Roger Donaldson

Director, Actor

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Sleeping Dogs (1977): Dir. Roger Donaldson
Feat. Sam Neill, Warren Oates; Roger Donaldson's nihilistic action–thriller in which Sam Neill finds himself alone between two opposing extremist groups. A trail–blazer…
Smash Palace (1981): Dir. Roger Donaldson
Feat. Bruno Lawrence, Grier Robson; One of local cinema's finest hours is this rural tale of a brusque auto–mechanic (Bruno Lawrence) whose estrangement from his family leads him…
Bounty, The (1984): Dir. Roger Donaldson
Feat. Mel Gibson, Anthony Hopkins, Laurence Olivier…; Robert Bolt’s (A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS) version of the ‘Mutiny on the Bounty’ tale of Fletcher Christian’s (Mel Gibson) mutiny…
No Way Out (1987): Dir. Roger Donaldson
Feat. Kevin Costner, Gene Hackman, Sean Young; Hollywood success for expat Kiwi Donaldson. Well–executed conspiracy thriller stars Kevin Costner.
Cocktail (1988): Dir. Roger Donaldson
Feat. Tom Cruise, Bryan Brown; Tom Cruise receives behind–the–bar cocktail tips from Bryan Brown. Slick comedy was an early box–office for kiwi dir. Donaldson.
Cadillac Man (1990): Dir. Roger Donaldson
Feat. Robin Williams, Tim Robbins; Motor–mouthed car salesman Robin Williams has his dealership (and alas, the fun) beseiged by a jealous, machine–gun toting husband (Tim…
White Sands (1992): Dir. Roger Donaldson
Feat. Willem Dafoe, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Mickey Rourke…; When Deputy Willem Dafoe discovers a dead man and half a million bucks, we know something is mighty queer. Enter Mickey Rourke and all is explained.
Getaway, The (1993): Dir. Roger Donaldson
Feat. Alec Baldwin, Kim Basinger, Michael Madsen…; A glossy yet respectable remake of the 1972 Peckinpah thriller with real–marrieds Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger in the shoes of Steve McQueen…
Species (1995): Dir. Roger Donaldson
Feat. Ben Kingsley, Michael Madsen, Forest Whitaker…; Ben Kingsley rounds up 'experts' (Michael Madsen, Forest Whitaker, Alfred Molina, Marg Helgenberger), a kind of A–Team of strange phenomena to…
Dante's Peak (1997): Dir. Roger Donaldson
Feat. Pierce Brosnan, Linda Hamilton; Ex–pat Kiwi Donaldson ushers the lava in this pretty engaging, effects–laden update of the '70s disaster movie. Pierce Brosnan and Linda…
Thirteen Days (2001): Dir. Roger Donaldson
Feat. Kevin Costner, Bruce Greenwood, Dylan Baker; The thirteen tense days of the Cuban Missile Crisis – the 1962 showdown between Kennedy and Krushchev – are invested with heroic intensity by…
Recruit, The (2003): Dir. Roger Donaldson
Feat. Al Pacino, Colin Farrell; CIA–trainer Al Pacino puts computer hacker Colin Farrell through the hoops to prepare him for the world of intelligence gathering and secret…
World's Fastest Indian, The (2005): Dir. Roger Donaldson
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Diane Ladd; Feelgood drama with a core of goodhearted Kiwi common sense and realism, this relates the true story of Invercargill legend Burt Munro (Hopkins), who…
Bank Job, The (2008): Dir. Roger Donaldson
Feat. Jason Statham, Saffron Burrows; Heavy–for–hire Jason Stratham stars in this enjoyable crime caper based around the true story of a robbery in a London bank vault in…
Seeking Justice (2011): Dir. Roger Donaldson
Feat. Nicolas Cage, January Jones, Guy Pearce…; Nicholas Cage enters into an agreement with an organization of vigilantes who offer to avenge a violent crime committed on his wife, only to demand…
November Man, The (2014): Dir. Roger Donaldson
Feat. Pierce Brosnan, Olga Kurylenko, Luke Bracey…; An ex–CIA operative inds himself pitted against his former pupil in a deadly game involving both high level CIA officials and the Russian…
McLaren (2017): Dir. Roger Donaldson; After THE WORLD'S FASTEST INDIAN, director Roger Donaldson tributes another Kiwi hero of motorsport, Bruce McLaren, for this elegant documentary…

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