Bless the Child (2000)
This stench-fest should definitely have been rated P.U. for stinking up the most theaters around the country. The only consolation to seeing this movie is that you may not have to pay for parking...
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Shanghai Noon (2000)
Chon Wang (Chan) — which not so coincidentally sounds like John Wayne — is an Imperial Guard in China, sworn to protect the Emperor and his family. Princess Pei Pei (Liu) is kidnapped and Chon joins...
Armour of God (1986)
A hunter of fortune (Chan, Police Story) has an old flame get kidnapped when he has recovered a sword that was one of only five remaining pieces of the Armour of God, armor used during the...
The Searchers (1956)
The Searchers is an entertaining Western by the quintessential oater duo of director John Ford and star John Wayne (The Quiet Man, Rio Bravo). As the years progress, the crowd grows larger that touts...
Blue Velvet (1986)
Here’s one of these polarizing movies you either love or hate. I guess I fit into the former category, though I must admit writer-director Lynch (Mulholland Drive, The Elephant Man) has never impressed me...
The Big Hit (1998)
A crew of hitmen make the fatal blunder of kidnapping a young Chinese daughter (Chow, Sol Goode) of a wealthy businessman for ransom. One major problem: the girl is their boss’ goddaughter and he wants...
The Big Lebowski (1998)
An out-of-work amateur bowler (Bridges) gets mistaken for a wealthy business man due to having the same last name and becomes embroiled in a quagmire of trouble when the rich Lebowski’s daughter gets kidnapped and...
High Risk (1995)
A ruthless kidnapper kills a bomb squad inspector’s wife and child along with dozens of other children in a failed attempt for ransom. He enters a life of obscurity, becoming a bodyguard and sometime...
The Suicide Kings (1997)
Five college students kidnap a former mob boss in order to exchange him for the sister of one of the rich students who was also kidnapped. They vow to perform an eye for an...
Frantic (1988)
The plot: Heart surgeon Richard Walker and his loving wife Sondra travel to Paris where he is scheduled to speak at a medical convention. In their hotel room, they discover that his wife picked...