Archive for Thriller

Director: Joseph Kosinski
Writers: Eddie Kitsis, Adam Horowitz
Cast: Garrett Hedlund, Jeff Bridges, Bruce Boxleitner, Olivia Wilde, Beau Garrett

Plot: Sean Flynn, the tech-savvy 27-year-old son of Kevin Flynn, looks into his father’s disappearance and finds himself pulled into the same world of fierce programs and gladiatorial games where his father has been living for 25 years. Along with Kevin’s loyal confidant, father and son embark on a life-and-death journey across a visually-stunning cyber universe that has become far more advanced and exceedingly dangerous.

Genre: Action | Sci-Fi | Adventure | Thriller

Release Date: TBA 2010

Director: Toni Pykäläniemi
Plot: Mothgirl is a story of 32-years old Laura who, without any recollection what has happened prior, finds herself injured and bloody in a murky alley. Laura is dressed in nurse’s uniform, but doesn’t remember anything about the place she works or lives at. A top of her bewilderment Laura has a feeling she’s fleeing for something. Somebody is after her. Laura escapes to the only place she remembers, her childhood home in the small village by the sea. Through a series of flashbacks Laura starts to unravel her past to recreate the present. During this Laura descends deep into the dark corridors of the human mind, only to reveal a morbid truth in her past.

Genre: Thriller

Release Date: Christmas 2010

Director: Gerald McMorrow
Writer: Gerald McMorrow
Cast: Ryan Phillippe, Eva Green, Sam Riley, Bernard Hill, Richard Coyle, Art Malik, Kika Markham, Susannah York

Plot: The story of four lost souls in a futuristic London society where there is no separation between Church and State.

Genre: Drama | Fantasy | Romance | Thriller

Release Date: TBA 2009

Director: Kari Skogland
Writer: Kari Skogland
Cast: Ben Kingsley, Jim Sturgess, Kevin Zegers, Natalie Press, Rose McGowan

Plot: Based on Martin McGartland’s shocking real life story, Martin is a young lad from west Belfast in the late 1980s who is recruited by the British Police to spy on the IRA. He works his way up the ranks as a volunteer for the IRA whilst feeding information to his British handler and saving lives in the process; until one day he is exposed, captured and tortured to within an inch of his life. He escaped dramatically by throwing himself from a tower block window and is still in hiding today.

Genre: Action | Thriller

Release Date: TBA

Director: Michael Escobedo
Writer: John Muscarnero
Cast: James Russo, Tracy Coogan, John Muscarnero, Mary Kate Wiles, Mark Shady, Corey Mendell Parker, Martine Jean

Plot: A young married couple moves to a secluded area to cope with the wife’s terminal illness. As the wife’s condition gets worse, the husband’s growing detachment from her forces him into a tumultuous relationship with a local teenage girl whom he rescues from a sexual assault.

Genre: Thriller

Release Date: TBA

Directors: Peter Spierig, Michael Spierig
Writers: Peter Spierig, Michael Spierig
Cast: Willem Dafoe, Ethan Hawke, Sam Neill, Vince Colosimo, Claudia Karvan

Plot: In the year 2019, a plague has transformed most every human into vampires. Faced with a dwindling blood supply, the fractured dominant race plots their survival; meanwhile, a researcher works with a covert band of vamps on a way to save humankind.

Genre: Action | Drama | Horror | Thriller

Release Date: January 8, 2010

Director: Guy Ritchie
Writers: Michael Johnson, Anthony Peckham, Guy Ritchie
Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams, Mark Strong, Kelly Reilly, Eddie Marsan

Plot: Detective Sherlock Holmes (Downey Jr.) and his stalwart partner Watson (Law) engage in a battle of wits and brawn with a nemesis whose plot is a threat to all of England.

Genre: Action | Adventure | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Release Date: December 25, 2009

Director: Pascal Franchot
Writer: Barbara Marshall
Cast: Brittany Robertson, Scout Taylor-Compton, Alexia Fast, Janel Parrish

Plot: The story follows a group of teenage girls on the night of a sleepover as they venture out, led by the ringleader Chapin, in a competitive game of challenging dares. As the antics escalate, and the dares become more extreme, the girls unravel the truth behind a former student’s rumored suicide.

Genre: Drama | Thriller

Release Date: November 29, 2009

Director: Chris Weitz
Writer: Melissa Rosenberg
Cast: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Ashley Greene, Peter Facinelli, Elizabeth Reaser, Kellan Lutz, Nikki Reed, Jackson Rathbone, Edi Gathegi, Rachelle Lafevre, Billy Burke, Charlie Bewley, Jamie Campbell Bower, Daniel Cudmore, Christopher Heyerdahl, Dakota Fanning, Cameron Bright, Noot Seer, Michael Sheen, Graham Greene, Tinsel Korey

Plot: After Bella recovers from the vampire attack that almost claimed her life, she looks to celebrate her birthday with Edward and his family. However, a minor accident during the festivities results in Bella’s blood being shed, a sight that proves too intense for the Cullens, who decide to leave the town of Forks, Washington for Bella and Edward’s sake. Initially heartbroken, Bella finds a form of comfort in reckless living, as well as an even-closer friendship with Jacob Black. Danger in different forms awaits.

Genre: Fantasy | Horror | Romance | Thriller

Release Date: November 20, 2009

Director: Richard Kelly
Writer: Richard Kelly
Cast: Cameron Diaz, James Marsden, Frank Langella, Gillian Jacobs, James Rebhorn

Plot: Norma and Arthur Lewis, a suburban couple with a young child, receive a simple wooden box as a gift, which bears fatal and irrevocable consequences. A mysterious stranger, delivers the message that the box promises to bestow upon its owner $1 million with the press of a button. But, pressing this button will simultaneously cause the death of another human being somewhere in the world; someone they don’t know. With just 24 hours to have the box in their possession, Norma and Arthur find themselves in the cross-hairs of a startling moral dilemma and must face the true nature of their humanity.

Genre: Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Release Date: October 30, 2009

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