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Subgenre Sampler

 
Undercover BluesUndercover Blues (1993)
Dir. Herbert Ross
Feat. Kathleen Turner, Dennis Quaid
Kathleen Turner and Dennis Quaid star in this farcical thriller as husband–and–wife Private I's, forced to combat international…
Flight of the Innocent (1992)
Dir. Carlo Carlei
Feat. Manuel Colao, Federico Pacifici, Sal Borgese
A swirling steady–cam follows the chase of a young boy across Northern Italy after his family are slaughtered by a kidnapping ring. Thriller is…
AutobusAutobus (1991) Recommended
Dir. Eric Rochant
Feat. Yvan Attal, Kristin Scott Thomas
A desperate, attention–seeking young man (Yvan Attal – superb) hijacks a school bus, taking its two adults and little passengers hostage.…
Hors La VieHors La Vie (Life on Hold) (1991)
Dir. Maroun Bagdadi
Feat. Hippolyte Girardot, Rafic Ali Ahmad, Nidal Ashkov
A fictionalised depiction of a freelance photographer's ten months in Shi'ite custody. Charged with political anger but unsensationalist and…
Toy SoldiersToy Soldiers (1991)
Dir. Daniel Petrie Jnr.
Feat. Sean Astin, Wil Wheaton, Keith Coogan
An elite boarding school comes under siege from the son of an extradited Columbian drug king. Shamelessly well executed.
CatchfireCatchfire (1990)
Dir. Alan Smithee
Feat. Dennis Hopper, Jodie Foster
An engaging oddity directed by Dennis Hopper under a pseudonym, after producers cut the film from its original 3hr length. Hopper himself plays a…
Die Hard 2Die Hard 2 (1990)
Dir. Renny Harlin
Feat. Bruce Willis
Another difficult Christmas for cop Bruce Willis when he is stranded at a Washington Airport. No, it couldn't be...more terrorists?!
Hidden AgendaHidden Agenda (1990)
Dir. Ken Loach
Feat. Brian Cox, Frances McDormand, Brad Dourif
Perhaps dir. Loach’s most genre–based film, this political thriller about sectarian conflict in Northern Ireland in the early 1980s involves…
Emma's Shadow (1989)
Dir. Soeren Jacobsen
Feat. Line Kruse, Borje Ahlstedt, Erik Wedersoe
12–year–old Emma, feeling that her affluent parents would care more for her if she were missing, fakes her own kidnapping, and discovers…
Die HardDie Hard (1988) Aro Favourite
Dir. John McTiernan
Feat. Bruce Willis, Bonnie Bedelia, Alan Rickman
Star–making role for Bruce Willis as an ordinary cop who runs into international terrorism at the top of a skyscraper on Christmas Eve. …

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