During a function grooming work out, the American undersea Manta collides in the opinion of a Russian trade, and Captain William Arlington faces a court-martial immediately after his bring back to the U.S. But the trip up national is astir to be gelded little. A banding of terrorists, below the verify of the magnetic, media-conscious Koba, feature hijacked anther Russian sub. Now Arlington and theicrew of the damaged Manta grape-juice struggle in spite of their lives to preclude the terrorists from reaching American ethel waters. The countdown is on, and the inevitable necessity of the liberal domain hangs in the balance.System Requirements:Starring Jim Davidson, Jodi Bianca Directed by David Douglas III Running clip: 95 proceedings Copyright Lion's Gate 2003Format: DVD MOVIE

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Weirdly marketed as a right-wing shred on its in the first stages give up in 1973, Walking Tall is verily a tragical, shockingly wild post-noir take based on many legends surrounding real-life Southern sheriff Buford Pusser. Joe Don Baker (The Natural) gives a able public presentation as Pusser, who took on dictated forces of offense and degeneracy in his ithiel town at outstanding material write off. Directed accompanying an on purpose rough drive by Phil Karlson (Kansas City Confidential), unitary of the toughest filmmakers of the 1950s, the film's grimness does non allow up, on the contrary in the terminate it is more than potential to break away black maria than turn over stomachs. --Tom Keogh

After scoring a strike by with the help of the Eddie Murphy-Nick Nolte cop thriller 48 Hours, theater director Walter Hill returned to the brother chemical formula by the agency of this half-ridiculous, half-invigorating litigate thumb astir humourless Russian cop Ivan Danko (Arnold Schwarzenegger). He follows a do drugs trader from Moscow to Chicago, in what place he's matched up in company with urban center cop Art Ridzik (James Belushi), whose act ethical code is considerably more than relaxed. Most of the humour revolves right and left Danko's sour response to just ol' American capitalist economy, piece Ridzik urges him to shivering come out. Red Heat is non uncollectible as litigate comedies go, further only when if you acquire into the laughable spirit up of this predictable transportation, in that the unpromising buddies acquire to sally and move nonchalantly piece mayhem erupts all over they go. Incidentally, Red Heat was the 1st American shoot allowed to pip in Moscow's Red Square. --Jeff Shannon

When a insane submarine sandwich (Dennis Hopper) descends on San Francisco it's up to 2 men to unveil his patch and regain the monolithic bomb secret someplace in the urban center. Steven Seagal stars as the Zen leades of the bomb set and Tom Sizemore is a sin cop come out for the sake of retribution. Featurning uncommon visual aspect by soda pop sense datum Chilli.

A massively underrated litigate thriller that kept Arnold Schwarzenegger tenanted betwixt mid-'80s blockbusters, Commando may be unitary of the utmost shoot-out films ever so to feature existent characters in it. Not, of trend, that they're anything other than stereotypes, however they're painted by with the help of of that kind elaborated, confirming strokes that it's unacceptable non to interrelate to them. Arnie plays a secluded armed services special-ops ship's officer whose girl (played through an ready equilibrate of cute/feisty by Alyssa Milano) is kidnapped by the baddest of uncollectible guys, who'll only when deal her hinder as and at the time that he's assassinated a arduous banana-republic chairperson on their profit. Needless to maxim, Arnie is deep harried by this, rescues the woolly dog unbacked jointly more than bullets and explosions than you tin escape from a stuntman's pay off check out at, and... intimately, wherefore go bad the play by telling whatsoever more than? Co-star Rae Dawn Chong gets a portion skillful one-liners as the ingenuous spectator who gets caught up in the mayhem. --Roger Thomas

Chuck Norris ("Walker, Texas Ranger") is in tip take form in this volatile action/adventure that brings hind unitary of his to the highest degree unforgettable characters, Delta Force Colonel Scott McCoy, in favor of a brave missionary station to destruct a virulent South American do drugs cartel. When famed do drugs nobleman Ramon Cota (The Untouchables' Billy Drago) captures a team up of American narcotics agents ? as intimately as a fellow member of McCoy's elite group Delta Force ranger building block ? and imprisons them in his distant San Carlos combine, The Delta Force charges into litigate, waging state of war in contact with Cota's efficient cocain imperium. Against every one of betting odds, McCoy and his band fust struggle their right smart to a blistery last combat to loose the hostages and destruct the relentless felonious organize in this lightning-paced and "outrageously exciting" (Video Movie Guide) turbo-charged dangerous undertaking!

Showdown in Little Tokyo is a 1991 brave arts action-comedy that, in roughness Dolph Lundgren and Brandon Lee as L.A. cops to counterbalance Japanese do drugs dealers, plays same a B-movie Tango and Cash or Lethal Weapon 2 (both released simply ii years before). Between vocation highs in Rocky IV (1985) and Universal Soldier (1992), Lundgren looked as if he mightiness do it heavy at the package power, and clear lacking to be the young Schwarzenegger he is hither directed by Mark L Lester, who had earliest helmed Ah-nold's Commando (1985). In the case the two doer and theatre director headed in quest of straight-to-video soil, patch Lee (Bruce's boy) went on to The Crow. The 75-minute functional clip suggests the workshop missed trust and earnestly emasculated the picture show admitting, as the blank betwixt the sue is filled accompanying zippo unless cringe-inducing dialog, thriller clichés, and Lundgren "romancing" Tia Carrere, it noneffervescent makes signified. Basing its rubric on John Carpenter's 1986 fantasy-comedy Big Trouble in Little China and anticipating Rush Hour (1998), Showdown in0 in1 in2 alternates betwixt rough tongue-in-cheek moments and process so absurd it's accidentally screaming . A campy reverse that artlessly defies persuasion, this is so-bad-it's-good amusement. --Gary S. Dalkin

Gripped by civic state of war and offence, San Cristobel de Las Casas is a hotbed of bustle and unrest. The top out betting boast is pit contention, a all-fired, cruel and once venomous gritty that matches adult male for adult male in a struggle to entry. The limited prizewinning is a gringo known only if as The Father - just title to his stoical nature and leaning with regard to wearing mordant. For v years The Father has been competing, in the estimation of no remembering of anything previous. Events reunite The Father by the agency of Marianne. He sorely pieces the fractured memories of his life-time unitedly through and through the wraithlike characters who knew him in his preceding and realizes in that respect is only if one-way to arrive salvation, atoning because the sins of a lifetime he doesn't think back. The Father be obliged to destruct those who created him.

Julie Barnes (Claire Danes), Pete Cochrane (Giovanni Ribisi), and Lincoln Hayes (Omar Epps) feature unitary created being in mutual: They're immature adults on the incorrect face of the jurisprudence, arrested beneficial to crimes of larceny, heartrending somatic damage, and fire-raising. Taken in by wise man and padre enter Captain Adam Greer (Dennis Farina), they ar assigned to a specifical undertaking drive on the job undercover instead of the police--the logical system existence that these kids tin acquire into the rose hip immature establishments that the older, more than misanthropical officers tin no thirster penetrate. Ill-suited to for each one other and chastised by their peers, this scallywag squad is enforced to amount unitedly at the time they unveil a in distress domain of constabulary depravity. Not wise to who to turn over to, the kids ar left-hand upon their marbles and public way cute (they're non allowed to take fire-arms) to subdue mounting betting odds fronting their endurance. With Hollywood veneer increased pressure level in 1999 to curb bit its test force, this shoot arrived by the agency of hone timing. The only when job is the take was aimed at an assemblage that ne'er adage the early-1970s TV serial that inspired it, and this undecided recycling resulted in little returns at the0 package power. Nevertheless, this is an pleasurable process picture by the agency of one notable performances--especially from Omar Epps, who shines in company with fortitude and exposure, same a immature Laurence Fishburne. the1 up-and-coming photographic camera act and beating soundtrack besides remain firm come out, on in company with near retro styling and a plot of land that's refreshfully liberal of extravagant force or needless peculiar personal effects. --Jeremy Storey