The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (
2009) | IMDb:
6.4
Armed men hijack a New York City subway train, holding the passengers hostage in return for a ransom, and turning an ordinary day's work for dispatcher Walter Garber into a face-off with the mastermind behind the crime.
Starring:
Denzel Washington
,
John Travolta
,
John Turturro
,
Luis Guzmán
,
James Gandolfini
,
Michael Rispoli
Blast from the Past (
1999) | IMDb:
6.7
Following a bomb scare in the 1960s that locked the Webers into their bomb shelter for 35 years, Adam now ventures forth into Los Angeles to obtain food and supplies for his family, and a non-mutant wife for himself.
Starring:
Brendan Fraser
,
Alicia Silverstone
,
Christopher Walken
,
Sissy Spacek
,
Dave Foley
,
Joey Slotnick
The Juror (
1996) | IMDb:
5.7
With his gangster boss on trial for murder, a mob thug known as "the Teacher" tells Annie Laird she must talk her fellow jurors into a not-guilty verdict, implying that he'll kill her son Oliver if she fails. She manages to do this, but, when it becomes clear that the mobsters might want to silence her for good, she sends Oliver abroad and tries to gather evidence of the plot against her, setting up a final showdown.
Starring:
Demi Moore
,
Alec Baldwin
,
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
,
Anne Heche
,
James Gandolfini
,
Lindsay Crouse
Only the Strong (
1993) | IMDb:
6.5
Former Green Beret Louis Stevens returns to his hometown of Miami after completing military service in Brazil, only to learn that his old high school has become a haven for gangs and drug dealers. After Stevens uses his capoeira skills to kick several drug dealers off of the school property, Kerrigan, one of Stevens' old teachers, sees the impact that Stevens has on the students. Kerrigan gives him the task of teaching Capoeira to a handful of the worst at-risk students at the school.
Starring:
Mark Dacascos
,
Paco Christian Prieto
,
Stacey Travis
,
Richard Coca
,
Geoffrey Lewis
,
Todd Susman
Directed by:
Sheldon Lettich
Produced by:
Coneheads (
1993) | IMDb:
5.4
A pair of aliens arrive on Earth to prepare for invasion, but crash instead. With enormous cone-shaped heads, robotlike walks and an appetite for toilet paper, aliens Beldar and Prymatt don't exactly blend in with the population of Paramus, N.J. But for some reason, everyone believes them when they say they're from France.
Directed by:
Steve Barron
Beverly Hills Cop II (
1987) | IMDb:
6.5
Axel Foley returns to the land of sunshine and palm trees to investigate the near-fatal shooting of police Captain Andrew Bogomil. With the help of Sgt. Taggart and Det. Rosewood, they soon uncover that the shooting is associated with a series of "alphabet" robberies masterminded by a heartless weapons kingpin—and the chase is on.