A group of archaeologists become trapped in the past when they go there to retrieve a friend. The group must survive in 14th century France before they can escape back to the 21st Century.
Hoping to alter the events of the past, a 19th century inventor instead travels 800,000 years into the future, where he finds humankind divided into two warring races.
In a future mind-controlling game, death row convicts are forced to battle in a 'Doom'-type environment. Convict Kable, controlled by Simon, a skilled teenage gamer, must survive thirty sessions in order to be set free.
An unhappy family is visited by a strange man at Christmas, who claims to have grown up in their home. He tells stories of miscarriage and reincarnation, and they throw him out... but not ... See full summary »
Director:
Tony Asimakopoulos
Stars:
Guido Cocomello,
Kent McQuaid,
Erika Rosenbaum
A senior at an ivy league college, who depends on scholarships and working on the side, gets accepted into the secret society The Skulls. He hopes it betters chances at Harvard but The Skulls is not what he thought and comes at a price.
Adventurer Lara Croft goes on a quest to save the mythical Pandora's Box, before an evil scientist finds it, and recruits a former Marine turned mercenary to assist her.
Director:
Jan de Bont
Stars:
Angelina Jolie,
Gerard Butler,
Chris Barrie
Sam Childers is a former drug-dealing biker tough guy who found God and became a crusader for hundreds of Sudanese children who've been forced to become soldiers.
Director:
Marc Forster
Stars:
Gerard Butler,
Michelle Monaghan,
Michael Shannon
An aging alcoholic cop is assigned the task of escorting a witness from police custody to a courthouse 16 blocks away. There are, however, chaotic forces at work that prevent them from making it in one piece.
A group of archaeologists and combat experts led by Paul Walker and Frances O'Connor use a "3-D fax machine" (so much for technobabble!) to time-travel back to France in 1357, in hopes of retrieving Walker's father and returning safely to the present. No such luck. Fending for themselves against marauding hordes of medieval French warriors at war with the invading British, these semi-intrepid travelers find their body count rising, and the deadline for their return home is rapidly approaching.Written by
Anthony Pereyra {hypersonic91@yahoo.com}
The Hundred Year War was a conflict solely between the French and the British while the Germans were not involved. The British carried shields with the German Crest Eagle in the movie. See more »
Goofs
When the group is first handed their markers, Kramer tells them, "You can use any one of them to call for your return at any time. Frank will explain the intricacies of how they work once you arrive. Most importantly, one marker will bring all of you back. Do not lose them." However, when Barreto is shot with the arrows, he presses his marker to return to the present time, but no one else is transported with him. See more »
Quotes
Kate Ericson:
[the marker is not working, Kate is panicking]
Why isn't it working? It's not working.
Gordon:
I don't know because if it were working, we'd be FUCKING HOME RIGHT NOW!
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Going to show this movie in my high school world history class to exemplify the animosity between the Brits and the French, or should I say the Normans(Vikings) and the Franks? Michael Crichton's name sells. It is that simple. Since my earliest recollection as a pre-teen boy watching "Andromeda Strain" on a black and white TV on network television on a Saturday night, to seeing "Westworld" and then reading "Jurasic Park" wondering if it would ever become a movie, he has authored interesting stories. If you don't like the movie, you won't like the book. It is a reasonably faithful adaptation. Again, I find it worthwhile enough to spend two and a half class periods on it to demonstrate in an entertaining manner the rational expectation of what it may have been like back then in midieval France...
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Going to show this movie in my high school world history class to exemplify the animosity between the Brits and the French, or should I say the Normans(Vikings) and the Franks? Michael Crichton's name sells. It is that simple. Since my earliest recollection as a pre-teen boy watching "Andromeda Strain" on a black and white TV on network television on a Saturday night, to seeing "Westworld" and then reading "Jurasic Park" wondering if it would ever become a movie, he has authored interesting stories. If you don't like the movie, you won't like the book. It is a reasonably faithful adaptation. Again, I find it worthwhile enough to spend two and a half class periods on it to demonstrate in an entertaining manner the rational expectation of what it may have been like back then in midieval France...