Crash Landing Release Date: 2005 Genre: Action | Crime | Thriller Director(s): Jay Andrews (aka Jim Wynorski) Writer(s): William Langlois (Subzero) & Jay Andrews Starring: Antonio Sabato Jr., Michael Pare, Glori-Anne Gilbert After 9/11 my favorite genre in the whole wide world went down the tubes; terror on a plane movies. Luckily for those in [...]

Control Release Date: 31 March 2005 (Portugal) Genre: Crime | Sci-Fi | Thriller Director: Jonathan Baker & Tim Hunter (River’s Edge) Writers: Todd Slavkin & Darren Swimmer (both of Dark Reflection) Starring: Ray Liotta, Willem Dafoe, Michelle Rodriguez Had Millennium Films and DEJ Production’s Control starred Matt Dillon as originally slated, I’d likely be panning [...]

The Contract Release Date: 29 May 1999 (South Korea) Genre: Crime Director(s): K.C. Bascombe (Fear of the Dark, Swindle) Writer(s): Navid Khonsari Starring: Billy Dee Williams, Laurent Imbault, Johanna Black, Jon Jordan Direct-to-video hitman (or hitwoman) films are a dime a dozen, and The Contract is no different. Full of aggravating shots done in an [...]

Cold & Dark Release Date: 2005 Genre: Crime | Horror | Thriller Director(s): Andrew Goth (B.U.S.T.E.D.) Writer(s): Joe Year Staring: Luke Goss, Kevin Howarth, Matt Lucas Okay young directors, repeat after me: Style can only get me so far. Style can only get me so far. Style can only get me so far. Okay, now [...]

Chrystal Release Date: 2004 Genre: Crime | Drama Director(s): Ray McKinnon Writer(s): Ray McKinnon Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Lisa Blount and Harry Lennix Chrystal is another one of those very limited release indie films (four theaters) that I wouldn’t review under normal circumstances. It’s being reviewed thanks to its release being through First Look. The [...]

Charlie Release Date: 6 February 2004 (UK) Genre: Action | Crime | Drama Director(s): Malcolm Needs (Shoreditch) Writer(s): Malcolm Needs (Shoreditch) Starring:Luke Goss, Leslie Grantham and Marius Weyers Charlie is another one of the many 2005 catch-up films that I’m making a mad dash to watch and review. Charlie isn’t too bad an effort. While [...]

Carlito’s Way Release Date: 1 December 2005 (Iceland) Genre: Action | Crime | Drama Director(s): Michael Scott Bregman (Table One) Writer(s): Michael Scott Bregman (Table One) Starring: Jay Hernandez, Sean ‘P. Diddy’ Combs, Luis Guzmán When I originally saw that Carlito’s Way was getting itself a prequel, I cringed. Not because the film holds a [...]

Bound by Lies Release Date: 12 April 2005 (USA) Genre: Crime | Drama | Thriller Director(s): Valerie Landsburg Writer(s): Leland Zaitz (Fast Lane to Vegas) & D. Alvelo (Naked Lies) Starring: Stephen Baldwin, Kristy Swanson Really, really, really bad attempt at a thriller has Stephen Baldwin playing a detective who must protect a sultry artist [...]

Body Language Release Date: 1995 Genre: Crime | Thriller Director(s): George Case Writer(s): Eric Harlacher Starring: Tom Berenger, Nancy Travis, Heidi Schanz, Robert Patrick My God this movie sucks. It’s a blatant Body Heat ripoff, meaning it’s about a woman (in this film a trailer park stripper) who uses her sexual prowess to convince a [...]

Body Count Release Date: 28 April 1998 (USA) Genre: Comedy | Crime | Drama Director(s): Robert Patton-Spruill Writer(s): Theodore Witcher Starring: David Caruso, Linda Fiorentino, John Laguizamo, Ving Rhames, Donnie Whalberg, Forest Whitaker I get the feeling that when Body Count was picked up for distribution by Dimension, the producers were given the idea that [...]