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  • Scanners review by from South Wales
    Rated - 3.0 stars NURSE!! EPHEMEROL!!!!! 19 September 2005
    ...y and rigid face almost ruins the film: is the guy actually an actor?? Good ol' Michael Ironside just about saves it, though - his turn as psychotic scanner Daryl Revok still s...   Read customer review
  • Total Recall
  • Total Recall review by SAI81 from Tonbridge, Kent
    Rated - 3.0 stars Total Recall 26 March 2007
    ...mous fun here being a horrendous bitch and gets a great catfight with Ticotin. Michael Ironside and a scenercy chewing Cox make for hissable villains and Cox gets some wonderf...   Read customer review
  • Extreme Prejudice
  • Extreme Prejudice review by from Camelon, Scotland
    Rated - 4.0 stars Unexpected gem 27 October 2006
    ...a fine performance as the grizzled Texas Ranger who brings the local drug lord (Michael Ironside) to account. The same drug lord was once friends with Nolte's character before...   Read customer review

Michael Ironside - filmography


  • Eva on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Amy Hayes,  Patrick Bergin,  Vincent Regan
    Director: Adrian Popovici
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Eva meets Tudor on the day of her 16th birthday and falls helplessly in love with him. But Tudor's work requires him to travel often and Eva is lost without him. Years later she consents to marry someone else but has never forgotten her first love. When he suddenly returns old sparks are rekindled ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 62 members
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  • Hardwired on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Michael Ironside,  Cuba Gooding Jr.,  Val Kilmer
    Director: Ernie Barbarash
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    After losing his wife in a horrific car accident, Luke Gibson (Academy Award ® Winner Cuba Gooding Jr., Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Jerry Maguire, 1996) wakes up in the hospital to find his once idyllic life on the brink of destruction. Implanted with a lethal microchip and monitored ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 1,717 member
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  • The Butcher on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Eric Roberts,  Michael Ironside,  Robert Davi
    Director: Jesse Johnson
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Merle Hench is an enforcer for a San Fernando mob outfit, twenty years ago he had a decent reputation as a pro-boxer, but that was then. Cool and soft spoken, Merle’s an anachronism, a man out of place and out of time.
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 322 members
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  • The Veteran on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Ally Sheedy,  Bobby Hosea,  Michael Ironside
    Director: Sidney J. Furie,  Sidney J. Fu
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Thirty years on from Vietnam, a government official is trying to track down soldiers who went missing in action, in the hope that it may lead her to her father. Meanwhile, a war veteran is forced to relive painful memories of how he was left for dead by his own platoon, and the heinous crimes he ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 46% from 219 members
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  • Guy X on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Jason Biggs,  Natascha McElhone,  Jeremy Northam
    Director: Saul Metzstein
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    1979. The frozen wastes of the Arctic. A "small clerical error" finds Private Rudy Spruance (Jason Biggs) posted to an army hospital that he soon discovers doesn't officially exist. Miles from civilisation, the base is under the command of the crazed Colonel Woolwrap (Jeremy Northam), aided and ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 43% from 6,311 members
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  • The Machinist - Blu-ray (2004)
    Starring: Christian Bale,  Jennifer Jason Leigh,  Aitana Sanchez-Gijon
    Director: Brad Anderson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Christian Bale delivers one of cinema's most sacrificial performances in Brad Anderson's mesmerising thriller. Written by Scott Kosar (2003's THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE), THE MACHINIST takes place in a bleak and nondescript American city, where Trevor Reznick (Bale) is quite literally withering ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 613 members
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  • The Machinist on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Christian Bale,  Jennifer Jason Leigh,  Aitana Sanchez-Gijon
    Director: Brad Anderson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Having not slept for a year, lathe operator Trevor Reznick (Christian Bale) is dying of insomnia. Why he can't sleep, he can't remember. His every waking minute has become an unrelenting nightmare of confusion, paranoia, guilt, anxiety and terror; each of which is part of an escalating series of ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 64% from 59,251 members
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  • Fallen Angels on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Michael Ironside,  Cassandra Bell,  Elly Fairman
    Director: Ian David Diaz
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Abandoned after a fatal fire and filled with a mysterious past, The Holy Angel School for Girls is about to reveal its dark and sinister secret. Rumours of hauntings coupled with the painful memories of the tragedy five years earlier, have kept the truth buried with many victims. But now a ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 44% from 39 members
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  • Dead Awake on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Stephen Baldwin,  Macha Grenon,  Karen Elkin
    Director: Marc S. Grenier
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Desmond Caine (Stephen Baldwin) has an unusual sleeping disorder that causes him to wander the streets in a state of dreamlike insomnia. Nearly in a trance late one night, Desmond stumbles upon a murder in process. He witnesses the grizzly affair and rushes to report the incident. The unusual ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 41% from 96 members
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  • The Last Line Of Defense 2 on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Michael Ironside,  Olivier Gruner,  Michael Madsen
    Director: Steven Rush
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Newcomer Dan Andersen stars in this action flick which features other tough guys such as Olivier Gruner, Michael Ironside, Michael Madsen, Martin Kove, and Charles Napier. Despite the title, the film appears to have no real connection to THE LAST LINE OF DEFENSE.
    2 stars out of 5 35% from 55 members
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  • Cause of Death on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Patrick Bergin,  Joan Severance,  Maxim Roy
    Director: Marc S. Grenier
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A deputy-district attorney (Patrick Bergin), assigned to investigate the murder of the mayor's cousin, finds himself falling for the victim's wife (Joan Severance) who is immediately being accused of the killing. The attorney, however is not too quick to point the finger at the new widow, ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 36% from 68 members
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  • Crime and Punishment in Suburbia on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Monica Keena,  Michael Ironside,  Ellen Barkin
    Director: Rob Schmidt
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    In director Robert Schmidt's adaptation of Fyodor Dostoevsky's classic novel CRIME AND PUNISHMENT (the "in Suburbia" is Schmidt's addition), the role of the protagonist is played not by a troubled young man who kills his landlady, but by a teenage girl (Monica Keena) who murders an older man who ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 194 members
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  • A Twist Of Faith (1999)
    Starring: Andrew McCarthy,  Michael Ironside,  Jayne Heitmeyer
    Director: Chris Angel
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Former Brat Packer Andrew McCarthy portrays Smith, an atheist cop on the case of a serial killer whose slayings have a slender connection to the Catholic Church. A sick daughter and the loss of a partner for which he feels partly responsible add to Smith's daily burdens. When the killer gets a ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 45% from 29 members
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  • The Arrangement (1999)
    Starring: Michael Ironside,  Currie Graham,  Lori Petty
    Director: Michael Ironside
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    When a load of cash and dead underworld assassins are found at the scene of a drug deal gone sour, Candy, a feisty stripper, finds herself in the Mafia's cross hairs. She's the only eye-witness alive who can implicate a vicious crime lord, and now her life depends on Detective Conner and his ..read more »
    1.5 stars out of 5 30% from 23 members
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  • Southern Cross on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Esai Morales,  Michael Ironside,  Valentina Vargas
    Director: James Becket
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    When a mine owner is killed in strange circumstances his son finds himself doing battle with his father's partner over the controlling shares in his company.... Secrets are uncovered which make him fearful for his life...
    2 stars out of 5 34% from 21 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 22,105 members
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  • FX: The Series - Season 1 (5 discs) on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Carrie-Anne Moss,  Cameron Daddo,  Costas Mandylor
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    No Rehearsals, No Script, No Room... For Error. Rollie Tyler, one of the best special effects artists in the movie business utilises the world's most advanced high-tech toys and gadgets to catch criminals in a deadly game of cat and mouse. In fact his illusions are so realistic that his ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 117 members
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  • The Glass Shield (1994)
    Starring: Ice Cube,  Lori Petty,  Michael Ironside
    Director: Charles Burnett
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    In this action thriller, an ambitious rookie cop and his station's only female deputy uncover widespread corruption and conspiracy when they realize that an innocent man has been jailed for a shocking murder. Suddenly, these two outsiders are forced to make an impossible choice: fit into an unjust ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 2 members
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  • Guncrazy (1992)
    Starring: Michael Ironside,  Drew Barrymore,  Ione Skye
    Director: Tamra Davis
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    'Guncrazy' combines the spirit and dark humour of 'Thelma and Louise' with the dramatic action of 'Bonnie and Clyde' to create a stylish and compelling thriller. This explosive love story features a top class cast. Anita is a white trash teenager trapped in the boredom and misery of a small rural ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 103 members
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  • Highlander 2 on DVD (1991)
    Starring: Sean Connery,  Christopher Lambert,  Virginia Madsen
    Director: Russell Mulcahy
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In this labyrinthine sequel, the Immortal MacLeod saves the people of Earth from immanent ozone layer-related destruction by building a shield that deflects sunlight. But the people of Earth aren't especially grateful, as the constant state of night has made them cranky and prone to criminal sprees...read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 8,789 members
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  • Total Recall - HD (1990)
    Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger,  Sharon Stone,  Michael Ironside
    Director: Paul Verhoeven
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Arnold Schwarzenegger is perfectly cast as Quaid, a 2084 construction worker haunted by dreams of Mars in this crowd-pleasing science fiction spectacle. Against the wishes of his sexy blonde wife (Sharon Stone), Quaid goes to Rekall, a company that implants artificial memories, so he can remember ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 503 members
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  • Total Recall on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger,  Sharon Stone,  Michael Ironside
    Director: Paul Verhoeven
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    In Paul Verhoeven's wild sci-fi action movie Total Recall, Arnold Schwarzenegger plays a 21st-century construction worker who discovers that his entire memory of the past derives from a memory chip implanted in his brain. Schwarzenegger learns that he's actually a secret agent who had become a ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 30,210 members
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  • Watchers on DVD (1988)
    Starring: Michael Ironside,  Christopher Cary,  Graeme Campbell
    Director: Jon Hess
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Two creatures escape from a top secret laboratory. One is a dog with astonishing intelligence, the other a hybrid creature designed to be the perfect killing machine. It has been 'programmed' to 'seek and destroy' the dog, and any humans in its path.
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 421 members
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  • Extreme Prejudice on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Nick Nolte,  Powers Boothe,  Maria Conchita Alonso
    Director: Walter Hill
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A Texas Ranger (Nick Nolte) stands on one side of the border aimed at cleaning up the Mexican drug traffic. On the other side is a ruthless narcotics kingpin (Powers Boothe) who'll stop at nothing to get his way. They were friends since childhood - now bitter adversaries. Directed by Walter Hill (..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 413 members
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  • Prom Night 2 - Hello Mary Lou (1987)
    Starring: Michael Ironside,  Wendy Lyon
    Director: Bruce Pittman
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    In 1957 Bill Nordham's plan to humiliate Mary Lou Maloney went drastically wrong when she was engulfed in flames and killed. In the present day, Bill is now the principal of the same high school where his son is dating potential prom queen Vicki. But Vicki is displaying increasingly disturbed ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 171 members
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  • Top Gun - Blu-ray (1986)
    Starring: Tom Cruise,  Kelly McGillis,  Val Kilmer
    Director: Tony Scott
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Cocky, undisciplined Maverick (Tom Cruise) flies by instinct and breaks all of the rules at the Navy fighter pilot academy with his best friend and co-pilot Goose (Anthony Edwards). Along the way, Maverick romances the civilian astrophysics instructor (Kelly McGillis) who is initially put off by ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 76% from 2,811 members
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  • Top Gun on DVD (1986)
    Starring: Tom Cruise,  Kelly McGillis,  Val Kilmer
    Director: Tony Scott
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Devil-may-care navy pilot Pete Mitchell (Tom Cruise) is sent to Miramar Naval Air Station for advanced training. Here he vies with Tom Kasansky (Val Kilmer) for the coveted Top Gun award. When not so occupied, Mitchell carries on a romance with civilian consultant Charlotte Blackwood (Kelly ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 35,129 members
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  • Top Gun - HD (1986)
    Starring: Tom Cruise,  Kelly McGillis,  Val Kilmer
    Director: Tony Scott
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Cocky, undisciplined Maverick (Tom Cruise) flies by instinct and breaks all of the rules at the Navy fighter pilot academy with his best friend and co-pilot Goose (Anthony Edwards). Along the way, Maverick romances the civilian astrophysics instructor (Kelly McGillis) who is initially put off by ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 656 members
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  • The Falcon And The Snowman on DVD (1984)
    Starring: Timothy Hutton,  Sean Penn,  Pat Hingle
    Director: John Schlesinger
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Based on an actual incident, THE FALCON AND THE SNOWMAN is a tale of espionage about two upper-middle class kids who, in 1977, became spies for the Soviet Union. Disillusioned with the American government, a drop-out seminary student, Christopher Boyce (Timothy Hutton), begins stealing classified ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 466 members
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  • Visiting Hours (1982)
    Starring: Michael Ironside,  Lee Grant,  Linda Purl
    Director: Jean Claude-Lord
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    A crazed, women-hating killer rapes and brutalizes journalist Deborah Ballin. When he discovers that his attack didn't kill Deborah, he comes to the hospital to finish what he started.
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 7 members
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  • Scanners on DVD (1981)
    Starring: Patrick McGoohan,  Jennifer O'Neill,  Stephen Lack
    Director: David Cronenberg
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    The title of this David Cronenberg sci-fi horror film refers to a group of people who have telekinetic powers that allow them to read minds and give them the ability to make other people's heads explode. The children of a group of women who took an experimental tranquillizer during their ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 3,973 members
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  • Maximum Impact on DVD
    Starring: Dale Midkiff,  Michael Ironside
    Director: Ken Paulson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Super storms are natural phenomena that only occur once every 300 years. But due to global warming there are hundreds of super storms forecast for the next five years, and the first is due to hit the USA in just 24 hours. NASA scientist Dr. TYimothy Briggs has come up with a desperate and highly ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 16 members
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Michael Ironside facts

5 most recent films

Eva - 2.5 stars
Hardwired - 2.5 stars
The Alphabet Killer - 3.5 stars
The Butcher - 2.5 stars
Reeker - 2.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Total Recall - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Top Gun - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Starship Troopers - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Total Recall - HD - 3.5 stars
Top Gun - HD - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Arrangement - 1.5 stars
Southern Cross - 2.0 stars
Fallen Angels - 2.0 stars
A Twist Of Faith - 2.5 stars
Forced To Kill - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Saul Rubinek - 7 times - show films
Sean Patrick Flanery - 7 times - show films
Daniel Gillies - 7 times - show films
Chris Bauer - 7 times - show films
William Forsythe - 7 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Brad Anderson - 10 times - show films
Paul Verhoeven - 7 times - show films
Tobe Hooper - 7 times - show films
Ernest R. Dickerso - 7 times - show films
Tony Scott - 6 times - show films