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Released 2011 Rating 15 in UK Director Steven Soderbergh Writer/s Lem Dobbs Starring Gina Carano, Ewan McGregor, Michael Fassbender, Channing Tatum, Michael Douglas, Antonio Banderas, Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch A female “black ops” specialist is betrayed and marked for elimination after a particularly sensitive operation, forcing her to go on the … Continue reading
Released 2003 Rating 15 in UK Director Len Wiseman Writer/s Danny McBride Starring Kate Beckinsale, Michael Sheen, Bill Nighy, Scott Speedman. Source of story An original screenplay – to be followed by sequels, although it was claimed by White Wolf Inc that it was based on one of their published short stories. Elevator Pitch Not … Continue reading
Released 2009 Rating 15 in UK Director Tony Scott Writer/s Brian Helgeland Starring Denzel Washington, John Travolta, James Gandolfini, John Turturro, Source of story Originally a novel by John Godey then a film in 1974 Elevator Pitch A group of criminals take control of a single metro car containing a number of passengers and issue … Continue reading
Released 2011 Rating 12A in UK Director Guy Richie Writer/s Michele Mulroney, Kieran Mulroney Starring Robert Downey Jr, Jude Law, Noomi Rapace, Jared Harris, Rachel McAdams, Stephen Fry, Kelly Reilly, Geraldine James, Eddie Marsan Source of story Characters created by Sir Arthur Conan-Doyle and a previous outing for this lot in 2009. Elevator Pitch Prof … Continue reading
Released 2012 Rating 15 in UK Director David Barrett Writer/s Tom O’Connor Starring Josh Duhamel, Bruce Willis, Rosario Dawson, Vincent D’Onofrio, 50 Cent, Julian McMahon, Vinnie jones, Source of story An Original screen play Elevator Pitch A fireman is the sole witness to a viscious murder, and when witness protection fails, is forced to go … Continue reading
Released 1998 Rating 15 in UK Director Edward Zwick Writer/s Lawrence Wright, Edward Zwick Starring Denzel Washington, Bruce Willis, Annette Bening, Tony Shalhoub, Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch New York is under attack from terrorist cells, making increasingly violent attacks on the infastructure. A senior FBI agent leads the search for the … Continue reading
Released 1993 Rating 15 in UK Director John McTiernan Writer/s Shane Black, David Arnott Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austin O’Brien, Art Carney, Charles Dance, F.Murray Abraham, Tom Noonan, Anthony Quinn, Mercedes Ruehl, Ian McKellan, Joan Plowright, Tina Turner and lots of people appearing as themselves Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch A boy is … Continue reading
Released 2014 Rating 12A in UK Director Renny Harlin Writer/s Sean Hood, Daniel Giat Starring Kellan Lutz, Gaia Weiss, Scott Adkins, Roxanne McKee Source of story A twist on the Greek legend Elevator Pitch Hercules is the born as a result of a coupling between his mother and the god Zeus (don’t ask), and is … Continue reading
Released 2011 Rating 12A in UK Director Shawn Levy Writer/s John Gatins, Dan Gilroy, Jeremy Leven Starring Hugh Jackman, Dakota Goyo, Evangeline Lilly, Anthony Mackie Source of story A short story “Steel” by Richard Matheson Elevator Pitch This is “Robot Wars” on steroids, in a world where massive humanoid machines battle it out in packed … Continue reading
Released 2014 Rating 15 in UK Director Clint Eastwood Writer/s Jason Hall Starring Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller Source of story A book by Chris Kyle with Scott McEwen, Jim DeFelice Elevator Pitch Chris Kyle has shown talent as a marksman even as a child, so when he joins the Navy Seals and becomes a sniper … Continue reading
Released 1963 Rating PG in UK Director Terence Young Writer/s Richard Maibaum, Johanna Harwood Starring Sean Connery, Robert Shaw, Daniela Bianchi, Pedro Armendariz, Lotte Lenya, Bernard Lee, Walter Gotell, Lois Maxwell, Desmond Llewelyn Source of story Book of the same name by Ian Fleming Elevator Pitch Bond is sent to Istanbul to recover a Russian … Continue reading
Released 2007 Rating 15 in UK Director Edgar Wright Writer/s Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg Starring Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Timothy Dalton, Jim Broadbent, Martin Freeman, Bill Nighy, Billie Whitelaw, Bill Bailey, Paddy Considine, Rafe Spall, Kevin Eldon, Olivia Colman plus many cameos by well known actors including Kate Blanchett who is uncredited. Source of story … Continue reading
Released 2005 Rating 12A in UK Director Rob Cohen Writer/s W.D.Richter Starring Josh Lucas, Jessica Biel, Jamie Foxx, Sam Shepard, Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch In the near future three pilots in secret warplanes are dispatched on a mission, from an aircraft carrier in the China Sea, with a superdrone which is … Continue reading
Released 2013 Rating 12A in UK Director Paul Greengrass Writer/s Billy Ray Starring Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi, Catherine Keener, Source of story A book by Captain Richard Phillips with Stephan Talty itself based on real events. Elevator Pitch The American container ship Maersk Alabama was taken over by Somali pirates in 2009, resulting in intervention … Continue reading
Released 2015 Rating 15 in UK Director Denis Villeneuve Writer/s Taylor Sheridan Starring Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin, Benicio Del Toro Source of story An original sceenplay Elevator Pitch A female FBI officer joins a small team of specialists whose task is to manipulate the drug cartels based on the Mexican border. As time passes she … Continue reading
Released 2004 Rating 15 in UK Director Michael Mann Writer/s Stuart Beattie Starring Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx, Jada Pinkett Smith, Mark Ruffalo Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch A hitman, with a list of victims, forces a cab driver to take him from place to place as he extinguishes his targets, but the … Continue reading
Released 1972 Rating 15 in UK Director Francis Ford Coppola Writer/s Coppola, Mario Puzo Starring Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Robert Duvall, Sterling Hayden, Richard Conti, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire, Source of story Novel by Mario Puzo Elevator Pitch Rival families battle for control of neighbourhoods in 1940s New York. When the Godfather is … Continue reading
Released 2015 Rating 15 in UK Director Alejandro G Iñárritu Writer/s Alejandro G Iñárritu, Mark L Smith Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Domhnall Gleeson, Will Poulter, Paul Anderson, Source of story Basically an American legend, turned into a novel by Michael Punke, and used in part as a source Elevator Pitch An American woodsman leading … Continue reading
Released 1969 Rating U in UK Director Peter Collinson Writer/s Troy Kennedy-Martin Starring Michael Caine, Noel Coward, Rossana Brazzi, John le Measurer Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch A group of London criminals set up a caper to steal a shipment of gold in Italy, by creating a traffic jam in Turin, and … Continue reading
Released 2008 Rating 15 Director Oliver Megaton Writer/s Luc Besson, Robert Mark Kamen Starring Jason Statham, Natalya Rudakova Source of story Original Screenplay Elevator Pitch Frank Martin finds himself with the job of delivering a package to the Black Sea, as well as a young woman who is apparently suffering from drugs or alcohol excess, … Continue reading
Released 2005 Rating 15 in UK Director Louis Leterrieer Writer/s Luc Besson, Robert Mark Kamen Starring Jason Statham, Kate Nauta, Amber Valletta Source of story Now the Transporter franchise Elevator Pitch An underworld “driver” has a contract to transport a child to and from school when he becomes embroiled in a diabolical plot to infect … Continue reading
Released 1973 Rating A in UK Director Guy Hamilton Writer/s Tom Mankiewicz Starring Roger Moore, Yaphet Kotto, Jane Seymour, Clifton James, Geoffrey Holder, Bernard Lee, Lois Maxwell, Source of story A story in the 007 franchise – named after but not necessarily based on an Ian Fleming book. Elevator Pitch Bond is sent to New … Continue reading
Released 2010 Rating 18 in UK Director William Monahan Writer/s William Monahan Starring Colin Farrell, Keira Knightly, Ray Winston, David Thewlis, Eddie Marsan, Sanjeev Baskar, Source of story Book by Ken Bruen Elevator Pitch A hardened criminal comes out of jail and in trying to go straight gets a job minding a fragile celebrity who … Continue reading
Released 1984 Rating 15 in UK Director James Cameron Writer/s James Cameron, Gale Anne Hurd Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Biehn, Linda Hamilton Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch In the future humans, led by John Connor, are battling with the machines which have taken over the planet, so in order to eliminate him, … Continue reading
Released 2002 Rating 15 in UK Director Louis Leterrier, Cory Yuen Writer/s Luc Besson, Robert Mark Kamen Starring Jason Statham, Qi Shu, Francois Berleand Source of story Original Screenplay Elevator Pitch A highy trained ex-soldier transports anything for a fee, but when he opens the bag in the boot of his car (trunk to you … Continue reading
Released 2002 Rating 15 (In UK) Director Paul W.S. Anderson Writer/s The Director Source of story A computer game Stars Milla Jovovich, James Purefoy Elevator Pitch A military squad has a mission to shut down the computer system, controlling “the hive”, a multilevel technical facility within which a virus has been released, turning the staff … Continue reading
Released 2007 Rating 18 (in UK) Director Xavier Gens Writer/s Skip Woods Starring Timothy Olyphant, Olga Kurylenko, Doughy Scott, Source of story A computer shoot em up Elevator Pitch An assassin belonging to a mystery organisation whose members can be identified by a barcode tattooed on the back of their heads, is ensnared in a … Continue reading
Released 2012 Rating 18 in UK Director Pete Travis Writer/s John Wagner, Carlos Ezquerre Starring Karl Urban, Olivia Thereby, Lena Headey, Domhnall Gleeson Source of story A character and series in Uk comic 2000 AD Elevator Pitch In a world where the judges are the source of law enforcement, judgement and sentencing (using a sophisticated … Continue reading
Released 2010 Rating 15 in UK Director Nimród Antal Writer/s Alex Litvak, Michael Finch Starring Adrian Brody, Alice Braga, Laurence Fishburne (briefly) Source of story Well, it’s more about Predators Elevator Pitch A group of bad ass people carrying weapons are parachuted into a jungle on an unknown planet, without having any knowledge of why … Continue reading
Released 2009 Rating 18 in UK Director Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor Writer/s The directors Starring Jason Statham, Amy Smart, Dwight Yoakum Source of story A continuance of the original “Crank” Elevator Pitch An incredibly resilient bad man has his heart replaced by an electric one and is constantly required to find a way of recharging … Continue reading
Released 1988 Rating 15 in UK Director Martin Brest Writer/s George Gallo Starring Robert de Nero, Charles Grodin, Yaphet Kotto, Source of story Original screenplay Elevator Pitch A bounty hunter has to return a mafia accountant who has jumped bail, from New York to LA, using a variety of forms of transport while being chased … Continue reading
Released 1993 Rating 15 in UK Director Marco Brambilla Writer/s Peter M Lenkov, Robert Reneau Starring Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes, Sandra Bullock, Nigel Hawthorne, Benjamin Bratt, Denis Leary, Jack Black Source of story Original screenplay Elevator Pitch When an ultra criminal is released from cryo-suspension and begins to wreak havoc in a peaceful society the … Continue reading
Released 2002 Rating 15 in UK Director Kurt Wimmer Writer/s Kurt Wimmer Starring Christian Bale, Emily Watson, Sean Bean, Sean Pertwee Source of story Original screenplay Elevator Pitch In a sort of Big Brother/ The Matrix cross over a Cleric, a highly trained law enforcement officer in a country where feelings and possessions are not … Continue reading
Released 2015 Rating 12A in UK Director Sam Mendez Writer/s John Logan, Neal Purvis + Starring Daniel Craig, Christoph Walz, Ralph Feinnes, Lea Seydoux, Monica Bellucci, Ben Whishaw, Naomie Harris, Rory Kenner, & others Source of story Loosely based on the interaction between previous Bonds and Spectre Elevator Pitch Bond receives a message from the … Continue reading
Released 2012 Rating 15 in UK Director Boaz Yakin Writer/s Boaz Yakin Starring Jason Statham, Catherine Chan Source of story Original screenplay Elevator Pitch A former elite undercover policemen in New York, down on his luck, sees a young Chinese girl being chased by Russian gangsters. He takes her under his protection which results in … Continue reading
Released 2014 Rating 12A in UK Director Doug Liman Writer/s Christopher McQarrie, Jez Butterworth Starring Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, Brendan Gleeson, Bill Paxton, Source of story Book “All You Need is Kill” Horoshi Sakurazaka Elevator Pitch The earth armies are at war with an alien race, who have the ability to reset time, on the … Continue reading
Released 2015 Rating 12A in UK Director J.J.Abrams Writer/s Lawrence Kasdan, J.J.Abrams Starring Harrison Ford, Daisy Ridley, John Bodega, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Oscar Iaac, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, Max von Sydow, Simon Pegg, Warwick Davis, Harriet Walter Source of story The previous Star Wars films Elevator Pitch A new version of the old film, … Continue reading
Released 2006 Rating 18 in UK Director Zack Snyder Writer/s Zak Snyder, Kurt Johnstad, Michael Gordon Starring Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, Dominic West, Michael Fassbender Source of story Graphic novel by Frank Miller and Lynn Varley, it inspired by real events. Elevator Pitch 300 Spartan warriors confront the massed Persian army at Thermopylae and hold them … Continue reading
Released 2010 Rating 15 in UK Director Matthew Vaughn Writer/s Jane Goldman, Matthew Vaughn Starring Aaron Johnson, Mark Strong, Chloe Grace Moretz, Nicholas Cage Source of story Graphic novel by Mark Miller and John Romita Jr Elevator Pitch A geeky teenage boy decides to become a superhero, but is frequently beaten until he meets Hit … Continue reading
Released 2013 Rating 15 in UK Director Antoine Fuqua Writer/s Creighton Rothenberger, Katrin Benedikt Starring Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman, Angela Bassett Source of story Original Screenplay Elevator Pitch The White House is taken over by a bunch of terrorists and the president captured, but they have not reckoned with Mike Banning a former … Continue reading
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