Showing posts with label thriller. Show all posts
Showing posts with label thriller. Show all posts

Monday, December 12, 2016

Blade Runner (1982)


"Man Has Made His Match... Now It's His Problem"


Directed by Ridley Scott
Produced by Michael Deeley
Screenplay by Hampton Fancher, David Peoples
Based on "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
Starring: Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos
Music by Vangelis
Cinematography: Jordan Cronenweth
Edited by Terry Rawlings, Marsha Nakashima
Production companies: The Ladd Company, Shaw Brothers, Blade Runner Partnership
Distributed by Warner Bros.
Release date: 25 June 1982
Running time: 117 minutes
Country: United States
Budget: $28 million
Box office: $33.8 million


"Blade Runner" is a science fiction thriller film directed by Ridley Scott, and written by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples, based on "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick. The story is about a former Blade Runner who has to return to work and try to terminate four escaped replicants.

Monday, October 24, 2016

Nerve (2016)


"Are you a watcher or a player?"


Directed by Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman
Produced by Allison Shearmur
Screenplay by Jessica Sharzer
Based on "Nerve" by Jeanne Ryan
Starring: Emma Roberts, Dave Franco, Juliette Lewis
Music by Rob Simonsen
Cinematography: Michael Simmonds
Edited by Madeleine Gavin, Jeff McEvoy
Production companies: Allison Shearmur Productions, Keep Your Head Productions, Supermarche
Distributed by Lionsgate
Release date: 27 July 2016 (United States)
Running time: 96 minutes
Country: United States
Budget: $20 million


"Nerve" is a thriller adventure film directed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman and written by Jessica Sharzer, based on the novel of the same name. The story is about Vee, a shy high school senior, who decides to take part in "Nerve", an online game of truth or dare, where her every move starts to become manipulated by an anonymous community of "watchers."

Sunday, June 12, 2016

Now You See Me: The Second Act (2016)


"You haven't seen anything yet."


Directed by Jon M. Chu
Produced by Bobby Cohen, Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci
Screenplay by Ed Solomon
Story by Peter Chiarelli, Ed Solomon
Based on Characters by Boaz Yakin and Edward Ricourt
Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson, Dave Franco, Daniel Radcliffe, Lizzy Caplan, Jay Chou, Sanaa Lathan, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman
Music by Brian Tyler
Cinematography: Peter Deming
Edited by Stan Salfas
Production companies: K/O Paper Products, TIK Films
Distributed by Summit Entertainment
Release date: 10 June 2016 (United States)
Running time: 129 minutes
Country: United States
Budget: $90 million



"Now You See Me: The Second Act" is an action comedy thriller film directed by Jon M. Chu and written by Ed Solomon. It's a sequel to the "Now You See Me" which shows the reunion of the Four Horsemen who are forcibly recruited by a tech genius, Walter Mabry, in order to commit an impossible crime.

Sunday, January 10, 2016

The Revenant (2015)


"Blood lost. Life found."


Directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Produced by Arnon Milchan, Steve Golin, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, David Kanter, Mary Parent, James W. Skotchdopole, Keith Redmon
Screenplay by Mark L. Smith, Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Based on "The Revenant" by Michael Punke
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Domhnall Gleeson, Will Poulter
Music by Ryuichi Sakamoto, Alva Noto, Bryce Dessner
Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki
Edited by Stephen Mirrione
Production companies: Anonymous Content, Appian Way, M Productions, New Regency Pictures, RatPac-Dune Entertainment, Regency Enterprises
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Release date: 25 December 2015 (United States)
Running time: 156 minutes
Country: United States
Budget: $135 million
Box office: $381.6 million



"The Revenant" is an adventure thriller drama film directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu and written by Mark L. Smith and Iñárritu, based in part on Michael Punke's "The Revenant: A Novel of Revenge". The story is about a frontiersman named Hugh Glass on a fur trading expedition in the 1820s who tries to survive after his mate's betrayal.

Sunday, December 6, 2015

The Riot Club (2014)


"Filthy Rich, Spoilt Rotten"


Directed by Lone Scherfig
Produced by Graham Broadbent, Peter Czernin
Written by Laura Wade
Based on "Posh" by Laura Wade
Starring: Sam Claflin, Max Irons, Douglas Booth, Jessica Brown Findlay, Holliday Grainger, Freddie Fox, Ben Schnetzer, Olly Alexander
Cinematography: Sebastian Blenkov
Edited by Jake Roberts
Production company: Blueprint Pictures
Distributed by Universal Pictures International
Release date: 19 September 2014 (United Kingdom)
Running time: 107 minutes
Country: United Kingdom


"The Riot Club" is a drama thriller film directed by Lone Scherfig and written by Laura Wade, based on Wade's play "Posh". The story is about two first-year students at Oxford University who join the infamous Riot Club, where reputations can be made or destroyed over the course of a single evening.

Thursday, November 19, 2015

Die Another Day (2002)


"Events don't get any bigger than..."


Directed by Lee Tamahori
Produced by Michael G. Wilson, Barbara Broccoli
Written by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade
Based on "James Bond" by Ian Fleming
Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Halle Berry, Toby Stephens, Rosamund Pike, John Cleese, Judi Dench
Music by David Arnold
Cinematography: David Tattersall
Edited by Christian Wagner
Production company: Eon Productions
Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date: 20 November 2002 (United Kingdom)
Running time: 133 minutes
Country: United Kingdom
Budget: $142 million
Box office: $431,971,116



"Die Another Day" is an action adventure thriller film directed by Roger Spottiswoode and written by Bruce Feirstein, based on "James Bond" by Ian Fleming. It's the twentieth installment of the "James Bond" film series which follows Secret Agent James Bond who is sent to investigate the connection between a North Korean terrorist and a diamond mogul who is funding the development of an international space weapon.

The World Is Not Enough (1999)


"Danger. Suspense. Excitement. There must be when he's around."


Directed by Michael Apted
Produced by Michael G. Wilson, Barbara Broccoli
Screenplay by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, Bruce Feirstein
Story by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade
Based on "James Bond" by Ian Fleming
Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Sophie Marceau, Robert Carlyle, Denise Richards, Robbie Coltrane, Judi Dench
Music by David Arnold
Cinematography: Adrian Biddle
Edited by Jim Clark
Production company: Eon Productions
Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date: 26 November 1999 (United Kingdom)
Running time: 128 minutes
Country: United Kingdom
Budget: $135 million
Box office: $361,832,400


"The World Is Not Enough" is an action adventure thriller film directed by Roger Spottiswoode and written by Bruce Feirstein, based on "James Bond" by Ian Fleming. It's the nineteenth installment of the "James Bond" film series which follows Secret Agent James Bond who uncovers a nuclear plot when he protects an oil heiress from her former kidnapper, an international terrorist who can't feel pain.

Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)


"Tha Man. The Number. The License...are all back."



Directed by Roger Spottiswoode
Produced by Michael G. Wilson, Barbara Broccoli
Written by Bruce Feirstein
Based on "James Bond" by Ian Fleming
Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Jonathan Pryce, Michelle Yeoh, Teri Hatcher, Joe Don Baker, Judi Dench
Music by David Arnold
Cinematography: Robert Elswit
Edited by Michel Arcand, Dominique Fortin
Production company: Eon Productions
Distributed by United Artists
Release date: 12 December 1997 (United Kingdom)
Running time: 119 minutes
Country: United Kingdom
Budget: $110 million
Box office: $333,011,068


"Tomorrow Never Dies" is an action adventure thriller film directed by Roger Spottiswoode and written by Bruce Feirstein, based on "James Bond" by Ian Fleming. It's the eighteenth installment of the "James Bond" film series which follows Secret Agent James Bond who heads to stop a media mogul's plan to induce war between China and the UK in order to obtain exclusive global media coverage.

GoldenEye (1995)


"There is no substitute."


Directed by Martin Campbell
Produced by Michael G. Wilson, Barbara Broccoli
Screenplay by Jeffrey Caine, Bruce Feirstein
Story by Michael France
Based on "James Bond" by Ian Fleming
Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Sean Bean, Izabella Scorupco, Famke Janssen, Joe Don Baker, Judi Dench
Music by Éric Serra, Bono and The Edge
Cinematography: Phil Méheux
Edited by Terry Rawlings
Production company: Eon Productions
Distributed by United Artists
Release date: 24 November 1995 (United Kingdom)
Running time: 130 minutes
Country: United Kingdom
Budget: $58 million
Box office: $352,194,034


"GoldenEye" is an action adventure thriller film directed by Martin Campbell and written by Jeffrey Caine, Bruce Feirstein, based on "James Bond" by Ian Fleming. It's the seventeenth installment of the "James Bond" film series which follows Secret Agent James Bond who teams up with the lone survivor of a destroyed Russian research center to stop the hijacking of a nuclear space weapon by a fellow agent formerly believed to be dead.

Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Licence to Kill (1989)


"James Bond 007"


Directed by John Glen
Produced by Albert R. Broccoli, Michael G. Wilson
Written by Michael G. Wilson, Richard Maibaum
Based on "James Bond" by Ian Fleming
Starring: Timothy Dalton, Carey Lowell, Robert Davi, Talisa Soto, Anthony Zerbe
Music by Michael Kamen
Cinematography: Alec Mills
Edited by John Grover
Production company: Eon Productions
Distributed by MGM/UA Communications Co., United International Pictures
Release date: 14 July 1989 (United States)
Running time: 133 minutes
Country: United Kingdom
Budget: $32 million
Box office: $156.1 million


"Licence to Kill" is an action adventure thriller film directed by John Glen and written by Michael G. Wilson, Richard Maibaum, based on "James Bond" by Ian Fleming. It's the sixteenth installment of the "James Bond" film series which follows Secret Agent James Bond who goes rogue and sets off to unleash vengeance on a drug lord who tortured his best friend, a C.I.A. agent, and left him for dead and murdered his bride after he helped capture him.

The Living Daylights (1987)


"This BOND is dangerous"


Directed by John Glen
Produced by Albert R. Broccoli, Michael G. Wilson

Screenplay by Richard Maibaum, Michael G. Wilson
Based on "James Bond" by Ian Fleming
Starring: Timothy Dalton, Maryam d'Abo, Joe Don Baker, Art Malik, Jeroen Krabbé
Music by John Barry
Cinematography: Alec Mills
Edited by John Grover, Peter Davies
Production company: Eon Productions
Distributed by MGM/UA Communications Co.
Release date: 30 June 1987 (United Kingdom)
Running time: 131 minutes
Country: United Kingdom
Budget: $40 million
Box office: $191.2 million


"The Living Daylights" is an action adventure thriller film directed by John Glen and written by Michael G. Wilson, Richard Maibaum, based on "James Bond" by Ian Fleming. It's the fifteenth installment of the "James Bond" film series which follows Secret Agent James Bond who is living on the edge to stop an evil arms dealer from starting another world war. Bond crosses all seven continents in order to stop the evil Whitaker and General Koskov.

A View to a Kill (1985)


"Smooth Operator."


Directed by John Glen
Produced by Albert R. Broccoli, Michael G. Wilson
Screenplay by Michael G. Wilson, Richard Maibaum
Based on "James Bond" by Ian Fleming
Starring: Roger Moore, Tanya Roberts, Grace Jones, Patrick Macnee, Christopher Walken
Music by John Barry
Cinematography: Alan Hume
Edited by Peter Davies
Production company: Eon Productions
Distributed by MGM/UA Entertainment Company
Release date: 13 June 1985 (United Kingdom)
Running time: 131 minutes
Country: United Kingdom
Budget: $30 million
Box office: $152.4 million


"A View to a Kill" is an action adventure thriller film directed by John Glen and written by Michael G. Wilson, Richard Maibaum, based on "James Bond" by Ian Fleming. It's the fourteenth installment of the "James Bond" film series which follows Secret Agent James Bond who must get a mad industrialist planing to create a worldwide microchip monopoly by destroying California's Silicon Valley.

Octopussy (1983)


"James Bond 007"


Directed by John Glen
Produced by Albert R. Broccoli
Screenplay by George MacDonald Fraser, Michael G. Wilson, Richard Maibaum
Based on "James Bond" by Ian Fleming
Starring: Roger Moore, Maud Adams, Louis Jourdan, Kristina Wayborn, Kabir Bedi
Music by John Barry
Cinematography: Alan Hume
Edited by Peter Davies, Henry Richardson
Production company: Eon Productions
Distributed by MGM/UA Entertainment Company
Release date: 6 June 1983 (United Kingdom)
Running time: 131 minutes
Country: United Kingdom
Budget: $27.5 million
Box office: $183.7 million


"Octopussy" is an action adventure thriller film directed by John Glen and written by Michael G. Wilson, Richard Maibaum, based on "James Bond" by Ian Fleming. It's the thirteenth installment of the "James Bond" film series which follows Secret Agent James Bond who has to uncover an international jewel-smuggling operation, headed by the mysterious Octopussy, being used to disguise a nuclear attack on N.A.T.O. forces.

For Your Eyes Only (1981)



"Bond Has Everything - James Bond Agent 007 Is Back"


Directed by John Glen
Produced by Albert R. Broccoli
Screenplay by Michael G. Wilson, Richard Maibaum
Based on "For Your Eyes Only" by Ian Fleming
Starring: Roger Moore, Julian Glover, Carole Bouquet, Chaim Topol, Lynn-Holly Johnson
Music by Bill Conti
Cinematography: Alan Hume
Edited by John Grover
Production company: Eon Productions
Distributed by United Artists
Release date: 24 June 1981 (United Kingdom)
Running time: 127 minutes
Country: United Kingdom
Budget: $28 million
Box office: $194.9 million


"For Your Eyes Only" is an action adventure thriller film directed by John Glen and written by Michael G. Wilson, Richard Maibaum, based on "For Your Eyes Only" by Ian Fleming. It's the twelfth installment of the "James Bond" film series which follows Secret Agent James Bond who is assigned to hunt for a lost British encryption device and prevent it from falling into enemy hands.

Monday, November 16, 2015

Moonraker (1979)


"The action is out of this world"


Directed by Lewis Gilbert
Produced by Albert R. Broccoli
Screenplay by Christopher Wood
Based on "Moonraker" by Ian Fleming

Starring: Roger Moore, Lois Chiles, Michael Lonsdale, Richard Kiel, Corinne Cléry
Music by John Barry
Cinematography: Jean Tournier
Edited by John Glen
Production company: Eon Productions
Distributed by United Artists
Release date: 26 June 1979 (United Kingdom)
Running time: 126 minutes
Country: United Kingdom
Budget: $34 million
Box office: $210.3 million


"Moonraker" is an action adventure thriller film directed by Lewis Gilbert and written by Christopher Wood, based on "Moonraker" by Ian Fleming. It's the eleventh installment of the "James Bond" film series which follows Secret Agent James Bond who investigates the mid-air theft of a space shuttle and discovers a plot to commit global genocide.

The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)



"He never misses his target, and now his target is 007."


Directed by Guy Hamilton
Produced by Albert R. Broccoli, Harry Saltzman
Screenplay by Richard Maibaum, Tom Mankiewicz
Based on "The Man with the Golden Gun" by Ian Fleming
Starring: Roger Moore, Christopher Lee, Britt Ekland
Music by John Barry
Cinematography: Ted Moore, Oswald Morris
Edited by Raymond Poulton, John Shirley
Production company: Eon Productions
Distributed by United Artists
Release date: 14 December 1974 (Japan)
Running time: 125 minutes
Country: United Kingdom
Budget: $7 million
Box office: $97.6 million


"The Man with the Golden Gun" is an action adventure thriller film directed by Guy Hamilton and written by Richard Maibaum and Tom Mankiewicz, based on "The Man with the Golden Gun" by Ian Fleming. It's the ninth installment of the "James Bond" film series which follows Secret Agent James Bond who is led to believe that he is targeted by the world's most expensive assassin while he attempts to recover sensitive solar cell technology that is being sold to the highest bidder.

Live and Let Die (1973)


"Roger Moo7re is James Bond"


Directed by Guy Hamilton
Produced by Harry Saltzman, Albert R. Broccoli
Screenplay by Tom Mankiewicz
Based on "Live and Let Die" by Ian Fleming
Starring: Roger Moore, Yaphet Kotto, Jane Seymour
Music by George Martin
Cinematography: Ted Moore
Edited by Bert Bates, Raymond Poulton, John Shirley
Production company: Eon Productions
Distributed by United Artists
Release date: 27 June 1973 (United States)
Running time: 121 minutes
Country: United Kingdom
Budget: $7 million
Box office: $161.8 million


"Live and Let Die" is an action adventure thriller film directed by Guy Hamilton and written by Tom Mankiewicz, based on "Live and Let Die" by Ian Fleming. It's the eighth installment of the "James Bond" film series which follows Secret Agent James Bond who is sent to stop a diabolically brilliant heroin magnate armed with a complex organization and a reliable psychic tarot card reader.

Diamonds Are Forever (1971)


"Bond is back...with the excitement"



Directed by Guy Hamilton
Produced by Harry Saltzman, Albert R. Broccoli
Screenplay by Richard Maibaum, Tom Mankiewicz
Based on "Diamonds Are Forever" by Ian Fleming
Starring: Sean Connery, Jill St. John, Charles Gray, Lana Wood, Jimmy Dean, Bruce Cabot
Music by John Barry
Cinematography: Ted Moore
Edited by Bert Bates, John Holmes
Production company: Eon Productions
Distributed by United Artists
Release date: 14 December 1971 (West Germany)
Running time: 120 minutes
Country: United Kingdom
Budget: $7.2 million
Box office: $116 million


"Diamonds Are Forever" is an action adventure thriller film directed by Guy Hamilton and written by Richard Maibaum, based on "Diamonds Are Forever" by Ian Fleming. It's the seventh installment of the "James Bond" film series which follows Secret Agent James Bond who is led by a diamond smuggling investigation to Las Vegas, where he uncovers an extortion plot headed by his nemesis, Ernst Stavro Blofeld.

Sunday, November 15, 2015

On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)


"Far up! Far out! Far more! James Bond 007 is back!"


Directed by Peter R. Hunt
Produced by Harry Saltzman, Albert R. Broccoli
Screenplay by Richard Maibaum
Based on "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" by Ian Fleming
Starring: George Lazenby, Diana Rigg, Telly Savalas, Bernard Lee, Gabriele Ferzetti, Ilse Steppat
Music by John Barry
Cinematography: Michael Reed
Edited by John Glen
Production company: Eon Productions
Distributed by United Artists
Release date: 18 December 1969 (United Kingdom)
Running time: 140 minutes
Country: United Kingdom
Budget: $7 million
Box office: $64.6 million


"On Her Majesty's Secret Service" is an action adventure thriller film directed by Peter R. Hunt and written by Richard Maibaum, based on "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" by Ian Fleming. It's the sixth installment of the "James Bond" film series which follows Secret Agent James Bond who woos a mob boss's daughter and goes undercover to uncover the true reason for Blofeld's allergy research in the Swiss Alps that involves beautiful women from around the world.

Saturday, November 14, 2015

You Only Live Twice (1967)


"Welcome to Japan, Mr. Bond"


Directed by Lewis Gilbert
Produced by Albert R. Broccoli, Harry Saltzman
Screenplay by Roald Dahl
Story by Harold Jack Bloom (Additional Story Material)
Based on "You Only Live Twice" by Ian Fleming
Starring: Sean Connery, Mie Hama, Donald Pleasence, Akiko Wakabayashi
Music by John Barry
Cinematography: Freddie Young
Edited by Peter R. Hunt
Production company: Eon Productions
Distributed by United Artists
Release date: 13 June 1967 (United Kingdom)
Running time: 117 minutes
Country: United Kingdom
Budget: $10.3 million
Box office: $111.6 million


"You Only Live Twice" is an action adventure thriller film directed by Lewis Gilbert and written by Roald Dahl, based on "You Only Live Twice" by Ian Fleming. It's the fifth installment of the "James Bond" film series which follows Secret Agent James Bond and the Japanese secret service ninja force who must find and stop the true culprit of a series of spacejackings before nuclear war is provoked.