partner is gunned down Snipes vows revenge and eventually tracks down the killer, played by Dennis Hopper with his usual panache.
53%
from 803 members
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Passenger 57
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: Wesley Snipes, Bruce Payne, Elizabeth Hurley
Director: Kevin Hooks
Certificate:
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Wesley Snipes plays John Cutter, an anti-terrorist expert who is flying to LA to begin a new life after the murder of his wife during a supermarket robbery. On the same plane is Charles Rayne (Bruce Payne), a dangerous hijacker being transported to prison. His agents have been placed on the flight ..read more »
62%
from 9,715 members
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The Waterdance
(1992)
Starring: Eric Stoltz, Helen Hunt, Wesley Snipes
Director: Neal Jimenez, Michael Steinberg
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An often overlooked film about struggling to deal with paralysis. Author Joel Garcia breaks his neck while hiking, and finds himself in a rehab centre with Raymond, an exaggerating ladies man, and Bloss, a racist biker. Considerable tension builds as each character tries to deal with his new found ..read more »
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from 4 members
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New Jack City
on DVD
(1991)
Starring: Mario Van Peebles, Tracy Camila Johns, Vanessa L. Wi
Director: Mario Van Peebles
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A slice of the underworld in '80s Harlem. A black drug dealer named Gino (Wesley Snipes) sees that crack is the drug of the future and three years later he is running a huge business. One of his clients decides to help two undercover policemen with a raid, which goes wrong and leads to the cops ..read more »
64%
from 3,180 members
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Jungle Fever
on DVD
(1991)
Starring: Wesley Snipes, Annabella Sciorra, Spike Lee
Director: Spike Lee
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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 them ..read more »
59%
from 2,256 members
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King Of New York
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Christopher Walken, Laurence Fishburne, Laurence Fishburne
Director: Abel Ferrara
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The gritty underbelly of New York's complex, ethnically divided criminal world is exposed in this dark drama from director Abel Ferrara. Christopher Walken stars as Frank White, a drug lord who's just been released from a long stint in prison. Aware that feeding off of society's depravity has made ..read more »
60%
from 5,232 members
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Mo' Better Blues
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Spike Lee, Denzel Washington, Wesley Snipes
Director: Spike Lee
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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.
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from 605 members
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Future Sport
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Rachel Shane, Adrian Hughes, Bill Smitrovich
Director: Ernest R. Dickerson
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In 2025, the future of America is threatened by the activities of the Hawaiian Liberation Organisation, who are demanding independence for their island. To avoid full-scale military conflict, the dispute is to be settled by a game of Futuresport, a violent cross between skateboarding and basketball ..read more »
48%
from 390 members
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Miami Vice - Series 3
(6 discs)
on DVD
(1986)
Starring: Liam Neeson, Steve Buscemi, Bill Paxton
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All 24 episodes from the third season of the detective show set against the seamy and steamy Miami underworld of criminals, drug dealers and lowlifes, created by Michael Mann and starring Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas as Detectives Sonny Crocket and Rico Tubbs. Episodes are: 'When Irish ..read more »
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from 183 members
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Wesley Snipes facts
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...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...
