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Subgenre Sampler

 
Once Upon a Time in MexicoOnce Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)
Dir. Robert Rodriguez
Feat. Johnny Depp, Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek
The final 'installment' in dir. Rodriguez' violent Mexican trilogy (see EL MARIACHI and DESPERADO), with Banderas again the loner in a dusty town,…
Open WaterOpen Water (2003) Recommended
Dir. Chris Kentis
Feat. Blanchard Ryan, Daniel Travis
An admirable independent film that broke through to the multiplexes, this ocean–peril thriller reliably whitens the knuckles with its candid…
Out of TimeOut of Time (2003)
Dir. Carl Franklin
Feat. Denzel Washington, Eva Mendes
Solidly crafted with a thumbscrew–tightening atmosphere, this thriller is set in the 'Sunshine State' of Florida, with Washington playing a…
Owning MahownyOwning Mahowny (2003)
Dir. Richard Kwietniowski
Feat. Philip Seymour Hoffman, Minnie Driver, John Hurt
Phillip Seymour Hoffman stars in this fact–based story of a Toronto bank manager who became legendary for gambling away millions of his…
PaycheckPaycheck (2003)
Dir. John Woo
Feat. Ben Affleck, Aaron Eckhart, Uma Thurman
Action–orientated version of a typically complex Phillip K Dick sci–fi story, in which hero Affleck must contend with wiped memories,…
Perfect StrangersPerfect Strangers (2003)
Dir. Gaylene Preston
Feat. Sam Neill, Rachael Blake, Joel Tobeck
Thriller of possessive love, set effectively on the rugged coastline of New Zealand’s West Coast, that changes tack mid–way into blackly…
Planman, ThePlanman, The (2003)
Dir. John Strickland
Feat. Robbie Coltrane, Graham Crowden
Ingenious two–part thriller in which Robbie Coltrane, in a near–reprise of his CRACKER role, plays a clever Scottish lawyer who in his…
Reckoning, TheReckoning, The (2003)
Dir. Paul McGuigan
Feat. Willem Dafoe, Paul Bettany, Vincent Cassel
A sober minded recreation of plague–blasted England of the Middle Ages, with Bettany cowling–up as a monk on the run who falls in with a…
Recruit, TheRecruit, 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…
Return, TheReturn, The (Vozvrashcheniye) (2003) Recommended
Dir. Andrei Zvyagintsev
Feat. Ivan Dobronravov, Vladimir Garin, Konstantin Lavronenko
A surprise arthouse hit about a couple of teenage brothers who are taken on a mysterious trip by their estranged and rather surly father, with his…

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