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Man on FireMan on Fire (2004)
Dir. Tony Scott
Feat. Denzel Washington, Christopher Walken, Radha Mitchell
A hard–eyed revenge thriller which sees an alcoholic bodyguard (Washington) losing a 11–yr old girl he's assigned to protect in Mexico…
SpartanSpartan (2004) Recommended
Dir. David Mamet
Feat. Val Kilmer, Derek Luke, William H. Macy
An expert 'special ops' agent (Kilmer) is sucked headfirst into a wild, yet plausible conspiracy involving the kidnapping of the US president's…
24 - Season 2 (TV Series)24 - Season 2 (TV Series) (2003)
Feat. Kiefer Sutherland
Further episodes in this high–concept TV thriller, covering 24 hours of real time events (an hour per episode) with Kiefer Sutherland as lead…
Blind FlightBlind Flight (2003)
Dir. John Furse
Feat. Ian Hart, Linus Roache
True story of the 4–year kidnapping in 80s Lebanon of Irishman Brian Keenan and Englishman John McCarthy, given an affecting depth by its…
Good Morning, NightGood Morning, Night (2003)
Dir. Marco Bellocchio
A dramatisation of events surrounding the kidnapping and murder of Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro in 1978 by The Red Brigades, as seen through the…
Tears of the SunTears of the Sun (2003)
Dir. Antoine Fuqua
Feat. Bruce Willis, Monica Bellucci, Cole Hauser
Bruce Willis leads the charge in a 'Special Ops' mission in war–ravaged Nigeria. Assigned to rescue a UN doctor (Belluci!) he and his squad…
24 - Season 1 (TV Series)24 - Season 1 (TV Series) (2002)
Feat. Kiefer Sutherland, Leslie Hope, Dennis Haysbert
High–concept TV thriller, covering 24 hours of real time events (an hour per episode), with Kiefer Sutherland as lead special agent of a…
Dancer Upstairs, TheDancer Upstairs, The (2002)
Dir. John Malkovich
Feat. Javier Bardem
John Malkovich debuts as a director with this slow–burn police thriller played out in the humid atmosphere of an unamed South American…
John QJohn Q (2002)
Dir. Nick Cassavetes
Feat. Denzel Washington, Ray Liotta, Robert Duvall
Denzel Washington plays a cash–strapped pillar–of–decency who can’t afford his son’s heart–transplant in the mercenary US…
Sum of All Fears, TheSum of All Fears, The (2002)
Dir. Phillip Alden Anderson
Feat. Ben Affleck, Morgan Freeman, Philip Baker Hall
A nightmarish post–9/11 thriller from Tom Clancy, with Ben Affleck taking the place of Harrison Ford as CIA–man Jack Ryan, here hunting…

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