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Cliff Curtis

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Desperate RemediesDesperate Remedies (1993) Recommended
Dir. Peter Wells, Stewart Main
Feat. Michael Hurst, Cliff Curtis, Kevin Smith
An audacious, decadent soap–opera which proudly flaunts its contempt for traditional local film–making with drugs, kinky sex,…
Once Were WarriorsOnce Were Warriors (1994) Aro Favourite
Dir. Lee Tamahori
Feat. Rena Owen, Temuera Morrison, Julian Arahanga
As sensational as it is important, Lee Tamahori's adaptation managed to transform Alan Duff's relentlessly down–beat novel about domestic…
ChickenChicken (1996)
Dir. Grant Lahood
Feat. Cliff Curtis, Bryan Marshall, Martyn Sanderson
Blackly comic farce about an middle–aged ex–pop–star–turned–fast–food–proprietor who is being stalked by a…
Three KingsThree Kings (1999) Aro Favourite
Dir. David O. Russell
Feat. George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice-Cube
A refreshingly irreverent view of the US Military translated into a box–office hit for this unpredictable black–comedy that puts a…
Bringing Out the DeadBringing Out the Dead (1999)
Dir. Martin Scorsese
Feat. Nicolas Cage, Patricia Arquette, Ving Rhames
Drawn from the hell–bent memoirs of a New York ambulance driver, this sees dir. Scorcese returning to home–turf, a script by Paul…
JubileeJubilee (2000)
Dir. Michael Hurst
Feat. Theresa Healey, Hori Ahipene, Cliff Curtis
Down–at–heel family man Cliff Curtis gets roped into organising the 75th jubilee party for his one–horse town, stretching his…
BlowBlow (2001) Recommended
Dir. Ted Demme
Feat. Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz, Ray Liotta
‘Cocaine biopic’ of Pablo Escobar’s American partner, George Jung (Johnny Depp), who graduated from low–level…
Collateral DamageCollateral Damage (2001)
Dir. Andrew Davis
Feat. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Elias Koteas, Cliff Curtis
Overtaken by the events of September 11, 2001, (the cinema release was delayed 6 months) this terrorist thriller has…
Whale RiderWhale Rider (2003) Aro Favourite
Dir. Niki Caro
Feat. Keisha Castle-Hughes, Rawiri Paratene, Vicky Haughton
A stirring, widely–acclaimed adaptation of Witi Ihimaera’s novel about a young girl’s struggle to win the approval of her patriarchal…
Runaway JuryRunaway Jury (2003)
Dir. Gary Fleder
Feat. John Cusack, Gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman
It's back to court with John Grisham, in a well–cast, entertaining tale of gun–control issues, jury–manipulation, big business and…
FractureFracture (2004)
Dir. Larry Parr
Feat. Kate Elliot, Miranda Harcourt, Jennifer Ward-Lealand
An impressively staged adaptation of Maurice Gee's novel "Crime Story", set around two equally fractured families who enter each other's orbit after…
SpookedSpooked (2004)
Dir. Geoff Murphy
Feat. Cliff Curtis, John Leigh, Christopher Hobbs
An ambitious though uneven thriller based on the true–life NZ case of a computer expert who ended up with disc–fulls of incriminating…
River QueenRiver Queen (2005) Aro Favourite
Dir. Vincent Ward
Feat. Samantha Morton, Kiefer Sutherland, Cliff Curtis
Both underrated and overblown, dir. Vincent Ward's (VIGIL) ambitious historical drama depicts the journey across heart, soul and land–scapes of…
Fountain, TheFountain, The (2006) Recommended
Dir. Darren Aronofsky
Feat. Hugh Jackman, Rachel Weisz, Ellen Burstyn
A madly ambitious, visually splendid odyssey from dir. Darren Aronofksy, this will certainly intrigue fans of his earlier work, while sci–fi…
SunshineSunshine (2007)
Dir. Danny Boyle
Feat. Cillian Murphy, Rose Byrne, Michelle Yeoh
Proverbial space peril from the creators of 28 DAYS LATER; a crew of astronauts, and mankind’s last hope, set about delivering a nuclear payload to…
Die Hard 4.0Die Hard 4.0 (Live Free or Die Hard) (2007)
Dir. Len Wiseman
Feat. Bruce Willis, Timothy Olyphant, Justin Long
Bruce Willis returns as hardass action copper John McClane, taking on a plugged–in, post–9/11 terrorist cell in this fourth addition to…
FractureFracture (2007)
Dir. Gregory Hoblit
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Ryan Gosling, David Strathairn
A you–know–whodunnit legal psychodrama with Anthony Hopkins as a wealthy businessman who shoots his wife dead, then plays a cruel (if…
10,000 B.C.10,000 B.C. (2008)
Dir. Roland Emmerich
Feat. Steven Strait, Camilla Belle, Cliff Curtis
Beasts, behemoths and flesh–eating emus prowl the prehistoric landscape in another of Roland (INDEPENDENCE DAY) Emmerich's effects–heavy…
PushPush (2009)
Dir. Paul McGuigan
Feat. Camilla Belle, Chris Evans, Dakota Fanning
Four telekinetic outcasts band together to expose a government conspiracy in this familiar, if crispy executed sci–fi thriller. Derives…
Trauma (TV Series)Trauma (TV Series) (2009)
Feat. Cliff Curtis, Derek Luke, Aimee Garcia
Kiwi Cliff Curtis is the charismatic frontman of this short–lived medical drama centred on a group of dashing San Francisco paramedics.…
Last Airbender, TheLast Airbender, The (2010)
Dir. M. Night Shyamalan
Feat. Noah Ringer, Dev Patel, Nicola Peltz
Based on the weirdly popular Nickelodeon series, this cheesy live–action version from know–it–all director M. Night Shyamalan was…
ColombianaColombiana (2011)
Dir. Olivier Megaton
Feat. Zoe Saldana, Jordi Molla, Lennie James
Yet another Luc Besson–produced action vehicle centred on a deadly female assassin, in which Zoe Saldana plays a trained killer seeking revenge…
Missing (TV Series)Missing (TV Series) (2012)
Feat. Ashley Judd, Sean Bean, Cliff Curtis
Ashley Judd brings it as an ex–CIA operative turned homemaker who takes on an international conspiracy when her son goes missing in Rome.…
Dark Horse, TheDark Horse, The (2014) Aro Favourite
Dir. James Napier Robertson
Feat. Cliff Curtis, James Rolleston, Kirk Torrance
Cliff Curtis turns in a magnificent performance in this accomplished and powerful story of speed chess champion Genesis Potini, his battles with…
Last KnightsLast Knights (2015)
Dir. Kazuaki Kiriya
Feat. Clive Owen, Morgan Freeman, Aksel Hennie
Clive Owen gets medieval as a fallen swordsman who leads a small army against a sadistic ruler to avenge his dishonored master.
Fear the Walking Dead (TV Series)Fear the Walking Dead (TV Series) (2015)
Feat. Kim Dickens, Cliff Curtis, Frank Dillane
Grisly prequel to THE WALKING DEAD follows Cliff Curtis as he negotiates a world rapidly turning apocalyptic.
Meg, TheMeg, The (2018)
Dir. Jon Turteltaub
Feat. Jason Statham, Bingbing Li, Rainn Wilson
Shamelessly cheesy sub–JAWS aquatic entertainment, with Stratham as a deep–sea rescue diver who is going to save a group of scientists…
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & ShawFast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (Hobbs and Shaw) (2019)
Dir. David Leitch
Feat. Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham, Idris Elba
Ever more over–the–top (ergo, ludicrous) spinoff of THE FATE OF THE FURIOUS (aka FF8), focusing on Dwayne Johnson's US Diplomatic…
ReminiscenceReminiscence (2021)
Dir. Lisa Joy
Feat. Hugh Jackman, Rebecca Ferguson, Thandiwe Newton
Hugh Jackman plays a private investigator of the mind in this sci–fi action thriller set in a near future world destroyed by climate…
MuruMuru (2022) Recommended
Dir. Tearepa Kahi
Feat. Cliff Curtis, Jay Ryan, Manu Bennett
A riveting local action–thriller that boldly fictionalizes events surrounding the Nga Tuhoe raids of 2007. Our finest actor Cliff Curtis…

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