Category Archives: Thriller
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Release 2014
Genre Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
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Director: Kenneth Branagh
Writers: Adam Cozad, David Koepp, Tom Clancy
Stars: Chris Pine, Keira Knightley, Kevin Costner, Kenneth Branagh, Lenn Kudrjawizki
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1205537/
Jack Ryan, as a young covert CIA analyst, uncovers a Russian plot to crash the U.S. economy with a terrorist attack.
Tokarev
Release 2014
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Director: Paco Cabezas
Writers: Jim Agnew, Sean Keller
Stars: Nicolas Cage, Rachel Nichols, Max Ryan, Michael McGrady, Peter Stormare
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2401807/
When the daughter of a reformed criminal is kidnapped, he rounds up his old crew and seeks his own brand of justice.
Perfect Sisters
Release 2014
Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Director: Stanley M. Brooks
Writers: Fab Filippo, Adam Till
Stars: Abigail Breslin, Georgie Henley, Mira Sorvino, James Russo, Rusty Schwimmer
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2027231/
Tired of their mother's alcoholism and a string of her abusive boyfriends, two sisters plot to kill her.
The Monkey's Paw
Release 2013
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Director: Brett Simmons
Writers: Macon Blair, W.W. Jacobs, Adam Meyer, Justin Smith
Stars: C.J. Thomason, Stephen Lang, Michelle Pierce, Corbin Bleu, Daniel Hugh Kelly
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2513092/
Jake is given a monkey's paw that grants three wishes. After the first two wishes leave his friend Cobb undead, Cobb pushes Jake to make a final wish.
Contract Killers
Release 2014
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Director: Mathew John Pearson
Writers: Michael Yee
Stars: Renee Cataldo, Dallas Barnett, James Trevena-Brown, Rob Young, Scott Jackson
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1928144/
Double-crossed by those he trusted the most, a newbie government hit man discovers that he's the target for the world's most dangerous assassin and so begins a ruthless game of kill first of be killed.
Repentance
Release 2013
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Director: Philippe Caland
Writers: Shintaro Shimosawa, Philippe Caland
Stars: Forest Whitaker, Anthony Mackie, Mike Epps, Sanaa Lathan, Nicole Ari Parker
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2012665/
A successful author and spiritual advisor takes on a troubled man as a client, completely unaware that the man's fixation on his mother's death will soon put his life in jeopardy.
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
Release 2003
Genre Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: Jonathan Mostow
Writers: James Cameron, Gale Anne Hurd, John D. Brancato, Michael Ferris, Tedi Sarafian
Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Nick Stahl, Claire Danes, Kristanna Loken, David Andrews
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0181852/
A robotic warrior from a post-apocalyptic future travels back in time to protect a 20-year old drifter and his future wife from an most advanced robotic assassin and to ensure they both survive a nuclear attack.
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Release 1991
Genre Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: James Cameron
Writers: James Cameron, William Wisher Jr.
Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong, Robert Patrick, Earl Boen
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103064/
A cyborg, identical to the one who failed to kill Sarah Connor, must now protect her teenage son, John, from a more advanced cyborg, made out of liquid metal.
A Perfect Getaway
Release 2009
Genre Adventure, Mystery, Thriller
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Director: David Twohy
Stars: Steve Zahn, Timothy Olyphant, Milla Jovovich, Kiele Sanchez, Marley Shelton
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0971209/
Two pairs of lovers on a Hawaiian vacation discover that psychopaths are stalking and murdering tourists on the islands.
The Hurt Locker
Release 2008
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Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Writers: Mark Boal
Stars: Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Guy Pearce, Ralph Fiennes
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0887912/
During the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work.