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The Boys review by from North London, England

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... Read customer review

John Polson - filmography

Tenderness on DVD (2009)
Starring: Russell Crowe, Jon Foster, Sophie Traub
Director: John Polson
Certificate:
Watch now: £2.49
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 »

50% from 4,387 members

Without A Trace - Season 6 (3 discs) on DVD (2007)
Starring: Anthony LaPaglia, Poppy Montgomery, Enrique Murciano
Director: John Polson, Chris Long, Greg Walker
Certificate:
Their recovery window is small - and every case is a race against time. Agent Jack Malone and the members of the FBI's Missing Persons Unit use advanced profiling techniques to peel back the layers of a person's life. No lies, deceptions, or evasions can withstand their withering scrutiny. Because ..read more »

84% from 192 members

Hide And Seek on DVD (2005)
Starring: Robert De Niro, Dakota Fanning, Famke Janssen
Director: John Polson
Certificate:
Traumatised by the death of her mother, Emily Callaway (Dakota Fanning) finds solace in an imaginary friend named Charlie. But the games they play have become anything but simple and innocent. Instead, she finds herself in the middle of a series of increasingly nightmarish and gruesome acts that ..read more »

59% from 33,603 members

Swimfan on DVD (2002)
Starring: Jesse Bradford, Erika Christensen, Shiri Appleby
Director: John Polson
Certificate:
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 »

53% from 1,628 member

Mission: Impossible 2 on DVD (2000)
Starring: Tom Cruise, Dougray Scott, Thandie Newton
Director: John Woo
Certificate:
This is the action-packed sequel to the 1996 blockbuster, which in turn was based on the popular 1960s television show of the same name. Tom Cruise reprises his role as Ethan Hunt, leader of the IMF team that is responsible for embarking on top secret, dangerous missions that will maintain world ..read more »

62% from 30,354 members

Mission: Impossible 2 - HD (2000)
Starring: Tom Cruise, Dougray Scott, Thandie Newton
Director: John Woo
Certificate:
This is the action-packed sequel to the 1996 blockbuster, which in turn was based on the popular 1960s television show of the same name. Tom Cruise reprises his role as Ethan Hunt, leader of the IMF team that is responsible for embarking on top secret, dangerous missions that will maintain world ..read more »

64% from 326 members
Not currently released

Mission: Impossible 2 - Blu-ray (2000)
Starring: Tom Cruise, Dougray Scott, Thandie Newton
Director: John Woo
Certificate:
This is the action-packed sequel to the 1996 blockbuster, which in turn was based on the popular 1960s television show of the same name. Tom Cruise reprises his role as Ethan Hunt, leader of the IMF team that is responsible for embarking on top secret, dangerous missions that will maintain world ..read more »

62% from 3,247 members

The Boys (1997)
Starring: John Polson, Toni Collette, David Wenham
Director: Rowan Woods
Certificate:
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 »

54% from 181 members
Not currently released

Idiot Box (1996)
Starring: Ben Mendelsohn, Jeremy Sims, John Polson
Director: David Caesar
Certificate:
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 »

50% from 88 members
Currently unavailable

The Sum Of Us (1994)
Starring: Jack Thompson, Russell Crowe, John Polson
Director: Geoff Burton, Kevin Dowling
Certificate:
A widowed father has to deal with two complex issues: while he is searching for "Miss Right," his son, who is in his 20s and gay, is searching for "Mr. Right."

67% from 928 members
Not currently released

John Polson facts

5 most recent films

Tenderness - 2.5 stars
Without A Trace - Season 6 - 4.0 stars
Hide And Seek - 3.0 stars
Swimfan - 2.5 stars
Mission: Impossible 2 - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Without A Trace - Season 6 - 4.0 stars
The Sum Of Us - 3.5 stars
Mission: Impossible 2 - HD - 3.0 stars
Mission: Impossible 2 - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Mission: Impossible 2 - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

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

Most frequent co-stars

Anthony LaPaglia - 4 times - show films
Poppy Montgomery - 4 times - show films
Enrique Murciano - 4 times - show films
Eric Close - 4 times - show films
Marianne Jean-Baptiste - 4 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Chris Long - 4 times - show films
Greg Walker - 4 times - show films
John Woo - 3 times - show films
David Caesar - 1 times - show films
Rowan Woods - 1 times - show films