This breathtaking war drama depicts the true story of love, brotherhood, courage and fortitude. It centers on the legendary Lafayette Escadrille, thirty-eight young inexperienced American pilots who made history by volunteering to fight in the French Air Service before the United States entered World War I. They fearlessly combated the enemy and downed 57 German planes in 20 months.
Decorated Iraq war hero Sgt. Brandon King makes a celebrated return to his small Texas hometown following his tour of duty. He tries to resume the life he left behind. Then, against Brandon's will, the Army orders him back to duty in Iraq, which upends his world. The conflict tests everything he believes in: the bond of family, the loyalty of friendship, the limits of love and the value of honor.
The action takes place during the World War II. A crew of American mariners is given the top-secret assignment of penetrating into a submerged German U-Boat submarine to capture Enigma, a Nazi coding device that will allow the Allied naval forces to win the war much faster. However, they are unaware that the Germans also head for U-571 after a wrecked vessel sends out an SOS signal. As a result, nine U.S. soldiers become trapped in an enemy submarine in the middle of hostile waters with little chance of survival.
In 1501, in the Western Europe, in a period when the black plague is jeopardizing the populations, an army of mercenary peasants leaded by Martin (Rutger Hauer) fights side-by-side with the noble Arnolfini (Fernando Hilbeck) to retrieve his castle, with the promise of a huge reward. However, the band is betrayed by Arnolfini, and decides to pay him back, assaulting and stealing a caravan under the command of Arnolfini and his son and student, Steven (Tom Burlinson). In one of the wagon is traveling the fiancée of Steven, Agnes (Jennifer Jason Leigh), who is accidentally kidnapped and later raped by the group. Agnes becomes Martin's mate, and the mercenaries decide to invade a castle, without knowing that the army of Arnolfini is chasing them.
They have met each other among the raging flames of the World War III. They are military pilots, and here, in the military airforce camp, they are to improve their fighting skills. Here they, Lachlan (Russell Crowe) and Johnny (Peter Outerbridge), will find the new meaning and try to find the love and passion. Is their love doomed in this war where is no tomorrow and where your life can end in your twenty?
The movie is one of the most popular films of the year 1993.
This crazy, unabashed parody refers to many well-known movies of different genres - from action to patriotic and erotic films. Topper Harley (Charlie Sheen) has to return back from his self-exile, because he is a brilliant pilot and the Government chosen him for the secret air force mission. Comical situations which resemble different scenes from various blockbusters can make you hee-haw, because this film is one of the first and the best parodies among various "Scary movies" and other following films which are sometimes not as good as this one.
During the Vietnam war, a U.S. observation plane is hit by a missile. The only survivor of the crew is the Lieutenant Colonel Iceal Hambleton, an expert in missile weaponry. Because of his knowledge, it is crucial to rescue him before the Vietcong get their hands on him. It's a very difficult task because the enemy is listening to Hambleton's radio transmissions. And he knows it...
"KOKODA!" is an action-adventure drama set in modern day Papua New Guinea. It is about the head to head clash of two veterans of the WWII campaign, who find themselves on Kokoda once again, some 50 years later.
Their younger charges, an injured pilot and two reluctant locals accompany them. The audience and our characters, are all taken on a roller coaster journey over the old battleground. Confronted by nature's fury and demons from the past, we have a cross cultural, cross generational conflict with their environment, themselves and each other.
In the 15th century, France was entangled in the Hundred Years' War with England. When the country seemed to be threatened with its inevitable downfall, Joan of Arc (Milla Jovovich), a 17-year-old illiterate peasant girl, appeared at the court of the French Dauphin, Charles (John Malkovich). She claimed that she had been instructed by the Lord to lead troops into a holy battle and defend their land against the aggressors. Inspired by the charismatic, self-confident, strong and fearless maiden, warriors won a victory over the English at Orleans. A year later, Joan was captured by the Burgundian and sold to their allies, the English, who tried her for heresy and burnt alive at the stake. In 1456, she was pronounced innocent. In 1920, Joan of Arc was declared a national heroine and canonized a saint.
The Roman Empire is stretched across many nations, including Britain. In their conquest for more land, the Romans went into Sarmatia where they fought the very brave Sarmatian cavalery. The Romans, impressed by the Sarmatian's weaponery and fighting skills, included them into their army as knights. After 15 years of serving and fighting for the Roman Empire the Sarmatian Knights, lead by Arthur/Artorious Castus, are about to receive their freedom as the Romans are leaving Britain. But the Knights must carry out one final order before they are free. A Roman priest and his family, especially his son Alecto, must be rescued from the invading Saxons. But there is another danger lurking on the road to freedom - the Woads, British rebels who hate the Romans.
Lions for Lambs begins after two determined students at a West Coast University, Arian and Ernest, follow the inspiration of their idealistic professor, Dr. Malley, and attempt to do something important with their lives. But when the two make the bold decision to join the battle in Afghanistan, Malley is both moved and distraught. Now, as Arian and Ernest fight for survival in the field, they become the string that binds together two disparate stories on opposite sides of America. In California, an anguished Dr. Malley attempts to reach a privileged but disaffected student who is the very opposite of Arian and Ernest. Meanwhile, in Washington D.C. the charismatic Presidential hopeful, Senator Jasper Irving, is about to give a bombshell story to a probing TV journalist that may affect Arian and Ernest's fates.
Based on a novel by Alistair MacLean, this thrilling war drama follows fearless Maj. Keith Mallory (Robert Shaw) and SSgt. Dusty Miller (Edward Fox) who are sent to the Balkans, Yugoslavia where they must team up with local partisans and the Force 10 squad, led by Lieutenant Colonel Mike Barnsby (Harrison Ford). Their perilous mission is to raid and blow up a huge bridge vital to German strategy. However, the team's plan goes wrong as there is a traitor among them...
In this superb, action-packed movie retired Marine Colonel Jason Rhodes (Gene Hackman) believes that his son Frank (Todd Allen), listed as missing in action during the Vietnam War, is still alive and held in prison camp in Laos. He brings together Frank's five fellow soldiers, Wilkes (Fred Ward), "Blaster" (Reb Brown), "Sailor" (Randall "Tex" Cobb), Charts (Tim Thomerson) and Johnson (Harold Sylvester), and convinces them to embark on a dangerous trip to the Laotian jungles to find his son. Young guy Kevin Scott (Patrick Swayze), whose father has been languishing in captivity for years, also decides to accompany the rescue group.
This parody is a sequel to the "Hot Shots" comedy starring Charlie Sheen. In this hilarious movie his superhero heads to the Near East to fight Saddam, to imitate Rambo and to make you laugh as loud as possible. Many films are ridiculed in this comedy flick, from Starwars to Rambo and Apocalypse Now. The hero, Topper Harley, is to leave the Buddhist temple (where he found the inner Harmony being isolated from the world and from women) to save the hostages in Iraq.
This romantic tale chronicles the ten-year affair between a busy American socialite and an international disaster relief worker. Sarah Jordan (Angelina Jolie) is a young married woman whose huband Henry Bauford (Linus Roache) comes from a wealthy British family of a powerful industrialist. In 1984 Sarah meets Nick Callahan (Clive Owen) at a charity event in London. She gets so charmed by his passionate speech on behalf of world hunger that decides to support his relief efforts. In Ethiopia Sarah comes across Nick again, and romantic sparks start to fly between them; nevertheless the relationship is cut short because of family and work commitments. Some years later, after Sarah’s marital crisis and divorce, they rekindle the passion against the backdrop of the world's most dangerous political hot spots.
...The campaign for Texas's independence was inspired by their last stand against the Mexican army during the famous San Antonio siege. Davy Crockett (Billy Bob Thornton) and Jim Bowie (Jason Patric) were among nearly two hundred Texans who held the Franciscan mission that was converted into a military fort in the spring of 1836. Men of all races who believed in the future of Texas were under siege by Mexican forces headed by the dictator of Mexico, General de Santa Anna, for 13 days. Deeds of Alamo soldiers would pass into history as General Sam Houston's war-cry for Texas independence.
In the close quarters and brutal fighting of the World War II Pacific Theater, the U.S. Intelligence services desperately seek a fool-proof encryption code, immune to the code breakers of the Japanese. The answer is soon discovered in the ancient language of the Navajo. Enlisted into the Marine Corps are several "Windtalkers" who are deployed to frontline areas in the Pacific, to use their language as an impossible-to-crack secret code. A drawback, however, is that the U.S. military soon puts forth a directive that the Windtalkers must never be captured alive by the enemy, so additional Marines are assigned to make certian that this directive is carried out to the letter.
The idyllic beauty of Greece's Mediterranean coast has been invaded by Italy, bringing legions of soldiers to the once tranquil island of Cephallonia. Captain Antonio Corelli, an officer with an irrepressibly jovial personality and passion for the mandolin, initially alienates a number of the villagers, including Pelagia. The daughter of the village doctor, Pelagia is an educated and strong-willed woman, and while at first offended by the Italian soldier's behavior, she slowly warms to his certain charms as they are forced to share her father's home. When Pelagia's fiancee, a local fisherman, heads off to war, the friendship between Antonio and Pelagia grows even stronger. Her beauty and intelligence have captured his heart, and his fondness for the village's vibrant community causes him to question his reasons for fighting. Antonio becomes a part of the lives of the villagers, but the moment is fleeting. As the war grows ever closer, Antonio and Pelagia are forced to choose between their allegiance to their countries and the love they feel for one another-a love which must overcome tremendous odds, and endure the inevitable sacrifice which accompanies eternal devotion.
