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Hard Boiled (1992) Director: John Woo Writers:  John Woo (story), Barry Wong (screenplay), Gordon Chan (screenplay) Cast:  Chow Yun-Fat, Tony Chiu-Wai Leung, Teresa Mo, Phillip Chan, Phillip Chung-Fung Kwok, Anthony Chau-Sang Wong, Hoi-San Kwan, Wei Tung, Bowie Lam, Meng Lo, John Woo Synopsis: Inspector Tequila (Yun-Fat) is a hard-nosed Hong Kong detective who loses his partner in a shootout with a group of gun smugglers. The loss of his partner devastates the detective, who becomes focused on bringing the Triads to justice. However, his superior, Superintendant Pang (Chan), wants Tequila to back off the investigation because there's more going on than he realizes. Seeking only vengeance for his lost partner, Tequila ignores his orders and wages a one-man war against the Triads, during which he encounters Alan (Leung), a high-level Triad enforcer in the employ of the notorious Johnny Wong (Wong). The pair start as bitter rivals, but Tequila learns that there is more to Alan th...

The Princess Bride (1987) Director: Rob Reiner Writer:  William Goldman Cast:  Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin. Robin Wright, Chris Sarandon, Christopher Guest, Wallace Shawn, André the Giant, Fred Savage, Peter Falk, Peter Cook, Mel Smith, Carol Kane, Billy Crystal Synopsis: An elderly man (Falk) reads the book The Princess Bride  to his grandson (Savage), home sick with the flu. The book tells the story of Buttercup (Wright), a farm owner in the kingdom of Florin, who falls in love with Westley (Elwes), one of her hired hands. After Westley is killed while seeking his fortune, Buttercup agrees to marry Prince Humperdink (Sarandon), even though she does not love him. However, while enjoying a spirited horse ride early one morning, Buttercup is abducted by Vizzini (Shawn) and his associates Inigo (Patinkin) and Fezzik (André the Giant). The abduction was orchestrated to bring about a war between Florin and its rival Guilder. Things don't go according to plan, though, as the ki...

Get Carter (2000) Director:  Stephen Kay Writers:  Ted Lewis (novel), David McKenna (screenplay) Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Rachael Leigh Cook, Miranda Richardson, Rhona Mitra, Johnny Strong, John C. McGinley, Alan Cumming, Michael Caine, John Cassini, Mickey Rourke Synopsis: Vegas wiseguy Jack Carter (Stallone) returns home to Seattle for the funeral of his estranged brother, Richie, who died in an apparent car accident. After speaking with Richie's widow (Gloria) and his daughter Doreen (Leigh Cook), Jack believes that there was more to his brother's death than meets the eye. He soon learns that Richie's former employer Brumby (Caine), is linked to a porn and prostitution ring run by local lowlife Cyrus Pace (Rourke) and financed by software tycoon Jeremy Kinnear (Cumming) and that Richie was killed as a cover-up. To complicate matters, Jack's boss wants him to return to Vegas and sends his partner Con (McGinley) to bring him back. Violence ensues. First Impressions: I...