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  • The Boys
  • The Boys review by from North London, England
    Rated - 3 stars Aussie Talent 2 December 2004
    ...ord of the Rings trilogy) who also acted as Associate Producer on the film, and John Polson (Mission Impossible II). Critically acclaimed but little known, if you are a...  

John Polson - filmography


  • Tenderness (2009)
    Starring: Russell Crowe,  Jon Foster,  Sophie Traub
    Director: John Polson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A nail-biting psychological thriller, that never lets you go. Set in New York State, the story center's on juvenile murderer, Eric Poole, who at 18, is released from jail having served his sentence for the murder of a young girl. Russell Crowe plays the hard-bitten detective who put him away and ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 5 members
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  • Swimfan on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Jesse Bradford,  Erika Christensen,  Shiri Appleby
    Director: John Polson
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    This teen psychodrama directed by John Polson plays like a Generation Y version of FATAL ATTRACTION. Ben Cronin (Jesse Bradford) is a high school swimmer with an incredibly promising future. On the verge of securing a scholarship to Stanford, and in love with the too-good-to-be-true Amy (Shiri ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 1,430 member
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  • The Boys (1997)
    Starring: John Polson,  Toni Collette,  David Wenham
    Director: Rowan Woods
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Harrowing drama about three Australian brothers, Brett, Stevie, and Glenn, one of whom, Brett (Wenham), has just returned home from prison. Angry that neither his family nor his girlfriend bothered to write or visit him in prison, Brett soon starts to assert his old control over his family. ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 54% from 142 members
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  • Idiot Box (1996)
    Starring: Ben Mendelsohn,  Jeremy Sims,  John Polson
    Director: David Caesar
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Kev and Mick are a pair of aimless suburban Australian slackers whose lives revolve around procuring beer and watching television. One day, it dawns upon them to rob a bank in order to alleviate their boredom, based on how easy it seems on TV. When the big day happens, however, things don't go as ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 86 members
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John Polson facts

5 most recent films

Tenderness - 3.5 stars
Hide And Seek - 3.0 stars
Swimfan - 2.5 stars
Mission: Impossible 2 - BLU-RAY Version - 3.0 stars
Mission: Impossible 2 - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Sum Of Us - 3.5 stars
Mission: Impossible 2 - HD DVD Version - 3.5 stars
Mission: Impossible 2 - BLU-RAY Version - 3.0 stars
Mission: Impossible 2 - 3.0 stars
Hide And Seek - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Tenderness - 3.5 stars
Idiot Box - 2.5 stars
Swimfan - 2.5 stars
The Boys - 3.0 stars
Hide And Seek - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Thandie Newton - 3 times - show films
Ving Rhames - 3 times - show films
Tom Cruise - 3 times - show films
Anthony Hopkins - 3 times - show films
Dougray Scott - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

John Woo - 3 times - show films
David Caesar - 1 times - show films
Rowan Woods - 1 times - show films
Geoff Burton - 1 times - show films
Kevin Dowling - 1 times - show films