An aggressive chase and a stray bullet nearly ends the career of undercover narcotics agent Nick Tellis (Jason Patrick) whose job is tearing apart his life and his family. Tellis dreams of working a less stressful desk job, and he knows that a conviction in an upcoming case will land him the job. So he accepts an assignment .. Read more
| Starring | Ray Liotta, Jason Patric, Chi McBride, Busta Rhymes |
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| Director | Joe Carnahan |
| Genres | Thriller |
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There’s more pride than glory in this throwback cop drama, a movie so firmly in the tradition of heavyweight thrillers like Serpico, Prince of the City and Q and A that you would think the script must have Sidney Lumet’s fingerprints all over it. In fact it’s written by Gavin O’Connor, who made Tumbleweeds and the hockey movie Miracle, and Joe Carnahan, who made Narc and Smokin’ Aces. O’Connor came up with the story with his twin brother Greg. They’re... Read more
Footballer-turned-actor Vinnie Jones may star in his own X-Men spin-off, it emerged this week. Jones played the vicious Juggernaut in X-Men: The Last Stand and rumours have begun circulating that his character may have a whole movie to himself soon, the Guardian reports. Narc director Joe Carnahan hinted on his website that a Juggernaut spin-off might be on the cards, although the newspaper was unable to secure any official comment on the matter. Hugh Jackman's Wolverine is set to star in his... Read more
The US review for The Kingdom have been fascinating: of the 114 listed on Rotten Tomatoes as I write this, 58 are generally positive ('fresh') and 56 are negative ('rotten'). A lot of the highbrow press fall into the first category ( The New York Times; Village Voice; Time; Newsweek ), while many other critics have been quick to condemn the movie's supposedly reactionary, gung-ho politics. "A xenophobic, overblown, revenge-driven action thriller that exports the Rambo mentality to the Middle... Read more
After that long, mildly hot and often ridiculously damp summer, the next couple of months promise a return to normal conditions - cold and wet - but at least we're going to see more varied fare at the multiplex. October brings us The London Film Festival (Oct 17-Nov 1), headed up by David Cronenberg's gangster thriller, Eastern Promises . This is also the period when distributors trust discerning audiences to come out for quality dramas, and the Hollywood studios begin to unveil their Academy... Read more
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