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Rouge Null Registered: Apr '00	Date Posted: 1/12 4:01pm Subject: RE: Upcoming 2009 Movies: "Push"
	The movie will be bad, but at least the fights will be cool. -----signature----- I have a strong sense of justice. I believe in vigilantism. I'm not entirely sane. ... ...This is going to end badly.
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RX_Sith Title: C&G Game Host Registered: Mar '06	Date Posted: 1/20 5:45am Subject: RE: Upcoming 2009 Movies: "Taken" - Date Edited: 1/20 5:46am (1 edits total) Edited By: RX_Sith
	Taken. (from wiki) Taken is a 2008 thriller/action film starring Liam Neeson, Famke Janssen, and Maggie Grace. It is directed by Pierre Morel and written & produced by Luc Besson. Plot Spoilers follow; highlight to read. The film follows an ex-CIA agent faced with recovering his daughter after she is kidnapped by sex-traffickers in Paris, France. Bryan (Liam Neeson) is a divorced, former paramilitary officer from the CIA's famed Special Activities Division. His 17-year-old daughter Kim (Maggie Grace) lives with his ex-wife Lenore (Famke Janssen) and her new wealthy husband Stuart (Xander Berkeley). The nature and dispositions of the major characters are established early in the film: Kim is a happy, affectionate girl who loves horses and has aspirations of being a singer, while her mother maintains a frosty, somewhat antagonistic demeanour towards her ex-husband. Bryan’s skill and quick-thinking are demonstrated when he agrees to escort pop diva Sheerah (Holly Valance); the diva is attacked, but Bryan efficiently disables a knife-wielding assailant and gets her safely out of danger. Thankful, Sheerah expresses some interest in Bryan’s daughter and furnishes him with some contacts to get Kim’s career started. The next day we discover that Kim wants to take a vacation in Europe with her friend Amanda (Katie Cassidy) to follow U2’s European tour. Kim’s mother has no objections, but Kim also needs permission from her father. Fearing that the over-protective Bryan will not consent, Kim pretends (with her mother’s implicit agreement) that they will only stay in Paris to visit museums. Reluctantly, Bryan agrees, and only discovers their real itinerary at the airport. Arriving in Paris, a seemingly friendly young man named Peter (Nicolas Giraud) proposes to share a taxi with Kim and Amanda to the house where they are staying; the girls agree gladly. However, the man works for an Albanian criminal organization to which he reports the address out of earshot. In the house, Kim receives a phone call from her father, which she answers in the bathroom. From the bathroom window she sees men entering the main room and abducting Amanda. Bryan is able to gain critical information about the kidnappers in the final moments after Kim is kidnapped by telling her to shout out everything about them that she notices. Briefly, Bryan talks to one of the kidnappers, warning him that unless Kim is released, he will pursue him and kill him; the kidnapper wishes him "good luck" before smashing the daughter’s phone. Exploiting his contacts in the CIA and the business connections of his ex-wife’s husband, Bryan travels to Paris to find her, informed that the kidnappers are sex-slavers and that he has only 96 hours to recover his daughter before she will disappear forever. The particular kidnapper he talked to is revealed to be an Albanian named Marco. Under the eye of Jean-Claude, himself a former operative and now deputy director of the French intelligence agency, Bryan pursues the kidnappers. He uses digital photos from the smashed remains of Kim’s phone to locate Peter, who is hit by a truck while trying to escape. By hassling prostitutes, Bryan gets himself threatened by an Albanian mobster, and is able to plant a covert listening device on him. With the help of a translator he discovers that the kidnappers have a brothel in a nearby construction site; before leaving, Bryan obtains an Albanian–English dictionary from the translator. On arrival, Bryan acts like a customer; once inside he begins to search for Kim. Unfortunately, he finds only her jacket next to another woman. He is then discovered, and escapes under fire with the semi-conscious woman. Nursing the girl back to health from an involuntary drug addiction, Bryan finds out where the kidnappers took her after she was abducted. Bryan heads to the address and poses as an official negotiating a new "rate" (i.e. a bribe) to overlook the illegal activities going on within. Before leaving he asks the apparent leader to translate from Albanian the words "good luck," which confirms his identity as Marco; he quickly subdues Marco and kills most of the kidnappers. He searches for Kim, but instead finds Amanda, handcuffed to a bed and dead of a drug overdose. Later, through torturing Marco, Bryan ascertains that Kim was sold to a man named Patrice Saint-Clair. Bryan visits Jean-Claude’s home and chats amicably with his wife while she prepares dinner. Jean-Claude, however, failing to have Bryan arrested for the mess he has caused at Paris, brings his gun to the dinner table. Jean-Claude angrily points the gun at Bryan when accused of complicity in Kim’s abduction, but to no avail: Bryan unloaded it earlier. To demonstrate that he is serious, Bryan shoots Jean-Claude’s wife in her arm and, by holding Jean-Claude’s family hostage, extracts Saint-Clair’s location from Jean-Claude. By impersonating a police officer, Bryan gains entry to the building where new girls are being sold, and secures entry to one of the buyers’ viewing booths. When he sees his daughter being sold, he forces the client to bid for her, but is captured and knocked unconscious moments later. Saint-Clair then questions Bryan, who is hanging from the ceiling, about his identity before leaving his security guards to execute him. Bryan escapes and kills the guards before finding Saint-Clair, whom he kills after learning that his daughter is being taken by Arab clients. Bryan manages to follow the car his daughter is being taken in to see her being taken away on a large motorboat. He jumps on to the ship from a bridge and eliminates all the people inside, finally killing the client and freeing his daughter. Back in the US, Kim is reunited with her mother. Bryan introduces Kim to the diva he saved at the beginning of the film, having arranged an audition with her vocal coach. Cast * Liam Neeson as Bryan * Maggie Grace as Kim * Famke Janssen as Lenore * Xander Berkeley as Stuart * Katie Cassidy as Amanda * Olivier Rabourdin as Jean Claude * Leland Orser as Sam * Jon Gries as Casey * David Warshofsky as Bernie * Holly Valance as Sheerah (Diva) * Nathan Rippy as Victor * Camille Japy as Isabelle * Nicolas Giraud as Peter * Gérard Watkins as Saint-Clair Marketing Taken has been slowly released throughout the world, beginning in France on February 27, 2008. So far, it has made $68 million worldwide. It will be released in the United States on January 30, 2009. Discuss. -----signature----- Chief of Staff - The SWC Rebel Scum
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Drew_Atreides Registered: Apr '02	Date Posted: 1/20 7:45am Subject: RE: Upcoming 2009 Movies: "Taken"
	The minute i found out this is by the guy who made "Banlieue 13" (District 13 in north America), it suddenly became a must-see for me. Banlieue 13 was awesome. -----signature----- Be sure to tune in for the Big Giveaway at 9!
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DarthBoba Registered: Jun '00	Date Posted: 1/20 8:31am Subject: RE: Upcoming 2009 Movies: "Taken"
	The moral of the film: Don't mess with Ras' kids. -----signature----- Only a Prime can defeat Vader and his Emperor.
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Luke_Sparkewalker Registered: Oct '01	Date Posted: 1/20 2:43pm Subject: RE: Upcoming 2009 Movies: "Taken"
	Saw this last year. Its really awesome. -----signature----- Whenever I get sick I just stop being sick and get awesome instead. True story.
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Rogue1-and-a-half Title: Manager: Amphitheatre Registered: Nov '00	Date Posted: 1/20 2:51pm Subject: RE: Upcoming 2009 Movies: "Taken"
	Neeson will be great in this. And I'll see anything with Xander Berkeley in it. -----signature----- Don't be a fool, don't be blind Heart of mine If you can't do the time, don't do the crime Heart of mine
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MrZAP Registered: Jun '07	Date Posted: 1/20 3:30pm Subject: RE: Upcoming 2009 Movies: "Taken"
	Love Neeson. A must-see for me. -----signature----- Robin El Hood shall get you! Waughhhhh! Currently reading "Dracula" by Bram Stoker Sean, physics jokes AREN'T funny.
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RX_Sith Title: C&G Game Host Registered: Mar '06	Date Posted: 1/26 5:54am Subject: RE: Upcoming 2009 Movies: "Two Lovers"
	Two Lovers. (from wiki) Two Lovers is a 2009 American drama film starring Joaquin Phoenix, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Vinessa Shaw. It is directed by James Gray and set in Brighton Beach in New York. It premiered in competition at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival in May. This film is Gray's third to enter the competition at this festival. It will have a limited theatrical release on February 13, 2009. Plot A Brooklyn-set romantic drama about a bachelor (Phoenix) torn between the family friend his parents wish he would marry and his beautiful but volatile new neighbor. Reception Ray Bennett from The Hollywood Reporter defined the film as "an old-fashioned love story in which the melodramatic trapdoors of shock and surprise never open" and added that the film "will please many and it may win awards", though "the acting is (...) restrained." He also lauded the film as "a throwback to the days when love in the movies involved the mind as well as the heart." If Joaquin Phoenix holds true to his announced retirement, this would be his last film. Cast * Joaquin Phoenix as Leonard Kraditor * Gwyneth Paltrow as Michelle Rausch * Vinessa Shaw as Sandra Cohen * Isabella Rossellini as Mrs. Ruth Kraditor * Moni Moshonov as Mr. Reuben Kraditor * Elias Koteas as Ronald Blatt Discuss. -----signature----- Chief of Staff - The SWC Rebel Scum
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 1/26 11:24am Subject: RE: Upcoming 2009 Movies: "Two Lovers"
	Very good cast, so I might see this.
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RX_Sith Title: C&G Game Host Registered: Mar '06	Date Posted: 2/3 6:50am Subject: RE: Upcoming 2009 Movies: "Crossing Over"
	Crossing Over. (from wiki) Crossing Over is an upcoming 2009 film about immigrants of different nationalities struggling to achieve legal status in Los Angeles. The film deals with the border, document fraud, the asylum and green card process, work-site enforcement, naturalization, the office of counter terrorism and the clash of cultures. Crossing Over was written and directed by Wayne Kramer, himself an immigrant from South Africa. Kramer is editing it alongside Frank Marshall. The movie was filmed on location in Los Angeles in 2007. The film was originally planned to have an Iranian character murder his sister in an honor killing, but the National Iranian American Council opposed this, saying that it was unrealistic and offensive, and it was removed. Cast * Harrison Ford as Max Brogan * Sean Penn as Chris Farrell * Ray Liotta as Cole Frankel * Ashley Judd as Denise Frankel * Summer Bishil as Taslima Jahangir * Jim Sturgess as Gavin Kossef * Alice Eve as Claire Shepard * Alice Braga as Mireya * Lee Horsley as Ray Cooper * Cliff Curtis as Hamid Baraheri * Merik Tadros as Farid Baraheri * Kevin Alejandro as Gutierrez * West Liang as Mark * Justin Chon as Yong Kim * Tim Chiou as Steve Distribution The film is to be distributed in the United States by MGM and The Weinstein Company. It is scheduled for a limited theatrical release on February 27, 2009. Discuss. -----signature----- Chief of Staff - The SWC Rebel Scum
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 2/3 11:13am Subject: RE: Upcoming 2009 Movies: "Crossing Over"
	That's crap; British Columbia's had at least two of those type of killings in the last few years.
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RX_Sith Title: C&G Game Host Registered: Mar '06	Date Posted: 2/17 5:39am Subject: RE: Upcoming 2009 Movies: "Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li"
	Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li. (from wiki) Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li is an upcoming film and the second live-action film based on the Street Fighter series of video games. It follows the quest of Street Fighter character Chun-Li, who is portrayed by Smallville star Kristin Kreuk. The story follows Chun-Li's personal history and her journey for justice. The film co-stars Neal McDonough as M. Bison, Chris Klein as Charlie, Michael Clarke Duncan as Balrog, and Black Eyed Peas singer Taboo as Vega. Rick Yune was originally cast as Gen but has been replaced by Robin Shou, who portrayed Liu Kang in the Mortal Kombat films. The film is scheduled for release in February 27, 2009. Cast * Kristin Kreuk as Chun-Li * Neal McDonough as M. Bison * Chris Klein as Charlie Nash * Michael Clarke Duncan as Balrog * Taboo as Vega * Robin Shou as Gen * Moon Bloodgood as Detective Maya Sunee * Edmund Chen as Huang * Josie Ho as Cantana Shooting locations * Bangkok, Thailand * Hong Kong, China * Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada * Reno, Nevada, United States * Herlong, California, United States Discuss. -----signature----- Chief of Staff - The SWC Rebel Scum
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Bill-Thompson Registered: Jul '08	Date Posted: 2/17 10:33am Subject: RE: Upcoming 2009 Movies: "Street Figher: the Legend of Chun-Li"
	My first thought is that anything Street Fighter that doesn't involve Ken, Ryu or Sagat is bound for failure, or will suck, and not in a good way like the JCVD Street Fighter. But, based on that cast I believe this has the potential to be epically terrible, so I look forward to that. -----signature----- http://warstars.wordpress.com/ http://billsmovieemporium.wordpress.com/ http://billstvemporium.wordpress.com/ "You could warn me when I do something bad. Blink once for dark side, twice for light." - Revan
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Boba_Fett_2001 Registered: Dec '00	Date Posted: 2/17 11:25am Subject: RE: Upcoming 2009 Movies: "Street Figher: the Legend of Chun-Li"
	The first film is probably the best bad movie ever so I'm definitely looking forward to this. -----signature----- Everyone is entitled to my opinion. Go Toronto sports teams! All Hail Cliegg's Blue Leg!
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Spiderfan Registered: Mar '04	Date Posted: 2/17 11:57am Subject: RE: Upcoming 2009 Movies: "Street Figher: the Legend of Chun-Li"
	I hope this is a successful lasting franchise with many sequels...that will keep Kristen Kruek far away from Smallville. -----signature----- Brain and Brain! What is Brain?!
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