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Subgenre Sampler

 
Fifty Dead Men WalkingFifty Dead Men Walking (2008)
Dir. Kari Skogland
Feat. Ben Kingsley, Jim Sturgess, Kevin Zegers
Sharp docu–drama with Jim Sturgess as Irishman Martin McGartland, charged with infiltrating the IRA during the 1980s. Tense action sequences…
Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo BayHarold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008)
Dir. Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg
Feat. Kal Penn, John Cho
Asian/Indian douchbags Harold and Kumar, in search of another high, are arrested and detained in Guantanamo Bay for trying to smuggle a bong into…
I Come with the RainI Come with the Rain (2008)
Dir. Tran Anh Hung
Feat. Josh Hartnett, Elias Koteas, Tran Nu Yen-Khe
Dir. Tran Anh Hung revives the humid, squalored atmosphere of his acclaimed CYCLO with this stylish, heavy–handed international noir. Josh…
JuliaJulia (2008) Recommended
Dir. Erick Zonca
Feat. Tilda Swinton, Saul Rubinek, Kate del Castillo
Gutsy, dynamic melodrama propelled by a full–tilt performance from Tilda Swinton as a loose cannon alcoholic who becomes embroiled in…
Last Stop 174Last Stop 174 (2008)
Dir. Bruno Barreto
Feat. Michel Gomes, Cris Vianna, Marcello Melo Junior
Adrenalised dramatisation of the infamous bus–hijacking examines the life of the troubled young hijacker. As an action film this is…
Restraint Restraint (2008) Recommended
Dir. David Denneen
Feat. Teresa Palmer, Stephen Moyer, Travis Fimmel
Gripping, stripped–back thriller from across the ditch, in which an agoraphobic toff is taken hostage by a young couple on the run from the…
ShuttleShuttle (2008)
Dir. Edward Anderson
Feat. Tony Curran, Peyton List, Cameron Goodman
An airport shuttle ride turn into a nightmare for its nubile passengers in this tightly contained indie adbuction thriller from first–time…
Standard Operating ProcedureStandard Operating Procedure (2008)
Dir. Errol Morris
To see or not to see: that is the question posed by acclaimed director Errol Morris as he attempts to understand what took place inside the walls of…
Taken Taken (2008) Recommended
Dir. Pierre Morel
Feat. Liam Neeson, Famke Janssen, Xander Berkeley
Retired CIA operative Liam Neeson goes COMMANDO all over Paris on a ruthless mission to save his kidnapped daughter from an Albanian prostitution…
TraitorTraitor (2008)
Dir. Jeffrey Nachmanoff
Feat. Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce, Said Taghmaoui
Don Cheadle stars as a Semtex racketeer selling to the highest bidder – be he CIA or Jihadist – and finds himself a pawn on the twin…

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