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Air Force One
Plot America and Russia have joined forces to capture General Radek, a dictator and leader of a terrorist regime in Kazakhstan. On the way back to the US from Russia, Air Force One is hijacked by six Radek supporters – who hold the plane hostage, vowing to kill hostages unless Radek is released. President James…
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Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)
Dir Richard Donner Written by Jeffrey Boam, Robert Mark Kamen Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Rene Russo, Stuart Wilson, Steve Kahan, Darlene Love, Traci Woolfe. In the third film in the franchise, Murtaugh (Glover) is preparing for retirement. he and Riggs (Gibson) are soon demoted due to mistake that saw them accidentally blow up…
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Red (2010)
Dir Robert Schwentke Written by Joh Hoeber, Erich Hoeber (based on DC Comics RED) Bruce Willis, Mary Louise Parker, Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich, Helen Mirren, Karl Urban, Brian Cox, Richard Dreyfus, Julian McMahon, Ernest Borgnine, James Remar, Rebecca Pidgeon. Frank Moses (Willis) is a retired, extremely dangerous (R.E.D), CIA black ops agent, who enjoys his…
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Speed (1994)
Directed by Jan de BontWritten by Graham Yost Keanu Reeves, Dennis Hopper, Sandra Bullock, Jeff Daniels, Joe Morton, Alan Ruck, Beth Grant, Hawthorne James Months after stopping him from blowing up an elevator, LAPD Detective Jack Traven (Reeves), is called back in by bomber Hopper, who has now put a bomb on a bus. When…
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The Last Boy Scout (1991)
Directed by Tony ScottWritten by Shane Black & Greg Hicks Bruce Willis, Damon Wayans, Chelsea Field, Noble Willingham, Taylor Negron, Danielle Harris, Halle Berry, Bruce McGill, Kim Coats, Chelcie Ross Quintessential early 1990’s action romp, sees PI Willis tagged with protecting dancer Berry, despite her boyfriend Damon’s wishes. When things go sour, Damon and Willis…
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Lethal Weapon 2
Directed by Richard DonnerWritten by Jeffrey Boam, Shane Black, Warren Murphy Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Joss Ackland, Derrick O’Connor, Patsy Kensit, Darlene Love, Traci Wolfe, Steve Kahan, Mark Rolston, Jenette Goldstein, Dean Norris, Grand L Bush. In the sequel to 1987’s buddy cop action romp, sees Riggs and Murtaugh (Gibson and Glover) on…
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Hard Rain
Directed by Mikael SalomonWritten by Graham Yost Morgan Freeman, Christian Slater, Randy Quaid, Minnie Driver, Richard Dysart, Betty White, Ed Asner, Michael Goorjian, Dann Florek, Ricky Harris, Mark Rolston, Peter Murnik, Wayne Duvall. From the writer of Speed (perhaps the best action movies of the 1990s), Graham Yost, comes this action yarn from the late…
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Die Hard 2
Directed by Renny HarlinWritten by Steven E de Souza, Doug RichardsonBased on the novel 58 minutes by Walter Wager (characters by Roderick Thorp) Bruce Willis, Bonnie Bedilia, William Atherton, William Sadler, Franco Nero, Reginald VelJohnson, John Amos, Dennis Franz, Art Evans, Fred Dalton Thompson, Tom Bower. In this sequel to the 1987 smash hit, sees…
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The Long Kiss Goodnight
Director Renny HarlinWritten by Shane Black Geena Davis, Samuel L Jackson, Craig Bierko, Brian Cox, Patrick Malahide, Tom Amandes, Yvonne Zima, David Morse, Melina Kanakaredes, GD Spradlin, Rex Linn, Joseph McKenna. Eight years ago Charlene Baltimore (Davis) was one of the best assassins within the secret US Government group ‘Chapter’. When her potential target, tried…
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Lethal Weapon (1987)
Directed by Richard DonnerWritten by Shane Black Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Mitch Ryan, Tom Atkins, Darlene Love, Traci Woolfe, Jackie Swanson, Mary Ellen Trainor, Steve Kahan, Grand L Bush, Al Leong. In this 1980’s action yarn, also set at Christmas (but a Christmas movie?), introduces two newly partnered cops. There is traditional family…
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