Daily Archives: February 25, 2010
The Replacement Killers (1998)
So much action, so little time. Hit man John Lee (Chow Yun-Fat) refuses an assignment to kill a police officer’s 7-year-old son — defiance that doesn’t sit well with his Chinatown drug lord boss, Mr. Wei (Kenneth Tsang). Wei hires … Continue reading
Gattaca (1997)
One of those sci-fi thrillers that actually mean something in today’s world. With one eye on his lifelong dream of working in outer space, a genetically flawed but determined “In-Valid” (Ethan Hawke) hires a DNA broker (Tony Shalhoub) to help … Continue reading
The Last Samurai (2003)
Ruined all hopes for a Samurai Jack movie. Tom Cruise stars as Nathan Algren — an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare — in this lush epic set in the 1870s, which finds … Continue reading
