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Released 2012 Rating (UK) 15 Source of story A not very original screenplay, since John Carpenter took Luc Besson to court due to the similarities between this work and the “Escape” duo. He won $450,000 Writer/s Script Stephen St Leger, James Mather, Luc Besson Writer/s Story Original idea by Luc Besson Director James Mather, Stephen … Continue reading
Released 2013 Rating (UK) 18 Source of story A South Korean film similarly named and apparently a manga comic. Writer/s Script Mark Protosevich Writer/s Story Garon Tsuchiya, Nobuaki Minegisha (the manga comic) Director Spike Lee Starring Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Olsen, Sharlto Copley, Samuel L Jackson, Michael Imperioli Elevator Pitch An alcoholic marketing executive is imprisoned … Continue reading
Released 2014 Rating (UK) 15 Source of story An original screenplay Writer/s Script Andre Fabrizio, Jeremy Passmore Director Brian A Miller Starring Jason Patric, Jessica Lowndes, Bruce Willis, Jung Ji-Hoon, John Cusack, 50 Cent Elevator Pitch Whe a retired assassin’s daughter is kidnapped he is forced to revisit New Orleans, his old area of operations, … Continue reading
Released 2003 Rating (UK) 15 Source of story The first film, and although not acknowledged a number of early SF stories. Writer/s Script The Wachowskis Writer/s Story The Wachowskis Director The Wachowskis Starring Monica Bellucci, Lawrence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Jada Plinkett-Smith, Keanu Reeves, Hugo Weaving Elevator Pitch In the far future machines are using humans … Continue reading
Released 2015 Rating (UK) 15 Source of story An original screenplay Writer/s Script Adam Marcus, Debra Sullivan Director Stephen S Campanelli Starring Olga Kurylenko, James Purfoy, Morgan Freeman, Jenna Saras, Lee-Anne Summers Elevator Pitch A high tech safe deposit box robbery of a trove of diamonds also includes an incriminating flash drive, forcing the robbers, … Continue reading
Released 2008 Rating (UK) 15 Source of story “Inspired by” previous Death Race movies. Writer/s Script Paul W.S.Anderson Writer/s Story Paul W.S.Anderson, Robert Thom, Charles B Griffith, Ib Melchior (all except the first from the 1975 film) Director Paul W.S.Anderson Starring Jason Statham, Joan Allen, Ian McShane, Tyrese Gibson, Natalie Martinez Elevator Pitch A former … Continue reading
Released 1994 Rating (UK) 15 Source of story An original screenplay Writer/s Script Claude Zidi, Simon Michael, Didier Kaminka, James Cameron Director James Cameron Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Arnold, Bill Paxton, Tia Carrere, Eliza Dushku, Charlton Heston, Art Malik Elevator Pitch A secret agent who is on the track of a terrorist … Continue reading
Released 2003 Rating (UK) 15 Source of story The first film Writer/s Script Michael Brandt, Derek Haas Writer/s Story Michael Brandt, Derek Haas, Gary Scott Thompson Director John Singleton Starring Paul Walker, Tyrese Gibson, Eva Mendes, Cole Hauser, Elevator Pitch Two street racers are forced by the US Customs and the FBI to infiltrate the … Continue reading
Released 2000 Rating (UK) 15 Source of story The TV series and possibly the first film Writer/s Script Robert Towne Writer/s Story Ronald D Moore, Brannon Braga Director John Woo Starring Tom Cruise, Dougray Scott, Thandie Newton, Ving Rhames, Richard Roxburgh, Joln Polson, Brendan Gleeson Elevator Pitch Ethan’s team is hired to recover a deadly … Continue reading
Released 1996 Rating (UK) PG Source of story The TV series scripted by Bruce Geller. Writer/s Script David Koepp, Robert Towne Writer/s Story David Koepp, Steven Zaillian Director Brian De Palma Starring Tom Cruise, Jon Voight, Emmanuelle Beart, Henry Czerny, Jean Reno, Ving Rhames, Kristen Scott Thomas, Vanessa Redgrave Elevator Pitch Ethan Hunt is the … Continue reading
Released 1990 Rating (UK) 18 Source of story The first film Writer/s Script Frank Miller, Walon Green, Writer/s Story Frank Miller + Edward Neumeier, Michael Miner (Characters) Director Irvin Kershner Starring Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Belinda Bauer, Tom Noonan, Dan O’Herlihy Elevator Pitch The villains, now manufacturing an addictive drug, are proving to be more … Continue reading
Released 2011 Rating (UK) 15 Source of story An original screenplay Writer/s script Luc Besson, Robert Mark Kamen Director Olivier Megaton Starring Zoe Saldana, Jordi Molla, Lennie James, Michael Vartan, Cliff Curtis Elevator Pitch A girl in Bogota sees her parents killed in a gang war, and after managing to get to America, with the … Continue reading
Released 1987 Rating (UK) 18 Source of story An original screenplay Writer/s script Edward Neumeier, Michael Miner Director Paul Verhoeven Starring Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Ronny Cox, Dan OHerlihy Elevator Pitch In a crime ridden future Detroit policing is taken over by a financially motivated corporation, but their initial attempt to provide robot policing proves … Continue reading
Released 2007 Rating (UK) 18 Source of story An original screenplay Writer/s script Scott Wiper, Rob Hedden Writer/s story Rob Hedden, Andy Hedden, Scott Wiper Director Scott Wiper Starring Steve Austin, Vinnie Jones, Robert Mammone, Tory Mussett and a load of wrestlers Elevator Pitch An unscruplous media billionaire sets up an internet event where a … Continue reading
Released 2012 Rating (UK) 12A Source of story The Bourne outings and the character in books by Robert Ludlum Writer/s script Tony Gilroy, Dan Gilroy Writer/s story Tony Gilroy Director Tony Gilroy Starring Jeremy Renner, Scott Glen, Stacy Keach, Edward Norton, Rachel Weisz, Albert Finney, Joan Allen Elevator Pitch Jason Bourne is still out there, … Continue reading
Released 2012 Rating (UK) 15 Source of story The previous Alice outings, and originally a video game Writer/s script Paul W.S. Anderson Director Paul W.S. Anderson Starring Milla Jovovich, Sienna Guillory, Michelle Rodriguez, Bingbing Li, Oded Fehr, Colin Salmon Elevator Pitch Alice, or maybe a version of her, is released from an Umbrella Corporation cell … Continue reading
Released 2014 Rating (UK) 18 (Difficult to see why) Source of story An original screenplay Writer/s script James Robert Johnson, Bennet Yellin Director John Stockwell Starring Gina Carano, Cam Gigandet, Danny Trejo, Luis Guzman Elevator Pitch A woman with a past which includes martial arts training marries well, and she and her rich husband go … Continue reading
Released 1987 Rating (UK) 18 Source of story Variously considered to be a novella by Stephen King (as Richard Bachman) or an earlier story by Robert Sheckley. Writer/s script Steven E. de Souza Director Paul Michael Glaser Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Maria Conchita Alonso, Yaphet Kotto, Jesse Ventura, Mick Fleetwood, Richard Dawson Elevator Pitch In a … Continue reading
Released 2003 Rating (UK) 15 Source of story An original screenplay Writer/s script David Griffiths, Peter Griffiths, Art Monterastelli Director William Friedkin Starring Tommy Lee Jones, Benicio Del Toro, Connie Nielsen, John Finn Elevator Pitch A military assassin who we see killing a guerilla leader in Kosovo during the Balcan wars, is unable to return … Continue reading
Released 2007 Rating (UK) 15 Source of story A video game and more directly the previous outing Writer/s script Paul W.S. Anderson Director Russell Mulcahy Starring Milla Jovovich, Oded Fehr, Ali Larter, Ian Glen Elevator Pitch Survivors from Racoon City are driving across the desert, trying to escape the T-Virus infected zombies, and Alice the … Continue reading
Released 2013 Rating (UK) 15 Source of story Real events and a book by Paul Lieberman Writer/s script Will Beall Director Ruben Fleischer Starring Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling, Mireille Enos, Emma Stone, Nick Nolte, Anthony Mackie, Robert Patrick Elevator Pitch In 1949 Los Angeles the criminal underworld controls the city, paying off many … Continue reading
Released 2011 Rating (UK) 12A Source of story An original screenplay using characters from the franchise Writer/s script Chris Morgan, Gary Scott Thompson (characters) Director Justin Lin Starring Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Jordana Brewster, Tyrese Gibson, Sung Kang, Dwayne Johnson, Elsa Pataky Elevator Pitch The gang break their leader out of a prison bus and … Continue reading
Released 2012 Rating (UK) 18 Source of story The earlier Underworld productions Writer/s script Len Wiseman, John Hlavin, J.Michael Stracznski, Allison Burnett Writer/s story Len Wiseman, John Hlavin – Characters: Kevin Grevioux, Danny McBride Director Måns Mårlind, Björn Stein Starring Kate Beckinsale, Stephen Rea, Michael Ealy, Charles Dance, Elevator Pitch Selene and Michael have been … Continue reading
Released 2006 Rating (UK) 12A Source of story The previous two films, amd the original TV series written by Bruce Geller Writer/s script Alex Kurtzman, Robert Orci, J.J.Abrams Director J.J.Abrams Starring Tom Cruise, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Ving Rhames, Billy Crudup, Michelle Monaghan, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Keri Russell, Maggie Q, Simon Pegg, Eddie Marsan, Laurence Fishburne … Continue reading
Released 2007 Rating (UK) 15 Source of story An original screenplay Writer/s script Matthew Michael Carnahan Director Peter Berg Starring Jamie Foxx. Chris Cooper, Jennifer Garner, Jason Bateman, Ashraf Barhom, Jeremy Piven, Richard Jenkins, Kyle Chandler Elevator Pitch An American compound in Riyadh is attacked by terrorists disguised as police, and so an FBI team … Continue reading
Released 2012 Rating (UK) 15 Source of story A graphic novel by Alexis Nolent “Du plomb dans la tête”. Writer/s script Alessandro Camon Director Walter Hill Starring Sylvester Stallone, Sung Kang, Sarah Shahi, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Jason Momoa, Christian Slater Elevator Pitch In the New Orleans underworld a hitman finds himself under threat, and so must … Continue reading
Released 2009 Rating (UK) 12A Source of story An original screenplay Writer/s script James Cameron Director James Cameron Starring Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Michelle Rodriguez, Giovanni Ribisi, Joel David Moore Elevator Pitch Pandora is a moon orbiting a gaseous planet inhabited by a three metre high blue people, the Na’vi, and … Continue reading
Released 2015 Rating (UK) 12A Source of story An original screenplay, based on the Japanese legend of the 47 ronin Writer/s script Michael Konyves, Dave Sussman Director Kazuaki Kiriya Starring Clive Owen, Morgan Freeman, Cliff Curtis, Dave Legeno, Michael Lombardi and an international cast. Elevator Pitch When the leader of a warrior clan crosses the … Continue reading
Released 2003 Rating (UK) 12A Source of story Unbelievably, a fairground ride at Disneyworld Writer/s Script Ted Elliot, Terry Rossio Writer/s Story Ted Elliot, Terry Rossio, Stuart Beattie, Jay Wolpert Director Gore Verbinski Starring Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Jack Davenport, Jonathan Pryce, Mackenzie Crook, Kevin McNally, Zoe Saldana Elevator Pitch The … Continue reading
Released 2008 Rating (UK) 15 Source of story A novel by Robert B Parker Writer/s Script Robert Knott, Ed Harris Writer/s Story Director Ed Harris Starring Jeremy Irons, Ed Harris, Viggo Mortensen, Timothy Spall, Renee Zellweger Elevator Pitch In Appaloosa, New Mexico in 1882 a US Marshall and his deputy are hired by the … Continue reading
Released 2011 Rating 12A in UK Director Michael Bay Writer/s Ehren Kruger Starring Shia LaBeouf, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Josh Duhamel, John Turturro, Tyrese Gibson, Patrick Dempsey, Frances McDormand, John Malkovich, Kevin Dunn, Alan Tudyk, Peter Cullen, Hugo Weaving, Leonard Nimoy Source of story Unbelievably a diecast toy, previous films and a book called “Transformers: Ghosts of … Continue reading
Released 1984 Rating 15 in UK (R in US) Director Martin Brest Writer/s Daniel Petrie Jr, Danilo Bach Starring Eddie Murphy, Judge Reingold, John Ashton, Lisa Eilbacher, Ronny Cox, Steven Berkoff Source of story An original but much rewritten and rehandled screenplay Elevator Pitch A undisciplined Detroit detective goes on the hunt for the killers … Continue reading
Released 2006 Rating 15 in UK Director Martin Campbell Writer/s Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, Paul Haggis Starring Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Mads Mikkelsen, Judi Dench, Jeffrey Wright, Giancarlo Giannini Source of story Casino Royale the novel by Ian Fleming (Apparently followed closely) Elevator Pitch Bond is on the trail of a financier who uses terrorist … Continue reading
Released 2013 Rating 12A in UK Director Gore Verbinski Writer/s Justin Haythe, Ted Elliot, Terry Rossio Starring Johnny Depp, Armie Hammer, William fichtner, Tom Wilkinson, Ruth Wilson, Helena Bonham-Carter Source of story The Lone Ranger radio shows – and possibly short cine films Elevator Pitch A posse of Texas Rangers chase a gang of criminals … Continue reading
Released 2002 Rating 15 Director Rob Cohen Writer/s Rich Wilkes Starring Vin Diesel, Asia Argentino, Samuel Jackson, Michael Roof Source of story A (not very) original screenplay Elevator Pitch An extreme sportsman who operates outside the law is recruited by the National Security Agency to penetrate a criminal gang in the Czech Republic. He is … Continue reading
Released 2015 Rating 15 in UK Director Simon West Writer/s William Goldman Starring Jason Statham, Dominik Garcia-Lorido, Milo Ventimiglia, Stanley Tucci Source of story A novel “Heat” and 1980s film, both by William Goldman Elevator Pitch A Las Vegas bodyguard is hired by a young internet millionaire to watch his back, at the same time … Continue reading
Released 2012 Rating 16 in UK Director Christopher McQuarrie Writer/s Christopher McQuarrie Starring Tom Cruise, Rosamund Pike, Richard Jenkins, David Oyelowo, Werner Herzog, Robert Duvall Source of story A book “One Shot” by Lee Child Elevator Pitch A former military sniper is arrested for the random shooting of five people on a river bank, and … Continue reading
Released 2001 Rating PG in UK Director Brian Helgeland Writer/s Brian Helgeland Starring Heath Ledger, Rufus Sewell, Shannyn Sossamon, Paul Bettany, Laura Fraser, Mark Addy, Alan Tudyk, James Purefoy, Christopher Cazenove Source of story An original screenplay – but I think the director had seen one of those medieval tournaments put on by a group … Continue reading
Released 2007 Rating 12A in UK Director Lee Tamahori Writer/s Gary Goldman, Jonathan Hensleigh, Paul Bernbaum Starring Nicolas Cage, Julianne Moore, Jessica Biel, Peter Falk Source of story A novel by Phillip K Dick “The Golden Man”. Elevator Pitch A small time magician working in Las Vegas can see a short time into the future, … Continue reading
Released 2010 Rating 12A in UK Director Mike Newell Writer/s Boaz Yakin, Doug Miro Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Gemma Arterton, Ben Kingsley, Alfred Molina, Richard Coyle, Ronald Pickup Source of story A video game scripted by Jordan Mechner Elevator Pitch The king of Persia with his two natural sons and one adopted son invade a sacred … Continue reading
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