I've Totally Seen That Movie Before

Broken Arrow (1996) Director: John Woo Writer:  Graham Yost Cast:  John Travolta, Christian Slater, Samantha Mathis, Delroy Lindo, Bob Gunton, Frank Whaley, Howie Long, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Kurtwood Smith Synopsis: Air Force pilots Vic Deakins (Travolta) and Riley Hale (Slater) are sent on a training mission to fly a B-2 stealth bomber carrying two live nuclear missiles to test for radiation emissions over the Utah desert. When Deakins attempts to kill Hale as part of his plan to steal the nukes and ransom them back to the U.S. government for $250 million, the bomber crashes. During the struggle, the bombs are deployed and become lost in the desert. With the help of park ranger Abbey Carmichael (Mathis), Hale must disarm both bombs before Deakins can use them to blow up a large portion of the American Southwest. Violence ensues.  First Impressions: I don't think I caught this one in theaters, but I did watch it some months later on home video. At this point, I was already ...

Gladiator (2000) Director: Ridley Scott Writers: Dave Franzoni (story & screenplay),  John Logan (screenplay), William Nicholson (screenplay) Cast: Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Oliver Reed, Richard Harris, Derek Jacobi, Djimon Hounsou, David Scofield, Tomas Arana, Spencer Treat Clark, Tommy Flanagan, Ralf Moeller Synopsis: Hero of the Roman Empire General Maximus (Crowe) is chosen by the dying emperor, Marcus Aurelius (Harris), to lead Rome after his death and return power to the senate. Before the emperor's wishes can be made know, he is murdered by his son, Commodus (Phoenix), who orders the death of both Maximus and his family. The general escapes death but is sold into slavery and finds his way into the fighting pits of the outer provinces. Fueled by a desire for revenge, Maximus finds his way to Rome. Still, Commodus has grown powerful, and Maximus requires the assistance of the new emperor's sister, Lucila (Neilsen), to kill Commodus and restore the...

Predator (1987) Director:  John McTiernan Writer:  Jim Thomas, John Thomas Cast:  Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers, Kevin Peter Hall, Elipidia Carrillo, Bill Duke, Jesse Ventura, Sonny Landham, Richard Chaves, Shane Black Synopsis: A team of special forces ops., led by Major "Dutch" Schaefer (Schwarzenegger), are ordered to assist CIA agent Al Dillon (Weathers) on a mission to rescue potential survivors of a helicopter crash deep in the jungles of South America. Shortly after finding the chopper, Dutch discovers that he and his team were sent on the mission under false pretenses and are forced to deal with a group of well-armed rebels. However, the deception turns out to be the least of their problems, as they soon discover they are being hunted by an unknown entity. Violence ensues.  First Impressions: I missed this one in theaters because I was still a bit young when this film was released. However, I was able to catch it shortly afterward on home video at a fr...