Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Ronin (1997)- Dir. John Frankenheimer
Feat. Robert De Niro, Jean Reno, Natascha McElhone… - Perfunctory caper round the grey streets of Paris stuffs as much car–chasing and other cliches as possible into its baggy plot concerning…
Saint, The (1997)- Dir. Phillip Noyce
Feat. Val Kilmer, Elisabeth Shue, Rade Serbedzija… - Val Kilmer's reincarnation of 'The Saint' only vaguely resembles the original character played by Roger Moore and Iain Ogilvy. There is considerable…
Seven Years in Tibet (1997)- Dir. Jean-Jacques Annaud
Feat. Brad Pitt, David Thewlis - On the eve of WWII, Austrian nationalist Heinrich Harrer (Brad Pitt) embarks on a mountain–climbing odyssey in the Himalayas, where he is…
Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997)- Dir. Jan De Bont
Feat. Jason Patric, Sandra Bullock, Temuera Morrison - SPEED–on–water is everything the first one isn't – derivative, soulless, slackly plotted, and unintentionally funny. Also, Keanu…
Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)- Dir. Roger Spottiswoode
Feat. Pierce Brosnan, Jonathan Pryce, Michelle Yeoh… - Pierce Brosnan is back for a second round as 007, this time embroiled in the war–waging activities of an unscrupulous media baron (Jonathan…
Vanishing Point (1997)- Dir. Charles Robert Carner
Feat. Viggo Mortensen, Christine Elise, Steve Railsback… - Made–for–TV reprise of the 1971 transcontinental driving classic, with the chiselled Mortensen taking the mad dog role of Kowalski, now a…
Volcano (1997)- Dir. Mick Jackson
Feat. Tommy Lee Jones, Anne Heche - A film that presupposes that LA sits on top of a load of steaming bile. A Heston–esque Tommy Lee Jones reigns in the non–stop disasters…
Young Thugs - Innocent Blood (1997)- Dir. Takashi Miike
Feat. Naoto Takenaka - Gangster shenanigans with cult dir. Takashi, this time taking a more measured approach to the story of four young friends who drift together and…
Andersonville (TV Mini-series) (1996)- Dir. John Frankenheimer
Feat. Frederic Forrest, Ted Marcoux, Jarrod Emick - TV western set during the American Civil War, about a group of Union soldiers who are sent to a Confederate prison camp near Andersonville, Georgia…
Blade, The (1996)- Dir. Tsui Hark
Feat. Xin Xin Xiong, Moses Chan, Man Cheuk Chiu - Honour and retribution are the key themes in this densely–plotted, straight–faced actioner set in a mythic–historical setting.…
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