"Despite Steven Seagal's imposing presence in this enjoyable thriller, Kurt Russell turns out to be the real star as an American intelligence expert who finds himself leading a strike force against Islamic terrorists who have seized in-flight control of a 747 jetliner with 400 passengers. It's not all that different from Air Force One, but the formula story perks right along with considerable suspense as Russell's cohorts (Oliver Platt, ..."
"It's New Years Eve on the Poseidon. Partying voyagers lift glasses to toast the future. The future comes in a rush; a 150-footrogue wave flips the cruise ship over.... and a desperate struggle to survive begins."
"Die Klapperschlange ist einer jener wenigen Action/Sci-Fi-Filme, die das Prädikat "Meisterwerk" wahrlich verdient haben. 1981 entstanden, hat der Film bis zum heutigen Tage nichts, aber auch wirklich gar nichts von seiner Faszination verloren. Snake Plissken (Kurt Russell) ist ein ehemaliger Elitesoldat, der in einer Welt der Zukunft (1997, der Film ist 1981 entstanden) verurteilt worden ist, im größten Gefängnis der Welt den Rest sein ..."
"Es war an der Zeit, dass man von dem erfolgreichen Katastrophenfilm Die Höllenfahrt der Poseidon aus dem Jahre 1972 ein hochwertiges Remake produziert, und wer könnte dies besser angehen als der Thriller-Experte Wolfgang Petersen, der Regisseur von Das Boot und Der Sturm? Dabei ist nicht wirklich bedeutsam, dass weniger als ein Jahr zuvor ein Fernsehfilm-Remake (basierend auf Paul Gallicos ursprünglichem Roman aus dem Jahre 1969) gedreh ..."
"The idea of a high school for superheroes will appeal to teens and preteens, who struggle powerlessly with petty authoritarians, bullying peers, and their own rampant hormones, and Sky High spotlights young Will Stronghold (Michael Angarano, Lords of Dogtown), the son of top-of-the-heap superheroic couple the Commander (Kurt Russell, Tango & Cash) and Josie Jetstream (Kelly Preston, View from the Top). Unfortunately, though he's about t ..."
"The idea of a high school for superheroes will appeal to teens and preteens, who struggle powerlessly with petty authoritarians, bullying peers, and their own rampant hormones, and "Sky High" spotlights young Will Stronghold (Michael Angarano, "Lords of Dogtown"), the son of top-of-the-heap superheroic couple the Commander (Kurt Russell, "Tango & Cash") and Josie Jetstream (Kelly Preston, "View from the Top"). Unfortunately, though he's ..."
"Ein Film mit Steven Seagal. Und dessen Figur überlebt die ersten 20 Minuten dieses vorzüglichen Thrillers nicht. Das macht schließlich Kurt Russel zum Helden des Filmes. Dieser spielt einen Strategen des amerikanischen Geheimdienstes, der mit Hilfe eines Spezialkommandos an Bord eines von islamischen Terroristen gekaperten Flugzeuges geschmuggelt wird, um dem Kommando beratend zur Seite zu stehen -- würde nicht ausgerechnet deren Anführ ..."
"Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell got together on Swing Shift--and if that's the main reason people know about this movie, it only has itself to blame. The film has a marvelous subject (women's changing status on the home front during World War II), a hugely attractive cast, and a sympathetic director, Jonathan Demme, whose previous film, Melvin and Howard, had been a splendid piece of Americana. Yet despite this, it feels disjointed. ..."
"Neal Oliver is a young artist, but his father doesn't like his choice and wants him to go to Oxford. Everything changes after Neal's meeting with O.W.Grant, who grants exactly one wish per person, as his name suggests. Neal wishes for answers, and so he must travel to the non-existent Danver by the non-existent Interstate 60. In this trip he hopes to find the girl of his dreams, following the trail of her photos on the advertising stand ..."
"Based on the harrowing account of whistle blower Karen Silkwood, this 1983 film directed by Mike Nichols (The Graduate, Postcards from the Edge) is as much a character study of a woman galvanized by injustice as a story of the dangers of nuclear power and the extremes of corporate greed. When Karen discovers unsafe conditions and reckless protocol at the plant where she works, her actions in uncovering the dangers that lie at the plant ..."
"Dean Jones has a typical '60s occupation: ad man. Widower Fred Bolton is in need of a fantastic campaign to promote the stomach pill Aspercel. And in typical Disney get-a-kid-and-animal-in-there fashion, he makes the contrived decision to accommodate his sweet teen daughter Helen's longing for a horse, and advance the elusive ad campaign. Fred figures if he and Helen (Ellen Janov, in her only film role) can make a champion of the horse ..."
"This 1980 film by director Robert Zemeckis gives no indication of things to come in his career (Contact, Forrest Gump), but it is representative of a certain cynical humor he shared early on with writer-partner Bob Gale. Kurt Russell and Jack Warden star in a sketchy comedy about competing used-car salesmen who resort to outrageous tactics to lure customers away from each other. The jokes, like the characters, are intentionally recycl ..."
"In the future, crime is out of control and New York City is a maximum security prison. Grabbing a bargaining chip right out of the air, convicts bring down the President's plane in bad old Gotham. Gruff Snake Plissken, a one-eyed warrior new to prison life, is coerced into bringing the President, and his cargo, out of this land of undesirables. Kurt Russell put his Disney days behind him as the nicest bad guy in the picture. All comic-b ..."
"Opening with metallic computer-generated scorpions battling in a scorching desert wasteland, 3000 Miles to Graceland announces itself as one helluva nasty movie. A comedic wallow in antiheroic violence, the movie vomits off the screen, as if director Demian Lichtenstein--obviously a veteran of music videos--had mainlined amphetamines before stepping behind his oh-so-busy camera. In a futile attempt to out-Woo John Woo, Lichtenstein goes ..."
"Vanilla Sky bringt Regisseur Cameron Crowe wieder mit Playboy Tom Cruise zusammen, fügt eine erotische Penélope Cruz und obendrein noch eine Cameron Diaz hinzu und liefert damit ein äußerst unterhaltsames Beispiel erotischer Science Fiction. Fast originalgetreu vom Liebesthriller Open Your Eyes des spanischen Filmemachers Alejandro Amenábar aus dem Jahre 1997 übernommen, verfolgt Vanilla Sky den Absturz von David Aames (Cruise) aus dem ..."
"George P. Cosmatos presents the Director's Cut of his incredibly popular TOMBSTONE, the action-packed, star-studded western that brings the legendary feud between the Earps and the Clantons to life. Former U.S. Marshall Wyatt Earp's (Kurt Russell) plan for peace, quiet, and prosperity misfires when he, his brothers, and the outrageous rogue Doc Holliday (Val Kilmer) encounter that ruthless band of outlaws, the Clantons. Gripping perform ..."
"Kurt Russell and Mariel Hemingway star in this well-above-average thriller. Mean Season offers plenty of suspense as well as an interesting take on the role of the press in sustaining the very violence it covers. Russell plays Malcolm Anderson, a burned-out journalist who never got the big career-making story he always wanted. Just as he's about to give up and move to the idyllic countryside, the big story comes to him--in the form of a ..."
"Wild heist film starring Kevin Costner and Kurt Russell as hoods who impersonate Elvis Presley and join three other "King" look-alikes to rob a Las Vegas casino during "Elvis Week." After the other gang members are killed, Costner and Russell plan to split their booty, but a mother-and-son con artist team and the FBI intercede. Courteney Cox, Christian Slater, Kevin Pollak, David Arquette, Jon Lovitz and Paul Anka co-star. 125 min. Wide ..."