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Die Hard (1988)
8.2
R
Duration: 132min
Country: US
Original Language: en
Director: John McTiernan
Plot: After six months apart, Detective John McClane leaves New York and heads to Los Angeles to see his wife, Holly. A Christmas celebration on the thirty-first story of a building was extended to him. Nevertheless, a gang of robbers discovered that the building's vault contained more than 600 million yuan in public bonds. They seized the revelers and barricaded the building. McClane barely makes it out of there and faces the criminals by himself.
Cast: Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Alexander Godunov, Bonnie Bedelia, Reginald VelJohnson
Keywords: based on novel or book, murder, los angeles, husband wife relationship, fbi, heist, shootout, christmas party, vault, s.w.a.t.
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War of the Worlds (2005)
6.5
PG-13
Release Date: 2005-06-29
Duration: 117min
Country: US
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Memento (2001)
8.4
R
Duration: 113min
Country: US
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Blade Runner (1982)
8.1
R
Release Date: 1982-06-25
Duration: 118min
Country: US
Plot: Robots are virtually identical to humans, so they are called replicants. Humans use replicants for slave labor in the outer world, dangerous exploration work, and colonization missions on other planets. After a bloody riot by the Outer Colony Chain Battle Group Six, the Earth declared replicants illegal and must be killed. The Secret Service team, Blade Runner, is ordered to detect and kill any invading replicants.
Cast: Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos, M. Emmet Walsh
Duration: 179min
Country: US
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Cast: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Ian Holm
Duration: 179min
Country: US
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Duration: 122min
Country: US
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Cast: Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman, Michael Sheen, Shane Brolly, Bill Nighy