Hero

Hero is a 2002 wuxia film directed by Zhang Yimou. Starring Jet Li as the nameless protagonist, the film is based on the story of Jing Ke's assassination attempt on the King of Qin in 227 BC.
Hero was first released in China on October 24, 2002. At that time, it was the most expensive project
and the highest-grossing motion picture in Chinese film history.[citation needed] Miramax Films owned the American market distribution rights, but delayed the release of the film for nearly two years. It was finally presented by Quentin Tarantino to American theaters on August 27, 2004.

In ancient China during the Warring States Period, a nameless prefect of a small jurisdiction arrives at the Qin state's capital city to meet the king of Qin, who has survived an attempt on his life by the assassins Long Sky, Flying Snow, and Broken Sword. Therefore, no visitors are to approach him within 100 paces. 'Nameless' (Jet Li) claims that he has slain the three assassins and he displays their weapons before the king, who allows Nameless to sit closer to him and tell him his story.

Nameless recounts killing Long Sky at a weiqi parlor; later to meet Flying Snow and Broken Sword at a calligraphy school in the Zhao state, where he set them against each other until Snow killed Sword and was herself slain by Nameless. As the tale concludes, the king expresses disbelief and accuses Nameless of staging the duels with the assassins, who surrendered their lives to allow him to gain the king's trust and take the king's life....

Nameless admits that he is a native of the Zhao state and that his family was killed by Qin soldiers, confesses that he defeated Sky without killing him and asked Snow and Sword to cooperate by taking a pseudo duel as well. Sword waited for Nameless on his way to Qin after his false duel with Snow, and told him that the only way to achieve peace was to unite the states under a common dynasty; namely that of Qin, which alone has the ability to do so, thus revealing why Sword gave up his earlier assassination attempt.

The king, affected by the tale and by Sword's understanding of his dream to unify China, ceases to fear Nameless. He then tosses his sword to Nameless and examines a scroll drawn by Sword, and understands that it explains the ideal warrior, who, paradoxically, should have no desire to kill. When Nameless realizes the wisdom of these words, he abandons his mission and spares the king.

Meanwhile, when Snow learns that Sword had convinced Nameless to forgo the assassination, she furiously challenges Sword to a fight and unintentionally kills him when he chooses not to defend himself so that she would understand his hopes for universal peace. Overwhelmed by guilt, Snow then commits suicide. At the Qin palace, the king reluctantly orders Nameless executed, being urged thereto by his court. As the film ends, Nameless receives a hero's funeral and a closing text identifies the king as Qin Shi Huang.

Traditional	英雄
Simplified	英雄
Mandarin	Yīngxióng
Cantonese	Jing1 Hung4
Directed by	Zhang Yimou
Produced by	Zhang Yimou
Written by	Feng Li Bin Wang Zhang Yimou
Starring	Jet Li Tony Leung Maggie Cheung Chen Daoming Zhang Ziyi Donnie Yen
Music by	Tan Dun
Cinematography	Christopher Doyle
Editing by	Angie Lam
Studio	Sil-Metropole Organisation CFCC Elite Group Enterprises Zhang Yimou Studio Beijing New Picture Film
Distributed by	Miramax Films (US) Beijing New Picture Film (China) EDKO Film (Hong Kong)
Release date(s)	24 October 2002 (China) 21 December 2002(Hong Kong)
Running time	99 minutes
Country	China Hong Kong
Language	Mandarin
Budget	$31 million
Gross revenue	$177,394,432

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Curse of the Golden Flower

Curse of the Golden Flower is a 2006 Chinese epic drama film directed by Zhang Yimou.
With a budget of US$45 million, it was at the time of its release the most expensive Chinese film to date, surpassing Chen Kaige's The Promise. It was chosen as China's entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film for the year 2006; but did not receive the nomination. The film was however nominated for Costume Design. In 2007 it received fourteen nominations at the 26th Hong Kong Film Awards and won Best Actress forGong Li, Best Art Direction, Best Costume and Make Up Design and Best Original Film Song for "菊花台" (Chrysanthemum Terrace) by Jay Chou.

The plot is based on Cao Yu's 1934 play Thunderstorm (雷雨 pinyin: Léiyǔ), but is set in the Imperial court in ancient China.

On the eve of the Chong Yang Festival, golden chrysanthemum flowers fill the Imperial Palace. The Emperor (Chow Yun-fat) returns from his various military campaigns with his second son and general, Prince Jai (Jay Chou). The Emperor has returned to celebrate the holiday with his family. For three years, the Empress (Gong Li) and Crown Prince Wan (Liu Ye), her stepson, have had an illicit affair. Prince Wan secretly dreams of escaping the palace with his secret lover Jiang Chan (Li Man), the Imperial Doctor's daughter. Meanwhile, Prince Jai, the faithful son, grows curious and then worried over the Empress's health and her abnormal obsession with golden chrysanthemums.

For ten days, the Emperor had ordered Jiang Yiru, the Imperial Doctor and his daughter, Jiang Chan, to secretly add tiny amounts of a poisonousPersian black fungus into the medicine that the Empress takes several times a day. The Empress summons Prince Jai, revealing to him her plot of rebellion. She asks for his participation but Jai hesitates, saying that it would be difficult for him to take up arms against his own father. After seeing his mother take a poisoned dose, he relents and agrees to participate...

A woman-in-black is captured by Prince Wan and taken to the Emperor, and it is revealed that she was Jiang Shi (Chen Jin), Jiang Yiru's wife, Jiang Chan's mother, and also the Emperor's previous lover. The Emperor promotes the doctor, sending him from the Palace to serve as governor of a remote area. Prince Wan runs after them to see Chan. From the information that Chan provides him with, he senses that the Empress is plotting something, so he hurries back to the palace and confronts her. The Empress, already losing her mind, bluntly claims that she just wants Wan to die and continue with her plan. Wan, in a panic, stabs himself and is put under care.

The doctor's family are attacked by mysterious assassins-in-black who kill Jiang Yiru. Chan and her mother are forced back to the palace. When they return the Empress reveals that Jiang Shi was actually the mother of Prince Wan, meaning his secret lover, Chan, is in fact his half-sister. Realizing this, a shocked and crazed Chan flees the palace screaming in horror with her mother chasing behind. Both are killed by the assassins-in-black.

Prince Yu abruptly kills Prince Wan and attempts to oblige the Emperor to abdicate the throne to him. He confesses that he also learned of the plot and his brother's affair with the Empress and acted in advance to gain the throne. The Emperor's assassins-in-black eliminate Prince Yu's tiny rebel force easily, and the Emperor beats Yu to death.

Thousands of golden armored warriors led by Prince Jai and wearing the embroidered flowers of the Empress charge the palace. As they charge forward, the Emperor's personal assassins attempt to stop them. Although Prince Jai's men take various casualties, they manage to beat the assassins and move forward. As the golden-armored army marches into the imperial square, they are boxed in by a clever trap. It is clear that the Emperor had full knowledge of the plot and had quietly moved a large army into the palace. From their superior position they are able to cut down the rebels with a massive hail of arrows. The Prince continues to fight but eventually surrenders. The survivors of the golden army are gathered, bound and executed on the Emperor's orders. After the battle, the courtyard is swiftly cleaned up as if the evening's event had never transpired and the Festival begins at midnight as scheduled.

The Emperor offers to spare Jai on the condition that he henceforth personally administer the medicine to the Empress. Prince Jai refused his father's order, apologized to his mother for his failure and then committed suicide, his blood spilling on the Empress's medicine. The Empress lets out a furious shriek and slaps the plate out of the servant's hands. The film then ends with an image of the poisonous medicine landing on an engraved wooden chrysanthemum and eating away at it.

Traditional	滿城盡帶黃金甲
Simplified	满城尽带黄金甲
Mandarin	Mǎnchéng Jìndài Huángjīnjiǎ
Directed by	Zhang Yimou
Produced by	William Kong Zhang Weiping Zhang Yimou
Written by	Zhang Yimou
Starring	Chow Yun-fat Gong Li Jay Chou Qin Junjie
Music by	Shigeru Umebayashi
Cinematography	Zhao Xiaoding
Distributed by	United States: Sony Pictures Classics Hong Kong: Edko Film
Release date(s)	December 21, 2006
Running time	114 minutes
Country	China
Language	Mandarin
Budget	$45 million
Gross revenue	$78,568,977

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Kung Fu Hustle

Kung Fu Hustle (bahasa Tionghoa: 功夫; pinyin: Gōngfu) adalah film Hongkong yang dibintangi dan disutradarai oleh Stephen Chow. Film ini berjenis film komedi yang dipadukan dengan film aksi dengan efek khusus yang sesuai dengan perkembangan teknologi animasi yang berkembang saat ini. Shanghai pada tahun 1930-an adalah plot dan latar dari cerita dalam film ini. Kung Fu Hustle mengisahkan tentang seorang pengangguran yang bernama Chow yang berniat untuk bergabung dengan Geng Kapak (Axe Gang).

Kekacauan melanda kota Shanghai pada tahun 1930-an. Geng-geng sedang mencari kekuasaan dan salah satunya adalah geng Kapak merah yang sangat ditakuti, yang diketuai oleh Kakak Sum yang tak terkenal dan secara jitu dinamai berdasarkan senjata pilihannya. Tanpa adanya penegak hukum, rakyat hanya bisa hidup damai di area orang miskin, contohnya adalah Rumah Susun Kandang Babi (Pig Sty Alley) yang dihuni rakyat dari berbagai latar belakang, dimiliki seorang juragan yang bejat dan istrinya yang bersifat sok berkuasa. Satu hari, dua orang pembuat masalah, Sing dan Bone, datang ke rusun meniru anggota Geng kapak dalam rangka mendapat pujian. Parahnya, mereka gagal, dan ulah Sing malah menarik perhatian negatif dari Geng kapak yang sebenarnya. Dalam sebuah pertempuran besar yang berlangsung lama, lebih dari 50 gengster dikalahkan oleh 3 orang penghuni yang sebenarnya adalah ahli bela diri: Kuli, ahli jurus Tendangan 12 Penjuru, Si Penjahit, ahli jurus Tangan Besi, dan Donat, ahli jurus Tongkat Enam Penjuru.

Sing dan Bone ditangkap oleh Kakak Sum karena membuat masalah dan mempermalukan Geng kapak di mata umum. Mereka lolos dari kematian ketika Sing mengutili gemboknya dengan cepat ketika mereka digantung. Sing meminta Sum untuk menjadikannya dan Bone anggota geng kapak. Kagum dengan keahlian mengutil kunci Sing, Sum lalu mengatakan kalau Sing berhasil membunuh 1 orang, ia akan diangkat menjadi anggota geng kapak. Esoknya, mereka kembali ke Rusun Kandang Babi untuk membunuh si Nyonya Juragan, tapi gagal total karena suatu tindakan yang bodoh. Mereka berpencar dan lolos dari amarah si Nyonya Juragan. Sing cedera parah dan bersembunyi di atas mimbar lampu lalu lintas, dimana cederanya terobati. Selama pemulihan, tanpa sadar Sing menonjoki sisi besi dari mimbarnya, meninggalkan bekas yang dalam untuk tangannya. Setelah pulih, Sing bertemu Bone kembali, tapi tak bisa menjelaskan perasaan anehnya Sing.

Sing dan Bone meratapi kegagalannya di jalanan, dan Sing curhat soal masa kecilnya. Dia menghabiskan uang tabungannya yang sangat sedikit untuk membeli buku panduan jurus "Tapak Buddha" dari seorang pengemis dengan tujuan "menjaga kedamaian dunia". Ia berlatih secara otodidak, tapi ketika ia harus membela seorang gadis bisu yang sedang dikerumuni oleh pengganggu yang berusaha mencuri lolipopnya, ia dikalahkan, bahkan dikencingi. Sing menyimpulkan kalau orang baik tak pernah menang, dan memutuskan untuk menjadi seorang kriminal. Setelah curhat, mereka mencuri es krim dari seorang pedagang jalanan, tertawa secara gila saat mereka kabur pakai trem.

Marah karena kekalahan geng kapaknya, Kakak Sum menyewa sepasang pemain kecapi, yang merupakan pembunuh profesional yang memakai kecapi yang ada sihirnya. Mereka menyerang rusun di malam hari ketika Coolie, Penjahit, dan Donat bersiap berangkat karena bertempur dengan geng kapak. Trio itu kewalahan dan menggerakkan hati Tuan dan Nyonya Juragan, yang ternyata ahli kungfu dengan keahlian yang lebih tinggi: jurus Auman Singa. Meskipun geng kapak dan para pembunuh kabur, tapi trio itu menderita cedera fatal: Coolie menjadi cacat, si Penjahit mati karena luka tusuk, dan Donat mati karena trauma. Tuan dan Nyonya Juragan pun mengevakuasi apartemen untuk keamanan penghuninya.

Tanpa kemajuan berarti, Sing menjambret si pedagang es krim, hanya untuk menyadari kalau si pedagang es krim itu adalah gadis bisu yang merupakan teman masa kecilnya. Si gadis bisu menawarkan permen yang dulu pernah ia coba berikan sebagai tanda terima kasih, tapi Sing menolaknya, bahkan dilempar ke tembok dan kabur. Setelah dia dan Bone berpisah, Sing dijemput Geng kapak. Sum menyuruh Sing untuk pergi ke rumah sakit jiwa untuk membebaskan Beast, yang konon katanya adalah pembunuh top dunia. Sing membebaskan Beast dan membawanya ke kantor Sum. Si "pembunuh top dunia" membuat bingung orang-orang karena sikapnya yang sembarangan dan penampilannya yang acak-acakan - tetapi setelah Beast membuktikan dirinya dengan menghentikan peluru yang ditembakkan ke arahnya, para gengster langsung menunduk hormat. Beast pergi dan menghadapi Bapak dan Ibu Juragan di rumah judi, yang menunggu untuk membunuh Sum dan orang-orangnya. Bapak dan Ibu Juragan berkelahi dengan Beast, sambil menghancurkan rumah judi, sampai mereka bertiga berhenti karena terkunci. Sing langsung masuk, dan dengan mengabaikan perintah Sum untuk membunuh Bapak dan Ibu Juragan, malah memukul Beast dengan kaki meja. Karena marah, Beast membebaskan diri dan meninju Sing. Sebelum bisa memberikan sebuah pukulan maut, Bapak dan Ibu Juragan mengambil tubuh Sing yang sedang tak sadarkan diri dan membawanya kabur. Sum dengan kesal menyalahkan Beast karena membiarkan Bapak dan Ibu Juragan serta Sing lolos, dan Beast malah membunuh Sum sebagai balasannya.

Di rumah susun Kandang Babi, Sing, saat sedang diperban dari kepala sampai kaki dan diobati dengan pengobatan Cina, mengalami metamorfosis. Ia pulih dengan cepat karena aliran chi-nya, dan potensi laten "ahli kung-fu" yang ia miliki, langsung terwujud karena telah mengalahkan Beast. Ia dengan mudah mengalahkan geng kapak sebelum menghadapi Beast. Sebuah perkelahian terjadi, dimana Beast menggunakan jurus kung fu katak untuk menerbangkan Sing. Lagi-lagi, karena jurusnya Beast, aliran chi Sing bertambah sehingga ia tambah kuat. Setelah ia kembali ke bumi, ia melakukan jurus Tapak Buddha yang membuat Beast kalah dan meninggalkan bekas telapak tangan yang besar di tanah. Setelah sebuah usaha yang sia-sia untuk mengalahkan Sing, Beast mengakui kalau Sing adalah petarung yang lebih baik. Beberapa lama kemudian, Sing dan Bone membuka toko permen. Saat tukang es krim yang bisu lewat, Sing keluar menemuinya, berubah menjadi anak kecil dan rujuk. Saat mereka kembali ke toko, seorang anak kecil yang berjalan keluar toko permen bertubrukan dengan seorang pengemis yang pernah menawarkan Sing buku tentang Tapak Buddha. Awalnya, si bocah berjalan begitu saja, tapi si pengemis menawarkan dia beberapa buku bela diri yang lain. Si bocah menatapnya dengan rasa tertarik.

Sutradara	Stephen Chow
Produser	Stephen Chow Chu Po-Chui Jeffrey Lau
Penulis	Stephen Chow Tsang Kan-Cheong Xin Huo Chan Man-Keung
Pemeran	Stephen Chow Yuen Wah Yuen Qiu Danny Chan Kwok Kwan Bruce Leung
Musik	Raymond Wong
Sinematografi	Poon Hang-Sang
Penyunting	Angie Lam
Distribusi	Hong Kong: Columbia Pictures Film Production Asia Amerika Serikat: Sony Pictures Entertainment Sony Pictures Classics
Tanggal rilis	Kanada: 14 September 2004 Cina: 23 Desember 2004 Amerika Serikat: 23 Januari 2005 Britania Raya: 24 Juni 2005
Durasi	95 menit
Negara	Cina Hong Kong
Bahasa	Kanton Mandarin
Anggaran	US$20 juta
Pendapatan kotor	US$101.104.669

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Shaolin Soccer

Shaolin Soccer adalah film Hongkong yang dirilis pada tahun 2001. Film ini disutradarai dan juga diperankan oleh Stephen Chow. Film yang mengisahkan seorang gelandangan yang ingin mengubah nasib dengan cara menerapkan ilmu bela diri shaolin yang dia miliki, dan berusaha mengumpulkan saudara-saudara seperguruannya untuk menjadi pemain sepak bola.

Pada tahun 2008, sebuah sekuel dari film ini dirilis, Stephen Chow sebagai produsernya. Film tersebut berjudul Shaolin Girl, tapi Stephen Chow tidak bermain di sekuel tersebut. Sedikit sekali pemeran dari Shaolin Soccer yang bermain di film ini.

Sutradara	Stephen Chow
Produser	Yeung Kwok-Fai
Penulis	Stephen Chow Tsang Kan-Cheung
Pemeran	Stephen Chow Zhao Wei Ng Man Tat Patrick Tse Wong Yat-Fei Danny Chan Kwok Kwan
Musik	Lowell Lo Raymond Wong
Sinematografi	Kwen Pak-Huen Kwong Ting-Wo
Penyunting	Kai Kit-Wai
Distribusi	Hong Kong: Universe Entertainment Ltd. Amerika Serikat: Miramax Films
Tanggal rilis	12 Juli 2001  1 Juni 2002  2 April 2004  12 November 2004
Durasi	102 menit (versiDVD)  87 menit  89 menit
Negara	Hong Kong
Bahasa	Kanton
Pendapatan kotor	HK$60.739.847

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Contraband

Contraband is an American action crime thriller film directed by Baltasar Kormákur, starring Mark Wahlberg and Kate Beckinsale. The film is a remake of the 2008 Icelandic film Reykjavík-Rotterdam that starred Kormákur. Contraband was released on January 13, 2012, in the United States, by Universal Pictures.

Chris Farraday (Mark Wahlberg) is an ex-smuggler who now has a peaceful life with his wife, Kate (Kate Beckinsale), and their two sons in New Orleans. They learn that Kate's brother Andy (Caleb Landry Jones) was smuggling drugs, but dropped them into the Mississippi River during a surprise inspection by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (C.B.P.).

Andy's boss, ruthless mobster Tim Briggs (Giovanni Ribisi), threatens to kill Chris' family if Andy doesn't pay $700,000. Chris decides to raise the money by running contraband, working with his best friend and former smuggling partner, Sebastian Abney (Ben Foster), who has also gone legitimate and now owns a construction company. He promises Kate that he will not run drugs, joining the crew of a cargo ship in order to buy $10,000,000 in fake bills in Panama and smuggle them into the U.S. He is joined by Andy, good friend Danny Raymer (Lukas Haas), and gets help from fellow crew mates. Briggs breaks into Chris' house to scare his wife and kids, so they move into Sebastian's house for safety.

In Panama, Chris discovers that the bills were not printed on starch-free paper (meaning they could easily be found as fakes) and refuses to accept them. The only one who can provide good quality bills is crime lord Gonzalo (Diego Luna). When Briggs calls Andy and threatens to kill one of Chris' sons, Andy takes Chris' money and uses it to buy the cocaine Andy wants. With the money gone, Gonzalo lets Chris and Danny help in a dangerous armored car heist as payment for the fake bills. They are successful in stealing a painting – little more than a paint splattered unframed tarp – in the heist, but Gonzalo and his men are killed, along with numerous police and security officers.

Chris and Danny make it back to the ship yard in a van containing the fake bills and the paint splattered tarp. They load the contraband-laden van into a container which is loaded onto their cargo ship. Chris assaults Andy for stealing the money and buying cocaine.

It is revealed that Sebastian has been working with Briggs, as gangster Jim Church (David O'Hara) threatens to kill Sebastian if he doesn't repay money he borrowed to save his fledgling construction business. When Sebastian calls Chris, Chris tells him that he might drop the drugs Andy bought into the ocean—angry that Andy had done the cocaine side deal. Sebastian tells Briggs, who assaults Kate and warns her to tell Chris to not dump the "package".

Kate calls Chris and tells him what Briggs said to her. Chris is surprised that Briggs knew about dumping the drugs, realizing that Sebastian had to have told him. Kate does not know and goes back to Sebastian's apartment to retrieve some personal items. When Sebastian tries to force himself on her, he accidentally bashes her head against a bathtub. Sebastian thinks she is dead and throws her (unconscious) body in a yet to be poured foundation.

Sebastian contacts the cargo ship's Captain Camp (J K Simmons), tells him that Chris is smuggling on his ship, and promises him a share if he makes sure Chris doesn't throw it overboard. When Chris does not give up the contraband, Camp calls the C.B.P. to meet the ship in New Orleans. The C.B.P. agents find the container with Chris' van, but the van is empty save for the paint splattered tarp.

Once Chris is on shore, Briggs and his thugs demand the drug package. Chris takes Briggs to Camp's house, having made a duplicate key while on the ship, and knowingly activates the security system. Chris opens Camp's personal carpet cleaner, which Camp had aboard the ship, and retrieves the cocaine from the carpet cleaner's water tank. While Briggs and his gang sit in Camp's living room with the cocaine, Chris sneaks out in Camp's car. Camp awakens to the noise and comes into the living room as the police arrive. Both Briggs and Camp are arrested, in possession of the cocaine.

Chris goes to Sebastian's construction site and brutally beats him, demanding Kate's location. When Sebastian tells Chris that she's dead, he tries calling her cellphone and hears the ringtone in a building foundation where cement is being poured and rescues her. Sebastian is arrested and sent to prison, where he has to answer to Chris's prisoner father.

Danny retrieves the fake bills, which we learn Chris had dumped into the Mississippi River before docking in New Orleans. Needing a vehicle to transport the bills, Andy buys the escape van, which the C.B.P. had confiscated from the cargo ship, at a C.B.P. auction. Church pays Chris $3 million for the fake currency and asks if he knows anything about a Jackson Pollock painting stolen from an armored car in Panama, telling him that it's worth $140 million and can be fenced for over $20 million on the black market. Chris, Andy and Danny find the painting – the nondescript paint splattered tarp – still in the van.

Following Chris and Andy's involvement in multiple killings, drug smuggling, trading in counterfeit currency, framing the ship's captain for a crime he did not commit, and selling a stolen art masterpiece, the film ends with Chris, Kate, Andy and the kids living a comfortable life in a waterfront house.

Directed by	Baltasar Kormákur
Produced by	Tim Bevan Eric Fellner Baltasar Kormákur Stephen Levinson Mark Wahlberg
Screenplay by	Aaron Guzikowski
Based on	Reykjavík-Rotterdamwritten by Arnaldur Indriðason Óskar Jónasson
Starring	Mark Wahlberg Kate Beckinsale Ben Foster Giovanni Ribisi
Music by	Clinton Shorter
Cinematography	Barry Ackroyd
Editing by	Elísabet Ronaldsdóttir
Studio	Relativity Media Working Title Films Blueeyes Productions Leverage Entertainment Closest to the Hole Productions
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date(s)	January 13, 2012
Running time	110 minutes
Country	United States United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	$25 million
Box office	$96,262,212

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Drive Angry

Drive Angry is a 2011 American supernatural action film starring Nicolas Cage and Amber Heard, and directed by Patrick Lussier. It was released on February 25, 2011. Shot in 3-D, the film was met with a mixed reception and grossed almost $30 million.

John Milton (Nicolas Cage) is an undead criminal that has broken out of Hell to kill Jonah King (Billy Burke), a cult leader that tricked Milton's daughter into joining his followers in the wake of Milton's death, only to kill her and her husband and steal their daughter - Milton's granddaughter - to be sacrificed in a Satanist ritual.

After interrogating some of King's followers, Milton discovers that the ritual will take place in Stillwater, a prison in Louisiana. He heads there, but stops by a diner, where he meets Piper (Amber Heard), a waitress who is withholding sex from her boyfriend, Frank (Todd Farmer), so he will marry her. Milton's car is damaged, so he sabotages Piper's car, a 1967 Dodge Charger R/T 500 and follows her to fix it in exchange for a ride to her home (a motel room), which is on the way to Stillwater.

Entering the room, Piper walks in on Frank having sex with another woman and grabs her by the hair dragging her outside, punching her out, and later fighting with Frank, getting knocked to the ground. Milton in a phonebooth nearby, hears the commotion and comes to Piper's aide, kicking Frank in the face as he is about to continue beating Piper, and punching Frank repeatedly, with Frank's head hitting an A/C causing it to fall out of the window onto his face. Milton steals his car, taking Piper along with him driving to Stillwater. Meanwhile, a supernatural operative of Satan, The Accountant (William Fichtner), arrives on Earth with the mission to bring Milton back to Hell. After interrogating Frank, he discovers that Milton and Piper are heading to Louisiana and tricks the police into helping him by impersonating an FBI agent.

At a shady hotel, Milton is attacked by King and his men, who heard about his return, but he kills most of them. The Accountant appears with the police and chases after Milton and Piper, who are chasing after King's Van. Milton uses a gun labeled "The Godkiller" to shoot the Accountant out of the road. They then follow King to a church, only to find it filled with King's followers. They are ambushed and captured. Piper is kidnapped and Milton is shot in the face and left for dead, but he awakens and kills King's men before pursuing his RV once again. Inside, Piper breaks free and fights King before jumping out of the RV and onto Milton's car. King then disables the car by repeatedly shooting its engine.

Milton and Piper then meet Milton's friend Webster (David Morse), who provides them a new car. Piper discovers that Milton is literally undead (demonstrated when his eye regenerated back after being shot by Jonah at the church) and had to abandon his daughter to protect her from his former companions and that's why she was so easily manipulated by King. She also discovers that the Godkiller was stolen by Milton from Satan himself and has the power to completely destroy one's soul, preventing it from going to either Heaven or Hell. Meanwhile, the Accountant discovers that Milton is trying to save his granddaughter from being sacrificed and decides to help him due to Satan's distaste for people that sacrifice innocent people in his name.

Piper realizes that Milton has returned from Hell to rescue his granddaughter. Milton tells Piper that he can not guarantee her safety and that she should leave, but she assures him that she has never had a worthy cause to fight for until now, and that she is with him regardless of the consequences. They then set off to Stillwater, evading the troops of Sheriff Cap (Tom Atkins) with the help of the Accountant and finally arriving at Stillwater. The Accountant captures Piper and forces Milton to give up the Godkiller before he can engage King, but he allows Milton to go into battle against King and his followers to save his granddaughter, noting that Satan is more of a warden for a very large prison rather than the master of Evil, and is actually against the sacrifice of children in his name.

While Milton slaughters King's men before they can sacrifice the child, Piper escapes The Accountant's clutches with the Godkiller. King eventually gets the upper hand on Milton and savagely beats him. Piper fires the Godkiller at King, but misses and hits one of his few surviving men instead. She is knocked out by the gun's recoil. King orders one of his female servants to murder the child. However, the woman, who had been caring for the baby ever since King stole her, finds herself unable to carry out the deed, allowing Milton to grab the Godkiller and shoot King, destroying his soul. The Accountant retrieves the baby. He allows Milton to say goodbye to her, and Milton gives the baby to Piper, and makes her promise to care for and protect her. Webster arrives and looks on as Milton "dies".

After both Piper and Webster have left, Milton is revealed to be still alive (because he is already dead) and with the Accountant. He agrees to go back to Hell, but warns that if he is punished too severely for his actions, he will escape again. The Accountant claims that he looks forward to it, insinuating that chasing Milton is the most fun he has ever had. The Accountant then wiggles with his keys and manifests a black 1958 Chevrolet Bel Air, before throwing them to Miltion. They then drive off into the gates of Hell.

Directed by	Patrick Lussier
Produced by	Michael De Luca
Written by	Todd Farmer Patrick Lussier
Starring	Nicolas Cage Amber Heard William Fichtner Billy Burke Charlotte Ross Katy Mixon
Music by	Michael Wandmacher
Cinematography	Brian Pearson
Editing by	Patrick Lussier Devin C. Lussier
Studio	Millennium Films Nu Image Saturn Films
Distributed by	Summit Entertainment(United States) Lionsgate (United Kingdom) Metropolitan Filmexport(France)
Release date(s)	February 25, 2011
Running time	105 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$45–55 million
Box office	$28,931,401

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Race to Witch Mountain

Race the Witch Mountain adalah film fiksi sains/thriller tahun 2009 dan remake dari film tahun 1975 Escape to Witch Mountain. Kedua versi dari film didasarkan pada novel Alexander Key pada tahun 1968 Escape to Witch Mountain. Film ini disutradarai oleh Andy Fickman dan dibintangi olehDwayne Johnson, AnnaSophia Robb, Alexander Ludwig, Ciarán Hinds, dan Carla Gugino. Syuting dimulai di Los Angeles pada Maret 2008. Film ini dirilis pada tanggal 13 Maret 2009.

Sebuah pesawat ruang angkasa alien jatuh dekat Searchlight, Nevada, di luar Las Vegas. Proyek Debu Bulan, proyek rahasia Departemen Pertahanan yang dipimpin oleh Henry Burke (Ciarán Hinds) dan salah satu pasukan mudanya tugas yang tidak disebutkan namanya, tiba dengan helikopter hitam. Men in Black merebut kapal dan mencari penumpangnya.
Jack Bruno (Dwayne Johnson) adalah mantan mafia pelarian yang menjadi sopir taksi untuk menghindari kembali ke penjara. Salah satu penumpangnya adalah Dr Alex Friedman (Carla Gugino), seorang ilmuwan gagal yang di Las Vegas untuk berbicara di konvensi UFO di Planet Hollywood Hotel.

Setelah menolak dua preman yang mencari jasa-jasanya bagi seorang bos mafia, Bruno menemukan dua remaja, Sara (AnnaSophia Robb) dan Seth (Alexander Ludwig), di taksinya. Mereka menawarkan $15.000 untuk pergi ke tujuan. Burke mengikuti taksi itu; Bruno berpendapat bahwa para agen pemerintah adalah preman mafia, dan menghindar dari mereka dengan keterampilannya mengemudi. Seth yang mempunyai kemampuan untuk bervariasi kepadatan molekul yang membantu mereka untuk melarikan diri.

Ketika mereka tiba di sebuah rumah kosong, Bruno mengikuti mereka keluar dari kekhawatiran dan rasa ingin tahu. Para remaja mengambil perangkat yang mereka cari dalam laboratorium bawah tanah tersembunyi, tetapi ketiganya diserang oleh "Siphon" (Tom Woodruff, Jr.), seorang alien pembunuh berlapis baja yang kuat. Siphon yang mengejar mereka sampai pesawat ruang angkasa menabrak kereta api dan dia terluka. Ketiganya lolos lagi dari agen Burke, sebagian karena telepati Sara.

Bruno membawa Seth dan Sara kepada Dr Friedman di konvensi UFO, yang menyadari bahwa remaja itu adalah apa yang dia telah cari dan bergabung dengan mereka. Di sana, para remaja menjelaskan kepada Bruno dan Friedman bahwa mereka berasal dari planet mati 3.000 tahun cahaya dari Bumi. Pemerintah bermaksud untuk menyerang Bumi, meskipun ide yang tidak diterima di kalangan mayoritas ras mereka, sehingga jenis mereka dapat bertahan. Orang tua Seth dan Sara adalah ilmuwan yang mencari cara untuk menyelamatkan planet mereka tanpa invasi, tetapi ditangkap sebelum menyelesaikan percobaan mereka. Para remaja datang untuk mengambil hasil yang sukses, tapi pemerintah asing mengirim pembunuh untuk menghentikan mereka. Untuk menyelamatkan kedua dunia, mereka harus mengambil pesawat ruang angkasa mereka dan pulang ke rumah. Sesama Ufologi dan teori konspirasi Dr Donald Harlan (Garry Marshall) memberitahu mereka bahwa pesawat ruang angkasa itu dibawa ke Witch Mountain. Mereka tiba di pangkalan itu, tapi Sara dan Seth ditangkap; Burke memerintahkan bahwa remaja dipersiapkan untuk pembedahan mahluk hidup, tetapi merasa bahwa tidak ada yang akan percaya orang dewasa.

Siphon menyerang Witch Mountain dan peperangan tentara, memungkinkan Bruno dan Friedman untuk menyusup basis dan membebaskan Seth dan Sara. Mereka melarikan diri melalui terowongan gunung, dan akhirnya membunuh pembunuh yang telah ada di pesawat ruang angkasa. Para remaja memberikan Bruno dan Friedman perangkat pelacakan yang akan memungkinkan para alien untuk selalu menemukan mereka, sambil menangis, mereka berpisah dan kembali ke planet mereka.

Bruno dan Friedman menjadi penulis sukses Race to Witch Mountain: A True Story. Mereka mempromosikan buku mereka dan pengetahuan tentang sirkuit konvensi UFO, menjelaskan bahwa publisitas melindungi mereka dari pembalasan pemerintah. Ketika mereka meninggalkan konvensi mengaktifkan perangkat asing, menyiratkan bahwa remaja kembali ke Bumi.

Sutradara	Andy Fickman
Produser	Andrew Gunn Mario Iscovich (executive) Anne Marie Sanderlin (executive)[1]
Penulis	Andy Fickman Mark Bomback
Pemeran	Dwayne Johnson AnnaSophia Robb Carla Gugino Alexander Ludwig Tom Everett Scott Chris Marquette
Musik	Trevor Rabin
Sinematografi	Greg Gardiner
Penyunting	David Rennie
Studio	Gunn Films
Distribusi	Walt Disney Pictures
Tanggal rilis	13 Maret 2009
Durasi	98 menit
Negara	Amerika Serikat
Bahasa	Inggris
Anggaran	$50 million
Pendapatan kotor	$106,303,988

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Knowing

Knowing adalah film fiksi ilmiah tahun 2009 yang disutradarai oleh Alex Proyas dan dibintangi oleh Nicolas Cage. Produksi film ini didanai oleh Summit Entertainment. Pengambilan film Knowing dilakukan di Melbourne, Australia, mengambil berbagai setting untuk menggambarkan situasi Boston. Film ini dirilis pada tanggal 20 Maret 2009 di Amerika Serikat. Film ini mengenai fenomena ramalan yang jitu.

Sutradara	Alex Proyas
Produser	Todd Black Jason Blumenthal Steve Tisch
Penulis	Ryne Douglas Pearson Alex Proyas Stuart Hazeldine Juliet Snowden Stiles White
Pemeran	Nicolas Cage Rose Byrne Chandler Canterbury Lara Robinson
Musik	Marco Beltrami
Sinematografi	Simon Duggan
Penyunting	Richard Learoyd
Studio	Escape Artists
Distribusi	Summit Entertainment
Tanggal rilis	20 Maret 2009
Durasi	121 menit
Negara	Amerika Serikat
Bahasa	Inggris
Anggaran	$50 juta
Pendapatan kotor	$176.175.143

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Righteous Kill

Righteous Kill is a 2008 American crime thriller film with elements of a buddy cop film directed by Jon Avnet, and starring Robert De Niro and Al Pacino. It is one of only two movies (the other is Heat) in which De Niro and Pacino appear together in the same scenes. Righteous Kill also features John Leguizamo, Carla Gugino, Donnie Wahlberg, Brian Dennehy, and Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson. The film was released in the United States on September 12, 2008.

Police psychologists review recordings of a man (Robert De Niro), who states his name as Detective David Fisk, the "Poetry Boy" killer. The Poetry Boy earned the moniker for his modus operandi of murdering criminals and leaving short poems with their bodies. Fisk reveals that he looks up to his partner of almost 30 years, Tom Cowan (who the audience is led to believe is the character portrayed by Al Pacino), and considers him to be his role model of how a cop should be. Pacino's character is known by the nickname "Rooster" and De Niro's by "Turk," and they are referred as such outside of the recordings.

These recordings provide a narrative, and the film opens with the tenth victim, a drug dealer named Robert "Rambo" Brady (Rob Dyrdek). Turk and Rooster investigate the murder with the less-experienced Detectives Corelli (Carla Gugino), Perez (John Leguizamo), and Riley (Donnie Wahlberg). When they find a poem on the body, they link it to the Poetry Boy.

As Poetry Boy murders acquitted rapist Jonathan Van Luytens and Father Connell, a Catholic priest and child molester (children including Poetry Boy himself), tension builds between Turk, Corelli, and Perez. Turk is now living with Corelli, who happens to be Perez's ex-girlfriend. Poetry Boy assaults an attempted fourteenth victim, Russian mobster Yevgeny Magulat, but when he is found to not have died, he attacks Perez and Corelli. Perez and Riley suspect Turk of being Poetry Boy due to his markmanship skills and psych evaluations, so they arrange a secretly supervised meeting between Turk and a drug dealer Marcus "Spider" Smith (50 Cent) (during which Turk supposedly must kill him). However, Turk proves his innocence during an encounter with this drug dealer as he has the "wrong" gun and humiliating but obviously inappropriate poem. After Perez and Riley leave the scene unsatisfied, Rooster kills Spider. During this scrape Rooster inadvertently drops his diary.

Turk stumbles upon and reads Rooster's journal, Rooster claims Spider as Poetry Boy's fourteenth victim. Rooster puts Turk in front of a video camera and forces him to read the journal. At this point, it is realized that the recordings from the film's beginning and therefore the narration merely set Turk up as a red herring, and Rooster is the actual Poetry Boy. Turk's name is actually Tom Cowan, and Rooster's David Fisk. It turns out that Rooster lost his faith in justice when Turk, an otherwise "righteous" cop, planted a gun at the house of acquitted child molester and murderer Charles Randall (Frank John Hughes), convicting him. This leads him to taking justice into his own hands.

When Turk finishes, he chases Rooster to a construction site. Rooster fires aimlessly to convince Turk to report that the Poetry Boy is assaulting a police officer, resisting arrest, and fleeing, but Turk resists. When Rooster takes aim at Turk, Turk fires, striking Rooster in the chest. He calls for an ambulance, however Rooster begs him to withdraw the ambulance. After some hesitation, Turk calls off the ambulance, allowing Rooster to bleed to death. He is last shown coaching a Police Athletic League baseball team as Corelli looks on.

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Tropic Thunder

Tropic Thunder is a 2008 American action comedy film written, produced, and directed by Ben Stiller, and starring Stiller, Robert Downey, Jr., andJack Black. The main plot revolves around a group of primo uomo actors who are making a fictional Vietnam War film. When their frustrated director decides to drop them in the middle of a jungle, they are forced to rely on their acting skills in order to survive the real action and danger. Written byJustin Theroux and Etan Cohen, the film was produced by Red Hour Films and distributed by DreamWorks Pictures through Paramount Pictures.

Stiller's idea for the film originated while playing a minor role in Empire of the Sun, and he later enlisted Theroux and Cohen to help complete the script. After the film was green-lighted in 2006, filming took place in 2007 on the Hawaiian island of Kauai over thirteen weeks and was later deemed the largest film production in the island's history. The film had an extensive marketing promotion, including faux websites for the three main characters and their fictional films, airing a fictional television special, and selling the energy drink advertised in the film, "Booty Sweat".

The film received generally favorable reviews with critics approving of the film's characters, story, and faux trailers while criticizing its offensive content. The film's soundtrack and score debuted on August 5, 2008, before the film's theatrical release. In its North American opening weekend, the film earned US$26 million and retained the number one position for the first three weekends of release. The film and its cast were nominated for several awards by various groups including the Screen Actors Guild, Broadcast Film Critics Association, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The film grossed $180 million in theaters before its release on home video on November 18, 2008.

Hook-handed Vietnam veteran John "Four Leaf" Tayback's (Nick Nolte) memoir, Tropic Thunder, is being made into a film. With the exception of newcomer supporting actor Kevin Sandusky (Jay Baruchel), the cast—fading action hero Tugg Speedman (Stiller), five-time Academy Award-winning Australian method actor Kirk Lazarus (Downey, Jr.), rapper Alpha Chino (Brandon T. Jackson), and drug-addicted comedian Jeff Portnoy (Black)—behave unreasonably. Rookie director Damien Cockburn (Steve Coogan) cannot control them during filming of a large war scene and production is reported to be one month behind schedule. Cockburn is ordered by studio executive Les Grossman (Tom Cruise) to get filming back on track, or risk its cancellation.

Acting on Tayback's advice, Cockburn drops the actors into the middle of the jungle, with hidden cameras and rigged special effects explosions to film "guerrilla-style". The actors have guns that fire blanks, along with a map and scene listing that will lead to a helicopter waiting at the end of the route. Unbeknownst to the actors and production, the group have been dropped in the middle of the Golden Triangle, the home of the heroin-producing Flaming Dragon gang. Shortly after the group set off, the five actors are stunned to see Cockburn blown up by an old land mine. Speedman, believing Cockburn faked his death, persuades the others that Cockburn is alive and that they are still shooting the film. Lazarus is unconvinced, but joins them in their trek through the jungle.

When Tayback and pyrotechnics operator Cody Underwood (Danny McBride) attempt to locate the dead director, they are captured by Flaming Dragon, at which point Tayback reveals that he fabricated his memoir and that he has hands. As the actors continue through the jungle, Lazarus and Sandusky discover that Speedman is leading them in the wrong direction. The four actors, tired of walking and hoping to be rescued, leave Speedman, who goes off by himself and is captured by Flaming Dragon. Taken to their heroin factory, Speedman believes it is a POW camp from the script. The gang discovers he is the star of their favorite film, the box office bomb Simple Jack, and force him to reenact it several times a day. Meanwhile in Los Angeles, Speedman's agent Rick Peck (Matthew McConaughey) is trying to negotiate with Grossman an unfulfilled term in Speedman's contract that entitles him to a TiVo. Flaming Dragon calls the two and demands a ransom for Speedman, but Grossman instead berates the gang. Despite the threats, Grossman expresses no interest in rescuing Speedman and attempts to convince Rick about the benefits of allowing Speedman to die and collecting the insurance. Grossman also offers Rick a Gulfstream V and money in return for his cooperation.

Lazarus, Chino, Portnoy, and Sandusky discover Flaming Dragon's heroin factory. After seeing Speedman being tortured, they plan a rescue attempt based on the film's script. Lazarus impersonates a farmer towing a captured Portnoy on the back of a water buffalo, distracting the armed guards so Chino and Sandusky can locate the captives. After the gang notices inconsistencies in Lazarus' story, the actors open fire, temporarily subduing them. When the gang realize they are being guarded by actors, they gather their guns and begin firing. The four actors locate Speedman, Tayback, and Underwood, and cross a bridge rigged to explode to get to their helicopter. Speedman asks to remain behind with the gang which he considers his family, but quickly returns when Flaming Dragon fires in pursuit. Tayback detonates the bridge allowing Speedman to reach safety, but as the helicopter takes off, the gang fires an RPG at the helicopter. Rick unexpectedly stumbles out of the jungle carrying a TiVo box and throws it in the path of the RPG, saving them. The crew return to Hollywood, where footage from the hidden cameras is compiled into a feature film, Tropic Blunder, which becomes a major critical and box office hit. The film wins Speedman his first Academy Award, which Lazarus presents to him at the ceremony.

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Beverly Hills Chihuahua

Beverly Hills Chihuahua is a 2008 family comedy film produced by Walt Disney Pictures. It is directed by Raja Gosnell and released on October 3, 2008. The films stars Piper Perabo, Jamie Lee Curtis and Manolo Cardona for the main cast, while the film stars Drew Barrymore, George Lopez andAndy Garcia for the voice actors. The plot centers around a Chihuahua, Chloe, who gets dognapped in Mexico and has to escape from an evilDoberman, El Diablo, with a help from a lonely German Shepherd, Delgado, and a hyperactive male Chihuahua, Papi, who has a desperate crush on her.

In Beverly Hills, California, Heiress Vivian "Viv" Ashe leaves her richly pampered pet chihuahua, Chloe, with her irresponsible niece, Rachel, when she is leaving to a business trip for ten days. Papi, who is also a Chihuahua with an independent kind of personality, has a crush on Chloe, which she constantly rejects. Rachel decides to go to Mexico with her friends and stay at a hotel by the beach, but Chloe tries to find her when Rachel leaves her alone in the hotel room to go dancing at a club. She gets dognapped as she tries to find Rachel and is sent to the dog fights in Mexico City. There, she meets a street-smart German Shepherd named Delgado.

Chloe is then picked to fight in the pit against El Diablo, a fierce Argentinean-Bolivian Doberman Pinscher. Delgado helps her escape the dog fights, unleashes the other dogs from their cages, unlocks the ring to allow both Chloe and himself and attempts to get her back to Beverly Hills safely.

Meanwhile, Rachel and Sam, Vivian's gardener and owner of Papi, go to the Mexican police and sent out rewards for an effort to find Chloe. El Diablo is sent by the dog fight ringleader, Vasquez, to capture Chloe for the reward that Rachel has sent out. Delgado and Chloe arrive at Puerto Vallarta, where Chloe's diamond-studded collar is stolen by Chico, an iguana, and Manuel, a pack rat. Chloe and Delgado sneak into a train and eventually arrive in the deserts of Chihuahua, where Delgado explains that he was a former police dog; he was retired after he had lost his sense of smell during a raid.

El Diablo arrives in Chihuahua, after tracking them from Mexico City, and captures Papi inside an abandoned Aztec temple, but dissapears when Delgado comes to rescue the two. Rachel finds Chloe, and Vasquez get arrested by the police. The characters' fates are later revealed:

Chloe returns safely to Beverly Hills, without having Vivian find out what happened, and starts a romantic relationship with Papi.

Delgado returns to being a police dog in Mexico.

El Diablo is then recaptured by Delgado and is adopted by a fashion designer.

Chico and Manuel then move to Beverly Hills and become rich.

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Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li

Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li is the second live-action film based on the Street Fighter series of video games. It follows the quest ofStreet Fighter character Chun-Li, who is portrayed by 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 The Black Eyed Peas member Taboo asVega. The film was released on February 27, 2009 to extremely negative reviews and poor box office numbers.

Chun-Li moves from San Francisco to Hong Kong with her family. While practicing to be a concert pianist, she learns Wushu from her father Xiang, a businessman. For a while, her life is perfect until one night, Xiang is attacked and abducted by M. Bison's henchmen in front of Chun-Li.

Years later, Chun-Li grows up and becomes a talented pianist. At the end of her concert, she receives a mysterious scroll written in ancient Chinesetext. Shortly after, she loses her mother to cancer.

Meanwhile, at Shadaloo headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand, Bison announces his complete control of the organization before he has the other shareholders executed by Vega. It is also revealed that Xiang is still alive and working for Bison.

The next day, Thai detective Maya Sunee meets Interpol agent Charlie Nash, when both are called to investigate the murder of several crime syndicate families in Bangkok. Nash informs Maya that this is the work of Shadaloo.

Back in Hong Kong, Chun-Li has the scroll translated by a wise old lady, who tells her she must travel to Bangkok and find a man named Gen. Chun-Li then leaves her home and travels to Bangkok, living homeless and searching for Gen for several days until a fight with thugs leaves her exhausted and unconscious, and Gen appears and brings her to his home. Gen informs her that he was once comrades with Bison and he knows how to find her father, and for the next few days, he teaches her his style of martial arts. Chun-Li also learns more about Bison, who is operating Shadaloo publicly, and is holding the families of property owners hostage in order to force them to sign their property over to him. While spying on Bison's henchman Balrog, she overhears that a property owner is asked to hand over the rights to a docking harbor, allowing the shipment of the "White Rose".

Later that night, Chun-Li goes to a nightclub and confronts Cantana, one of Bison's secretaries. She obtains information on the location of the White Rose before escaping from Shadaloo's thugs and Nash and Maya. As a result of this incident, Cantana is used as a punching bag by Bison the next day.

Gen tells Chun-Li more of Bison's origin. The son of Irish missionaries, Bison grew up an orphan and lived his entire life as a thief. Many years later, as a means of becoming completely evil, he killed his pregnant wife and transferred his conscience into their prematurely born daughter. After telling Chun-Li to go and fetch some food, Gen is attacked by Shadaloo soldiers before Balrog uses a RPG to blow up his house. Chun-Li runs off when she is attacked by Vega, whom she soundly defeats and leaves hanging by the side of a building.

The next day, Chun-Li interrogates a harbor employee into telling her the arrival time of the White Rose. She returns to the shipping yard that night, only to fall into a trap as Bison and his soldiers capture her. Tied up and brought into an undisclosed house, she is reunited with Xiang, only for Bison to break his neck. After Bison and Balrog leave the house, Chun-Li uses her skills to defeat the guards and escape. During the escape, she is shot in the arm by Balrog, but is reunited with Gen, who heals her wounds and continues with her training.

Despite being taken off the assignment, Nash is secretly asked by Chun-Li to back her up in taking down Bison. Nash and Chun-Li, along with Maya and her SWAT team, arrive at the shipping yard, where they engage in a shootout with Shadaloo forces. Maya is wounded in the shootout, but her SWAT team manages to dwindle Shadaloo's numbers. Meanwhile, Chun-Li enters a ship and discovers a girl who speaks Russian before leaving her to continue her search for Bison. On the other side of the ship, Gen faces off against Balrog until he impales him with a liquid nitrogen pipe. Bison takes the girl - who is revealed to be his daughter Rose - and flees the scene by helicopter.

Chun-Li, Gen, Nash and a SWAT officer arrive at Bison's headquarters, where Nash and the officer take Rose out to safety while Chun-Li and Gen face Bison. After a long battle, Chun-Li hits Bison with a bamboo pole and drops sandbags on him, stunning him. She then charges up a Kikoken and shoots it at him, knocking him off the scaffolding before she jumps and twists his neck with her legs. Nash tells Chun-Li to leave the scene as Thai police arrive.

Chun-Li returns to her home in Hong Kong and settles down when Gen pays her a visit. He shows her a newspaper ad for an upcoming Street Fighter tournament, telling her that a Japanese fighter named Ryu might be a recruit for their cause. She declines the offer, telling him she is home for now.

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Dragonball Evolution

Dragonball Evolution is a 2009 live-action science fiction film loosely based on the Japanese Dragon Ball media franchise. It was directed and co-written by James Wong, and released by 20th Century Fox.

The film stars Justin Chatwin as Goku, Emmy Rossum as Bulma Briefs, James Marsters as Piccolo Daimao, Jamie Chung as Chi-Chi, Chow Yun-fatas Master Roshi, Joon Park as Yamcha, and Eriko Tamura as Mai. It was released in Japan and several other Asian countries on March 13, 2009, and in the United States on April 10, 2009. The story centers around the adventures of the lead character, Goku, around his 18th birthday, as he is asked to gather seven Dragon Balls to save the world from evil alien forces. On his journey, he meets several different characters who all join the quest and help him in his task.

Two thousand years ago, the demon Piccolo came to Earth, wreaking havoc with his minion Ōzaru. Seven mystics created the Mafuba and thought they sealed him away for eternity. However, Piccolo breaks free and with his beautiful follower Mai, begins to search for the seven Dragonballs (each one has stars numbering between one and seven), killing anyone in his way.

On his 18th birthday, a young high-school student and martial artist named Goku is given the 4-Star Dragonball by his grandfather,[3] Grandpa Gohan. Returning home from a party hosted by his crush Chi-Chi, Goku finds his home destroyed and his grandfather near death after Piccolo's failed attempt to acquire the Dragonball.

Before he dies, Gohan tells Goku to seek out martial arts master Muten Roshi, who holds another one of the Dragonballs. Along the way, Goku meets Bulma Briefs of the Capsule Corporation, who was studying the 5-Star Dragonball until it was stolen by Mai. Goku offers Bulma his protection in exchange for her help in finding Roshi. They ultimately track him down in Paozu City. Under Roshi's wing, Goku begins training his Ki, knowing that they must get all the Dragonballs before the next solar eclipse, when Ōzaru will return and join with Piccolo.

In the midst of the group's search for the 6-star Dragonball, they fall into a trap set by the desert bandit Yamcha but Roshi convinces Yamcha to join them. Together, the group fight off an ambush by Mai and successfully get the next Dragonball. As the group continues their quest, they travel to a temple where Roshi consults his former teacher Sifu Norris and begins preparing the Mafuba enchantment so he can reseal Piccolo, while Goku must learn the most powerful of the ki-bending techniques: the Kamehameha.

During the night, Mai – disguised as Chi-Chi – steals the team's three Dragonballs, adding them to the ones that Piccolo already has. With the Dragonballs successfully united, Piccolo begins to summon Shen Long, but is stopped by the timely arrival of Goku's team. During the ensuing battle, Piccolo reveals to Goku that Goku himself is Ōzaru, having been sent to Earth as an infant to destroy it when he came of age.

As the eclipse begins, Goku transforms into Ōzaru while Roshi attempts to use the Mafuba, but he doesn't have enough energy to live before he can re-seal Piccolo. Roshi's dying words restore Goku to his senses as he is choked to death by Ōzaru, and he engages Piccolo in a final battle, seemingly defeating him with the power of the Kamehameha. Goku then uses the Dragonballs to summon Shen Long, and request that he restore Roshi to life. As they celebrate, they realize the Dragonballs have now scattered, and Bulma declares that they must seek the balls again. Before they head out, Goku meets with Chi-Chi to get to know her better, and they begin a sparring match to see which of them is stronger.

In a post-credits scene, Piccolo is alive and being cared for by an old woman.

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Mercenaries

Mercenaries is an action-adventure war film directed by Paris Leonti, his second film after Daylight Robbery. Set for a limited UK theatrical release date of January 27, 2012, and an international release following, the film stars Billy Zane, Robert Fucilla and Kirsty Mitchell. Mercenaries was announced as one of the official selection of films for the Ibiza Film Festival 2011 and also had a showing the same year at the Cannes film festival.

Andy Marlow is an ex-British S.A.S serviceman turned mercenary who is working covertly at an observation post in the Balkans after a military coup has resulted in the assassination of the Serbian Prime Minister. The coup has been instigated by Olodan Cracovic, the ex-commander of the Croat Army and wanted war criminal. During the unrest, Olodan’s army raided the U.S. Embassy and has taken the U.S Ambassador and his aide captives. 

The decision is taken to send in Mercenaries to carry out the top secret rescue. Marlow and his team are sent into Srebrenica under the cover of darkness. US Military personnel posing as United Nations peacekeepers are playing a support role, but cannot take part in active operations. Covertly, Andy and his team infiltrate Olodan’s headquarters, taking him captive and releasing the Ambassador and his aide. However the rescue is far from over. Now they are faced with transporting them back to a safe area twenty five miles south where US troops are waiting. With Olodan’s right hand man in pursuit, their mission takes an unexpected turn. They find themselves outnumbered, outgunned and fighting what could easily be a losing battle.

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