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Awful title. No wonder it did make any money.
Nevertheless, I really enjoyed this, and by the end, my palms were sweaty.
A military team that includes JJ Kinney (Liam Hemsworth), someone not really ready for the assignment, heads to the Philippines to rescue a CIA spy from an extremist group.
Captain Eddie "Reaper" Grimm (Russell Crowe) is the Air Force drone pilot on the ground providing support, along with Nia Branson (Chika Ikogwe).
The mission deteriorates, and soon, Kinney is attempting to get to safety alone as he is guided by Reaper, who also tries to keep him calm. Things go from bad to worse, and Kinney is captured. He is freed by one of his team Whom he believed dead, but more danger and enemy forces are on the way.
Russell Crowe's performance makes this film as Reaper, a tough, caring personality determined to get the soldiers home.
The end of the film is edge of your seat time. I fully enjoyed this. Special kudos to Crowe, though everyone was very good.
Nevertheless, I really enjoyed this, and by the end, my palms were sweaty.
A military team that includes JJ Kinney (Liam Hemsworth), someone not really ready for the assignment, heads to the Philippines to rescue a CIA spy from an extremist group.
Captain Eddie "Reaper" Grimm (Russell Crowe) is the Air Force drone pilot on the ground providing support, along with Nia Branson (Chika Ikogwe).
The mission deteriorates, and soon, Kinney is attempting to get to safety alone as he is guided by Reaper, who also tries to keep him calm. Things go from bad to worse, and Kinney is captured. He is freed by one of his team Whom he believed dead, but more danger and enemy forces are on the way.
Russell Crowe's performance makes this film as Reaper, a tough, caring personality determined to get the soldiers home.
The end of the film is edge of your seat time. I fully enjoyed this. Special kudos to Crowe, though everyone was very good.
Ariadne Oliver (Jean Stapleton), a good friend of Hercule Poirot (Sir Peter Ustinov) asks to help her in "Dead Man's Folly," one of the tv movies starring Ustinov as Poirot, this one from 1986, directed by Clive Donner.
Ariadne is creating a murder hunt for a fair on an estate called Nass House. Poirot and his assistant Hastings (Jonathan Cecil) meet some of the people involved.
It's an odd bunch. The owners (Timothy Pigott-Smith and Nicolette Sheridan) are on the verge of divorce. There is a delusional elderly woman (Constance Cummings) and an architect who has designs - but not on buildings, on women!
The murder victim in the hunt is actually murdered, after which the old caretaker is discovered dead in the lake. Then the Lord's wife suddenly disappears. Lots going on for Poirot to unravel.
Ustinov was fabulous as Poirot, having nothing whatsoever to do with the character Agatha Christie created. Like Margaret Rutherford as Miss Marple, he makes the role his own, and he's delightful.
Entertaining, but not the best of the tv films. Also, the Suchet version has a better cast with Zoe Wanamaker as Ariadne and Hugh Fraser as Hastings.
Ariadne is creating a murder hunt for a fair on an estate called Nass House. Poirot and his assistant Hastings (Jonathan Cecil) meet some of the people involved.
It's an odd bunch. The owners (Timothy Pigott-Smith and Nicolette Sheridan) are on the verge of divorce. There is a delusional elderly woman (Constance Cummings) and an architect who has designs - but not on buildings, on women!
The murder victim in the hunt is actually murdered, after which the old caretaker is discovered dead in the lake. Then the Lord's wife suddenly disappears. Lots going on for Poirot to unravel.
Ustinov was fabulous as Poirot, having nothing whatsoever to do with the character Agatha Christie created. Like Margaret Rutherford as Miss Marple, he makes the role his own, and he's delightful.
Entertaining, but not the best of the tv films. Also, the Suchet version has a better cast with Zoe Wanamaker as Ariadne and Hugh Fraser as Hastings.
In 1997's Conspiracy Theory, Jerry Fletcher (Mel Gibson) is a conspiracy theorist. He has a conspiracy for everything and is constantly talking about them. He publishes a newsletter that has five subscribers.
Jerry is in love with Alice Sutton (Julia Robert's) whom he saved from a mugging. She works for the US attorney. Jerry visits her constantly without an appointment. She lets him even though she's not totally sure why.
It turns out that one of Jerry's conspiracy theories is correct because he's picked up and tortured by the CIA. He manages to escape.
When Alice visits him in the hospital, he tells her he's going to be killed and begs her to switch his chart with the man across from him. Alice denies doing it the next day when the man across from Jerry suddenly dies, and she's told it's the wrong man, not Jerry.
For what it was, the film was too long. It is, however, intriguing. Gibson does a good job as a man who acts crazy and spends a lot of time talking to himself. Robert's plays the confused Alice well.
Lots of New York City scenes. For me Richard Donner's direction is a little scattered. I saw this film at a screening. It came and went quickly.
Jerry is in love with Alice Sutton (Julia Robert's) whom he saved from a mugging. She works for the US attorney. Jerry visits her constantly without an appointment. She lets him even though she's not totally sure why.
It turns out that one of Jerry's conspiracy theories is correct because he's picked up and tortured by the CIA. He manages to escape.
When Alice visits him in the hospital, he tells her he's going to be killed and begs her to switch his chart with the man across from him. Alice denies doing it the next day when the man across from Jerry suddenly dies, and she's told it's the wrong man, not Jerry.
For what it was, the film was too long. It is, however, intriguing. Gibson does a good job as a man who acts crazy and spends a lot of time talking to himself. Robert's plays the confused Alice well.
Lots of New York City scenes. For me Richard Donner's direction is a little scattered. I saw this film at a screening. It came and went quickly.