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Mark L. Lester

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  • Commando
  • Commando review by from London
    Rated - 5.0 stars All that matters to me now is Jenny 19 March 2004
    ...sacrifices, laid down on an alter of love for his daughter, his dear Jenny. Mark L. Lester was fortunate to have such an emotionally honest actor as Mr Schwarzenegger, th...   Read customer review

Mark L. Lester - filmography


  • Sand Sharks on DVD (2011)
    Starring: Gina Holden,  Nicole Zeoli,  Vanessa Lee Evigan
    Director: Mark Atkins
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Mark Atkins directs this sci-fi 'creature feature' horror. When an underwater earthquake opens up a deep crater on the ocean floor, a prehistoric breed of lethal sand-dwelling sharks is unleashed upon the unsuspecting residents of White Sands Island.
    2 stars out of 5 38% from 513 members
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  • Sinbad And The Minotaur on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Brad McMurray,  Dimitri Baveas,  Steven Grives
    Director: Karl Zwicky
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Australian fantasy action adventure based on the ancient Persian legend of Sinbad the Sailor. In their search for an ancient treasure trove, adventurer Sinbad (Manu Bennett) and his shipmates battle against evil sorcerer Al-Jibar (Steven Grives) and the fearsome minotaur, a gigantic man-bull hybrid ..read more »
    1.5 stars out of 5 32% from 294 members
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  • The Lost Colony on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Hristo Mitzkov,  Jonas Talkington,  Frida Farrell
    Director: Matt Codd
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Action horror about the mysterious fate of the Roanoke Colony. In 1587 British colonists journeyed to America hoping to form a permanent English settlement on Roanoke Island in Dare County. Ananais Dare (Adrian Paul) is left in charge when his father-in-law, John White (Alex McArthur), leaves for ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 41% from 94 members
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  • Pterodactyl on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Cameron Daddo,  Coolio,  Amy Sloan
    Director: Mark L. Lester
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    CGI-based adventure. A dormant volcano deep with the Turkish forest holds within it a deadly secret. Perfectly preserved, a nest of pterodactyl eggs are ready to hatch... Two different expeditions are making their way into the forest: a scientific team and a military unit. But will either team make ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 42% from 69 members
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  • Betrayal on DVD (2003)
    Starring: James Remar,  Erika Eleniak,  Jeremy Lelliott
    Director: Mark L. Lester
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Emily (Erika Eleniak) and son Kerry are fleeing a dangerous drug dealer who thinks Kerry double-crossed him and is hellbent on payback. Jayne (Julie DuPage) is a hitchhiker trying to get to San Antonio and then there's Alex (James Remar), the Good Samaritan who picks Emily up when she is left ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 40% from 147 members
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  • Stealing Candy on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Daniel Baldwin
    Director: Mark L. Lester
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Three ex-cons kidnap a famous movie star (Candy) but not for ransom, for profit. But the perfect crime begins to unravel as fear, greed, lust and power make a deadly combination. A new game arises - who will live and who will die?
    2 stars out of 5 40% from 826 members
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  • Devil's Prey on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Patrick Bergin,  Rashaan Nall,  Elena Lyons
    Director: Bradford May
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Five young students attend a local rave only to be thrown out after a fight breaks out. On the way home their car hits a young woman, Fawn, who had run across the road without looking. The kids panic as they try to take the blood-soaked woman to hospital, only to have their car run off the road by ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 36% from 463 members
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  • Guilty As Charged on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Duane Davis,  James Remar,  Antonio Sabato Jr.
    Director: Mark L. Lester
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    After the suspicious death of a US soldier at Fort Chaney, undercover investigator John Murphy (Antonio Sabato Jr) takes on the identity of a new recruit and tries to find out what really happened. He soon joins an elite fighting squad headed by Colonel Straus (James Remar), and realises that ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 45% from 82 members
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  • Blowback on DVD (1999)
    Starring: James Remar,  Mario Van Peebles,  David Groh
    Director: Mark L. Lester
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Detective Don Morell (Mario Van Peebles) is the key witness in a case which has resulted in a sentence of death for a vicious serial killer. He is happy that the case is almost over, and looks forward to rebuilding his home life after his dedicated pursuit of the killer brought his marriage very ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 45% from 86 members
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  • Hitman's Run on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Farrah Forke,  Damian Chapa,  Esteban Powell
    Director: Mark L. Lester
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A former hitman for the mob (Eric Roberts), now in witness protection, finds himself out of retirement when his family is threatened by his cohorts. He is joined by a skateboarding kid (Esteban Powell), who has come into possession of a computer disk that the mob wants, as it contains a list of new ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 41% from 68 members
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  • Class of 1999 on DVD (1989)
    Starring: Malcolm McDowell,  Bradley Gregg,  Traci Lin
    Director: Mark L. Lester
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    It is the year 1999 and the violence in American high schools has got so bad that the authorities decide to employ a number of military surplus androids to work as teachers. The androids do manage to restore some kind of order but when their rigid sense of discipline extends to murder, the kids ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 655 members
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  • Armed And Dangerous on DVD (1986)
    Starring: Kenneth McMillan,  John Candy,  Eugene Levy
    Director: Mark L. Lester
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Comedy starring John Candy. Frank Dooley (Candy) is an ex-cop, thrown out of the force after being framed by corrupt colleagues. Norman Kane (Eugene Levy) is an out-of-work attorney who quit because he lost his nerve. Both men turn to a private security firm to find employment, but everything goes ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 613 members
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  • Commando on DVD (1985)
    Starring: Alyssa Milano,  Rae Dawn Chong,  Arnold Schwarzenegger
    Director: Mark L. Lester
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Shortly after The Terminator wrote his name in bold neon lights across box-office grosses, this action thriller took advantage of the hitherto (almost) unexploited comic side of star Arnold Schwarzenegger and paired him with Rae Dawn Chong. Colonel Matrix (Schwarzenegger) is retired and living ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 14,954 members
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  • Firestarter on DVD (1984)
    Starring: David Keith,  Martin Sheen,  Art Carney
    Director: Mark L. Lester
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Firestarter is based on a bone-chilling novel by Steven King. Drew Barrymore plays Charlie McGee the young daughter of Andrew (David Keith) and Vicky (Heather Locklear) McGee, who years earlier had been guinea pigs for a top secret experiment. As a result, Charlie has acquired the unenviable ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 2,116 members
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  • Class Of 1984 (1982)
    Starring: Timothy Van Patten,  Merrie Lyn Ross,  Roddy McDowall
    Director: Mark L. Lester
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Thriller about a music teacher (Perry King) at a tough Los Angeles high school who attempts to reach out to his students with the gift of music only to find a gang of sadistic punk rockers is actively dissuading new members from joining the orchestra. The punkers are led by Peter Stegman (Timothy ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 1,014 member
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  • Stunts (1977)
    Starring: Robert Forster,  Joanna Cassidy,  Bruce Glover
    Director: Mark L. Lester
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Thriller in which a movie stuntman takes his brother's place, following a death during filming, in order to try and understand what happened. Glen Wilson (Robert Forster), an expert stuntman, is upset by news of the death of his younger brother, also a stuntman, in an on-set accident. Glen steps ..read more »
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Mark L. Lester facts

5 most recent films

Sand Sharks - 2.0 stars
Sinbad And The Minotaur - 1.5 stars
Beauty And The Beast - A Dark Tale - 2.0 stars
The Lost Colony - 2.0 stars
Pterodactyl - 2.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Commando - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Armed And Dangerous - 3.5 stars
Commando - 3.0 stars
Showdown In Little Tokyo - 3.0 stars
Firestarter - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Stunts - 3 stars
Groupie - 0.5 stars
White Rush - 2.0 stars
Sinbad And The Minotaur - 1.5 stars
Devil's Prey - 2.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

James Remar - 6 times - show films
Pam Grier - 3 times - show films
Malcolm McDowell - 3 times - show films
Stacey Keach - 3 times - show films
Joshua Miller - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Matt Codd - 1 times - show films
Karl Zwicky - 1 times - show films
Mark Atkins - 1 times - show films
David Lister - 1 times - show films
Bradford May - 1 times - show films