| MOVIE TITLE | RELEASE DATE |
| 01. “Virtuosity” | August 4, 1995 |
| STARRING: |
| •Denzel Washington as Lieutenant Parker Barnes, who was imprisoned after killing a man who killed his family •Russell Crowe as SID 6.7, a virtual reality entity who later becomes a regenerating android •Kelly Lynch as Dr. Madison Carter, a criminal psychologist who teams with Barnes to understand SID's behavior •Stephen Spinella as Dr. Darrel Lindenmeyer, who created SID 6.7 and Sheila 3.2 •William Forsythe as Chief Billy Cochran •Louise Fletcher as Commissioner Elizabeth Deane •William Fichtner as William Wallace •Costas Mandylor as John Donovan •Kevin J. O'Connor as Clyde Reilly •Kaley Cuoco as Karin Carter, Madison's daughter •Christopher Murray as Matthew Grimes •Mari Morrow as Linda Barnes •Johnny Kim as Lab Tech •Heidi Schanz as Sheila 3.2v •Traci Lords as Media Zone singer •Gordon Jennison Noice as 'Big Red' •Michael Buffer as Emcee |
| SYNOPSIS: |
| In Los Angeles, Parker Barnes is a former police officer imprisoned for killing political terrorist Matthew Grimes, who killed Parker's wife and daughter. Barnes killed Grimes but also accidentally shot two news reporters in the process and was sentenced to 17 years to life. In the year 1999, Barnes and John Donovan are testing a virtual reality system designed for training police officers. The two are tracking down a serial killer named SID 6.7 at a restaurant in virtual reality. SID (short for Sadistic, Intelligent, Dangerous, a VR amalgam of the most violent serial killers throughout history) causes Donovan to go into shock, killing him. The director overseeing the project orders the programmer in charge of creating SID, Dr. Darrel Lindenmeyer, to shut down the project with Commissioner Elizabeth Deane and her associate, William Wallace, as his witnesses. Following a fight with another prisoner, Big Red, Barnes meets with criminal psychologist Dr. Madison Carter. Meanwhile, Lindenmeyer informs SID that he is about to be shut down because Donovan's death was caused when SID disabled the fail-safes. At SID's suggestion, Lindenmeyer convinces another employee, Clyde Reilly, that a sexually-compliant virtual reality model, Sheila 3.2, another project created by Lindenmeyer, can be brought to life in a synthetically grown android body. Lindenmeyer replaces the Sheila 3.2 module with the SID 6.7 module. Now processed into the real world, SID 6.7 kills Reilly. Once word gets out of SID being in the real world, Deane and Los Angeles Police Department Chief William Cochran offer Barnes a deal: if he catches SID and brings him back to virtual reality, he will be pardoned. Barnes agrees, and with help from Carter they discover that Matthew Grimes, the terrorist who killed Barnes's wife and daughter, is a part of SID 6.7's personality profile. After killing a family along with a group of security guards, SID heads over to the Media Zone, a local nightclub, where he takes hostages. Barnes and Carter go to the nightclub to stop him, but SID escapes. The next day, SID begins a killing spree at the Los Angeles Olympic Auditorium. Barnes arrives at the Stadium to capture SID, and finds him on a train, where another hostage is being held by SID. Barnes seemingly kills the hostage in front of horrified witnesses and is sent back to prison. Having caught up with Barnes after the incident, Carter tries to prove Barnes's innocence, but Barnes is freed from his prisoner transport by SID, who once again escapes. Wallace and Deane are about to have Barnes terminated via a fail-safe transmitter implanted in his body but Cochran destroys the system after learning from Carter that Barnes didn't kill the hostage on the train. SID kidnaps Carter's daughter Karin and takes over a television studio. Lindenmeyer, having come out of hiding, sees what SID is doing and is impressed, but is captured by Carter. After a fight on the roof of the studio Barnes ultimately destroys SID's body but is unable to learn where he hid Karin. They place SID back in VR to trick the location out of him which proves to be one of the fan enclosures on the studio roof. When SID discovers that he is back in virtual reality he goes into a rage. Cochran lets Carter out of VR, but Lindenmeyer kills Cochran before he can release Barnes. Barnes starts to go into the same shock that Donovan suffered, but Carter kills Lindenmeyer, and saves Barnes. Barnes and Carter return to the building that SID took over in the real world and save Karin from a booby trap set up by SID that's similar to the one that killed Barnes' family. After Karin is saved, Barnes destroys the SID 6.7 module. |
| MOVIE TITLE | RELEASE DATE |
| 02. “Courage Under Fire” | July 12, 1996 |
| STARRING: |
| •Denzel Washington as Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel Serling •Meg Ryan as Captain Karen Emma Walden •Lou Diamond Phillips as Staff Sergeant John Monfriez •Matt Damon as Specialist Andrew Ilario •Bronson Pinchot as Bruno, a White House aide •Seth Gilliam as Sergeant Steven Altameyer •Regina Taylor as Meredith Serling •Michael Moriarty as Brigadier General Hershberg • Željko Ivanek as Captain Ben Banacek •Scott Glenn as Tony Gartner, a Washington Post reporter and Vietnam veteran •Tim Guinee as Warrant Officer One A. Rady •Tim Ransom as Captain Boylar •Sean Astin as Private Patella •Ned Vaughn as First Lieutenant Chelli •Sean Patrick Thomas as Sergeant Thompson •Manny Pérez as Jenkins •Ken Jenkins as Joel Walden •Kathleen Widdoes as Geraldine Walden •Christina Stojanovich as Anne Marie Walden •Tom Schanley as Questioner •Korey Coleman as Radio operator •David McSwain as Sergeant Egan Members of the Corps of Cadets of Texas A&M University were cast as soldiers in the basic training scenes. |
| SYNOPSIS: |
| While serving in the Persian Gulf War, Lieutenant Colonel Serling accidentally destroys one of his own tanks during a confusing nighttime battle, killing his friend, Captain Boylar. The United States Army covers up the details and transfers Serling to a desk job. Later, Serling is assigned to determine if Captain Karen Emma Walden should be the first woman to receive (posthumously) the Medal of Honor. She was the commander of a Medevac Huey helicopter sent to rescue the crew of a shot-down Black Hawk helicopter. When Walden encountered a T-54 enemy tank, her crew destroyed it by dropping a fuel bladder onto the tank and igniting it with a flare gun. However, her own helicopter was shot down soon after. The two crews were unable to join forces, and when the survivors were rescued the next day, Walden was reported dead. Serling notices inconsistencies among the testimonies of Walden's crew. Specialist Andrew Ilario, the medic, praises Walden strongly. However, Staff Sergeant John Monfriez claims that Walden was a coward and that he led the crew in combat and improvised the fuel bladder weapon. Sergeant Altameyer, who is dying in a hospital, complains about a fire. Warrant Officer One Rady, the co-pilot, was injured early on and unconscious throughout. Furthermore, the crew of the Black Hawk claim that they heard firing from an M16, but Ilario and Monfriez claim it was out of ammo. Serling is under pressure from the White House and his commander, Brigadier General Hershberg, to wrap things up quickly. To prevent another cover-up, Serling leaks the story to newspaper reporter Tony Gartner. When Serling grills Monfriez during a car ride, Monfriez forces him to get out of the vehicle at gunpoint, then commits suicide by driving into an oncoming train. Serling tracks Ilario down, and Ilario finally tells him the truth. Monfriez wanted to flee, which would mean abandoning Rady. When Walden refused, he pulled a gun on her and Walden threatened him with a court martial for mutiny. Walden then shot an enemy who suddenly appeared behind Monfriez, but Monfriez thought Walden was firing at him and shot her in the stomach, before backing off. The next morning, the enemy attacked again as a rescue party approached. Walden covered her men's retreat, firing an M16. However, Monfriez told the rescuers that Walden was dead, so they left without her. Napalm was then dropped on the entire area. Altameyer tried to expose Monfriez's lie at the time, but was too injured to speak, and Ilario remained silent, scared of the court-martial Walden had threatened them with. Serling presents his final report to Hershberg. Walden's young daughter receives the Medal of Honor at a White House ceremony. Later, Serling tells the truth to the Boylars about the manner of their son's death and says he cannot ask for forgiveness. The Boylars forgive him and tell him he must release his burden at some point. In the last moments, Serling has a flashback of when he was standing by Boylar's destroyed tank and a medevac Huey was lifting off with his friend's body. Serling suddenly realizes Walden was the pilot. |
| MOVIE TITLE | RELEASE DATE |
| 03. “The Siege” | November 6, 1998 |
| STARRING: |
| •Denzel Washington as FBI Assistant Special Agent in Charge Anthony 'Hub' Hubbard •Annette Bening as CIA Operative Sharon Bridger / Elise Kraft •Bruce Willis as U.S. Army General William Devereaux •Tony Shalhoub as FBI Special Agent Frank Haddad •Aasif Mandvi as Khalil Saleh •Amro Salama as Tariq Husseini •Sami Bouajila as Samir Nazhde •Ahmed Ben Larby as Sheik Akhmed Bin Talal •Lianna Pai as FBI Agent Tina Osu •Mark Valley as FBI Agent Mike Johanssen •David Proval as FBI Agent Danny Sussman •Lance Reddick as FBI Agent Floyd Rose •Lisa Lynn Masters as Reporter |
| SYNOPSIS: |
| FBI Special Agent Anthony Hubbard and his Lebanese American partner Frank Haddad intervene at the hijacking of a bus fully loaded with passengers, which contains an explosive device. The bomb turns out to be a paint bomb and the terrorists escape. The FBI receives demands to release Sheikh Ahmed bin Talal, a suspect in an earlier bombing. Hubbard eventually comes into conflict with Central Intelligence Agency operative Elise Kraft as he takes a terrorist suspect into custody and arrests Kraft. Later, another terrorist threat is made and a Metropolitan Transportation Authority bus is bombed. FBI captures a man named Samir Nazhde, who admits to signing the visa application of one of the suicide bombers in the course of signing many applications for student visas in his job as a lecturer. However, Kraft insists that Samir is not a terrorist and that his continued freedom is vital to the investigation. The terrorist incidents escalate with the bombing of a bus and a crowded theater and hostage-situation at an elementary school, and culminate in the destruction of One Federal Plaza, the location of the FBI's New York City field office, with over 600 casualties. In spite of objections, the President of the United States declares martial law and the United States Army's 101st Airborne Division, under General William Devereaux, occupies and seals off Brooklyn in an effort to locate the remaining terrorist cells. Subsequently, all young men of Arab descent, including Haddad's son Frank Jr., are rounded up and detained in Downing Stadium. Haddad resigns in outrage. New Yorkers stage violent demonstrations against the Army and the profiling of the Arabs; the Army fights to maintain control. There are reports of Army killings. Hubbard and Kraft, now revealed to be an intelligence operative named Sharon Bridger, continue their investigation and capture a suspect, Tariq Husseini. Devereaux's men torture and kill Husseini in the course of the interrogation. Afterward, Bridger tells Hubbard that Husseini revealed nothing of value because of the principle of compartmentalized information. Sickened, she finally admits that she herself provided training and support to militants opposed to Saddam Hussein's regime, working with Samir to recruit and train the followers of the Sheikh. After the U.S. cut their funding and left them exposed, she took pity on the few of them who had not yet been slaughtered by Hussein's forces, and arranged for them to escape to the United States, ultimately leading to the present situation as they turn their bomb making and covert skills on the country that now holds their leader. She and Hubbard compel Samir to arrange a meeting with the final terrorist cell. Hubbard convinces Haddad to return to the FBI. A multi-ethnic peace march demonstrates against the occupation of Brooklyn. As the march is getting under way Hubbard and Haddad arrive at the meeting place, but Bridger and Samir have already left. Samir reveals to Bridger that he constitutes the final cell while in another sense he says, "there will never be a last cell." He straps a bomb to his body which he intends to detonate among the marchers. Hubbard and Haddad arrive in time to prevent him from leaving a bath house, but Samir shoots Bridger in the stomach as she struggles to stop him. Hubbard and Haddad kill Samir but despite their best efforts the pair can only watch as Bridger succumbs to her wound after managing to recite certain lines of the second half of the Lord's Prayer and concluding with "Inshallah" - the Arabic phrase "God Willing". Hubbard, Haddad, and their team raid Devereaux's headquarters to make an arrest for the torture and murder of Husseini. Deveraux insists that under the War Powers Resolution the authority vested in himself by the President supersedes that of the court which issued the arrest warrant. He then commands his soldiers to aim their assault rifles at the agents, resulting in a Mexican standoff. Hubbard reminds Devereaux that the civil liberties and human rights which he took from Husseini are what all his predecessors have fought and died for. Devereaux finally submits and is arrested. Martial law ends and the detainees, including Haddad's son, are given their freedom. |
| MOVIE TITLE | RELEASE DATE |
| 04. “The Hurricane” | September 17, 1999 |
| STARRING: |
| •Denzel Washington as Rubin 'The Hurricane' Carter •Vicellous Reon Shannon as Lesra Martin •Deborah Kara Unger as Lisa Peters •Liev Schreiber as Sam Chaiton •John Hannah as Terry Swinton •Dan Hedaya as Sergeant Della Pesca, based on Vincent DeSimone •Debbi Morgan as Mae Thelma Carter •Clancy Brown as Lieutenant Jimmy Williams •David Paymer as Myron Beldock •Harris Yulin as Leon Friedman •Rod Steiger as Judge H. Lee Sarokin •Vincent Pastore as Alfred Bello •George T. Odom as Ed 'Big Ed' •Beatrice Winde as Louise Cockersham •Badja Djola as Mobutu |
| SYNOPSIS: |
| The film tells the story of middleweight boxer Rubin "The Hurricane" Carter, who was wrongfully convicted of committing a triple murder in a bar in Paterson, New Jersey. His sentence was set aside after he had spent nearly 20 years in prison. The film concentrates on Rubin Carter's life between 1966 and 1985. It describes his fight against the conviction for triple murder and how he copes with nearly 20 years in prison. A parallel plot follows Lesra Martin, an underprivileged Afro-American youth from Brooklyn, now living in Toronto. In the 1980s, the child becomes interested in Carter's life and circumstances after reading Carter's autobiography. He convinces his Canadian foster family to commit themselves to Carter's case. The story culminates with Carter's legal team's successful pleas to Judge H. Lee Sarokin of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. In 1966, Rubin "The Hurricane" Carter was a top-ranked middleweight boxer, expected by many fans to become the world's greatest boxing champion. When three victims, specifically the club's bartender and a male and a female customer, were shot to death in a bar in Paterson, New Jersey, Carter and his friend John Artis, driving home from another club in Paterson, were stopped and interrogated by the police. Although the police asserted that Carter and Artis were innocent and thus, "were never suspects," a man named Alfred Bello, a suspect himself in the killings, claimed that Carter and Artis were present at the time of the murders. On the basis of Bello's testimony, Carter and Artis were convicted of the triple homicide in the club, and Carter was given three consecutive life sentences. Throughout the trial, Carter proclaimed his innocence, claiming that his race, his boxing career and status and his work as a civil rights activist were the real reasons for his conviction. Eight years later, Bello and a co-suspect, Arthur Bradley, who also claimed that Carter was present at the scene of the crimes, renounced and recanted their testimony. However, Carter and Artis were convicted once again. Afterwards, the plot goes back to Lesra Martin, who works with a trio of Canadian activists to push the State of New Jersey to reexamine Carter's case. In 1985, a Federal District Court ruled that the prosecution in Carter's second trial committed "grave constitutional violations" and that his conviction was based on racism rather than facts. As a result, Carter and later Artis were finally freed. Outside following the verdict, Carter summed up his story by saying, "Hate got me into this place, love got me out." |
| MOVIE TITLE | RELEASE DATE |
| 05. “Remember the Titans” | September 29, 2000 |
| STARRING: |
| •Denzel Washington as Herman Boone •Will Patton as Bill Yoast •Wood Harris as Julius Campbell •Ryan Hurst as Gerry Bertier •Donald Faison as Petey Jones •Craig Kirkwood as Jerry "Rev" Harris •Ethan Suplee as Louie Lastik •Kip Pardue as Ronnie "Sunshine" Bass •Hayden Panettiere as Sheryl Yoast •Ryan Gosling as Alan Bosley •Burgess Jenkins as Ray Budds •Nicole Ari Parker as Carol Boone •Kate Bosworth as Emma Hoyt •Earl C. Poitier as Darryl "Blue" Stanton •Neal Ghant as Frankie Glascoe |
| SYNOPSIS: |
| In 1981, a group of former football coaches and players attend a funeral for an unnamed person. Nearly ten years earlier in the summer of 1971, head coach Bill Yoast of the newly integrated T. C. Williams High School in Alexandria, Virginia, is leading his white players in summer workouts. He is informed that Herman Boone, a black head coach originally hired to coach the city's black high school football team, has been assigned to his coaching staff instead. Then, in an attempt to placate rising racial tensions and the fact that, despite the abolition of racial segregation in public schools, (all other high schools are "white only") the school district decides to name Boone the head coach. He refuses, believing it is unfair to Yoast, a successful coach who is nominated to the Virginia High School Hall of Fame, but relents after seeing what it means to the black community. When Yoast tells his white players that he will accept a head coach position elsewhere, they pledge to boycott the team if he is not their coach. Dismayed at the prospect of the students losing their chances at scholarships, Yoast changes his mind and accepts Boone's offer to serve as his defensive coordinator. Boone holds his first team meeting with mostly black students in the school gymnasium but is interrupted by the arrival of Yoast and several white students. Yoast accepts Boone's offer to work under him, but Boone warns Yoast that it is his team and he will not tolerate Yoast undermining him. On August 15, the players journey to Gettysburg College for training camp. Early on, the black and white team members frequently clash in racially-motivated conflicts, including that between captains Gerry Bertier and Julius Campbell. However, through forceful coaching, rigorous training, and a motivational early-morning run to the Gettysburg National Cemetery followed by an emotional speech by Boone, the team comes together and returns as a united group. Before their first game, Boone is told by a member of the school board that if he loses even a single game, he will be dismissed. Subsequently, the Titans go through the season undefeated while battling racial prejudice and slowly gaining support from the community. Just before the state semi-finals, Yoast is told by the chairman of the school board that they have arranged for the Titans to lose so that Boone will be dismissed and Yoast reinstated as head coach. During the game, the referees make several biased calls against the Titans. Upon seeing the chairman and other board members in the audience looking on with satisfaction, Yoast marches onto the field to warn the head referee that if the game is not officiated fairly, he will expose the scandal to the press. After this, the Titans shut out their opponents and advance to the state championship, but Yoast is told by the infuriated chairman that his actions in saving Boone's job have resulted in the loss of his Hall of Fame nomination. That night, while celebrating the victory, Gerry is severely injured in a car accident and is paralyzed from the waist down. Despite the loss of the All-American linebacker, the team mounts a comeback in the fourth quarter of the state championship and wins the title. Ten years later, Gerry dies in another car crash caused by a drunk driver after having won the gold medal in shot put in the Paralympic Games. It is his funeral the former football coaches and players were attending in the opening scene. Julius, holding the hand of Bertier's mother, leads the team in a mournful rendition of "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye". In the epilogue, descriptions show the players' and coaches' activities after the events in 1971. Coach Boone coached the Titans for five more seasons before retirement, while Coach Yoast assisted Boone for four more years, retiring from coaching in 1990; the two coaches became good friends. After Gerry's death, the gymnasium at T.C. Williams High was renamed after him. Julius would work for the city of Alexandria and remain friends with Gerry until his death. |
| MOVIE TITLE | RELEASE DATE |
| 06. “Training Day” | October 5, 2001 |
| STARRING: |
| •Denzel Washington as Alonzo (LAPD) •Ethan Hawke as Jake (LAPD) •Scott Glenn as Roger •Tom Berenger as Stan Gursky (LAPD) •Harris Yulin as Doug Rosselli (LAPD) •Raymond J. Barry as Lou Jacobs (LAPD) •Cliff Curtis as Smiley •Dr. Dre as Paul (LAPD) •Snoop Dogg as Blue •Macy Gray as Sandman's wife •Charlotte Ayanna as Lisa •Eva Mendes as Sara •Nick Chinlund as Tim •Jaime P. Gomez as Mark (LAPD) •Raymond Cruz as Sniper •Noel Gugliemi as Moreno |
| SYNOPSIS: |
| Ambitious Los Angeles Police Department Officer Jake Hoyt is up for promotion and is assigned to Detective Alonzo Harris, a highly decorated narcotics officer, for a one-day evaluation. Driving around in Alonzo's Monte Carlo, they begin the day by catching some college kids buying marijuana. Alonzo confiscates the drugs, puts it into a pipe and tells Jake to smoke it. When Jake refuses, Alonzo threatens him at gunpoint, stating that refusing like this while on the streets would get him killed. Jake smokes the pipe, and Alonzo smiles, telling him that it was laced with PCP. After paying a visit to Roger, an ex-cop turned drug dealer, Jake notices a pair of addicts attempting to rape a teenage girl in an alley. Jake intervenes while Alonzo watches. After the girl leaves and Alonzo scares the addicts off, Jake finds the girl's wallet on the ground and retrieves it. Later, Alonzo and Jake apprehend a dealer named Blue, finding crack rocks and a loaded handgun on him. Rather than go to jail, Blue informs on his employer Kevin "Sandman" Miller, who is in prison. Using a fake search warrant, Alonzo steals $40,000 from Sandman's home. At lunch, the two visit Alonzo's mistress Sara and their young son. Alonzo then meets with a trio of corrupt high-ranking police officials he dubs the "Three Wise Men." Aware that the Russian mafia is hunting Alonzo over a large unpaid debt, they suggest that he skip town. Alonzo insists he has control of the situation and trades the $40,000 for an arrest warrant. Using the warrant, Alonzo, Jake, and four other narcotics officers return to Roger's house and seize $4 million, a quarter of which Alonzo keeps. Alonzo shoots and kills Roger when Jake refuses, staging the scene with his men to make the shooting look justified. Infuriated, Jake gets into a Mexican standoff with the corrupt officers. However, Alonzo, having planned the day's events, has a trump card: a routine post-incident blood test will flag the PCP-laced cannabis Jake smoked earlier and end his career. Alonzo promises to protect Jake for his cooperation, and Jake is forced to comply. Later that evening, Alonzo drives Jake to the home of a Sureños gangster named "Smiley" for an errand. Jake reluctantly plays poker with Smiley and his fellow gang members as he waits for Alonzo. As they talk, Smiley reveals Alonzo's situation: by midnight, Alonzo must pay $1 million to the Russians for killing one of their men in Las Vegas, or be killed himself. Realizing that Alonzo abandoned him and has paid Smiley to kill him, Jake attempts to flee but is beaten and dragged to the bathroom to be executed. Before they can kill Jake, a gang member searches him for money and finds the wallet of the teenage girl, who happens to be Smiley's cousin. After calling his cousin and confirming that Jake saved her, Smiley releases Jake out of gratitude. Jake returns to Sara's apartment to arrest Alonzo just as he is leaving to pay the Russians with Roger's money. A gunfight and chase ensue, and Alonzo is eventually subdued on the street while the entire neighborhood gathers to watch. Alonzo offers money to whoever kills Jake - to no avail. Jake takes the stolen cash to submit as criminal evidence against Alonzo and the neighborhood gang allows him to leave safely. Enraged, Alonzo threatens to retaliate against the gang members, but they ignore him and walk away unimpressed. Alonzo flees for Los Angeles International Airport, but he is ambushed and gunned down by the Russians. Jake returns home as the press reports on Alonzo's death. |
| MOVIE TITLE | RELEASE DATE |
| 07. “John Q.” | February 15, 2002 |
| STARRING: |
| •Denzel Washington as John Quincy Archibald •Kimberly Elise as Denise Archibald •Daniel E. Smith as Michael "Mike" Archibald •James Woods as Dr. Raymond Turner •Anne Heche as Rebecca Payne •Robert Duvall as Lt. Frank Grimes •Ray Liotta as Chief Gus Monroe •Eddie Griffin as Lester Matthews •Shawn Hatosy as Mitch Quigley •David Thornton as Jimmy Palumbo •Laura Harring as Gina Palumbo •Ethan Suplee as Guard Max Conlin •Kevin Connolly as Steve Maguire •Paul Johansson as Tuck Lampley •Heather Wahlquist as Julie Byrd •Troy Beyer as Miriam Smith •Troy Winbush as Steve Smith •Obba Babatundé as Sgt. Moody •Larissa Laskin as Dr. Ellen Klein •Dina Waters as Debby Utley •Martha Chaves as Rosa Gonzales •Keram Malicki-Sánchez as Freddy B. •Vanessa Branch as Nurse •Stephanie Moore as Admitting Nurse •Gabriela Oltean as Beautiful BMW Driver •Jay Leno as himself •Larry King as himself •Ted Demme as himself •Gloria Allred as herself •Nas as himself •Bill Maher as himself •Arianna Huffington as herself |
| SYNOPSIS: |
| A young woman driving recklessly on a freeway is killed in a collision with a truck. Weeks earlier in Chicago, factory worker John Quincy Archibald and his wife Denise are behind with their house and car payments. One day after church, they rush their young son Michael to the hospital after he collapses at his baseball game, and are told by cardiologist Dr. Raymond Turner and administrator Rebecca Payne that Michael needs a heart transplant or he will die. John and Denise have only $1,000 in savings, and they are informed that the hospital requires a $75,000 down payment of the procedure's $250,000 cost simply to place Michael on the organ transplant list. To make matters worse, John discovers that his work's health insurance will not cover the surgery. John and Denise struggle to raise the money and the hospital prepares to send Michael home to die when the couple exhausts all their opportunities and they still come up short. Determined to save his son, John takes Dr. Turner and several patients and staff hostage at gunpoint in the ER. Police negotiator Lt. Frank Grimes makes contact with John, who demands that Payne put Michael's name on the organ transplant list. Grimes clashes with his superior Chief Gus Monroe, while most of the hostages sympathize with John's plight and reflect on the flaws of America's healthcare system. One of the nurses even reveals that Michael's condition could have been detected much earlier during routine checkups, but the doctor stayed silent about doing additional testing for it to get bonuses from insurance company in exchange for helping maintain their profit. After agreeing to release some of the patients, John is attacked by hostage Mitch, whose abused girlfriend Julie helps John subdue and handcuff him. John frees expectant couple Steve and Miriam and immigrant mother Rosa with her infant son, who all declare their support for John to the news crews outside. Grimes and Payne reveal John's actions to Denise, and Payne places Michael on the list to perform the operation pro bono. Overriding Grimes, Monroe has a SWAT sniper enter the ER via an air shaft, luring John into the line of fire with a phone call from Denise. John speaks with Michael as his condition worsens, while a news crew hacks the police surveillance feed and broadcasts John's conversation with his family. John discovers the hacked news footage just as the sniper fires, wounding him in the shoulder. John overpowers the sniper and uses him as a human shield as he reiterates his demands in front of a cheering crowd. As night falls, Michael is removed from the ICU and brought to the ER in exchange for the sniper's release, while Denise waits at the police command post along with her and John's friends Jimmy and Gina Palumbo. John reveals his intention to die by suicide to save Michael with his own heart, and also reveals that his gun was empty all along. He persuades Turner to perform the operation, and Julie and security guard Max bear witness to John's impromptu will. He says his goodbyes to Michael, and prepares to end his own life using the only bullet he brought, when Denise brings news that the heart of a recently deceased organ donor - the motorist from the beginning of the film - is on the way. Once the heart arrives, John releases the hostages, including patient Lester, who surrenders to police posing as John. John, posing as a surgeon, accompanies Michael to the operating room where Grimes, who noticed the switch, allows him to watch Michael's operation before arresting him. Three months later, John's actions have sparked national debate about healthcare, and in court his family, friends and all the hostages testify on his behalf at trial. John is ultimately acquitted of attempted murder and armed criminal action, but convicted of kidnapping and false imprisonment. His lawyer assures him that he will likely serve no more than two years. As John is escorted from the courthouse, Lester proclaims him as a hero, and a now-healthy Michael gains eye contact with his father, saying "Dad!" and then, "Thank you". |
| MOVIE TITLE | RELEASE DATE |
| 08. “Out of Time” | October 3, 2003 |
| STARRING: |
| •Denzel Washington as Mathias "Matt" Lee Whitlock •Eva Mendes as Alex Diaz-Whitlock •Sanaa Lathan as Ann Merai-Harrison •Dean Cain as Chris Harrison •John Billingsley as Chae •Robert Baker as Tony Dalton •Alex Carter as Paul Cabot •Antoni Corone as Officer Baste •Terry Loughlin as Agent Stark •Nora Dunn as Dr. Donovan •James Murtaugh as Dr. Frieland •O. L. Duke as Detective Bronze |
| SYNOPSIS: |
| Mathias "Matt" Lee Whitlock is the respected Chief of Police of the small Florida Keys town of Banyan Key. Recently separated, Whitlock is currently seeing local resident Ann Merai-Harrison, an old flame from high school whose husband Chris, a former professional quarterback seemingly oblivious to the relationship, abuses her. While taking Ann to the doctor, Matt finds out she has just been diagnosed with terminal cancer. Matt is also going through a divorce from his wife, homicide detective Alex, and confides in his friend, medical examiner Chae. Ann intends to reward Matt's loyalty to her by making him the sole beneficiary of her $1,000,000 life insurance policy. Matt suggests that she should travel to Switzerland to undergo a newly developed, groundbreaking treatment. The problem is that Ann does not have any money. Desperate to help her, Matt takes $485,000 out of evidence and gives it to her so she can make the trip. When the money goes up in flames in a suspicious house fire that kills Ann and Chris, Matt is horrified to find their charred remains. Upon investigation, Matt discovers that the doctor that diagnosed Ann was an imposter, Ann didn't have cancer, and he has been set up. When the Drug Enforcement Administration agents call the next day to get the evidence money in order to bust a higher drug lord, Matt responds erratically. He finds out that the money is now with the imposter doctor and that Alex is about to bust him. He rushes to the hotel and after a brief struggle, he accidentally kills the imposter, takes the money and flees. Although Matt is seen by the police, he is thought to have come to protect Alex. Later that evening, Alex finds that Matt is Ann's sole beneficiary and also that he has been in a relationship with her. At the same time, Matt receives a distress call from Ann, who is still alive, and unofficially goes to save her. Chris and Matt fight, Ann shoots and kills Chris. Then Ann reveals that she had planned all of this for money and fortune, and shoots Matt in the leg. When Ann is about to kill Matt, Alex kills her; Alex traced Matt using a GPS tracker and asks him whether he planned to elope with the money but Matt reveals that he has not brought the money with him. When the irritated DEA agents come to arrest Matt as he had promised to deliver the money earlier that day, he says that his man was sent to Miami, and simultaneously Chae appears with the money, explaining about a wrong address and that he could not find the DEA office. So the DEA agents leave with the money and Matt has no charges on him. Later, when Matt is on medical leave, Chae visits him with news that Matt is the recipient of Ann's insurance policy. But Alex says that, "as his wife," she knows that Matt has to reject it, meaning that she has decided to drop the divorce and move back in with Matt. Overjoyed, Matt seemingly forgets about the life insurance money, though Chae is amusingly adamant that Matt must take it. |
| MOVIE TITLE | RELEASE DATE |
| 09. “Man on Fire” | April 23, 2004 |
| STARRING: |
| •Denzel Washington as John W. Creasy, a former CIA operative and U.S. Marine Force Recon Captain turned mercenary and bodyguard •Dakota Fanning as Guadalupe "Lupita" (Pita) Ramos •Radha Mitchell as Lisa Ramos, an American expatriate from Houston, Texas. •Christopher Walken as Paul Rayburn, who runs a security firm in Mexico. •Marc Anthony as Samuel Ramos •Giancarlo Giannini as Miguel Manzano, director of the AFI. Tony Scott stated "Giancarlo loves women, as did this character." •Mickey Rourke as Jordan Kalfus, Samuel Ramos' lawyer. Kalfus and Samuel Ramos's father were best friends, and therefore Kalfus has a close relationship with Samuel. Mickey Rourke stated that Kalfus has "a responsibility to his father, to him, to look out for his well-being." Therefore, Kalfus "[wants] to be there for him" when Ramos "gets his head underwater a little bit". •Rachel Ticotin as Mariana Garcia Guerrero, a reporter for the Diario Reforma •Roberto Sosa as Daniel Sanchez, "The Voice". •Jesús Ochoa as Victor Fuentes, a lieutenant in the Anti-Kidnapping Division of the Federal Judicial Police and the head of the criminal "La Hermandad" syndicate •Carmen Salinas as Guardian three •Gero Camilo as Aurelio Sanchez. •Rosa María Hernández as Maria Rosas Sanchez, wife of The Voice. •Charles Paraventi as Jersey Boy, proprietor of the rave in Neza and an accomplice to Pita's kidnapping. •Mario Zaragoza as Jorge Gonzalez, a Federal Judicial Policeman and member of the criminal "La Hermandad" syndicate, who physically kidnaps Pita off the street |
| SYNOPSIS: |
| In 2003, former CIA SAD/SOG officer John Creasy visits his old friend Paul Rayburn in Mexico. Rayburn convinces him to take a bodyguard position with Samuel Ramos, a Mexico City automaker whose young daughter Lupita "Pita" requires a bodyguard for her kidnapping insurance policy to take effect. Struggling with alcoholism, burnout, and guilt over his actions with the CIA, Creasy tries to commit suicide but his gun misfires. He is reminded by Rayburn of their saying "a bullet always tells the truth" and begins to consider that he was not meant to die. Seemingly revitalized, Creasy commits to his newfound purpose as Pita's protector, reducing his drinking and finding comfort in the pages of his Bible. He begins coaching Pita to become a more confident swimmer, bonding with her through the process. Waiting outside Pita's piano lesson, Creasy recognizes a car that followed them earlier, as two Federal Police officers block the street. Realizing that Pita is about to be abducted, He kills four of the attackers including the officers but is critically wounded and Pita is taken. Creasy is declared a suspect, but reporter Mariana Garcia Guerrero questions the story. AFI agent Miguel Manzano relocates a recovering Creasy to a veterinary clinic to protect him from corrupt police. "The Voice," leader of the kidnapping ring, demands a $10 million ransom and Samuel complies, with the help of police lieutenant Victor Fuentes. However, the kidnappers are ambushed at the ransom drop and the Voice's nephew is killed. Holding the Ramos family responsible, the Voice informs them that Pita will be lost to them forever as retribution. Guerrero warns Creasy that the kidnappers belong to a powerful "brotherhood" called La Hermandad that consists of corrupt officials, police, and criminals, but Creasy promises Pita's mother, Lisa, that he will kill everyone responsible for Pita's death. With Rayburn's help, Creasy obtains a small arsenal of weapons and equipment. He brutally interrogates and kills the getaway driver, who points him to a club where he confronts three of the kidnappers. Killing two criminal middlemen, Creasy recovers an incriminating ATM card and another kidnapped girl. He turns both over to Guerrero, who reveals that Fuentes is part of the brotherhood. Manzano interviews Rayburn, who describes Creasy as an "artist of death", about to "paint his masterpiece." Guerrero convinces Manzano to help Creasy wage war against the kidnappers. Waylaying Fuentes's motorcade with a rocket-propelled grenade, Creasy abducts the officer, who admits that he had his officers ambush the ransom drop, but discovered afterward most of the ransom money had already been stolen by Jordan Kalfus, Samuel's lawyer. After killing Fuentes with a bomb in his rectum, Creasy searches Kalfus's home and finds his decapitated body and a fax with bank account information leading to Samuel. Creasy confronts the Ramoses, and Samuel confesses that Kalfus suggested they arrange Pita's kidnapping to claim the insurance payout to pay his father's debts, though they were promised Pita would be returned unharmed. When Fuentes interfered with the drop, Samuel blamed Kalfus for Pita's death and killed him. Lisa, now aware of Samuel's involvement, angrily tells Creasy to kill her husband or she'll do it herself; he leaves Samuel a gun and the same bullet he attempted suicide with, and a remorseful Samuel successfully kills himself. Guerrero and Manzano trace the ATM card to the Voice's wife and find her address, allowing Manzano's officers to infiltrate her home and obtain a photo of the Voice. Despite the brotherhood's threats, Guerrero publishes the photo and passes the address on to Creasy. Taking the Voice's wife and his brother Aurelio prisoner, Creasy is shot in the chest but learns the ringleader's real name is Daniel Sanchez. He calls him and threatens his family, but Daniel reveals that Pita is alive, offering to trade her for his brother and for Creasy, which he accepts. Instructing Lisa to join him at the exchange, Creasy reunites with Pita in the middle of an overpass, assuring her that he loves her before sending her to her mother. He and Aurelio are taken by Daniel's men, but Creasy succumbs to his wounds. Manzano tracks Daniel down later that day and shoots him dead "during the course of arrest." |
| MOVIE TITLE | RELEASE DATE |
| 10. “Déjà Vu” | November 22, 2006 |
| STARRING: |
| •Denzel Washington as ATF Special Agent Douglas Carlin •Paula Patton as Claire Kuchever •Val Kilmer as FBI Special Agent Paul Pryzwarra •Jim Caviezel as Carroll Oerstadt •Adam Goldberg as Dr. Alexander Denny •Elden Henson as Gunnars •Erika Alexander as Shanti •Bruce Greenwood as FBI Special Agent-in-Charge Jack McCready •Matt Craven as ATF Special Agent Larry Minuti •Elle Fanning as Abbey •Enrique Castillo as Claire's father |
| SYNOPSIS: |
| In New Orleans, a ferry carrying U.S. Navy sailors and their families across the Mississippi River for Mardi Gras explodes, killing 543 people. ATF Special Agent Doug Carlin discovers evidence of a bomb planted by a domestic terrorist, and examines the body of Claire Kuchever, seemingly killed in the explosion but found in the river shortly before the time of the blast. Informing Claire's father and searching her apartment, Doug learns that she called his ATF office the morning of the bombing, and determines that she was abducted and killed by the bomber hours before the explosion. Impressed with Doug's deductive ability, FBI Special Agent Paul Pryzwarra invites him to join a new governmental unit investigating the bombing. Led by Dr. Alexander Denny, the team utilizes a surveillance program called "Snow White", which they claim uses previous satellite footage to form a triangulated image of events four-and-a-half days in the past. Convinced that Claire is a vital link, Doug observes her past footage and is able to track the soon-to-be-bomber when he calls about a truck she has for sale. Deducing that Snow White is actually a time window, Doug persuades the team to send a note to his past self with the time and place the suspect will be. His partner Larry Minuti finds the note instead, and is shot attempting to arrest the suspect. By using a mobile Snow White unit, Doug is able to follow the suspect's past movements as he flees to his hideout with the wounded Minuti, and then witness Minuti's murder. In the present, the bomber is taken into custody after facial recognition systems identify him as Carroll Oerstadt, an unstable "patriot" rejected from enlisting in the military. He confesses to killing Minuti and Claire, taking her truck to transport the bomb and staging her death as one of the ferry victims. The government closes the investigation, but Doug, convinced that Snow White can be used to alter history, persuades Denny to send him back to the morning of the bombing so he can save Claire and prevent the explosion. Doug survives the process by being sent back to a hospital emergency room, where doctors are able to revive him. Stealing an ambulance, he arrives at the hideout in time to stop Claire's murder, but Oerstadt shoots him and flees with the bomb. Doug drives Claire to her apartment to treat his wound, but a suspicious Claire holds him at gunpoint and calls the ATF to confirm his identity - the call his office received the day of the bombing. He convinces her of the truth, and they leave together for the ferry dock. Doug boards the ferry seeking to disarm the bomb in Claire's truck, but Oerstadt realizes he has been followed and captures Claire, tying her to her truck's steering wheel. A gunfight ensues, but Doug distracts Oerstadt with information from his future interrogation, and Claire rams him with the truck, allowing Doug to shoot him dead. Doug gets into the truck to try to free Claire, but police surround them. Out of time to disarm the bomb, they drive the vehicle into the river, saving the ferry passengers; Claire swims free, but Doug is unable to escape the damaged truck and dies in the underwater explosion. Picked up by a rescue boat, a mourning Claire is approached on the pier by the Doug Carlin from her present timeline. |
| MOVIE TITLE | RELEASE DATE |
| 11. “Unstoppable” | November 12, 2010 |
| STARRING: |
| •Denzel Washington as Frank Barnes, a veteran railroad engineer. •Chris Pine as Will Colson, a young train conductor. •Rosario Dawson as Connie Hooper, the yardmaster of Fuller Yard. •Ethan Suplee as Dewey, a hostler who accidentally instigates the disaster. •Kevin Dunn as Oscar Galvin, vice-president of AWVR train operations. •Kevin Corrigan as Inspector Scott Werner, an FRA inspector who helps Frank, Will, and Connie. •Kevin Chapman as Bunny, a railroad operations dispatcher for Fuller Yard. •Lew Temple as Ned Oldham, a railroad lead welder. •T. J. Miller as Gilleece, Dewey's conductor, also a hostler. •Jessy Schram as Darcy Colson, Will's estranged wife. •David Warshofsky as Judd Stewart, a veteran engineer and Frank's friend, who dies in an attempt to slow the runaway train. •Andy Umberger as Janeway, the president of AWVR. •Elizabeth Mathis as Nicole Barnes, Frank's daughter who works as a waitress at Hooters. •Meagan Tandy as Maya Barnes, Frank's daughter who works as a waitress at Hooters. •Aisha Hinds as a Railroad Safety Campaign coordinator in an excursion train to Fuller Yard for a field trip designed to teach schoolchildren about railroad safety. •Scott A Martin as Brewster Dispatcher, a railway dispatcher guiding Frank and Will on the tracks to safety. •Ryan Ahern as Ryan Scott, a railway employee and US Marine veteran of the war in Afghanistan who is injured in an attempt to stop the runaway. •Jeff Wincott as Jesse Colson, Will's brother whom Will is living with at the start of the film. |
| SYNOPSIS: |
| While two yard hostlers are moving a mixed-freight Allegheny and West Virginia Railroad (AWVR) train at Fuller Yard in northern Pennsylvania, Dewey, the engineer, realizes that a trailing-point switch ahead is not correctly aligned and leaves the cab of lead locomotive 777 to change it, setting the throttle to idle. However, it pops into full power before he can get back on, leaving the train unattended going south at full speed down the mainline. Believing the train is coasting, Dewey calls yardmaster Connie Hooper, who orders lead welder Ned Oldham to get ahead of the train in his pickup truck and switch it off the main track, but when he arrives to find that the train has already passed, they realize it is running on full power. Connie alerts Oscar Galvin, VP of Train Operations, and contacts local, county, and state police, asking them to block all level crossings, while Ned continues to chase 777 in his truck. Federal Railroad Administration inspector Scott Werner, while visiting Fuller Yard to meet with students on a Railroad Safety Campaign excursion train, warns that eight of 777's 39 freight cars contain highly toxic and flammable molten phenol, which would cause a major disaster if the train should derail in a populated area. Connie suggests they purposely derail the train while it passes through unpopulated farmland. Galvin dismisses her opinion, believing he can save the railroad money by lashing the train behind two locomotives helmed by veteran engineer Judd Stewart, slowing it down enough for AWVR employee and U.S. Marine veteran Ryan Scott to descend from a helicopter to the control cab; but Ryan is knocked unconscious during the attempt when 777 suddenly lunges forward as he touches down. Stewart attempts to divert 777 to a siding but fails; he is killed when his locomotives derail at a switch and the diesel fuel ignites, destroying the lash-up locomotives. Galvin realizes that 777 will derail on the elevated track of the Stanton Curve, near the heavily populated southern Pennsylvania town of Stanton, and decides to derail it purposely just north of the smaller town of Arklow. Meanwhile, veteran AWVR railroad engineer Frank Barnes and conductor Will Colson, a new hire preoccupied with a restraining order from his wife Darcy, are pulling 25 cars with locomotive 1206 on the same line going north. Ordered onto a siding off the mainline, they narrowly pull into a RIP track before 777 races by, smashing through their last boxcar. Frank observes that 777's last car has an open coupler and proposes that they travel in reverse and attempt to couple their engine to the runaway, using 1206's brakes to slow down 777 before it reaches the Stanton Curve. Will uncouples their own cars while Frank reports his plan to Connie and Galvin, warning that Galvin's idea of using portable derailers will fail given 777's momentum. Galvin threatens to fire Frank, who informs Galvin that he is already being forced into early retirement. Galvin threatens to fire Will, as well as Connie when she speaks up for them, but they ignore him and continue their pursuit. As Frank predicted, the train barrels through the portable derailers unhindered, to Galvin's horror. Knowing that Frank's plan is their only chance at preventing disaster, Connie and Werner take control of the situation from Galvin. Meanwhile, Darcy learns from her sister about Will's involvement in the chase, while Frank's daughters learn of their father's involvement from TV news coverage at the Hooters where they both work. Frank and Will catch up to 777's trailing hopper car and attempt to engage the coupler. When the locking pin will not engage, Will kicks it into place, but his foot gets crushed in the process. Will hobbles back to 1206's cab, and Frank tries to slow 777 with the independent brakes, but makes little headway with 777 still under power. Will stays in the cab to work the dynamic brakes and throttle while Frank makes his way along the top of 777's cars in a risky attempt to engage the handbrakes on each car. Eventually, 1206's dynamic brakes burn out and the train starts gaining speed again. Using the independent air brake, Will coordinates brake timing with Frank by radio and they manage to reduce speed enough to clear the Stanton Curve. As 777 picks up speed, Frank finds the path to 777's cab blocked. Ned arrives in his truck on a road parallel to the tracks, and Will jumps onto the bed of Ned's truck. Ned races to the front of 777 where Will leaps onto the locomotive, reduces the throttle to idle, and applies the brakes, finally bringing the runaway train to a safe stop. Darcy arrives with her and Will's son and reunites with him, and Connie comes to congratulate the men, who are hailed as heroes. Before the closing credits, it's revealed that Frank is promoted and later retires with full benefits. Will is reconciled with Darcy, who is expecting their second child, recovers from his injuries and continues working with AWVR. Connie is promoted to Galvin's VP position, while it's implied that Galvin was fired for his poor handling of the incident. Ryan makes a full recovery, and Dewey, who is held liable for causing the incident, is fired from his job and goes on to work in the fast food industry. |
| MOVIE TITLE | RELEASE DATE |
| 12. “Safe House” | February 10, 2012 |
| STARRING: |
| •Denzel Washington as Tobin Frost •Ryan Reynolds as Matt Weston •Vera Farmiga as Catherine Linklater •Brendan Gleeson as David Barlow •Sam Shepard as Harlan Whitford •Rubén Blades as Carlos Villar •Nora Arnezeder as Ana Moreau •Robert Patrick as Daniel Kiefer •Liam Cunningham as Alec Wade •Joel Kinnaman as Keller •Fares Fares as Vargas |
| SYNOPSIS: |
| In Cape Town, South Africa, junior CIA officer Matt Weston is serving as a "housekeeper", an operative in charge of securing and maintaining a local CIA safe house in case of an operation. He calls his mentor and immediate superior, David Barlow, and inquires about a station in Paris, where he hopes to follow his live-in girlfriend Ana, a young French physician about to start her residency. Barlow tells him he is likely underqualified for the position, which frustrates Matt as he has not had a "houseguest" during his year long tenure, and thus has been unable to gain field experience. Barlow promises to revisit the issue in a few months. Elsewhere in Cape Town, ex-CIA NOC operative turned international criminal Tobin Frost acquires a data storage device from rogue MI6 officer Alec Wade. A team of mercenaries attacks them and kills Wade. Frost flees and, out of options, surrenders to the American consulate. A team led by veteran Daniel Kiefer transfers Frost to Weston's safe house in order to interrogate him for intelligence before he is returned to the US. Weston watches uneasily as Kiefer's team waterboards Frost. The mercenaries, led by Vargas, attack the safe house and kill Kiefer and his team. Weston escapes with Frost. Weston contacts Barlow at CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, along with Catherine Linklater, the operative in charge of Frost's interrogation and Kiefer's superior, and CIA Deputy Director Harlan Whitford, who is overseeing the operation. Linklater orders Weston to lie low and await further instructions. Frost begins to manipulate Weston, insisting that someone within the CIA gave away their location to the mercenaries and that Weston will be forced to take the fall if things go wrong. Weston contacts Ana, giving her a cover story that his office has been threatened and suggesting she stay with friends when it appears their apartment is under surveillance. Barlow tells Weston to go to Cape Town Stadium where he retrieves a GPS device containing the location of another safe house, but Frost creates a diversion and escapes. Weston, detained by the police, escapes and is forced to fire at them. Weston contacts Langley to report Frost's escape. After hearing that Weston fired at the police, Linklater orders him to visit the nearest American embassy for debriefing. When Whitford tells him "we'll take it from here", Weston decides to pursue Frost himself as Frost had warned him that when he heard that phrase ("we'll take it from here"), that was when Weston should become concerned about his own safety. Linklater and Barlow go to South Africa themselves. En route, Linklater suggests that Weston has joined Frost, which Barlow refutes. Weston meets with Ana and admits he is in the CIA, urging her to return to Paris and to tell anyone who asks that they broke up a week ago in order to protect her. Weston tracks Frost to a township in Langa, where Frost meets Carlos Villar, an old friend and document forger, who provides him with travel documents but suggests that he leave his life of crime behind. Vargas' team attacks again, killing Carlos and his family, but Weston helps Frost escape. Weston brutally interrogates one of Vargas' wounded mercenaries, who reveals that Vargas is working for the CIA, which is seeking to retrieve the storage device from Frost. As they bandage their wounds, Frost urges Weston not to kill innocent people, telling the story of how he was forced to kill an air traffic controller while on a mission. He later learned that he was simply part of a plot to assassinate a whistle-blower who would expose wetwork committed by the CIA. Weston takes Frost to the new safe house, where Weston keeps the housekeeper, Keller, at gunpoint. Keller attacks and severely wounds Weston before Weston kills him. Frost reveals the device contains evidence of corruption and bribery involving the CIA, MI6, and other intelligence agencies, put together from a Mossad intelligence report. Frost leaves Weston, who passes out from blood loss. Meanwhile, Linklater informs Barlow of the device's existence, but not its contents. Barlow kills her and travels to the safe house where he reveals that he is Vargas' employer. He confirms that the file contains incriminating evidence against him, and encourages Weston to lie about what has happened. Frost returns and kills Vargas' team but is fatally wounded by Barlow. Weston then shoots and kills Barlow. As he dies, Frost gives Weston the file, saying he is a better man than Frost. Back in the United States, Weston meets with Director Whitford, who informs Weston that unflattering facts about the CIA must be removed from his report, but that he will be promoted. He asks Weston about the file's location but Weston denies knowing about it. Whitford states that whoever has those files will have many enemies. Weston assures Whitford that he will "take it from here," visibly shaking Whitford's hand, and leaves. He leaks the files to the media, incriminating personnel from many intelligence agencies, including Whitford. Weston travels to Paris and covertly observes Ana while she sits with friends in a cafe. She notices him across the street and smiles before he walks away, content that she is safe. |
| MOVIE TITLE | RELEASE DATE |
| 13. “Flight” | November 2, 2012 |
| STARRING: |
| •Denzel Washington as Captain William "Whip" Whitaker •Don Cheadle as Hugh Lang •Kelly Reilly as Nicole •Bruce Greenwood as Charlie Anderson •John Goodman as Harling Mays •Melissa Leo as Ellen Block •Tamara Tunie as Margaret Thomason •Nadine Velazquez as Katerina Marquez •Brian Geraghty as First Officer Ken Evans •Peter Gerety as Avington Carr •Garcelle Beauvais as Deana Coleman •Boni Yanagisawa as Camelia Satou •Justin Martin as Will •James Badge Dale as Gaunt Young Man •Piers Morgan as Himself •E. Roger Mitchell as Craig Matson •Sarah Clark as Radio Talk Show Host (voice) •Vinnie Hasson as Radio Talk Show Host (voice) •Randy Thom as Radio Stock Market Reporter (voice) •Dennis P. Wise as Air Traffic Controller (voice) •Paul Volle as Air Traffic Controller (voice) •Hal Williams as Whip's Dad (voice) •Kwesi Boakye as Young Will (voice) |
| SYNOPSIS: |
| Airline pilot Captain Whip Whitaker uses cocaine to stay alert after a sleepless night in his Orlando hotel room. He pilots SouthJet Flight 227 to Atlanta, which experiences severe turbulence at takeoff. Co-pilot Ken Evans takes over while Whip discreetly mixes vodka in his orange juice and takes a nap. He is jolted awake as the plane goes into a steep dive. Unable to regain control, Whip is forced to make a controlled crash landing in an open field, hitting his head and losing consciousness on impact. Whip awakens in an Atlanta hospital with moderate injuries and is greeted by his old friend Charlie Anderson, who represents the airline's pilots union. He tells Whip that he managed to save 96 out of 102, losing two crew members and four passengers, but mentions his co-pilot is in a coma. Whip sneaks away for a cigarette and meets Nicole Maggen, a heroin addict recovering from an overdose in the same hospital. The next morning, his friend and drug dealer Harling Mays picks him up from the hospital. Having retired to his late father's farm, Whip meets Charlie and attorney Hugh Lang, who explain that the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) performed a drug test while he was unconscious. Results showed that Whip was intoxicated during the flight, although Hugh gets the toxicology report voided on technical grounds. Whip visits and becomes intimate with Nicole, but his drinking habits clash with Nicole's attempts to stay drug-free. Later, he attends a funeral for Katerina, a flight attendant who died in the crash, and with whom Whip had spent the night before the incident. He sees a surviving crew member, Margaret, and asks her to tell the NTSB that he was sober. Whip pays a visit to his co-pilot Ken Evans after he awakens from his coma. Evans has likely lost much of his ability to walk and may never pilot an airplane again. Although upset, Evans has no intention of telling the NTSB that Whip was drinking. Nicole decides to separate from Whip after he fails to stay sober and he spontaneously drives to the home of his ex-wife and son, both of whom resent him. Hounded by the media, he stays with Charlie until the NTSB hearing, vowing not to drink. The night before the hearing, Charlie and Hugh move Whip to a guarded hotel room with no alcohol. He finds the door to an adjacent room unlocked and raids the minibar there. The next morning, Charlie discovers Whip passed out drunk. Whip and Charlie call Harling to provide Whip with cocaine, hoping to get him alert enough to make it through the hearing. At the hearing, lead NTSB investigator Ellen Block explains that a damaged elevator assembly jackscrew was the primary cause of the crash. She commends Whip on his valor and skill, noting that no other pilot was able to land the plane in simulations of the crash. She then reveals that two empty vodka bottles were found in the plane's trash, despite beverages not being served to passengers, and that Whip's blood test was excluded for technical reasons. She then states the only other member of the crew to test positive for alcohol was Katerina. Whip pauses, unable to bring himself to blame Katerina for his actions. He collects himself and comes clean, admitting to being intoxicated the day of the crash. A tearful Whip also admits that he is presently drunk and has a problem, coming to terms with his alcoholism. Thirteen months later, an imprisoned Whip is lecturing a support group of fellow inmates telling them he is glad to be sober and doesn't regret doing the right thing. He is also working to rebuild his relationship with his son, who visits to interview Whip for a college application essay titled "The most fascinating person that I've never met". He begins by asking, "Who are you?" As a plane flies overhead, Whip replies, "That's a good question." |
| MOVIE TITLE | RELEASE DATE |
| 14. “2 Guns” | August 2, 2013 |
| STARRING: |
| •Denzel Washington as DEA Special Agent Robert "Bobby" Trench •Mark Wahlberg as U.S. Navy SEAL Petty Officer 1st Class Michael "Stig" Stigman •Paula Patton as DEA Special Agent Deb Rees •Bill Paxton as Earl •James Marsden as U.S. Navy SEAL Lieutenant Commander Harold Quince •Fred Ward as U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Tuwey •Edward James Olmos as Manny "Papi" Greco •Robert John Burke as DEA Special Agent Jessup •Patrick Fischler as Dr. Ken •Edgar Arreola as Rudy |
| SYNOPSIS: |
| Robert "Bobby" Trench and Michael "Stig" Stigman are two criminals working together. Unbeknownst to each other, Bobby is an undercover DEA Special Agent and Stig is an undercover US Navy SEAL and Petty Officer 1st Class with the United States Navy Office of NavaI Intelligence. They meet drug lord Manny "Papi" Greco at his farm in Mexico, where Papi gives Bobby a packet of cash instead of the cocaine he requested. Upon their return to the U.S., Bobby reports to his superior, Special Agent Jessup, and fellow agent Deb Rees, that he did not get the cocaine they need to convict Papi. Afterwards, Bobby privately tells Rees, his lover, that he will help Stig rob $3 million from Papi's bank in Tres Cruces, Texas to prosecute Papi for tax evasion. Stig reports to his commanding officer, Lieutenant Commander Harold Quince, who tells him to kill Bobby so they can use the money to fund covert operations. Bobby and Stig are surprised to find over $43 million in the vault, not $3 million. Stig follows orders to betray Bobby and escape with the money. He shoots Bobby in the upper arm rather than killing him, but is surprised to see Bobby's DEA badge and leaves him in the desert. After bringing in the money, Stig is betrayed by Quince, but escapes. Meanwhile a man named Earl aggressively interrogates people associated with the robbery and follows Bobby's trail. Bobby goes to Stig's to find the money, only to have Stig contact him from a sniper post across the street. A hit squad sent by Quince attacks the apartment but Stig helps Bobby escape. Bobby tries to tell Jessup what happened, but Earl and his men are already there. Earl kills Jessup, frames Bobby, and lets him go, agreeing to clear his name if he recovers the $43 million. Bobby and Stig kidnap Papi and clear the air between them before interrogating Papi in Rees' garage. Papi tells them that Earl is a CIA Agent and that the money they stole was the CIA's cut of drug profits Papi and other cartels pay in exchange for using CIA planes to smuggle drugs across the border. When the house is attacked by Quince's team, Bobby, Stig, and Rees escape, as does Papi. The three are captured by Papi's men and taken to his farm. After a beating, the men are given 24 hours to return the money or Rees will die. Bobby infiltrates Quince's office at the Naval Air Station in Corpus Christi, discovering Quince is Rees' boyfriend, and they had planned to steal the money for themselves. Meanwhile, Stig asks Admiral Tuwey, Quince's boss, for help. Tuwey orders Quince's arrest but disavows Stig to protect the Navy's reputation. Both men escape from US Navy Masters-at-Arms officers, but Papi kills Rees because they were unable to return the money in time. Bobby later realizes the money is in a motel room he and Rees had frequented, while Stig returns to Papi's farm for vengeance. Stig is surrounded by Papi's men when both Quince and Earl intervene. Bobby arrives in a car filled with money and blows it up, scattering bills everywhere and leading to a massive shootout. During a standoff, Earl reveals that the CIA has 20 other secret banks, and the loss of the $43 million is only a minor setback. Signaling Stig with a phrase from an earlier conversation, Bobby shoots Quince and Stig shoots Earl. Finally, they kill Papi and escape, but not before Bobby shoots Stig in the leg as payback for being shot earlier. They plan to continue to take down the CIA's secret banks, and Bobby reveals that he stashed some of the stolen money away. |
| MOVIE TITLE | RELEASE DATE |
| 15. “The Magnificent Seven” | September 23, 2016 |
| STARRING: |
| •Denzel Washington as Sam Chisholm, a United States Marshal warrant officer from Wichita, Kansas, and the leader of the Seven. He shares similar character traits with the character Chris Adams (portrayed by Yul Brynner) from the 1960 original. He also bears some resemblance to real-life African-American western lawman Bass Reeves. •Chris Pratt as Joshua Faraday, a gambler and rogue with a fondness for explosives and card tricks. He shares similar character traits with the character Vin Tanner (portrayed by Steve McQueen) from the 1960 original. •Ethan Hawke as Goodnight Robicheaux, a Cajun former Confederate soldier and sharpshooter who suffers from PTSD. He combines aspects of two different characters in the original, Lee (Robert Vaughn) and Harry Luck (Brad Dexter). •Vincent D'Onofrio as Jack Horne, a devoutly religious mountain man and tracker. •Byung-hun Lee as Billy Rocks, a knife-wielding Korean assassin and Robicheaux's travelling companion. He shares similar character traits with the character Britt (portrayed by James Coburn) from the 1960 original. •Manuel Garcia-Rulfo as Vasquez, a Mexican outlaw who has been on the run for several months. •Martin Sensmeier as Red Harvest, an exiled Comanche warrior and the youngest of the Seven. |
| SYNOPSIS: |
| In 1879, robber baron and gold mining tycoon Bartholomew Bogue, accompanied by an army of hired guns, forcefully seizes control of the American frontier town of Rose Creek and compels the citizens to work as cheap labor for his mine. When the residents denounce him, Bogue has their church torched and several of the townsfolk, including farmer Matthew Cullen, brutally murdered in public view. Matthew's widow Emma and her friend Teddy leave in search of bounty hunters to help liberate the town. Their first recruit is Sam Chisholm, a famous U.S. Marshal, who expresses interest only after hearing of Bogue's involvement. Chisholm then recruits several other men: gambler and trick-shooter Joshua Faraday; pardon-seeking outlaw Vasquez; former Confederate sharpshooter Goodnight Robicheaux; his friend, assassin Billy Rocks, and legendary mountain man Jack Horne. During their journey they add an additional member, a Comanche warrior named Red Harvest. The Seven enter Rose Creek and eliminate twenty-two Blackstone private detectives hired to guard the town. Chisholm apprehends the corrupt sheriff, Mr. Harp, and sends him away to challenge Bogue to take back the town. Chisholm tells the terrified townspeople that they only have seven days before Bogue's army arrives. Some flee but most are determined to fight. The Seven liberate the men held at the mine, taking the explosives stockpiled there and spending the next week fortifying the town and training the townspeople. Meanwhile, Bogue kills Harp and orders his Comanche enforcer, Denali, and his right-hand man McCann, to assemble an army. Robicheaux, haunted by his experiences in the Civil War and fearing his own death if he kills again, leaves the town the night before Bogue's arrival; Emma volunteers to take his place. At dawn, Bogue's army attacks Rose Creek; a large number are killed by various booby traps and ambushes prepared by the Seven. Faraday is wounded by McCann, who is killed by Vasquez; the defensive line collapses, and Robicheaux returns to join the battle, warning the others of an incoming Gatling gun. The gun tears through both the townspeople and Bogue's men alike. Outgunned, the Seven evacuate the survivors to the burnt-out church and mount a last stand. Horne protects a wounded Teddy from gunfire, but is killed by Denali; Denali then prepares to kill Emma but then an enraged Red Harvest saves her and kills him, calling him "a disgrace" before slaughtering him. Robicheaux and Billy are killed by a second round of Gatling gunfire while covering Faraday as he makes a suicidal charge up the hill and destroys the gun with dynamite. Chisholm confronts and easily guns down the two remaining mercenaries before disarming Bogue. Wounded, Bogue retreats into the church, where Chisholm reveals that his family was lynched by ex-Confederate soldiers whom Bogue hired to remove homesteaders. After imploring Bogue to repent, Chisholm begins to garrote him; Bogue tries to pull a hidden revolver, but Emma kills him. The townspeople return to Rose Creek and thank Chisholm, Vasquez, and Red Harvest for their service as they ride off. Faraday, Robicheaux, Billy, and Horne are buried near the town and honored as heroes. Emma, in voice-over narration, reflects fondly on the noble sacrifice that made them "magnificent". |
| MOVIE TITLE | RELEASE DATE |
| 16. “Crimson Tide” | May 12, 1995 |
| STARRING: |
| •Denzel Washington as Lieutenant Commander Ronald "Ron" Hunter, Executive Officer (XO) •Gene Hackman as Captain Franklin "Frank" Ramsey, Commanding Officer (CO) •George Dzundza as Chief of the Boat Walters (COB) •Matt Craven as Lieutenant Roy Zimmer, Communications Officer (COMMO) •Viggo Mortensen as Lieutenant Peter Ince, Weapons Officer (WEPS) •James Gandolfini as Lieutenant Robert "Bobby" Dougherty, Supply Officer (SUPPO) •Rocky Carroll as Lieutenant Darik Westergard, Operations Officer (OPS) •Jaime P. Gomez as Officer of the Deck Mahoney (OOD) •Michael Milhoan as Chief of the Watch Hunsicker (CPOOW) •Scott Burkholder as Tactical Supervising Officer Billy Linkletter (TSO) •Danny Nucci as Petty Officer Danny Rivetti, Sonar Supervisor •Lillo Brancato, Jr. as Petty Officer Third Class Russell Vossler, Radio Operator •Rick Schroder as Lieutenant Paul Hellerman, Damage Control Officer •Steve Zahn as Seaman William Barnes •Mark Christopher Lawrence as Leading Culinary Specialist Rono •Ryan Phillippe as Seaman Grattam •Eric Bruskotter as Bennefield •Daniel von Bargen as Vladimir Radchenko, Russian ultra-nationalist leader •Jason Robards as Rear Admiral Anderson (uncredited) •Jim Reid Boyce as Diving Officer |
| SYNOPSIS: |
| An opening title card lists the three most powerful people on the planet: The U.S. President, the Russian President, and the captain of a U.S. nuclear submarine. In post-Soviet Russia, civil war erupts as a result of the ongoing conflict in Chechnya. Military units loyal to Vladimir Radchenko, a Russian ultra-nationalist rebel, take control of a nuclear missile installation and threaten nuclear war if confronted. USS Alabama, a U.S. Navy ballistic missile submarine, is dispatched on patrol with orders to launch a pre-emptive nuclear strike if Radchenko fuels his missiles. Combat-hardened veteran Captain Frank Ramsey is in command and chooses Lieutenant Commander Ron Hunter, who has an extensive education in military history and tactics but no combat experience, as his new XO. Tensions arise between the headstrong Ramsey and the more analytical and cautious Hunter, exacerbated by Ramsey's decision to order a missile drill amidst the chaos caused by a galley fire that results in the death of the chief mess officer. Hunter helps fight the fire and discreetly questions the decision but is chastised by Ramsey for the appearance of discord. Alabama receives an Emergency Action Message ordering missile launch against the Russian base. As Alabama prepares to fire, a second radio message is detected before a rebel Russian Akula-class submarine attacks, damaging the ship's radio and leaving the message incomplete. With the last confirmed order being to launch, Ramsey decides to proceed. Hunter disagrees, believing the partial second message may be a retraction. When Hunter refuses to consent as is required, Ramsey tries to relieve him of duty. Hunter orders Ramsey arrested for attempting to circumvent two-man protocol. The crew's loyalty is divided between Hunter and Ramsey, but the Chief of the Boat sides with Hunter and has Ramsey relieved of command and confined to his stateroom, putting Hunter in charge. The Russian submarine attacks Alabama again. The American vessel emerges victorious but is hit by a torpedo. The main propulsion system is disabled and the bilge bay begins flooding. As the crew tries to restore propulsion, Hunter orders the sealing of the bilge with sailors trapped inside, saving the ship at the expense of the men. Just before the submarine reaches hull-crush depth, propulsion is restored. Officers and crew loyal to Ramsey unite and stage a mutiny. They retake the control room, confining Hunter, the Chief of the Boat, and a few others to the officers' mess. Repairs to the radio continue, but Ramsey is determined to proceed without waiting for verification. Hunter escapes his arrest and prepares to retake the ship. He gains the support of weapons officer Peter Ince in the missile control room, further delaying the launch and leading Ramsey to proceed to missile control. Hunter's party storms the ship's command center, removing the captain's missile key. Ramsey and his men return, resulting in an armed Mexican standoff. With news that the radio will soon be repaired, Ramsey and Hunter agree to wait until the deadline for a preemptive missile launch to be effective. As they wait, Ramsey asks Hunter, who is African American, if he knows of the Lipizzan stallions, famed for their training and ability, pointing out that they are all white from Portugal. Hunter points out in response that they are born black and are from Spain. Ramsey acknowledges he didn't know about the birth color, but he was firm in the belief where they were from. Communications are restored, revealing the full message from the second transmission - a retraction ordering that the missile launch be aborted because Radchenko's rebellion has been quelled. Ramsey turns the conn over to Hunter and returns to his cabin. The two men are put before a tribunal at Naval Station Pearl Harbor to answer for their actions. The tribunal concludes that both men were right and both men were wrong, and Hunter's actions were deemed lawfully justified and in the best interests of the United States. Unofficially, the tribunal reprimands both men for failing to resolve their differences. Thanks to Ramsey's personal recommendation, the tribunal agrees to grant Hunter command of his own sub while allowing Ramsey to save face via an early retirement with full honors. Outside, Hunter meets with Ramsey to express his gratitude, while Ramsey admits to Hunter he was right about the Lipizzan stallions being from Spain, as the two men part ways amicably. A closing title card states that as of January 1996, authority to launch nuclear missiles is no longer within the power of a U.S. nuclear submarine captain, but rather the President of the United States. |
| MOVIE TITLE | RELEASE DATE |
| 17. “The Equalizer” | September 26, 2014 |
| STARRING: |
| •Denzel Washington as Robert McCall •Marton Csokas as Nicolai Itchenko, a.k.a. Teddy Rensen •Chloë Grace Moretz as Alina, a.k.a. Teri •David Harbour as Masters •Haley Bennett as Mandy •Bill Pullman as Brian Plummer •Melissa Leo as Susan Plummer •David Meunier as Slavi •Johnny Skourtis as Ralphie •Alex Veadov as Tevi •Vladimir Kulich as Vladimir Pushkin •Roger Mitchell as The Lead Investigator In addition, Massachusetts-born and raised actors Robert Wahlberg and Timothy John Smith play the crooked Boston Police Department detectives extorting money from local shopkeepers. |
| SYNOPSIS: |
| Robert McCall, a former U.S. Marine and DIA officer, now lives a quiet life in Boston, where he works at a hardware store. He helps a colleague, Ralphie, train to become a security guard. Unable to sleep, he often spends late nights reading at an all-night diner. Over time, he has befriended Teri, a teenage prostitute trafficked by the Russian mafia. The pair often talk about the books Robert has been reading. One evening while taking a stroll, Teri shares that her real name is Alina and that she dreams of becoming a singer. Her pimp Slavi abruptly arrives, hits Alina, and forces her into the car. He hands a stunned Robert his business card and drives away. Alina is badly beaten and admitted into the ICU at a nearby hospital. Upon hearing the news, Robert travels there and learns from her friend Mandy, another prostitute, that Slavi is responsible. Robert finds Slavi and his men at their restaurant and offers to buy Alina's freedom, which Slavi bluntly refuses. Robert expertly kills the men and leaves. Unbeknownst to Robert, Slavi and his men were part of a much larger syndicate led by Russian oligarch Vladimir Pushkin. Teddy Rensen, Pushkin's enforcer, arrives in Boston to investigate the attack. Aided by Boston PD detectives on Pushkin's payroll, Teddy canvases rival gangs in the area, nearly beating Irish mob lieutenant "Little John" Looney to death to send a message. Robert continues exacting vigilante justice on criminals he encounters, blackmailing two corrupt police officers into returning racketeering money to Ralphie's mother and beating a gunman with a hammer after he robs the hardware store. Teddy kills Mandy after learning she concealed information about Robert and lied about her friendship with Alina. He visits Robert at his apartment, posing as a police detective, but Robert doesn't fall for the guise. Teddy flashes a picture of the strangled Mandy before walking away, offering it as a warning to Robert. Teddy and his mercenary group fail to abduct Robert on two occasions. Robert travels to visit his DIA colleague Susan and her husband Brian Plummer. Until now, it was assumed that Robert died in a bombing incident long ago. He asks for Susan's help in identifying Teddy. She informs him of Pushkin's operation, and that Teddy's real name is Nicolai Itchenko, a Spetsnaz operative turned Russian secret police agent. She also reveals that Nicolai murdered two of the Boston PD detectives, and that one of them, Masters, had not been heard from in days. Robert tracks Masters down and threatens him into helping take down one of Pushkin's money laundering warehouses. Masters and Pushkin's men are taken into custody when the police arrive, and they find a note left by Robert to "follow the money". He confronts Nicolai again, threatening to do more damage if he continues to pursue him. He later destroys two of Pushkin's oil tankers. In response, Nicolai abducts Robert's co-workers at the hardware store to force him to meet. To Nicolai's surprise, Robert skips the meeting with Nicolai and instead kills the men guarding the hostages. Nicolai arrives with his men, whom Robert kills them one by one with improvised weapons collected throughout the hardware store. As Nicolai is about to kill Ralphie, who stayed behind to help, Robert kills him with a nail gun. Three days later, Robert finds Pushkin at his mansion in Moscow, killing all of his guards and tricking Pushkin into electrocuting himself to death. Sometime later following her recovery, Alina runs into Robert. She thanks him for the money he left her, describing how she's started a new life. Inspired to continue helping others, Robert posts online ads as The Equalizer. |
| MOVIE TITLE | RELEASE DATE |
| 18. “The Equalizer 2” | July 20, 2018 |
| STARRING: |
| •Denzel Washington as Robert McCall •Pedro Pascal as Dave York •Ashton Sanders as Miles Whittaker •Orson Bean as Sam Rubinstein •Bill Pullman as Brian Plummer •Melissa Leo as Susan Plummer •Jonathan Scarfe as Resnik •Sakina Jaffrey as Fatima •Kazy Tauginas as Ari •Garrett Golden as Kovac •Tamara Hickey as Grace Braelick •Rhys Cote as Grace's daughter •Adam Karst as Grace's Turkish ex-husband •Antoine de Lartigue as Mr. Calbert (Belgian Husband) •Abigail Marlowe as Jana Calbert (Belgian Wife) •Andrei Arlovski as Russian mobster (Uncredited) |
| SYNOPSIS: |
| Robert McCall still lives in Boston, where he works as a Lyft driver and assists the less fortunate with the help of his close friend and former DIA colleague Susan Plummer. Robert travels to Istanbul to retrieve the 9-year-old daughter of a bookstore owner, Grace Braelick, who was kidnapped by her abusive Turkish father. He also helps Sam Rubinstein, an elderly Holocaust survivor looking for a painting of his sister who died in the Nazi death camps. One night, Robert picks up a young woman named Amy, who shows signs of having been drugged and assaulted. He takes Amy to the hospital before returning to the apartment, where he brutally beats the men who assaulted her. Robert returns home to find that his apartment's courtyard has been vandalized. He accepts an offer from Miles Whittaker, a troubled teen resident with artistic talent, to paint a mural on the walls. Susan and DIA officer Dave York, Robert's former partner, are called to investigate the murder-suicide of an agency affiliate and his wife in Brussels. At their hotel, Susan is accosted in her room and killed, ostensibly during a robbery. Robert determines that the expertly delivered fatal stab means that Susan was targeted and that the murder-suicide was staged, informing York of his findings. During one of his Lyft runs, Robert is attacked by an assassin posing as a passenger. Robert kills the man and retrieves his mobile phone, discovering York's number on the phone's call list. He confronts York at his home, and York admits that he became a mercenary after feeling used and discarded by the government and confesses that he killed Susan, as she would have figured out that he was behind the Brussels killings. Robert leaves the house where the rest of Robert's former squad and York's current teammates-Kovac, Ari, and Resnik-are waiting. Robert promises to kill the entire team before departing. Resnik and Ari head to Susan's house to kill her husband Brian, but Robert helps him escape. York and Kovac break into Robert's apartment, where Miles is painting the walls. Monitoring the apartment via webcams, Robert directs Miles to a secret passage, then calls York, who leaves the apartment with Kovac. Miles emerges from hiding, but is captured by York and Kovac as he exits the apartment. York deduces that Robert has gone to his seaside hometown, which has been evacuated as a hurricane approaches. Kovac, Ari, and Resnik begin searching the town in gale-force winds, while York situates himself on the town's watchtower. Robert stealthily kills the team one by one, dispatching Kovac with a speargun, Ari with knives, and Resnik in a flour explosion trap in Robert's wife's old bakery, set off by Resnik's own stun grenade. Now by himself, York reveals that he has Miles tied up in the trunk of his car and begins tauntingly shooting at it to lure Robert out, but Robert foils York's last on-target shot to the trunk by shooting the car's tires. After York gets knocked over by the intensifying storm winds, Robert confronts him atop the tower and stabs him dead with his own knife. Back in Boston, Susan's information about Sam's painting helps Robert reunite Sam with his long-lost sister. Miles finishes painting the mural on the apartment complex's brick wall, returns to school and focuses on his art. Having moved back into his old house, Robert looks out towards the calm sea. |
| MOVIE TITLE | RELEASE DATE |
| 19. “The Equalizer 3” | September 1, 2023 |
| STARRING: |
| •Denzel Washington as Robert McCall •Dakota Fanning as Emma Collins •Eugenio Mastrandrea as Gio Bonucci •David Denman as Frank Conroy •Sonia Ben Ammar as Chiara Bonucci •Remo Girone as Enzo Arisio •Gaia Scodellaro as Aminah •Andrea Scarduzio as Vincent Quaranta •Andrea Dodero as Marco Quaranta •Salvatore Ruocco as Vincent's right hand man, Salvatore |
| SYNOPSIS: |
| At a secluded winery in Sicily, crime enforcer Lorenzo Vitale finds that many henchmen have been brutally killed by retired U.S. Marine and DIA operative Robert McCall, who is waiting in the basement, held at gunpoint by two of Vitale's bodyguards. McCall kills him and the rest of the gangsters to obtain a key to the winery's vault and recoup money stolen in a cyber-heist (the reason McCall is here), but is shot in the back by Vitale's adolescent son while leaving the winery. McCall considers suicide due to his injury but instead takes the ferry back to the mainland. While driving his car on the Amalfi Coast, McCall pulls over, unconscious from shock, and is found and rescued by Gio Bonucci, a local carabiniere. Bonucci brings him to Altamonte, a remote coastal Italian town, where he is treated by small-town doctor Enzo Arisio. McCall makes a slow recovery, having to use a cane and struggling to use the stairs. He gets acquainted with the locals, including a waitress named Aminah, and becomes fond of the town and its people. McCall makes an anonymous phone call to CIA agent Emma Collins to tip her off about the winery's role in the illegal drug trade disguised as normal business transactions in Sicily. Collins and other CIA operatives arrive at the winery and find millions in cash along with bags of Captagon tablets hidden in a storeroom, confirming McCall's suspicions. She tracks down McCall, but he is evasive about his identity. Meanwhile, members of the Camorra harass and kill villagers in an attempt to coerce them out of their housing and take over Altamonte for commercialization purposes. McCall overhears Marco Quaranta, a high-ranking Camorra member, pressure a local seafood storeowner named Angelo for payments. To make an example, the Camorra firebomb Angelo's fish store as the entire town watches. Bonucci reviews video of the firebombing and calls in to Italian central police an inquiry on the van involved. He is attacked by the Camorra and beaten for interfering in their operations. Later, Marco and other gangsters demand that Bonucci set up a boat for them; overhearing them, McCall requests them to move their operations to a different location. When Marco refuses, McCall kills him and his henchmen. The Naples head of police is threatened and tortured by Marco's brother Vincent to find who killed him. Vincent has Collins' car rigged with a bomb, but she escapes after McCall warns her. Vincent later threatens to shoot Bonucci in front of the entire town if McCall doesn't reveal himself. McCall does, but before Vincent can kill him, the citizens begin to record the ordeal, causing Vincent and the rest of the Camorra to retreat. Later that night, McCall kills Vincent along with his bodyguards and through Collins returns the money he had taken from the winery to an elderly couple's pension fund. Back in Langley, Virginia, Collins receives a promotion for her role in ending the Altamonte drug trade. She is then revealed to be the daughter of McCall's friends Brian and Susan Plummer. With the Quaranta brothers dead, McCall celebrates with the locals after their team wins a football game. |
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