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Subgenre Sampler

 
Five FingersFive Fingers (2006)
Dir. Laurence Malkin
Feat. Ryan Phillippe, Laurence Fishburne, Colm Meaney
Hostage drama with a few surprises up its sleeve has Dutch pianist (Phillippe) on a charity trip to Morocco who gets abducted by Moroccan terrorists…
Infinite Justice Infinite Justice (2006)
Dir. Jamil Dehlavi
Feat. Kevin Collins, Raza Jaffrey
Following in the footsteps of A MIGHTY HEART, this vigorous political thriller inspired by the Daniel Pearl case follows an investigative journalist…
Inside ManInside Man (2006) Recommended
Dir. Spike Lee
Feat. Denzel Washington, Clive Owen, Jodie Foster
Proficient, personalised heist thriller from dir. Spike Lee (25TH HOUR) in which a smooth and cold super–crim (Owen) engineers the robbery of…
Out of the BlueOut of the Blue (Aramoana) (2006) Aro Favourite
Dir. Robert Sarkies
Feat. Karl Urban, Matthew Sunderland, Simon Ferry
A moving, uncomfortably harrowing account of New Zealand’s worst mass murder, bringing the trauma of 1990’s Aramoana massacre to the screen with…
Unit, The (TV Series)Unit, The (TV Series) (2006)
Dir. David Mamet, various
Feat. Dennis Haysbert, Scott Foley, Robert Patrick
The brainchild of David Mamet, this riveting black–ops suspenser serialises the daring assignments of a covert special forces team who, under…
UnknownUnknown (2006)
Dir. Simon Brand
Feat. Jim Caviezel, Greg Kinnear, Bridget Moynahan
Unbelievably twisty, indie hostage thriller in the tradition of RESERVOIR DOGS and The USUAL SUSPECTS. Five men awake bloody and beaten in a…
24 - Season 4 (TV Series)24 - Season 4 (TV Series) (2005)
Feat. Kiefer Sutherland, Elisha Cuthbert
Further episodes in this high–concept TV thriller, covering 24 hours of real time events (an hour per episode) with Kiefer Sutherland as lead…
HiddenHidden (Cache) (2005) Recommended
Dir. Michael Haneke
Feat. Daniel Auteuil, Juliette Binoche, Maurice Benichou
A disquieting modern thriller that pulls no punches, depositing a climate of terrorism and fear onto the lives of two French professionals and their…
HostageHostage (2005)
Dir. Florent Emilio Siri
Feat. Bruce Willis, Kevin Pollak, Jonathan Tucker
Bruce Willis negotiates familiar territory as a SWAT agent drawn into a messy siege in a high–security mansion, where three white–trash…
MunichMunich (2005) Recommended
Dir. Steven Spielberg
Feat. Eric Bana, Daniel Craig, Mathieu Kassovitz
Compelling, if occasionally muddily–overearnest thriller based around the aftermath of the massacre of 11 Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich…

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