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Released 2010 Rating 18 in UK Director Sylvester Stallone Writer/s Sylvester Stallone, Dave Callahan Starring Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Steve Austin, Charisma Carpenter, Mickey Rourke Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch A group of mercenaries are given the job of civilising an island governed by a dictator and engaged … Continue reading
Released 2012 Rating 18 in UK Director Andrew Dominik Writer/s Andrew Dominik Starring Brad Pitt, Scoot McNairy, Ben mendelsohn, James Gandolfini, Richard Jenkins, Ray Liotta Source of story A book by George V.Higgins Elevator Pitch After a pretty amateur stick-up of a mob financed poker game a hit man is tasked with identifying the protragonists … Continue reading
Released 2008 Rating 12A Director D.J.Caruso Writer/s John Glenn, Travis Wright, Hillary Seitz, Dan McDermott Starring Shia LaBeouf, Michelle Monaghan, Billy Bob Thornton, Rosario Dawson Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch The White House authorises a risky drone attack in the Middle-East. A new super explosive in the form of a crystal is … Continue reading
Released 1997 Rating 15 in UK Director Mimi Leder Writer/s Michael Schiffer Starring George Clooney, Nicole Kidman, Armin Mueller-Stahl Source of story Newspaper article by Leslie and Andrew Cockburn Elevator Pitch A train crash and nuclear explosion in Russia are detected by the surveillance teams in America. A White House nuclear expert and a no … Continue reading
Released 2010 Rating 12A Director John Luessenhop Writer/s Peter Allen, Gabriel Casseus, Avery Duff Starring Matt Dillon, Idris Elba, Paul Walker Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch A bunch of super smart thieves undertake a heist prompted by the return of one of their number from jail, who is in some way involved … Continue reading
Released 2009 Rating 12A Director Paul McGuigan Writer/s David Bourla Starring Dakota Fanning, Chris Evans, Camilla Belle Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch A bunch of young Americans with special powers, to move things, to change people’s views of things, to make people believe things and to see the future (not all at … Continue reading
Released 2009 Rating 18 in UK Director Patrick Tatopoulos Writer/s Danny McBride, Dirk Blackman and others Starring Michael Sheen, Bill Nighy, Rhona Mitra Source of story The previous two Underworld stories Elevator Pitch There was a time in the distant past when the vampires used the lycans as slaves in their dark citadel, but then … Continue reading
Released 2004 Rating 15 in UK Director Alexander Witt Writer/s Paul W.S. Anderson Starring Milla Jovovich, Sienna Guillory, Eric Malbus, Iain Glen Source of story Originally the computer game, and the first film Elevator Pitch Alice is released by the Umbrella Corp into the T-Virus contaminated Racoon City where she and a small group of … Continue reading
Released 2016 Rating 12A Director Antoine Fuqua Writer/s Richard Wenk, Nic Pizzolatto Starring Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke Source of story The original western and, it is claimed, the Seven Samurai Elevator Pitch When the inhabitants of a small western town are threatened by a violent mine owner, determined to steal their land, they … Continue reading
Released 2011 Rating 15 in UK Director Simon West Writer/s Richard Wenk, Lewis John Carlino Starring Jason Statham, Ben Foster, Donald Sutherland Source of story A 1972 film of the same name Elevator Pitch A sophisticated assassin whose hits are programmed by a shadowy organisation, is required to carry out the termination of his mentor, … Continue reading
Released 2009 Rating 12A in UK Director Jonathan Mostow Writer/s Michael Ferris, John Brancato Starring Bruce Wills, Radha Mitchell, Rosamund Pike, James Cromwell Source of story Graphic novel by Robert Venditti and Brett Weldele Elevator Pitch In the near future the population is represented in the workplace and at play by their surrogates, remotely operated … Continue reading
Released 2007 Rating 12A in UK Director Paul Greengrass Writer/s Tony Gilroy, Scott Z Burns, George Nolfi Starring Matt Damon, Julia Stiles, David Strathairn, Paddy Considine, Joan Allen Source of story Book by Robert Ludlum Elevator Pitch Bourne is on the case again when he is named in a Guardian article, requiring him to visit … Continue reading
Released 2016 Rating 12A Director Justin Lin Writer/s Simon Pegg, Doug Jung Starring Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg, Sofia Boutella, Idris Elba Source of story Star Trek – the legend Elevator Pitch The Enterprise is dispatched from the frontier space station Yorktown to assist a lost alien vessel in uncharted space, but … Continue reading
Released 2004 Rating 12A in UK Director Paul Greengrass Writer/s Tony Gilroy Starring Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Joan Allen, Brian Cox Source of story Novel by Robert Ludlum (more or less) Elevator Pitch Bourne finds himself a target of a KGB killer, and is forced to come out of hiding once more to attempt to … Continue reading
Released 2014 Rating 15 in UK Director Matthew Vaughn Writer/s Matthew Vaughn, Jane Goldman Starring Colin Firth, Taron Egerton, Samuel L Jackson, Mark Strong Source of story A graphic novel Elevator Pitch A maniac tech billionaire has a plan to reduce the population of the earth by turning the inhabitants against each other. But standing … Continue reading
Released 2014 Rating PG-13 Director Camille Delamarre Writer/s Luc Besson Starring Paul Walker, David Belle Source of story A remake of French film ´District B13 Elevator Pitch An undercover policeman in search of a dirty bomb, and a vigilante in search of his girl friend must band together to take on the drug gangs … Continue reading
Released 2007 Rating 18 Director Michael Davis Writer/s Michael Davis Starring Clive Owen, Monica Bellucci, Paul Giamatti Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch A man delivers a baby in a warehouse, while engaging in a gun battle with men chasing the mother. Thereafter, he and a helpful whore go on the run with … Continue reading
Released 2010 Rating 15 Director Kevin Smith Writer/s Robb and Mark Cullen Starring Bruce Willis, Tracy Morgan Source of story An original screen play Elevator Pitch An ill-matched pair of New York cops are on the track of a drug cartel and one of their molls but each is preoccupied with his own problems, one … Continue reading
Released 1999 Rating 18 Director Peter Hyams Writer/s Andrew W Marlowe Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Gabriel Byrne, Rod Steiger, Robin Tunney, Miriam Margoles Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch On the last day of the old century the devil comes to earth and takes over the body of a banker, there-after searching for a … Continue reading
Released 2002 Rating 12A Director Doug Liman Writer/s Tony Gilroy, W.Blake Herron Starring Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Chris Cooper, Brian Cox Source of story Loosely based on the book of the same name by Robert Ludlum Elevator Pitch A fishing boat picks up a man from the sea who is injured and suffering from amnesia. … Continue reading
Released 2012 Rating 12A Director Andrew Stanton Writer/s Andrew Stanton, Mark Andrews Starring Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, Willem Dafoe, Samantha Morton Source of story “Princess of Mars” by Edgar Rice Burroughs (1912) Elevator Pitch An American Civil War veteran is mysteriously transferred to the planet Mars where he finds he had super capabilities and beomes … Continue reading
Released 2011 Rating 15 in UK Director Gary McKendry Writer/s Matt Sherring Starring Jason Statham, Clive Owen, Robert De Nero Source of story A book by (Sir) Ranulph Fiennes called “The Feather Men” perporting to be a true story. Elevator Pitch A retired professional assassin is drawn back into action when his mentor is imprisoned … Continue reading
Released 1990 Rating 18 in UK Director Coen Brothers Writer/s Coen Brothers Starring Gabriel Byrne, Albert Finney, John Turturro, Steve Buscemi Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch In prohibition era America two rival gang bosses vie for control of the city. The advisor to one forms an ill advised association with his boss’s … Continue reading
Released 2016 Rating 18 in UK Director Jeremy Saulnier Writer/s Jeremy Saulnier Starring Anton Yelchin, Imogen Poots, Patrick Stewart Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch A punk band in hard times take on a gig at a neo-nazi bar in the remote forests of North West Oregon, but after their performance they accidentally … Continue reading
Released 2012 Rating 15 in UK Director Phillip Stölzl Writer/s Arash Amel Starring Aaron Eckart, Olga Kurylenko Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch A former CIA man with a role in the security of a Belgian company is forced to go on the run with his estranged daughter when it becomes apparent that … Continue reading
Released 2013 Rating 15 in UK Director Luc Besson Writer/s Luc Besson, Michael Caleo Starring Robert De Nero, Michelle Pfeiffer, Tommy Lee Jones, Dianna Agron, David Belle Source of story A book by Tonino Benacquista Elevator Pitch A mafia boss who has turned state’s evidence is hidden by the FBI with his family in Northern … Continue reading
Released 1994 Rating 15 in UK Director John Badham Writer/s Tony Griffin, Guy Manos, Peter Barsocchini, John Bishop Starring Wesley Snipes, Gary Busey, Yancey Butler Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch A gang rescue a prisoner from a Boeing 747 at 40,000 ft, blowing a hole in the side and jumping out. He … Continue reading
Released 2003 Rating 12A in UK Director Jonathan Mostow Writer/s John Brancato, Michael Ferris Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Nick Stahl, Claire Danes, Kristanna Loken Source of story Earlier Terminators, James Cameron and Gale Anne Hurd credited with having invented the characters. Elevator Pitch John Connor has survived into young adulthood by living “off the grid” but … Continue reading
Released 2009 Rating 12A in UK Director Stephen Sommers Writer/s Stuart Beattie, David Elliot, Paul Lovett Starring Dennis Quaid, Channing Tatum, Sienna Miller, Jonathan Pryce Source of story An action figure!! Elevator Pitch An arms manufacturer develops a weapon which can deploy nanobots which eat whatever they touch, and with the help of some dastardly … Continue reading
Released 2013 Rating 15 in UK Director David Twohy Writer/s David Twohy, Jim and Ken Wheat Starring Vin Diesel, Jordi Mollà, Karl Urban Source of story A reappearance of the character, now a franchise, but who first was seen in “Pitch Black”. Elevator Pitch The super warrior Riddick is left for dead on an alien … Continue reading
Released 2000 Rating 15 in UK Director Dominic Sena Writer/s H.B.Halicki, Scott Rosenberg Starring Nicolas Cage, Angelina Jolie, Giovani Ribisi, Robert Duvall, Timothy Olyphant, Christopher Ecclestone, Vinnie Jones Source of story A remake of a 1974 film (I had never heard of it) Elevator Pitch A seasoned car thief is drawn out of retirement to … Continue reading
Released 2010 Rating 15 in UK Director Paul W.S. Anderson Writer/s Paul W.S. Anderson Starring Milla Jovovich, Ali Larter, Wentworth Miller, Sienna Guillory, Source of story Originally a video game, and previous movies. Elevator Pitch Alice searches for other survivors of the T-Virus piloting an aircraft, finally landing on the roof of a prison in … Continue reading
Released 2008 Rating 12A in UK Director Marc Forster Writer/s Paul Haggis, Neil Purvis, Robert Wade Starring Daniel Craig, Olga Kurylenko, Judi Dench, Gemma Arterton, Jeffrey Wright, Rory Kinnear, Tim Pigott-Smith, Source of story A continuation of Casino Royal, title apparently an Ian Fleming short story. Elevator Pitch The secret organisation Quantum has penetrated the … Continue reading
Released 2006 Rating 15 in UK Director Vondie Curtis-Hall Writer/s Vondie Curtis-Hall, Darin Scott Starring Tyrese Gibson, Meagan Good Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch A former criminal recently released on probation when his car, with the son in it, is hijacked. The cost of getting the boy back from a fearsome gang … Continue reading
Released 1981 Rating 15 in UK Director George Miller Writer/s George Miller Starring Mel Gibson, Bruce Spence, Source of story Mad Max 1 Elevator Pitch In post nuclear war Australia Max comes across a fortified community in the desert that has an oil well and a primitive refinery, but it is being besieged by a … Continue reading
Released 2012 Rating 12A in UK Director Simon West Writer/s David Guggenheim Starring Nicolas Cage, Josh Lucas, Malin Akerman, Danny Huston Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch Eight years after a failed bank robbery a criminal gets out of jail, only to find himself having to pursue his former partner, who had has … Continue reading
Released 2008 Rating 12A Director Mathieu Kassovitz Writer/s Mathieu Kassovitz Starring Vin Diesel, Michelle Yeoh, Melanie Thierry, Mark Strong, Charlotte Rampling, Gerard Depardieu, David Belle, Source of story A novel by Maurice G Dantec Elevator Pitch In a future where law and order has broken down a former mercenary is hired to take a young … Continue reading
Released 2013 Rating 15 in UK Director Mikael Hafstrom Writer/s Miles Chapman, Jason Keller Starring Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, 50 Cent, Jim Caveizel, Sam Neill, Vinnie Jones Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch An expert in prison security, who usually determines the weaknesses in such facilities by escaping from them, is incarcerated in … Continue reading
Released 2013 Rating 12A in UK Director Guillermo del Toro Writer/s Guillermo del Toro, Travis Beacham Starring Idris Elba, Charlie Hunnam, Rinko Kikuchi, Burn Gorman, Ron Perlman Source of story An original screenplay – but sort of based on Japanese Anime. Elevator Pitch The world is threatened by monsters which rise from the sea to … Continue reading
Released 1994 Rating 18 in UK Director Quentin Tarantino Writer/s Quentin Tarantino, Roger Avery Starring Tim Roth, John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis, Ving Rhames, Uma Therman , Harvey Keitel Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch A number of connected stories in the LA underworld involving a violent mafia boss and his … Continue reading
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