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Subgenre Sampler
Quiet American, The (2002)
- Dir. Phillip Noyce
Feat. Michael Caine, Brendan Fraser, Rade Serbedzija - True to the spirit of Graham Greene’s novel, this cautionary tale of American interference in 50s French Vietnam is an involving,…
Red Dragon (2002)
- Dir. Brett Ratner
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Edward Norton, Ralph Fiennes… - Betraying the odds after the lackluster “Hannibal”, this accomplished ‘prequel’ based on Thomas Harris’ novel of the same name more than…
Reign of Fire (2002)- Dir. Rob Bowman
Feat. Christian Bale, Matthew McConaughey - Fire–breathing dragons are woken from their millennial slumbers by repairmen in the London Underground, and begin laying waste to the earth in…
Relative Evil (Ball in the House) (2002)- Dir. Tanya Wexler
Feat. Jonathan Tucker, Jennifer Tilly, David Strathairn… - Deceptively marketed as a kind of "wicked stepmother" thriller, this is instead a well–constructed, paranoid black comedy about a teenage…
Road To Perdition (2002)- Dir. Sam Mendes
Feat. Tom Hanks, Paul Newman, Jude Law… - Handsomely–mounted Chicago gangland flick that casts Tom Hanks against type as a mob hitman who becomes an ‘angel of vengeance’ after he is…
Salton Sea, The (2002)- Dir. D. J. Caruso
Feat. Val Kilmer, Vincent D'Onofrio, Adam Goldberg… - Striking thriller from the lowlife perspective of the methamphetamine trade, invigorated by performances of Val Kilmer and Vincent…
Savage Messiah (2002)- Dir. Mario Azzapardi
Feat. Luc Picard - Fact–based account of a cult leader who presides over a quasi–religious commune, which includes his eight wives and 26 children. Luc…
Shield, The (TV Series) (2002)- Feat. Michael Chiklis, Walton Goggins, C.C.H. Pounder…
- Daring police series with a controversially dark streak about an elite LAPD strike team that “knock down the doors that other cops don’t want…
Spider (2002)- Dir. David Cronenberg
Feat. Ralph Fiennes, Miranda Richardson, Gabriel Byrne… - One to relish for those with a taste acquired for the stark, uncompromising visions of David Cronenberg (CRASH, NAKED LUNCH, etc.), this is both…
Spooks - Season 1 (TV Series) (2002)- Feat. Matthew MacFadyen, Keeley Hawes, Peter Firth…
- Watchable and fast–paced teledrama set around the activites of Britain's official spy agency, MI5. Based around half a dozen characters in…
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