Charismatic young stars Sean Patrick Flanery and Norman Reedus play two Irish brothers, Connor and Murphy, who believe themselves ordained by God to rid the world of evil men. Their first killing is in self-defense; but after that, they start killing with devotion, gunning down a summit of the Russian mafia. Willem Dafoe plays a gay FBI agent (he listens to opera while examining crime scenes) who knows what the boys are doing but feels that their vigilante tactics are necessary. There's not much plot to The Boondock Saints--it's mostly a series of violent scenes in which the boys are partially ingenious and partially lucky. The movie seems to want to provoke debate about vigilantism, but the scenario is too implausible to stir any real controversy. The peculiar mix of earnestness... Learn More
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With a core audience of gameboys and hot-rodders aged 25 and under, xXx: State of the Union is the kind of action movie that requires literally no thought to enjoy. With Vin Diesel's original character just killed in Bora Bora (for details, see the uncensored unrated director's cut of xXx), Ice Cube steps in to play bad-ass, and the whole franchise takes on a hip-hop edge that's almost admirably absurd. The asinine plot is anarchy in Washington, D.C., as an insanely hawkish Secretary of State (Willem Dafoe) plots a Capitol coup just as the President (Peter Strauss, playing it straight) is giving his state-of-the-union address. All of this is prefaced by Cube's recruitment as a former Navy SEAL turned new-xXx, escaping from jail (Dafoe's character put him there), hooking up... More Info About This DVD Actor(s): Ice Cube - Samuel L. Jackson - Willem Dafoe Director(s): Lee Tamahori DVD Release Date: Released the 26 July 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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With a core audience of gameboys and hot-rodders aged 25 and under, xXx: State of the Union is the kind of action movie that requires literally no thought to enjoy. With Vin Diesel's original character just killed in Bora Bora (for details, see the uncensored unrated director's cut of xXx), Ice Cube steps in to play bad-ass, and the whole franchise takes on a hip-hop edge that's almost admirably absurd. The asinine plot is anarchy in Washington, D.C., as an insanely hawkish Secretary of State (Willem Dafoe) plots a Capitol coup just as the President (Peter Strauss, playing it straight) is giving his state-of-the-union address. All of this is prefaced by Cube's recruitment as a former Navy SEAL turned new-xXx, escaping from jail (Dafoe's character put him there), hooking up... More Info About This DVD Actor(s): Ice Cube - Samuel L. Jackson - Willem Dafoe Director(s): Lee Tamahori DVD Release Date: Released the 26 July 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Most thrillers can be judged on their plots, but with The Clearing the plot is only a frame for three excellent performances. The story is driven by the kidnapping of a retired businessman (Robert Redford) by a former disgruntled employee (Willem Dafoe, Shadow of the Vampire). But while half of the movie follows these two men as they wend their way towards a cabin in the woods, the other half observes the businessman's wife (Helen Mirren, the Prime Suspect series) as she copes with both the kidnapping and the secrets it accidentally reveals. Redford and Dafoe play a skillful cat and mouse game as each tries to manipulate the other, but the movie's emotional core is Mirren, a superb actress who turns in yet another rich and layered performance. The emphasis on... More Info About This DVD Actor(s): Robert Redford - Helen Mirren - Willem Dafoe Director(s): Pieter Jan Brugge DVD Release Date: Released the 09 November 2004 Usually ships in 24 hours
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If your're going to set a movie in the 14th cenutry, you can't have brighly lit interiors. That's one thing wrong with "The Reckoning," a "Name of the Rose" wannabe without the mystery or research behind it. Notice the advances of medical science, rules of evidence at trial, and burial, exhumation and autopsy practices, all non-existent at the time. Also note the ultra-arty editing and camera angles quite at odds with the sense of period. If by the end you have figured out the backstory, which is key to plot and character, it's of little use to you then.
A rogue priest (Paut Bettany) joins some traveling actors who decide to create a real-life play about a deaf-mute woman convicted of murdering a teenage boy. In rehearsal and performance, they discover that she is innocent... More Info About This DVD Actor(s): Paul Bettany - Willem Dafoe Director(s): Paul McGuigan DVD Release Date: Released the 03 August 2004 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Winner of nine Academy Awards and almost every critic's heart, The English Patient (based on Michael Ondaatje's prizewinning novel of love and loss during World War II) is one of the most acclaimed films of modern times. Hana, a nurse, (Juliette Binoche) tends to an archaeologist (Ralph Fiennes) who has been burnt to a crisp in a plane crash. As their relationship intensifies, he flashes back to his overwhelming passion for a married woman (Kristin Scott Thomas). Meanwhile, Hana begins a new romance with a man who defuses bombs (Naveen Andrews) and Willem Dafoe almost steals the show as the thumbless thief Caravaggio. The intricately layered flashback narrative, sounding the depths of the lovers' hearts, improves with repeated viewings--especially with the sharp picture and digital... More Info About This DVD Actor(s): Ralph Fiennes - Juliette Binoche - Willem Dafoe - Kristin Scott Thomas Director(s): Anthony Minghella DVD Release Date: Released the 29 June 2004 Usually ships in 24 hours
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