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The Bourne Identity

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The Bourne Identity (2002) Director:  Doug Liman Writers:  Tony Gilroy (screenplay), W. Blake Herron (screenplay), Robert Ludlum (novel) Cast:  Matt Damon, Franke Potente, Chris Cooper, Clive Owen, Brian Cox, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbale, Gabriel Mann, Walton Goggins, Julia Stiles, Orso Maria Guerrini, Tim Dutton Synopsis: When a group of fisherman recover a body at see still alive, the mystery man (Damon) has lost his memories, including who he is. The only clue to the man's identity is a small device surgically implanted in his hip that projects an account number for a bank in Zurich. The man makes his way to Switzerland and learns that his name is Jason Bourne but instead of finding more answers at the bank, he finds only more questions. After running into trouble at the U.S. Embassy, he partners up with Marie (Potente) who he convinces to drive him to Paris. Bourne soon begins to uncover more information about who he is, including that someone out there wants him dead. No...

The Shawshank Redemption

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The Shawshank Redemption (1994) Director:  Frank Darabont Writers: Stephen King (novel), Frank Darabont (screenplay) Cast:  Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, William Sadler, Clancy Brown, Gil Bellows, Mark Rolston, James Whitmore Synopsis: After the murder of his wife and her lover, Andy Dufrsene (Robbins) is sent to Shawshank Prison on two life sentences. While there he meets inmate Red (Freeman), who helps Andy keep his head above water for those first difficult years. Andy also catches the eye of Warden Norton (Gunton), who makes use of Andy's financial acumen. At first, he's used to help the guards and prison staff with their income tax, but later Norton drafts Andy into doing more nefarious work such as money laundering. Helping the Warden with his schemes offered Andy a certain amount of ease within the prison but he still seeks to prove his innocence.  First Impressions: I didn't see this one in theaters but, to be fair, no one really did. Like many movies o...

The Punisher

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The Punisher (2004) Director: Jonathan Hensleigh Writers:  Jonathan Hensleigh, Michael France Cast: Thomas Jane, John Travolta, Will Patton, Samantha Mathis, Laura Harring, A. Russell Andrews, Omar Avila, James Carpinello, Mark Collie, Ben Foster, Eddie Jemison, Kevin Nash, John Pinette. Rebecca Romijn, Roy Scheider Synopsis: Frank Castle (Jane) is an FBI agent who's set for one last undercover operation before he retires and takes up desk job. One of the targets of the sting, Bobby Saint (Carpinello), is inadvertently killed during the operation, drawing the attention of his gangster father Howard Saint (Travolta). Saint uses his connections to find out that Castle was leading the operation that led to his son's death. He sends his men to kill not just Castle, but his entire family, during a reunion in Puerto Rico. However, Saint's men couldn't quite finish the job and Castle somehow survives the assault. Haunted by the memories of his murdered family, Castle plots his...