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Subgenre Sampler

 
RollerballRollerball (2001)
Dir. John McTiernan
Feat. Jean Reno, Chris Klein, LL Cool J
Now–notorious flop ‘remake’ of the James Caan original, set around the violent futuristic game of the title (kind of a cross between…
Rush Hour 2Rush Hour 2 (2001)
Dir. Brett Ratner
Feat. Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, John Lone
Sturdy followup to the action–comedy pairing of Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker, as LAPD cops on the trail of Triad boss John Lone, Chan’s…
Score, TheScore, The (2001)
Dir. Frank Oz
Feat. Marlon Brando, Robert De Niro, Edward Norton
Slick but perfunctory caper–comedy with Marlon Brando luring heist–specialist Robert De Niro into a ‘big score’ with Edward…
ShowtimeShowtime (2001)
Dir. Tom Dey
Feat. Robert De Niro, Eddie Murphy, William Shatner
Rehashing 48HRS with 15 MINUTES, this works reasonably hard to inject new pizzazz into the cop buddy–movie, with old–hand Robert De Niro…
SwordfishSwordfish (2001)
Dir. Dominic Sena
Feat. John Travolta, Halle Berry, Hugh Jackman
Slick and stupid action–thriller in the post–Bruckheimer mould, teaming Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry and John Travolta for a bank job (with…
The Lord of the Rings TrilogyThe Lord of the Rings Trilogy (The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King) (2001-2003)
Dir. Peter Jackson
A set of all three parts of Peter Jackson's monumental adapation of JRR Tolkien's fantasy epic, in their original cinema release versions: The…
TigerlandTigerland (2001)
Dir. Joel Schumacher
Feat. Colin Farrell, Clifton Collins Jr., Matthew Davis
The dir. of recent Hollywood gloss forsakes stars for a gritty, admired character piece set in a Vietnam War–bootcamp in Louisiana, 1971.…
UprisingUprising (2001)
Dir. Jon Avnet
Feat. Leelee Sobieski, Hank Azaria, David Schwimmer
An above–par telemovie that depicts the clearing of the Warsaw Ghetto during WWII by the Nazis. Treading similiar territory to SCHINDLER'S…
VersusVersus (2001)
Dir. Ryuhei Kitamura
Feat. Tak Sakaguchi, Kenji Matsuda
The zombie genre is resurrected yet again, here spliced with Asian combat routines and punk–gangster gunplay, and set in the local woods on an…
Volcano HighVolcano High (Whasango) (2001)
Dir. Tae-gyun Kim
Wildly action–packed Korean thriller, set in a future high–school where combat–trained, telekinetic students and staff slug it out…

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