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Yun-Fat Chow |
Birth name: Chow Yun Fat
Chow Yun Fat is a charismatic, athletically built and energetic Asian-born film star who first came to the attention of western audiences via his roles in the high-octane/blazing guns action films of maverick HK director John Woo.
Born in 1955 on the island of Lamma, near Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour, Chow's family moved to Hong Kong in 1965 and in early 1973 Chow attended a casting call for TVB, a division of Shaw Bros. productions. With his good looks and easy-going style, Chow was originally a heartthrob actor in non-demanding TV and film roles. However, his popularity increased with his appearance as white-suited crime boss Hui Man-Keung in the highly popular HK film Shang Hai tan xu ji (1983).
In 1985 Chow started receiving acclaim for his work, and scored the Golden Horse (Best Actor) Award in Taiwan and another Best Actor Award from the Asian Pacific Film Festival for his performance in Dang doi lai ming (1983). With these accolades, Chow came to the attention of Woo, who cast Chow in the fast-paced gangster film Ying hung boon sik (1986) (aka "A Better Tomorrow"). The rest, as they say, is history. The film was an enormous commercial success, and Chow's influence on young Asian males was not dissimilar to the adulation given to previous Asian film sensations such as Bruce Lee or Jackie Chan. Nearly every young guy in Hong Kong ran out and bought himself a "Mark Coat", as they became known--a long, heavy woolen coat worn by Chow in the movie (although it is is actually very unsuited to Hong Kong's hot and humid climate).
Further hard-edged roles in more John Woo crime films escalated Chow's popularity even higher and fans all over the world flocked to see Ying hung boon sik II (1987) (aka "A Better Tomorrow 2"), Dip hyut shueng hung (1989), (aka "The Killer") and Laat sau sen taan (1992) (aka "Hard Boiled"). With the phenomenal global interest in the HK action genre, Chow was enticed to the United States and appeared in The Replacement Killers (1998) with Mira Sorvino, The Corruptor (1999) with Mark Wahlberg and for a change of pace, in the often-filmed romantic tale of Anna and the King (1999).
Chow then returned to the Asian cinema circuit and starred in the critically lauded kung fu epic Wo hu cang long (2000) (aka "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"). His wide appeal can be seen in his "boy next door" type of personality and his ability to play such a broad spectrum of roles from a comedic buffoon to a lovestruck romeo to a trigger-happy professional killer. A highly entertaining and gifted actor with dynamic on-screen presence, Chow continues to remain in strong demand in many film markets.
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# The Battle of Red Cliff (2008) .... Liu Bei
# The Children of Huang Shi (2008) .... Chen Hansheng
# Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End (2007) .... Captain Sao Feng
... aka P.O.T.C. 3 (USA: promotional abbreviation)
# Stranglehold (2007) (VG) (completed) .... Inspector Tequila
... aka John Woo Presents Stranglehold (USA: complete title)
# Curse of the Golden Flower (2006) .... Emperor Ping
... aka Curse of the Golden Flower (International: English title)
# Yi ma de hou xian dai sheng huo (2006) .... Pan Zhichang
... aka The Postmodern Life of My Aunt (Canada: English title) (International: English title)
# Du zi deng dai (2004) .... Fa Ge (cameo)
... aka Waiting Alone (International: English title)
# Bulletproof Monk (2003) (as Chow Yun-Fat) .... Monk With No Name
# Wo hu cang long (2000) (as Chow Yun Fat) .... Master Li Mu Bai
... aka Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (International: English title) (UK) (USA)
... aka Ngo foo chong lung (Hong Kong: Cantonese title)
... aka Wo hu cang long (China: Mandarin title)
# Anna and the King (1999) (as Chow Yun-Fat) .... King Mongkut
# The Corruptor (1999) (as Chow Yun-Fat) .... Nick Chen
# The Replacement Killers (1998) (as Chow Yun-Fat) .... John Lee
# Woh ping faan dim (1995) (as Chow Yun Fat) .... The Killer
... aka Heping fandian (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)
... aka The Peace Hotel
# Du shen xu ji (1994) (as Chow Yun Fat) .... Ko Chun
... aka God of Gamblers 2
... aka God of Gamblers Returns
... aka God of Gamblers' Return
... aka The Return of the God of Gamblers (Australia: DVD title)
# Hua qi Shao Lin (1994) (as Chow Yun Fat) .... Chang Ching
... aka American Shaolin
... aka National Treasure (USA)
... aka Treasure Hunt
# Xian ren zhang (1994) .... Hall
... aka Run
# Xia dao Gao Fei (1993) (as Chow Yun Fat) .... Gou Fei
... aka Chivalrous Thief Gao Fei (Hong Kong: English title: literal English title)
... aka Full Contact
# Laat sau sen taan (1992) (as Chow Yun Fat) .... Insp. Yuen (Tequila)
... aka God of Guns
... aka Hard-Boiled (International: English title)
... aka Hot-Handed God of Cops (Hong Kong: English title: literal title)
... aka Lashou shentan (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)
... aka Ruthless Super-Cop
# Wo ai chou wen chai (1992) (as Chow Yun Fat) .... Ng Shan-shui
... aka Liu mang yu dao bing
... aka Love: Now You See It... Now You Don't
... aka Now You See It... Now You Don't
... aka Now You See Love, Now You Don't
# Tao fan (1991) (as Chow Yun Fat) .... Chung Tin Ching
... aka Jian yu feng yun xu ji
... aka Prison on Fire II
# Zong heng si hai (1991) (as Chow Yun Fat) .... Red Bean Pudding (Joe)
... aka Criss-Cross Over Four Seas (Hong Kong: English title: literal title)
... aka Once a Thief
# Dou hap (1991) (as Chow Yun Fat) .... Cameo appearance (God of Gamblers)
... aka Du xia (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)
... aka God of Gamblers II
# Black Vengeance (1990) (as Chow Yun Fat)
# Du shen (1989) (as Chow Yun Fat) .... Ko Chun
... aka God of Gamblers
# Ying hung boon sik III (1989) (as Chow Yun Fat) .... Mark Gor
... aka A Better Tomorrow 3 (Australia)
... aka A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon (USA)
... aka Ying xiong ben se III xi yang zhi ge (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)
# Dip hyut shueng hung (1989) (as Chow Yun Fat) .... Ah Jong
... aka Bloodshed of Two Heroes (Hong Kong: English title: literal title)
... aka Die xue shuang xiong (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)
... aka Just Heroes (Australia: video title)
... aka The Killer (USA)
# Ban wo chuang tian ya (1989) (as Chow Yun Fat) .... Lau Chung Pong/'Mew-Mew'
... aka Boon ngoh chong tin ngaai (Hong Kong: Cantonese title)
... aka Wild Search
# You jian A Lang (1989) (as Chow Yun Fat) .... Ah-Long Yeung
... aka A Lang de gu shi
... aka All About Ah-Long
# Ji xing gong zhao (1989) (as Chow Yun Fat) .... Lam Bo Sun/Mr. Stink
... aka The Fun, the Luck, and the Tycoon
# Wo zai hei she hui de ri zi (1989) (as Chow Yun Fat) .... Li Man-Ho
... aka My Days Inside the Underworld (Hong Kong: English title: literal title)
... aka The Inside Story
... aka Triads: The Inside Story
# Sing si jin jaang (1988) (as Chow Yun Fat) .... Officer Chiu Lee
... aka Cheng shi zhan zheng (China: Mandarin title)
... aka City War
... aka Yi daam hung sun (China: Cantonese title: alternative title)
... aka Yi dan hong chun (China: Mandarin title: alternative title)
# Daai jeung foo yat gei (1988) (as Chow Yun Fat) .... Chow Ting Fat/'Ah Fat'
... aka Big Husband's Diary (literal English title)
... aka Da zhang fu ri ji (China: Mandarin title)
... aka Diary of a Big Man
# Jing zhuong zhui nu zi zhi er (1988) .... Wong Yat Fat
... aka The Romancing Star II
# Ba xing bao xi (1988) (as Chow Yun Fat) .... 'Handsome' Long
... aka The Eight Happiness
... aka The Eighth Happiness
# Chang duan jiao zhi lian (1988) (as Chow Yun Fat) .... Joe
... aka Fractured Follies
# Gong zi duo qing (1988) (as Chow Yun Fat) .... Locomotive
... aka The Greatest Lover
# Lo foo chut gang (1988) (as Chow Yun Fat) .... Sgt. Francis Li
... aka Lao hu chu geng (China: Mandarin title)
... aka Tiger Goes on the Beat (literal English title)
... aka Tiger on Beat
... aka Tiger on the Beat (UK)
# Yu Da Fu chuan qi (1988) (as Chow Yun Fat) .... Yu Da Fa as adult
... aka Cherry Blossoms
... aka The Legend of Yu Ta Fu
# Zai jian ying xiong (1988) (as Chow Yun Fat) .... Hung
... aka Good-bye, Hero
... aka Goodbye, My Friend
# Ying hung boon sik II (1987) (also archive footage) (as Chow Yun Fat) .... Ken/Mark Lee/Mark 'Gor'
... aka A Better Tomorrow II (USA)
... aka Better Tomorrow: Rapid Fire II (Philippines: English title)
... aka The Color of a Hero II
... aka Ying xiong ben se xu ji (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)
# Gaam yuk fung wan (1987) (as Chow Yun Fat) .... 41671/Ching
... aka Jian yu feng yun (China: Mandarin title)
... aka Prison Turbulence (literal English title)
... aka Prison on Fire
# Chou tin dik tong wah (1987) (as Chow Yun Fat) .... Boat-head/Figurehead/Figgy/Samuel Pang
... aka An Autumn's Tale (Hong Kong: English title)
... aka Liumang daheng hua (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)
# Gong woo ching (1987) (as Chow Yun Fat) .... Li Ah-Chai
... aka Drifter Love (literal English title)
... aka Jiang hu qing (China: Mandarin title)
... aka Rich and Famous
# Xiao sheng meng jing hun (1987) (as Chow Yun Fat)
... aka Kid Dreams Thriller (literal English title)
... aka Scared Stiff
# Ying hung ho hon (1987) (as Chow Yun Fat) .... Li Ah Chai
... aka Hero
... aka Heroic Hero (literal English title)
... aka Rich and Famous 2
... aka Tragic Hero
... aka Ying xiong hao han (China: Mandarin title)
# Lung fu fong wan (1987) (as Chow Yun Fat) .... Ko Chow
... aka City on Fire
... aka Long hu feng yun (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)
# Cheng chong chui lui chai (1987) (as Chow Yun Fat) .... Wong Yat Fat
... aka Jing zhuang zhui nu zai (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)
... aka Jing zhuong zhui nu zi
... aka The Romancing Star
# Gui xin niang (1987) (as Chow Yun Fat) .... Double Circle Pu
... aka Spiritual Love
... aka The Phantom Bride
# Jiang hu long hu men (1987) (as Chow Yun Fat) .... Chang Ho-Tien
... aka Dragon and Tiger Fight
... aka Flaming Brothers
# Yi ben wu yan (1987) (as Chow Yun Fat) .... Hui
... aka Brotherhood (Hong Kong: English title)
... aka Code of Honour (International: English title)
... aka Promise Without a Word (Hong Kong: English title)
... aka Triad Savages (International: English title)
... aka Yee boon mo yin (Hong Kong: Cantonese title)
# Ying hung boon sik (1986) (as Chow Yun Fat) .... Mark Gor/Mark Lee
... aka A Better Tomorrow
... aka Gangland Boss
... aka Rapid Fire (Philippines: English title)
... aka The Color of a Hero
... aka The Essence of Heroes (Hong Kong: English title: literal title)
... aka True Colors of a Hero (Hong Kong: English title)
... aka Ying xiong ben se (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)
# Meng zhong ren (1986) (as Chow Yun Fat) .... Song Yu
... aka Dream Lovers
# Chu yi shi wu (1986) (as Chow Yun Fat) .... Peter
... aka The Missed Date
# Deiha tsing (1986) (as Chow Yun Fat) .... Detective Lan
... aka Di xia qing (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)
... aka Love Unto Waist
... aka Love Unto Waste
# Din lo jing juen (1986) (as Chow Yun Fat) .... Chung
... aka Dian lao zheng zhuan (China: Mandarin title)
... aka Lunatic's True Story (literal English title)
... aka The Lunatics
... aka The Story of Maniacs
# Ni qing wo yuan (1986) (as Chow Yun Fat)
... aka My Will, I Will
... aka You Want, I Want
... aka You Will I Will
# Shaqi Errenzu (1986) (as Chow Yun Fat) .... Football Fat
... aka 100 Ways to Murder Your Wife
# "Yang ka cheung" (1986) TV Series .... Lui Dong-bun
... aka The Yangs' Saga (Hong Kong: English title)
# Yi gai yun tian (1986) (as Chow Yun Fat) .... Ho Ting-Bon
... aka A Hearty Response
... aka A Heavy Response
# Yuan Zhen-Xia yu Wei Si-Li (1986) (as Chow Yun Fat) .... Wei
... aka Dr. Yuen and Wisely
... aka Seventh Curse
... aka The Seventh Curse
# "Dai heung kong" (1985) TV Series (as Chow Yun Fat) .... Lok Ching Hing
... aka The Battle Among the Clans (Hong Kong: English title) (International: English title)
... aka Big Hong Kong (Hong Kong: English title)
# Hoh bit yau ngoh (1985) (as Chow Yun Fat) .... Mr. Chow
... aka He bi you wo (China: Mandarin title)
... aka Why Me?
# Meigui de gushi (1985) (as Chow Yun Fat) .... Charles Wong/Ga-Ming
... aka Lost Romance (Hong Kong: English title: reissue title)
... aka Rose
... aka The Story of Rose
# Nu ren xin (1985) (as Chow Yun Fat)
... aka Women
# Qi yuan (1985) (as Chow Yun Fat) .... Joe
... aka The Affair from Nepal
... aka The Nepal Affair
... aka Witch from Nepal
# "San jaat si hing - juk jaap" (1985) TV Series (as Chow Yun Fat) .... Ging Shing
... aka Police Cadet II (Hong Kong: English title)
# Qing cheng zhi lian (1984) (as Chow Yun Fat) .... Fan Liu-Yuan
... aka Love in a Fallen City
# Ling qi po ren (1984) (as Chow Yun Fat) .... Valentino Chow
... aka The Occupant
... aka The Tenant
# "Siu mo kong wu" (1984) TV Series .... Lingwu Chung
... aka State of Divinity (Hong Kong: English title)
# "But dou san hung" (1983) TV Series
... aka Angels and Devils (Hong Kong: English title)
# Xue han jin qian (1983) (as Chow Yun-Fat) .... Bullet
... aka Blood Money (International: English title)
... aka Bloody Money (Hong Kong: English title)
... aka Hardworking Money
... aka Hong Kong Specialist (USA: video title)
... aka Huet hon gam chin (Hong Kong: Cantonese title)
# "Bo yum yan" (1983) TV Series .... Wai Yip-Cheung
... aka Radio Tycoon (Hong Kong: English title)
# Dang doi lai ming (1983) (as Chow Yun Fat) .... Yip Kim Fay
... aka Deng dai li ming (China: Mandarin title)
... aka Hong Kong 1941
... aka Waiting for Dawn
... aka Waiting for Daybreak (literal English title)
# Fa sing (1983) (as Chow Yun Fat) .... Kwong-Ping
... aka Flower City (literal English title)
... aka Hua cheng (China: Mandarin title)
... aka Last Affair (Hong Kong: English title)
# "Shang Hai tan" (1983) TV Series (as Chow Yun Fat) .... Hui Man-keung
... aka Shanghai Beach
... aka The Bund
# Shang Hai tan xu ji (1983) (as Chow Yun Fat)
... aka Shanghai Beach 2
... aka The Bund Part II
# Lie tou (1982) (as Chow Yun Fat) .... Nguyen Dich
... aka Hunting Head
... aka Long Goodbye (USA: video title)
... aka The Head Hunter
# "Fo fung wong" (1982) TV Series (as Chow Yun Fat) .... Ngai Chun
... aka The Fate (Hong Kong: English title)
# "Sou hat yi" (1982) TV Series (as Chow Yun Fat) .... Beggar So
# "Chin wong kwun ying wui" (1981) TV Series .... Lung
... aka The Shell Game II (Hong Kong: English title)
# Woo yuet dik goo si (1981) (as Chow Yun-Fat) .... Wu Yuet
... aka God of Killers (USA)
... aka Hu yue de gu shi (China: Mandarin title)
... aka The Story of Woo Viet
... aka Woo Yuet's Story (literal English title)
# Xun cheng ma (1981) (as Chow Yun Fat) .... Fu Jun
... aka Chun shing ma (Hong Kong: Cantonese title)
... aka Patrol Horse
... aka Patrol of Horses
... aka The Postman Fights Back
... aka The Postman Strikes Back
# Zhi fa zhe (1981) (as Chow Yun Fat)
... aka Killers Two (USA: video title)
... aka Kiss, Kiss, Bang Bang
... aka The Executioner
... aka The Executor
# Ban (1980) (as Chow Yun Fat)
... aka Beautify
... aka Joy to the World
... aka Kou ye
# Hei kek wong (1980) (as Chow Yun Fat) .... Jen Lung
# Shi ba (1980) (as Chow Yun Fat)
... aka Master Father
... aka See-Bar (USA)
# Xi gan xian (1980) (as Chow Yun-Fat) .... Chu Ka-Wah
... aka Be This First
... aka Hai gam sin (Hong Kong: Cantonese title)
... aka Hard Boiled Killers (USA: video title)
... aka Modern Heroes (Hong Kong: English title)
... aka Police Sir
# "Mong chung yan" (1979) TV Series .... Ching Wai
... aka The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Hong Kong: English title)
# Ai yu kuang chao (1978) (as Chow Yun Fat) .... Ko Ming-Chung
... aka Mad Love
... aka Oi yuk kwong chiu (Hong Kong: Cantonese title)
... aka The Private Lives
... aka Their Private Lives (Hong Kong: English title)
# Jing wang shuang xiong (1978) (as Chow Yun Fat)
... aka Heroic Cops
... aka Killers Two (Hong Kong: English title)
# "Keung yan" (1978) TV Series (as Chow Yun Fat)
... aka The Giants (Hong Kong: English title)
# 'O' nu (1978) (as Chow Yun Fat) .... Kuan Yen-Ping
... aka Miss O
# "Ga bin" (1977) TV Series
... aka A House Is Not a Home (Hong Kong: English title)
# Ren ce (1977) (as Chow Yun Fat)
... aka Hot Blood
... aka Register
# Xin Su xiao mei san nan xin lang (1976) (as Chow Yun Fat)
... aka Bride So and Her Groom (Hong Kong: English title: literal title)
... aka Learned Bride Thrice Fools Bridegroom (Hong Kong: English title)
# Chi nu (1976) (as Chow Yun Fat)
... aka Club Girl Story (Hong Kong: English title: reissue title)
... aka Massage Girls
... aka Pond Girl
# Lao jia xie pai gu ye zi (1976) (as Chow Yun Fat)
... aka The Hunter, the Butterfly, and the Crocodile
# "Saat sau qi shi er siu si" (1976) TV Series (as Chow Yun Fat) .... Leui Gong
# Tou tai ren (1976) (as Chow Yun Fat)
... aka The Reincarnation
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| Avatar | 2009 | |
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In the year 2154, the RDA corporation is mining Pandora, the lush, Earthlike moon of the planet Polyphemus, in the Alpha Centauri system. Parker Selfridge, (Giovanni Ribisi), the administrator, employs former marines as mercenaries to provide security. The humans aim to exploit Pandora’s reserves of unobtanium, a valuable mineral.Pandora is inhabited by the na’vi, a paleolithic species of sapient humanoids with feline characteristics.[16] Physically stronger and several feet taller than humans, the blue-skinned indigenes live in harmony with Nature and worship a mother goddess called Eywa.Humans cannot breathe Pandora’s atmosphere. In order to move about Pandora uninhibited, human scientists have genetically engineered human-na’vi hybrid bodies called Avatars, which are controlled by genetically matched human operators. Jake Sully (Sam Worthington), a paraplegic former marine, arrives on Pandora to replace his murdered twin brother, an Avatar operator. Dr. Grace Augustine (Sigourney Weaver), the head of the Avatar Program, considers him an inadequate replacement for his brother, relegating him to a bodyguard role.While Jake is escorting Augustine and biologist Norm Spellman (Joel David Moore) in their Avatar forms, the group is attacked by a large predator, and Jake becomes separated and lost. Attempting to survive the night in Pandora’s dangerous jungles, he is rescued by Neytiri (Zoë Saldaña), a female na’vi. Neytiri brings Jake back to Hometree, which is inhabited by Neytiri’s clan, the Omaticaya. Mo’at, (C. C. H. Pounder), the na’vi shaman and Neytiri’s mother, instructs her to teach him their ways.Colonel Miles Quaritch (Stephen Lang), the mercenary leader of the security forces, learns of Jake’s relationship with the Omaticaya, and offers to get him new legs in exchange for providing intelligence about the natives and learning what it will take to make them abandon Hometree, which rests above a large deposit of unobtanium.During the next three months, Jake becomes close to Neytiri and the Omaticaya, and begins to prefer the life he lives through the Avatar. Jake’s attachment begins to erode his loyalty towards the corporation and the humans and when he is finally initiated into the tribe, he and Neytiri choose each other as mates. Jake’s change of loyalty is revealed when he disables a bulldozer as it destroys the Tree of Voices; upon seeing this, Col. Quaritch forcibly disconnects him from his Avatar, and presents Selfridge and Augustine with a vlog in which Jake had admitted that his mission was fruitless; that the humans had nothing the Omaticaya considered to be of value and that they would never abandon Hometree. This convinces Selfridge that negotiations would be fruitless and he orders the destruction of Hometree.Augustine, whose research suggests that all organisms on Pandora are linked in a vast bio-botanical neural network, protests at the destruction of Hometree, but Selfridge persists, allowing Jake only one hour to convince the na’vi to leave before Col. Quaritch’s forces arrive. When he reveals the true nature of his mission to the Omaticaya, Neytiri accuses him of betraying them, which results in Jake and Augustine’s temporary imprisonment. Jake’s time runs out and Quaritch’s forces destroy Hometree. Eytucan (Wes Studi), Neytiri’s father and clan chief, and many others are killed in the attack. Jake and Augustine are once again disconnected from their Avatars and detained for treason against the humans. Trudy Chacon (Michelle Rodriguez), a security force pilot who is disgusted by the violence, breaks them out but Augustine is wounded by the ruthless Quaritch during their escape. With Augustine in a critical state, Jake turns to the Omaticaya for help. Searching for a way to regain their trust, he remembers that Neytiri told him that only five na’vi had ever tamed the Toruk, an immensely powerful flying beast. Successfully taming it, he flies to the na’vi, who have gathered at the sacred Tree of Souls. He pleads with Mo’at to heal Augustine, who is now dying. They attempt to transplant her soul into her Avatar but fail.With the assistance of Neytiri and Tsu’Tey (Laz Alonso), the new leader of the Omaticaya, Jake vows defiance against the humans, and assembles thousands of na’vi from other clans. Jake prays to Eywa to intercede on behalf of the na’vi in the coming battle. Col. Quaritch, seeing the na’vi’s growing strength, orders a preemptive strike on the Tree of Souls, as it is the center of na’vi religion and culture; its destruction would leave the na’vi too demoralized to continue resisting the humans.As the humans move against the sacred site, the na’vi fight back fiercely, but human technology and firepower outweighs their bravery; they suffer heavy casualties, including Tsu’Tey and Trudy. When all hope seems lost, the Pandoran wildlife suddenly attack the humans in great numbers, overwhelming them in the air and on the ground. Neytiri interprets this as Eywa answering Jake’s prayer.Col. Quaritch orders the bombing of the Tree of Souls but Jake destroys the bomber before it can reach its target. Quaritch escapes in an AMP (Amplified Mobility Platform) suit. He finds the Avatar interface pod, where Jake’s human body is located, and attacks it, damaging it and exposing Jake to Pandora’s atmosphere. Neytiri kills Quaritch and saves Jake, seeing his human form for the first time. With the human attack successfully repelled, they reaffirm their love for each other.The defeated humans are expelled from Pandora, while Jake and his friends remain. Jake is seen wearing the insignia of the Omaticaya clan leader, suggesting that he has become the new leader after the death of Tsu’Tey. The film ends with Jake’s soul being successfully transplanted into his na’vi Avatar.When a geeky, overweight rushee is found dead at the hottest sorority on the campus, the three most popular girls of the house are prime suspects.Trailer:
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The film, set in London of 1891, opens with Holmes (Robert Downey, Jr.) and Watson (Jude Law) racing to prevent a human sacrifice ritual conducted by Lord Blackwood (Mark Strong). Holmes and Watson stop the sacrifice just in time and neutralize Lord Blackwood, after which the police, led by Inspector Lestrade (Eddie Marsan), arrive and arrest him.Within prison, Lord Blackwood triggers panic, even causing a prison warden to be struck down with a seizure. Holmes, on the other hand, has been bored silly in the three months between Blackwood’s capture and his impending execution.Watson has met a girl named Mary (Kelly Reilly) whom he intends to wed, and will be moving out of his apartment. This upsets Holmes as he fears he will lose the close bond he built up with Watson. Meanwhile, Holmes gets re-acquainted with Irene Adler (Rachel McAdams), the only person who has managed to fool him twice. She offers him a sum of money to pursue a case, and leaves his apartment. Holmes disguises himself as a vagrant and trails Adler to a coach, within which sits a man whose face is not seen but who has a wrist mounted pistol which he uses to threaten the disguised Holmes.The day before his execution, Blackwood asks to meet with Holmes. Holmes notices that Blackwood has scrawled occult symbols and inscriptions on the walls of his prison cell, and Blackwood warns Holmes that death will not be an obstacle to him. He states that three more murders will occur, and there is nothing Holmes can do about it.Blackwood is subsequently hanged and Watson himself personally verifies that Blackwood has no pulse and is clinically dead. Three days after he is buried, the stones that sealed his tomb are found shattered, and a witness claims he saw Blackwood leave the tomb alive. Holmes and Watson are called to the scene to investigate. When the coffin is removed, instead of Blackwood’s corpse, they find the body of a red haired midget, the very man Irene Adler had asked him to find.With Blackwood apparently back from the dead, London is astir with rumors about his dark powers, and Holmes and Watson resume their hunt to track him down and uncover the mystery of his resurrection. During their search, they find a room filled with dead, hung pigs. The two discover that they have been followed by Ms. Adler, who was trapped by Blackwood, she is bound and cleave-gagged on a factory conveyor belt. Holmes braves the flames and blades to saves her, securing her trust. Watson follows Blackwood but is caught by a tripwire and sets off a massive explosion, in which he is badly wounded.Holmes’ and Watson’s adventures lead them to uncover an occult-dabbling secret society known as the Temple of the Four Orders (similar in vein to secret societies such as the Order of the Eastern Star, the Freemasons, the Illuminati and the Rosicrucians), with Blackwood eventually leading it on a quest for world domination. Blackwood leaves many (apparently supernatural) murders in his wake, and manages to take control of the secret society. Blackwood uses the influence of the police to have the police hunt down Holmes and bring him to Parliament, where Lord Coward inadvertently gives Holmes the clues he needs to reveal Blackwood plans to launch a major attack on the British parliament.Holmes and Watson discover a machine designed to release a chemical gas, hidden in the sewers under parliament but Adler manages to disarm it. When his plan fails Blackwood flees and in a battle on the construction site of the Tower Bridge, Holmes reveals all of the scientific methods behind Blackwood’s seemingly supernatural resurrection, powers, and murders. Blackwood falls and gets tangled in some chains used for the construction; when they finally untangle, one gets caught around his neck and he is accidentially (and ironically) hanged. Above London, Holmes handcuffs himself to Ms. Adler until she explains her motives to become involved with the case. She explains that the mysterious caped man in the carriage is one Professor Moriarty, who had used the battle to covertly steal an important component of the machine. Adler warns Holmes that Moriarty is just as brilliant as he is, and infinitely more devious. Holmes leaves Adler, and returns to explain to Watson how Blackwood managed to fake his death. The film ends with Holmes learning of a new case involving Professor Moriarty.Trailer:
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| Up in the Air | 2009 | |
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George Clooney plays Ryan Bingham, a man who travels around the country to various workplaces and conducts employee layoffs on behalf of bosses too cowardly to do it themselves. Walter Kirn stated in the film’s press notes: "Ryan is like a masseur who comes in and sort of rubs your shoulders while rolling your desk chair into the elevator." On occasion, he delivers motivational speeches about the virtue of a relationship-free life, often using a backpack analogy. He relishes the comfort of being anonymous during his perpetual travels. He does not have a personal life and chooses to stay away from his family. He is close to achieving his personal goal of 10 million frequent flyer miles.During his frequent flying, he meets a woman named Alex (Vera Farmiga) with whom Ryan starts to pursue a casual relationship. Ryan receives a business partner, Natalie Keener (Anna Kendrick), a young, ambitious, but still naïve Cornell graduate. Against Ryan’s wishes, his company chooses to ground him and keep him at the corporate headquarters in Omaha, Nebraska after the introduction of a new efficient layoff system introduced by Natalie.[9] Ryan counters that Natalie knows nothing about what it takes to fire people, and the company suggests that Ryan take Natalie on his travels to show her what the company does. Ryan begrudgingly accepts.Natalie, unaccustomed to Ryan’s lifestyle, questions Ryan’s philosophies and goals, but Ryan does not see the value in long-term relationships and is happy in his niche. While on the road, Natalie’s boyfriend leaves her through text message, leaving her devastated. Ryan and Natalie meet Alex, and take Natalie to a crash a tech-conference party. After Natalie sees the kind of relationship Ryan and Alex maintain, she is infuriated and criticizes Ryan’s viewpoint as juvenile. The company is impressed with Natalie’s performance and her program becomes active. Natalie returns home, and Ryan is invited to his sister’s wedding.Ryan decides to invite Alex to accompany him to the wedding in northern Wisconsin, saying that he wants to have a partner occasionally in his travels. Alex agrees and they fly together to Wisconsin, where they meet Julie (Melanie Lynskey) and her fiancé, Jim (Danny R. McBride). Ryan takes Alex to where he grew up, showing her around Waupaca High School, where he played on the basketball team.Their date is cut short when Ryan’s older sister Kara (Amy Morton) calls: apparently, Jim has gotten cold feet, and Ryan must use his skills as a motivational speaker to convince him to marry. This runs counter to Ryan’s no-strings-attached philosophy, but Ryan successfully argues that important moments in life are seldom alone. Jim reconsiders, apologies to Julie, and the wedding proceeds as planned. Ryan and Alex enjoy themselves, but Ryan finds himself alone after Alex departs once again to her life between planes.When Ryan returns, Natalie walks him through the process of her program. Ryan is then seen presenting at a convention but, reconsidering his life philosophy, leaves in the middle to go visit Alex. Arriving on Alex’s front door in Chicago, Ryan discovers that Alex is a married woman with young children. She tells him that this is her real life and that Ryan was just a side-line. Ryan, devastated, returns home and receives even more upsetting news: an employee that he and Natalie had a hand in firing, killed herself by jumping off a bridge into a river. Natalie quits and goes to San Francisco. Seeing how talented she is, Ryan writes a letter of recommendation to the company Natalie is interviewing for back in San Francisco.Natalie’s program is put on indefinite hold and Ryan goes back to flying across the country to do his job. Ryan, while airborne, crosses his 10 million mile mark, a feat only six others have accomplished with him being the youngest. The film then shows various people fired by Ryan commenting on how they were able to get through unemployment and rebuild their lives thanks to the help and inspiration of their families. The film ends with Ryan reflecting on his life choices, finding himself most at home on his planes.Trailer:
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