Rick (Andrew Lee Potts Primeval), a promising young artist, inadvertently enters an active crime scene and is gunned down in central Vienna by hired assassin, Andrei Loesin (Dougray Scott Enigma , Hitman). When Andrei visits the opening of a show of the dead artist he gets embroiled in the world and starts a relationship with Rick sister, Paula (Laura Elena Harring Mulholland Drive). Detective Inspector Vashon (Jurgen Procnow Das Boat, the English Patient) investigates the murder. Can Andrei free himself from the relationship before Vashon catches him or will Andrei confess his crime to Paula? A lyrical tragedy set in France, Austria and Germany with stunning images, poetically directed by Paul Hills (Boston Kickout, Do Elephants Pray?).
When they learn of a secret covenant on the status of Hong Kong signed by Mao in 1944 Chinese factions the British government Hong Kong businessmen and the Mafia all try to be the first to take hold of it. Tough man Sean Dillon pressured by Brigadier Ferguson into working for the British does it his own way. Based on the novel by Jack Higgins.
Bring on the beer...They've got the nuts... When American brothers Todd and Jan Wolfhouse (Erik Stolhanske and Paul Soter) travel to Germany to spread their grandfather's ashes at Oktoberfest they stumble upon a super-secret centuries old underground beer games competition-Beerfest-the secret Olympics of beer drinking. The brothers receive a less than warm welcome from their German cousins the Von Wolfhausens who humiliate Todd and Jan slander their relatives and finally cast them out of the event. Vowing to return in a year to defend their country and their family's honor the Wolfhouse boys assemble a ragtag dream team of beer drinkers and gamers: Barry Badrinath (Jay Chandrasekhar) the consummate skills player with a dark past; Phil Krundle (Kevin Heffernan) AKA Landfill the one-man chugging machine; and Steve Fink Finklestein (Steve Lemme) the lab tech with a Masters degree in All Things Beer. This Magnificent Five train relentlessly using their hearts minds and livers to drink faster smarter and harder than they ever have before. But first they must battle their own demons... as well as a bunch of big blond German jerks who want to destroy the team before they can even make it back to Munich. Revenge like beer is best served cold.... Even ruder and cruder than the original this uncut DVD release re-instates scenes that were too shocking for cinemas!
Heart Of America
The Cold War is over for most of the world. But Frank Banner (Armand Assante) must rehash it every day. This is because of his top secret work with defecting Soviet spies a job that resulted in the death of his wife. Now he is being called in again to protect an ex-KGB official who is on the run from both the Russian Mafia and the CIA. This case unpredictably brings him face to face with his wife's assassin in this tense post-Glasnost drama.
The True Story Of How A Few Brave Souls Saved The Lives Of Thousands. Nanking is a powerful reminder of the heartbreaknig cost of war and testament to the courage and conviction of those few determined to stand up against its horrors. Known as the rape of Nanking the Japanese army in 1937 invaded China's capital city unleashing a horrific onslaught of murder and rape. Incredibly a small group of Westerners who stayed behind saved thousands. The film touchingly captures this controversial fast-fading chapter in history through interviews with Chinese survivors archival footage and compelling readings of the Westerners' letters and diaries shared by top-level actors such as Woody Harrelson Stephen Dorff Mariel Hemingway and more.
Wolfgang Petersen's harrowing and claustrophobic U-boat thriller Das Boot was released as both a theatrical film and a six-hour mini-series, and remains the most expensive production ever made by a German studio. The expanded "Director's Cut" of the movie was re-released 1997 and it is this version that is available for home viewing. This epic story became an instant classic on its first release, provoking critical and audience acclaim worldwide for its sympathetic and entirely truthful portrayal of a German U-boat crew. Faithfully adapted from the bestselling novel by Lothar-Günther Buchheim, Petersen and his committed cast (led by the amazing Jürgen Prochnow) were concerned to ensure that every detail was rendered with painstaking accuracy--both physical and psychological--and the result is not only the best submarine drama ever made but also arguably the finest cinematic portrait of men at war and the terrible madness they must endure. On the DVD: The 200-minute "Director's Cut" version of the movie not only has several major scenes restored that were not in the theatrical release but also has been digitally remastered with significantly improved sound (new sound effects have been added) and anamorphic picture. (The six-hour TV version has yet to be released.) Here, the viewer can watch the movie in the original German, with or without subtitles, or in an English dubbed version that uses the voices of many of the original cast. On the utterly engrossing commentary track, director Wolfgang Petersen and star Jürgen Prochnow talk animatedly and in great detail about every aspect of making this epic story--from model shots using Barbie dolls to meeting the Captain of the original U-boat. This is one of the most consistently rewarding commentaries on disc. Also included is a five-minute featurette that promotes this new version. --Mark Walker
Violent Lesson... Deadly Learning. It's the last day of school and the unthinkable is about to happen. Distraught by constant bullying and verbal abuse from their peers two senior high school students plan to take weapons to school to murder the bullies that torment them then end their own lives in a horrific suicide pact... Based on the tragic events at Columbine High School.
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